Chapter 395 We have 81 points, understand?

Chapter 395 We have 81 points, understand?

Chapter 395 We have points, understand?
Why did foreign newspapers report "Nine Mile Walk" so much? Because Kobe and I scored 81 points together... That's the concept.

An excerpt from Portuguese news: "Two wonderful works emerged at this grand International Student Cultural Festival. The work "Walking Nine Miles" by a Chinese student contains French and Italian elements (the food that appears is all Italian food), and "Chinese Ladder" by Bernardo, a student at the University of Lisbon, contains Chinese and Spanish elements. Both works were well received at the scene. The following is an appreciation of "Walking Nine Miles"——"

Do you understand? That’s about it.

If the opponent or the person mentioned above is strong enough, won’t the level be raised? The French media used a similar routine, except that in the two works, the Chinese ladder was replaced.

The same is true for participating countries that did not have textual works. For example, the Italian media directly said: "The International Student Cultural Festival was dominated by a painting and a story."

This was also the first time that Gu Lu's work was widely disseminated overseas, and it also aroused heated discussions in the mystery circle.

Look carefully, it is the mystery circle, passers-by who are not interested in mystery, and pay more attention to brainless and exciting news. However, mystery readers need to consider more things.

"Does this author have other mystery works? I'm suddenly very interested!" "My favorite mystery short story before was Edgar Allan Poe's "Cats", and now I can add this one to the list." "Cats is not a mystery novel, it's just a suspense novel!" "I went to the largest bookstore in Portugal, and there was no work by this Chinese author." ...

I even started looking for Gu Lu's works on a small scale.

Readers are very greedy. When they see a short story that suits their taste, they immediately want to read the long story by the same author.

Unfortunately, I searched for a long time but to no avail, because five years ago, Gu Lu did not complete the European and American regions. The Little Prince, Mr. Holmes and the Cthulhu series are only popular in countries such as Britain, Belgium and Ireland.

"Bell, congratulations, you've become the next Joaquim." Mr. Jones from the publishing house came to congratulate him.

In addition to congratulations, he also sighed, "I didn't expect that China also has such an amazing student writer! He can be ranked alongside you, Bell."

"Mr. Jones..." Bernardo said, "Please don't mention this in front of me."

"What's wrong?" Jones couldn't understand. Such a big publicity would be a great help to the publication of Bernardo's next new book. If it was well managed, it could even sell 10,000 more copies.

But Bernardo, as the person involved, was too aware of the gap between himself and Gu Lu. The gap between the two short stories was like the gap between inferior port wine and Fonseca's port wine. He felt extremely ashamed when he was compared with them.

You see, different personalities bring different perspectives, and Franz, the French "foreign aid", was very happy. Because he knew he was inferior, this wave of juxtaposition brought him to a height that did not belong to him. When Franz returned to Paris, he held a grand banquet to entertain his friends.

"The Chinese writer Gu Lu makes me feel scared." Bernardo said vaguely.

To put it more bluntly, the Portuguese student Bernardo’s heart was broken…

That's fine. Jones can't understand his thinking, but it doesn't prevent him from making money, so it's fine.

Yao Xiaoju, who was overseas, was very confused when he first noticed this wave!
“Even if The Devotion of Suspect X is translated into other languages ​​now, it still can’t keep up with the popularity.”

"Mr. Holmes has an English version, so it can be released in many European countries first. However, this book is known for its emotional writing. If we insist on taking advantage of this wave of traffic, it will damage our reputation!"

What should I do? Seeing a wave of traffic slipping away from my sight is more painful than killing Yao Xiaoju.

In the end, Yao Xiaoju decided to choose the latter. A bad reputation is better than no reputation. Let the works first increase the sense of existence. As long as there are good works in the future, everything will be in time!
"The first time we hit the European and American markets, our popularity was limited to the UK. I hope this time we can really go global," Yao Xiaoju thought.

It is foreseeable that Yao Xiaoju is busy again.

Of the 17 countries, three or four are within the English-speaking area. For example, in Portugal, even though many people use Portuguese, there are English newspapers and English works on sale.

Everyone involved in this International Student Cultural Festival is very busy...except Gu Lu.

Look what he is doing now, watching a movie in the cinema with his classmates.

"Kuroko's Basketball: Peak Battle" is a total of 97 minutes. After watching it, all the students turned into curious babies.

"Mr. Gu, is there really such a stadium in your Fog City?" Jia Xu asked first.

The movie version is a little different from the comic extras. For example, in the comic extras, "peak" refers to the Fog City No. 8 Middle School. The movie version has been slightly modified. The Fog City is built in a city in the mountains, and there is a stadium built on the peak, attracting high school students from all over the country to challenge. Whoever can conquer the stadium will reach the pinnacle of high school basketball. The peak battle is also the meaning of No. 8 Middle School vs. Seirin, Kagami Taiga vs. Lu Ping.

"As far as I know, there shouldn't be any." Gu Lu knew that there weren't many stadiums in the entire Fog City, and even the basketball and badminton courts, which were the infrastructure for residents in 2019, were not very good. Not to mention naming the stadiums.

"What a pity! I had planned to travel to the Fog City during the summer vacation. If it's true, I'm going to dominate the court." Upon hearing this, a tall and strong classmate spoke up. He was indeed a member of the Peking University Basketball Club.

"Does your No. 8 Middle School team really play basketball on uneven surfaces? And then practice special mountain dribbling?" The birthday boy, Wang Penggang, asked a very stupid question.

Therefore, Gu Lu didn't want to respond.

"Brother Gu, you are really a basketball player who is held back by writing." Xiao Diao, a senior student wearing glasses, sighed, "The anime must have a prototype. This comic is all about super basketball, which is exaggerated too much. But even so, as long as you have one tenth of the strength in the anime, you are still a very strong talent."

The tall and strong basketball club members agreed, "Brother Gu is so good at writing novels, it's normal that he has a high IQ and strong predictive ability. Brother Gu's basketball IQ must be top-notch as well."

"I also watched a little bit of Bingguo. Brother Gu, your high school life was so wonderful. I am so envious that I want to cry. I didn't even have any clubs in high school." Pang Guang said that he was admitted to Peking University from Jilin Province.

Sorry, not even one tenth. Gu Lu wanted to say that he was not even a substitute, but just a water dispenser manager. But seeing how heatedly his classmates were discussing, Gu Lu swallowed his words back.

As for whether high school was exciting? Gu Lu thought about it and it seemed to be quite exciting.

"It's not a pity, because don't you think that Gu Lao's talent for writing is stronger than his talent for basketball? The real pity is Lu Ping. It seems that the Indomitable Crocodile did not choose basketball as his major." "Really? Brother Gu? That's a pity. And I feel that if the coach of No. 8 Middle School is strong enough, it's not certain who will win or lose." "Yes, the gap between the two coaches is too big. Gu Lu is the captain and has to consider everything on the court. As a coach, he also has to consider factors outside the court." And so on, the discussion was endless.

But don’t you think that the prototype of Gu Lu in the comics is more like Kenji Fujima in “Slam Dunk”?

The movie version is pretty good, and it doesn't have many barriers to entry. Even those who don't know the comics can watch it. Even the protagonists Kuroko Tetsuya and Kagami Taiga were not portrayed much, after all, the TV anime portrayed them a lot. On the contrary, Gu and Lu were portrayed in a rich way. For example, Lu Ping gave up all his rest time to practice basketball wholeheartedly, and there was even a very counterintuitive little clip in it. Lu Ping's family runs a flower shop, and the sweat he sweats from training at home every day can water a pot of flowers.

“?” Gu Lu’s current expression is similar to the ninth emoticon package in your phone.

Even though there are some awkward plots, overall, anime fans can give it 8.5 points, and passers-by can also give it 8 points.

Gu Lu silently picked up the Coke, took the last sip, crushed the lid and the cup together, and prepared to throw them into the trash can.

However, his action was stopped by his classmates because the cup cover was a plastic figure of Kuroko Basketball, which looked quite cute. Okay, Gu Lu threw the cup away and gave the cup cover to the two female classmates.

Among the twelve people, there were two female classmates, both of whom were relatively extroverted. Xiaolan and Mitu (nickname) even urged others to drink at the birthday party.

"What are you two whispering about?" Gu Lu noticed that Xiao Lan and Mi Tu were whispering to each other and looking at him from time to time.

"Let's discuss some things about the game plot." Xiao Lan said, "Did you really join the basketball club because of Lu Ping?"

In the story of the theater version, Gu Lu is not interested in anything except writing. He chose the basketball club because he wanted to accompany his good friend Lu Ping. Unexpectedly, the two of them are very talented. Lu Ping becomes the ace of the school team, and Gu Lu becomes the brain of the team.

Here it comes! Here it comes! Classic sports characters, exercising for others, and finding the meaning of sports after a hard battle!
"How is that possible?" Gu Lu said, "But if it weren't for Lu Ping, I really wouldn't be able to join the basketball club."

I still remember that the basketball club was the most popular club at the time, and the admission review was quite strict.

"Hehe, that's right!" Xiao Lan seemed to have heard the answer he wanted and smiled brightly.

Then Xiaolan and Mitu looked at each other and laughed. No one knew what they were laughing at.

Gu Lu asked.

"Ahem, you don't want to know." said Mi Tu.

The more he wanted to know, the more he wanted to know. Under Gu Lu's "questioning", Yu seemed to understand what Xiao Lan and Mi Tu were laughing at.

Indeed, it would be better not to know, Gu Lu was speechless.

"Brother Gu, congratulations on this anime, which has grossed over 1 billion! That's awesome."

Wang Penggang’s birthday party ended with his celebration.

In fact, the high box office does not directly benefit Gu Lu. It can only bring indirect benefits. Gu Lu waved and said goodbye to his classmates one by one. It seemed that Wang Penggang had some activities, but no one was interested.

There is no need to worry about the safety of my classmates. On the one hand, they are all in their third and fourth years of college. On the other hand, with Jia Xu here, there is nothing to worry about.

"It seems that the attendance rate of the preview is quite good." Gu Lu was thinking, and the next moment, a ding sound was heard.

It's been a long time since I last saw that kind of movement that touched my soul.

[Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter] [Transitional Work] [The adapted movie is the most perfect in Hollywood]

"The strategy is successful. Try to participate in new events to increase the chance of triggering the cheat code." Gu Lu looked at the three labels while hailing a taxi on the side of the road. He had said so many goodbyes to his classmates just now that he couldn't figure out which sentence triggered it. Just looking at the last label, Gu Lu remembered the movie "Gone with the Wind".

Gone with the Wind is adapted from the novel Gone with the Wind, but it doesn't match the transitional work and Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. If Gu Lu remembers correctly, the author of Gone with the Wind seems to have written such a work.

The most perfect movie, is it "Citizen Kane? But it doesn't seem to be adapted from a novel, and the movie is great because it pioneered new photography. Is it "The Godfather"? "

Gu Lu lowered his head and began to search. Okay, the Godfather of this world does exist.

Until I got in the taxi, I couldn't think of a number that could match the numbers, especially Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. It seemed... there was a thin film between Gu Lu and the truth.

After getting off the taxi, Gu Lu returned to the small apartment close to the school.

"Mr. Gu, there is a Mr. Li looking for you. He is resting in the activity room of the apartment now." Xiao Zheng, the apartment manager, said this as soon as he saw him.

The small apartment has a public area, which is quite large. There is a gym, a billiard room and an area dedicated to playing board games.

Mr. Li? Gu Lu glanced at his phone again, and there was no missed call.

If there is something wrong, please contact us by phone first.

"Then please let Brother Zheng lead the way." Gu Lu said.

Xiao Zheng led the way in front, "Mr. Gu is too polite."

When we arrived at the public area on the second floor, a middle-aged man in his forties was sitting on a single sofa. He crossed his legs and watched a short video with the volume turned down very low.

Gu Lu didn't know this person. But Mr. Li stood up and recognized Gu Lu at a glance. He quickly turned off his phone and put it in his pocket, jumped up from the sofa, and walked quickly to Gu Lu. He said excitedly, "Teacher Gu Lu, I finally meet you."

"Excuse me, who are you?" Gu Lu asked.

The middle-aged man immediately introduced himself, "Teacher Gu Lu, I am Li Minghai from the Tourism Department of Dukou District. I came here to thank Teacher Gu Lu for his contribution to the tourism of our Dukou District."

Dukou District Tourism Unit? They came all the way here, so it must not be just to express gratitude, Gu Lu thought, and found a name for it.

"Li... Director Li, let's go to the side and talk." Gu Lu pointed to the more private board game area next to him. After all, there were tenants playing billiards next to him, so it was not convenient to discuss things.

The title of director is truly universal and can be used for anyone from a deputy section chief to a high-ranking official.

The more secluded board game area has four or five square tables spaced quite far apart. The areas are separated by tall green plants, and the floor tiles are also different. The billiard area is covered with a hard carpet to prevent billiard balls from falling.

Gu Lu asked the bar for two drinks.

The entire area is free for apartment residents, who can play billiards, PS5, and board games, etc., so the role of the front desk is to manage and sell drinks.

It can also be said that these free services are included in the rent or price per square meter.

As soon as he sat down and took two or three sips of his drink, Li Minghai began to flatter him. He said that the number of tourists received by the Dukou District had increased several times because of "Hyouka" and "The Little Prince". Because tourists boosted the economy, the infrastructure projects in the Dukou District had improved a lot. In the end, he concluded, "We all in the Dukou District are grateful to Mr. Gu Lu!"

To be precise, it is not a compliment, because what he said is also true, but the last sentence is too exaggerated. The residents of the ferry will not thank Gu Lu.

But Gu Lu was a little happy, knowing that his hometown had become better because of him, which was worth being happy about. Of course, Gu Lu also mentioned being extremely careful.

It's like when Lu Xiaofeng saw a beautiful woman kneeling down to him, his first reaction was to run away through the window. Because such a beautiful woman kneeling down must be asking for something very troublesome. Similarly, the leaders of the ferry district came all the way here to give a compliment instead of calling, which must be a big deal.

Li Minghai said, "Teacher Gu Lu is the most important spiritual asset of our Dukou District, so our district is planning to hold a Gu Lu Festival."

Fortunately, it’s not a spiritual heritage, Gu Lu complained, but the second half of the sentence made him stunned, “What Gu Lu Festival?”

"It's not a festival, but a meeting about Teacher Gu Lu is held at a fixed time every year," said Li Minghai, "to attract tourists."

"It's a good idea, but I don't think tourists will come to the Fog City just for this." Gu Lu said, "And what are the specific activities?"

Hearing the first half of the writer's sentence, Li Minghai felt helpless. Hongyadong and Jiefangbei in Yuzhong, Ciqikou Street in Sha District, Nanshan Scenic Area in Nan'an and one of the starting points of the Yangtze River Cableway, etc., have made a lot of money relying on tourism resources. What does Dukou District have?
If you click on a certain booking site to book a hotel, you will see that according to the location, Jiefangbei Pedestrian Street has 33%, Guanyinqiao Pedestrian Street has 12%, Hongyadong has 6%... Dukou District has less than 1%, and no data is displayed at all. It's too miserable.

If it wasn't so tragic, the leaders of the Ferry District wouldn't have resorted to such a desperate measure. At least, they would have to wait until Gu Lu died to organize similar celebrity events!

"Regarding the content of the event, we have a small draft." Li Minghai took out the small draft.

Small? Gu Lu looked at the thick stack of documents in front of him. If nothing else, there were at least more than 40 documents.

Take a look at the first seven or eight pictures, and you will see that the activity is necessary and can help the ferry area. We usually say that it is a pie in the sky, and we probably need to rely on this pie to get the money out of our hands.

The specific activities are mainly divided into three sections. The first section is the check-in section, which tries to paint various Little Prince and animation elements around No. 37 Middle School to increase the immersion of tourists. Another section is to protect the filming location of "Hyouka", and every brick and tile must be carefully protected.

It's a bit like Takaoka City, Gu Lu looked at the first section. The place where Nobita lives in the anime is fictional, but Takaoka is the hometown of Fujiko F. Fujio, so the "blue fat man" elements can be seen everywhere in the local area, even the prototype stone pillars on the roadside are Doraemon heads.

Oh, and there is another similarity, Takaoka also hosts many Doraemon elements and related cultural activities.

The second section is to release some related souvenirs. The last section, if the event is successful, we can invite related voice actors to participate in the event in the second year.

Gu Lu quickly browsed through it and gave his evaluation. At least the leaders of the ferry area really studied the needs of tourists in depth, instead of just thinking about it.

He also noticed the key words, "if successful" and "second year", which means that the first event would not cost too much. So how to succeed in the first year? The leaders of Dukou District wanted to invite Gu Lu.

After waiting for more than half an hour, Li Minghai saw that the other party had put it down and quickly said, "Look..."

"The event was well planned and took a lot of effort," said Gu Lu.

"We have only done some small work. It is mainly due to the powerful influence of Teacher Gu Lu. What about this matter?" Li Minghai's eyes were full of anticipation.

"I completely agree in principle. I'll go back and look at it in detail and give my reply tomorrow." Gu Lu responded, "But if there are no problems with the follow-up plans, I have no problem with it. I'm happy to help my hometown."

"No, no, no. Even if there are any problems with Teacher Gu's plan, we have no problem with it. We will definitely make changes until you are satisfied, Teacher Gu Lu. So please feel free to tell me if you have any questions!" Li Minghai said immediately.

"Okay, let's talk about the details tomorrow." Gu Lu responded.

Then the two of them went their separate ways.

Originally, Gu Lu planned to send Li Minghai to the hotel, but the latter refused.

I returned to the small apartment, and before I could relax, the phone rang again.

"Thank you for letting me be the Watson who asks questions on behalf of the readers in the detective novels." Dibo, who is still an ambassador, called, and his Mandarin accent has a bit of authentic flavor. After all, it is normal to have a local accent after staying in Beijing for many years.

"If possible, I would rather be Sherlock Holmes," Dibo said again.

"Next time there's a chance, I will." Gu Luxian agreed casually.

"Also, Mr. Gu Lu, there is something I must tell you." Di Bo's tone became serious.

Noticing the other party's change in address, Gu Lu also listened carefully.

"Our French food is definitely better than Italian food," said Dibo.

"Huh?" Gu Lu didn't understand why the other party suddenly mentioned this in a serious manner.

"The Blue Moon restaurant that Professor Gu and his friend ate at in "Nine Miles Walk" serves Italian food." Di Bo said, "Gu, you must have never eaten good French food, so you were deceived by Italian food."

Well, actually, Gu Lu treats Italian and French food equally - it's OK to try them out. This is mainly written to add in foreign elements.

"I like olive oil and balsamic vinegar for Italian food, which is too disgusting and much worse than butter." Dibo was not joking, because eating Italian food in France meant that the former was not as good as the latter. He simply could not tolerate it.

"Hundreds of kinds of pasta, it's hard to imagine how scarce this is. There's nothing but pasta." Dibo's tone suddenly became louder. "We in France are different. We have more than 400 kinds of cheese, which are very delicious. I will send you a few kinds of cheese later. You will definitely fall in love with them."

Cheese? Gu Lu remembered a book in his arsenal: Who Moved My Cheese?

(End of this chapter)