As usual, Rochefort walked through the busy streets in the direction of the newsstand, where he would show up every morning at 7:30 p.m. to buy the latest issue of Le Paris and follow up on the serialization of 1984.

Because of the success of "1984", the newspaper even updated the serialized issue by one more issue in order to attract more readers. And after a short hiatus, Garion released all the manuscripts he had in order to appease the resentment of the readers who had been disconnected by him.

Rochefort, as usual, paid the money to the owner of the newsstand and took over the Paris, but when he flipped through the serialized section of the novel he was expecting, he did not see the title and plot he had expected, but a statement about the author.

"What's going on?"

Rochefort took his glasses out of his trouser pocket and put them on, then narrowed his eyes and read the statement about the author on the street as if nothing had happened.

"Because "1984" was opposed by Mérimée and other traditional conservatives, and was reported and banned by the news censorship department, "1984" will be interrupted indefinitely from this issue, and I would like to sincerely apologize to Mr. Mérimée, you let me know what authority is. Thank you for your continued support! See you in our next book! ”

Banned at the best moment of the plot?

Rochefort angrily kicked the lamppost and said indignantly, "What is this! What are the people in the news censorship department doing day by day! Whether it is an article that the people of Paris like to see or not, you have to block all of them to be happy! ”

Rochefort, himself editor-in-chief of the lace newspaper Paris Chronicle and Le Noodle, admired Gallian's dystopian novel, which satirizes the current Second French Empire by depicting an evil and extreme government in a fictional future.

His fingers did not have the talent of Garion, and he had only written a frivolous "The Marquise of Courcelle", so he was indescribably excited when he saw that there was finally a man in Paris who dared to break the silence.

However, those who dare to speak the truth are often suppressed, when the censorship department, like the Ministry of Friendship in the article, ruthlessly deprives them of the last straw, and when 1984 is determined not to be published in the newspaper, the Paris newspaper is left with a sycophant article extolling the great achievements of the Second Empire.

Rochefort was furious at this verdict.

He was reminded of the last issue of the 1984 series, where O'Brian said to Winston at the end of the article.

"You know the party's slogan 'freedom is slavery'. Have you ever thought that this slogan can be reversed? Slavery is freedom. A person is always to be defeated when he is alone and free. So it must be so, because everyone must die, and this is the greatest failure. But if he can obey completely and absolutely, if he can get rid of his personal existence, if he can get along with the party and do it so that he is the party and the party is him, then he is all-powerful and immortal. The second thing you have to understand is that power is power over people, power over the body, especially over the mind, power over matter, what you call external reality. Our control over matter is now at an absolute level...... We control our minds and everything can change......"

However, as the last sentence says, they took control of the mind and forcibly changed everything.

Rochefort broke out in a cold sweat, and he suddenly realized that the seizure of the empire coincided with the control ideology described in the text. Through tampering and exile, the people of Paris were silenced forever.

"What's going on, why was it seized! It's hard to wait for this novel to be renewed! ”

"Who else, these bastards from the censorship department! They only know how to sing the praises of the emperor, flatter the tyrants, and never let us speak! ”

"Phew, it's really a misfortune for the people that even a shameless person like Mérimée can become an academician of the Académie Française!"

The people standing around him erupted in the same angry sighs, and Rochefort was complaining indignantly when he saw that he also had a copy of Le Paris in his hand!

Rochefort patted him on the shoulder and asked, "Are you also chasing 1984?" ”

"Yes."

The young man waved his fist out of thin air in the direction of the Tuileries Palace, and said angrily, "These damn press censors, and that damn Mérimée!" One day, the flames will burn the coffin of the dictatorship of the Tuileries Palace! ”

The other person seemed to have found an ally, he picked up the "Herald" in his hand, and said loudly, "Wait, listen to it, the Herald has published a discussion about "Prisoner Song" and "1984", and it is even more infuriating to listen to it! ”

This is what Marcus, the editor-in-chief of the Herald, said about Garion, saying that "The Prisoner's Song" is nothing more than an insult to a literary giant by a despicable literati, and that those who follow him are no different from following a ridiculous clown. As for the appreciators of "1984", they are a bunch of uncultured thugs who can only deal a fatal blow to the now thriving empire. This time the official ban on "Prisoner Song" and "1984" is correct, and this is a fatal blow to those damned thugs! Oh my God, how can they slander a progressive like that! ”

The high-ranking royal literati used words to wantonly humiliate and suppress their favorite authors, and constantly belittled those who followed books.

In their eyes, the Republicans and liberals are heinous and must be suppressed. They are like loyal eagles and dogs to obliterate all the literati who dare to raise their voices.

They were like high-profile victors, triumphantly falling into the ground, trying to destroy Garion's reputation while he was away from Paris, but forgetting one thing.

Garion isn't alone, he has a supportive group of readers behind him.

The crowd exploded in an instant, cursing and angrily denouncing the shameless people, belittleing their favorite works and despising the people of Paris.

"Damn the Censorship Department animals, you will definitely be punished in the future!"

Rochefort, who had been the editor-in-chief of the Parisian chronicle, a lacy newspaper in Paris, was annoyed and angry at the repression of Mérimée and other Bonapartists!

He clenched his fists and said indignantly, "Since Mérimée humiliated us so much, then don't blame us for being rude!" ”

The hustle and bustle on the streets did not cause much shock, except for the group of fanatical book lovers, and in the eyes of the French people, it was nothing more than a serial novel forever.

But on the other side of the street, far from the newsstand, inside a nondescript hut, the doors and windows were framed with impermeable newspapers, and the floor was covered with dust.

79 Rue de la Recales is like a lifeless house of dead silence.

Closed doors and windows cut off the outside world, and passers-by don't hear the slightest sound coming from inside.

On a dilapidated wooden table, several newspapers, some of which had been carefully cut out and pasted to the wall, happened to be chapters from Garion's "1984."

In front of the scruffy young man were several empty wine bottles, and he neatly placed the white cloth soaked in kerosene on the table, and said as he placed them, "...... The strip of cloth tightly plugged the mouth of the bottle, and then the young man in the movie lit the burning strip of cloth and threw it at the policeman, and at the moment when the glass kissed the ground, the flame spread like a snake, and quickly climbed up the person's feet......"

Thinking about this, his eyes looked at the "Herald" beside him. Marcas's piercing taunt was like a sharp sword, piercing his eardrums.

"Damn government lackeys! Thoughts are not afraid of bullets! You gag the masses, but you can't gag the determination of the revolutionaries! ”

The angry young man slammed his fist on the wooden table and said angrily, "If you don't give us freedom of speech, I'll let you die!" ”

His eyes burst with fanatical emotion, and the hand holding the glass bottle trembled slightly.

"Long live France!"