"Those who learn from me live, and those who resemble me die!?"

"Those who learn from me live, and those who resemble me die......"

Cooper muttered to himself.

Lu Shi did not explain this sentence again, but "preached" on the stage, and continued to talk about the advantages of tabloids over big newspapers.

The street, which was noisy just a moment ago, is now only the rustle of the tip of a pen across the paper.

Everyone was listening, even Backer.

A ribbon-cutting turned into a classroom.

In about ten minutes, Lu Shi spoke about the same and began to summarize:

"The criterion for judging a newspaper is whether it is objective, credible, independent, and accurate. The style of the big newspaper is flat and stable, and the newspaper page is also very large; The style of the tabloid is relatively eye-catching, and the layout is also small, which is easy for the public to carry. ”

That's it.

The "elementary school students" below also finished the record, lowered their heads, stared at the notes to study and ponder.

After a while, there was a lot of discussion,

"I didn't come in vain today! I didn't expect Professor Lu to hide his private ......"

"You know what!? He is a professor of Qinggao, and he disdains to hide it. ”

"A high-ranking person runs a tabloid?"

"Ah......h

……

Whispers are endless.

Buckle frowned and looked at his notes, pondered for a moment, and suddenly leaned over to Thatch's side and whispered, "Mr. Thatch, are you going to make a tabloid in the Daily Telegraph?" ”

Thatch couldn't help but be cautious,

"What? What are you going to do in The Times? ”

Bakker raised his eyebrows and snorted coldly,

"Mr. Thatch is too careful, isn't he? That's it, I'll tell you that is. The Times is not prepared to run tabloids. ”

This must be a lie!

Because the success of the "Mirror" has proved that the tabloid is the existence of the Riba people,

And the lower riba people are equal to the sales volume.

And with the soaring literacy rate in the UK, there will be more and more middle- and lower-class people who have the habit of reading newspapers, and the sales of tabloids will inevitably explode.

In a few years, it may be able to stabilize at 200,000.

Thatch sneered,

"Mr. Buckle is the one, and he is too careful when he speaks, right?"

This is the exact words of Bakr,

In the way of the other, give back to the other.

Buckle was not angry at all, and continued: "The Times is not going to run a tabloid, but that doesn't mean that we won't fund a new newspaper, after all, The Times is a big newspaper, and there are some inconveniences to talk about and lose their status...... Hum hum ......"

The mournful laughter made Thatch shudder.

But in fact, Thatch just thought so,

Any big newspaper needs to open a trumpet,

On this point, the vast majority of prescient editors-in-chief of major newspapers are bound to reach a consensus.

Thatch said: "It seems that Mr. Bakr already has an idea. ”

Bakker sighed, "Is this just my idea? I see, that's what everybody thinks, but I'm just saying it. ”

After speaking, he made a gentlemanly salute to Lu Shi,

"Thank you, Professor Lu, for your generosity."

This is said very sincerely.

Even other reporters and editors also thanked Lu Shi, and some people even said that Lu Shi was a "journalism innovator" who "brought another dawn to the newspaper industry".

It's as outrageous as the "founder of modern historiography".

Lu Shi waved his hand,

"Guys, don't brag about it. In my opinion, we should finish the ribbon-cutting ceremony first. ”

With that, he nodded to Wardhouse on the side.

Wardhouse understood and stepped onto the stage.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony officially began.

Cooper pulled Lu Shi aside and whispered, "Lu, you just said 'those who learn from me live, and those who resemble me die', I still don't understand." ”

Lu Shi chuckled and said: "This is actually what the great painter Wu Changshuo of the Qing Dynasty said, and the original sentence is, 'Learn from me, you can't be like me.'" Those who transform me are born, those who break me enter, and those who resemble me die', my translation shouldn't be too difficult to understand, right? ”

Cooper nodded,

Literally, it does.

Lu Shi continued: "Later, this sentence was ...... Forehead ......"

He paused, because he wanted to take Qi Baishi as an example,

Qi Baishi also said, "Those who learn from me live, and those who resemble me die",

This sentence was addressed to one of his students, whose name was Xu Linlu, and it was said that he imitated Qi Baishi's paintings.

But in 1901, there was nothing to do with Qi Baishi~

Lu Shi had no choice but to hide the name as an example, and then said: "The painter criticizes his apprentice on the premise that the apprentice has copied the master's paintings to the extent that they are fake and true. Only at this time does it make sense to say, 'Those who learn from me live, and those who resemble me die'. ”

Cooper nodded,

It's like a primary school student who hasn't even learned that one plus one equals two, and he says, "We can't stick to Goldbach's conjecture, we have to break through," which is ridiculous and unbelievable.

Cooper vaguely understood.

Lu Shi chuckled,

"If the major newspapers want to learn the mirror newspaper, it will take a few months, and when it reaches the stage of 'those who look like me die', it will take a few months to break and stand up. By then, the tabloid market had been completely opened, and the Mirror was bound to be invincible. Unless ......"

Cooper scratched his head,

"And 'unless'?"

With Lu Shi escorting, he really couldn't imagine how the "Mirror" could lose.

Lu Shi chuckled and patted the other party's shoulder,

"Our gender version is just an emotional article. And some people, maybe they will really make some three ways? ”

For example, in The Sun, there is a famous "Page 3 Girl" (Page 3 Girl), who even became a fruit girl in order to boost sales.

So in Yes! In the original TV series of "Minister", there will be that classic line:

The Guardian's readers are people who think they should rule the country;

The readers of The Times are the ones who really rule the country;

The readers of the Financial Times are the ones who hold the country in their hands;

……

The Sun's readers don't care who rules the country, as long as she's convex and backward.

Coloring is the end of it.

Therefore, no matter how good the "Mirror" is, it is impossible to compare the speed with the serious drag racing party.

The article is well written, but it is not as bright as people's headlights,

This is the so-called "one force down ten meetings".

Lu Shi said: "The main reason is that the organizer of the Mirror is the University of London Alliance, and it can't be too vulgar. Otherwise, a million copies sold would only be a matter of minutes. Citizens can't read words, but they can always understand pictures, right? ”

Cooper complained: "Lu, you really don't look like a writer, let alone a professor. ”

Lu Shi shrugged his shoulders and was about to say something, but he heard Wardhouse's voice sound: "What 'not like a professor'?" ”

Only then did the two find out that when they were chatting, the ribbon-cutting ceremony had ended.

The colleagues on Fleet Street scattered in a hurry,

Looking at their hurried appearance, eighty percent are ready to go back to prepare the tabloids.

"Tsk......"

Lu Shi was speechless,

I didn't expect to really become an idler, and I didn't even host the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

He said, "Would you like to come to my office for a cup of tea?" I've got a lot of good tea from Mr. Poincaré in France, you should definitely try it. ”

Wardhouse glanced at Margarita not far away, then shook his head,

"No, no, I still have something."

After saying that, he hurriedly got into the carriage.

On the other side, Cooper and Natsume Soseki were also very discerning, one said that he wanted to go back to the office of the "Scotsman", and the other said that he was going to visit the nearby big bookstore, and they all walked away.

In front of the newspaper hall, in addition to the passers-by playing soy sauce, only Lu Shi and Margarita remained.

Her Royal Highness the princess blushed a little, and complained in her heart against Wardhouse,

When I came to Lu by myself, I just wanted to contribute to the gender edition of the "Mirror", and I didn't have any superfluous ideas.

How did you get misunderstood?

But what about this pounding heartbeat?

It was obviously nothing!

For no reason, Margarita glared at Lu Shi, as if she was being bullied by Lu Shi.

Lu Shi looked confused,

"That...... Your Highness, you are also here today to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony? ”

Margarita shook her head,

"Professor Lu, have you forgotten what we talked about before, pure love......

"Hiss......"

Lu Shi gasped,

Is that something you can say in public?

He quickly raised his hand to interrupt the other party and said, "It's not convenient here, come to my office." ”

The two entered the newspaper building.

When the people saw Margarita, they fell silent for a while, and then they lowered their heads and went about their business.

Lu Shi took Her Royal Highness the princess into the office.

Moment

"Meow~"

My generation rushed up and swirled at Lu Shi's feet.

Lu Shi rubbed the little guy's head, walked to the back of the desk, took out a small box of tea leaves, and began to boil water.

On the other side, my wife and Margarita stared wide-eyed.

My generation: "Meow~"

Tilting their big heads, they stared at each other curiously.

Margarita bent down, carefully stretched out a finger, poked my skull, found that it was soft and cute, very cute, I couldn't help but see the joy of hunting, both hands out, rubbing and rubbing our cheeks.

My generation seems to like the touch of girls,

Last time it was Phyllis,

This time it's Margarita,

It did not show dissatisfaction, but "purred" and let the other party act rashly.

Her Royal Highness and my generation quickly formed a friendship.

It didn't take long for Lu Shi to make tea,

"Your Highness, please drink tea."

Margarita looked up and saw the tea floating in the cup without condiments, and was slightly puzzled,

She pinched her nose and pecked, and her eyes immediately lit up.

"Delicious!"

After all, it was a treasure snatched from Poincaré, and of course it was delicious.

Margarita drank half a cup while it was hot, then let out a sigh of satisfaction and said, "Professor Lu, the atmosphere here is really good. You see, the clerks outside didn't give me special treatment because I was a princess, and after one look at me, they buried themselves in their work. ”

Lu Shi scratched his head, there is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not,

Actually, Her Royal Highness the princess is self-inflicted,

"The Mirror" has just opened, and it is the busiest time, and the employees are 996 every day, and the light in their eyes is about to disappear, and they will not be so excited to see Margarita.

Lu Shi considered one or two, and finally decided not to tell the truth,

He digressed from the subject,

"Your Highness, have you finished writing your manuscript?"

Margarita nodded, took out a thick stack of manuscript paper, and handed it to Lu Shi.

Land Hours: ???

"You wrote this in a week?"

Margarita blushed,

"Hmm."

No way!

This is an absolute lie!

Lu Shi has reason to be sure that Margarita herself has a dream of being a writer, and she has completed the manuscript before, but it has not been published.

Of course, this is not a novelty.

Because people have a desire to express themselves, many people should have thought about becoming writers.

Lu Shi opened the manuscript,

The title is a female name -

Josephine Oberstein,

Can't see anything.

Lu Shi continued to read, and soon felt that something was wrong.

This article, or this one, is almost no different from traditional literature at the beginning, and it is completely different from "13 Years of a Princess: A Staff and a Crown Seal the Door of the Heart", which is completely different from each other.

Lu Shi frowned and asked, "You really wrote this article in imitation?" ”

Margarita looked surprised,

"Professor Lu, how do you know? I modeled Jane Eyre and it was one of my favorites! ”

Burst!

Lu Shi spat out a mouthful of old blood.

The imitation he said was "13 Years of a Princess: A Staff and a Crown Seal the Door of the Heart",

Her Royal Highness the princess is good, there is a "Jane Eyre",

It's outrageous!

Lu Shi couldn't help but complain: "You ...... Well, "Jane Eyre". But even if it's Jane Eyre, you can't do it! ”

Being so criticized, Margarita couldn't accept it,

"Professor Lu, why?"

Lu Shi said: "You said that one of your favorites is "Jane Eyre", then you should know how the author Charlotte Brontë portrayed Jane, right? ”

Margarita has read it no less than ten times, and of course she knows,

"Jane is a resilient ......"

Before the words fell, Lu Shi interrupted: "Let's not talk about the personality first, let's talk about the appearance first." ”

Margarita: "Huh? He was stunned for half a second before replying: "Jane's self-evaluation is 'poor, humble, not beautiful, and short'." ”

Lu Shi fingers,

"What about your article?"

Margarita was immediately unconvinced and said, "Josefina is beautiful, is there anything wrong?" Professor Lu, I love Jane Eyre, but I think there is also a disadvantage in this book, which is that the tone of the narrative is too superior, beyond the scope of my self-esteem as a contemporary woman. ”

Lu Shi: "......"

It's amazing to hear a princess from the early 20th century call herself a "contemporary woman."

He was slightly stunned, and it took a while to react,

"You can't expect a 19th-century woman writer to understand what a 'contemporary woman' is. Jane transcends herself, not a 'contemporary woman'. She's already awesome! ”

Margarita was silent.

Lu Shi continued: "Moreover, you have to understand the literary trend. Writers like to write about the Fallen Beauty, the heroine can meet with misfortune, but it must be a beauty, preferably the kind of pitiful one, in order to arouse the reader's sympathy and pity for her. Jane Eyre is different......"

Suddenly, Lu Shi stopped.

Margarita rarely listened to the one-on-one lectures of famous teachers, and said anxiously: "Professor Lu, why didn't you say it?" How is Jane Eyre different? ”

Lu Shi sighed,

"I'm telling you what you're doing. Even if you could write a Jane Eyre, you wouldn't be able to serialize it in The Mirror. ”

Margarita asked, "Why is that?" ”

Lu Shi scratched his head,

For a while, he didn't know how to explain to Margarita what a bosom friend was.

It's a "monster" born of pure journalism, and only people like Scott and Cooper who have completely fallen into the dark side of journalism can understand.

Lu Shi's mind wandered, thinking about the various pages of the "Mirror",

People's livelihood, comics, gender, jokes, common sense of life......

"Manga ......"

Lu Shi's eyes widened suddenly.

Just now he was chatting with Cooper, and he also thought that the two-sex version is not as good as the three-version girl,

One is because the fake three vulgarities can't beat the real three vulgarities,

The second is because words can't beat pictures.

The same applies to literary works.

But the reverse is also true, as long as serious literature is caricatured, even children can read it.

Lu Shi chuckled,

"It's okay if you can't write well."

Margarita was puzzled,

"Huh?"

Lu Shi's smile was even stronger, and he said, "We can paint!" ”

(End of chapter)