Chapter 564 Gu Lu Let Go

Chapter 564 Gu Lu Let Go

Chapter 564 Gu Lu Let Go

"Mr. Quinn, do you really believe that Mr. Gu Lu has special feelings for Weymouth?" Wei Keduo asked the person in front of him.

The middle-aged man in front of you, whose full name is Quinn Vanzerstone, was still the shame of his hometown (Kane's father) in 2020, but he began to change in the second half of 2021. Today, Quinn is the chairman of the Portsham Village Volunteer Association.

The villages of Daying practice self-government and there is no position like village chief. Therefore, as a village turning to the tourism industry, the president of the Land Protection Association, the chairman of the Volunteer Association and the community tourism representative have become the three giants of Portsham.

"Of course, there is an old Chinese saying—" Quinn thought for a long time and couldn't remember the pronunciation of the original words, so he could only explain the general meaning in English, "Attack is kindness, scolding is love, do you understand?"

"Besides, didn't The Guardian make this comment before? Gu Lu ranks seventh among the top 21 writers of the 100st century. If they really want to attack Weymouth, they have the means and strength to do so." Quinn spoke more and more fluently. Regardless of whether others believed him or not, he had convinced himself.

The most frightening thing is not being brainwashed, but brainwashing yourself. Wei Keduo thinks there is nothing more to say to him.

After hanging up the phone, Quinn still wanted to invite Mr. Gu Lu to the village...

On May 5, Wei Keduo received a call from Gu Lu, claiming that the work had been sent.

He also said, "This is a work based on the popular science that Mr. Wei Keduo gave me. Mr. Wei Keduo, please take a look. If you have any questions, please let me know immediately. I will make some revisions and give it to Mr. Jonathan."

You must take a look at it. As a man who has been working in the officialdom of Beijing for half his life, Wei Keduo will definitely find out the problems in the works of Chinese writers.

Email title: "Yes, Minister"

Wicodo knew this word, Minister, very familiar. It could mean minister or chancellor. Soon, Wicodo knew what the title of the book expressed. The meeting between the new Minister of Public Administration, Harker, and his permanent under-secretary of state, Sir Humphrey, was the content of the opening.

The style of the work surprised Victor a little, for example, the joke, "Bill has been appointed to preside over European affairs. Poor old Europe! Bill speaks neither French nor German. In fact, he doesn't even speak English!" Amateurs guiding professionals, Victor feels that governments all over the world will have this problem.

It was very accurate, and it made him smile. But something was wrong. This thing was a little different from the work that Vicodo had imagined to be eulogizing.

Then, more and more sharp complaints appeared in the conversation between Huck, Sir Humphrey and private secretary Woolley.

For example, if you don’t want to reply to a basket of letters, you can write a universal reply letter with two main sentences: “This matter is still under consideration.” “This matter is under active consideration!”

What is the difference between "under consideration" and "under active consideration"?
Woolley replied: "'Under consideration' means we have lost the file. 'Under active consideration' means we are trying to find it!"

This work has no main plot, or rather, the main plot is what Hake, the new cabinet minister, sees and hears.

For example, in the book, the small African country of Brenda visits, and the geography of Vicodo is also interesting. After thinking about it, it should be a reference to Equatorial Guinea, which is rich in oil resources.

So what is the most important thing for a country to visit? It is the name. If you call them LDC (Less Developed Countries), they will be unhappy. Then we have the responsibility and obligation to call them HRRC (Human Resource Rich Countries).

"Can these be written down?" Wei Keduo was uncertain.

The fictional new prime minister of the United States in the book announced an "open government" as his campaign platform, with the slogan that the people can know everything.

But slogans are slogans, and the actual practice is: "They have the right to be ignorant. Knowledge represents conspiracy and crime, while ignorance has a certain dignity. You can't let people get what they want if it doesn't benefit them. Would you give a drunkard brandy?" Wei Keduo saw "his own shadow" in many places. The Chinese writer asked a lot of questions, for example, he was very curious about the staff of various departments of Da Ying Bank. Whether to give this data or not, Wei Keduo also asked Minister Jonathan, and got an accurate answer before giving it.

The book uses this book to write a conversation between Huck and Sir Humphrey: "How many people are there in our department?" "Our department? Uh... our department is very small." "Small? How small? 2000? 3000?"

"...I think about 26000 people!"

Harker wanted to cut jobs, and Humphrey responded by saying, "We looked at that last year, Chancellor. It showed we needed another 500 people."

The Department of Administrative Affairs where Hake worked was fictional, but the Department of the Interior where Wicodo worked - this is the data, and it can also be seen that the Department of Administrative Affairs was based on the Department of the Interior.

Half an hour, an hour, an afternoon.

"Who put this book in my email?" Wei Keduo looked up after reading it, with only this thought in his mind.

"Yes, Minister" mocks the official Daying from various angles. If it were just a mockery, it would be fine. The key is that many of the contents are very sharp.

As the saying goes, the truth can break people's defenses.

Wei Keduo now believes it a little. What does he believe in? He believes in Uncle Quin's words. Judging from the intensity of the sarcasm, he has indeed let Weymouth go.

"This...this won't make others think that I taught him these things, right?" Wei Keduo felt like the sky was falling.

No, no, I must make things clear with Minister Jonathan and immediately find the other party's office and knock on the door. I have to add that I must have informed the private secretary before knocking on the door.

Jonathan was quite busy. "Is Mr. Gu Lu's work finished?"

The other party always reports on the progress every time he comes, and this time should be no exception.

“It’s finished, but…” Wei Keduo spoke too quickly, and he hadn’t figured out how to evaluate this work yet.

"Is it badly written?" Jonathan asked. That wouldn't do, since the deposit had already been paid.

The Times described Gu Lu as "one of the 50 writers who changed the world", the Daily Mail described him as "a master of writing, a rare writer who can change his writing style at will according to the subject matter", and there is also the evaluation of The Guardian.

In just these few months, Gu Lu's popularity in the English-speaking world has skyrocketed. As expected, good writing is not as good as good publicity.

"The work is good. Mr. Gu Lu's writing ability is very strong. The protagonist Huck's first-person perspective makes it very immersive." Wei Keduo said, "It's just that the content..."

That is to say, if he could write a good story about The Lord of the Rings, wouldn't it be easy for him to write a story that slandered Da Ying? Jonathan said, "It's OK as long as it's good. I can accept any content."

Can you accept it? I can’t accept it! I’m afraid that if this book goes on sale, I’ll be labeled a traitor to Britain, Wei Keduo said, “A lot of the content in it is beyond my expectations and is very different from the information I provided.”

(End of this chapter)