Chapter 390: Can you still urge for updates like this?

Chapter 390: Can you still urge for updates like this?

Chapter 390: Can you still urge for updates like this?

Two-pronged approach, Gu Lu wants both. But the plan needs a small adjustment -

Primary schools have book corners, junior high schools have library rooms, and only middle schools and universities have libraries.

Those who often go to primary school should know that if it is not the teacher's task, very few students will borrow extracurricular books in primary school. There are slightly more in junior high school, but it decreases sharply in high school. The main reason is that high school study, dating, and games consume too much time. Gu Lu remembers that the library of No. 8 Middle School is basically full of students studying. During the one and a half hour lunch break at noon, many people hide in the library and secretly roll up their books.

Whether or not to look at it is one thing, whether or not to have it is another.

Gu Lu left the hospital and went home to make a more thorough plan. He had a bit of a selfish thought, since donations are charity no matter where they are, then it would be okay for the school to be in Fog City, right?
I called the publishing house and contacted New Youth Publishing House, Shanghai People's Publishing House, Xinxing Publishing House and Children's Publishing House.

I believe everyone can see that these are all publishing houses that have cooperated with Gu Lu.

Although they had some grievances with the Children's Publishing House, they still want to renew the three-year contract for The Little Prince and Flatland (the publishing market generally has 3-5 year contracts). Compared with other fairy tales that cannot be sold even after reprinting, The Little Prince is always on the bestseller list; Flatland is slightly weaker, but it is listed as a must-read subject for junior high school students and has stable sales every year.

If we directly get books from the four publishing houses, the variety of books is completely sufficient. Gu Lu is not stupid. If he finds a secondary distributor, he will be slaughtered like a fat pig. I have to say here... Gu Lu is not used to his expert status. He should purchase from China Publishing Group Corporation as an expert of the Great Diplomacy International Think Tank, and the price will be cheaper.

As for distributors, the needs of the six core think tank experts have nothing to do with distributors at all.

There is no way. I have just joined the expert class and it takes time to get used to it. After all, even though Gu Lu was very famous before, he had never been treated so equally.

There are two scholarships left, one for No. 37 Middle School and the other for No. 8 Middle School. Gu Lu is considering naming them the "Gu Lu Li Riyue Scholarship" and the other one for the "Gu Lu Gao Huilan Scholarship."

……

Professionals are very efficient, and Lv Ping's Unyielding Crocodile series is expected to earn more than 100,000 yuan. The Little Prince flagship store has added new peripherals, and the "Playground Writer Gu Lu" series has been added to the shelves.

When Yao Xiaoju told Lu Ping the good news, the latter was very happy and said, "Hundreds of thousands? If I had known the price, why would I care about this!"

Even so, Yao Xiaoju felt that the other person's smile was a little disappointed. However, it might also be Yao Xiaoju's subjective perspective. After all, a family like Lu Ping would definitely be happy to get hundreds of thousands of dollars for no reason.

The next day, Gu Lu, Guo Dafa, and Yao Xiaoju met and discussed the copyright as a whole. Guo's main focus was on the development of the domestic film and television drama market, because the domestic market has been booming in the past two years! Yao's main focus was also on film and television adaptations, but his focus was on selling to Hollywood.

Gu Lu deeply felt what it means that the strong will always be strong. Other writers rely on luck to sell copyrights, but his new book "From the New World" has sold a lot of copyrights even though only the beginning of the book was published.

On Thursday afternoon, Yao Xiaoju finished his domestic affairs and was about to leave.

But before that, Yao Xiaoju made a big one. Or to be more precise, he helped someone make a big one.

That night at Wangfujing Department Store——

Wangfujing Department Store is well-known and very close to Tiananmen Square. Many foreign tourists who come to the city to travel will check in here.

Speaking of the department store, there is a very eye-catching place, which is the 650-square-meter Unilumin LED display screen on the facade.

Usually, they will do some naked eye 3D, and on special occasions...special means when a celebrity has a birthday. The fan club will book the screen and display "Happy Birthday to XX" on it. If the celebrity is popular enough, even the big screen in New York's Times Square can be booked.

The more iconic a building is, the more expensive it will be to rent it.

"You come back to China and I want you to treat me to a meal. Brother Yao, you are so polite." Gu Lu said.

They insisted on bringing him to Wangfujing, saying they wanted to eat at a very famous restaurant in the mall. At the time, King Guru was a little confused. Aren't most restaurants in malls chain restaurants? How could there be something special that people would remember?
The dinner just now also proved Gu Lu's point. The taste was average! But it's a rule not to be picky when someone else treats you.

Yao Xiaoju and Gu Lu were walking out of the mall while chatting, when suddenly the former's cell phone rang, as if the scheduled alarm had rung.

King Guru heard someone beside him whisper, "It's almost time."

"What do you mean almost done?" Before Gu Lu could ask the question in his mind, he heard even louder exclamations, from both men and women, in Chinese and English.

Yes, there are many foreigners in Wangfujing Department Store.

Looking around, Gu Lu found that everyone was looking at the Unilumin LED display screen, and subconsciously looked over there -

[Mr. Gu Lu, when will you update the Cthulhu series of novels? !
(English version of the above content)]
Signed: A sincere call from British readers, the return of the father of Cthulhu.

The background is a series of English words in artistic fonts, which translates into Chinese as: "Your name keeps changing, and your image is not the same, but it was, is, and will be; time is now, time is the past, time is the future, and you are time; the snake has bitten its tail in half, forming a bone ring; the stars have been broken, and the old seal has lost its tip. Open up to me, waiting lord of darkness..."

Huh? Wait, this is, what the hell, the update urge is on the screen in Wangfujing? Gu Lu's head was buzzing, as if he was hit by a crazy husky.

The tourists around took out their mobile phones and started taking pictures and discussing the situation heatedly.

"Gu Lu? He's the great one who writes about diplomacy. He also wrote The Little Prince, but what is the Cthulhu series?" "British readers have come to China to urge for updates. It's hard to imagine what kind of crazy things Gu Lu has done!" "Who is so rich and inhumane? It must be expensive to rent this screen?" "Is Gu Lu so popular abroad? Isn't he only good at writing Sherlock Holmes fan fiction?" and so on.

A few years ago, the Global Times reported on the Cthulhu series, and it was in the report that Gu Lu first corrected the name of the Weymouth series.

"No wonder, Brother Yao, is this the performance you prepared for me tonight?" Gu Lu understood.

"Brother Gu, don't blame me. British readers are really pushing for it." Yao Xiaoju said, "And not only the big screen in Wangfujing, but also the big screen in Times Square in New York has been booked. It's the same content."

"?" Whenever a question mark appeared in Gu Lu's mind, it was not his problem.

Yao Xiaoju spread his hands and told the truth. British readers were equal to Kane. According to Kane, he had made sufficient preparations for the "old king" to ascend the throne. He came to Yao every other day.

If I ignore it, that won't work either, because Kane is a popular British writer, and there are many opportunities to cooperate with him. Of course, even if I take a step back, Yao Xiaoju also has some selfish motives, and it would be best to re-enter Europe through Cthulhu.

This scene happened. It was Yao who helped to contact this advertisement in Wangfujing.

"I don't mean anything else... Has Mr. Kane been to a psychiatric clinic?" Gu Lu asked. He couldn't understand why the hostile Sun reporter turned into a writer who perfected the Cthulhu framework.

Yao Xiaoju was also unable to explain this question for a while. Seeing this, Gu Lu nodded, "Okay, I'll write it when I'm done with my work next week."

"Okay, I can give Kane an explanation." Yao Xiaoju asked casually, "I asked you, Brother Gu, to come out for a barbecue last night, but you said you didn't have time. Are you busy with some cultural festival?"

"Zhejiang University of Foreign Studies' International Student Cultural Festival requires some coordination, so it is quite busy," said Gu Lu.

"Okay, okay, I'm also flying to England in a couple of days," said Yao Xiaoju.

"Why don't you wait until the premiere of the Kuroko movie before leaving?" Gu Lu asked, "After all, Brother Yao, you returned to China for this matter as well."

"If I were interested in anime, I would buy a ticket to watch it when it was released in Japan." Yao Xiaoju waved his hand.

Yao Xiaoju didn't know Japanese before, but he learned it very quickly because he handled a lot of business in Tokyo in the past two years. Now he has no problem communicating in Japanese. It turns out that the motivation to make small money is very strong.

"We've had enough food and drink, and we've also completed the tasks assigned by our British readers. Let's go back to the hotel." Yao Xiaoju was ready to end tonight's activities.

Wait - Gu Lu's eyes lit up, and he suddenly said, "Brother Yao, I'll take you there."

"No, no, Brother Gu, you are too polite." Yao Xiaoju waved his hand.

"It's on our way. Let's go for a green trip and take the subway." Gu Lu ignored the other party's reaction and walked towards the subway station first.

This... isn't it better to take a taxi? Yao Xiaoju passively stepped onto the escalator going down.

Gu Lu's card swiping action was a bit like Mr. Shu smoking in the movie, with his hand extended. The action was quite exaggerated, and Yao Xiaoju, who was preparing to swipe his Alipay account behind him, was stunned.

What does this mean? Yao Xiaoju didn't quite understand and followed behind.

The subway is a bit crowded during this time.

There was no seat for the two of them. After about two or three minutes, Gu Lu said, "Mobile phones are really convenient nowadays. You can scan anything with a code. But they run out of battery easily, so it's better to have a physical card."

As he spoke, Gu Lu waved the special card with a blue background twice.

The next moment, Gu Lu was unable to wave his hand. Yao Xiaoju said, "But there are shared power banks in every subway station. If it's 10% full, just borrow one quickly. That's all."

"..." Gu Lu coughed twice, "The remaining 5% was gone in the blink of an eye. It's very unreliable."

"Indeed, so you should carry some cash with you when you go out. If your cell phone runs out of battery, you can use cash to buy tickets." said Yao Xiaoju.

"Look at the blue color of my card. Isn't it beautiful?" Gu Lu was ready to reveal his cards.

Yao Xiaoju understood that he wanted to show off his subway card. But what was there to show off about a subway card?
All right, you are the boss, so Yao Xiaoju decided to cooperate with the performance. "Let me see, this blue is really blue... huh? Is this card serious?"

The logo of the card is very simple [No.: 28], and there is a line of small words printed on the back. Other subway cards are issued by a certain subway company. But this blue card is different, with a line of small words [Specially issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs].

This is the reason why Yao Xiaoju changed his tone later.

Gu Lu suppressed his lips and said, "It looks good, right? I also think this blue one looks good... Oh, you mean the issuing unit. This card is a benefit for national think tank experts. I didn't want to mention it at first." The identity of think tank experts can be checked on the Internet. It is public, and even some Baidu Encyclopedias have it. In short, there is no need to keep it confidential.

You still don't want to mention it? But well, even though he knew that the other party was showing off on purpose, Yao Xiaoju had to admit that he was being played by the other party!
"To become a nationally certified expert at the age of 24, Brother Gu is really..." Yao Xiaoju wanted to find a word to describe it, but after thinking about it, none of the words were accurate enough. Even "really exaggerated" was not exaggerated enough.

Only "Awesome!" can best reflect Yao Xiaoju's current mood.

While the two were riding the subway, the news of #历史最强阅读要更新# had been discussed by many netizens. Although it was not on the top of the trending searches, many people joined the discussion.

As long as there is traffic, there is motivation, so the self-media dug out several privately translated Cthulhu short stories.

"I found that many of Gu Lu's works are not accepted in China and abroad, such as Japan's Suspect and Britain's Cthulhu. Why is that?" "Because Gu Lu is the only writer who can change his writing style according to regional characteristics. I think no one will object to me saying that?" "Remind Gu Lu to stop making a fuss. Guns are not banned abroad. What if a crazy reader sends you a local specialty?"...

But gradually the topic went off track, and netizens began to urge the authors they read to update under this post. Questions such as "Will the bastard actor and the principal update?", "Does Ning Zhiyuan dare to finish writing Chu's Spring and Autumn Annals?", "Will I be able to see the end of The Monkey King in my lifetime?", etc.

There are too many pigeons in the comment section, enough for John Woo to shoot two versions of A Better Tomorrow.

Some netizens used Gu Lu's case as a warning, "Look, look, don't learn from Gu Lu, or you will be blown up on the big screen."

Anyway, the comment section was suddenly filled with joy.

Let me tell you about a place that used to have a depressing atmosphere, but now it has become peaceful due to the combination of joy.

The headquarters of People's Literature Press and the largest editor-in-chief's office.

As the ceiling of domestic literary magazines, People's Literature occasionally publishes special reports on writers, such as: "People's Literature" "New Wave" writer observation, "Post-70s" writer research, Cao Wenxuan winning the 2016 International Hans Christian Andersen Award, etc.

The research topic can be either the winner of a certain award or a certain group of writers. If they didn't win the award, they would be listed separately, unless it was a hundred years later.

Editor-in-Chief Kang is the boss of the editorial department, but he cannot force the theme. What restricts him is the rules of People's Literature for many years.

Another person came into the office and called out "Editor-in-Chief." Editor Kang nodded and continued to think about his own problem.

After thinking hard, he still couldn't figure it out. Editor Kang suddenly came to his senses and saw that someone in the office was still silent. This habit of not speaking after being called was so familiar...

When I looked up, it was indeed the deputy editor-in-chief Liu Yong.

"What's the matter?" Editor-in-Chief Kang asked with a hint of impatience in his tone.

"I have a good idea, but I don't know whether I should tell you or not." Liu Yong said without thinking.

"Good method, what good method?" asked Editor-in-Chief Kang.

Liu Yong said, "We went to the Writers Association to attend a seminar a few days ago and talked with Professor Chen. Editor-in-Chief Kang said at the time that we must do a special interview with Professor Gu Lu. I have a good idea in this regard."

"Oh?" Editor-in-Chief Kang listened attentively.

"Didn't we just launch a theme not long ago, Observation of New Wave Writers?" Liu Yong said, "Isn't Mr. Gu Lu a New Wave writer?"

It was certainly new, but was it inappropriate to repeat the topic again? Editor-in-Chief Kang did not refute but listened to the deputy editor-in-chief finish his words.

"That's right. I think we can start another issue of observations on the leading writers of the New Wave." Liu Yong expressed his idea.

New Wave refers to the post-90s writers, the leaders - Editor Kang thought about it and decided that at least most people would not object to Gu Lu being called this. For example, he agreed.

"Very good," Editor-in-Chief Kang nodded, "We will also follow the central media's evaluation. What remains is to interview Professor Chen about some important issues."

There was no problem, but Liu Yong said, "Editor-in-Chief, should we inform Teacher Gu Lu?"

"We are doing an exclusive interview with Mr. Cao Wenxuan. Has he been informed?" Editor-in-Chief Kang asked.

No, but this is a bit of a sophistry. After all, the theme of Mr. Cao Wenxuan is to briefly mention his background information, and most of the content is still research works. For example, research on why Cao could become the first writer to win the highest award for fairy tales.

"Yes, it's all for the purpose of letting more people know about Mr. Gu Lu's creative process and promoting the understanding of Mr. Gu Lu's works." Liu Yong also pretended to be confused and responded.

The editorial department of People's Literature is preparing.

Are these two people doing this for magazine sales? A little bit. Are they trying to defend Gu Lu? A little bit. Anyway, thoughts are very complicated, so what a certain philosopher said is very correct, the complexity of a person depends on the complexity of his thoughts.

Zhejiang University of Foreign Studies is also making preparations.

Zhejiang University of Foreign Studies is currently on summer vacation, so there is no need to worry about space for holding the cultural festival.

The huge campus is covered with red bricks and tiles that are slightly orange. All the teaching buildings of Zhejiang University of Foreign Studies are paved with such bricks and tiles. From a distance, it feels like a dream back to the primary and secondary schools more than ten years ago.

But the exaggerated green plants and high-rise buildings surrounding the school make Zhejiang Foreign Studies University look like green land divided by orange lines from aerial photos.

The leader of the Huaxia student team, Zhejiang Foreign Studies University student Fei Hai, said, "Is everything arranged? If it is arranged, check it again. I will ask Teacher Yang Xing to come back and take a look later."

Although there were only a dozen ZSU students participating in the exchange, there were hundreds of volunteers.

There are not many more than a hundred people. Today, there are reporters from newspapers of various countries here, and leaders from Qiantang will also be here.

"Teacher Yang, please go and take another look at the facilities." Fei Hai found Yang Xing, the instructor of the Zhejiang Foreign Studies University team.

"...Student Fei Hai, I have already checked the stage facilities and these things." Yang Xing was busy for a while before he sat down.

"It won't hurt to check again." Fei Hai said, "Teacher Yang, now is not the time to rest!"

"Okay, okay, I'll go check again." Yang Xing said. He looked over to the side and saw that Dean Fu of Zhejiang University of Foreign Studies was still running around. It was indeed not his time to rest, so he stood up and went to check.

Yang Xing walked towards the Zhejiang Foreign Language School team. There was no need to check the facilities. He just watched the rehearsal of his own school's students' performance.

The International Student Cultural Festival is not about friendship or anything like that. It is about countries showing their excellent culture through their students. Therefore, if it is a dance, it will be a more traditional dance; if it is a song, it will be a song that can represent the country.

This year's Zhejiang Foreign Studies University had the peacock dance, because a classmate was from Yunnan Province, and it was said that he had some connection with teacher Yang Liping when he was a child. Southeast University prepared folk music performances, and the yangqin and pipa were very exciting. Peking University was a little strange. The team was divided into two parts. Gu Lu brought a short story, and the other part was composed of students other than Gu Lu, who sang a song.

Although BFSU was strange, Yang Xing could understand it. If Gu Lu was a student of ZSU, he would not be included in the singing or dancing team, which was a waste.

"We originally wanted to perform a flower-making show, but the teacher rejected us," said a student from Southeast University.

Upon hearing this, Yang Xing could only give a thumbs up. Oh my God, what if something goes wrong while you are making iron flowers in this environment?
College students are really brave. Yang Xing couldn't help but ask, "Are you majoring in this? Did you inherit any skills when you were a child?"

"No, we don't know how to do it. We just think that making iron flowers is a Chinese intangible cultural heritage and is very beautiful. It can also broaden the horizons of foreign students." The student from Southeast University responded very naturally, "But unfortunately it is a bit dangerous."

Yang Xing proudly said that the students’ starting point was good, but could they learn it again next time?

"Then you guys..." Yang Xing was just about to ask whether the preparations for this performance were complete.

I heard the students next to me shouting like monkeys on both sides of the river, "Gu Lu is here, look at the moving Gu Lu," "I've only seen him in the author's introduction on the cover of the book before, now I see him in person," "I heard that Peking University seems to have a singing competition, is Gu Lu going to sing? I'm suddenly looking forward to it," "Let's go over and take a picture, I have to post it on WeChat Moments," "How come this is similar to the last time we went to the zoo and you wanted to take pictures?"...

From the monkeys' cries in the playground, it should be clear that Gu Lu has appeared. He is not late, nor is he treated specially. He flew to Zhejiang University with his classmates from Peking University. Mainly, he and Zhou Lin went to buy drinks for the students.

The Chinese team, which had been in chaos but had suddenly become more chaotic.

This reflection naturally attracts the attention of others.

"Dean, please maintain order to prevent accidents from happening soon." said a teacher at the scene.

"Let the students go. There aren't that many rules for cultural festivals," said Dean Fu. "Besides, it's just like a child star that the students have heard of since they were young. It's normal for the students to have this reaction."

In addition, there were more than 30 students from foreign schools, and their eyes looked rather strange.

"Mr. Kang Fu, look, is that student a Chinese internet celebrity? China's Internet is well developed, and students can also become internet celebrities." Kim Tae-eun from Korea University in South Korea said, making a reasonable guess.

She is a bit kowtow to the Japanese Tsukuba University leader Yasuto Miyamoto.

The reason is very simple. Kang Fu Sanye is very rich and meets her standards for choosing a partner.

"Why should we show so much respect to internet celebrities?" said Kang Fu Sanye.

Their reactions were relatively normal. Gu Lu's translations into various languages ​​were mixed in with the more than 30 people, such as English (Feihai, Zhouling, Lidongfanag, Gulu...) and were not particularly noted. Who would pay attention?

(End of this chapter)