Chapter 474 Why is he arrogant at first but respectful later?

Chapter 474 Why is he arrogant at first but respectful later?

Chapter 474 Why is he arrogant at first but respectful later?

The east wind blows and the war drums beat. Who should I fear except Zaoba?

Of course, Gu Lu doesn’t have to go to bed early now, he just gets up very early to catch the flight.

I was a frequent flyer today and my flight was quite early, so I arrived at the Capital Airport at around seven o'clock.

If nothing unexpected happens, he should go to Los Angeles to attend the premiere of "The Shawshank Redemption". But since that's the case, there must be something unexpected, and the production company Castle Rock Entertainment seems to have moved its main resources to "Very Conflict".

So Yao Xiaoju called and said there was no need to go.

Therefore, Gu Lu is now going to fly to Neon to endorse the August new anime "From the New World" produced by Hegemony Society.

After all, it helps expand surrounding copyrights, and the filming location is in the ferry area.

"It's definitely not possible for the New World to achieve as much popularity as Bingka. Perhaps it can only become a niche boutique." Gu Lu said to Yao Xiaoju on the phone.

I have a strong personal understanding. Seriously speaking, the public still watches anime based on the principle of "it's okay to use emotions, but not to use the brain". They can cry and be happy for the characters, but if it's too complicated, it's not suitable for most audiences.

"Niche boutiques are also good, suitable for selling peripherals and doing joint brands." Yao Xiaoju said, "For example, EVA can make a lot of money every year through joint brands."

"?" Gu Lu responded immediately, "EVA has been labeled as a popular comic, it's not a niche. Don't aim so high."

Xianchong and Xianchongfan were originally neutral terms, but now I don’t know how they have changed. Xianchongfan has become an anime that has gone beyond the circle, and if you only watch Xianchongfan, you will be expelled from the two-dimensional world, and it feels a bit abstract.

“People should have dreams. If you don’t have dreams, what’s the difference between you and a salted fish?” Yao Xiaoju is full of confidence, because Studio Ghibli is currently in contact with him to adapt the new work "The Borrowers".

The current price and copyright have not yet been negotiated, so Yao Xiaoju chose to keep it secret from the writer for the time being.

"Okay, I have to board the plane now. I'll tell you the details when I get to Tokyo."

After hanging up the phone, Gu Lu walked forward with his bag on his back. Many people were already queuing up, but he was in first class and had a VIP channel, so he was not in a hurry and sat aside and waited.

From yesterday to today, he has been thinking about one thing in his heart, "So what is their relationship? They have already met their parents, so they should be boyfriend and girlfriend, right?"

"But it seems like I haven't made a formal confession yet?" Gu Lu thought about this and decided to find a time to confess.

Thinking about this, King Gollum boarded the plane.

Long illness makes a good doctor. Just as Gu Lu analyzed, Zhou Lin has expectations for fatherly love, or the more he lacks something as a child, the more he wants it when he grows up.

Sometimes she would want to see her father, but if she really saw him, Zhou Lin would be furious, because due to her experiences as a student, even communicating well required extremely strong inner control.

Last night's dinner seemed to be a route determined by the girl with super powers herself. Her character is difficult to be changed by outsiders, and her core is very strong.

But in reality, it is difficult for normal people to be consistently strong, and they need external or internal support. The reason why Zhou Lin called Gu Lu over was because she wanted Gu Lu to give her courage.

The high school organized a student celebration, and luckily there were no safety issues. This made Zhou Lin realize that he was incapable, and at the same time left another hint in his heart - Gu Lu was called a big backer.

She then called Zhou's father.

"I study at Peking University and participate in various activities there just to build up my network. Going to Mauritius is like pulling out a tiger's teeth, which would destroy my own martial arts." Zhou Lin explained very frankly and clearly, "There are also alumni in Mauritius, but compared to China, the opportunities I can get are definitely fewer."

"So there's no way I'm going to Mauritius. Besides, I don't like sleeping in the study." Zhou Lin said and hung up the phone.

Zhou Lin blamed herself a lot, even looked down on herself. Why didn't she speak more harshly? Why did she let this incident affect her emotions?
“Is the ongoing sales route resolved?”

“Have you figured out a solution to the feedback issue?”

"There are also customized template improvements. Do you have any plans?"

"With so many unresolved issues, you still have time to feel sorry for yourself?"

I felt a little annoyed in my heart - like touching a hangnail on my finger, but a bunch of problems came up, like stones hitting my head one by one, and the little annoyance disappeared, and instantly turned into a big pressure.

This is how Zhou Lin has regulated her emotions since she was a child...it also indirectly reflects why her execution ability is so strong.

Zhou Lin knew King Guru quite well, but the latter's understanding of the former was limited. As for Zhou's father? He knew even less.

At present, Zhou's father is shopping with his wife and children.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou's father looked unhappy, and even the atmosphere among the three of them became tense.

Jin Qian asked what happened, and Zhou's father roughly told her that Zhou Lin would not go to Mauritius.

"It must be because of your love affair that you're not going to Mauritius." Zhou's father completely ignored him. To be more specific, he didn't believe what Zhou Lin said on the phone just now.

"No, I don't think Linlin is the type who is obsessed with love." Jin Qian said, "Linlin is old enough now, she must have her own plans."

Yes, the stepmother was speaking for Zhou Lin, but at the same time she also wanted her stepdaughter to stay in China from the bottom of her heart.

"What arrangements can be made?" Zhou's father said in a muffled voice, "Can her arrangements be as good as the route I arranged for her?"

When his son Zhou Wei heard this, his eyes flashed with anger. He didn't like his father's tone of finality. Zhou Wei had fallen in love with a local before, but his father didn't like Creoles, so he went directly to the school and asked the school to intervene.

Very arrogant words. But Zhou's father is also qualified. As the vice president of the Mauritius Chinese Chamber of Commerce, his textile factory has an annual income of tens of millions.

There is nothing wrong with saying that you are a successful person.

"Let's go find her boyfriend. If outsiders persuade her more, she will know what the right choice is," said Zhou's father.

The shopping plan was cancelled, and soon Zhou's father came to Peking University. To be honest, he had been abroad for so long that he had no idea of ​​his own worth. Did he really think that Peking University would pay attention to him?

It's so funny. Not to mention seeing the principal, it's even difficult to see the corresponding counselor.

Zhou Wei had a smile on his face. He was really happy that his father was humiliated.

However, snakes have their ways and rats have their ways. Zhou's father called a good friend who was in the education field in Sijiu City. It was very easy for him to help look up a student's information.

Considering what he was wearing yesterday, his family should be an ordinary, well-off family.

"Brother Xiong is in trouble. Okay, okay, let's get together when we have a chance." Zhou's father waited for the result.

The one called Xiong Ge is Li Xiong, not a big leader in the education department, but it’s just that the students’ information is too easy to check...

[Peking University, Gu Lu]

When Li Xiong saw the message from his old friend, his brain instantly shut down. He found a photo of Gu Lu on the Internet, sent it to the Internet, and asked if it was the person in the photo. "Is it so efficient?" Zhou's father praised the other person for his ability to do things, and he was the person in the photo.

[That’s him. Sorry to bother you, Brother Xiong.]
The message was replied one second ago.

Brother Xiong called two seconds later. Before Zhou's father could thank him, the other party started asking questions.

"Tell me the truth, brother, tell me the truth, have you made 500,000 yuan abroad? If so, I will pretend that I don't know anything about it, and don't drag me into it." Brother Xiong said.

What does this have to do with anything? Zhou's father was confused, "Brother Xiong, what did you say?"

"What? Do you know who you are looking for?" Li Xiong's voice was a little loud.

"My daughter's classmate? The one who studies at Peking University?" Zhou's father also realized that something was wrong, but it wasn't that exaggerated.

"Yes, Gu Lu is a senior at Peking University and a world-renowned writer. His representative works include 'Diplomatic Series' and 'On Young China'. Since his works are also popular abroad, he is a special diplomatic expert in our country." All the information Li Xiong mentioned can be found on the Internet.

Finally, he questioned, "Now tell me, what do you want to do by looking up Gu Lu's identity information? We are brothers, so I won't hide anything. I have recorded our phone call."

"..." Father Zhou's scalp was numb, and his CPU was confused. "Did you recognize the wrong person? It's just a student. He looks like an ordinary good student."

"Nothing else to say?" Xiong said, "I will submit this call to the security department. If there is nothing else, you should stay in the country for a while. OK, I'm hanging up."

Li Xiong hung up the phone neatly. Although he didn't know exactly what Gu Lu's identity was, as a civil servant working in the city, how could he not know the value of the name Gu Lu?

Beep, beep, beep - it was a bit of an exaggeration for Zhou's father to say that he was still in shock, but he was also completely bewildered. He turned on his phone and quickly started searching for Gu Lu. Zhou's father didn't read books, but he had been living abroad for many years and had never heard of "Young China".

News popped up one after another:
Xinxia Press: "Gu Lu: There will be more and more good writers in Chinese literature, and more and more works that can be presented to the world."

Renren Daily: "An interview with Gu Lu, the biggest contributor to the success of the series "The Borrower" and others."

Youth Daily: "Why is Gu Lu, who has never won any major awards, hailed as a role model for young writers?"

Beijing Daily: "Flat Country Culture Company is Gu Lu's copyright operation company, and it was also named one of the top ten excellent cultural and entertainment companies in Beijing..."

Each piece of news shows one thing: that "ordinary" student is actually a very powerful person.

With photos and videos, Zhou's father compared them and soon the lucky hope of having the same name and surname was nipped in the bud.

"What's wrong?" Jin Qian asked in a low voice.

"...The classmate she brought back yesterday, Gu Lu...is a world-renowned writer." Father Zhou's throat seemed to be strangled, and his voice was very hoarse.

"Gu Lu - no wonder I feel familiar with him, he is the one who wrote 'The Little Prince' and 'Weymouth Series'? Wow, that's amazing." Zhou Wei thought of something and suddenly shouted.

The most common language in Mauritius is Creole, a language that combines French with dialects. The official languages ​​are French and English. If you ask Gu Lu, there are only these two books that can be bought in this country.

Ignoring the child's exclamation, Zhou's father was thinking, should my attitude towards Gu Lu yesterday be considered good?

"I shouldn't have been treated badly, right?" Zhou's father thought to himself, wondering whether he should go and apologize.

It’s no wonder that he was afraid. According to Brother Xiong, the most impressive thing about this writer is his social status.

"Since Linlin's classmates are so familiar with her, there will definitely be no problem," said Jin Qian.

"Yes, yes, yes, she is worthy of being my daughter. The ability to make friends is entirely inherited from me." said Zhou's father.

Father Zhou is honest...

There's good news, and there's bad news.

Let me first talk about the good news. The manuscript of "A Man Called Ove Decides to Die" has been completed and sent to the New Youth Publishing House.

Of course, the setting of the original book was changed from Sweden to Finland, and the car conflicts between the protagonist Ove and his friends were changed from Volvo and Satsuma in the original book to Valmet and Dinnigfeld.

There are some small details that I won’t go into detail about, but in short, Gu Lu got it all done.

The bad news is that Gu Lu forgot to tell the editor of the publishing house something important.

As the publishing house had already determined the S+ grade last year, President Wang got to work right away after receiving it.

Three reviews and three proofreadings. Gu Lu’s work definitely does not need to go through three reviews, but proofreading is still needed, first of all, to correct the text and punctuation problems.

In this regard, friends who often read physical books will find that physical books basically do not have quotation marks, and the dialogue is directly followed by a comma after the name.

This is undoubtedly problematic in the punctuation standards we have been using since elementary school, but writers and editors seem to accept it for the sake of information and brevity.

If you use quotation marks, you will definitely have to start a new paragraph, and a dozen sentences will take up half a page. Without quotation marks, the dialogues can be squeezed together, which is convenient for typesetting.

Gu Lu wrote bestsellers, and most of them still use quotation marks. In addition, the second proofreading checks the format and figure numbers. The third proofreading is a thorough reading of the final draft. Of course, the fonts, illustrations and cover are also determined at a rapid pace.

After arranging all this, it was already four or five o'clock, almost time to get off work, and President Wang finally had time to take a good look at the text.

"This book title is quite interesting, a bit like Paulo Coelho's "Veronika Decides to Die." President Wang thought, that is, the fun of reading a large number of books can be associated with many things, regardless of whether the author meant it that way or not.

Paulo is a famous Brazilian writer, and his book "The Alchemist" is quite well-known.

[He would patrol the area early in the morning, moving bicycles that had not been parked in the grid, checking whether the garbage was sorted according to regulations, complaining about whose lawn was not mowed, and cursing the stray cat that had lost its fur. It was endless.

He wants to commit suicide.

...]
Finland, Sweden, or most Nordic countries are the same, with strict garbage sorting and regular lawn mowing. The Finnish Post Office even offers a lawn mowing service.

Judging from the introduction, the story is similar to "Veronika Decides to Die", both of which involve deciding to commit suicide, and redeeming themselves after encountering some things.

President Wang, who had just started reading, was suddenly interrupted.

"President Wang, there is an important matter," Xiao He came to the reception desk.

"Hmm?" President Wang motioned for the other party to continue.

“It was a call from the Foreign Affairs Propaganda Department. They officially informed us that due to the special nature of the new work ‘A Man Called Ove Decides to Die’, we need to cooperate with the country in terms of publicity,” Xiao He said.

(End of this chapter)