"Huh? Why is there no one in the back? Tony, didn't you take it all? Russell, who was looking energetic, hurriedly asked Monet.

"I'm not taking less, that's what I'm writing so far." Monet replied dryly.

"But, it's clear that this is not finished!" Russell asked, puzzled.

Monet nodded in agreement and replied, "Yes, I just haven't finished it, because I'm not sure if you will accept this novel, so it is impossible to write it all at once, otherwise it will be easy to write it in vain." ”

"Well, that's right. But don't worry, I will definitely accept this novel, and according to the previous price of "Titanic", five hundred dollars, how about it? ”

Unexpectedly, Monet replied: "No, this novel is much longer than "Titanic", so it will cost at least 1,200 dollars!" ”

"No, you can't calculate it exactly by word count!" Russell haggled.

"Novels don't count by word counts, so what do they count on?" Monet retorted.

The two bargained for a long time, and finally sold for 1,000 dollars, in fact, Monet was quite satisfied with this price, because he had asked for 1200 before taking into account the bargaining part.

When he came out of the "New York Post", Monet also took one in his hand and read it while walking on the road, and it turned out that he really saw a very "interesting" news, that is, "Lucky Japanese Boy".

This news is interesting because the "lucky Japanese boy" in the report refers to the only Japanese passenger on the Titanic, Masafumi Hosono, because he also survived, so he was called "lucky Japanese boy" by the media, and even received many interviews in newspapers and magazines after he returned to Tokyo.

But what everyone didn't expect was that Hosono Masafumi's "luck" didn't last long, and a surviving writer on the Titanic, Archibo, Gracie IV, accused Hosono Masafumi of being a "stowaway" in the No. 10 lifeboat, and some people even came forward to accuse him of disguising himself as a woman and climbing into a lifeboat full of women and children; A white British passenger also complained that Masafumi Hosono pushed away the other people standing on the deck, jumped into the lifeboat himself, and got away with his life. Many European and American media also vigorously criticized Hosono Masafumi, accusing the Japanese man of not being a gentleman enough, and the image of the Japanese fell to the bottom overnight.

After these comments were transmitted back to Japan, public opinion was in an uproar, and Hosono Masafumi immediately became a national shame and scum in all of Japan. He received a snowflake of insulting letters, and then the railway institute where he worked also sent a letter of dismissal, and the Japanese media even used the headline of Douda to criticize him as a "coward", which violated the spirit of sacrifice and dedication of Japanese bushido, and even compiled his despicable act of escaping his life into a textbook as a negative teaching material.

A Japanese journalist commented: "The men who left the chance of survival to women and children on the giant ship Titanic will always live in people's hearts; And Hosono Masamune has long been dead in people's minds. He lived a few more years in disgrace, and it was better to die bravely at that time. ”

Until his death in 1939, Masafumi Hosono never told the story of the "Titanic" to his descendants, and he endured moral condemnation all his life, but the shame still shrouded his family after his death, and even his son was ashamed of his father.

Although his innocence was proven in the 1941 investigation, he spent his entire life in the guilt and abuse of being rescued. To be honest, before the crossing, Monet didn't understand why this Hosono Masamun didn't defend himself, obviously he wasn't wrong? Of course, this life is enough to have a chance, because he has no plans to go to Japan in the short term......

Just when Monet's mind was full of thoughts, the coachman reminded him: "Sir, we have arrived at 58 Santoia Street!" ”

"Oh, thank you!" Monet got out of the car while handing the driver the fare, but as soon as he got out of the car, he was surprised to see a Ford sedan parked in front of his house, although the car did have a certain degree of popularity in 1912, but it was still owned by the rich, and the rich man Monet now knows is only one person besides Russell, the editor-in-chief of the New York Post, that is the steel tycoon Carl!

Sure enough, as soon as Monet reached the door, Karl got out of the car and greeted him, "Good morning, Monsieur Monet!" ”

"What are you looking for me? Mr. Carr? Monet asked with a frown.

"Can't I come to you for a cup of coffee if it's okay?" Karl replied with a smile, but seeing that Monet did not answer, he changed the subject and said, "Well, I did have a good thing for you to look for you, why don't you invite me in?" ”

Although Monet didn't like Carl very much, he didn't hate him, so he had to invite him in, and asked Shanshan, who was cooking, to make two cups of coffee and send it over, Carl looked at Shanshan, and then nodded and praised: "This Chinese girl is very beautiful, it seems that Mr. Monet, you have come out of Wendy's influence." ”

"Don't get me wrong, Sansa is just here to make me lunch and dinner......"

But before he could finish speaking, Carl interrupted: "You don't need to explain this to me, in fact, I came here today to ask you for a manuscript!" ”

"Manuscript request? Could it be that Mr. Carr, you have started a newspaper? Monet asked curiously.

Karl replied disapprovingly: "Can't you ask for a manuscript without a newspaper?" I have taken a fancy to Mr. Monet's writing, so I would like to ask you to write me a novel, of course, you can rest assured, the manuscript fee will definitely satisfy you! I heard that the editor-in-chief of "Titanic" Russell you wrote gave you five hundred dollars, then I will give you a thousand dollars! ”

Again, although Monet didn't like Karl, he didn't have trouble with money, so he asked, "What kind of novel do you want me to write?" ”

Carl explained: "It's a sequel to your "Titanic", but it needs to be modified, that is, Jack can't die, you can speculate on how the love story of Jack and Ruth will develop next, I won't set any restrictions for you, the only requirement is that what you write must be reasonable, and you can't arrange some unrealistic plots in order to let the hero and heroine be together, such as a certain Monopoly man who fell in love with Jack's painting, or they made a lot of money by speculating in stocks, this requirement is not too much, right?" ”

PS: Push an online movie "The Legend of the Hunter in Xing'anling", the screenwriter is Cui Zhaozhao, the supernatural god who wrote "I Was Mr. Yin and Yang in Those Years", which is much stronger than many cinema horror films.