Wenhao: This child has been smart since he was young

Chapter 197 Fu Wenzhi regretted
After failing to make an appointment twice, Gu Lu did not go either. He stayed at home and wrote Flowers for Algernon, which had 170,000 words. Even if he wrote 10,000 words a day, it would take more than half a month.

The field of vision gradually expanded with the sound of keyboard typing, expanding to the sandy area and then to the foggy city.

A lot of things have happened in the Fog City recently.

The children's play "The Little Prince" choreographed by the Municipal Drama Theater had a very successful premiere, and the original author Gu Lu even attended the event in person.

What’s even more interesting is that the children’s play “The Little Prince” won the Five One Project Award.

The full name of the award is "Five One Project Award for Spiritual Civilization Construction" and it was established by the Central Propaganda Department.

The meaning is a good drama, a good TV series, a good movie, a good book, and a good theoretical article.

The original novel did not win an award, but the adapted drama did.

It is somewhat related to Gu Lu, because the director of the children's drama mentioned Gu Lu in his acceptance speech at the Fog City Commendation Symposium.

"First of all, I would like to thank the Publicity Department for its support and attention to the culture of children's dramas, and thank the judges for their recognition of The Little Prince. The creation of The Little Prince originated from a time when Teacher Shen Tiemei..."

Seven or eight hundred words are omitted in the middle, and this type of acceptance speech is very long.

"Today, the children's play won the Five One Project Award. I am very excited. This is an affirmation of the artistic and social value of The Little Prince. Here, I would like to express my special thanks to the original author, Mr. Gu Lu, for creating such a wonderful work. And all the actors of the children's play..."

The influence of the art world is born step by step in this way.

The winter vacation time is getting less and less.

"Hey, Teacher Gu, can you hear me?"

Gu Lu answered Han Zang's call, and the other party lowered his voice, as if he was ordering takeout in the middle of the night and was worried about being discovered by his family.

"I can hear it, what's wrong?" Gu Lu thought, could it be that Han Bian was on the phone in the toilet? Judging from his own experience, if he received a call in the toilet, he would speak very softly.

"Teacher Gu, you authorized Junji Ito before. His comics won awards, which made his works more well-known. Ububunshi is willing to renegotiate the price." Han Zang said that he didn't know that Junji Ito was the translator of Yasuda, so he was very curious about when the copyright was sold.

“That’s not necessary. Non-Human Love and One-Inch Master were rejected. I have a good sense of self-awareness and I will switch to another magazine if my manuscripts are rejected.” Gu Lu responded.

"..." There was a long silence on the other end of the phone, and then Han's voice became even quieter, "I think so too. There are two other Japanese magazines that want to sign Teacher Gu."

Then editor Han introduced two other magazines, one was Hayakawa Shobo’s long-established publication “Mystery.Magazine”, and the other was “Mephisto”.

The former owns a magazine that has a list of “The Most Wanted Detective Novels!”, and the latter founded the Mephisto Awards.

The Mystery magazine targets a more traditional audience, while Mephisto targets a more youthful campus audience.

Gu Lu held the phone between his face and shoulder while searching for the two magazines on the Internet. Fortunately, he could not find any information at all.

Yes, magazines from other countries definitely have information walls. The reason why "Fuwenzhi" has information is because there is a Chinese version in Baodao.

Based on the oral introduction by the Korean editor, Gu Lu weighed the pros and cons and made a choice, "I choose Mystery."

"I also think that Mystery.Magazine, although its price is slightly lower than Mephisto, can gain more fame," said Han Zang.

Each piece of manuscript paper costs 1 yen, and using graduate-level calculations, it comes out to be yuan per thousand words, or yuan per word.

"Owl Man", "Flower Rice" and "Moon Song" have more than 40,000 words in total, and Gu Lu can earn 80,000 yuan. "Then I'll tell Hayakawa Bookstore the email address of Teacher Gu." Han Zang said.

"Okay, no problem." After finishing the serious matters, it was time to ask Gu Lu what he was curious about.

He asked: "Um, Han Bian, why are you speaking so quietly? Is it because it's inconvenient?"

"Uh - neither." Han Zang felt a little guilty. He was the editor-in-chief of "Years of Reasoning" and figured out something.

Chief Editor Gao, Gu Lu's immediate superior, doesn't seem to care about the overseas publication of his works and even seems to be a bit of an obstacle.

This made Han Zang, who was on the phone, unconsciously lower his voice.

"Ahem, let's not talk about this. Teacher Gu, you must work hard. You are the only mystery writer from our country who has gone abroad to Japan!" Han Zang changed the subject in a serious voice.

"Didn't Floating Literature also introduce articles from the world of reasoning?" Gu Lu asked.

"It doesn't fit the local climate. The Sherlock Holmes hat... I just heard that it didn't get good feedback from readers of Fuwenzhi. It seemed to be too old-fashioned." Han Zang said, "It seems that the translation of the work has been stopped."

Is it old-fashioned? Gu Lu thought about it carefully, it is possible. As Japan likes Sherlock Holmes so much, the related fan fiction has already come up with new ideas.

There are even 18+ comics in which Sherlock Holmes' gender is changed.

The discussion was almost over, and both parties were about to hang up the phone when another sentence came from the other end, "Teacher Gu, Mystery Magazine is really difficult. If there was a great writer in the mystery circle, or the popular fiction circle, it wouldn't be so stuck."

This is a bit long-winded, repeating the same sentence several times, but it is really normal because the article was rejected and you have no power to appeal, so you have to accept the points given by the other party.

This feeling is so fucking cowardly!
Han Zang concluded that the biggest reason was that there were no popular writers who had become famous in Japan.

If you think about it carefully, there are many famous literary writers in Japan, such as Zhou Shuren in the distant past and Mo Yan in modern times. But in the field of popular novels, there is really no one to name...

Tokyo time, it’s past three in the afternoon.

The atmosphere was not very harmonious, and Fubunshi's editor-in-chief, Shiko Ota, was not in a very good mood either.

He looked at the reader feedback form -

[The logic is a bit far-fetched, and the writing lacks personality. Hey, hey, pay attention. Don't think I will read any article you introduce?!]

[Why don’t you continue to publish Gu Lu’s works? That Chinese author is very good. The comics adapted from his works have won awards. Don’t you know?]

[In the first two issues, I felt that the works of Chinese author Gu Lu were just snacks after meals. Today, I realized that without snacks, the taste of the meal would not be right.]
[The editorial department should all be fired!]

……

Ota Shike took a deep breath. Who would have thought that the Chinese writer would become famous in this way.

Translator Yasuda is a traitor!
But there should still be a chance to save it, as Shike Ota drove over to better conditions.

Writers with a strong personal style tend to have loyal readers, so it is not important that Gu Lu’s articles appear in Fuwenzhi, but it is very important that Gu Lu does not appear in other competing magazines!
Puff——

There was a knock on the door and the assistant came to report the situation.

(End of this chapter)