Guns, Germs, and Steel,

It's on fire!

When Lu Shi went to the office of the Manchester Guardian again to deliver the manuscript, he was invited by Scott into the editor-in-chief's office and served him with good food and drink.

"I thought that only a popular novel like 'No One Survives' would significantly boost sales," Scott said, "but I didn't expect ...... Hahaha! By the way, there is one more thing, the idea you gave me last time has now been imitated by the major newspapers. ”

Lu Shi didn't understand for a while,

"What's the idea?"

Scott rummaged through his desk and found an issue of the previous newspaper,

THE SCOTSMAN

SOLD

20，000 COPIES！

The Scotsman

Sold

20,000 copies!

……

It was that book review edition.

As a modern person, Lu Shi has long been accustomed to this kind of eye-catching thing.

For example, the British "Sun", when the princess gave birth to her first child, she did not write other news headlines, but directly changed "THE Sun" to "THE Son", which is both gossip and sarcasm.

In just two English words, it can be called the best copywriter of 2013.

In this way, the British themselves are very good,

It's just that in 1900, they hadn't woken up yet.

Scott said: "After this book review, the pages of the major newspapers with advertisements and headlines have all changed. Dear Lu, you have changed journalism. ”

A high hat was buckled directly on Lu Shi's head.

Lu Shi hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Mr. Scott is really overrated, I am purely for myself." Only if "No One Survives" sells well, I will have a manuscript fee and become famous, right? ”

Scott laughed,

He greatly appreciated Lu Shi's honesty.

Lu Shi said: "You just said that the sales of the Manchester Guardian are rising, why don't I feel it?" ”

The corners of Scott's mouth hooked a subtle arc,

"Lu, you have to think about who are reading your articles."

Lu Shi pondered for a moment and understood.

Even though "Guns, Germs and Steel" has been popularized, it is still very academic, and there are very few ordinary people who like to read it.

The real readers are those who do sociological research.

Lu Shi asked: "So, the sales in the university are very good?" ”

Scott shook his head,

"Not only that, but the Palace of Westminster, Downing Street, Whitehall."

These are all places where British dignitaries are active.

Although Lu Shi had a premonition that the current situation would happen, there was still a feeling of unreality when it really happened.

Scott continued: "By the way, and overseas, which I didn't expect as well. ”

Originally, Scott planned to develop the Manchester Guardian into a national newspaper first, and then rely on Britain's huge colonial system to open newspapers all over the world and become a truly global newspaper.

This is also the development strategy of The Times, and Scott is doing the same.

But the plan can't keep up with the rapid change,

No one would have thought that because of Lu Shi, the Manchester Guardian opened up the overseas market and sold well in many universities in Europe.

It is not a problem for a university to sell in three digits, and the total amount is not a small number.

Scott's face was proud, and he thanked Doyle in his heart,

Without Doyle, he would never have known Lu Shi.

So

Thank you to Doyle's eight ancestors!

Scott rummaged through the cabinets, took out a small tea can, and said mysteriously: "This is my treasure, I heard that it is the tribute tea used by your Qing Dynasty emperor." Try? ”

Without waiting for Lu Shi to excuse himself, he had already put the tea leaves into the teapot, and then hummed a song to prepare sugar and milk.

Lu Shi opened his mouth, but he didn't speak after all,

Alas......

British people like to add condiments to tea and follow the customs.

Scott carefully brewed the tea.

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door outside,

The clerk's voice sounded: "Editor-in-chief Scott, an old gentleman from the Qing Dynasty has come, who reported to his family and said that his name was Gu Fengmin, and he wanted to meet you." ”

Scott frowned,

"Gu Feng fans, why does this name sound familiar?"

Lu Shi almost didn't laugh out loud,

He cleared his throat and reminded in a low voice, "Gu Hongming." Gu - Hong - Ming - "

Suddenly, Scott's face showed a look of sudden realization, and then it turned into a flush of excitement,

"Please! Please! ”

The clerk immediately left, and the footsteps of "Knock Knock" faded away.

When Scott turned to land,

"There is a saying in our UK, 'When you go to China, you can not see the three major halls, but you must not see Gu Hongming', if I remember correctly, Mr. Gu Hongming is a top student at the University of Edinburgh, and he must have something to talk to you."

Lu Shi certainly knew why Scott was so excited.

Gu Hongming is a scholar of China and the West, and has the title of "Strange Masterpiece in the Late Qing Dynasty".

He is proficient in nine languages, including English, French, German, Latin, Greek, and Malaysian, and has translated the Analects, the Mean, and the University in four books.

It's no wonder that Scott knew about Gu Hongming.

As the editor-in-chief of the Manchester Guardian, Scott definitely wanted Lu Shi to meet with Gu Hongming and do some ideological dialogue.

In his mind, even the headline of the press release was already set -

"Reunion in a Foreign Country".

It doesn't matter whether Lu Shi and Gu Hongming know each other or not, they have to use words like "reunion" to taste right.

The two people in the editor-in-chief's room waited for a while, and there was a knock on the door outside.

Scott said, "Please come in." ”

The door was pushed open,

A Chinese man with a cane walked in.

Lu Shi looked at it for the first time, and the first thing he noticed was not the other party's facial features or body shape, but the two beards with slightly upturned tips, which were even more British gentlemen than British gentlemen.

Scott stepped forward,

"You're Mr. Koo, aren't you?"

Unexpectedly, the editor-in-chief of the Manchester Guardian was so enthusiastic, Gu Hongming was obviously stunned for a moment,

Then he smiled,

"Mr. Scott, you can call me Tomson."

Gu Hongming is a contradictory person,

He said that his name is Tomson, not because he admires foreigners, but because he was born in Penang, British Malaysia, and Tomson is his real name.

But it is such a "foreign" person who has devoted his life to the communication of Chinese and Western cultures and resorted to the cause of translation.

But because he was born in Nanyang, studied in the West, married in the East, and was in Beiyang (later the Beiyang government), his level of Chinese studies was insufficient, coupled with the behavior of pretending to be X with "Sorry" and "Thank you" at every turn, he was often ridiculed by writers from all walks of life, laughing at his lack of level.

Lu Shi didn't have a real sense of such a historical figure, and stood on the sidelines, rightly looking at the Western scenery.

Gu Hongming also noticed Lu Shi,

"Sure enough! And so it was! When I saw that pseudonym, I thought that only Chinese would use 'Lu'. I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it......"

When he looked at Lu, his eyes were full of surprise.

Listening to his words and observing his deeds, Gu Hongming's visit this time should have been specially to ask Lu Shi for advice.

Lu Shi shook hands with Gu Hongming in the past,

"I have heard Mr. Gu's name for a long time, but I didn't expect to be lucky enough to meet in a foreign country."

Gu Hongming stretched out his hand a little awkward and shook it with Lu Shi,

He really didn't expect Lu Shi to be so young, and he ran over to see him, it was too cheap.

Thinking like this, his attitude was a little colder than just now.