Chapter 469: The Crushing of Reputation and Quality

Chapter 469: The Crushing of Reputation and Quality

Chapter 469: The Crushing of Reputation and Quality
The fact that "The Borrower" has become one of the most famous post-war British works on earth is enough to prove everything.

If that doesn't prove it, then what about the Carnegie Children's Literature Award, the Lewis Carroll Book Award, and the fact that it was remade by Studio Ghibli several years later? These are all factors that prove that interesting stories will not become boring over time.

So even if the parallel world and the Earth were published sixty or seventy years apart, the explosion was still so loud!
Discussions on platforms such as Dangdang, Douban, and Tieba are heated.

"Even after going through so much, Yun Xi is still willing to believe and get in touch with humans, just like those stray cats and dogs who are hurt but still willing to believe in humans. I am so touched!"

"Humans are just slaves created to help with work. That's what humans call villains. They are like thieves and parasites. That's what humans think. Prejudice in our hearts is really a huge mountain."

"How come I finished watching it so quickly? It doesn't look good."

……

Let me first talk about the bad part of the overall review. For adult readers, "The Borrower" is a little childish.

Readers who wanted to watch another version of "The Little Prince" returned home disappointed, so they made this review, which even seemed like a paid-for review from a water army, and the content of the review has nothing to do with the main story of the book.

At present, Gu Lu's reputation among readers can be fully demonstrated, because even if they are disappointed, there are few cases of direct negative reviews.

It's like watching Wong Kar-wai's movies. I feel like I don't understand them, but I don't dare to say it directly.

It’s just like when the editor first saw “Smash the Piggy Banks”. Adults and children watch the same story from different perspectives, and the focus is very different!
The kids really love it.

Especially the description of the scenes of Yun Xi's family in the book is full of imagination!
Stamps are used as hanging paintings, stools are made of Dabao SOD honey bottle caps, candlesticks are made of thumbtacks, half of a cattail leaf fan is used as the roof of the pavilion, and there is a seesaw chair made of the Young Pioneers’ emblem. The imagination is unbridled!
"Are there any other stories similar to the Dwarfs? Apart from Gulliver's Travels, my child doesn't like Gulliver's Travels and prefers this style." [4 stars]

"I think the most powerful thing about a writer is to make the readers believe. After reading this story to my son, he pestered me to peel the floorboards. Gu Lu is a master at writing fairy tales, whether for adults or children!" [4 stars]

"It's a very imaginative story. If I were a boy a few years ago, I would definitely not like it. But now that I'm a mother of three children, I like it as much as my children do." [5 stars]

Douban scored 8.1, and the upward trend is very strong.

Among the many good reviews, there are several high-rated reviews that are worth seeing:

Linglingqiqilu: "Excuse me, where can I buy the Borrower peripherals? If I can't do it, I can make one myself and give it to my children to play with. If I don't sell it, is it illegal?" [4 stars]

Jiang Shangyuesky: "Last night my child suddenly asked me what the Annan Self-Defense Counterattack War was about. I was stunned at the time. How could he know military history by reading a fairy tale? I was very worried. First of all, I definitely support children to understand history, but I am very worried that they will learn about it through the wrong channels, such as a famous fairy tale writer named S. The content in the fairy tale is: panting, drooling, the heavy male body is slowly pressing it, and the charming posture is lying comfortably...

It's not appropriate. I'm worried that it will give my children the wrong information.

I quickly read "The Borrower" and it was only briefly mentioned. It was precisely because of this brief mention that it aroused the children's interest in exploration, which I felt was quite impressive. "[5 stars]

Gu Lu's copying and modification are very meticulous. In the first chapter of the work, the original text is Mrs. Mei talking about how she has never seen the little man under the floor, but it comes from Mrs. Mei's brother, "He is a big braggart. To us, that is, my sister and me... He died in the northwest border..."

The younger brother in the original text returned from India, which was then a colony of Da Ying, and participated in the war in the northwest.

Gu Lu must make some changes here. He is very sensible in handling these details and will not add too many elements of his own country. To put it bluntly, even though Gu Lu currently enjoys many preferential treatments, he still has his limits.

We can't just focus on "The Borrowers" - even though it's more popular than the other six books combined.

Strictly speaking, the other six books received mostly positive reviews. Writers such as Sister Nomi, Qiao Manshui, and Wu Jia Ren participated in the event and brought out their favorite works.

The seven books have been rated on Douban, with an average score of no less than 7.4.

The [New Fairy Tales] series of books has made a very good start, and even the online trolls of the Yangtze River Children's Publishing House have not yet started to work hard. Most of the reviews are real.

It is no problem to say that this project is the best-reviewed original book series produced by the Writers Association.

"One thousand versus thirty thousand, the advantage is on my side!"

"That state of vigor and vitality, where everything is competing to flourish, is still before my eyes. I am not far from becoming a first-line writer!"

Wu Jiajia doesn't think his book loses. Even if the other party has a higher rating or higher sales, he can still find his own advantages.

To be precise, the Wu family always finds an angle to praise themselves: "On Douban, there are more than a thousand readers who have reviewed my book, and more than three hundred of them gave it five stars, which is a quarter of the total. Among the 30,000 readers who rated Gu Lu, only more than six thousand gave it five stars, which is one sixth. I am far better than Gu Lu!"

"In addition, on the Amazon platform, the reviews of my book sales are of higher quality than Gu Lu's!"

"In addition, people around me who have read this book all say that the latest in the series of Angels Against the Light is better. The public has sharp eyes!"

After a comparison, the five families felt that they had won and could defeat the opponent at any time.

It also proves one thing: the five families didn't even read the other six books in the "New Fairy Tales" series, but unilaterally and even declared their victory in an attempt to cover up their mistakes.

While he was happy, the two children went home from school.

"Have you read the set of books we bought yesterday? Is "Guardian of the Angels in the Backlight" the best one?" Ren Jiawu from the fifth family asked his child.

The eldest son Ren Chuanyou nodded in agreement, "The books written by Dad are great, the best."

How many books can Ren Chuanyu read in one day?

The five families subconsciously ignored this matter.

It’s very good, and then the five families contacted “Marshal Tianpeng”, who commanded the 800,000 Tianhe navy... The five families couldn’t wait to issue a notice, which surpassed other books.

Been busy all afternoon.

Because I was in a good mood, I asked my wife to prepare a delicious meal.

At dinner time, the youngest son Ren Chuanliang suddenly spoke.

He said, "Dad, we can go back to our hometown to celebrate the New Year this year!"

"Huh?" The five families were confused, or to be more precise, the family at the table all looked surprised.

The younger son is a little spoiled. When he went back to his hometown to burn incense the year before last, he couldn’t get used to the food or the living conditions.

Last year, Ren Chuanliang was absolutely unwilling to go back. Why has his current state changed so drastically?
"Why do you want to go back to your hometown this year?" asked the five families.

"Because many things can only be seen in rural areas," said Ren Chuanliang.

My brother Ren Chuanyu, my father Ren Jiawu and everyone at the table were surprised.

Ren Jiawu was a writer with rich associative ability. He originally understood it to refer to the undeveloped rural scenery. But Ren Chuanliang took out "The Borrower" from the study and turned to the middle page in front of his brother's wide eyes.

[Yun Xi is very proud of her living room... The walls are covered with cattails borrowed from discarded raincoats, arranged in neat rows from floor to ceiling. On the walls are pictures of the Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, and the Summer Palace. They are all stamps that Jie Rong borrowed from a stamp book a few years ago.

There was an ink fountain in the room, but the ink wheel and ink line had long been damaged, leaving only the ink tank, which was a small runway. Yun Xi liked to take off from a running start and jump into the bath. The commonly used furniture - the large bathtub, was made of a gourd water scoop.

...]
The story is set in the 1990s, in a small bungalow with three floors and a basement near the countryside.

Therefore, there will be many farming tools. Gu Lu's change really didn't mean anything, but it turned out to be a great success...

"I seem to remember that we have it in our hometown. It's the little box that gets covered in black. I remember you told me that it was called this. Do we have a gourd-shaped water scoop at home? In addition... yes, there is also a straw hat. A hole in the straw hat can be a secret base! But what does a straw raincoat look like?"

Don’t doubt the mobility of today’s children. My youngest son, who is in the second grade of elementary school, has already learned to use the Internet.

Ren Chuanliang said, "I searched online and found that they were all things I had in my hometown."

"I just want to go back and take a look!" Ren Chuanliang concluded.

"Stop talking and eat quickly." The eldest son Ren Chuanyu was already able to read people's expressions at the age of ten, so he quickly stopped the other party from saying anything further.

Looking at Dad again, as expected - the five families all looked unhappy.

"Dad, the novels you write are the most interesting." Ren Chuanyou immediately added, "Yesterday my brother and I exchanged books, so he only read the one with the villain."

Mother Ren's expression also changed, and what her eldest son said didn't seem right.

In a family where the income is earned by one person, it is easy to form the current "tyrant" situation, especially when the five members of the family have bad personalities. Therefore, his face sank and the whole family was so nervous that they were "dead silent."

The five family members did not pay attention to the eldest son's words. Instead, he asked the youngest son, "So, it is because you read this book that you want to go back home this year?"

"Yeah," Ren Chuanliang was still young and didn't pay attention to the surrounding environment, or he was only concerned with sharing his own experience, "I feel that only in my hometown, where there are more grass and trees, there may be villains."

"The little people who borrow things live under the floor tiles. They are very powerful." Ren Chuanliang said, "Dad, you said last time that your story is more powerful than his. Is that true? I'll see tomorrow."

"..."

The five families were silent. To be more precise, the "advantage" he had constructed by deceiving himself was shattered by his youngest son's enthusiastic sharing.

He himself is also a fairy tale writer, and he knows that it is easy to educate children with fairy tales, although children will forget them after a while. Scribbling on a blank piece of paper is definitely the easiest way.

The difficulty lies in arousing children's interest, and Gu Lu's new book can even change children's dislike for certain things.

"Could it be that the score is evenly split between him and me?" The five families thought with grim expressions.

……

The other five in “50-50” is that currently the urination and defecation are normal, and there is no doubt that the future is promising.

Gu Lu felt that he was very calm and a very stable adult.

Why do I say that? Because he was able to resist posting the rua panda on WeChat Moments. Mainly because he was worried about something going wrong…

Actually, no, the state-level gift will not leave any traces. According to the report, this courtyard is also a pilot research base, and Gu Lu is an external researcher, so no one can find fault with it.

"If one does not return home in splendor, it is like walking in the night in splendor." Gu Lu muttered.

But soon, he got rid of the thought of "wanting to publish but not being able to", because Guo Dafa, the head of Pingpingguo Culture Company, called him.

The new work has only been on the market for a few days, but the potential of the surrounding areas has already been revealed.

Especially large or small objects attract people's attention in themselves, and coupled with the brand effect of "The Borrowers", Guo Dafa smelled the response of gold coins.

There are many plans to promote Guo Dafa.

Because it is the next money tree, Guo Dafa pays close attention to the sales of books.

First week sales were as follows:
"The Borrower" 868416 copies.

"The Emperor of the Forest" 245290 copies.

"Guardian of the Angels in the Backlight" 355400 copies.

……

"A Century of Benevolence" 223469 copies.

The minimum sales volume is 220,000 copies, which seems to be a promising result, but this is the total sales volume of the set of books.

According to the data from "Kaijuanyouyi", the entire series of "New Fairy Tales" sold 12 copies in the first week.

It cannot be said that all those who bought the book set did so because of Gu Lu, but that factor definitely accounted for the majority of the people who bought the book.

The writers that the Nomi sisters and Qiao Manshui wanted to step on to get to the top were all speechless at this moment.

Because it is wise to discover that they are not in the same league.

If the difference was just in sales, the authors wouldn't be so desperate; the key is also in quality.

Look at the sharing of a certain little red potato. A topic #农村诱器# appeared this week. The meaning of the topic is that no matter how much a naughty child dislikes the countryside, as long as he reads this book, he will want to go to the countryside.

Sharing may have contributed to the trend, but it is also due to survivor bias. However, the fact that it can achieve such an effect undoubtedly means that the quality of the product is good enough!
In addition, there is another comment that is also very popular.

"Hahaha, I forgot what Yunxi's father was called. I just remember that he was called the Borrowing King. Then I remembered that the writer was called King Guru. Could he be talking about me?"

"I feel like you're talking about yourself, right? Among the Floor People, going out to borrow things is like hunting in the forest, full of danger and hardship. And my father is responsible for this task..."

Do you think the above analysis is over-interpreted? That’s not the case, because the person who posted this post is Professor Chen, a key figure in Guxue research.

(End of this chapter)