Chapter 470 You Go Research

Chapter 470 You Go Research

Chapter 470 You Go Research
King Gollum went through many hardships, tasted all the sufferings of the world, and endured the long night... A melody that came from nowhere rang in Professor Chen's mind.

But the author's experiences in his youth will be reflected in his works. Professor Chen believes that this is particularly evident in "The Borrower".

"Professor, are you okay..." Seeing that the teacher had been standing there like a pillar for two or three minutes, the student Xiaozhi couldn't help but remind him.

"Xiong Zhi? Oh." Professor Chen's eyes gradually returned to normal focus. "Xiong Zhi, what did you imagine the outside world like when you were a child?"

Faced with the professor's sudden question, the student's body instantly tensed up, obviously treating it as a test question from the teacher.

"For me, it should be curiosity and the unknown," Xiaozhi responded seriously, "I actually didn't have a specific impression of society when I was a child."

"That's right." Professor Chen nodded silently. So how much suffering does one have to go through to think that the society outside that is full of humans is very dangerous?
Professor Chen of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies founded the "Gu Studies" and also taught a course called "The Formation of Gu Lu's Special Style". He is an authority, but not the only one, because as the writer's fame increases, more and more scholars are involved in his research. For example, the editor-in-chief of People's Literature and the University of International Business and Economics also opened courses related to Gu Lu.

"Professor, what..."

Before Xiaozhi could even ask, Professor Chen asked directly, "Have you seen The Borrowers?"

"I haven't had time yet, but I've already bought the book." Xiaozhi responded immediately, and said, "I feel that Mr. Gu Lu's short stories are more literary than his long ones."

"This is a good angle. Even the strange stories published in Story Club and Time Mystery a few years ago have literary value. The novellas "Flatland" and "The Little Prince" are better than "Suspect" and "From the New World." Professor Chen knows all of Gu Lu's works by heart.

“You can write a paper for me,” Professor Chen said, “and try to analyze the reasons.”

Me? Analyze the reasons? Xiaozhi was stunned, but since the professor had spoken, he could only nod and agree.

After the students left the office, Professor Chen turned on his computer and checked the news about Gu Lu that his friends in the media had sent him. This news report was directly suppressed by the editor-in-chief of Fog City Daily.

"This is going to be trouble." Professor Chen narrowed his eyes and thought about going to the Fog City when he had time.

Back to the book market.

The [New Fairy Tale] series has added a lot of vitality to the calm market.

Especially Gu Lu's work, which perfectly demonstrated what is the appearance.

"The most beautiful countryside: China's countryside in the eyes of the little people under the floor." - China News Network
“The Borrower has a chance to be included in primary school textbooks. Is Gu Lu a good kid in the eyes of his parents?” - Renren Daily

"Why are some children obedient and some rebellious? Analyze child psychology from Gu Luxin's work." - A marketing account (selling courses, I won't mention the name)

"The first step to becoming a genius, besides diapers, is to read good books. Here is a complete list of "must read" books for elementary Chinese language grades 1-6. Gu Lu has three books." - Dangdang.com
They want to take advantage of the popularity in all fields. Even at the beginning, the Most Beautiful Countryside was about the policy of "Green mountains are worse than gold and silver mountains". It mainly talked about rural construction and also mentioned Gu Lu's new book.

"Qiao Qiao, are you still thinking about surpassing Teacher Gu Lu?" Du Muyao asked jokingly.

The two of them were having dinner together and passed by a bookstore. The bookstore put the "New Fairy Tales" series in the most prominent position, a large platform. And "The Borrower" took up half of the large platform. The most important thing.

"In fact, I was too loud before," Qiao Manshui said. "In my opinion, it's not an exaggeration to call this book a rural trap for children. I grew up in the countryside when I was a child, but I can't write about such an interesting countryside. I am convinced by its interest and quality."

"Actually, I'm really curious about how Gu Lu was invited to this project," said Qiao Manshui.

"Well...it was our Yangtze Children's Publishing House that invited you three times." Du Muyao was bold enough to brag.

"Can you tell me how much his royalties are? Don't worry, if you tell me, I will never tell anyone else." Qiao Manshui wanted to find a way to strike back.

"It's a rather scary ratio, so you'd better not ask about it." Du Muyao responded. The two of them had a very good relationship, so he told him quietly.

"Huh? Twenty-three percent?! This is too high. Does a publishing house make money?" Qiao Manshui himself got fourteen points, which was already quite good.

It’s terrifying, the highest in the country, no doubt about it.

"You can make money if the sales exceed 500,000. And which of Teacher Gu Lu's books has sales of less than 500,000? Besides, you don't know that many publishing houses want to give this royalty rate, but they don't have the means to do so." Du Muyao said.

Royalties are real money concessions from the publisher, so each point is a realm. Qiao Manshui felt more intuitively that Gu Lu and himself were not on the same level.

"The Borrower" topped the book sales charts in offline bookstores and online platforms for several consecutive days.

It is precisely because of the ever-increasing sales that many eye-catching headlines have appeared on the Internet.

The best-selling fairy tale writer of the 21st century, why?

"Shock! The story between Gu Lu, two women and four men"

"Is it possible for Gu Lu to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?"

"Two insurmountable peaks, loved by adults and children alike"

The marketing accounts are still performing as stably as before.

The best-selling books of the 21st century do not refer to the total sales volume. In fact, the cumulative sales volume of writers such as Zheng Yuanjie and Shen Shixi, which has reached tens of millions, is definitely higher than that of Gu Lu.

Such a sensational title refers to the “single” fairy tale work with the highest cumulative sales.

As for whether he could win the Nobel Prize in Literature? Let me first list Gu Lu's experiences, most of which can be found on Baidu Encyclopedia.

Then he added: "Although Gu Lu has a lot of readers around the world and is a recognized genius, he is still far from the highest award in the Hall of Literature..."

The marketing account’s reports generally don’t have much content, but there is one thing they did get right.

"The Little Prince" and "The Borrowers" are like two peaks rising from the collision of continental plates!
There is no need to say much about the sales of the former, and the latter is about to break through one million. Judging from the sales situation, it will be done within two weeks.

The mountain looked as if it could be climbed.

But when I really started to climb, started to think carefully, and wrote a fairy tale more suitable for adults than The Little Prince, and a fairy tale more popular with children than The Little Man...

difficult!
It seems like what Zheng Yuanjie said today, "You can watch The Borrowers when you are young, The Little Prince when you grow up, and The Four when you are old, completing the loop."

The most obvious thing is that the attacks from peers on the Internet were instantly cleared. For example, the five families with very strong attack power cancelled all the small accounts they opened, and their eyes were clear.

Gu Lu didn't feel anything about this, because he didn't even read the news of the attack. The only thing Gu Lu felt was Yao Xiaoju's phone "bombing". Yao had no choice, as there happened to be a lot of things that needed to be communicated over the phone recently, and sometimes even video calls.

If business in Europe wasn’t so busy, Yao Xiaoju would really like to return home.

You should know that Yao Xiaoju is very quick and has invited three suitable translators to translate the new work into English, French and Japanese.

"Mr. Tom, there are many props in the book that are difficult to translate, such as the straw raincoat. Should we explain it as an annotation, or translate it into raincoat or palm leaf coat?" asked the translator in charge of the English translation.

Gu Lu is a resounding banner of domestic cultural export. The more powerful it is, the more stable its position will be.

"If we use suoyi as a literal translation, it will affect the reading experience," Yao Xiaoju said. "There is a compromise method, which is to translate it as palm leaf clothing and give an annotation to explain what kind of rain gear it is."

The translation of "The Borrower" was a bit troublesome, but it didn't affect it at all. Yao Xiaoju solved them one by one.

"A call from America?" Yao Xiaoju answered the call, and then they communicated in English for a while.

I called for two or three minutes before hanging up.

"I guess Brother Gu doesn't have time to go to America." Yao Xiaoju muttered to himself.

What’s going on? The movie “The Shawshank Redemption” has been successfully filmed, and they want to invite the original author to the premiere.

"I hope the box office will be good. The novel is so famous in America, so there shouldn't be any problem," Yao Xiaoju prayed.

It would be great if the movie adaptation could be as popular as the Japanese anime adaptation.

The client, Gu Lu, was looking at the cumulative sales rankings of fairy tale novels compiled by Kaijuanyou. The first place was The Little Prince, and he felt that if he worked hard, he could also get the second place.

“It takes two mountains to make my peers feel despair, as if I could actually write another popular science article.”

Then let "Mr. Toad Goes to a Psychologist" and "Flat Country" achieve the goal of sandwiching cheese at the front and back.

Of course, you have to wait for a while.

Because Gu Lu’s next step is to write about Ove and “isolate” America.

“Although, there’s really nothing I can do. I hope Zweig’s spirit in heaven can bless me and let “Architect of the World” come out soon.” Gu Lu’s thoughts jumped and instantly turned to the works that had not yet been synthesized.

I bought a lot of things on the Internet, but none of them triggered the effect. In addition, even the signed jersey that I asked Gu Jiayu for help had to be sent back from abroad.

“I should go out more often, otherwise it’s not easy to trigger it if I just stay at home.” Gu Lu thought.

Gu Lu spent the next hour dealing with the documents and WeChat messages piled up in his mailbox.

Oh, by the way, Dou Ke also sent a short essay on WeChat - the main point was that Dou's father fell and fell into a coma while out doing repairs.

[Dou Ke: I was very scared at the time, thinking what if my dad didn't wake up. I didn't even say my apology, but fortunately it wasn't serious and he only needed to recuperate for two or three months, so I apologized in the hospital. I said sorry, and in my heart, my father, who could fix many things, was always very powerful. My dad didn't say anything, but I could see that he was very happy.

It turns out that not only are many children waiting for adults to apologize, but many adults are waiting as well. Gu Ge is truly worthy of being a writer, what he said is so right. ］
Once a person's label becomes too famous, everything will be attributed to that label. For example, the label of genius will make many people ignore hard work. Whether or not a person is a writer has nothing to do with Gu Lu's previous advice.

[Gu Lu: That’s good. Just one sentence can resolve the knot between two people.]
I am happy for my old classmate. But it is really hard to be honest. If it weren't for the opportunity of being hurt, I don't know when Dou Ke would have spoken out.

I haven’t finished dealing with the email and WeChat issues yet.

"I have to go out--" Gu Lu washed and dressed in a very fast time.

King Guru's schedule has been very tight recently. He attended a group meeting in the morning and a book signing event for "New Fairy Tales" in the afternoon, which was held at the Capital Library.

The specific location is south of Shilihe Bridge, just outside the Third Ring Road, and the transportation is very convenient. Regarding the venue, I would like to add that the address of the book signing event is in the new museum, which has a lot of space.

The new building has 10 floors in total. Because there are so many seats, many students come here to study during holidays, especially on the eighth and ninth floors.

[New Fairy Tale Series Book Author Signing] [Gu Lu and the authors are looking forward to the readers]

In fact, each of the seven writers has their own poster, but there are only two banners on the first floor of the new museum. That’s it.

"Look, there are so many readers. They're already queuing up before the show even starts." Qiao Manshui is a bit of a talkative person.

If he can't find anyone to communicate with in a crowded place, he will feel uncomfortable.

Look, he was forced to talk to his arch-enemy, Sister Nomi.

It's a bit of an exaggeration to say they are sworn enemies. They just fought each other before, and it was a real fight. Qiao Manshui felt that Sister Nuomi won dishonorably, relying on her gender advantage. Sister Nuomi felt that Qiao Manshui's data was fake, and the two of them argued for a long time.

"Hmm?" Sister Nomi looked around to make sure the other party was talking to her before responding, "Many of them are Gu Lu's readers. At least half of the people here are Gu Lu's readers, and the remaining half is divided among the six of us."

Sister Nomi's statement is logically supported. "Many people in the queue are college students and young people in their twenties. Do you think your book is targeted at them?"

I see, this group of people were basically attracted by Gu Lu. The rest of those who came to line up with their children were their readers.

As mentioned before, the New Fairy Tale series is written by fairy tale writers born in the 1980s and 1990s, so their fans have not yet grown into college students.

"It feels okay. The six of us combined can compete with Teacher Gu Lu on equal terms." Qiao Manshui finished speaking, and added, "Of course, I feel that among the six of us, I may have more fans."

What's there to argue about? Sister Nomi rolled her eyes. She didn't want to pay any more attention to this guy, so she chatted with another female writer, Zhou Jing.

The five families stood there without saying a word or chatting with anyone. They just pretended to be masters without saying a word, while their eyes were searching. They were looking for Gu Lu, who was on a 4:6 ratio with them.

That's right, the five families acknowledged the reality and watched "The Borrowers" with him, and felt that the other party was better than themselves.

He didn't find Gu Lu, not because the important person showed up last, but mainly because the plan couldn't keep up with the changes.

The director and security personnel were making emergency arrangements because a large number of "readers" were still rushing to the Capital Library...

(End of this chapter)