Because of copyright, although Guo Dalu's > published in Sweden has caused a great sensation in the world, not many people have actually seen this book.

At that time, Guo Dalu only authorized one publishing house in Sweden, and the publishing and distribution of other countries had not yet been authorized, and even the publishing houses in Huaxia were not eligible to obtain the distribution rights of this book.

Therefore, although many people are curious about what Guo Dalu wrote, so many literary masters praise him, but there are very few people who can really see his content.

Even if someone returned from abroad and brought a physical book, but because of copyright, no one dared to post it on the Internet, you know, today's Huaxia attaches great importance to entertainment copyright, and the punishment for piracy is very heavy, few people dare to spread other people's literary works without authorization, not to mention that Guo Dalu himself is a guy who can't be provoked, and no one dares to touch his tiger whiskers.

This has led to a lot of rumors about Guo Dalu's new book in the world, but few people have seen the physical book, especially in China.

A book that can be unanimously praised by several literary award winners is certainly not much worse, but how good it is and where it is good, you can only know if you read it, what is the use of just listening to others?

But there is no physical book published in China, and some readers are very anxious, and many people leave messages under Guo Dalu's Weibo, asking him to quickly authorize the publishing house to release his "The Old Man and the Sea" first, and then say, curiosity will suffocate people to death.

To a certain extent, Guo Dalu has created a kind of starvation marketing situation, and even many literary workers in China have great curiosity about this book, and they want to see how this work that has been favored by many masters is written, and what is good.

In view of this situation, Wang Dalong, the president of the Yellow River Literature and Art Publishing House, asked Rang Jiang Dongliu for Guo Dalu's opinion to see when this "The Old Man and the Sea" could be published to satisfy the curiosity of the majority of netizens.

"Then publish, what's there to ask?"

Hearing Jiang Dongliu's inquiry, Guo Dalu said: "Isn't writing a book just for people to read? I'll send you the original manuscript when I go back, and you can publish it." ”

Jiang Dongliu said with a smile: "I have actually asked people to mail a copy of "The Old Man and the Sea" from abroad, which is indeed well written, and I feel that Mr. Lei Yu seems to be a little worse, and he is not as good as you in the big proposition of life." ”

"However, the number of words is too small, not much more than your "The True Story of Ah Q", if this is printed, it will be a thin booklet, a little too thin, so I thought, is it better to collect "The Old Man and the Sea", "The True Story of Ah Q" and some of the essays you wrote before into a book, and publish it like this, right?"

Jiang Dongliu said to Guo Dalu: "Dalu, what our president means is that I want to publish this book separately, but I always feel that it is too thin, but to combine this book with your novella martial arts, it is too low-grade, I don't mean that your martial arts writing is not good, but compared with your "The Old Man and the Sea", your martial arts are indeed a little out of hand......

Jiang Dongliu is actually right, martial arts is very entertaining, but after all, it can't be on the elegant hall, even if Guo Dalu writes well, but after all, it is not a star and a half worse than pure literature, not to mention comparable to classic masterpieces such as "The Old Man and the Sea" and "The True Story of Ah Q".

The works of the two themes are indeed not at the same level, and the difference between high and low is clear at a glance, which Guo Dalu also knows, but only a few people in Jiangdongliu dare to say this to Guo Dalu, and ordinary people really don't have the courage to say it in person.

"Da Lu, I think it's time for you to publish an anthology, not a martial arts anthology, but a pure literary anthology, such as some prose sketches, or short stories, which can be put together, so as to block the mouths of mainstream literary scholars, and also let them see your strength. ”

Jiang Dongliu said this, looked at Guo Dalu, "Now in the mainstream literary world, there are many people who say that you can only scold people and write some vulgar works, I think you should slap them in the face! A copy of "The Old Man and the Sea" is far from enough!"

In fact, Jiang Dongliu still has a word that has not been said, he sincerely hopes that Guo Dalu can go further and prepare for the selection of the Nobel Prize in the future.

As a friend of Guo Dalu, seeing Guo Dalu go from a pig slaughterer step by step to this point, Jiang Dongliu sometimes thinks back, he feels incredible, but there is a sense of pride with honor, this time before he came to Guo Dalu's house, the first visit was Lei Yu, because their publishing house wanted to publish some of Lei Yu's works, and the company sent him to negotiate with Lei Yu.

Originally, Lei Yu was not very optimistic about the Yellow River Literature and Art Publishing House, but after Jiang Dongliu moved Guo Dalu out, Lei Yu's attitude immediately changed, and he pulled Jiang Dongliu to be affectionate, and deliberately left Jiang Dongliu to have a light meal at home.

Jiang Dongliu was flattered, and then he knew Guo Dalu's amazing influence, when he was talking to Lei Yu, when he learned that Jiang Dongliu was going to publish Guo Dalu's "The Old Man and the Sea", Lei Yu said to him: " When you go to Guo Dalu this time, you might as well ask him to write a few more traditional literary works and make a literary collection, so that when I nominate to the Nobel Prize organizing committee, I can see a few more of his works, otherwise if there are too few works, the influence will definitely be great, and I may not be eligible to be shortlisted. ”

Nobel Prize winners in literature basically do not rely on a single literary work to win the prize, most of them are eligible for the Nobel Prize nomination after publishing many excellent works and having a sustained international impact. It is very unlikely that Guo Dalu will win the Nobel Prize with a novella alone.

Therefore, Lei Yucai suggested that Jiang Dongliu have a good talk with Guo Dalu to see if he could write more pure literary things.

"Face slaps, I like face slaps the most!"

After hearing Jiang Dongliu's proposal, Guo Dalu was full of interest, "Pure literary works, I have so many in my head, dramas, and essays, there is nothing that I can't write! You came just in time, in fact, I have already written a lot of short stories, this time I can just combine these with "The Old Man and the Sea" and "The True Story of Ah Q", which will definitely make these mainstream writers slap in the face!"

Jiang Dongliu was very curious, "What's there?"

"You're welcome, just come and see!"

Guo Dalu led Jiang Dongliu to the computer, opened a folder, and then a folder labeled "World Excellent Short Story Collection" appeared.

Jiang Dongliu's face twitched, "Dalu, you have great skills and thick skin, you haven't published it yet, so you claim to be a world-class excellent work?"

Guo Dalu laughed and said: "I know the quality of my works, and they must be world-class things." ”

Jiang Dongliu ignored Guo Dalu, sat in front of the computer, and after clicking on the folder, a long row of catalogs stretched out from the screen, Jiang Dongliu clicked again, and a short article emerged.

After seeing the name of this article, Jiang Dongliu sighed, "Dalu, are you doing it with our national civil servants?"

The reason why he said this is because the title of this article is "The Death of a Little Civil Servant".