The contents of the newspaper are nothing special, except for some trivial things about Marseille and the surrounding area, and other than a few novels serialized on the last pages of the newspaper.

And what made Yan Shao's eyes shine was precisely these novels on the last pages of the newspaper.

Serialize a few novels on the last page of the newspaper, not only later generations will do this, but even this era is the same, of course, these are not the point, the key is that in later generations Yan Shao is just a person who likes to read novels, of course, at the beginning, I only read pirated books rented in bookstores, even if there are few chapters and pages, sometimes even the number of copies is not complete. Later, computers became popular, which made Yan Shao much easier.

At the same time, as a person who likes to read novels, it is impossible for Yan Shao not to remember some famous books.

Such as Edgar Rice Burroughs's "Tarzan of the Apes" and "The Martian Princess", Cleaver M. Burroughs, Cleaver M. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia, Ursula Le Quine's The Legend of Earthsea and more...

And, of course, the equally famous Lord of the Rings, The Forgotten Realms series, A Song of Ice and Fire, and War of Rhode Island, among others...

For a person like Yan Shao, who has no understanding of this era at all, and does not know what he should and can do, it is undoubtedly a good errand to find a publishing house to 'write' some novels to earn manuscript fees.

"And no matter what era it is, fame is a very important thing, as long as you have fame, you will do anything with half the effort, although it is not clear what to do in the future, but with these at least you can do more with half the effort......... At least it's better than waiting until you need to grind your gun..."After touching his chin, Yan Shao could be regarded as having made up his mind.

Now that you've made up your mind, the rest is simple.

"The first thing is to buy some pen and paper, and I don't know if the publishing house here accepts English manuscripts. It's a pity, the Chinese typewriter invented by that guy Qi Xuan will take at least ten years to invent, otherwise, even if I try my best, I will have to get one back..."

In fact, Yan Shao wants to buy a typewriter, after all, many people in later generations have become familiar with computers, and their ability to write has also decreased a lot, Yan Shao is one of them, it doesn't matter if he uses a computer, he uses a pen to write those hundreds of thousands or even millions of words, which is a bit of a death for him.

However, the typewriter in this era was extremely expensive, at least not because he could afford it with his money, so this idea could only be dispelled.

As for the Chinese typewriter, it was invented in September 1915 by Qi Xuan, a student studying in the United States in Shandong. Previously, he reported the description of his invention of the typewriter to the student manager in the United States to the Ministry of Education, and asked him to consult the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce. The Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce uses the typing machine made by Qi Xuan, which is flexible and well-structured, and the handwriting is still distinct, and it is specially approved to give a patent for 5 years in accordance with the temporary handicraft medal to show encouragement.

Yan Shao, who is somewhat interested in modern history, has some impressions of this matter.

As for how to build this kind of typewriter, Yan Shao, a later person, doesn't understand it at all, after all, this kind of thing is too complicated for Yan Shao. Yan Shao is not an all-powerful traverser who knows everything, he was just an ordinary 20-year-old young man before the crossing...

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After establishing the direction of future development, Yan Shao did not waste time, but walked directly out of the hotel and bought the paper and pen he needed in a nearby department store.

The middle-aged woman at the front desk of the hotel is very good, she doesn't have the superior posture of other white people, and she usually greets Yan Shao loudly when she sees her, but even so, she still has a kind of confusion when she sees Yan Shao's busy appearance.

At the same time, after preparing all the necessary 'equipment', Yan Shao also began his first novel—————— Edgar Rice Burroughs's "Tarzan of the Apes".

Tarzan of the Apes is a series of novels written by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was first published in October 1912 in the popular magazine All-Story Magazine, and two years later in 1914 it was first published in book form.

In later generations, because of the relationship between movies and animation, the work "Tarzan of the Apes" can be regarded as a household name in China, so Yan Shao is not worried that no one will appreciate it. On the other hand, because this novel is written nearly ten years later, there is no need to worry about plagiarism being discovered...

As for why to choose "Tarzan of the Apes" instead of "The Lord of the Rings" or "The Dark Elf Trilogy", Yan Shao has his own considerations.

Although this era is not like the Middle Ages or the Renaissance, when you see a woman, you have to make a witch and then tied to the stake and 'hoo' to roast meat, but the power of religion is still very strong, and making works like "The Lord of the Rings" or "Forgotten Countries" series without fame will undoubtedly cause a lot of trouble, especially Yan Shao's Chinese identity will be even more embarrassing in this case.

Therefore, using a science fiction novel to ask for directions is the best choice.

And "Tarzan of the Apes", a science fiction novel for all ages, is undoubtedly the most suitable...

In the early years, because there was no computer and the Internet, Yan Shao passed the time by reading novels, although this "Tarzan of the Apes" is not the most classic, but Yan Shao has almost read it more than ten times, even if he forgets it a little, the general plot is still remembered clearly.

With confidence, there will naturally be no stagnation in the pen, including the revision of the original text, Yan Shao even took more than a month to write the first part of Tarzan of the Apes.

However, after writing the novel, Yan Shao realized that he seemed to have forgotten something.

That's right, after writing the novel, you just need to submit it to the publishing house, the key is that this is France, and he only knows English, and what he writes is also an English novel.

In a French-speaking country, to submit a manuscript in English, this is obviously somewhat...

What's more, he is also a newcomer here, and he doesn't even know how many publishing houses there are, so how can he know which one to go to to submit...

"It's difficult..."

In the hotel's restaurant, Yan Shao frowned as he nibbled on bread.

For him, nibbling on bread is also a helpless thing, France is not the United States after all, there is no Chinatown here, let alone going to a restaurant to eat Chinese food, even if he wants to get himself a plate of mapo tofu, he doesn't know where to buy the materials, so he can only eat bread silently by himself.

But the real headache for him is the publishing house, after all, it is not easy to submit an English manuscript in a French-speaking country.

On the other side, Morgana, who was in charge of the front desk, also looked at this side with curiosity.

Before China entered the First World War, it was difficult to see Chinese in France, even in Marseille, the second largest city. So of course, Yan Shao, a rare Chinese, aroused the curiosity of many French people.

Especially Morgana, in recent days, she has often seen Yan Shao locked herself in the house and didn't know what Lu Dao was busy with, but when he came out of the house, although he was tired, he always had a smile on his face...

"Why are you frowning today?"

Curious, Morgana walked up to Yan Shao.

Yan Shao, who was there without a bite of bread, heard footsteps and looked up, and happened to see Morgana walking in front of him.

Because Morgana is one of the few people in the hotel who knows English, the two often talk about what has happened recently, and they are relatively familiar with each other, so when they saw that it was Morgana, although they were still having a headache about that matter, Yan Shao still nodded and said hello.

"What's the matter, Yan, look like you're in some trouble?"

"Difficulty? I did encounter some..."

With a wry smile, Yan Shao said what he had a headache about.

Morgana was also taken aback when she heard that Yan Shao was writing a novel.

Although Morgana did not have the racial prejudice of ordinary white people, she was still surprised to hear that Yan Shao, a yellow person, was also writing novels. Fortunately, Yan Shao was a little special in Morgana's eyes, so she was not particularly surprised, but just like Yan Shao said, in Morgana's opinion, this is indeed a very troublesome thing.

Morgana is already in her 40s, 4 words for a middle-aged woman is absolutely appropriate, and having lived in Marseille for so many years, if Yan Shao writes French novels, then Morgana can definitely easily name a few fairly good publishers.

Yan Shao wrote novels in English, which is undoubtedly difficult to do in a French-speaking country like France.

Originally, listening to Morgana's words and asking, Yan Shao still had a glimmer of hope, after all, the other party had lived in Marseille for many years, but after seeing Morgana's headache, Yan Shao was disappointed again.

"Why don't I find a ship and try it in England or the United States..."

Biting the bread one bite at a time, Yan Shao smiled bitterly in his heart.

However, just when Yan Shao was thinking about whether to take a boat to the United States, Morgana on the opposite side suddenly slapped the table.

"There it is!"

Before Yan Shao, who was taken aback, came back to his senses, Morgana had already run back to the front desk from the restaurant, and then walked over with a newspaper.

"Have you read this newspaper?"

As she spoke, Morgana placed the newspaper in front of Yan Shao.

Yan Shao naturally recognized this newspaper, in fact, Yan Shao remembered that the way out of writing a novel was also because of this newspaper, so after hearing Morgana's words, Yan Shao nodded directly.

Seeing that Yan Shao had heard of this newspaper, Morgana's face also showed a smile.

"You may not be too satisfied with serializing it in a newspaper, but this newspaper is actually owned by a publishing house, so..."

Hearing Morgana say this, Yan Shao nodded in understanding.

It is not surprising that in such an era of backward transportation, an English-language newspaper was launched in a French-speaking country? If it weren't for the fact that there was a top boss on it, it would be almost impossible to make money from such a newspaper.

But on the other hand, this incident found a way out for Yan Shao.

So the general magazine may not be feasible, but if this guy publishes, you can give it a try...