Chapter 543 Different
Chapter 543 Different
Yu Xinyao’s kindness was discussed on the Internet for two or three days, and also attracted a group of readers who liked to drag others down with them.
"Indeed, Gu Lu's writing style is quite gentle, and the plot is also very heartwarming. I just recommended this book to my ex-girlfriend."
@上楼 "Why did you become my ex-girlfriend? Is it because of this book? My uncle gave me To Live yesterday, saying it was a gift to celebrate my admission to university - I couldn't sleep all night after reading it. A must-read for high school seniors!"
@楼上 "I didn't sleep all night, was it because I was moved by the story in the book? I finished reading this book on the high-speed train. The strange young man sitting next to me looked at me and comforted me. I was very moved and added WeChat to recommend this book to him."
Each of them is from the floor above.
"What a ungrateful devil! Hahahaha. As a Chinese teacher, I recommend this book to my students. To Live is a bit of a stretch for college students, but it's just right for high school students."
"Is it such a coincidence? Although I am not a high school Chinese teacher, my wife is the vice principal of the high school and recommended this book to the whole school."
Some readers say that the tragedy in To Live is too deliberate, which is true. As Yu Xinyao commented, Fugui's fate was doomed. But there is no doubt that this book has conquered the vast majority of Chinese teachers.
Gu Lu originally wanted to give it to a college student, but he didn't expect that a high school student couldn't escape his clutches either.
A reader posted: "Can you announce the first-day sales of To Live? I want to know how many people Gu Luyou saved (killed)."
New Youth Publishing House has no time to care about the comments on the Internet because the sales of books are so high that they have exceeded Manager Xiao's expectations.
Manager Xiao originally wanted to write a serious literary book like "To Live". Given Gu Lu's fame, it would definitely be able to compete with "The Lord of the Rings".
Never imagined--
"Why would such a cruel and serious literature cause such a sensation..." Manager Xiao began to doubt his own understanding.
As a well-known publishing salesperson, he always keeps an eye on Internet trends.
The current Internet "reader group" is anti-authoritarian and anti-drama. Even a large part of people can't stand being abused at all, so in recent years, historical jokes and chicken soup-type stories have been very popular.
No matter how you look at it, "To Live" goes against the trend!
"Could it be that all readers have a bit of an m attribute? They say they don't like it, but in fact they think it's not sad enough. When they really encounter this kind of sad story, they love it to bits." Manager Xiao touched his chin.
His thoughts didn't last long, because he had something else to do. Then Jingdong Books called...
The publishing house will not release the information, but other companies will not miss out on this popularity.
The national publication data statistics company "Kaijuan Data" mentioned earlier released a data.
[Among the books on Dangdang, China Library Network, Amazon, JD.com, Taobao and other platforms, 43.8% of the netizens who purchased "To Live" were young people under the age of 30, 17.5% were college students, and 13.1% were high school students.
Because these platforms offer discounts to students when purchasing books, they can be counted, and sales in offline bookstores are not included in this statistics. ]
That makes sense, since netizens who buy online will bind their student information to receive discount coupons, and since they pay directly offline, it is difficult to calculate the exact age range.
A netizen named mohf thanked Gu Lu even more, "Teacher Gu Lu is really kind. College students can get a 20% discount on "To Live", and high school students can also get a 20% discount, but the discount is even greater. Correspondingly, "The Little Prince", "Flatland" and "The Borrower" are also 20% off. But there is no discount for junior high school students! Isn't this a discount?" [Picture]
The content of the picture is a sentence from Dangdang.com's promotion: "To Live, The Little Prince, and the Borrower Gu Lu's Children's Day Gift~". Even though it only appeared for one day and can no longer be found, netizens are looking for everything except girlfriends. Maybe Dangdang.com also thinks it is unethical to put "To Live" together with the other two fairy tales.
“High school students are really strong!”
"Who is speaking up for us high school students? I don't need this Children's Day gift."
Wait for the remarks.
Similarly, this book also caused unrest in the literary world.
“Why did you create ‘On the Top of the Mountains’?”
"It was probably in 2001, I went to a small village on the Sino-Russian border to recuperate. I remember meeting someone and going to Norway, and I felt a little annoyed. I had a bad impression of Norway."
"I met an old man in the village who was slandered as a deserter during the special period. He needed help from village cadres in his daily life. He was in a very difficult situation."
"So you feel very sorry for him."
Liu Zhenyun once discussed with his children who is the short story king in the contemporary literary world, and nominated Chi Zijian. She has won the Lu Xun Literature Award twice, and she is also good at writing long stories and prose. She is a typical hexagonal warrior in the literary world.
The above conversation was between Chi Zijian and Liu Zhenyun.
The former nodded and shook his head, "The border village is one of the factors. To write a book, you need inspiration from many aspects. In 2013, I heard that a young soldier drowned while accompanying an important guest on a tour, and was promoted as a hero. The "wrongly accused" deserter and the "wrongly accused hero" gave me the complete outline of "Above the Mountains."
"That's right, it's true for both you and Alai. As Vargas Llosa said, novelists are liars who weave stories and structure life experiences. Balzac, Hugo, and Jack London are all like this, but Gu Lu is not like this," said Liu Zhenyun.
Chi Zijian nodded, "It is hard to imagine that Gu Lu, who was born in 1996, could write a book like To Live. Until I read the last word, I couldn't connect Gu Lu with To Live."
"Who can associate 'To Live' with young people under 30?" Liu Zhenyun's face had a complicated expression.
"The Lord of the Rings, which created a language system, cannot be associated with Gu Lu. He has always been a genius writer who cannot be judged by common sense." Chi Zijian said, "Just say what you want to say."
The two of them are so familiar with each other, so don't keep us in suspense.
"Gu Lu's creative mode is different from ours," Liu Zhenyun said. "This is Professor Chen's theory from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. I originally just took a look at it, but judging from To Live, it may be true."
"That is, Gu Lu can use his own experiences in his creations, such as the Little Prince. He also doesn't need to go through his own experiences, just like living, which only requires a goal," said Liu Zhenyun.
"Only one goal?" Chi Zijian knew Gu Lu, but knew nothing about Gu Xue and Professor Chen.
"Here is a review that Professor Chen just published. You can take a look." Liu Zhenyun handed it to the other party. It was an article from the Guangdong Literature and Art Weekly.
The title is: What does Gu Lu want to create while living?
(End of this chapter)