"Mr. Diplomat, I have received some more invitations to-day, including the House of Brissac, the House of Savoy, all of them dignitaries, you can take a look after the meal and see which one you are interested in. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" Charlton, the butler, wore white gloves and bowed down to Chu Bai and said.

Originally from England, Charlton is actually an American, who had worked as a butler for two nobles in England before eventually having to smuggle himself into the New World and become a colony because of his affair with the nobleman's wife. When he was in Philadelphia, Chu Bai recruited service staff for the embassy and took a fancy to Charlton's qualifications. The British butler is well-known overseas, and it is a cultural symbol in later generations, and Charlton was still relatively depressed at that time, so Chu Bai invited him with a small salary.

Now Charlton butlers are wearing exquisite costumes again, they are from the Tang Dynasty, they look exquisitely fabricated, and the processing is even more indescribable, straight trousers, neatly ironed shirts, plaid vests, silk bow ties, handkerchiefs pinned to the pockets of Tang suits (actually suits), everything looks very tall. Charlton was also very satisfied with these, and what made him a little entangled was that there was no real aristocrat in Datang, but the dressing of the dignitaries in Datang was much more exquisite than that of the British nobles. Maybe not so luxurious, but full of the artistic sense of the era, the fold excites Charlton.

What was slightly discouraged to him was that Charlton was already forty years old, and his learning ability had declined, and it seemed that it was not easy to master the Tang language used by his master. Even though he had served Chu Bai for more than half a year, he could only speak some simple sentences and vocabulary.

Chu Bai flipped through a stack of thick invitations, since he came to Paris, he can be said to be the darling of the nobility and high society. Datang beat the British in North America with a blue nose and swollen face. Any French aristocrat who cared about politics was very interested in it. And the last two years. All kinds of Datang curiosities sent to Europe by Spanish second-class dealers. For example, excellent perfumes, exquisite leather goods, and trendy clothing have gradually set off a wave of Datang fever in Paris, the center of Europe and the fashion capital, and the girls and ladies show off by discovering a fragrant and never-before-heard Datang perfume brand, and the gentlemen began to kick their feet extremely high when they walked, in order to let people see his luxury leather shoes from the Tang Dynasty.

At least artistically, the French think they have something to say to the Tang people. However, Chu Bai's fame in Paris does not only come from his identity as an envoy of the Tang Dynasty.

"Don't go. Tomorrow night the troupe will be rehearsing, and I have to go and direct it myself. Chu Bai threw down the invitations and picked up the small porcelain cups, which were filled with rich coffee.

Chu Bai has always been a particular person, so when he came to Paris, even if it was as small as the porcelain used for drinking tea, tea leaves, coffee, and other beverages, they were all Tang goods brought by himself. Anyway, they arrived in France on a large cruise ship with a tonnage of more than 7,000 tons, and in addition to loading some Americans and a small amount of cargo, Chu Bai had enough space to carry what he needed. The cruise ship, called the Princess Wencheng, once shocked the French. Not only her huge, but also the décor and design on it. The number of cruise ships in the fleet of the Republic of China is relatively limited. There are more freighters, because of the problem of practicality, Datang has converted many and most cruise ships into passenger ships used for immigration, and the Princess Wencheng is one of the few that has been preserved.

Chu Bai put down the teacup, got dressed with Charlton's help, and prepared to go out. In addition to the housekeeper, there were two attendants, one was a sturdy Indian, from the Tang Dynasty, and the other was a clever American teenager, followed by four bodyguards, who were actually Tang soldiers in charge of the security of the embassy.

As soon as Chu Bai went out, a young French aristocratic girl rushed out of a corner with her skirt in her hand, she was very delicate, her face was slightly freckled, she obviously looked like she had been dressed, she screamed enthusiastically: "Chu, oh, talented Chu, I love you......" She and the servants blocked in front of Chu Bai's carriage and looked at Chu Bai with a reverent face.

Chu Bai was stunned for a moment, but soon a wry smile appeared on his face, and said, "This young lady, hello, please let me go, I have to go to the troupe." ”

Hearing the words of the troupe, the girl seemed to be even more excited: "Great, can you take me with you to watch, I am your loyal audience, I think your work is outstanding!" ”

Chu Bai shook his head: "I'm sorry, miss, this is not convenient, but I am very grateful for your love and support, for the sake of an audience like you, I will definitely work hard to create." ”

Under the girl's somewhat disappointed gaze, Chu Bai Shi Ran boarded the carriage with spring shock absorption and left his residence. On the carriage, Chu Bai said self-deprecatingly: "Is it creation?" To be precise, it's a copycat re-creation. ”

That's right, what makes Chu Bai the darling of Parisian high society is not only his status as a diplomat of the Tang Dynasty, but also his identity as a "great writer". When the tripartite negotiations between Tang, the United States and Britain reached an impasse, Chu Bai simply did not attend, his attitude was very clear, he could not meet the conditions of Datang, and there was almost no need to talk about it.

So he began to place his love on literature and art, that's right, Chu Bai has always been a literary and artistic youth. He spent a sum of money to buy a small theater company that was about to go bankrupt, and then threw out a play that he claimed to have written, "The Count of Monte Cristo".

He knew how to take advantage of his status and sent invitations to the nobles to watch the play, and even Louis XVI received it. The aristocracy was very face-saving, and Louis XVI himself was very interested in the repertoire created by Tang diplomats, so there was a situation where tickets were hard to get on the day of the premiere.

The Count of Monte Cristo was undoubtedly a great work of literature and art for European tastes, and people were soon fascinated by the ups and downs of the plot and the wonderful and lively characters in the play, which became an instant hit in Paris, performed every night, and sold out.

Then, only three weeks later, people have not yet escaped from the shock of the Count of Monte Cristo, Chu Bai dedicated a more feminine "Pride and Prejudice", Chu Bai is a person who has watched countless various messy movies and TV series in later generations, and the techniques have been used rotten, but for the Parisians of this era, they are all extremely novel.

"Pride and Prejudice" immediately became an important topic of conversation among the aristocratic ladies and ladies of Paris, and the implied sentiments of female liberation and feminism made Chu Bai very popular with the female group.

Of course, there are many people who are quite strange, Chu Bai's two consecutive works have a very heavy European color, portraying the European situation and the psychological activities of Europeans very well, and he is actually a Tang man. Of course, in the face of excellent works, some small doubts do not make any waves.

In order to solve this suspicion, Chu Bai shifted the background to the Tang Dynasty during the re-creation of the third work. Well, in fact, this work is not Chu Bai's cottage, but the script he wrote by himself by plagiarizing various famous books, called "The Prosperous Era", the protagonist of the story is a young man with a personal dream, who accidentally entered the Tang Army, became a military consultant, and came to North America to help the colonial people resist the story of British colonial rule.

This story is actually ordinary, nothing more than the story of an idealistic young man who fights with dreams and a sense of justice, and finally reaps the rewards of career and love. However, at the end of the story, Chu Bai also deliberately deepened, using the hands of the protagonist to depict the darkness of international politics, the arrogance and greed of the British, the selfishness and lack of morality of the Americans, and the profits of the French fishermen.

Chu Bai himself was also a little apprehensive, because unlike the previous two world-class masterpieces, although he plagiarized a lot of the bridges of the famous novels, the foundation and advancement of the story were completed by himself, and he didn't know if the audience in Paris would love this work.

This emotion did not last, and Chu Bai quickly realized that he was just coming to Paris to play tickets, in fact, it was like a child's prank, whether his own work was popular or not, it didn't make much sense. After all, he still has his own job, a diplomat of the Tang Dynasty.

came to the theater to guide the performances of those actors, and someone came to the theater to visit Chu Bai. This time it was not a fan of admiration, but Louis XVI's most trusted minister, Foreign Minister Gravier. After a brief greeting, the two moved on to the topic of the meeting.

"The British can't hold out for long, the bits and pieces have basically been negotiated, and the treaty should be signed immediately. And I'm going to be leaving Paris soon, it's a city full of charm, and I'm really reluctant to give up. Chu Bai said with a smile.

Gravier also smiled: "Your Excellency Chu's artistic genius and personality charm have also made Paris admire, if possible, I hope that Your Excellency Chu can come to Paris as an envoy abroad after ending his career in the United States." ”

The Tang Dynasty and France had established diplomatic relations at the level of ministers, and it was clear that Gravier and Louis XVI behind him wanted to use the power of the Tang Dynasty against their old enemy, the British.

There is no direct contradiction between these two countries, even in the colonial disputes, the French are still focusing on India, and there is no much luxury in the North American colonies, and the main development direction of the Tang Dynasty is North America. They have a common enemy, that is, the British. Although there is now a ceasefire and truce between Tang and Britain, but with the urine of the British, they will still poke all over the world, and the Tang people are constantly opening up living space for themselves, an important fact is that the Tang Dynasty wants to prevent Britain from opening up new colonies, Australia, Hong Kong, Burma, etc., as much as possible.

After the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Tang Dynasty and France, Gravier instigated Louis XVI to sign a treaty of alliance similar to that between France and Spain with the Tang Dynasty to jointly deal with the British. However, Datang was not interested in such an alliance, so Gravier retreated to the next thing, hoping to get arms and other technical support from Datang. (To be continued.) )