Lu Yichou didn't wait for Liu Jingting to find him, but took the initiative to call over, but he didn't mention the issue of the contract, but chatted a few words about "The True Story of Ah Q" and its series of entries.

After a simple but meaningful pause, Lu Yichou diverted the topic to the contradictory relationship between cultural output and import, saying that a batch of foreign books would pour into China recently, and when he approached those foreign booksellers and authors, he felt an inexplicable malice and grievance.

"Every year when we do the introduction of foreign books, we have to experience a bit of ridicule or unintentional ridicule from them, they curse us for the ravages of piracy, ridicule us for staggering in literature, and there are few works worth exporting, I don't know if you have paid attention to the recent news, Xue Muliang was interviewed by the New York Times, known as the most successful writer in China, causing an uproar in the industry, which is almost an undisguised mockery of our entire author group. ”

"I think this is an exaggeration by the domestic media, taken out of context, the Mi Guoyan speech is like to exaggerate, or this is simply a misunderstanding caused by the difference in language habits, for example, they often use 'the greatest man' to praise someone, according to this logic, isn't it a mockery of all the great men in history?"

Lu Yichou smiled and said, "There will be this factor, but their cultural superiority is still very obvious. ”

"Well, this is also a very helpless thing, when it comes to cultural exchanges, we don't seem to have any other products that can be done except tea, silk, four treasures of the study, and four great inventions. ”

"Cultural products carry values. The best-selling books on their side are also best-selling on our side, and their movies are blockbusters and sensations on our side, on the other hand, even if they are top domestic best-selling authors like Han Shuo, the overseas copyright sales are not particularly ideal, no wonder some people scold us for kneeling and licking Western culture, admiring foreign flattery, we are really not competitive enough. The only regret is that among this part of the scolding crowd, there are still some pirated viewers and readers, I don't know what their psychological activities are, and where does the confidence come from?"

Liu Jingting laughed silently. I know very well that literary and artistic workers hate piracy in that world. Many famous foreign artists have banned China's translation copyrights by name. Among them is Marquez, the Nobel laureate in literature who died some time ago, who once angrily said that he would not sell the copyright of his works to China for 100 years, and later after more than 20 years of unremitting efforts by domestic publishers, he finally obtained the official authorization of the writer.

"We lack world-class works," Lu Yichou lamented, "and we lack works like 'The True Story of Ah Q' that can touch the souls of people all over the world." ”

Liu Jingting smiled dumbly. Then he said: "Mr. Lu's foreshadowing is big and long. ”

Lu Yichou also laughed and said, "I think it's a pity that I was preempted by "People's Literature". ”

"This ......"

"Oh, definitely not to blame. I know the process of your competition, but I just sighed and thought that if I didn't have a competition, I could use that article to hit back at my foreign collaborators, haha, of course it's a joke. ”

All the jokes are mixed with three points of truth, Liu Jingting can hear Lu Yichou's regrets, and can also infer the burden of forbearance and humiliation when domestic cultural people communicate with foreign countries, think about it, and said: "Chatting with Yi Shui'an before, it reminds me of a story, the length should be about the same as "The True Story of Ah Q", as far as I feel, the worldwide acceptance should be higher." ”

Lu Yichou was shocked and said, "What type of book?"

"It's a fairy tale. ”

"Something like Shuck and Beta?"

"It's a completely different style, and it can be thought of as a fairy tale for adults, so I'll hand it over in a few days. ”

What Liu Jingting is talking about is naturally "The Little Prince", which is known as the second most read rate in the world after the Bible, with a circulation of more than 500 million copies.

After finalizing this unexpected topic, the conversation between the two inevitably came to the issue of the contract, Liu Jingting knew Lu Yichou's scruples, and took the initiative to speak: "I want to make my own magazine, although it is still just an idea, but this idea has been there for a long time, and it has lingered. ”

"Understood," Lu Yichou replied quite simply, "I probably guessed this, when I first talked to you about the contract, I was mentally prepared for this, in fact, the value you brought to us with this cooperation with you far exceeded our efforts." ”

"And the trouble caused to you," Liu Jingting smiled, "I'm sorry for this." ”

"We're used to it. Lu Yichou laughed at himself, "Even if you make your own magazine in the future, we still have a lot to work with." ”

"Yes, there must be all kinds of questions to ask. ”

"I must know everything, I must say everything, and I also have an expectation myself, I want to verify the confrontation between you and Xue Muliang with my own eyes. In addition, there is another thing, during this time, several studios and film and television companies have come to talk about the copyright of "Yunhai Jade Bow Edge", I want to know what you mean, whether to continue to talk to Xingyue or ......"

"This time, you call the shots, Xingyue is already busy with "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch", it is estimated that there will be a while, and then "Seven Swords" and "Chu Liuxiang", they should not want to hoard so many projects of the same type. ”

"Okay, I'll pick one here, and I'll let you know when the time comes, and go through the process of adapting the contract. ”

"Good. ”

……

Liu Jingting has been "planning for a long time", and his thoughts are already very clear and strong, and he knows that this kind of thing is more and more difficult to solve, and it is the most appropriate way to say it directly.

Lu Yichou put down the phone, he also felt a lot, let go of such a cash cow, he would not be distressed, according to the original idea, he wanted to take a procrastination, and finally he could cooperate in a natural way like Han Shuo and Yi Shui'an, but Liu Jingting was so direct, without beating around the bush, and said his thoughts very frankly, so that all kinds of techniques that he had been brewing for a long time could not be used.

Compared with Han Shuo, who has a wide range of interests, and Yi Shui'an, who is dedicated to pursuing the true meaning of words, only Liu Jingting, who is not inferior in talent and wisdom, can have a thorough battle with Xue Muliang.

It's a pity, but I'm looking forward to it. At the beginning, Xue Muliang rose in the sky, and stepped on the soles of his old people without saying anything, this breath has not been exhausted so far, and now it is finally possible to come out with a Liu Jingting, of course, I hope to borrow his hand to repair the Xue Muliang who has made himself suffer so much.

Although the last few new books have been surpassed or killed by Gu Yongsheng in a row, I have to admit that Xue Muliang and his Dingshi culture are still as strong as yesterday, and even better than yesterday.

In the number jù, the novels produced by Dingshi Culture still occupy half of the sky of youth literature, according to the third-party monitoring of the authoritative number of open books. On last year's annual fiction bestseller list, in addition to Gu Yongsheng's "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" and "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch", which occupied one or three places, five authors in the top 20 were from the Ding world, including Xue Muliang himself, Luo Yan and Adam, etc., as for the sales of "Ding Novel". is also entangled with "Big Rivers and Lakes" and "Grass on the Plain", and there are mutual wins and losses.

Thus. The hegemony of youth literature in Dingshi culture. It's still hard to shake.

……

"Anyway, I still feel pity and helplessness more," when facing his old partner Wei Wuzhi, Lu Yichou finally revealed his truest thoughts in his heart, "Gu Yongsheng is too smart and has too much potential. If it were me, I would also have to set up my own door, why should I let you get a piece of the pie halfway. ”

"Are you angry?" Wei Wuzhi asked.

"It's not angry, it's just a little depressed. Knowing that things must be like this, but feeling that what I did before was also benevolent and righteous, and it shouldn't be such a result, in short, it's complicated. Lu Yichou stared at the cigarette between his fingers and smiled silently.

"When I signed the contract, I was able to do it. ”

"Yes, but things are easy to change, forget it, in the end, I am reluctant to give up this cash cow, and the road he wants to take may not be as easy as he thinks, and look at it. ”

"Are you really going to mention him or give him help?" Wei Wuzhi asked meaningfully.

""Chu Liuxiang" and "Sea of Clouds" are our last cooperation, and the cooperation after this has nothing to do with the contract, it is a real relationship, I will provide assistance with reservations, the bottom line is not to stumble, after all, he left like this, I am indeed a big injury. ”

"I want to say two other points," Wei Wuzhi said in a hidden way, "First, after he leaves, there will definitely be people with ulterior motives who will label him with hats similar to 'betraying the old club' and 'abandoning the old master after becoming famous', according to his temper, he will definitely not respond, and this kind of rumor can basically spread; Almost no matter up and down, I can boldly make a conclusion, just this style of work, is already the current limit of Gu Yongsheng, I dare not say for a long time, at least within three years, it is difficult for him to surpass himself, as for "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang", it is the peak of another genre, and the difficulty of transcendence is not small, so unless he is willing to return to tradition, take a completely different path, and open up a new world, otherwise, the day he broke up with Qianhong may also be the time when his best-selling luck goes downhill. ”

Lu Yichou smiled and asked, "Are you angry too?"

"No, I analyze objectively, and besides, he wants to fight against a behemoth like the Yellow River Literature and Art with the power of one person, it is too idealistic and simple, if I guess correctly, Cui Song and Mo Zhiyu will not sit back and watch it. ”

Lu Yichou said sarcastically: "They will use the usual carrot stick policy, and it is estimated that Gu Yongsheng's departure will turn into a chaotic battle for the author." ”

……

Liu Jingting, who had already taken the bus back to school, although he had no way of knowing what Wei Wuzhi had said to him, he was indeed thinking about the same question.

"Yunhai Jade Bow Edge" and "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch" can be called the most typical representatives of Liang's martial arts, and if they continue to push later, they will definitely suffer from the criticism of "going downhill" or "eating the old book", so Jin Yong's tome martial arts has finally come to the moment.

Thinking of this, Liu Jingting couldn't help but feel inexplicably excited, and another thing that made him feel proud was that the time to officially launch the Jin family's martial arts was basically in line with his original plan - to finish high school and enter college.

Don't worry about the part of "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang", although some comments believe that this novel is the most famous work of Gu's novels, but when the Lu Xiaofeng series appears, I believe it will still be refreshing to everyone, and "Amorous Swordsman Ruthless Sword", which is recognized as the highest achievement of Gu's martial arts, will not disappoint readers.

Ren Wei didn't know how old and spicy he was, and it was impossible for him to think of this layer.

An hour later, Liu Jingting arrived at Yuehe No. 1 Middle School.

……

For Liu Jingting, who no longer has the pressure of going to school, high school life is no longer so terrifying, he goes to class every day, begins to take the initiative to communicate with his classmates, cordially fulfills the duties of the representative of the English class, organizes an English corner, and encourages students to chat with foreign teachers.

Liu Jingting, who incarnated as a good student, also signed up for the "Endeavor Cup" National English Speech Contest for Middle School Students in April, and finally successfully advanced to the top eight in the country with his classmate Lewis, and rushed to Yanjing to participate in the finals.

However, to the surprise of the teachers and students on the scene, Liu Jingting also won the special prize of the instructor.

That's right, in this English speech contest, Liu Jingting not only participated in the competition, but also served as Lewis's instructor.

This is not difficult to understand, because a speech contest, in addition to speaking, also includes typhoon, expression, manuscript content, etc., Liu Jingting typhoon, manuscript content and other aspects There is no problem with Liu Jingting's typhoon and manuscript content, and even made a very authentic joke about the Western world with the foreign teacher judges on stage, the reason why he failed to win the special prize is because his Chinese accent is too strong, and he himself has no consciousness to take the initiative to correct it, although Lewis reminded him many times.

Lewis learned pure American spoken English, and there is no problem with pronunciation, but the content of the manuscript often makes the mistake of using Chinese thinking to choose words and make sentences, and the content that Liu Jingting taught her is how to use American thinking to speak and break sentences.

For Liu Jingting, who is well versed in countless American classics, this skill is really a piece of cake, and for Lewis, these things learned from Liu Jingting have influenced almost her entire student life, until after graduating from college, when Liu Jingting was mentioned to friends, she was still a master.

In addition, when the host introduced the identity of Liu Jingting's champion of ten thousand symbolic essays, there was a commotion at the scene, and there were many discussions, and they were already speculating whether this Liu Jingting was the teacher and students of Liu Jingting, and they couldn't help but let out a sigh of admiration.

This guy is too wicked, the article is so well written, and he can actually achieve such good results in the English speech competition.

Of course, more exclamations are due to the fact that Liu Jingting is now a student of Vientiane School Park.

At the end of the game, Liu Jingting was laughing with Lewis when a beautiful girl in a dark chestnut coat walked up to him and said, "You stole my limelight today, and when I get to Vientiane, I will take it back." ”

……

[According to the plan, 150 chapters end the high school part, yesterday was obviously a clerical error, mainly because I was a primary school math teacher, and I also teach physical education, embarrassment!] (To be continued......)