Chapter 545: What’s the scale?

"I want to know, Mr. Weicodo, what extent of satirical content is acceptable...jokes." Gu Lu felt that he should make it clear on the phone first.

"Sir, do you know The Apple Cart by Bernard Shaw?" said Wicodo. "It's a political satire that was adapted into a movie and a TV series."

The implication is that even Shaw’s irony in the apple cart can be tolerated, let alone others.

George Bernard Shaw is an outstanding playwright. Mrs. Warren's Profession and Pygmalion are excellent works of realism, but in terms of satire... What this guy is good at is direct criticism.

“Can the scale be bigger than ‘Apple Car’?” Gu Lu had seen it before, so he compared it and asked again.

This question made Wei Keduo on the other end of the phone almost laugh out loud. "Saury, sir, do you know what you are talking about?" But he held back because he had received professional training.

"The title Apple Cart comes from our proverb 'upset the applecart', which means to upset a secret plan." Wei Keduo felt that the other party had never read it, so he said, "King Magnus didn't want to be a puppet, so he secretly manipulated the media, interfered with the elected cabinet, and even abdicated in the end, from king to civilian elected prime minister, wanting to step into the spotlight. Mr. Bernard Shaw is Irish, and we can all accept his writing like this. So, sir, believe me, our tolerance for cultural acceptance is very strong."

"Mr. Wei Keduo, I feel relieved with your words." Gu Lu said, "I recorded it just now. Mr. Wei Keduo, do you mind if I record this? This way, I will feel more secure in my creation."

"..." Are the Chinese so timid? Wei Keduo said, "Of course, sir, you can create with confidence. You were invited by the minister to create."

Next, Gu Lu asked some more questions before hanging up the phone.

It's always better to be cautious.

It’s not that Gu Lu is worried about something going wrong with him, but he wants to leave some foreshadowing for his creation.

[The goal of the British diplomacy has not changed in 500 years: to create a divided Europe. Therefore, we ally with the Netherlands to control Spain, ally with Germany to control France, ally with France and Italy to control Germany, ally with France to control Germany and Italy, divide and rule. It has always worked well, why change? ...]
Gu Lu was typing away. He had stayed indoors for a week and had already written more than 50,000 words for "Yes, Minister". However, he was not fully focused on the work as he had spent most of his time on other things.

The speed is very fast, it's like he is born with the talent for coding.

There are many smart people in the country, and many of them know exactly what their country is doing, so they can make such incisive satires.

After the call was hung up, Weicodo's alarm radar seemed to sound, and he, who had been blamed for many years, smelled a different smell.

"Mr. Jonathan, Mr. Gu Lu's creation may be..." Wei Keduo went to his superior.

The next book will take some time to settle, so let me first talk about "To Live" which is on the market.

Even though the author refused to accept any interviews, the popularity of the book remained unabated. After one week of publication, the domestic sales volume should have reached an astonishing figure, but the publisher did not disclose the exact number.

Maybe you are afraid that a tall tree will attract the wind? After all, if you write a bestseller, it's fine if the books sell like hot cakes, but if you write serious literature, can it also sell like this? That's exaggerated!
Think about it, online novels were criticized because online writers earned too much. It was not until later that more and more online writers joined the Writers Association and became government committee members that the situation improved slightly.

I have to say that President Wang still cares about Gu Lu. Of course, this is also because there are too many publicity points and other hot spots to attract the public's attention. For example, it is reported that Zhang Yimou likes this script. There are too many news reports.

Kaijuanyouyi announced the number of second and first print runs, totaling three million copies. [Editor's comment: Gu Lu is the only hard currency in the era of physical decline. If our company has not made any mistakes in the statistics, his "The Little Prince" should be the best-selling novel after the millennium, without a doubt.]
The popularity still needs to be taken advantage of. Since the publisher does not want to announce the sales volume, the opening data cannot be announced forcibly. So another data is given.

"The best-selling book since the millennium? Zundu Fake Du?"

Although the editor really dislikes the Internet slang used by Zundujiadu, he still replied for the sake of popularity.

[Editor’s reply: The sales of The Little Prince may even be the best-selling novel since statistics were collected. Please note that I am talking about the novel.]
Everyone understands what the last half of the sentence means. After all, there is a collection of quotations in China that can be listed among the top three best-selling books in the world.

Netizens began to speculate how many copies of The Little Prince had been sold...

By the way, as Gu Lu’s first serious full-length work, the help of Gu Lu’s official identity is directly reflected.

There was no need for Lu himself or the publishing house to run around. Just one week after the book was on the market, it was selected as an "excellent nationality promotion work" and was immediately translated into six languages: Uyghur, Tibetan, Jingpo, Yi, and Kazakh.

Don’t underestimate the minority languages including Uyghur, which also have tens to millions of speakers. More importantly, they are very meaningful.

As we all know, the four major awards of the Writers Association are: Mao Dun Literature Prize, Junma Prize, Lu Xun Literature Prize and National Excellent Children's Literature Award.

As we all know, almost all the works translated into minority languages have won these four literary awards. The Cao Yu Literature Award of the Dramatists Association and the Lao She Literature Award of the Sijiucheng Federation of Literary and Art Circles have not received this treatment.

To put it more bluntly, the list of outstanding national promotion works was drawn up by the Writers Association. But what about "To Live"? It was directly nominated by the department in charge of culture in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and approved by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. When Renren Daily published it, the Writers Association only thought there were 16 places...

"I believe that restoring our friendship with Teacher Gu Lu is the top priority of our Writers Association," said Vice Chairman Qi.

"Take a look." He took out today's Renren Daily.

A large number of the management of the Writers Association have been replaced. I won’t go into the specific reasons. I will add that since Chairman Tie Ning is also the Chairman of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the affairs of the Writers Association are basically decided by Vice Chairman Qi.

Director Xian, director of the Children's Literature Research Office, said, "Teacher Gu - it's too difficult. Teacher Gu didn't even need to notify us when he won the award."

"But didn't we jointly publish a new fairy tale series of books before? That can be considered a easing of the situation," said Director Xiao, director of the Online Novel Research Office.

Vice Chairman Qi was also speechless. Didn't he hear his words? He sighed and continued, "It's no use just to ease the situation. Teacher Gu Lu is one of the best writers in our country and the most famous writer in Europe. If we don't recognize such a writer, then the necessity of the Writers Association will be weakened!"

What recognition? Of course, it was an award! Everyone was silent, especially Director Xian, who knew how his predecessor was dismissed.

A male voice suddenly rang out in the silent conference room: "I have an idea..."

(End of this chapter)

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