Wenhao: This child has been smart since he was young

Chapter 103 A chilling story

"Listening to Yue Ge and Tie Zhu in a white room? How weird..." Xiao Xue, the chosen worker, began to read.

Judging from the name alone, it doesn't fit the style of "Horror". Things like human skin tokens and knitting a sweater to tie you up are more like the usual manuscript style.

The two articles are not long, only about tens of thousands of words in total, and can be finished quickly.

“It’s not the style of ‘One Inch Master’, but it’s still a style that’s terrifying if you think about it carefully.” Xiao Xue finished reading it and pondered for a while.

He found that Gu Lu was very good at describing the atmosphere. In Yue Ge, "I" was a natural spirit, so he was able to guide the wronged souls into the "white room".

There are too many ghost-exorcism stories in horror fiction publications, and Xiao Xue can find many of them, but the core of Yue Ge’s story is completely different, so I won’t go into details because he loves the second one more.

The second chapter, "Iron Pillar", made Xiao Xue feel even colder. After being ravaged by the big cities, two office workers from tourist cities brought their wives to the village where his wife's hometown was, a very closed mountain village with an extremely elegant environment, which even called itself the happiest mountain village in the world.

To be honest, Xiao Xue felt very involved in the story at the beginning, because even a chosen worker can have dreams of poetry and distant places.

but……

[“You may not have heard of this very often, but,” the village chief said with some pride, “there is a custom in this area: the funeral of a person who dies leaving behind this little poem is usually celebrated with great fanfare, even more grand than a wedding. Because he was satisfied with his life and chose to end his life at the peak of happiness. Isn’t this worth celebrating?”]
To describe being very happy, people always use the phrase “so happy that they are dying”. Yes, people in this small mountain village are really dying.

The title of the novel "Iron Pillar" comes from the inverted "L"-shaped iron pillar standing in the center of the village, which is a facility specifically used for hanging suicide.

My wife's grandmother "committed suicide" by putting rings on her feet.

"Why would someone who wanted to commit suicide put rings on his legs? This must be murder." Xiao Xue thought so, and the story was not mysterious. It was his grandmother's eldest daughter who helped put the rings on.

The village chief’s attitude towards this is - an elderly person is about to cross the road, shouldn’t we lend a hand?

Are helping someone commit suicide and helping an elderly person cross the street the same concept?

Xiao Xue knew why he was shuddering. In addition to the extremely strong sense of immersion, this horror novel was also about the "Chinese horror core". The unfamiliar small mountain village (deep courtyard) and the familiar folk customs brought about the overall oppression. He was unable to seek help from outside, and it was difficult for him to change the reality by himself.

Good story! But is the author allergic to happiness? Xiao Xue was confused.

"Both stories discuss happiness, but the core of Yue Ge is more cruel than Tie Zhu." Xiao Xue still loves Tie Zhu more, as Chinese horror goes straight to the soul.

But Xiao Xue’s first reaction was whether to suppress the pressure. What if the other party’s demands were too high?
You can't blame Xiao Xue for going back on his word. This is a common trick used by people in society, whether in the real world or online literature industry.

They first praise you highly, ask you to write an article, and then make various suggestions for revisions. This is a common PUA tactic in the workplace.

Even if there is really nothing wrong with you, you have to find some problems. However, before Xiao Xue could do anything, he saw a message from the writer on QQ.

[Ju Chang: Editor Xue, I bought your magazine and read it, but I feel that the style is not suitable for me.]
"..."

Oh no! Xiao Xue was shocked. The publication quality of "Horror" is basically the same as that of "Story Club".

Gu Lu has a good story in his hand. Although he is not a well-known writer, he is also an excellent writer who has written many stories. Not to mention other magazines, "Story Club" would be extremely happy to accept it.

Xiao Xue immediately started to tinker with it, and a few minutes later he called the editor-in-chief. The editor-in-chief of Blogger is also in his fifties. He likes to play with beads on weekdays and usually does not work on holidays.

"If you have anything to say, let's talk about it when we get to work on Monday..."

Before the editor-in-chief could finish his words, he was interrupted by Xiao Xue, "Editor-in-chief, which is more important, vacation or work? Now is the time for our Horror to transform, which is very important, so what's wrong with sacrificing vacation?"

“?” The editor-in-chief was stunned.

"My friends in the industry introduced me to a writer who can change the fate of our magazine. I have contacted the deputy editor-in-chief and the review editor, and we will have a video conference on the computer later. Based on the writing level of this writer, our magazine can reach a new height!"

"I'm outside and I don't have a computer with me."

"This is not an excuse. If you don't have a computer, don't you have an internet cafe? Editor-in-chief, this is a matter of life and death. We must pay attention! Video conference in five minutes."

After saying that, Xiao Xue hung up the phone, not giving the head of the horror editorial department any chance to refuse.

Although President Jian is a big shot in the circle, his judgment was wrong. Writers like Gu Lu are simply innate horror novel masters. His talent for fairy tale novels is definitely not as good as that for horror novels. Xiao Xue felt that he had grasped the answer to the version.

Gu Lu, who is known as the version answer, has also encountered some twists and turns in the writing industry.

"The call can't be reached—" Han Zang called again, but still no one answered. He looked at the editor helplessly.

"I called the editor-in-chief of Mystery World, and he said it was mutual hype," said Editor-in-Chief Gao.

Dirty commercial hype. Han Bian cursed in his heart when he heard this.

The incident started when the Mystery World magazine held a Sherlock Holmes essay contest, but no works that were of any significance emerged.

On the contrary, it was the ninety-three-year-old Sherlock Holmes that was launched by Time Reasoning. The reasoning machine could not resist the erosion of time, which caused quite a stir in the reasoning circle.

"I discovered a good work called 'Mr. Holmes', which is serialized in 'Years of Reasoning'. We also held a second writing competition for 'Elephant Holmes' and many wonderful stories emerged, with purer reasoning and more exciting stories."

The editor-in-chief of the Mystery World posted such an update on Weibo. Currently, Weibo is not a major advertising base for celebrities. There are still many living people on Weibo, and even many celebrities will show up in person to fight with each other.

"If there is only the first half, it's just advertising, but with the second half, it's a veiled praise and a covert criticism." Han Zang said, "More pure reasoning... Well, it's true that our "Mr. Holmes" is not reasoning enough, but it's definitely exciting enough."

"I guess Xiao Gu didn't bring his cell phone to school." Editor-in-Chief Gao seemed to remember something. "He doesn't have his own Weibo account yet. Remember to ask him to register one."

Gu Lu returned home from Baile Grocery Store and updated his research on the gold finger.

"So far, the synthesis list has not been triggered on people other than teachers and students. It is possible that the cheat code has grown with my age. I think that since I am at school age, it can only be triggered by teachers and classmates."

If it is not a growth type, the golden finger and the content of the work can only be said by teachers and classmates, then Gu Lu decided to stay in school after graduating from university to become a teacher or something...

Of course, the prerequisite is that you must become a very famous writer in the country, otherwise why would the school invite you?
There are still six or seven years left, which gives Gu Lu plenty of time...

(End of this chapter)