Chapter 477 Is it us?

Chapter 477 Is it us?

Chapter 477 Is it us?
As a woman, Elisa is able to serve as the Finnish ambassador to China. She has excellent abilities and an even better family background.

This meant that Elisa was destined to be very busy on weekdays. She read the books of writers such as Frans and Lönnrot when she was in college. To be honest, she had never read the works of these writers, but she must know these writers.

Neighboring Norway tried its best to win the "friendship of writers", but in the end they didn't even get to the card table. It was quite funny.

Finally, Eliza remembered that the winner seemed to be France?

"I have read a lot of Gu Lu's works, and they are very exciting." Alissa said, "I am looking forward to Gu Lu's works."

Then, Elisa enthusiastically asked Deputy Minister Yan of China's Foreign Affairs. To add, the conversation between the two was in the language of their own country, because it was a serious diplomatic matter, so both parties followed the translator.

She then asked, "What kind of work is it?"

"An inspiring story that takes place in Finland, a long novel of more than 200,000 words." Deputy Minister Yan also did not know the specific details.

A novel of more than 200,000 words? Elisa became even more enthusiastic and said she would cooperate with Deputy Minister Yan on the details of the promotion.

why?

Just think about it, Norway's "The Battle for Antarctica" is more than 10,000 to 20,000 words, and the Russian Federation's sequel to the play is also about 20,000 words.

France's "One Night Genius" + "Who Moved My Cheese" has 60,000 to 70,000 words, and Da Ying's "Weymouth Series" has 120,000 words.

Look again! Finland has more than 200,000 words, surpassing the other four countries!

Could it be that Finland is the favorite of Chinese writer Gu Lu?
Everything can be deceiving, except the number of words! This is not Alisa's imagination, but the truth is not important.

How great an achievement is that?
As the Finnish embassy in China, she worked hard every day to promote Finland, and finally achieved a staged victory, allowing Chinese people to feel the charm of Finland. Gu Lu is the most obvious example!
Oh well! Alissa never expected that a double-cheese pizza would actually fall from the sky!

It’s hard to imagine how happy Alissa is now.

"Mr. Yan, I think we need to be more efficient. Tomorrow afternoon is too late." Alyssa said, "How about tonight? Let's have a video conference at 8 or 9 tonight."

Deputy Minister Yan, who frequently deals with countries such as Northern Europe, knows that these embassy staff members are very reluctant to work overtime, and today's situation is very rare.

"Then let's do half past eight." Deputy Minister Yan thought about the time.

After seeing off the Chinese personnel, Elisa walked back and forth in the room, trying to keep her emotions relatively stable.

After searching for Gu Lu on the Internet, Alissa decided to take some time to look at his works.

Unfortunately, none of Gu Lu's long works have been translated into Swedish or Finnish. Only a few diplomatic short stories can be found - after Ping Pong Diplomacy and Panda Diplomacy, Gu Lu's article diplomacy has also been a topic of research.

Many countries have already learned from this. After all, it saves a lot of money to invite writers from their own country to produce works.

The only problem is...it's a little off.

After all, among all the biographers on the planet, there is only one Zweig. And Zweig is actually a typical world citizen. He believes that the whole of Europe is one, so his descriptions of other countries are also full of appreciation.

To sum up, those who learn "Gu Lu diplomacy" are doomed to die.

Swish - several manuscripts appeared in the printer, and Alissa printed them out to read carefully.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve been so focused on reading a book,” Elisa thought.

This is the case for most people around the world. As for the amount of physical books they read, if they do not develop a habit of reading, then the amount of reading during their school years is basically equivalent to more than 80% of the amount of reading they will have throughout their lifetime.

The work is ready to go.

Gu Lu stayed in Tokyo for two or three days.

As the hope of the whole village, oh no, the whole district, Gu Lu participated in four or five activities in a row.

There are autograph sessions for "From the New World", "fan meetings", and joint events held by Universal Studios Japan (USJ), which are very diverse.

“The staff at Wit Studio were very dedicated and came to my hometown to shoot the scene.”

“The expression method of From the New World is relatively innovative. It also showcases very special cultures such as straw paintings and Sichuan songs.”

"It seems that there are about two million copies of the book in Asia, which is very worth your anticipation."

Gu Lu really works hard.

Universal Studios is just like Disneyland, but the most unique one is the Harry Potter area. Any plastic (or wooden) magic wand in it costs hundreds or thousands of dollars because it is officially licensed.

There is no doubt about Harry Potter's ability to make money. Gu Lu thought about it carefully and thought that "The Little Prince" was also good and was currently being steadily promoted overseas.

The event was held in the "Water World" scenic area, which captured a scene from "Waterworld". It usually includes flying jet skis, jumping through fire hoops and other stunts.

Today, everything is calm because Gu Lu is here.

Suddenly, a mixed voice was heard: "Get out! Chinese people get out of Tokyo!"

I saw a Japanese man, with his eyes wide open, looking at Gu Lu with hostility.

The staff of the Hegemony Society and the scenic spot acted quickly and intercepted them.

The captured opponent was still struggling, howling, "What are you doing? What are you doing?! You are all traitors to the empire, Gu, you have destroyed our own child prodigy! If we bring in the Chinese, Amaterasu will definitely..."

The following news could not be heard clearly because the disruptive Neon Jin was dragged away.

After a long time, order was not fully restored and the audience was talking about it.

Gu Lu heard a familiar word, "prodigy"? Could it be Katsutane Maru? He just remembered that he had successfully broken the other party's record in "The Birth of Suspect X" a year ago, and then he stopped paying attention to the other party's information.

Seeing the guest remained silent, Jingkou quickly comforted him, "Teacher Gu Lu, don't worry, he might be from the [Yan Clan]."

“People in Osaka are really rude though,” Keiguchi muttered.

The event at Universal Studios did not end successfully.

This time, Gu Lu learned a new word: the disgusting tribe.

That is, they hate all foreign things that are stronger than their own country. However, unlike genocide, racists will also criticize their own country for not living up to expectations, that is, they will curse.

After returning to the hotel, Gu Lu searched the Internet and was surprised to find that there were quite a lot of Japanese haters on Yahoo who hated him.

"Every book of his is a big hit in Japan. He takes at least 50 billion yen from Japan every year. He is the biggest thief!" an angry Japanese netizen commented.

"If domestic media hadn't reported on him frequently, we wouldn't have known him at all. As long as we don't know him, he doesn't exist, stupid media." A smart Japanese netizen commented.

There are also netizens with smooth logic who leave comments, "I haven't read any of Gu Lu's books. Although I haven't read any of them, I also know that his works are very poor, otherwise why didn't he receive the Naoki Prize and the Akutagawa Prize?"

Gu Lu was not moved. Considering the nationality of Neon Gold, it would be strange if all of them admired him as a foreigner. Under more than 20 Yahoo posts, the number of people who hated his race was second only to the Chinese manufacturing industry.

After reading for a while, the only thing Gu Lu wanted to say was: About 2019 million in revenue every year? If it's not that much, can you give me the money? Including the peripherals, copyrights, and new book sales, the revenue in was only about million US dollars, which is not that exaggerated.

Then Gu Lu also went about his own business. Even though he was in Neon, he had to be busy and make the phone calls he needed to make.

While they were talking on the phone for a long time, Zhou Lin suddenly mentioned something. She wanted to organize a high school reunion and asked Gu Lu if he had any experience.

"It seems that our high school class has never organized one? I don't know either. Let me go and ask. If there is, I can help you figure out the process." Gu Lu said. He seemed to have the impression that the class monitor had invited him once?
As everyone knows, Gu Lu and Zhou Lin both graduated from No. 8 Middle School, but were not in the same class.

Most of the students in the Tsinghua and Peking University classes should be able to get into good schools, right? Most of them are in Beijing and Shanghai. It must be very exciting.

About half an hour later, Zhou Lin hung up the phone. She was relieved that Gu Lu didn't confess. At the same time, she was also a little disappointed that Gu Lu didn't confess.

"Does this count as a confession?" Zhou Lin thought about the sentence from a few days ago: Doesn't that mean I won't be able to see you every day?

Based on her understanding of Gu Lu, she would definitely forget it.

But after all, the key lines were not said.

"Ahhhhh, Gulu, you are such a coward!!" Zhou Lin was a little crazy and rolled twice on the bed.

Because I rolled around and bit the quilt to vent my anger like when I was a kid, I was wrapped up like a spring roll in a few seconds...

After a while, Zhou Chunjuan Lin jumped up from the bed.

There is a chicken soup love story on the Internet, the story of a soldier and a princess waiting for a hundred days. The soldier can wait for ninety-nine days, but the princess needs to take the initiative on the last day.

According to her personality, it is no problem for her to take the initiative to wait for a hundred days. After all, she is taking the initiative, so it is reasonable for the princess to be a little reserved. After all, if she likes someone, she is willing to take the initiative. What Zhou Lin cares about is whether being too proactive is too "impatient".

Zhou Lin called her sister Li Gu and said, "Let's go, let's go for a night run. I feel like I have endless energy now."

The girl on the other end of the phone, Li Gu, was silent for a moment. "If you want to go out for a skewers, just say so. Don't use a night run as an excuse."

"Okay, I want to turn my grief and anger into appetite and go out for some skewers." Zhou Lin changed his words.

"But I'm trying to lose weight, and I'm going to meet my online crush next month..."

"I've also invited a manicure this week!" Zhou Lin stepped up.

"Location." Li Gu changed the topic.

You need to eat something. If you feel irritated, eat something. Don’t hold it in your heart.

The girl with super strength suffers from insomnia, and so does King Gollum.

"It's a pity that the golden finger cannot be triggered abroad, otherwise I must be able to trigger Kawabata Yasunari... No, there is Kawabata in this world." At four o'clock in the morning, Gu Lu saw the crabapple flowers in the small garden behind the hotel.

He had just finished his work at around two o'clock. After he had felt very sleepy, Gu Lu couldn't fall asleep. He took off his pajamas, got dressed, and went out for a walk.

"Except for 24-hour convenience stores, it seems that there are really no restaurants where we can have midnight snacks." Gu Lu walked out of the hotel. He actually wanted to see if the legendary late-night restaurant really existed.

Gu Lu has watched only a limited number of Japanese dramas, but Midnight Diner is one of the most impressive ones.

“There should be something in the alley…” But it was late at night in a foreign country and Gu Lu didn’t dare to go into the alley.

Forget it, his life is more important. Gu Lu bought a box of Mapo Tofu Rice Bowl at Lawson and asked the waiter to heat it up for him.

Maybe it’s because Japan has a history of eating tofu, having learned it during the Tang or Song Dynasty, so the dish Mapo Tofu is particularly famous.

After staying for another day, Gu Lu returned home.

At the same time, he did not forget to call his high school classmate Lu Yi. He did not have much impression of this classmate Gu Lu, but he only remembered that he had built a campus wall.

Lu Yi had held two class reunions, but too few people came, so he gave up. As for the experience of holding class reunions - he didn't have much experience, so Lu Yi could only tell Gu Lu as much as he could.

Ask other people, Gu Lu thought.

In the past few days, China and Finland have arranged a rough publicity plan.

The official staff were quite efficient, and Yao Xiaoju and the people from the New Youth Publishing House were not there for free. Translators for multiple languages ​​had all been found.

Anyway, when Gu Lu returns, a lot of things will be waiting for him.

First, write multiple prefaces.

This is not usually the case, but Gu Lu's case is different. At least the prefaces of books from France, Russia and England are different from others.

This will help sales.

"If I had known this earlier, I wouldn't have stayed up late in Neon. It's a waste of time."

Wandering around gave him a slight cold, and anyone who has taken a flight with a cold knows what it’s like, so he went home and rested for two days before recovering.

Gu Lu could only finish the preface as soon as possible.

"Japan, South Korea, Spain, Mexico, Canada, the Bear Country, Italy, France, Britain, Norway, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Finland, and our country, a total of fifteen countries jointly published a book, which is not bad." Gu Lu said in his heart.

With all efforts put into one goal, "A Man Called Ove Decides to Die" is scheduled to be released on August 8th.

It was half a month later. Of course, Gu Lu did not disappear during this half month.

A few days later.

"'The Shawshank Redemption' was released in North America, and the first day box office - seems to be average." Gu Lu looked at the report sent back.

It didn't explode like Earth, but it wasn't a huge hit either, and the results were mediocre. With an investment of $8000 million, it should be able to make a small profit.

"This is the best movie I've ever seen. When the hero opened his arms in the rain, I was very excited. I will recommend it to my friends."

"The film is wonderful and expresses the brilliance of the original novel. Although Gu has not produced any outstanding works, The Shawshank Redemption is enough to make him a legend."

"It's an outstanding work, but why don't so many people see it? There were only a dozen people at my show. We should help promote it more."

Browsing the comments from movie fans, well, they are mostly positive.

"Yeah, people in America also have a hard life. Rather than going to the cinema to watch a feature film about gaining freedom, it's better to watch a blockbuster with special effects." Gu Lu put himself in their shoes and probably understood why it was critically acclaimed but not commercially successful.

"The subsequent income should be quite long-lasting." Gu Lu thought again.

(End of this chapter)