Chapter 441 This is influence!
Chapter 441 This is influence!
When Gu Lu left the hotel, Lao Xing and Xiao Lu had been preparing for a long time. He bought a few steamed buns from the breakfast shop downstairs. He saw that they were pre-made dishes, but he didn't expect them to be so unpalatable. The daily necessities of life for ordinary people have been completely conquered by industrialization.
"We may need to take a detour, as we can't get in from the front," said Lao Xing.
Huh? Gu Lu was a little confused. "Aren't we going to Ganghua? There are roads and light rails that go in all directions, so why is there a traffic jam?"
The event venue is not a specific stadium or a park, it’s such a large area!
"Since 7 o'clock this morning, there have been too many tourists. Traffic police from all over the district have been dispatched to maintain order. But the traffic is still congested." Old Xing could not hide his excitement. "It feels like half of the online ride-hailing vehicles in the main urban area of Fog City are heading this way."
Xiaolu added, "To be more precise, hotel sales in the ferry area have increased significantly since yesterday."
"Why are there so many tourists?" Gu Lu was surprised. He then thought that he had a book signing event with Fujimaki, Tsukuda and others today, so wouldn't he be in trouble?
Lao Xing and Xiao Lu looked at each other. Brother, the fact that you asked this question proves that you have no idea about your influence on Bi Shu.
Led by the two, they made a circle before entering the core area.
Indeed, it was a lively scene.
"Should I go get Mr. Gu Lu's autograph or Fujimaki's? I'm a big fan of Kagami and Kuroko, but I like the Little Prince too."
“When does the COS event start?”
"I also want to know when the surrounding markets will open. There are so many out-of-print and limited edition items. I want to stock up!"
Xiaomu, a female student who looked like she was in college or maybe high school, took out a book from her bag.
Not The Little Prince, and not Flatland.
"I brought my Chinese textbook with me specifically to ask for a signature. And I want to ask Teacher Gu Lu in person what kind of thoughts and feelings he expressed when he wrote this sentence!"
Xiaomu remembers that when he was in junior high school, there was a question on the test paper, "Gu Lu wrote "On Youthful China" in high school. What kind of thoughts and feelings does it represent?"
Why was it so memorable? Because she got this question wrong, and most of the students got it wrong.
"Why are there so many people? When will it be our turn?" Xiaomu and her sisters came to the [Nearby Market] together and saw stalls surrounding the Little Prince flagship store.
More than a hundred stalls.
However, since it was the first event, the booth fee was not expensive. It was not like COMICUP, where the booth fee alone could make a lot of money.
After going through many difficulties, Gu Lu arrived at Ganghua Building, which was currently being used as a temporary meeting room.
The phone calls to Fujimaki Tadashi and others could not be reached, so Gu Lu asked Lao Xing, "Have they arrived?"
"My colleague at the airport has sent a message and several teachers have received it. He is on his way back." Old Xing responded immediately. He didn't say the second half of the sentence, which would definitely not delay the book signing in the afternoon.
In addition to the book signing event, as the author of "The Little Prince", Gu Lu also has other things to do, such as flying a kite (in the shape of a spaceship) by himself around ten o'clock.
Now that he had some free time, Gu Lu opened his mobile phone and looked at the advertisements he had posted on the two platforms.
Weibo: "Brother Gu Lu, I'm not saying anything. After all, I grew up reading your novels, so I definitely won't harm you. There are a lot of bad people out there, not to mention a celebrity like you. It's dangerous to go out, so can you just stay at home and write books? I've finished reading From the New World, and most of them are science fiction and fairy tales. Can you try something else?"
A certain netizen posted such a caring statement, which was recognized by most netizens, so the first half was copied and the comment section was flooded with comments.
Weibo probably didn’t have much of an effect in terms of publicity, but from the more than 5,000 comments on Bilibili, we can see that the effect was excellent.
"I'm in Sichuan Province, so I can go and have a look. Is there anyone who wants to go with me?", "Great, it's Little Prince Day, the two-thorn apes in our southwest region are saved", "Wow, the guest lineup is quite impressive, when did the poor dude ferry area stand up?", "Go for Gu Lu, I especially like his science fiction novels. I was level 13 in Gu Lu before."...
Many netizens said they wanted to come.
Firstly, as Generation Z grows up, the two-dimensional community is becoming increasingly large.
Secondly, as Gu Lu's fame has spread over the past six or seven years, his popularity has become quite widespread among the people.
Finally, the friends invited by Gu Lu were very attractive. The three reasons combined together formed a water balloon bomb.
Boom! Exploded!
A drop of water is a tourist.
Leaders including Li Minghai of the ferry had expected a large number of people, but they did not expect this many!
Director Fang Qian of the Hongyadong Folk Customs Area has seen big scenes, but he did not expect one this big!
"What the hell is going on? Why is it so exaggerated? This activity didn't spark much discussion online." Director Qian couldn't understand.
"Director Qian, there is congestion at check-in point No. 3. Is there any specific way to ease it?" Li Minghai asked.
"It's only what time and there's already a traffic jam?" Director Qian asked.
It is currently half past nine and at the location for taking photos of the No. 375 Middle School balloon (Planet B), a long queue has formed... or to be more precise, a long snake, moving quite slowly.
"Didn't you have any training on clocking in? Why have you been here for so long?" Director Qian asked, "The staff were instructed on how to take pictures and group photos. One minute - at most one and a half minutes per tourist. And then they also looked for angles, and did it from three angles at the same time."
"Well... usually not so many people take photos." Li Minghai said.
Director Qian is a thousand-year-old fox, so he probably understands. Normally, there might be more than a dozen people queuing, but the ferry area deliberately did not solve the problem, so that it would look popular and welcome.
In fact, the efficiency of punching in is low.
"What can we do? Have you prepared some small gifts? Give them to the passengers in line," Li Minghai said. "Then put up a sign to tell the tourists that there are so many people here, and leave after taking photos, and don't stay too long... Speak in a low voice and don't offend anyone."
Of course, there were gifts prepared, but they were scheduled for the last day of the event. But now he couldn't think too much about it, so Li Minghai agreed immediately. At the beginning of the event, the reputation couldn't be bad.
If there are no more gifts, we can buy more. As for the lack of funds... so many people came! The city should at least pay something.
There were many situations encountered during the event, and the number of visitors to this event was far greater than that of a music festival with 3 people.
The key issue is that the Ferry District has no experience in hosting large-scale music festivals!
Director Qian does have real skills, and his skills come from experience of dealing with too many tourists.
"Hurry up, the street patrol starts at nine o'clock, bring it out quickly." "Don't worry about that, solve the problem of tourists and readers first. For tourists, the most annoying thing when traveling is getting ripped off and being stuck in traffic and not being able to see anything."
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That afternoon, the Fog City authorities made an emergency adjustment and added a Little Prince activity special train line on Line 2. One normal train and one special train ran alternately, with the latter running directly to Ping'an, Dukou District, Xinshan Village, and Tiantangbao stations.
The various activities on the Little Prince's Day are centered on Ganghua Road, Yuejin Road, and Wenti Road, and spread out in all directions.
It would be better to arrange a light rail line directly from the airport station and the high-speed rail station, which would be more convenient for tourists, and even the Fog City could do it. But it was too rushed, and even Gu Lu himself did not expect to make such a big show, so he could not arrange it without preparation.
It was the lack of experience in the ferry area that made Gu Lu very busy all day, but he did not forget to make phone calls. From passively waiting for calls in the past, he now actively calls people.
"Hey, hey, hey, what a pity. I also want to come back to participate in the Little Prince Day." Zhou Lin said on the phone, "But is the activity fun?"
"It's quite fun..." Gu Lu shared some interesting things that happened today, including a reader who brought a copy of "Slam Dunk" to ask Fujimaki Tadashi for an autograph, which seemed like it was intentional.
After hanging up the phone for half an hour, another call came in immediately.
Director Zhao from the United Front Work Department called me and his attitude was quite nice. It might be that he was not busy and had time to exchange a few words.
When Gu Lu was wondering what mission the other party had come for, Director Zhao suddenly said, "Expert Gu, have you finished writing the article? Or have you figured out something?"
In the past, I called Gu Lu "Teacher Gu", but since he joined the think tank, he has changed to "Expert Gu". Gu Lu has said this many times, after all, there are too many experts and beasts on the Internet, and this title doesn't even sound like a compliment.
Article, what article? Gu Lu's mind froze for a few seconds.
"Oh, and I don't mean to urge you." Hearing the silence from the other party on the phone, Director Zhao seemed to understand something.
He continued, "2020 is the th anniversary of the National Day of the Bear State. Although the event will not be held until June, there is still half a year, but various arrangements require time. So Mr. Alexi, the Chinese ambassador of the Bear State, made inquiries."
In fact, it was an urging message from the ambassador's office. The ambassador's various matters must be recorded by his secretary. When the time comes, even if the ambassador himself does not want to go, the secretary will continue to push it forward.
Alexei may not have paid attention to this situation, but Director Zhao still has the art of speaking.
Oh! No wonder, no wonder Gu Lu always felt that he had forgotten something. Gu Lu suddenly remembered.
"I have some ideas. I am boldly preparing to continue writing Leo Tolstoy's posthumous work "Light Shines in the Dark."" Gu Lu responded.
"!" Is this such a big deal?
Director Zhao is not a Chinese major, but his literary appreciation ability is okay. He may not know about "Light Shining in the Darkness", but the words "Light Shining in the Darkness", which is Tolstoy's posthumous work, are enough to explain his level.
It's a bit... Is it better to write historical semi-biographical works like Spain and France? Of course, Director Zhao didn't say this, he would never pour cold water on it.
"Okay, I'll give you a response from here," Director Zhao said. "I won't disturb Expert Gu from his work anymore. I'll hang up first.
As Director Zhao thought, Alexei had indeed forgotten about He Wen. The main reason was that as the head of the embassy, he was too busy with things every day and would not spend his time on unimportant things.
Although Alexei looks thin and is completely different from the stereotypical tough guy from the Bear Country, his hot temper is very typical.
Therefore, the secretaries in the secretarial office all do their work with courage.
In addition, Alexei loves to drink vodka. While drinking, he reads the works of Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Mikhail, etc., and he never gets enough of reading them over and over again.
"I almost forgot," After finishing a busy day's work, Alexei picked up a bottle of Bird Vodka, sat in front of the computer, and looked at what was going on in the secretarial office today.
There is bad news: the invited dancers from the Bear Country refused to perform on the China-Russia Friendship Day.
There is also good news. The progress of Chinese writers is encouraging. According to Director Zhao's response, "Expert Gu's progress is very good. After rigorous and serious thinking, he is guaranteed to write an article that is different from "One Night Genius" and completely suitable for the Bear Country, to represent our Chinese emphasis on the friendship between the two countries."
"It should be the congratulatory article written by the writer Gu Lu." Alexei nodded happily. He still held the same view that they were all the five big gangsters. If you have it in France, the Bear Country must also have it. Even though he himself had never read Gu Lu's works, and didn't even know about them before.
"Send a thank you letter in a personal capacity." Alexei replied to the secretary. After finishing one email, he took a sip and continued to read the next one.
……
During the few days in the foggy city, Gu Lu was busy attending activities and writing a congratulatory article to the country of Mao Xiong.
Generally speaking, on the night of December 12, Jiefangbei will be crowded with people, all gathering together to celebrate the New Year. Then the tourists will cause traffic jams, and you can't get a car to leave until 31 or in the morning...
The existence of the Little Prince Day this year has stolen a lot of the limelight from the Liberation Monument and diverted some attention away from it.
Many tourists and locals chose to celebrate the New Year at the gate of No. 37 Middle School. The officials of Dukou District also started to set off fireworks, especially many fireworks that exploded in the shape of roses.
I feel that although there is a lack of experience, the ferry district has given everything it can.
Coincidentally, after New Year’s Day, around January 2019th, Fog City Culture and Tourism released the " Fog City Smart Tourism Blue Book".
First of all, it recognized the efforts made by Wudu in 2019 to promote and create "whole-region smart tourism".
Then the scenic spots within the jurisdiction were reviewed, including "Po District Leisure Center", "Leisure Bei District", "Yidu Cultural Tourism", "Wsheng Tourism", "Cultural Tourism Wzhou", "Travel in Fuling", "Kaizhou Tourism Pass", etc. The tourism resources of the Fog City sound really good.
Few of them work.
Don’t just look at the details, look at the key information - “The number of tourists received by each district and county in the Fog City in the fourth quarter of 2019”
Number of tourists received by region, district and county (10,000 person-times)
Wuzhong District 1506.7
Wubei District 341.69
Bei District 219.25
JB area not released
NA District 464.1
BN Zone 69.14
JLP District 528.53
Sandy Area 405
Dukou District 166.4
The above is the data of the main urban area. I won't talk about the new urban area, Fuling, Fengdu and other places. Wzhou, Youyang, Fuling and Gu Lu's hometown Yongchuan are quite strong, with data of one or two million.
Generally speaking, no one pays attention to this type of data. Not to mention netizens, even local people are not interested in reading the full text. At most, they will just take a quick look at some key information that a marketing account has copied.
But this year it has created quite a stir.
Because the ferry area is not the last in the main urban area!
Let’s talk about the data of 2018 in 58.56, and then look at this year, what kind of progress is this?
This is the reason why it has caused a small-scale discussion!
(End of this chapter)