After finishing the next half month of the series, Garian asked Goncourt out, handed over all the manuscripts, and told him that he would travel through the French provinces for the next month and would not return to Paris until the court's ban expired.

"I am not in a position to return to Paris for the time being, but if I have any questions, I can contact Monsieur Baudelaire, and I will take care of everything. Oh yes, and if there are any aftermath because of the revolutionary party incident, I will also ask Monsieur Baudelaire to tell the editor-in-chief Goncourt what to do. ”

Garion smiled and said, "Then please Goncourt. ”

Goncourt expressed sympathy and concern for what happened to Garion, but now that he had the manuscript, he had nothing more to say. After exchanging a few words of greeting with the other party, he immediately got up and returned to the newspaper office to hand over the other party's manuscript to the proofreading and reviewing editor. Then I carefully walked through a large stack of newspapers and discarded ink boxes and opened the door to the office.

However, he had barely sat down to catch his breath when the review editor suddenly opened the office door.

With a thud, the lock slammed against the wall, knocking Goncourt off his eyes. He quickly stood up, looked at the panicked editor, and asked rhetorically, "What's the matter?" ”

The editor looked solemn and said, "Editor-in-chief Goncourt, you'd better take a look at this novel from The Sixth Prison." ”

Looking at the other party's nervous appearance, Goncourt hesitantly took the manuscript paper, and then read it slowly, and then suddenly a terrible idea popped up.

Could it be that this article is satirizing the current situation again?

This young man is simply a little master of death.

Goncourt is now in a dilemma about the manuscript submitted by Garian.

Compared with the bold and straightforward "1984", the political depiction of "The Sixth Prison" has become more subtle, like a literati who is on the verge of breaking the law and slowly finds out the bottom line of the press censorship department of the Second Empire, even if the press censorship department wants to start, it has no way to start.

Moreover, Garion became famous in the literary circles of Paris, setting a precedent for becoming famous in literary battles.

Not only did Sainte-Beuve have nothing to say, but this time he directly aimed the spearhead at the French academician Mérimée.

"Like me, climb out and give you freedom!"

Comparing the noble members of the House of Lords to a dog wagging their tails and begging for mercy, the writers are poisonous but do not give in to each other, just as Voltaire despised Shakespeare and called his works poop. Flaubert likened George Sand to "a heifer with a belly full of ink."

This is a point that makes Goncourt feel embarrassed, since Hugo angrily pointed the finger at Mérimée eight years ago, no one has dared to criticize the other party so bluntly, Mérimée, as the uncle of Empress Eugenie, is a matter of public knowledge, the last man who fought to the end with a pen, is still living in Brussels, silently writing a small book to curse Napoleon III for his early death under the people's trial.

But Garion doesn't care, any literati who dare to argue with him will use their talents to fight back one by one.

He inadvertently glanced at the name of the author of "The Sixth Prison" and suddenly showed a smile.

I see, no wonder he dared to write this article with great fanfare, it seems that Garion is ready for both.

"Editor-in-chief, is this "Prisoner Song" really going to be put on it?"

The editor opened his office with the manuscript and asked in a low voice, "What if a dispute arises at that time?" Sainte-Beuve was fine, but the other party was Mérimée......"

Goncourt pondered for a moment, then finally made up his mind and said, "No matter, if Gary and Mérimée quarrel, it can still drive the sales of the newspaper, and if Mérimée wants to use the government's connections, we will withdraw the article and the poem, and they will not make a big fuss anyway." ”

And the editor of the newspaper asked with trepidation, "What about the readers...... How to explain...... If a novel isn't finished......"

Goncourt's ability to shake the pot is first-class, and he has already thought about it in advance to pass the buck.

"Of course, to tell the truth, the words of the break told them that it was due to force majeure, and that the culprit of the force majeure factor was Mr. Mérimée.

Goncourt patted the editor on the shoulder and said with a wicked smile, "I just don't know if Monsieur Mérimée can withstand the criticism of public opinion." Garion's readers are a bunch of fanatical believers. ”

The editor looked at the thoughtful editor-in-chief and asked him a little uncertainly, "So, let's not offend Garion?" ”

"It's not."

Goncourt glanced at him and said patiently, "Don't offend any writer, including your boss and me, this is advice." ”

The next day, two important events occurred in Paris that excited readers, one was the resumption of the update of "1984", which had been interrupted for nearly half a month, and the "Literary Newspaper" also brought another new serial, "The Sixth Prison". Although the author's name is not Garrian, the quality of the new serialization is no less than that of another newspaper, 1984.

Under a similar theme, even readers quickly split into two camps, supporting Garion on one side and the new author under the pen name Roosevelt on the other, and readers began to speculate about who the two authors with similar themes but different styles were. There are even two groups of readers arguing over whose novel is better.

All of a sudden, the sales of La Française began to catch up with that of Le Paris, but the beneficiaries of this left-right struggle were all editor-in-chief Goncourt.

Only Gallian, who was hiding in the shadows, smiled and did not speak.

Another thing is the publication of poems in Goncourt's other newspaper, Le Paris, which has enlivened half of the Parisian literary and artistic circles.

Dumas took the newspaper and found Baudelaire, who was still drinking coffee, with great interest.

Bang, he threw the newspaper straight in front of Baudelaire, almost knocking over the other party's coffee.

"What is wrong with you, Mr. Dumas?"

Baudelaire shifted his ass to make room for the other man.

"Don't rush to get a coffee just yet, look."

Excited Alexandre Dumas pointed his finger at the most eye-catching poem in the literary newspaper, and said excitedly, "On behalf of our republicans, Garion has declared war on the literati of the Bonaparte!" Unexpectedly, Mérimée, who has always been domineering, also met his opponent today. ”

"Oh? Declare war? ”

Baudelaire picked up the newspaper and looked at the poem, and when he read it, his brow jumped and he looked at Dumas with a wicked smile on his face.

"Huh? Is Garian starting to make a move on Mérimée? He's not a saint-beuve. ”

For this young man, Dumas began to appreciate his courage, from the beginning of the revolutionary party incident to the current literary troll, directly turning the stagnant Parisian literary and artistic world upside down.

"yes, but why does Garion keep arguing with these literary seniors to the end?"

Even Dumas didn't want to provoke Mérimée, and not everyone could be as outspoken as Hugo.

"Maybe it's all in his plan?"

Baudelaire re-read "To Monsieur Mérimée," said thoughtfully, "Don't forget, in addition to our moderate republicans, there is also a large group of radical revolutionaries who like Garion's novels." ”

"What kind of funny scene would it be if Mérimée offended their readers?"