Chapter 15 On Dropping Out
"The matter of dropping out of school has attracted a lot of media attention, and recently, in addition to myself, there is also a young writer Han Han who has also dropped out of school.
Many teachers and parents of students in colleges and universities think that the act of dropping out of school has set a very bad example for the majority of young people, so they have criticized me in the media and on the Internet.
I can understand the concerns and criticisms of society, and everyone is worried that students may follow suit and make a move to drop out.
Today, I would like to take this opportunity to talk to you about this matter.
Dropping out of school was my personal decision, and it was a choice I made with the consent of my parents.
At that time, my parents had a request to me, if I wanted to drop out of school and publish a novel, I could not stop it, as long as the royalties could support myself, I would not stop it, otherwise I would have to go to school obediently.
I agreed to my parents' request, because I didn't drop out of school because I was tired of school or because I had a rebellious personality, but I made this decision after careful consideration.
The reason why I came out to talk about this matter today is that I hope that my fans will never imitate my behavior.
You can make money in any line of work, but not everyone can make money, and it's the same as writing novels and going out to work.
There are many young writers in the country, and how many of them can support themselves on royalties?
I don't say this to show superiority, I just want to tell you that in any industry, there are only a few people who can really make a fortune and make a lot of money.
Going to school is definitely the easiest and shortest route for most people, especially the more you go into society, the more you can appreciate the importance of academic qualifications.
A good degree represents countless good opportunities, which may be encountered by those who have dropped out of school early and gone out to explore after decades of hard work, and it is more likely that they will not encounter it in their lifetime.
So no matter what path you want to take in the future, whether it's dropping out of school or writing, please think about it in your heart before you make a decision: whether you have a better chance of becoming the 0.0000001% on the pyramid, or the remaining 99.9999999%. ”
After Gu Zhi finished speaking, he bowed lightly to the audience.
Now that he is a public figure, he has a large number of fans, most of whom are teenagers, and his words and deeds will be spread through the media and the Internet, expanding countless times.
His usual behavior may not be particularly serious, but he has to be cautious about dropping out.
In China, both the state and the people attach the greatest importance to the issue of education.
Although there are considerable differences in educational resources between different regions of the country, in today's society, learning is still one of the most important ways to rise to class status.
This is especially true for children from poor families.
In the last life, Han Shao was criticized by many voices in the society because he hung up all his homework and dropped out of high school, which caused a lot of social impact.
His fans naturally support him as always, but Huaguo is so big, who knows how many students have made the same choice to drop out because of his actions?
In this life, in addition to Han Shao, there is another more famous Gu Zhi, who also dropped out, two high school students in a row, and each of them can be regarded as a great success.
The impact of this phenomenon on society is not as simple as one plus one, but an exponential impact.
Gu Zhi didn't want to mislead these teenagers, let alone become the target of criticism from the media or even the state in the future, which would do him more harm than good.
Traditional concepts and teenagers do not necessarily have to be opposed, Gu Zhi was reborn for a lifetime, and he did not need to be like Han Shao, waiting until book fans grow up and become the mainstream voice in society, so that they can regain the right to speak.
Everyone else has walked the crooked road again, Gu Zhi will not learn to walk, and then wade into this muddy water.
After speaking, the scene was quiet and silent.
After half a ring, I don't know who applauded first, and then the tide of applause suddenly broke out.
The sound was thunderous, which alarmed the entire Beijing Film Academy.
At the same time, several cameras were aimed at Gu Zhi and pressed the shutter frequently, and the flash almost blinded his 24K krypton eyes.
These are all media reporters who came to participate in the signing meeting, Gu Zhi has not been interviewed by reporters for a long time, and finally waited for a signing meeting, and the media workers will definitely not give up this opportunity.
After answering the ten questions, Gu Zhi answered an additional question raised by a reporter from Ming Daily.
As the organizer of the event, he can be regarded as half of his own people, and he still has to give this face.
"May I ask you Gu, everyone knows that you write very fast, and you have published two novels in two months. Now that I haven't launched a third work for so long, is it still in the accumulation? Or have you already started writing? ”
When the long-haired female reporter asked a question, she didn't know what to call Gu Zhi.
Let's call Teacher Gu, but he is only seventeen years old, and he has not yet seen everyone in the habit of calling him a teacher.
Let's call Writer Gu, it's still this question, he is only seventeen years old, and this title always feels like an old man.
In the end, she simply replaced it with the title "classmate Gu", which seemed cordial and unobtrusive.
Gu Zhi didn't care about what the reporter called him, smiled slightly, and said:
"I've been preparing for the third work for the past few months, and I'm almost finished. Today I will reveal a little bit of wind to you.,This is a little fresh work about youth.,The style of the first two books is not quite the same.,I hope you can like it.。 Thank you all for your support. ”
As he spoke, the reporters were all writing and recording in an uproar.
This is big news, and this time it was not in vain!
Nowadays, the publishing houses of the entire country are staring at Gu Zhi, so many fans are here, and the sales are in front of them, so they can't be unmoved.
Although this big cake is still in the hands of the Ming Daily Publishing House, everyone has the opportunity to publish the next book, and who may not know.
The book lovers present were more happy calling, looking forward to the next work brought to them by Gu.
At the end of the interactive session, the next step is the book signing.
Originally, the publisher expected that all the books would be signed before 12 noon, but I didn't expect that there were too many book fans today, and at 12 o'clock, less than half of them were signed.
Gu Zhi's hand was about to break, and he finally understood why those celebrity signatures were so sloppy at this moment.
The writing of stroke by stroke is really unable to keep up with the rhythm, as soon as he saw the black pressure behind him, the fans who were still working hard in the queue, the movements of his hands unconsciously became faster, and the more he wrote, the more sloppy he became.
It still didn't finish.
Just after 12 o'clock, the publishing house was ready to stop the signing activity, and wanted to pull Gu Zhi to participate in the dinner that had been scheduled a long time ago.
Gu Zhi shook his sore arm and looked up at the front, where there was a group of fans holding two books and still waiting.
So he only said one word to the head of the publishing house.
"I won't leave until I finish signing."
With so many people coming here to participate in the book signing, Gu Zhi would not and could not disappoint them who were full of expectations.