Chapter 391 I Have Confidence
Chapter 391 I Have Confidence
"Aren't you South Koreans also obsessed with internet celebrities?" Kang Fusanye glanced at him. "The price of not respecting traditional culture is a sluggish cultural market."
Just to tell a joke, he also has no respect for traditional culture, but this does not prevent Kang Fu San Ye from disparaging South Korea as well.
"Mr. Kangfu is right. This is because our country is petty. If the Blue House is full of people like Mr. Kangfu, we will make a lot of progress." Kim Tae-eun responded, "Besides, that internet celebrity doesn't look as good as our male internet celebrities in South Korea."
The two communicated in English. South Korea and Japan both have a common specialty, "American Soldier", so people from both countries speak English quite well.
"Senior Park, look at this, that's bullshit!" "Kim Tae-eun is too much, people from the Republic of Korea have no pride in Japan!" "Senior Park, if you just open your mouth, we will definitely criticize her" and so on. Students from Korea University said this.
The distance between the two sides was such that they could not hear the conversation between Jin Taien and Kang Fusanye. Just seeing the beautiful students from their own school being attentive to the Japanese people seriously hurt the self-esteem of the boys.
The Park senior that the Gaoli students were talking about was their team leader, Park Go-young, a senior student. Park Go-young had a gloomy face, but his anger was mainly directed at Kim Tae-eun, because he knew a little about Kang Fu Sanye's information...
The University of Tsukuba in Japan is the best university in Ibaraki Prefecture. In terms of administration and size, Japan's prefectures are equivalent to South Korea's provinces and metropolitan cities. The sweet potato production in Ibaraki Prefecture accounts for 90% of Japan's production. The two varieties of sweet potatoes produced by Kangfu Family Enterprise, Hongdong and Hongyao, account for % of Ibaraki Prefecture. It's a bit like the pickled mustard tuber in the world comes from Fuling, and the pickled mustard tuber in Fuling comes from Wujiang.
What's more, the Kangfu family is the boss of the Neon Agricultural Cooperative. What can Park Go-young use to commit fraud?
Park Go-young said, "We don't allow such a person (Kim Tae-eun) to exist in our Korea University team!"
While South Korea was discussing internally, there was new movement on the Japanese team's side.
"Hmm? Something's not right. Why is Sakai..." Yasuto Miyamoto glanced at Sakai Mo from their team who went over to watch the fun, and then also lined up for an autograph?
He knows about Sakai Mo, but I only heard that he likes to play with female internet celebrities, but I haven't heard that he has changed his taste.
Something is wrong, 12 out of 10 things are wrong.
Kang Fu Sanye soon found out why - "That Chinese guy seems to be Gu Lu, the author of "The Devotion of Suspect X", "The Prince at That Time" and "Flowers for Algernon"!"
This sentence is in Japanese.
When the dozen or so students from the University of Tsukuba student team heard this, they immediately became excited.
"Is he the super talented writer who can cook and play basketball?" "The Daruma Stone God he described is so impressive." "Can I come over and get an autograph?" People were talking about it.
"Quiet, don't make any noise and bring shame to the University of Tsukuba!" Kang Fu Sanye was the leader of the school, and he was rich and powerful. The classmates instantly became quiet, as if a basin of water was poured on a flame.
The custom in Japan and South Korea is to respect senior students, not to mention their status as team leaders. So the Japanese students looked up cautiously, and the characteristics of the air made them tremble, not knowing whether they should remain silent or apologize.
Before everyone could figure it out, they saw the basin of water. Oh, it was Kang Fu Sanye, and he walked straight to the area of the Hua Xia Peking University team.
Ok?
Kang Fu Sanye introduced himself while squeezing forward, "I am the leader of Neon Tsukuba University, and I am a fan of Teacher Gu Lu. I think..."
Kang Fusanye was not very strong and could not squeeze in. He heard a student respond to him in English, "Everyone here is Gu Lu's book fan. If you want an autograph, please wait in the back! There are many school leaders. Look, the leaders of the Autonomous University of Barcelona and the Sorbonne University are lined up over there."
That’s right, most students in Spain and France also want it, or have already started queuing up for autographs.
The former, The Immortal Fugitive, is quite famous, and France is even more famous, with Bastille Day making a big news not long ago. Not all foreigners are book lovers. For example, if you did a difficult reading comprehension when you were studying, and the author happened to be a foreigner of the same age as you, would you go and read it if you had the chance?
Bold!
Do you know who he is, can he be the same as others? Kang Fu Sanye was angry. He walked to the back of the queue in anger, and Kang Fu Sanye gave Gu Lu a face because he liked Algernon very much.
"Is Gu Lu's work so popular overseas?" There were more than thirty students in front of Kang Fu Sanye, at least eight or nine of them were of European descent.
He thought that Gu Lu's works were only popular in Asia, and it seemed that he underestimated him.
"Is Kang Fu-san also a fan of Teacher Gu Lu?"
The students of the University of Tsukuba in Japan stayed in their own area (basketball court). OK, OK, you asked us to stop discussing and ran over to ask for autographs. Is that appropriate?
So, the students from the University of Tsukuba also ran over. I would like to add that the Japanese student representative teams are the University of Tsukuba and Kyushu University, but the former is the dominant one. The other schools are the same, both schools come together, but the secondary ones are omitted.
Student volunteers from Zhejiang University of Foreign Studies immediately sent more people over. The school had a certain understanding of Gu Lu's popularity, so they arranged a student in advance. But unexpectedly, after a few minutes, there were 30 or 40 people queuing up...
The student couldn't get away, so the instructor Yang Xing immediately went over to help. At the same time, Yang Xing looked at Gu Lu, who had a calm expression and signed each person with a gel pen, and thought to himself: "Is this the calmness that comes from being used to big scenes?"
The news reached South Korea, whose area was on the south side of the runway, closer to the basketball court.
Compared to the genius character in the eyes of the French and Spanish, Gu Lu has a very bad reputation in South Korea. But the key point is that Gu Lu's predictions about South Korea seem to be correct...
Kim Tae-eun walked back to the team in small skips and understood what was being said over there. The person standing there was the foreign writer with the worst reputation in South Korea.
"Is that Gu Lu? That bastard..." "Why is he here?" "He's just a loudmouthed student, what does it matter?" The South Korean team was talking about it.
Park Go-young couldn't stand these ignorant remarks. "Do you think a writer who was criticized by the editor-in-chief of Dong-A Ilbo when he was still a teenager is just a big-mouthed student?"
Dong-A Ilbo is one of the four major newspapers in South Korea.
The students of Korea University suddenly woke up and realized that just being a big mouth does not have enough influence. The editor-in-chief of Dong-A Ilbo must have eaten too much before criticizing him by name.
"I'm sorry Smecta"*10
Should we communicate with such an opponent? The South Korean students changed their minds.
"How despicable! Logically, he shouldn't be eligible to participate in this kind of event. I'll go and take a look." Park Go-young walked over. The International Student Cultural Exchange Festival still has some rules. Graduate students and doctoral students are not allowed to participate.
Eighteen countries, including Japan, South Korea, Spain and France, have taken action.
The noise was so loud that it was more obvious than the request for leave hidden in the table of contents. Schools farther away in the area, such as the University of Lisbon in Portugal and the University of Padua in Italy, looked at the long queues across the street with some confusion. Was it time to start registration?
"Mr. Edgar, can you go and see what's going on?" The leader of this year's Lisbon University team is Bernardo, a curly-haired man with glasses. He is also a writer and is well-known in Portugal.
Is it a coincidence? Of course not. Joaquim from the University of Lisbon achieved good results in the last session, and the leaders of Huaxia School took the initiative to ask for a photo.
Path dependence is human instinct, so it is not that the students from the University of Lisbon who come to participate in the literary festival happen to be writers, but that the University of Lisbon specifically looks for them in the school.
There were a lot of people, and the names of foreigners were hard to recognize, so I would like to introduce the more important ones: Kang Fu Sanye, a wealthy second-generation farmer; Park Go Young, who had plastic surgery and had shoulders as broad as a double-door refrigerator; Bernardo, a student writer with a little fame in Portugal; Kim Tae Eun, an artificial beauty who wanted to climb the social ladder; and Agnes, an Italian painter who looked as beautiful as a sculpture.
After a while, people from various countries who went to inquire about the news came back, and their expressions were different.
Let’s talk about Park Go-young from South Korea first. He left in a hurry and returned with a sullen face.
"What's wrong with Senior Park?" "Senior Park, just drink some water." "What happened to you, Senior? Could it be that Chinese students don't know how to respect their seniors?" said the South Korean team.
"China is so despicable!" Park Go-young pinched his broad shoulders, feeling that the burden on his shoulders was too heavy.
"For the sake of the cultural exchange festival, they deliberately let Gu Lu repeat a grade! Under normal circumstances, he would definitely not be able to attend." Park Gaoying exaggeratedly added, "The cunning Chinese people will let Gu Lu come this year and next year. Letting a writer who has passed the test of the market to attend the student cultural festival is even more shameless than us!"
That's right, Park Go-young knew that the Republic of Korea was only doing some tricks in the World University Games and in the sports field to lower the age of athletes. He never thought that China would also use shady tricks in the cultural field.
This is just nonsense. Even if Gu Lu had not gone to college a year later, he could have participated in this class. It only means that there is really no way next year.
Someone raised the question, "If this is the case, then why was Gu Lu not on the Chinese team in 2017 and 2018?"
"Huaxia is too big, and there are too many cultures that they want to promote. I don't know about 2017, but for the calligraphy dance in 2018, most European countries didn't know how to use a brush, so the results were not good." Park Go-young said, "As the organizer, the cultural promotion was poor for two consecutive sessions. So they brought out Gu Lu as a backup!"
That makes sense! Jin Taien also added, "It makes sense. Chinese people are very good at making sacrifices. And Gu Lu is a very famous writer. He has no problem finding a job."
As expected, they have the same American father. The South Korean students and the people from the same club as Japanese Bai have come to the same conclusion.
"We have to perform well this time." Park Go-young said in a deep voice.
Kim Tae-eun said, "Park, don't worry. We have prepared a wonderful performance. In addition, a beautiful painter from the University of Padua in Italy will appear. Agnes has more than one million fans on YouTube. Bernardo from the University of Lisbon spent several months preparing his work for this event. Even a well-known writer would find it difficult to win."
"Bernardo? Is he also a writer?" a Korean asked.
"Of course, he's a very good writer, a Portuguese student writer who's not much worse than Gu Lu." It seemed that the more powerful others were, the more they could eliminate Gu Lu's pressure, so Park Gaoying decisively took over and helped others brag.
Bernardo, who has been writing books since his freshman year and has sold 170,000 books in four years, is about the same as Gu Lu... I can only say that as long as you are happy.
The South Korean team represented Korea with two programs, K-pop from Korea University and Arirang from a secondary university.
The boy band style K-pop is their strong point! Don't be surprised why they sang pop songs in such occasions. When visiting the troops in South Korea, they always let the girl band perform K-pop. Is it strange? Ganges River.
It is also because China's international influence is getting stronger and stronger, and participating schools are paying more and more attention to it. It is also correct to say that countries are more fully prepared this year than last year.
Italy, Portugal, the Bear Country, and South Korea are all making every effort.
So is Gu Lu under a lot of pressure?
The pressure is quite high. Gu Lu sighed silently, more than 50 signatures. The signatures are not the key, communicating with so many people at once really consumes energy.
Gu Lu, who had finally finished, could not even straighten his back when sitting down. He drank some water and took a rest, feeling more tired than running five kilometers.
"Gulu, you must be tired. Do you want me to give you a massage?" Zhou Lin asked with a smile.
If you really agree, do you dare to do it in front of the audience? Gu Lu thought to himself, it may not be certain, the girl with super strength has been very daring since she was a child.
Gu Lu looked at Zhou Lin, whose eyes were sparkling and it was hard to tell whether he was joking or serious.
"Forget it. You're pressing so hard, I'm worried that you'll hurt me even more." Gu Lu said.
"Really? I feel very comfortable with massage." Zhou Lin said, "I learned this to please my father."
"I treat you as a friend, but you actually want to call me dad..." Gu Lu changed his words and said, "Okay, I'll give you a chance."
"Then close your eyes and enjoy it." Zhou Lin said softly.
The vigilant King Gollum was fooled. He closed his eyes, and the next second he felt something wet on his face.
When he opened his eyes, he saw an icy wet wipe. Gu Lu wiped his face a few times and said, "Where is the massage? How come it turned into a wet wipe?" Although wiping the face with a wet wipe did relieve fatigue.
"I will definitely do that next time." Zhou Lin didn't give Gu Lu a chance to speak, and turned around and walked away in small steps. Gu Lu seemed to smell the scent of shampoo escaping into the air. It wasn't that it was fragrant, but the smell dragged Gu Lu back to that afternoon, when the sun shone on Zhou Lin, and she jumped up with a badminton racket in her hand and swung it vigorously.
The Super-Strong Girl is preparing a show, and Peking University must have prepared other activities.
Gu Lu wiped off the water marks from the wet wipes with the tissue next to him, moved his body, and lowered his head to look for something.
After a while, Fei Hai, the leader of the Huaxia team, came over.
“Gu… Teacher Gu, is your work ready?” Fei Hai still didn’t call out the name directly.
"Captain, you can just call me by my name. Here are the manuscripts in eighteen languages." What Gu Lu was looking for in his schoolbag was the manuscripts.
After taking out a thick stack, Gu Lu roughly sorted it out and handed it to the team leader, who took it, looked at it for a few seconds, and then handed it back.
“No number?” Fei Hai looked at the other party’s confusion and explained, “Generally speaking, manuscripts need to be serialized so that students who come to help can’t easily make mistakes. For example, Italian, French, and Spanish, if you haven’t learned them, it’s actually hard to tell them apart.”
"Captain is really experienced!" Gu Lu gave a thumbs up. "I need to think about it. I have been busy with the translation of the manuscript this week, so I have a rough idea of it."
“Ahem,” Fei Hai said, “It’s just a little experience, not worth mentioning. I happen to have a marker over there, I’ll get it over right away.”
"Reliable! The captain must be the student union president of Zhejiang University of Foreign Studies. He handles these things in such an orderly manner." Gu Lu said.
“No, no, no, I haven’t accomplished anything great as the president of the Student Union.” Fei Hai waved his hand quickly. “Well, I’ll just take these manuscripts away. You can use your phone to take a picture and identify the language. I’ll mark it for you. The volunteers are all students from Zhejiang University of Foreign Studies, so it will be easier for me to connect with them.”
"Will it be too much trouble for the captain?" Gu Lu asked.
"What trouble is there? I'm the captain and I must solve these problems!" Fei Hai said firmly.
"I don't have this kind of organizational ability. I'm so envious." Gu Lu said, and then he saw the team leader take the manuscript directly from his hand.
“Oh, by the way—are you confident about this event?” Fei Hai’s voice became lower. “Although it is our home venue and we are the one hosting it, the school leaders have considered too much in the past two consecutive sessions, including this one. It’s not exciting enough.”
There are many considerations, for example, each province has provincial intangible cultural heritage. Once it is shown at the International Student Cultural Festival and reported by the news media, the provincial intangible cultural heritage will be shown to foreign friends. It is a good opportunity for publicity and gilding. Each province has its own intangible cultural heritage. Zhejiang Province alone has more than 900 items, of which more than 200 provincial intangible cultural heritage items can be performed.
As for whether it can be well received by students from other countries? The leaders, including Dean Fu, really don't care that much, anyway, no students care. When Fei Hai talked with Southeast University, he was more in favor of making iron flowers.
Gu Lu thought about the evaluation of "Nine Miles Walk" on Earth: the ceiling of one-sentence reasoning. No other!
He responded, “I am quite confident about this article.”
“That’s good,” Fei Hai patted Gu Lu’s shoulder subconsciously, “Then I feel relieved!” It was really a habit. When he was the president of the Student Union, he often patted shoulders like this.
There was no more time to chat, Fei Hai took the manuscript and left in a hurry.
The Chinese student team leader was more motivated and got the serial number right in a short time. He also made a few extra copies and informed the liaison volunteers.
Soon, student volunteers will send the manuscripts to various countries.
Why is Fei Hai so busy? Because he not only has to take care of Chinese students, but also some things of foreign students. For example, the University of Lisbon in Portugal also has manuscripts. When the instructor of the other party couldn't find someone from the school, he found Fei Hai to help him with the specific distribution.
After working for more than half an hour, Fei Hai looked at his palm and suddenly laughed out loud. His current mood can be summed up in one emoticon: I put my hands on my waist, which makes me feel so awesome.
Zhejiang University of Foreign Studies’ International Student Cultural Festival officially begins at 2:00 p.m.!
The first team to take center stage must definitely be the Chinese team. The host opens the show and also serves as the finale.
The central stage is built on the football field. It is not a stage, but it is more appropriate to call it a "ring". It is a square with 360 degrees of unobstructed view.
The opening performance was by Southeast University, who prepared a performance called "Dragon and Lion Dance", which was derived from the Jiangpu Hand Lion Dance.
Unlike traditional lion dance, this one does not require the performer to get into the lion's leather suit, but instead uses wooden sticks to ride on the lion's chest and belly, which is a bit like dragon dance. So why is it called reincarnation? Because the students didn't know how to do it originally, and after more than three months of practice at most, it was impossible for them to master the advanced techniques, and they just learned the form.
It was quite lively, and the students at the scene applauded during the performance of several minutes.
There were mixed comments on the scene: "Oh? Are they a few Chinese dragons?" "Didn't you read the catalog? It's a Chinese dragon and three lions, quite exciting." "It's really exciting, three lions fighting dragons." "Very cool"...
Although not as colorful as iron flowers, it’s pretty good. Fei Hai gave a thumbs up.
If students who have studied for a few months can dance like this, then wouldn’t the authentic one look even better?
"From the perspective of economic development and cultural dissemination, performing in this environment is indeed conducive to the development of these traditional cultures." Gu Lu thought to himself, "If it were hosted by Zhejiang University of Foreign Studies, even if the performance was not good, the news would not have been exposed."
The media present were all official media, and those from China came with political missions.
Foreign newspapers such as JN News (Portugal), El Mundo (Spain), and Dong-A News (South Korea) all want to capture the highlight moments of their country's athletes.
It can only be said that the Chinese students are competitive and want their country's performance to win applause.
The second performance was by Portuguese students. Holding wooden sticks, they first performed a folk dance, which is the traditional dance of Portugal.
If you have friends in Macao, you should be familiar with this dance. It is a sad story...
The performance of folk dance is not very good because there are not enough people. Folk dance is usually performed by a group of men and women, 10 to 20 groups, or even more, which makes it look better. Currently there are only a few pairs.
Hearing that the applause was even sparser than that of the Southeast University team that had performed earlier, the instructor Mr. Edgar did not look happy.
"It doesn't matter, Mr. Edgar," Bernardo said. "I have confidence."
Edgar had already found out why there was a queue and told his classmates in Lisbon. But Bernardo was still confident in his work!
Or in other words, Gu Lu’s fame has not actually spread to Portugal, which is normal to think about.
"I also have confidence, Bernardo, we all believe in it," said instructor Edgar.
Bernardo’s confidence is not blind, because many teachers have seen that his work “Chinese Ladder” is better than Joaquim’s work last year!
If Ajin could kill through, why couldn't he?
(End of this chapter)