Chapter 389 Your Daily Life and Others' Shine
Chapter 389 Your Daily Life and Others' Shine
"There's news about your child everywhere. Old Gu, when will you bring the child to see me? After all, I'm the child's stepmother..."
Before the middle-aged woman could finish her words, she was interrupted by an even more arrogant male voice.
"What are you going to see? He's grown wings now, what's there to see. Can I not live without him? Cartoons are just kidding. He will graduate from college in a year and he hasn't made any progress at all." The more he spoke, the angrier he became.
The two people talking are Gu's father and his current wife Meng Xia. The reason why the latter fell in love with the former was mainly due to an accident. Meng Xia, who worked in a factory, was bullied, and Gu's father, who was drunk, rushed over. The hero saving the beauty has always been the most routine and effective.
"I've been admitted to Peking University, so why haven't I made any progress? No one in our entire township has ever been admitted to Peking University," said Meng Xia.
"That's because your town's education is poor." Father Gu responded unhappily.
Meng Xia really couldn't refute this point. Even in 2019, there were still more than impoverished counties in Guizhou Province. And she came to Wudu from Huishui to work.
Meng Xia didn't lose her temper at all. Instead, she smiled and said, "It costs a lot of money for our Xiaobao to study. That child earns so much, he should give some money to his younger brother to live..."
Seeing her husband frown, Meng Xia immediately changed her words, "Even if you don't give Diandian living expenses, but Lao Gu...as your child, he should give you alimony, right?"
"I have hands and feet, so I don't need alimony." Gu's father drank all year round, which made him look like he was over 55 years old. But he was actually only 47 years old.
"It's definitely not necessary now, but we have to think about the child." Meng Xia said softly, "The child seems to be making a lot of money now. If he doesn't send some to his parents, it will be bad for the reputation of the talented writer if someone spreads it."
"So taking this alimony not only helps us, but also helps him." Meng Xia came up with a lot of crooked reasons.
Father Gu knew it was a fallacy, and he nodded not because he was convinced, but because the logic sounded intimidating.
"If you are a capable elder brother, you should give more. Don't worry, Lao Gu, our Xiaobao will be filial in the future. Xiaobao may not be as capable as his elder brother, but he will definitely try his best."
The Xiaobao that Meng Xia mentioned is her child with her ex-husband and has no blood relationship with Gu's father.
On second thought, although Xiaobao is not my biological son, my father calls him affectionately. I also like to chat with him, which is much better than my biological son.
"Besides, we'll talk about it when we need money." Father Gu said this with a gloomy face, "Don't mention that unfilial son. He has been in Beijing for so many years and has never come back to visit."
It’s a pity that some people’s guilt will fade and dissipate over time, but dissatisfaction will accumulate over time.
"Okay, okay, then we'll talk about it when we need money urgently." Meng Xia knew Lao Gu very well, and the latter's words meant that he had given in. It was just that it was embarrassing for the father to ask his son for money.
As for the urgent need for money? Meng Xia was too confident. Because the landlord was going to raise the rent again. For some reason, the traffic at Suokou Hill was particularly large recently. It seemed that two celebrities, "Zhe Mu and Fan Liu or something," had appeared. Many tourists came to take photos and check in, so the rent had to be raised. Meng Xia decided to tell Lao Gu in two days at the right time.
She knew that Old Gu had been a little mean to Little Gu in the past, but how could an adult and a child hold a grudge overnight, right?
The two of them came to the mall today to stroll around, just to look but not to buy, and then to eat out at a restaurant outside the mall in the evening.
Catching up with Old Gu, Meng Xia's eyes left the poster of the cinema [Basketball superstar delayed by literature, Gu Lu and Kagami Taiga, Lu Ping and Kuroko Tetsuya duel! ], this kid is really amazing, she thought to herself.
The money spent by Xiaozhushe on publicity and promotion did have some effect, with posters in cinema chains and events.
What is the activity? The millet produced by Xiaozhushe and Shueisha. Small cards, acrylic signs, plastic figurines, baji, posters, etc.
If you buy two or more movie tickets, you can enter the lottery. Of course, this activity is only held in a few cities in China. Needless to say, only the cities with the top box office have this treatment.
There are activities in Wudu, and Wudu ranks fifth or sixth in the annual city box office rankings. Sijiu City is even more active, ranking first or second for many years.
"Although this image is a comic book image, it also borrows Gu Lu's fame. It's only right that I get some share." Yao Xiaoju used some connections to get a set of prizes from the cinema in advance. After all, the movie hasn't been released yet, and the lottery has definitely not started yet.
That's right, he came back to China after these peripherals. His salary comes from the overseas revenue share of his works. Xiaozhushe and Shueisha want to get the peripherals for free? That's all my money! Yao Xiaoju's eyes are very determined!
After collecting the evidence, Yao Xiaoju will definitely ask for the opinions of the parties involved.
The phone call was made...
Gu Lu, who had not made any progress, wanted to make progress so much that he got up early in the morning.
When I was discussing the Chinese version of the suspect with Uncle Jian yesterday, Director Zhao called and said that there would be an exchange meeting with the International Think Tank of Great Diplomacy tomorrow.
It is not convenient to describe the specific welcome meeting of the think tank, and I blocked the chapter for fear of attracting unspeakable things. I can only say that the big man who often appears in front of the TV and speaks on behalf of the country was seen by Gu Lu today.
The Diplomatic Team, today Gu Lu finally saw a live one! One more thing to add, the Diplomatic Team is not a member of the think tank. After all, the former is originally in the system. The reason why they came to witness the joining ceremony is that if it is a more important diplomatic press conference, the answers given by the team sometimes need to take the advice of the think tank.
Chairman Wen of the think tank is no small figure, although he is not someone who often appears in the news.
"Teacher Gu Lu, you will be a think tank expert in the future. Public transportation in the city of Beijing and the foggy city will be free, including high-speed rail." Chairman Wen continued to talk about the benefits of think tank experts. "If you don't have a place to stay for the time being, first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen all have expert buildings where you can rest."
Why are expert buildings only found in first-tier cities? Most cities have apartments for high-level talents, but expert buildings are called buildings, but in fact they are small villas.
Wow, a small villa in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou or Shenzhen? Gu Lu was quite curious about this, so he asked about it. You don’t know until you ask. When you ask about the location of the expert’s building, you will be shocked. The villa area near Xiangshan has a very exquisite surrounding environment, which makes the expert feel good.
Apart from other things, the country attaches great importance to it. Even the most useful thing at present is what Chairman Wen said lightly: "Because the Great Diplomacy International Think Tank was directly established by the Ministry of Agriculture, it also has a good benefit. Individuals or their companies have a certain amount of tax exemption."
Currently, Gu Lu has established two companies, one for overseas and one for domestic. The former earned 1574 million last year, and the latter earned 2671 million last year.
Gu Lu did not cheat at all when it came to paying taxes. With his cheating skills, he would not try to get a small advantage and send himself to jail. Gu Lu nodded silently. The food from the government was really delicious.
After getting the documents (a certificate and two small cards), Gu Lu tried it today.
Just swipe the little blue card and you're on the subway.
Without spending a penny, Gu Lu was happy for the whole day. Sure enough, getting something for free makes people happy.
That afternoon, Gu Lu was like a ghost on the subway, riding from south to north and then transferring from north to east.
Suddenly, Gu Lu thought of the past when he saw elderly people using their senior citizen cards to ride the bus for free and they would just sit there and play every day.
At that time, Gu Lu was thinking, even if it was free, was it really that boring?
It fell on me, "Hey this is fun!"
It’s fun, but as the lights in the sky get dimmer, more and more people get on the subway.
He didn't stop running until his cell phone rang and Gu Lu answered it.
"what?"
"Oh, that's not impossible."
"Okay, let me take a look."
Gu Lu took a taxi and stopped at the JW Marriott Hotel next to the Forbidden City.
He took out his cell phone, but before he could make a call, Yao Xiaoju saw the person coming and greeted him immediately.
He said on the phone that they would meet at the entrance of the hotel, but Yao Xiaoju himself stood across the street and watched. It was like a secret agent meeting. Gu Lu looked him up and down. Wearing a hat and carrying a small schoolbag, Brother Yao really didn't look like a good person.
"Brother Gu, long time no see. How come you've grown taller?" Yao Xiaoju said the lines he always said every time they met.
"I'm the Third Prince, and I grow taller every time." Gu Lu was speechless. He was quite happy at first because he cared a lot about his height. But after hearing it many times, he realized it was just a perfunctory response.
The two have worked together for so many years, and it can be seen from their communication that they are very familiar with each other. A relationship where two people hug each other as soon as they meet may not be a good one, but a relationship where two people talk nonsense as soon as they meet is definitely a good one.
"What Third Prince? Brother Gu, you are my third uncle!" said Yao Xiaoju.
"How long did it take you to return home? How many days did you stay in the country?" Gu Lu asked.
"I just arrived this morning and won't make a decision for a few days. I have to settle things first." Yao Xiaoju asked, "Here, take a look, this is what I told you on the phone about your millet."
Yao Xiaoju took out Gu Lu and Lu Ping’s grains from his backpack and handed them to them.
"So handsome. Not to mention he looks 70% similar to me, but he has nothing to do with me either." Gu Lu was holding the acrylic card. As expected, people from the three-dimensional world could never compete with those from the two-dimensional world.
In the comics, Gu Lu is wearing glasses, and this look shows him covering his face with his hands and laughing wildly...
In the story, he is known as the "writer of the stadium" and has an absolute sense of arrogance. According to Kuroko Tetsuya's evaluation, "This person is very similar to Akashi's new song." Therefore, Gu Lu is very contrasting. On the one hand, he calmly analyzes and writes the ending of the stadium, and on the other hand, he laughs confidently.
Let me explain briefly to those who haven't watched Kuroko. Kuroko Basketball is the story of defeating a group of hair-dying lunatics. Akashi Seijuro is the leader of the hair-dying lunatics. His catchphrase is "I cannot forgive anyone who goes against my will, even if they are my parents." This look is a bit like Iori Yagami! Gu Lu thought to himself. Look at Lu Ping again, he is drawn as a muscular man, a macho image without a doubt. Especially the crocodile tattoo on his neck, which only appears when he is angry. What kind of black·dao student pigeon blood tattoo.
After waiting for a while, Yao Xiaoju asked, "How is it?"
"It's drawn quite well, hahaha, but the shape is a bit childish. The laughter is almost catching up with the four laughing heroes in Naruto." Gu Lu responded.
"...Brother Gu, I'm talking about the copyright issue." Yao Xiaoju said.
"Specifically? It's up to you... but not up to you." Gu Lu said, "If I print a lot of peripherals, I can talk to Kozue and Shueisha. But if the quantity is small, it's not necessary."
Yao Xiaoju roughly understood what the other party meant. Generally speaking, the scale was too small, so Gu Lu didn't care.
Come to think of it, Gu Lu currently owns too many high-quality copyrights. The Asahi Shimbun once commented that Algernon the mouse is "the third most expensive mouse in the world, bringing Gu Lu hundreds of millions of yen in revenue every year." This is an exaggeration, and it doesn't ask if Jerry Zan, who ranks above, agrees, or if Mickey Mouse, who ranks first, agrees.
The two came to the room opened by Yao Xiaoju. The latter made some preparations and called Lu Ping.
Lu Ping? It's been a few years since I last saw him. After all, Gu Lu rarely went to the class reunion of Class 10 of No. Middle School.
Lü Ping, who was in his twenties, was already a sturdy man. His appearance was average, but his figure was a plus.
"Teacher Gu, long time no see. I'm very happy to know that you've made a comeback." Gu Lu was a little stunned by the first sentence Lu Ping said when he said hello.
If the other party called him "Master Writer Gu", it would be a joke. But for the respectful Teacher Gu, it was definitely not a joke. The huge fame had already drawn an invisible class between the two.
"Ahem, Flathead Brother, long time no see." Gu Lu found this nickname from his memory.
Yao Xiaoju sat motionless beside like a door god, with a serious expression. When Brother Yao was not smiling, he looked like a typical business elite, which was quite intimidating.
"Did Brother Yao tell you the specific situation?" Gu Lu took out the acrylic card of the Unyielding Crocodile and Baji and placed it in front of the camera, so he could see it clearly.
"How come the painting doesn't look like me at all!" Lu Ping complained, and then responded, "I'm telling you, at first I didn't believe what Mr. Yao said, I thought it was a scam call. Now the situation is that we can let the company that produced the theatrical version share our money, right?"
It’s not a theatrical company, but it’s roughly the same. Gu Lu nodded, “That’s basically it.”
Lu Ping was lost in thought for a long time without moving, and Gu Lu thought his phone was stuck.
"Well, how much money can we expect to get?" Lu Ping asked.
Gu Lu didn't understand this aspect, so he left it to the professionals to answer and looked at the door god next to him.
"I don't know the exact amount, it depends on the sales volume of millet." Yao Xiaoju said, "There should be no such precedent in the surrounding area before, but I think it is certain that tens of thousands of yuan can be obtained."
After all, Lu Ping and Gu Lu are not permanent characters in the comics, but enemies that appear in the theatrical version. According to the surroundings of the new characters in the Naruto: One Piece theatrical version, the gap is quite large. After all, there is no Conan in this world, and no one expected that there would be a character that could really rely on the popularity of the theatrical version to soar!
Tens of thousands of yuan was not a small amount, even though Lu Ping's family was not poor. His family ran a flower shop, and when he was in school, he gave Gu Lu many pots of flowers. Although the final result was that they all died tragically at Gu Lu's hands.
Yao Xiaoju thought that the other party would agree without hesitation, because from Lu Ping's attitude towards Xiao Gu Ge, it can be seen that he must have experienced the beatings of society. Taking tens of thousands of yuan for no reason, do you still need to consider it? !
But Lu Ping was very confused. "Teacher Gu and Mr. Yao, let me think about it. This question is a bit difficult for me."
Difficult? Yao Xiaoju had a misunderstanding, and he immediately added: "Don't worry, our profit sharing is not illegal. In fact, we are acting in accordance with the law, and there will be no bad feedback. Please trust my professionalism on this point."
“No, no, no,” Lü Ping in the video quickly waved his hands, “I definitely trust Mr. Yao’s expertise. I’m concerned about other things.”
Lu Ping sorted out his words and continued, "It's like this. I definitely don't play basketball now. But my basketball experience at No. 8 Middle School... or the experience of being drawn into a cartoon, is the most worth talking about thing in my first half of life."
"It means something different to me." Lu Ping said, "I just... well, I'm sorry, I'm a little hesitant. It's tens of thousands of dollars, and if I hesitate a little, it would be disrespectful to the money."
Although he said that, there was still some struggle in Lu Ping's eyes.
From what he said just now, we can get the truth of why Lu Ping hesitated. It was very naive - he didn't want money to pollute the best memories.
Would it be no longer beautiful if I accepted it? No, it just wouldn’t be perfect.
Gu Lu noticed these details, but didn't say anything, because it would be inappropriate for him to support or oppose it now.
"My brain suddenly went blank, it's nothing. Promise, I will definitely agree." Lu Ping changed his words, "This is definitely the biggest sum of money I have earned since graduation."
The weight of money outweighs perfect memories. After making the decision, Lu Ping felt better than ever. With the money, his mother would stop nagging him, and he would have the money to surprise his girlfriend.
"Then let's make an appointment and I'll send you the contract." said Yao Xiaoju.
"Okay, okay, no problem. I'm available in the morning and evening." Lu Ping said, "Mr. Yao, you can choose when it's convenient for you."
After the deal was settled, Gu Lu wanted to chat with Lu Ping. But the conversation was always about school, or whether you still remember someone, and how he is now. When they talked about what they were doing now, they became quiet. Gu didn't want to show off, and Lu didn't want to lose face, so they finished the conversation after a while.
It's amazing that there's still time to finish chatting.
When he was about to hang up the phone, Lu Ping suddenly said, "Teacher Gu, have you read the comic book "Kuroko's Basketball Extra Edition"? The storyboards and drawings in that volume are really good. I read it several times."
"I think I have seen it. Now that you mention it, I will go check it out after I hang up the phone." Gu Lu replied.
Both parties hang up the phone.
Yao Xiaoju suddenly had a different understanding of his boss, Brother Gu. Maybe something he didn't care about was just an ordinary stone in the long river of memory. But for other students, it might be the most shining moment in their lives.
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"Brother, can I make a small suggestion?"
Because the rehabilitation treatment is about to end, Gu Jiayu's mood is getting better and better. The only thing that is not so good is that she can't eat as well as before.
Gu Lu nodded: "What suggestions do you have?"
"I don't know if it's right or not. If it's really stupid news, just pretend you didn't hear it!" Gu Jiayu played it safe first.
Don't worry, Gu Lu silently opened the recording. If what he said made sense, he would delete the recording, if it was just some stupid advice, he would keep it. Even though Gu Lu had changed so many phones, he still kept the screenshots of the female knight's QQ name and other dark histories.
"I saw Gu Lu. Many people said that you make so much money and are a role model for young people, but you don't do any charity." Gu Jiayu was also searching the Internet intensively for news about her brother.
Once upon a time, when President Jian was still the king of vests, he changed his vest every day to lead the trend in Tieba. Now there are few real readers in the forum, but the black fans like to hang out. This is a common practice because the black fans cannot find a gathering place for real fans.
"I don't support this kind of statement. After all, we make money, and it's our own business how we use it," said Gu Jiayu. "I'm just a little worried that those marketing accounts will use my words out of context to stir up trouble."
Gu Lu turned off the recording. What he said made sense. The key point was not the issue of making so much money. Gu Lu himself was a youth representative recognized by the official media and had joined a think tank. It would indeed have a bad impact if it got out.
Furthermore, the think tank has a tax exemption of 5 million for experts’ personal companies. Wouldn’t it be nice to use the extra money to buy a reputation?
"Jia Yu, your suggestion is very good and thoughtful. Neither I nor several executives I hired thought of it." said Gu Lu.
Hearing this, the heroine smiled happily. This was why she liked talking to her brother and didn't like chatting with her mother. No matter what achievements her mother made, her praise was limited.
Take a few years ago, for example, when the heroine worked hard to get into the best high school in the foggy city. “That’s very good, but don’t be proud, keep it up. This time you performed exceptionally well, and you won’t always be in this state, so you have to work hard when you go to No. 8 Middle School, do you understand?” Gu’s mother was a very traditional person who valued parents, and she subconsciously suppressed him.
But Gu Lu is different. He will praise you as long as you have something good. You can tell me, who doesn't like to chat with a brother like this?
"Jia Yu, what do you think about me donating two sums of money every year to set up a scholarship at No. 37 Middle School and No. 8 Middle School?" Gu Lu suddenly thought of the various awards at Peking University.
There are too many scholarships, such as Liao Kaiyuan Scholarship, Li Huirong Scholarship, Wang Wenzhong and Wang Tiancheng Scholarship, Hongcai Scholarship, etc. Gu Lu has not paid attention to this aspect, but he knows more than ten of them. These scholarships are mainly for outstanding students and students from poor families.
"That's great. I remember that the government has a wide range of student loans and grants for college. But there are fewer in high school." Gu Jiayu agreed with both hands, "Brother, your idea is much better than mine."
The compliment is not the point, the point is the second half of the sentence. Gu Lu continued the conversation and asked, "So what are you thinking about?"
"I was thinking, aren't you familiar with many publishing houses?" Gu Jiayu said, "I can get books at a low price. I roughly calculated that the libraries of primary and secondary schools probably have between 500 and 3,000 books."
"Publishers get more money, so the price of a book is relatively low. Books suitable for primary and secondary school students are all public copyright books, so the price will be even lower. It should cost around 40,000 to 50,000 yuan to build a library." Gu Jiayu said, "Each library can be named after you, brother. This is both cheap and good for our image."
Gu Jiayu’s plan focuses on being cheap and having a promotional effect.
(End of this chapter)