MTL - How Can I Get Confused with the Top?-v3 Chapter 559 posted by cogito
A bookstore in New York.
The reason why the full name of the bookstore is not written is because the store is located at No. 390 East, No. 3 Fordham Road, Bronx. ． ． ． ． It's hard to explain in one word, let's just talk about some minor problems, the boss's temper is really a bit weird.
""Mr. Cogito", I finally waited for this collection of poems. Who knows, I waited until all the cacti in the house died." Roberts originally accompanied a friend to verify one thing, but he never thought that there would be a windfall. will be very happy.
Makebis beside him also exposed his friend mercilessly, saying: "The garden at your home is a **** for plants, and any plant will be killed by you, even the powerful Venus flytrap."
"Don't say such things, the truth will hurt feelings, for our fragile friendship, please." Roberts replied, ready to open the poetry collection.
Most of the books in the bookstore have one or two exhibition samples for readers and customers to look through.
These two people had a role in introducing the Village Voice Club before, but maybe the friends didn’t notice it, because it’s too tiring to remember the names of foreigners. Here we focus on the famous earth masterpiece "One Hundred Years of Solitude" and the parallel world bestseller " Travel Notes Series.
Roberts is a well-known writer in a beautiful country. Except for the Nobel Prize for Literature, he has won all other awards. He is currently studying Huainan, a Chinese poet, while Makepeace William is a playwright who won a Tony Award. He is currently conceiving and creating A drama about the slums.
"Don't forget why you came to the bookstore today." Makepeace reminded.
"You didn't remind me, I almost forgot." Having said that, Roberts didn't stop, and still opened the poetry collection, he said: "Mr. William, please wait a moment, I have been waiting for this poetry collection for too long, please Forgive me for my eagerness, I want to see it right away."
Hearing this, Makepeace couldn't help but roll his eyes, no, how could a collection of poems be so attractive if it could have a plot that people couldn't put it down. So he came to his own conclusion that this was pure nonsense.
Roberts is a well-known "bullshit" in the circle of friends. Once I heard a friend say that I really hope that my friend and his wife can get along smoothly, so that I can drink and chat with my friends during the day and have fun with my wife at night. Roberts then wrote this friend as an "other person" in the book, who is male during the day and female when the sun goes down.
"I use my pen to assure that I am not lying. Huainan's imagination is simply fascinating. After reading the last book "The Tour", I even became very interested in the history of China." Roberts tasted it with relish. .
Is that exaggerated? Makepeace picked up another Mr. Kogito exhibit.
[I don't understand how to write a poem about the moon. He was fat and slovenly, he liked to pick the nose of the chimney, and his favorite thing to do was to crawl under the bed and smell shoes. ]
"The prose poems of this Chinese poet are really interesting." Makepeace flipped through two pages at random, but his initial evaluation was only interesting, and you can't become a great poet just by being interesting.
Turning to the prose poem "As long as it is not an angel", Makepeace felt the poet's philosophy, which in a sense is consistent with his three views.
This agreement attracts Mekebees to continue watching. So I read more than twenty pages in one go.
The two collections of poems, Interrogating Angels and Reports from Heaven, made mekebis, a shallow believer, get goosebumps all over his body. He doesn’t know if the imagination of Chinese poets is rich, but his thinking is so sharp that it seems to be polished. A small razor can scratch your face if you don't pay attention.
"Proletarians of Paradise come out of their factories / With clumsy violin-like wings under their arms..." Makepeace muttered silently.
Roberts, who was reading the collection of poems earlier, also changed his expression from happy to dignified. Compared with the previous collection of poems, his imagination seems to grow wings and fly into the sky. The thoughts of this "Mr. Cogito" are heavy and sharp.
"Come, only then will you be among those who died/Your ancestors are: Gilgamesh, Hector, Roland/Who guarded the ashes of the city and the boundless realm of the empire/Go, you To be loyal.... With such a tragic writing style, did the author suffer some kind of disaster? Why did the thought change so much?"
Roberts looked at it for half an hour and devoted himself to it
To the thought of Mr. Cogito.
Let me explain Mr. Cogito (), which comes from Descartes' famous saying CogitoErgoSu (Cogito ErgoSu transliteration, Mr. Cogito is actually a translation that fits the original meaning more closely.
"It's a masterpiece that stands side by side with "The Tour", but the two are not at the same level of excellence. This work has a high threshold for appreciation, but the content is more in line with European aesthetics."
"I need to go back and take a good look." Roberts moved his arms and legs and stood still for half an hour. He felt a little stiff in his body.
There are not a few people who come to the bookstore to prostitute and read books, even in Europe and the United States. In addition, Roberts did not block the intersection, so the clerk did not care about Roberts.
"Sorry, I've been waiting for a long time. I can't stop seeing the wonderful works." Roberts realized that his friend was waiting for him.
How helpless Makebees is, it's like seeing a domestic cat fall into a cesspit, then crawl out by itself, and run wildly around the room.
"It's incredible to hear your apology." Makepeace should be angry for being left alone for so long.
"Let's go to the drama section, don't waste time." Roberts immediately changed the subject: "The cover and title are more important than the content, and now I will prove it to you."
The reason why writers and playwrights came here was because Roberts told Makebees that the new script should be renamed from "Frigga's Weaving Wheel" to "The Poor Who Gives Up a Billion", and then extended the topic to the title and the importance of the cover.
Makepeace believes that those who come to bookstores to buy dramas have a certain degree of literary accomplishment, and must pay more attention to the content.
The two walked side by side to the theatrical section of the bookstore, and who was right and who was wrong was about to be revealed—the best-selling Shakespeare plays, followed by "Chicago Midnight" with three female corpses on the cover. The tone was a bit dark, creating a suspenseful style.
The covers of other top-selling dramas are all well-designed.
And Makebeth can also be said to be the top figure in the pyramid of contemporary American playwrights, but his book sales are not high. The core reason is that he likes solid-color covers.
Roberts was right.
"No matter how much literature is cultivated, human beings like to watch exciting things are eternal." Roberts concluded. Makebis, who had a wrong point of view, did not respond, and was a little depressed for a while.
Walking out of the bookstore, Roberts wondered if he wanted to maintain a fragile friendship? For example, two words of comfort.
But this matter is also very interesting. Whether to write a short story, for example, in the future world, the writer becomes an assistant, and the title, cover and gimmick really determine the sales volume of the publication. Roberts is planning in his mind.
"The new work of the Chinese poet "Mr. Cogito", will the sales be good?" Makebis asked, he doesn't know how to pronounce the name Huainan~www.novelbuddy.com~Huh? "The question interrupted Roberts' brainstorming. He looked at his friend Makepeace suspiciously. Why did the topic suddenly jump here?
However, he still responded seriously to the question: "Huainan already has a great reputation in Europe, America and Asia, so many good people are willing to buy his books as decorations."
The corner of Makepeace's mouth couldn't help sneering ironically, it was aimed at "good people".
"I love kind people the most. Without them, the weak physical book industry will be even weaker, so I like them, just like my villa." He continued: "And the sharp thoughts of the new work itself are also extremely sharp. This kind of content is very suitable for the taste of book reviewers. Look at it, Huainan's global reputation will be further improved because of this book."
"Really?" Makepeace was curious about the higher evaluation.
The books created by Roberts are top-notch in terms of literature and business, which is enough to prove that he has a good grasp of what readers like to read.
He was right when he said Mr. Cogito would be more popular in Europe than The Tour. Once Mr. Cogito was published, it exploded!
