Chapter 450 Too Excellent

Chapter 450 Too Excellent

Chapter 450 Too Excellent

"[New fairy tale]? Tell me more about it." Gu Lu happened to have Mr. Toad and The Borrower, two fairy tales that had not yet been published. The landlord had surplus food, so he spoke with confidence.

But... Gu Lu thought, psychological science works can also be considered fairy tales, right?
"The earliest modern fairy tales in China were all translated from European and American fairy tales. At the beginning of the last century, Mr. Lu Xun translated Oscar Wilde's fairy tale "The Happy Prince" in the "Collection of Foreign Fiction" co-translated with his brother..." Vice Chairman Qi was halfway through his speech when he found that there was no sound on the other end of the phone. He came back to his senses and realized that he had subconsciously said too many repetitive words.

Actually, Gu Lu was silent, he was listening attentively, it was good to learn some useless knowledge occasionally. It was like Gu Lu only knew that Zhou Zuoren was sentenced to "deprivation of political rights", so his translation of One Thousand and One Nights and Greek mythology did not have his signature. I didn't expect that he had made such a contribution to the development of domestic fairy tale literature...

Vice Chairman Qi cleared his throat and quickly concluded, "In short, our domestic original fairy tales have stood up, and outstanding fairy tale writers such as Zhou Yiwen, Ye Shengtao, Sun Youjun, Hong Xintao, Cao Wenxuan, and Qin Wenjun have emerged."

"However, since the beginning of the new century, there has been no continuous production of excellent works such as "Bronze Sunflower", "Adventures on Obi Island", "The Magic Brush of Ma Liang" and "The Wanderings of Xiaobei", so based on this situation..." Vice Chairman Qi said.

He paused and continued, "It is an event organized by our Writers Association and Yangtze River Children's Publishing House, aiming to produce more excellent works. Currently, it has obtained the support of the Civilization Committee, CTV14 Children's Channel, and the Communist Youth League. The official attitude is supportive, and the publicity resources provided are still very... good."

I originally wanted to say it was a big deal, but when I thought about the promotion of the "Diplomatic Trilogy" on media such as the Xinwen Lianbo, Renren Daily and Cankao Xiaoxi, it didn't seem that big, so I had to change my words urgently even when the words were on the tip of my tongue.

Vice Chairman Qi had only one reason to show off his muscles, "Boss, our event is pretty good, would you like to consider it?"

"The promotion is quite good. When will the [New Fairy Tales] series of books be published?" Gu Lu asked.

"We plan to launch the book this summer, probably in June or July, and submit the manuscript at the end of May." Vice Chairman Qi added, "If Professor Gu Lu is busy, then June will be in time."

"The end of May... I just happen to have a fairy tale idea, so the timing should be no problem." Gu Lu thought for a while and agreed directly.

Gu Lu knew that his biggest money-maker was the peripheral products. Although Suspect X had sold the film and television copyrights to several countries, the revenue was not even a fraction of the Little Prince's. To be precise, it was not even as good as "Hyouka".

"The Borrower" can be made into an animated movie, and it can also be used for peripheral operations. If we have more IPs, we can make money without doing anything in the future.

Look at JK Rowling. Although she was expelled from the Harry Potter series, she still makes an outrageous amount of money.

If you have a chance to win Twilight or Lord of the Rings, you can see Harry Potter's tail...

"Thank you, Chairman Qi, for giving me this opportunity," Gu Lu said, "For things like this, you can just send an email and let me know. I'm sorry to bother Chairman Qi to call and ask about it."

"..."

What nonsense are you talking about?
Do you want to talk to Director Zhao?

Vice Chairman Qi had also seen a lot of things, so he didn't get choked up. He quickly said, "No, no, no, it was Teacher Gu Lu who was willing to give the [New Fairy Tale] event a chance. Then I won't disturb Teacher Gu Lu from his work."

After finishing the serious business, Vice Chairman Qi quickly hung up the phone because he felt very stressed when talking. The more he spoke, the more mistakes he made, and the less he spoke, the fewer mistakes he made.

As for the issue of copyright rate, it is up to the Changjiang Publishing House to discuss it with the author itself, and the Writers Association will not interfere in the specific circumstances.

Gu Lu had participated in the publication of a series of works before, so he was quite familiar with the process.

However, many people outside the publishing industry do not know that both the Shanghai People's Publishing House and the New Youth Publishing House pay Gu Lu the highest royalties in the country.

“Then let’s publish the super long novel The Fall of a Giant a little later.” Gu Lu thought. After all, with a volume of 600,000 words, plagiarism still needs to be scientific.

Well, there is another reason. With the previous experience of Algernon, Gu Lu felt that this work that swept Europe and America might not be the same...

Slowly, just like the unspoken rule on Douban that foreign films automatically get one point, it is estimated that the American book market will automatically deduct one point from Chinese works.

He opened the computer and found a document. Gu Lu had copied the beginning of this work from his previous article.

"Who are they?" Li Xiaoxiao asked.

"You little borrower!" Aunt Ren said. In the dim light, she seemed to be smiling.

Li Xiaoxiao looked at her in a panic. "Is there such a person?" she asked after a while.

"what kind of person?"

Aunt Ren blinked her eyelids. "The villain who lives in someone else's house...specializes in borrowing other people's things!"

[…]
Gu Lu remembered that he was very excited when he was preparing for it, because this fairy tale work can be very good at exporting Chinese life.

For example, in the original book, the characters used Victoria Harbour scenery stamps as decorative walls, but Gu Lu changed it to Great Wall scenery stamps.

Use matchboxes to make a chest of drawers, blotting paper to make a carpet, and pins to make door latches. Turn the Young Pioneers emblem over and it will make a fun seesaw.

“That’s quite a creative idea.” Gu Lu gave a thumbs up to himself a few years ago. However, this change will cause a small problem, but it doesn’t matter, Gu Lu can patch it.

It's not that we have to promote China or anything like that, and the current think tank has no mission in this regard. It's just that the stories of the protagonists in the domestic fairy tale series have nothing to do with China, which is a bit inappropriate.

Another full afternoon of work. Gu Lu wrote a few tens of thousands of words. What limited his copying speed was not the computer keyboard, but the tendonitis.

Plagiarism leads to tenosynovitis, what kind of spirit is this?
"The Little Prince, if looking at the world from a child's perspective is very touching, then the little man is letting imagination run wild, and this is the work that children love to see." Gu Lu believes that everyone has moments when they can't find a pen cap or small objects during their school years.

Children may not like the Little Prince, but the Borrower will attract them.

There are five parts of the Borrowers, including the original series and four sequels: "The Borrowers in the Wild", "The Borrowers' Adventures", "The Borrowers in the High Place" and "The Borrowers' Revenge". Gu Lu got all of them.

Write the main story first, and the follow-up will depend on the situation.

At night, when I was moving my finger joints, I received a "cry for help" message from Zhou Lin.

[Call me in half an hour and tell me there's something urgent in the lab. Make sure it sounds really, really urgent. Please! I believe in your acting skills.]
Yes, Gu Lu roughly knows what the other party’s situation is.

Glancing at the time, Gu Lu tried his best to spread his fingers and then clenched them tightly, repeating this process ten times. He saw some exercises on the Internet that could help relieve tendonitis, and they were said to be very useful.

It’s time——

Gu Lu dialed the other party's number.

"Where have you been? Isn't it your turn to clean up the lab tonight?"

"Forget it, come to the lab, there's a big problem, do you know?"

As soon as the call was connected, Gu Lu poured hot oil over it, his voice was urgent and sharp, making people unconsciously recall the tension of not completing homework and being caught by the teacher.

"Shouldn't you be on duty today? And I've asked for leave too." Zhou Lin responded weakly on the other end of the phone. Gu Lu bit the tip of his tongue, and the pain kept him from laughing. Gu Lu, who had known her since middle school, had never heard such a weak tone. You know, the other party was a girl with extraordinary strength who was not justified but also strong. She was really good at pretending.

Gu Lu couldn't ignore the fact that it was his turn to cooperate with you, so he raised his voice, "What do you mean it's my turn? Are you confused? The professor will be back soon. If you don't get back before the professor, you won't get the experimental data!"

After saying that, Gu Lu hung up the phone.

The whole set of actions flows smoothly.

"It should be okay, right?" Gu Lu looked at his phone.

About twenty minutes later, Zhou Lin called back.

“Hahahaha,” Zhou Lin laughed cheerfully on the other end of the line, with a sense of relief, “I finally escaped from the class reunion.”

"College reunion?" Gu Lu asked Zhou Lin in confusion, "Hasn't it only been half a year since we graduated? What's the point of having a reunion?"

"It's because we just graduated that we can gather all the people together." Zhou Lin responded, "Besides, many people nowadays basically have their classmates as their network. Moreover, after half a year of graduation, everyone has found a job. This is a good opportunity for classmates to exchange resources. Most college graduates now do this. If not, it means they were not invited."

"Exchange resources with each other? You're really direct." Gu Lu said, "According to your personality, you can just leave when you want to at a class reunion. Why do you use a phone call as an excuse?"

The two continued chatting.

As Zhou Lin said, it is common to hold a class reunion within a year of graduation. The girl with super strength can use Gu Lu to escape, but some people cannot escape from the class reunion in Chuncheng, Yunnan Province, which is thousands of miles away from Sijiu City. After the class reunion dinner, they were dragged to sing.

Of course, the reason cannot be attributed to the fact that she did not have Gu Lu on WeChat, although she did know Gu.

"Here, here Zhao Juan, didn't we walk together just now? Why are you lagging behind?" The classmate called Zhao Juan.

A neat and tidy figure rushed into the dim KTV, and the classmates naturally noticed it.

"You weren't active in our first class reunion, how can you be active in the future?"

"Sorry, sorry, I just had something urgent to do. I just went to answer a phone call." Zhao Juan could only apologize and sat down on the sofa, while also changing the subject, "How much did you drink?"

"I know. You're a busy man. It's not easy to be a border police officer. You're one of the few among us who walks this route. It's tiring and hard." A sturdy man expressed his understanding. "We're playing truth or dare. Do you want to join us?"

"Let's play, who's afraid of who?" Zhao Juan filled the cup in front of her with beer.

Some people say that a "good woman" is a university for men, where they can grow. I don't know if it's true or not, but a good university really does help people grow. Look at Zhao Juan, she is a vivid example.

Because we had just graduated, and there was a gathering to reminisce about our past, the atmosphere was very harmonious.

An hour and a half later, three rounds of drinks were served.

"Have you ever liked someone?" The burly man just asked this question, and the students watching roared, because they all knew that the burly man had a secret crush on someone when he was in school... It couldn't be called a secret crush, because everyone in the class knew about it, but he just didn't dare to confess it.

He looked at Zhao Juan, trying to get an answer, and asked indirectly whether he had a chance.

People around him are willing to act as atmosphere group and are willing to give him this opportunity.

I always felt that there was still a lot of time before graduation, so my student days passed by inexplicably, and all the thoughts in my heart were stuck in my throat. The muscular man had never been so nervous, even more nervous than an interview.

"Yes." Zhao Juan was very straightforward, "It's just a secret crush."

"You are so beautiful, how can you still have a crush on someone? Don't people just beg you for it?" A female classmate couldn't believe it, "You said Chinese people don't lie to Chinese people."

Zhao Juan has been a "well-behaved (pretty)" girl since she was a child, which is why the sturdy man did not dare to confess his love to her.

"I'm not lying." Zhao Juan blinked. "Truth or Dare is all about the truth."

I sent the glass ball with trepidation, and all the words I wanted to say were inside it, but I wonder if they were conveyed...

But to be honest, confession is ultimately just to give yourself an explanation. It is difficult to speak out such a subtle crush in youth, and you may not be brave enough.

During the entire summer vacation after sending the glass ball, Zhao Juan would sometimes look at Gu Lu's silent QQ and think that in fact, she and Gu Lu had nothing to do with each other, but the two inverse function lines were the closest to each other in junior high school, and have been moving further and further apart since then.

"Is he very handsome? Are you afraid to confess?" someone asked curiously.

"Is he handsome?" Zhao Juan thought for a moment. "He's OK. Not handsome in the ordinary sense. He's the type that looks OK at first glance but becomes more handsome the more you look at him. And he's so outstanding that I don't even dare to express my feelings for him."

Too good to confess?
The classmates' curiosity was completely aroused, how outstanding could he be?

"I want to know what kind of stunning white moonlight can make Juanzi feel inferior."

At this point, Zhao Juan refused to mention Gu Lu's name. She just thought that she might not dare to say it now, let alone her student days...

Zhao Juan clinked glasses with her classmates. The sourness in her heart was like the beer after the glass was hit, surging up with crackling sounds, but no matter how dense the foam was, it would gradually calm down.

She laughed and said, "Really? I don't dare let anyone know."

…………

"Gu Lu is not coming to the celebration party?" Di Bo frowned, then sighed, "Gu is my best friend in China. I am so sorry that he is not coming to Paris to participate in the event."

"It's a great pity." His wife Cami had a smile on her face, and she didn't look regretful at all.

"I see." Dibo pounded his fist, "Gu's books have sold more than 15 million copies in Asia, so more than a million copies is not a big deal."

Camille didn't respond because she was waiting for her husband's next words.

As expected, Dibo continued, "Has Mr. Cassell always wanted to invite us to dinner?"

Caselle... Camille thought for a moment and locked onto the name, the CEO of Louis Vuitton.

"I've invited you many times, dear. Do you want to accept the invitation?" Camille nodded. In fact, she couldn't remember it at all. She was just a CEO of a luxury brand. But whether it happened or not, it could be made true.

Dibo said, "Who Moved My Cheese? Cheese, mice and dwarves, aren't they particularly suitable as fashion elements?"

(End of this chapter)