Chapter 472 Passive Skills

Chapter 472 Passive Skills

Chapter 472 Passive Skills

"I will observe secretly, find out the problems, and then ask you as the boss some questions." Gu Lu responded after coming back to his senses.

Then, Zhou Lin led Gu Lu into the shop. The interior decoration was simple, including the wallpaper and ceiling, which were practical and cost-effective.

Looking over the display cabinet, I can see the desk, which is very messy... That's right, the girl with super strength has always had very strong "bad student habits".

"Didn't you hire a clerk?" Gu Lu looked around and saw only the girl with super strength. He came here and it wasn't far by taxi. It was not yet time to get off work.

"We mainly do overseas business, and the store is only used for exhibitions." Zhou Lin said, "If partners come to visit, I will definitely accompany them, so there is no need for a clerk for the time being. Besides, this business venture is all my pocket money that I have saved since I was a child, as well as my scholarship for college. I will definitely save money if I live frugally."

King Guru estimated that it should be several hundred thousand to one million, which was too little for this project. Gu Lu didn't know why the girl with extraordinary strength challenged such a difficult project at the beginning. Maybe she had accumulated connections during her time as the Secretary-General of the Global Model United Nations?
"It was easy at the beginning, because before I started my business, I took on a few orders, such as this cloth tiger. Lions are popular in China, but tigers are more popular in Europe and the United States."

"In addition, a lot of tiger-head shoes were ordered. Although it has something to do with my exaggerated publicity of their ability to repel vampires and ward off diseases."

"The profits are quite thin at the beginning. After all, the most difficult thing is to keep going."

The super-powerful girl introduced her products to King Guru, and Gu Lu felt the seriousness of doing business well.

And the super-strong girl and the female warrior have one thing in common: they don’t start their business after understanding the market demand, but only start after they are sure they can get two or three orders.

After a walk around, it was getting dark and it was almost time.

"Come on, come on, I'll treat you to a big hotpot." Zhou Lin said.

"What's the difference between a big hot pot and a small hot pot?" Gu Lu asked.

"Small hotpot means I'm not that hungry, so I just order a few meat dishes. Big hotpot means I'm starving, so I order all the dishes I want." Zhou Lin responded, locking the shop in his hand.

There are not many good hotpot restaurants in Sijiu City, so the two of them went to a chain store. Chain stores are not good, but they guarantee the taste.

During the meal, King Guru felt that Zhou Lin was hiding something, so he asked directly, "Are you worried about business? I can still help introduce channels to Europe, America and Asia."

This is not an exaggeration. Today, Gu Lu is truly one of the most famous Chinese writers overseas.

"You can doubt my weight, but you can't doubt my ability... No, you can't doubt my weight either." Zhou Lin changed her words after saying that. It turned out that she was still a little concerned about her weight, but even so, she still didn't let go of the tripe that was held by her chopsticks.

"What's that?" Saying this means admitting that there is something on your mind.

"It's a very difficult thing," Zhou Lin said.

Gu Lu's eyes flickered slightly, and he put the tripe he picked up in the oil-dish bowl without eating it immediately, which was enough to prove that he was very serious about the matter.

"If even you find it difficult to handle, then I am just too curious." Gu Lu said, "I am all ears."

Zhou Lin’s oil sauce is not traditional because she adds sesame paste in it and stirs the bowl with chopsticks, creating a mess.

"My father is coming back to China tomorrow. He said he would treat me to a meal." Zhou Lin paused from stirring the oil dish with his chopsticks and said, "Gulu, are you brave enough?"

Hmm? The topic was changed too quickly. Gu Lu opened his mouth to respond, but his throat froze because he could vaguely understand the meaning of the question.

People with low sense of security have their own survival skills, such as "withdrawal slide", which means they will leave immediately if they feel the other person is a little disgusted, or "thought wheel", which means they can think over and over again about a sentence they said during the day, and so on.

Isn't it amazing? The only small flaw is that these skills are not active skills, but passive skills.

Gu Lu's skill is "Spider Alert". When he encounters a problem that requires him to take on a very heavy responsibility, his body will frantically sound the alarm.

At this moment, Gu Lu personally felt the mentality of the person who was afraid of heights standing on the disco stage. It was not a question of whether it was safe or not, but that he simply did not dare to move forward.

But if you take a step back, you will feel comfortable and at ease. This was not the first time that Gu Lu chose to step back.

"Yeah, of course I'm brave." Gu Lu stuffed a piece of tribute vegetable into his mouth with chopsticks and closed his eyes. Combined with what happened before, it looked like he was tasting the flavor of the tribute vegetable.

"Hmm - this dish is not bad, crispy, unlike some hotpot restaurants' ones." Gu Lu completed the whole set of movements, transforming his mood of dancing with his eyes closed into tasting.

After I jumped, except for my heart beating fast, I seemed to no longer feel afraid.

When the other party was about to speak, Gu Lu added, "Just say it directly. I have also seen a lot of things. God is the boss, the earth is second, and I am the third."

"Then can you come with me to dinner?" Zhou Lin said, staring at the other person.

"That's it?" Gu Lufeng said calmly, "Time and place."

There is no sign that the heart is about to jump out of the chest.

"He hasn't decided on the specific location for dinner tomorrow. I'll send you the location as soon as I have news," said Zhou Lin.

The girl with extraordinary strength retracted her gaze and looked carefully. The contact surface between the fingertips and the chopsticks of her hand that was holding the chopsticks had turned white from using too much force, and all the blood had been squeezed to the fingertips.

Zhou Lin went to get another dish of oil sauce and returned to the table to continue fighting.

In the end, both of them got pregnant.

There was no choice but to buy some stomach-strengthening and digestion-promoting tablets.

To be honest, watching Zhou Lin eat is so appetizing. She is pretty and eats very fast. Gu Lu has always thought that she might become famous if she became a food broadcaster.

Zhou Lin still sent Gu Lu home. Because the former had a car, while the latter had a car but no driver's license...

Let’s talk about today’s signing event for Shouto, which was quite popular and sparked a small discussion in the two-dimensional circle.

However - the topic of discussion is rather strange.

"When I watched Daiou-sensei offline, he didn't seem to look like Oreki. He wasn't that handsome. And he wasn't as tall as Bungou Stray Dogs and Kuroko Basketball."

"Teacher Da Wang is very gentle. When I wanted to write a message [Truth lives in experience, not in formulas], Teacher Da Wang immediately responded that it was from Hesse's The Glass Bead Game. To be honest, I have always used this sentence as my signature, and I only know that it was said by Hesse. He is very cultured. The only drawback is that the signature is understandable and not sloppy enough."

"Hahaha, I remember a lot of people who took other people's books to ask Teacher Da Wang for autographs, and even asked if he would be angry. Help, why would someone be so bold?"

"At the scene, I personally felt that this statement was a bit too much. But that was Gu Lu, the child of other people's children!"

……

Some people were arguing about Gu Lu's height, and some were discussing buying books and asking for autographs. So what was Gu Lu reading? Sorry, he didn't read it, because he had eaten and drunk enough, rested for a while, and fell asleep soon.

I am in the stage of rushing to finish the manuscript (Ovi), so I went to bed the earliest today.

"Fuck, I actually agreed to go meet the parents with Zhou Lin."

At 1:30 in the morning, Gu Lu suddenly stood up from the bed and woke up very suddenly.

His stomach was still a little bloated, so Gu Lu stood up, poured himself a glass of water, and drank some to calm himself down.

Passing by the study, Gu Lu stopped and walked directly in to sit and think about something.

According to what Gu Lu knows, Zhou Lin's father settled down in Mauritius and basically only sent living expenses back home, without any concern for her life. In this respect, Zhou Lin is much better than Gu's father.

Gu Lu didn't regret agreeing to the other party, because when he said that, he had thought it over carefully.

The main thing is to think about what attitude to use tomorrow to treat the father of the super-strong girl.

By the way, her mother is... Gu Lu has never heard the other party mention her, so it is very likely that she has passed away. This inference remains to be confirmed.

"No wonder she is so aggressive and forceful in doing things. She is similar to my junior high school classmate... Wang Xue?

The full name is a little vague in my memory, even though I met him just a few months ago when I returned to school. I can only say that Zhou Lin's execution and learning abilities are stronger.

When thinking hard, Gu Lu would hold a pen in his hand and scribble something on the paper. By the way, it is said that there is a new school of psychology in recent years that specializes in studying and analyzing people's attention and focusing on another thing, scribbling randomly.

Gu Lu kept doodling until after three o'clock, when he felt sleepy again and went back to bed.

Oh yes, I have to add that Gu Lu took some time to chat with Yao Xiaoju, who watched the internal screening of "The Shawshank Redemption" and felt that the content was good. I personally suggest that Gu Lu can attend the premiere.

The next day, when Gu Lu opened his eyes, it was already half past ten.

The quilt and the cell phone are really a pair of evil BOSS. The quilt trapped his legs and the cell phone trapped his hands, so that even after Gu Lu woke up, he lingered in bed for more than an hour before getting out of bed.

"Huh? Did I turn my phone to silent mode before going to bed?" Gu Lu looked at the missed calls on his phone.

Gu Lu checked and saw that the phone was not on mute. Normally, the ringing of a phone call would wake him up, but this morning it was a surprise.

"Hello? Chairman Wen, who is this?" Gu Lu called back and got straight to the point after the call was connected. The other party was quite busy, so it would be better to speak in a simple manner.

"Is Expert Gu going to Los Angeles?" Chairman Wen asked first, and then explained how he knew, "Our country has a high degree of protection for top talents."

Chairman Wen then briefly explained the various types of protection. "Intermediate protection" is a protection measure for officials above the ministerial level, and high-level protection is protection for top experts. As for the elders, that protection is counted separately.

That's normal. Gu Lu thought about it and tried to avoid the tragedy of an expert being stabbed to death by a gangster from happening again.

"So we can see that Gu is going abroad, and of course we will not interfere with his freedom of travel," said Wen. "But if the target location is unstable or there are other dangers for the demonstration, we will issue a reminder and, if necessary, request security personnel."

"So Los Angeles is in danger?" Gu Lu understood immediately.

“Yes,” said Chairman Wen, “the situation is a little different.”

Do you remember the discussion about "the world's first genius" earlier? America cited many examples at that time, and Gu Lu was the genius used to attract firepower.

It is true that no one in America or other countries could find anyone more talented than Gu Lu in the liberal arts, and in the end, America was quiet.

"America shouldn't do anything to a writer like me, right?" Gu Lu asked immediately after figuring out the situation. As long as the chairman said it was possible, he would cancel the trip immediately no matter how small or large the possibility was.

Play is play, but don’t joke with your life.

"Not really. America doesn't care about face when doing things, but it cares about benefits. The benefits of doing this are too small." Chairman Wen comforted, "I called to ask if Expert Gu needs to apply for security personnel to accompany him when he goes abroad?"

"There is no danger, but there will be some small bumps," said Chairman Wen.

Please don't breathe too loudly when you speak. To be clear, that dispute may have made America bear a grudge, and it may take the same action as Britain did before.

"Will it cause trouble to the country?" If it would cause trouble, Gu Lu would choose not to go.

"From the perspective of the chairman of a major international diplomatic think tank, I suggest looking for experts." The second half of the sentence that Chairman Wen did not say was that if we had the same influence in the United States as Britain and France, we would be even more invincible.

Gu Lu was also thinking about his own plan of "isolating America". Since it was suggested, he could go and take a look.

Next, Chairman Wen informed the think tank of the auxiliary team that could be sent, a total of three people: a bodyguard, a translator and guide who was familiar with Meilijian, and finally the think tank's recorder.

In addition, the think tank basically bears the travel expenses abroad.

After the situation was made clear, Chairman Wen hung up the phone.

"My status has really reached that high. Now I have a team to protect me when I go abroad." Gu Lu talked to himself while looking at his phone.

"Wait, oh, oh, I forgot one thing." Gu Lu immediately sent a message to Chairman Wen: [Chairman, are there any European countries that have good bilateral relations with us recently?]
Why do I ask this? Because some of the religions and values ​​that Ove involves are not suitable for adaptation to the local background.

In other words, if the background is changed to the local context, the core of the character of the protagonist Ove will change, which is completely unacceptable, and he is different from the villain who borrows things.

The reason why Ove's story is so touching is largely because of his stubbornness and the indifference of the Nordic people. This is exactly the same as another niche movie "Virgin Mountain". This movie is an Icelandic movie, and the environment is very cold, which will shape the national character in a similar way.

Based on the above reasons, it is still a foreign background. In this case...

Gu Lu added to his WeChat message: [I have an idea to write a book about Northern Europe. It should be a positive book, so it would be best if it were about the five Nordic countries, but of course Eastern Europe is also OK.]
Taking the initiative to use books as a card of national diplomacy, Gu Lu would not have thought that he was so useful before, but after the last "Three Kingdoms Fight", it was different.

Besides, since he was given a panda, King Gollum felt that he should do his part.

"A Man Called Ove Decides to Die" Anyway, after watching the movie, Gu Lu really wanted to travel to Sweden...Books also have a similar effect.

[Chairman Wen: Expert Gu, please wait a moment. We need the think tank to get in touch with the diplomatic unit before we can discuss this. This may take two days. Can Expert Gu wait?]

Gu Lu responded that it was okay, as long as it was a cold country, and then the content was modified, it would be fine. Of course, it would be best if it was the five Nordic countries...

(End of this chapter)