Chapter 393: Unable to Win
Chapter 393: Unable to Win
"This is a novel that truly has exotic elements. At least it left me with a very deep impression of the geographical location of the town of Ginitta."
"He doesn't seem to have studied in France, or even been to France."
"It's more than five miles from the Hapili community, more than eleven miles from the town of Ouston, and about eight miles from East Ouston. Indeed, there are two locations within nine miles, but we can't choose one. The only possibility is that the buses stop running in the early morning and private cars won't pick up people at night. This reasoning seems easy after it's revealed, and anyone can think of it, but it's incredible to be able to integrate the information."
"Does he have any other mystery works? Isn't he a famous writer in China? He must be a writer like Mr. Andrea Camilleri."
“It’s hard to imagine that a short story like “Nine Miles on Foot” that is comparable to “Silver White Horse” would appear at the student cultural festival? Ladies and gentlemen, this doesn’t make sense!”
"How about we try and make the same inference by saying something randomly?"
Some of these noisy speeches carried very obvious national symbols. It seemed that anyone who mentioned Andrea Camilleri must be an Italian student. Because even though Andrea is a national treasure-level mystery writer in Italy, his international influence is not that great.
"I feel that the Chinese genius's imagination is too terrifying. The only accurate way to describe it is with the word horrible. I can already imagine him throwing darts at the map of France, and then using his unstoppable thinking to create such a wonderful story."
During the discussion, this passage in the letter completely hit the nail on the head for Franz, the "foreign aid" of the Sorbonne University.
Because normal people's thinking logic would not think that Gu Lu first had a story before looking for French place names. At the same time, according to normal thinking, Gu Lu, who has never studied abroad or been to France, is even less likely to know about French towns. Therefore, under these two normal logics, "Nine Miles Walk" feels very scary.
Franz's expression was an emoticon that said "I'm done, please let me go", and he decided to go back and watch "One Night Genius".
"Win-win... My idea was too bold." Franz is not the kind of person who would stubbornly stick to his guns even if he is dead. What's more, this article is better than his, and it is indisputable.
But he could still comfort himself: "Although I submitted my work after Mr. Gu, the Portuguese who submitted it before me was not much better than me. More importantly, my story is better than the Portuguese, and I am not at the bottom."
Bernardo from the University of Lisbon, who was dragged into Franz's heart as a scapegoat, now had his eyes wide open. His curly hair seemed to be in the shape of a "?", with as many question marks as there were hairs on his head.
What happened to the promised killing? Bernardo couldn't believe it. If there was such a student in Huaxia, how could he have been killed by his senior Joaquim last year?
Instructor Edgar answered his confusion, "Last year and the year before, this Chinese student did not participate."
Bernardo suddenly had a strong idea. Even though it was absurd, he still couldn't stop it. "This Chinese double U is coming for him!"
GULU is a bit difficult to pronounce, so it is abbreviated to double U.
"It's okay, Bell. I just checked on the English Internet. GULU is a very famous writer. You can see for yourself--" Edgar handed the phone to the student to let him know how strong the enemy was. At least it was an honorable defeat.
The mobile webpage is an introduction to the Chinese writer Gu Lu by the famous British mystery writer Kane Vanzestone in the Daily Express.
The English coverage rate in Portugal is very high, with more than 90 percent of the citizens being able to speak English, so reading is definitely barrier-free.
[Gu Lu, born in China's Fog City (February 1996, 2 -), is a representative of Chinese young writers. In 6, he published his work in a magazine for the first time. In May 2012, Gu Lu's first novella "The Little Prince" was published and was a great success. It was evaluated by China as one of the most classic fairy tales of the 2013st century. In October of the same year, he created his first novel "Mr. Holmes", which was included in the "Excellent Catalog" by Conan Doyle Property Rights Association and is the only work in Asia. At the same time, the 5-year-old Gu Lu came to the UK for the first time, and Cthulhu was born in the UK...] (The following is an introduction to Cthulhu. Bernardo has not read these works, so he can't understand them)
It must be said that there is still a gap between Chinese and foreign information, and the information collected by Kane, the disciple of Cthulhu, still has some errors. For example, Mr. Holmes was published earlier than the Little Prince, but overall, the achievements of a talented writer have been revealed.
Before reading this resume, Edgar thought Bernardo was already a genius. But after reading it, he could only say, "Bernardo, don't feel sorry. At least we can definitely beat that French writer."
“……” Bernardo was silent. He felt that the instructor’s comfort was another stab in the back.
Students from Korea University in South Korea also remained silent. Their expressions showed that even if you write well, we won’t admit it. So they stared at each other in bewilderment.
The absence of South Korean students did not have much impact on the atmosphere, because the wonderful works would arouse people's desire to discuss.
Very good, the domestic media also started to praise the photo taking, and the pause time in between was much longer, so the home team still had some advantages.
"Genius Gu Lu, the value of these four words is still rising." Dean Fu muttered to himself.
If you think about it carefully, there is nothing surprising. Cultural exchanges between countries can be carried out at will. Now that you are among the students, shouldn’t you start your big account and go to the novice village to bully the noobs?
Students from Zhejiang University of Foreign Studies, Southeast University, and Peking University all gathered around Gu Lu and praised him highly.
Gu Lu's work was definitely the first highlight of the Student Cultural Festival. If there had not been a certain level of order at the scene, I wonder how many students would have come to say hello.
The second peak occurred at halftime. The eighteenth performer was from the University of Padova in Italy, and one of the performances at the University of Padova was a solo show by Agnes. She caused quite a stir as soon as she appeared on the stage. After all, she is an Internet celebrity painter and is well-known in European countries.
The Asian classmates were excited when they saw the big blonde beauty.
In terms of appearance, Agnes, Zhou Lin and Jin Taien are only evenly matched, but the exotic style adds a different flavor.
Well, I didn't look at it that seriously. Mainly because Zhou Lin was next to me... something was wrong. Why should I be afraid of a girl with super strength? Everyone loves beauty! Gu Lu thought so.
Although thinking this in his heart, Gu Lu still lowered his head. It was Professor Lu who sent a message, saying that he was suddenly busy. Professor Lu was going to Singapore and Malaysia to participate in activities next week, and wanted to take Gu Lu with him. Gu Lu could only quickly reply.
We can imagine what Professor Lu did when he went to Singapore and Malaysia. He must have participated in Chinese language promotion activities. Language dissemination is also a part of cultural dissemination, and a very important part. It can also be said that it is the most important responsibility of Confucius Institutes in various countries.
Next, Professor Lu sent a message: [This trip to Singapore and Malaysia is to promote the "Chinese Teaching Heroes Conference", specifically, the teaching of Chinese teachers in Southeast Asian countries and Singapore. It requires support from people in the official and folk cultural circles. This is your strong point, so I personally hope that you will participate.]
To be honest, Gu Lu really respects and likes Professor Lu.
Why? When Professor Lu knew that students didn’t like to listen to long voice messages, he tried to send text messages or short voice messages. I have to say that he is a very considerate professor.
"The Hanjiao Heroes Association? Who came up with the name? It turns out there are so many bad names in the world." Gu Lu felt much better.
Although Yao Xiaoju claims that Gu Lu is a world-class writer, he is limited to Asia and is only famous in Japan and South Korea overseas. In Europe and the United States, he has only made a "small" name in the UK. In Singapore and Malaysia, he is probably unknown.
[My book doesn’t sell well in Singapore and Malaysia, so it may not be that helpful for this conference.] Gu Lu replied, lowering the professor’s expectations first.
Later, Professor Lu responded that having Gu Lu participate in this event would definitely be the icing on the cake.
In terms of importance, the communication between the Ministry of Culture and local cultural departments accounts for about 60%, Professor Lu leading the team accounts for 30%, and the remaining 10% is the contribution of Gu Lu and other factors.
Very good, since it is the icing on the cake, then there is no problem. Gu Lu regarded it as a free trip and agreed.
There was another round of applause at the scene, and it felt even more enthusiastic than when watching "Nine Mile Walk".
This is quite normal. The South Korean girl group's dance "Still Not Sleeping" also received quite a lot of applause.
The work performed by Agnes is exactly the same as the calligraphy dance performed by Zhejiang University of Foreign Studies last year. Both involve painting and dancing at the same time, but this one is liked by more people... because the performance is pleasing to the eye. And the finished product of the 20-minute sketch is also pretty good.
One detail worth noting is that when Agnes left the stage, she looked in the direction of Gu Lu. Because in her opinion, Gu Lu was a genius and a strong man, and it would be very good if the performance was affirmed by a strong man.
As a result, I saw that the Chinese man was looking down at his mobile phone from beginning to end.
Agnes was a little doubtful about her performance. She hid her thoughts behind a smile and returned to the Italian section surrounded by her classmates.
Next to the Italian area is Turkey. As the saying goes, the bravest die first. A student from Ankara University who is a little handsome and a little strong, let's call him Xiao Shuai. Xiao Shuai, surrounded by his classmates, went to ask Agnes for an autograph.
"If I ask for an autograph, then you guys will pay for tonight's consumption!" Xiao Shuai said this, and it seemed like he was making a bet with his classmates. Winning the bet was the key, and getting an autograph was secondary.
But in fact, getting the signature is the key, and the bet is just a small way to give yourself courage.
This trick is very commonly used by college students, and it is really the same for college students at home and abroad, which shows the commonality of human beings.
"Sorry, I don't use Twitter," Agnes responded.
"What about INS? YouTube is fine too." Xiao Shuai didn't give up.
"I'm sorry." Agnes apologized, and the Turkish coach returned home with nothing.
When the students at the University of Padua saw this, they thought it was very normal. As for Agnes herself, she is also a big internet celebrity. Which big internet celebrity's personal contact information can be obtained casually?
In addition, the classmates knew each other well. Agnes' father was a famous sculptor, and her mother was a social activist and entrepreneur. Her family was quite well-off. It was not easy to get the contact information of a white, rich and beautiful Italian woman. With these two factors combined, it was not unfair for Xiaoshuai to be rejected.
The activities continued and the student cultural festival lasted from the afternoon to the evening.
Lasts four to five hours.
As time went by, the people present became more and more tired. Therefore, it was very difficult for the students to win a full house applause again...
When the event was about to end, Gu Lu was called over by Dean Fu, who said some irrelevant and useless words.
The only solid information is that Dean Fu said, "Why don't you come to Zhejiang University for graduate studies? Although Zhejiang University is a little worse than Peking University, it is definitely stronger in terms of personal resource investment." Although he is the dean of Zhejiang University of Foreign Studies, it is good for everyone to bring Gu Lu to Zhejiang Province. It is not a waste of meat in the pot. Moreover, Dean Fu is not talking nonsense. In terms of the comprehensive strength of graduate schools of universities, Zhejiang University is not much inferior to Peking University. And according to the current situation, it can even surpass Peking University within five years.
Yang Xing, the instructor from Zhejiang University of Foreign Studies, was stunned. No wonder he could only be a lecturer while the other party could be the dean.
"Ahem," Gu Lu responded, "Professor Lu is very kind to me."
"Professor Lu Jianming?" Dean Fu was silent for a while and then said the name.
Gu Lu nodded, and Dean Fu said nothing, because Professor Lu Jianming was the authority in Chinese studies. He was not discouraged, and he would try his best. He just felt a little sorry that so many talents were flowing to the Forbidden City.
The interview and closing ceremony of the event will be held tomorrow. With the consent of the leaders of Zhejiang Foreign Studies University, Gu Lu left the school a few minutes in advance.
The reporters are also very busy. Some have started writing articles for tomorrow. Interviews will have to wait until tomorrow, but the works of students from various countries have come out today, and it is very clear who is good and who is bad.
Some reporters asked the Zhejiang University of Foreign Studies for the manuscript of "Walking Nine Miles". Some reporters began to select pictures for the cover of the news.
As mentioned before, all participating countries will promote this event. The most eye-catching ones will spread overseas, such as last year's Brazilian war dance. Besides, Joaquim's "Paris Murder Case" last year had accumulated so much fame, and Gu Lu's this time...
Gu Lu's caution this time was justified, because students from various countries really came to ask for autographs. Among them, the Japanese students were relatively crazy. They got a set of Gu Lu's works from somewhere and waved them around to ask for autographs.
"Sakai, go check what hotel Mr. Gu Lu is staying in." Kang Fu Sanye said, "I must get an autograph."
"We are not chasing stars, Kang Fu-san. There is really no need to do this. We are just book fans. You are crossing the line." Sakai couldn't understand. Even if you like Gu Lu's works, you don't have to be so crazy.
Kang Fusanye did not explain, and no one else understood. The Little Prince was his life's work. This book constituted part of his worldview. I don't know what it constituted, after all, the Little Prince did not teach people to bully others.
"Can it be done?" Kang Fu Sanye repeated with a sullen face.
As soon as their expressions became serious, it became clear that the relationship between the two was no longer just good friends, but rather subordinates of the Sakai family working for the Yasutomi family.
Sakai also put away his cynical smile.
"Remember, I just want a signature," said Kang Fu Sanye.
There was a little chaos on the playground.
Fortunately, there were enough volunteers to maintain order.
"Don't be anxious, we don't need to be anxious. China is a country of etiquette. Let the foreign students go first." Fei Hai, a representative of Chinese students, said that this was also the arrangement of the instructor Yang Xing.
After a while, there were not so many people, and a beautiful figure walked towards this direction.
The person who came was the popular Agnes. She spoke in English: "Hello, Captain Huaxia. I am Agnes."
"Hello, nice to meet you. Ms. Agnes, how can I help you?" Fei Hai still showed a relatively calm demeanor.
"Such a large event is very well organized." Agnes said, "It can be seen that the Chinese student leader has strong organizational skills. Can we exchange contact information?"
"Of course. It's an honor." Fei Hai gave his phone number and INS number.
"Thank you." Agnes left.
I could also faintly hear her conversations with her classmates: "We're holding an art conference at the end of this year. I could ask for your advice." "It's only a few months away. You're already thinking about it, Nice. Your planning ability is amazing." "These are very basic." And so on. Of course, they were speaking Italian.
About two minutes later, Jin Tae-in also walked towards Fei Hai.
“?” Fei Hai widened his eyes. Could it be that the little guy also has his day? Today is his lucky day?
As mentioned before, he has nice facial features, and he has a good chance of debuting as an idol, but he's a little short, which led to a fight with his roommate, a big man from Shandong Province.
"Sir, may I ask where I can find Mr. Gu Lu?" Jin Tae-eun held The Little Prince in his hand and said in a coquettish tone, "Please tell me, sir. Please."
Fei Hai couldn't resist such beauty, figure and coquettishness. He responded in English, "I know very well which hotel the Peking University students stayed in, but Gu Lu didn't stay there. So...but Gu Lu will come for an interview tomorrow, and it will be easy to get his autograph then." He didn't completely fall for her, as Gu Lu was not the kind of person who liked to be treated specially, so he checked into the hotel as arranged.
"Thank you," Jin Tae-eun thanked sweetly, turned around and walked away a few steps, the smile on his face disappeared.
Women's words are deceiving. She wanted Gu Lu's autograph just to give it to Kang Fu Sanye. A gift should touch a man's heart. Anyone can get the autograph tomorrow. Is there any point in giving it to him? Jin Taien is ready to think of other ways.
Looking at Jin Taien's graceful back, Fei Hai took a deep breath. It was obvious that she was attracted to Gu Lu. It didn't matter. He also attracted an Italian beauty today. It was also a 50-50 chance!
At noon the next day, Gu Lu arranged all media interviews online and left Zhejiang Province in a hurry.
It wasn't a sudden idea; his schedule was already arranged this way.
He returned to Beijing, and yesterday's cultural festival and the performances of students from various countries were also reported in China and other countries.
The specific fermentation situation will take some time to see...
"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, I wish you a long life and good health, congratulations on your birthday, may this day come every year..."
For some reason the birthday song went off track while being sung. Gu Lu was the Mr. Nan Guo who was just filling in the gap, so he also went off track.
Wang Penggang did what he said, and when his injury got better, he called all his classmates. However, the previous plan was for 17 people, but now there are only 11 students, excluding the birthday boy himself.
"I'm graduated, and thank you all for coming to attend. I won't say more, everything is in the wine, I wish you all a bright future and smooth sailing!"
June and July are graduation seasons, and Wang Penggang is a senior student. He did not choose to continue to prepare for the postgraduate entrance examination.
All the students, including Gu Lu, raised their glasses. The sound of two glasses colliding with each other was like the sound of beautiful bubbles bursting.
Of course, the sound was not that obvious, because several graduates present had already had a farewell dinner with their good roommates.
The farewell dinner in college is different from that in junior high and high school. The latter is for the whole class to get together, while the former is for just a few good friends.
Because the "bubble" didn't make a loud noise, the students at the table didn't drink too much. Gu Lu liked this environment very much, and he particularly hated the drinking culture.
It is important to understand that it is the drinking table culture of today's society, not the wine culture. The two have nothing to do with each other.
I'm not here to play the game of flying flowers, so don't play any unspoken rules. There is a reason why Gu Lu had such a big psychological reaction, which is related to a certain Writers Association activity two years ago.
A group of people went out to collect folk songs, and the Writers Association reimbursed the expenses. Then a certain writer made advances to the female writer at the table and persuaded her to drink. At night, when they returned to their respective hotels, he actually knocked on the female writer's door... The next day, he was able to greet everyone as if nothing had happened. This is a true story, and it is inconvenient to reveal the name.
"Fuck you, I've been fed up with you for a long time. Brother, the girl from the next department asked me for my WeChat ID, what did you say? You told them I didn't give it to them, and then you added me to chat!"
Suddenly, the sound of quarreling interrupted Gu Lu's inner criticism of the drinking culture.
What's going on? Why are they shouting? Gu Lu looked up and saw the birthday boy, Wang Penggang, confronting another man named Pang Guang.
His name is Pang Guang, so you can imagine what nicknames he will be given since he was a child... It's a bit impolite, so I won't say it.
"You believe what she says? I also said that Lan Weiwei and Zhou Lin confessed to me yesterday, do you believe it?!" Pang Guang retorted.
No, you can argue if you want, why drag Zhou Lin into this? Gu Lu looked at Pang Guang with a sharp look.
"Stop, stop, stop. Brothers, don't talk nonsense. Did Lan Weiwei and Zhou Lin really confess their love to you?" Jia Xu asked this immediately, interrupting the quarrel.
"Nonsense, of course not. I just want to express that there is no evidence, and one person's opinion is fine." Pang Guang responded. The reason why he mentioned these two people first was because they were the goddesses of Peking University. His first reaction was.
Wang Penggang laughed in anger, "You mean she wronged you for no reason? Why did she do this? Did she eat too much?"
"Think about it carefully with your pig brain. She knew you were rich before, but she didn't expect you to be so rich, so she said that." Pang Guang said, "We have been brothers for so many years, would I lie to you?"
It was like a Rashomon. Wang Penggang was a little confused. He looked at Gu Lu and asked for help from the smartest person at the table.
(End of this chapter)