Wenhao: This child has been smart since he was young

Chapter 187 I was so lucky before

Although Han Zang’s support has no practical effect, its emotional value is maximized.

After hanging up the phone, Gu Lu first contacted Yasuda Kazuma via email. They had cooperated many times before. According to the feedback from the Korean editor, the short stories were also very popular when published in Japan, proving that there was nothing wrong with Yasuda's translation!
But Yasuda's reply was unexpected.

[I’m very sorry, Gu-san. I’m currently translating another work and have a comic to revise. I really can’t take on any new work in the short term. I’m very sorry. This is the first time for Gu-san…]
A lot of apologies were not revealed afterwards. Kazuma Yasuda also added a photo at the end, which was a screenshot of his computer desktop, showing him translating another work, to prove that he was not making excuses.

"Be busy."

Gu Lu caught a glimpse of the title of the work that Yasuda was currently translating from the photo: "Sherlock Holmes' Hat".
"What a familiar book title—" Gu Lu searched the Internet and found that it was indeed true! He won the third place in the Sherlock Holmes essay contest held by "Mystery World" magazine a few months ago.

The story is about a high school student who finds a deerstalker hat and who, when he puts it on, possesses the reasoning abilities of Sherlock Holmes.

Japanese high school students can fall in love, travel through time, save the world, destroy the world, etc., except for studying. The popularity of the Sherlock Holmes series in Japan is still high, and the subject matter is acceptable.

"There is pressure on 'Floating Literature'." Gu Lu sees the essence through the phenomenon.

They refuse to sign a contract with a low price and instead sign works for rival magazines. They are willful because they have the channels. Anyway, there are too many Chinese authors who want to enter the Japanese market.

The other party seemed to be saying: Having channels means you can do whatever you want.

Gu Lu didn't blame the mystery world. No matter what the reason was, it was good to be able to earn some money from the Japanese. It was just that the methods of "Fuwenzhi" were really overbearing.

"I think I've also read "Sherlock Holmes' Hat". It's well written, but because it lacks some Sherlock Holmes elements, it's the third place." Gu Lu's thoughts were in a mess.

Ding Dong, there is another new email.

Gu Lu came back to his senses. He did not reply to Yasuda Kazuma as he was lost in thought. The latter was very nervous, thinking that Gu Lu did not believe in him and was eager to prove himself.

So I sent him more photos to make him believe it.

Japanese people all read the air. It is said that an exclamation mark can make people unable to sleep all night, and Yasuda Kazuma himself is an introvert, so this reaction is very normal.

Seven or eight pictures, just short of revealing the chat history with the boss, ah this, Gu Lu replied to the email immediately.

It stopped.

"Bad news has come one after another these days. I was banned, my flower died, and I was not favored by the exam god. Now I have to find a new translator. Maybe I was just too lucky a few days ago."

Gu Lu thought to himself, "I want you to suffer a little setback. Otherwise, you will have a smooth journey after traveling through time. You really don't know how dangerous the world is."

It’s been less than two hours since the Korean editor hung up the phone. I don’t think he can find a suitable one.

Ask President Jian for help? He should know a reliable translator. Gu Lu thought about it. But before he could make the call, Yasuda Kazuma replied to the email again.

Good times will come after bad times. There is good news: Yasuda said he could introduce a reliable translator.

The new translator is called Katsuhiko Oe. According to Yasuda's description, Oe himself is very fond of weird and supernatural stories, and his style corresponds to that of the original.

[Isn’t he also a cartoonist?] Gu Lu still asked in the email.

[Oe-san likes to collect comics. We met on the anime channel of 2CH.com, but he is a future writer. Although his works are not recognized by magazines at present, he will succeed one day. He said that he will become a famous novelist!] Yasuda Kazuma responded, his words full of trust in his companion.

Wow, so dazzling, is this the bond of friendship?

Gu Lu is very calm. As a college graduate in his twenties and unemployed, he considers himself a creator, whether he is creating videos or novels.

Gu Lu had to go and contact Kazuma Yasuda, so he had to wait here for a while. He couldn't waste time, so he walked from the bedroom to the living room, picked up "Moby Dick" and immersed himself in reading.

After reading for more than ten minutes, well, there was something unresolved in his mind. No matter how exciting Captain Ahab's pursuit of the white whale was, Gu Lu still couldn't get into it. Glancing at the bedroom, there was no email notification sound on the computer. He took out his mobile phone from his pajama pocket, opened the APP in the phone and swiped it away, repeated this several times, and called Gu Jiayu.

The other end rang seven or eight times before the call was connected, and Gu Jiayu's energetic voice rang out, "Brother, what's the matter?"

"Isn't it possible that I can't call you if there's nothing wrong?" Gu Lu asked.

"No, it's nothing, brother, you really didn't call me."

"Hey, what are you feeling bad about? You have to go to school every day, how would I know when you play with your phone?"

"Brother, what you said makes a lot of sense. I almost believed it."

"Stop being so joking. How was the exam?"

"Damn it, I wanted to ask you how your final exam went, but someone got there first."

"Then I'll take it back. You can pretend you didn't hear it. Okay, go ahead and ask."

"Ahem - how did you do on your final exam? If you did well, you'll get a reward! If you didn't do well, there will also be consolation gifts."

She, Gu Jiayu, couldn't help herself and wanted to tell her brother that she had saved enough money to buy gifts!

"Oh?" When chatting with the heroine, Gu Lu couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth, and the irritability in his heart also calmed down a lot. After all this time, he had to give a gift.

"I feel like I'm in pretty good shape, especially in history and Chinese," said Gu Lu.

"In that case, let's see the result in two days. If it's true, you will have a little surprise!" Gu Jiayu asked, "Brother, do you have a gift for me if I pass the final exam?"

Gu Lu could even imagine the eager look in Gu Jiayu's eyes on the other end of the phone. How could this situation not happen?
"There are two gifts."

"Oh?"

"Whether you do well or not, you will get a gift, but if you do well, you will get an extra reward."

……

The brother and sister were chatting, and Gu Jiayu had completely adapted to her brother's "personality change".

They chatted for more than twenty minutes until my sister finished her meal and then they hung up the phone.

The phone felt lighter. The reason why Gu Lu was so impatient was that he wanted to translate and submit the manuscript as soon as possible.

Now I am much calmer and in the mood to watch Moby Dick.

[Real places never appear on maps.]
Interesting, a double entendre. Gu Lu took out a black leather notebook from his schoolbag. It was his notebook for excerpts of famous quotes.

He usually has two kinds of handwriting when reading texts. The first is to make notes directly on the books, which is professionally called "leaving traces", for the purpose of reasonable copying, such as "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" and "Strange Grasses in the Firefly Window". The other is to copy excerpts in a small notebook, which I personally think are better short plays and paragraphs.

Zhou Lin also has a similar notebook, but it is used to copy lyrics...

Hmm? This is... Gu Lu saw something else in the schoolbag, a thick pen.

I forgot to return the lucky artifact to Zhou Lin.

"What delayed me after the exam?" Gu Lu pondered.

(End of this chapter)