Chapter 510 Others are more anxious

Chapter 510 Others are more anxious

Chapter 510 Others are more anxious
No matter how much Lin said, Gu Lu remained unmoved. So the "Thirteen Warlords of the Sea" only lasted for one term and became a thing of the past.

Although Mr. Lin refused, King Guru readily agreed to the officials of the Dukou District.

The new year’s “Little Prince Day” is about to begin. At present, there are filming locations of Hyouka and From the New World, plus the check-in planet of the Little Prince in No. 37 Middle School. It is still very attractive to Erzhin Ape, and it is almost done.

"Let's go and see this time. I don't think I need to worry about it." In fact, this second year, Gu Lu no longer had to use personal connections to invite guests.

In the first year and the first half of the year, the Dukou District, which made money, could invite more people with its own money. In addition, as the business environment in the Dukou District improved, its voice in the Fog City also became more important.

Regarding the invitation of guests, this is worth mentioning, there is a bit of a story behind it.

Li Minghai, the person in charge, was surprised when he saw the price after receiving the form. "The appearance fees of Japanese singers and voice actors are so cheap? The cost-effectiveness is too high."

Although prices in Japan are higher than in China, the appearance fees of artists are much lower than in China. For example, Masaharu Fukuyama, this male star is basically the ceiling of Japan. He shoots less than 5 million RMB for an advertisement, and the notice fee for participating in a variety show is more than 200,000 RMB, and his appearance fee is almost the same.

Just think about it, what kind of star can be invited in China with this price. Li Minghai knew that there was an event held by the real estate industry last year. After all, activities need to be approved. Even if it is a parade, demonstration or interaction, the person in charge needs to submit an application to the local public security agency, with a note that it must be submitted by the person in charge.

Back to the topic, at that time the real estate company spent 500,000 to hire some popular star, but Li Minghai had never heard of him.

Now, the artists on the list: Kenshi Yonezu, Official Higeo dism, Ai Mi-on, Risa Taneda, Yuki Kaji, Kana Hanazawa...

There were a total of eight Japanese artists, and the cost was less than 10 million.

Don’t think it’s a lot, because the event lasts for three days. The “Little Prince Day” is expected to attract 150,000 visitors.

Here is some comparative data: in the three days before May Day, Hongyadong received 380,000 visitors. In other words, this data is extremely crazy.

Even if we exclude air tickets, it is impossible for these 300 people to spend only 500 yuan. According to last year's data, excluding hotel accommodation, the average per capita consumption was between and yuan, and the bulk of the money was spent on small items such as souvenirs.

"We have to do a good job of this event, as we only have two chances a year," said Li Minghai. "Even if we only make a small profit on Little Prince Day, it's good."

The subordinates fully understand the leader's words. The greater benefit of the Little Prince Day is the entry of major chain brands. Today, the ferry area has become one of the must-visit places for tourists to the foggy city.

This is also why the ferrymen who do not have their own houses generally dislike Gu Lu, while the ferrymen who have their own properties flatter him loudly. When it comes to their own interests, it is nothing more than this.

The Little Prince's Day was not delayed for too long, and Gu Lu still made an appearance at the opening of the event.

"Has this planet B375 changed?" Gu Lu noticed when he returned to the ferry area.

Until March, Gu Lu stayed at home copying The Lord of the Rings. If it weren't for the New Year's Eve, he wouldn't go out to buy New Year's goods.

On the New Year's Eve this year, Gu Lu's house was bustling with the super-strong girl, the female knight, President Jian and Aunt Fang. The latter's child was not going home for the New Year this year, so Gu Lu invited her to his house.

"Nero, Lucius, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius I...these names of the Ringwraiths are not coincidences, right?" President Jian asked with a smile.

He had already read the finished drafts of The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, and only had The Return of the King to finish.

After all, The Lord of the Rings should be published by their Magic City People's Publishing House.

In the novel The Lord of the Rings, rings are naturally a very important element, of which there are 20 in total: 3 Elf Rings, 9 Human Rings, 7 Dwarf Rings, and the only One Ring.

The Ringwraiths were nine powerful human monarchs whose flesh was gradually corroded by the ring, turning them invisible and reducing them to slaves.

Now that they have gone to Italy, they can help publicize the famous tyrants in its history. All nine Ringwraiths do the same.

"I'm not a stingy person. The names are different, and it's just a coincidence." Gu Lu said, "Since the Yi party was unjust first, then of course I can be unkind later."

Is that a little wrong? But President Jian didn't think much about it. After all, there was the example of the big cry of Weymouth. It's normal, the pen is the writer's sword. Don't you see that many people now think that Liu Bei really loves to cry... In fact, in the official history, Liu Bei's personality is quite "irritable". In history, it was not Zhang Fei who angrily beat the Inspector, but Liu Bei.

"The Lord of the Rings is a collection of previous works," said President Jian. "Many science fiction short stories in the past expressed concerns about the development of technology, and this is even more obvious here."

Huh? Gu Lu didn't react for a moment.

"The plot of the tree people Ents counterattacking Saruman, and the subsequent human army defeating the orc army represented by metallurgy with cold weapons, all show the author's fear of technology. He hopes that nature can win." President Jian said, "Isn't this an over-interpretation of mine?"

It seems that this is not an over-interpretation. Gu Lu has read The Hobbit, the predecessor of The Lord of the Rings. In it, the orcs are cruel, evil and vicious. Although they cannot create anything beautiful, they can make some exquisite things...

Directly equate power devices and machinery with evil orcs.

"Uncle Jian's vision is still as good as ever." Gu Lu gave a thumbs up.

"What's the direction of the finale?" President Jian asked, "It should be a good ending, right? Looking at the story, this is a fairy tale masterpiece for adults!"

"It's not an adult fairy tale. To be precise, it's Eucatastrophe, a concept I created for fantasy novels. It's also the effect I think fantasy novels should achieve." Gu Lu typed the word on his mobile phone.

Good fellow, you are directly setting standards for this type of novel. This kind of content must be recorded. President Jian said, "Xiao Gu, do you mind if I start a recording?"

However, President Jian frowned when he saw this word, as he didn't know it.

Gu Lu said he didn't mind and continued, "This time it comes from the Greek ευ- (eu-), which means good, great. And καταστροφ (catastrophe), which means turning point. Together, it means that from a desperate situation, unexpected good things suddenly appear, unexpected victory. Fantasy literature is escapist literature, escaping from the reality and giving people spiritual comfort. The ending will confirm and implement this point. Good will be rewarded. No matter what difficulties there are, it will not become a dead end. This is probably... what we often say is that there are gods above our heads, and good and evil will be rewarded in the end."

Tolkien was actually heavily influenced by Christianity. To put it bluntly, he believed that God would send down the gospel. But Gu Lu did not believe in Christianity, so the creative theory that Gu Lu expressed must be different.

"Eucatastrophe, okay, a twist... let's translate it into Chinese as [Daoshan], the way of heaven is fair and there must be goodness." President Jian started translating directly. After receiving Gu Lu's affirmation, he continued, "No wonder The Lord of the Rings reads like some serious literature, it turns out that it has such a writing purpose."

"Will it be too hasty to finish it in April?" asked President Jian.

"How about I take a break?" Gu Lu was thinking about publishing the extra chapter of Finding the History of Zhongzhou.

"Well... the more you polish a work, the better it will be." President Jian paused for a moment and said this.

As soon as he finished speaking, Aunt Fang, who had been silent the whole time, spoke up, "Don't listen to his words. In his heart, he wants you to release it in advance." Before President Jian could stop her, Aunt Fang revealed the truth, "I saw that foreign writer...what's his name? It seems to be Morden. He was promoting his work every day and said that it had won. Your Uncle Jian was so angry that he couldn't even eat."

"Just a few days ago, he wanted to open an account to have a verbal dispute with Morden," said Aunt Fang. "I couldn't stop him. In the end, he typed a thousand-word response, but the network was bad, so he couldn't send it out. He was very angry."

At the dining table, Gu Lu, Zhou Lin, and Gu Jiayu all looked at the president, who seemed very serious. If you put yourself in his shoes, the words you typed during the confrontation were swallowed, and there were still thousands of words...

Putting herself in his shoes, Gu Jiayu felt very angry. She said, "Uncle Jian, you should take care of your health. Your blood pressure is high. You can't be so excited."

"Ahem." President Jian first glanced at his wife with a reproachful look, wondering why she was ruining his own show.

Well, let’s stop being so reserved. President Jian said, “[‘Holy Realm Mountain’ is the goal of Chinese writer Gu Lu in the next five years. This is not to belittle him. On the contrary, I also admire talented writers who shine like shooting stars. But he obviously doesn’t know how to create fantasy works. It’s still too difficult for young people to construct a world]… That’s about it.”

He cared so much that he even remembered what the other person said. President Jian continued, "It's normal for scholars to look down on each other, but Morden went too far."

"What's more, I've read the first two episodes of Xiao Gu's new work, and it's a work that can elevate fantasy novels into literature." President Jian said viciously, "He must be taught a lesson."

Aunt Fang smiled aside. She knew that her old man was very hot-tempered at heart, and that his calmness and composure were the result of many years of cultivation.

From another perspective, it is because he treats Gu Lu as his own family member that he is so indignant.

"Yes, then the release time will be slightly advanced. It won't delay it. I originally wanted to write another chronicle of Middle-earth." Gu Lu said.

"Very good. There will be no problem with domestic promotion. Our publishing house has already arranged it." President Jian asked, "Is there any problem with overseas promotion?"

"It has been published many times in Europe and we have rich experience," said Gu Lu.

With that said, President Jian felt relieved.

Since we are talking about Morden, let’s continue to talk about the sales of his new works in the past month.

Since the announcement of the cooperation with Italy, the sales of "Holy Mountain" in Italy have been like pulling onions from dry land, and the sales volume has increased by 130%.

The effect is also good.

One month after its release, Morden's new work sold 186 million copies worldwide, although one million of them came from America.

But these data are enough to make him a world-class best-selling author.

Because it is very difficult to be popular abroad, unless you have a huge amount of traffic. The sales of Morden's works adapted into movies are good, but the others are average.

His name is not as well-known in Europe as King Gollum. After all, it is most popular in textbooks, followed by reports in official media.

The path taken by Gu Lu is unmatched by other authors.

Another week passed, and it was March. Gu Lu finished "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy and sent the manuscript to President Jian for proofreading.

The planned release date is the end of March, which is a bit rushed. If it weren’t for the high popularity of “Gu Lu’s new fantasy work, European chapter”, there would not be enough publicity period.

"I feel relieved when I have nothing to do. I think I am fine now. I can take a break for a while." Gu Lu stretched lazily.

But many things just happened by coincidence. That evening, he received a call from Germany. According to Berlin time, it was afternoon there.

"Mr. Gu Lu, our committee has already started." The person on the other end was speaking German, and with some translation, Gu Lu was able to barely communicate with him.

"Hmm?" Gu Lu's mind began to work rapidly, but he did not stop talking. He asked very calmly, "What stage are we at now?"

"The primary school textbooks have been compiled and are already being worked on for junior high schools," the person on the other end of the phone said.

Oh! Gu Lu remembered.

Do you remember the last World Youth Forum? Gu Lu was drunk and made a great comment on three German celebrities: Hölderlin, Kleist and Nietzsche.

When the German cultural department saw you, they thought, wow, you are a hidden German culture enthusiast. They invited Gu Lu to become a consultant for the "Youth Strict Education Committee".

The full name of the Strict Education Committee is Strict Education. It sounds like a third-rate organization, but it is actually a unit that compiles general education textbooks.

Germany is very interesting. Private schools can purchase their own textbooks, but private schools are required to prepare "universal textbooks". This is to ensure that public and private schools can provide the same education and graduate at the same level.

After all, everyone knows that it is difficult to graduate in Germany.

There is definitely no possibility of foreigners joining an organization that compiles textbooks, and Gu Lu, as a consultant, is not there to ask for opinions.

His reputation as a biographer has spread throughout Europe, so his consultant role is to have him write about Hölderlin, Kleist and Nietzsche, and if appropriate, they can be included in the textbooks.

It is easy to understand that the inclusion of famous people from a country's history in textbooks is conducive to national self-confidence.

But why do we need to find a foreign writer to write the biographies of celebrities in our own country?
It's very simple. Looking across Germany, oh no, looking across the world, no one is better at writing short biographies of celebrities than Gu Lu.

"That's right. If you want to become a writer remembered by the whole world, the best way is to immerse yourself in their textbooks."

Gu Lu agreed to a time to go to Germany and take another look.

During this period, domestic and foreign promotion of "The Lord of the Rings" was quite common, especially in Europe.

After landing at Brandenburg Airport, Gu Lu even heard a promotional broadcast for "The Lord of the Rings" in the car that picked him up.

The end of March.

Gollum's ring appears!
(End of this chapter)