Chapter 437 Nothing

Chapter 437 Nothing

Chapter 437 Nothing

Pick a fight! ?

The book launch will be live streamed online (ITV website), so there can be no mistakes.

Gu Lu on the video link looked at Brother Yao, who also looked a little surprised. When he was about to speak, Kane responded.

"Do you know what kind of people are the most dangerous in our Cthulhu worldview?" Kane didn't think about the other party's answer and spoke directly, "People who know a lot and meddle in other people's affairs."

Not polite at all, just stabbing as soon as he opens his mouth.

"Mr. Reporter, what were you doing when you were fifteen?" Kane asked directly.

"At the age of 15, I became the star quarterback of the school football team." The reporter said with pride.

"At the age of 15, Mr. Gu Lu had already become a columnist for a magazine with a monthly circulation of three to four million," Kane said. "Stories is one of the most famous serial novel magazines in China."

Are the Chinese really that awesome? A magazine with monthly sales of three to four million copies, if converted to adults, it would definitely be on the same level as Rolling Stone, Screen, or the Times Literary Supplement (TLS)... and he published it at the age of fifteen?
"What's the proudest thing you did when you were sixteen?" Kane said without pausing, "Probably winning the rugby championship. The most glorious thing for me when I was sixteen was becoming the school's voted prom prince. And Teacher Gu Lu was already the trump card of China's cultural diplomacy at the age of sixteen, participating in cultural diplomacy in Norway and Spain."

"Finally, do I need to tell you what Mr. Gu Lu achieved before he was a minor? His books have sold more than seven million copies worldwide. Since Cervantes defined modern novels, no writer has ever achieved this result before he was a minor. Do you understand?" Kane listed them all.

The whole audience was silent, including the netizens watching on ITV's official website. Most people knew that Gu Lu was a great talent, but they didn't expect him to be so great...

To what extent?

Cervantes is considered by European and American academic circles to be the father of modern novels. Kane's statement means that there is no one like him before him!
Leaving aside the explosive discussion on ITV’s official website, the journalists at the conference came back to their senses.

"Mr. Kane, your answer doesn't answer my question at all, does it?" the reporter countered. "What I asked was how you view the previous discriminatory remarks."

"I am like the nosy and curious explorer in the Cthulhu story, so I awakened the ancient god. The more I understand Teacher Gu Lu, the more I can feel his genius!" Kane said, "Because of my shallowness in the past, I paid enough price. No one should discriminate against another nation unless that nation has done something extremely evil."

"It happened to be on camera. I sincerely apologize to Teacher Gu Lu and Hua Xia." Kane said, "I! I! Cthulhu fhtagn, I think Teacher Gu Lu is the prototype of Cthulhu. Don't try to fully understand Teacher Gu Lu. It will make you lose your fighting spirit."

"?" The reporter looked at the writer with a somewhat crazy face and silently retracted his legs. He was afraid of being infected.

"Ahem, Mr. Kane is joking," Yao Xiaoju took control of the situation. He was afraid that if he continued, the audience would think he was being docile.

Durant lowered his head and wiped his sweat. This guy came again. He didn't even want to be on the same show with him. Outsiders would think that writing about Cthulhu was mentally ill!
"I told you not to join the Ascension Holy Church with me, okay, you must have a mental problem." Durant thought. He tried to persuade him, but Kane said he would only join the Secret Order of Dagon.

"Okay, then I'll ask the writer himself directly, what is Mr. Gu Lu's impression of our Da Ying?" The reporter was calmed down by Kane's neurotic response.

Gu Lu, who was at home, had to say something nice. The compliments before selling the book, like the vows of love a man made before going to bed, all had a hidden price tag.

Gu Lu praised Daying a lot.

The press conference went smoothly. Although there were some minor incidents in the middle, they did not have much impact.

Having said that, let's talk about what happened behind the scenes. Puffin Books invested the highest level of publicity resources, so Kane's praise for Gu Lu spread all over the British Internet within an hour after the press conference.

Of course, "spread" is an adjective. After all, the Internet is not reality. Just post posters or put ads on billboards. This is mainly a description. The websites with the highest traffic have all discussed it.

On Google.UK:
"The Little Prince, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, Flatland, I have read three books by Gu Lu. He is indeed a genius."

"I remember that the Weymouth series was also written by him when he was a minor. It's amazing."

"At the age of 16, he has become the government's top cultural player. His future is limitless."

GOV.uk is the official website of the United Kingdom. You can find all the official policies on it. The British who visit this website are very concerned about politics.

"A piece of news I saw yesterday, "The new executive of Weymouth protested against the false descriptions in Gu Lu's new work"

"Boring. It's been five or six years. Hasn't Weymouth gotten used to it yet? I'm used to it."

"Will you go sunbathing on the beach in Weymouth again?"

"will not!"

"If you can't resist, why not accept it? If I were the Archon, I would spend a lot of money to invite Gu Lu to come over."

Finally, let me give you an example of the BBC website. Among the top three websites in terms of traffic in the UK, the BBC is the news website of the TV station and the pioneer in slandering China. Therefore, netizens who visit the website have completely different attitudes towards news about China.

"He has achieved what most writers cannot achieve in their lifetime when he is still a teenager. He has the right hand of God. Note: I am not discriminating against left-handed people. I just say this for the sake of liking it."

"Personally, I think Gu Lu came to our country with a mission. I saw some people put the cross and the Yin-Yang diagram together. My God, Gu Lu is the person sent by China to carry out cultural invasion!"

……

Amidst the high popularity, the book is released.

"The Gloom over Weymouth" is also Gu Lu's first collection of short stories in English.

"Judging from the current popularity, it seems that the sales will be quite good." Gu Lu stood up and stretched his body. During the video call just now, he had been sitting upright and leaning forward.

He made a bet with Brother Yao, who thought the monthly sales would be around 30 copies, while Gu Lu thought it would be 20-25 copies. Note that in the UK, a book with monthly sales of copies is considered a bestseller.

After finishing the serious work, do something unserious, hehe.

[1. Li Guyuan
2. Tian Xiao

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The form is the order for delivering the time capsules, and Gu Lu has applied for filming.

Ever since I saw your return to the Tangyuan time capsule, I have become more curious about other classmates because I got to know a completely different side of them.

However, not everyone is willing to be on camera. For example, Wei Jiao, a panda who is also from Beijing, does not want to be photographed, and she seems to be very resistant to time capsules.

"Oh, I know what I wrote. Do you have to read it again? Isn't it just stabbing yourself in the back? Forget it, just read it. I'll make some preparations first." Wei Jiao said on the phone.

What was written down, would it be like stabbing someone in the back after reading it once? Gu Lu couldn't understand.

"Come back tomorrow and finish arranging all the forms..."

This statement became an empty fantasy.

For the next few days, Gu Lu followed Professor Lu obediently and was very busy. He didn't even have the energy to turn on the computer when he got home at night.

Only then did Gu Lu truly appreciate the hard work and perseverance of the older generation.

Because Professor Lu is about to retire, he wants to leave more for his students.

"Time is really cruel. Why can't my body let me continue my research for two more years? I still don't have enough to research, and I still don't have enough to leave behind." Professor Lu has been saying similar things recently. I learned from his wife that Professor Lu's health is getting worse. Gu Lu has advised him many times, but it's useless, because for Professor Lu, resting well and living a few more years is far less important than shining for another two or three years.

In seven or eight days, Gu Lu lost four or five kilograms.

Being busy is not necessarily the best way to lose weight, because it can easily cause endocrine disorders. But if you are busy and exercise a little, the weight loss effect is great.

Including this period of time, "From the New World" has been on the market for a full month, and has sold 346 million copies in the five Asian countries, of which China has exceeded one million, and Japan, with the help of Asukasai Shizuka, has sales of more than copies.

Today is a day off to clean up my emails.

"Writing a book is troublesome, and being too famous is not good either." Gu Lu stretched lazily.

Why did he have such an exclamation?

The Japanese Communist Party... the fourth largest party in Japan, the party whip invited Gu Lu to Tokyo, saying that "From the New World" is a red bullet that pierces the darkness. He wants to list "New World" as a must-read book for the Japanese Communist Party, and the party whip also hopes that Gu Lu will give a speech or something.

Gu Lu ignored it. If he really responded, the situation would be bad. Not to mention what happened in private, but how could he get involved in the politics of a neighboring country on the surface? Going to give a speech, isn't it just using influence to canvass votes?

Pretend to be dead, or pretend to be dead.

As Gu Lu did not respond, the party whip never mentioned this book in public. As for it becoming a must-read book for the Japanese Communist Party, it must have become nonsense.

"What kind of political environment creates what kind of politicians." Gu Lu thought to himself, once the ideals are lost, the name of the party is just a title.

Gu Lu responded to Brother Yao that it was a very correct decision not to publicize this matter. Not all popularity can be used to take advantage of. As mentioned before, his external identity is a little different now.

"Ding ding ding——" The alarm on his cell phone kept ringing, the sound was piercing, and Gu Lu turned it off immediately.

No wonder some people say that if you want to hate a song, make it your ringtone.

The time has come for an official interview with Bilibili.

After Bilibili invited him several times, Gu Lu finally agreed. The main reason was that "From the New World" was also available on the B station mall for sale, and it was also given good promotion.

Over 5,000 sets sold.

The price of the set is 199, with an extra bookmark and map. It is also sold in offline bookstores, but the sales volume is not high. However, the sales volume of the Bilibili set is higher than that of the single book. It is really very competitive!
Firstly, Gu Lu wanted to increase his personal exposure, and secondly, it was just a matter of reciprocity.

It doesn’t take more than ten minutes and is not complicated.

An interview without showing your face.

It would be more accurate to say that it is a special project of Bilibili. They interviewed a total of 10 writers.

The lineup includes 4 writers born in the 3s, 2 writers born in the s, writers born in the s, and Gu Lu is the only writer born in the s.

They are all well-known figures.

The topic of discussion is "The situation of contemporary young people" and the purpose is to discuss "what kind of young people should be in the new era".

Although Bilibili is the platform with the largest number of young people and is also regarded as the community with the best atmosphere in 2019, sometimes the things it produces are really strange.

We discussed contemporary young people, and defined young people as those between 20 and 30 years old, roughly the post-90s generation. The only writer we could invite was a post-90s writer.

The reason is simple: writers are the most sensitive group of people to society, and can give different views and sharp opinions. The invited writers are all masters, and among the post-90s writers, only Gu Lu can be regarded as a master.

"Hello, Mr. Gu Lu. What do you think about quitting your job?" the host asked, "Are modern young people really unable to endure hardships and impetuous?"

"The turnover rate among modern young people is higher than the average - why? It's all my fault." Gu Lu responded subconsciously.

Then he responded seriously, "I saw this event and many writers were interviewed. What do the teachers think?"

"Many writers and teachers think it's an education problem. Education today is different from the past." The host casually summarized, "Some also think it's the environment. The environment is no longer the same as before."

"I am in the category of young people. Am I defending young people when I say a lot of things?" Gu Lu said, "If you attribute the rapid job changes to impetuousness and inability to endure hardship, then we should think about what makes young people impetuous. As for the inability to endure hardship... our ancestors sacrificed their lives so that the younger generations would have a goal in life. This is very important."

The host's subsequent questions were similar. Gu Lu answered two of them and had an idea in his mind.

"I have an idea. There's no point in conducting interviews separately. Let's gather everyone together and discuss what kind of young people we should be," said Gu Lu.

The host had no say over the activity plan, so he could only say that he would report Teacher Gu Lu's suggestions.

After finishing the interview, Gu Lu went out. After being busy for so long, he finally had a day off. Originally, Gu Lu wanted to stay at home and recover.

But when the girl with super strength asked him out, he thought about it and finally agreed.

Gu Lu still values ​​time very much. He doesn't have many relationships where people would give up their own plans and be willing to spend their time on others.

At today's dinner, there was a light bulb...

"Oh, I feel like I haven't done anything this year. Another year has passed." Zhou Lin sighed.

"Aren't you the first Chinese secretary-general of the Model United Nations? And you haven't done anything?" Li Gu's eyes widened. "Besides, you even got into Peking University's graduate school!"

"The Secretary-General of the Global Model United Nations can only serve for one year. It's really useless. He will have to consider resigning after serving for three or four months next year." Zhou Lin said, "As for the postgraduate entrance examination, it's a simple matter. Is there any student in Peking University who will fail the postgraduate entrance examination?"

Fuck! Li Gu, Zhou Lin's roommate and best friend, couldn't help but swear.

But the joint skills have not been released yet.

"Gulu, what about you?" Zhou Lin passed the message to the person next to him who was a little dazed.

"Yeah, it felt like it went by in a flash." Gu Lu said, "Apart from two novels that sold over a million copies and doing some small things for the country, I really didn't accomplish anything."

"...You've redefined accomplishing nothing." Li Gu was angry. "So do all of you great gods like to talk like this?"

Gu Lu and Zhou Lin both laughed, but in the end Li Gu did not lose out because she had a delicious meal.

"Boss Gu, can you meet a lot of celebrities?" Li Gu asked curiously.

How should I put it? Ever since returning to the foggy city during the National Day holiday, Zhou Lin told Gu Lu her inner secret, and their relationship has become closer.

"Why do you ask?" Gu Lu said.

"Because I read the news, it seems that Mr. Gu invested in a science fiction movie, and his work was adapted into a martial arts TV series. It feels like he knows a lot of celebrities."

(End of this chapter)