On December 6, Zhou Hexuan took a boat to Europe, accompanied by Zhang Leyi, Yu Peichen, personal nurses and reporters from the Observer.

After in-depth exchanges, it turned out that the Astor family not only played real estate, but also got involved in finance and media.

Vincent Astor is the majority shareholder of Newsweek, the magazine's influence in the United States after Time Magazine.

William Astor is the second-largest shareholder of The Observer, a newspaper in Britain on a par with The Times.

Before World War II, there was a saying that "British decision-makers are not in Downing Street, but in Cleverdon Manor". Cliveden Manor, the estate of the Observer's majority shareholder, was where major pre-war British decisions were made, including the betrayal of the Czech Republic and Poland, and the drive of Germany to attack the Soviet Union.

Today, the Observer is actively helping Chamberlain build momentum, and as soon as Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the newspaper can soar to the sky, even affecting the situation in the whole world.

Britain's policy of appeasement towards Germany was all carried out in the home of the owner of the Observer.

Although William Astor doesn't know how to do business, he has a knack for political speculation. His wife was the first female member of the British House of Representatives, his son was a member of the House of Lords, he was the second shareholder of the Observer, and he was about to install a British prime minister. Even decades later, his great-granddaughter will be able to marry the British prime minister, or rather, it is the Astor family that put Cameron on the throne.

Now the old king of England is terminally ill, and the nobles are revolving around the eldest prince Edward.

But William Astor wanted to borrow Zhou Hexuan's path and catch the line of the second prince Albert. It is estimated that this old guy has already expected that Prince Edward is unreliable and will lose the throne sooner or later, and his political speculation is really terrifying.

When Albert became king, Chamberlain became prime minister, and as their supporter, William Astor was simply going to heaven!

Zhou Hexuan suddenly found that he had inadvertently befriended a powerful man again.

Therefore, this time William Astor said that he would send a reporter to follow Zhou Hexuan, and Zhou Hexuan agreed without hesitation. Even if William's other identities are put aside, only the second shareholder of the "Observer" is worthy of his friendship, and it is very powerful to help with propaganda at critical times.

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Because the injury has not yet healed, after coming to Stockholm, Zhou Hexuan did not accompany Zhang Leyi and them to watch the exotic scenery, but honestly lived in the room arranged by the Swedish Academy of Letters.

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhou Hexuan met his award-winning Bole - Holstaomu.

An old man with a serious expression, just by looking at his face, he knew that he was that kind of old-fashioned, and when he met, he said: "Zhou, I hate your "Goddess" very much, I just don't know what to do!" ”

"Uh," Zhou Hexuan was stunned and said with a smile, "That's a pity." ”

"Your 'Dog Officer' is not bad, at least it has a clear story," Holstaumu said unabashedly, "and if your competitor wasn't Eugene O'Neill, you wouldn't have won the Nobel Prize for Literature in your lifetime." I'd rather give the award to you than to that vulgar Yankee. ”

"Thanks, it seems like I'm lucky." Zhou Hexuan smiled, in fact, he wanted to beat this old guy.

The Swedish Academy of Letters has a president and vice president, but the dean is just a decoration, and he has to be elected once every six months. The one who can really call the shots is the permanent secretary, and the most terrifying thing is that the permanent secretary at this time is lifelong, which is equivalent to the emperor of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

It just so happens that the current permanent secretary Holstaume is an old stubborn, he hates to push through the old and innovate, he hates to play tricks, and his literary thinking is still stuck in the era of Alexandre Dumas and Hugo.

Not to mention Zhou Hexuan and O'Neill, even Elliot won the award later.

Who is Elliot?

Dante's successor, the greatest poet of the 20th century.

Xu Zhimo's "West Window" was written in the style of Eliot, and his poetry fans are all over the world.

He was such a terrible character that he was almost canceled by Holstoum, on the grounds that he didn't like the kind of modern poetry that was like riddles and witches. Holstaumu was dying of old age at the time, and it was only after the persuasion of his incoming successor Ustling that he finally agreed to let Elliot win the prize.

Holstaumu was like a tiger in his way, and it was only when he died of old age that the Nobel Prize in Literature began to be awarded to literary innovators.

If the great writer Márquez had lived in the time of Holstaomu, it would have been almost impossible to win the Nobel Prize, and who would have made his realist magicalism too mysterious.

If Zhou Hexuan only wrote "The Goddess" and did not write "Dog Official", which is easy for civilians to understand, then he would not be able to win the award, and Hallstaomu would definitely invalidate this year's Nobel Prize!

This is a great dictator in the field of literature!

"Literature, young man," began Holstaumu with his sermon, "you are gifted with literature, but do not go astray. What kind of realistic magicalism, that's just a child's trick to play tricks. And those few poems of yours, it's just bullshit. Modernism is a cancer in the world of poetry! If you continue to write modernist poetry, then you will completely destroy yourself. ”

Zhou Hexuan was still laughing: "Maybe." ”

"This is the worst of times," said Holstaumu, "and young people are blindly advocating modernism, stream of consciousness, avant-garde, and magicalism. What is the real history of literature? It's Shelley, it's Hugo, it's Balzac! Why I hate Eugene O'Neill, because his writing is not only clumsy, but also flashy and vulgar. The "Goddess" you wrote, although it also sucks, is at least better than him. I know that next year those academicians will choose Eugene O'Neill, but I can't let him win the prize! ”

It seems that next year's Nobel Academy will be abolished......

Mr. O'Neill, you might as well switch to basketball, there is no future as a playwright.

Without waiting for Zhou Hexuan to speak, Holstaomu took out a thick copy of "Les Miserables": "Young man, read this book carefully, and give up your realistic magicalism." This is the real literature, the real one! ”

Zhou Hexuan couldn't cry or laugh while holding "Les Miserables", he really didn't know what to say. The person standing in front of him is obviously the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy of Letters and the head of the Nobel Prize in Literature, but he feels that Zhou Hexuan is the same as facing Zhou Xuan's adoptive mother, and he is an old-fashioned person who lives in the past.

Holstaumu left, leaving only Hugo's "Les Miserables", he came specifically to teach Zhou Hexuan a lesson, and it is estimated that Zhou Hexuan's award made him very unhappy.

This old man is really stubborn, and Zhou Hexuan mourns for writers all over the world.