Wardhouse left.

When he was on land, he also took a carriage back to Blaya Road,

Along the way, he finished reading today's serialized "I Am a Cat" comic.

I have to admit that Picasso is not only "Guernica" and "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" such as cubist mountains and rivers, but also the lower riba people, the generations in the comics are very cute, and the details are not lost in authenticity.

Lu Shi looked at it, just like the real one of my generation jumped on the paper.

It took half an hour to rush back from the port,

As soon as he turned onto Blaya Road, the coachman spoke: "Sir, this street is now a 'forbidden area'. ”

Land Hours: ???

"Soccer penalty area?"

There was silence outside, and the coachman was obviously upset by this rhetorical question.

After a while, he said: "No, it's just that the carriage can't get in on this road at all, and it's too congested, so there's really no way." ”

Lu Shi was surprised.

In the future, Blya Road may become the former residence of Lu Shi and the former residence of Natsume Soseki.

But now, it's an ordinary residential area in London.

Puzzled, he asked, "What is this......"

He was only halfway through his sentence when he heard screams outside,

"Lovely! It's so cute! ”

"Hmmmm......mm I'm going to faint...... Finished...... I fainted. ”

"Hurry, hurry! Take a picture of you! ”

……

When Lu Shi lifted the curtains,

I saw a black piece not far away, squeezed a lump of ladies, shoulder to shoulder, very lively,

There were even women who brought people to take pictures and fiddled with their cameras there.

They seem to be surrounding something.

The coachman is helpless,

"Sir, you saw it too."

Lu Shi jumped out of the carriage to pay, and squeezed over there with a huge suitcase, and finally managed to find a way.

Unsurprisingly, in the middle of the crowd was my generation.

The little guy was curled up in Phyllis's arms, yawning from time to time, lazy, like a big star.

At this time, a lady stepped forward and learned to bark:

"Meow~"

I looked up, and without even looking at each other, I stretched out my claws.

The lady was very excited and hurriedly handed over today's "Mirror",

Smack-

With a soft sound, my generation left paw prints on the comic version.

Lu Shi looked confused,

Autograph session!?

What kind of weird performance art is this!?

But the lady was very happy, like a treasure, and excitedly said: "I'm so cute to you!" Let me kiss you~"

As a result, my generation lifted his left leg, licked his crotch, and then looked at each other coldly, with three points of coldness, four points of ridicule, and seven points of carelessness in his eyes, and a chill in his bones made people can't help but retreat.

The lady immediately understood and stepped aside.

After watching the whole process, Lu Shi complained wildly in his heart,

How did the little guy become the boss.

He kept squeezing in,

"Borrowed. Borrow it. ”

My senior's ears were pricked up all of a sudden, and my eyes swept away, and I immediately spotted Lu Shi in the crowd.

"Meow~"

It screamed, kicked Phyllis in the chest, jumped to the ground, and went straight to Land, then circled around his landing legs.

Lu Shi put down his luggage and touched the other party's brain shell,

"What? Mixed up with the king of the cats? ”

My generation: "Meow~"

It jumped, grabbed the handle of the suitcase when it was on land, and found that it couldn't bite it at all, so it changed it to an arch again, and put its head on the lower edge of the suitcase.

Lu Shi lifted his luggage a little puzzled,

As a result, my generation moved under the luggage very doggedly, with his head on it, to help share the weight.

No matter how cold it is, there are times when you incarnate and lick a dog.

Seeing this scene, there was silence at the scene,

“……”

“……”

“……”

The atmosphere was eerie.

After a while, there was a commotion in the crowd,

"Who's that guy? Why is it Asian? ”

"You don't know? That is the hottest writer in London right now, Lu, the author of "The Mystery of Roger" and "No One Left Alive", and the head of the Mirror. ”

"Isn't the hottest thing now "I'm a Cat"?"

"In general, the fire is clearly a comic."

……

Lu Shi couldn't help but snicker,

Let's serialize it with the manga, it's really the right decision.

When the land time looks around,

"Guys, I'm so sorry that I'm going to take my generation away."

The ladies are quite reluctant,

But after knowing Lu Shi's identity, no one could say anything, so he could only leave in a huff.

It took five minutes for the crowd to disperse.

At this time, Phyllis leaned over and whispered in a suppressed excited voice, "Professor Lu, you're finally back!" ”

Lu Shi nodded,

"Hmm."

It does take too much time to travel to and from the United States.

He asked curiously, "What happened just now?" Why are they all around us? ”

Phyllis couldn't help but cover her lips and smile,

"This guy is a big star now. The comic book "I Am a Cat" was a huge success, especially the young lady and the lady, who seemed to prefer the lovely ones to the brave Jane Eyre. ”

It's not that it's incomprehensible,

Cuteness is justice.

Phyllis continued, "One day, Mr. Natsume took me out for a walk, and I was recognized. So, everyone knows that the prototype of the protagonist of "I Am a Cat" is on Blaiya Road, so I squat here every day. At first, Mr. Natsume thought it was funny, but then he couldn't bear to bother. Moreover, with the explosion of "I Am a Cat", Mr. Natsume has to accept various interviews and socialize more and more, so he entrusts me to take my generation out every day to hang around. ”

Natsume Soseki, an autistic child, is also socialized?

It's really rare.

Lu Shi felt more and more the changes he had brought to the world.

He and Phyllis walked to Blaya Road and asked, "You don't have to play Roman Holiday lately?" ”

Phyllis happily said, "I'm on vacation!" ”

Lu Shi said "ah", and then remembered that the other party had just toured in Europe.

He smiled and encouraged: "It seems that you have also become a big star~"

Phyllis couldn't help but blush,

"It's not as good as my generation."

As she spoke, she was a little depressed and said, "Moreover, your copyright to "Roman Holiday" ...... Now, there are troupes all over Europe performing this play, and the local language has an advantage over the English performance. ”

Lu Shi really did not strictly manage the copyright matter, as long as he paid the fee, he could be properly adapted and performed.

He comforted: "It's okay, if there is a suitable script in the future......"

Before the words fell, the two arrived at their destination.

Phyllis winked cutely,

"Professor Lu, then I'll go first."

After speaking, she bent down and jerked my hands a few times, and then waved at Lu Shi and jumped away.

Lu Shi knocked on the door.

Not long after, Natsume Soseki's voice came from inside: "Is Miss Phyllis back?" ”

Squeak –

The door was pulled open.

Natsume Soseki couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Lu, and then gave him a hug fiercely

"You're back!"

His cheeks flushed with excitement, and he slapped his forehead as if he remembered something.

"Come on, I'll introduce you!"

After speaking, he snatched the luggage in Lu Shi's hand and took Lu Shi into the house.

Lu Shi realized that there were three other people in the house.

Natsume Soseki introduces in turn:

“

Shimazaki Fujimura,

Tatsunosuke Hasegawa,

Masaoka sub-nori.

”

All three Japanese people looked extremely surprised, as Natsume Soseki was introduced in Japanese, not English or Chinese.

Unexpectedly, Lu Shi actually understood and greeted them in turn.

Among the three, Masaoka Zigui undoubtedly has the highest status.

As an East Asian, he is rarely eye-catching,

He was very thin, wore a cotton white short-sleeved shirt with simple cotton trousers, sat upright, and his waist was as straight as bamboo, which showed the unique Japanese temperament of the Meiji period.

His hair had begun to gray a little, and his eye sockets were sunken, all reminders that his death was not far from 1902.

The other two Japanese were waiting for Masaoka to speak first.

He coughed lightly,

"Professor Lu, we are here in London because we heard about the sensation caused by Natsume-kun's serialization in English."

Lu Shi said: "It should have taken a short time for the news to reach Japan, right? ”

Masaoka Zigui nodded again and again,

"It's true that communications are too underdeveloped right now. However, as soon as we saw the Mirror, we boarded a cruise to London. ”

How can Lu Shi not understand?

It's the same as Gu Hongming and Zheng Guanying coming to find themselves,

There is a saying that says,

"If one person attains the Tao, the chicken and dog ascend to heaven."

To put it simply, all three of them are here to worship the pier.

Lu Shi said: "Indeed, Natsume should be the most familiar Japanese to the citizens of London. Here, your Meiji Emperor is not necessarily bad. ”

Masaoka Zigui was stunned,

The emperor was called directly, which made him a little difficult to accept for a while.

But soon he put himself in the right position, in front of the Chinese in front of him, he should still remain humble and low-key,

He had already heard Natsume Soseki say that Lu Shi must have been awarded a medal by King Edward VII of England.

Which Japanese has ever won such an honor?

Masaoka Zigui said in a deep voice: "Professor Lu, what you said is good. We are here to find Natsume-kun for the so-called 'fame'. ”

And so it was.

Lu Shi's guess was not wrong -

Bai Pier.

Natsume Soseki couldn't help but smile bitterly, sighed, and said, "Masaoka-kun, you really exalted me too much. The success of "I Am a Cat" has something to do with me, but the relationship is definitely not the biggest. ”

Masaoka Zigui was silent,

The other two Japanese didn't talk to each other either.

Lu Shi saw that they didn't speak, so he said: "There are three main reasons for the success of "I Am a Cat", one is Natsume's innovation, and the writing method of using cats as a first-person perspective is whimsical; Second, Mr. Picasso is the youngest promising painter I know; Third, the serialized newspapers and periodicals are good, and the Mirror is the best-selling newspaper in London. ”

These three points are indispensable.

And how could three Japanese not know?

But......

"It's rare for a Japanese literati to be recognized by English gentlemen and ladies."

Masaoka muttered to herself.

Even in 1894, when the Japan-Britain Treaty of Commerce and Navigation was signed, and the unequal treaties and extraterritoriality of the Western powers against Japan ended, Britain still enjoyed privileges in Japan.

Therefore, the Japanese have always longed for the recognition of "mainstream society" and "civilized society".

Lu Shi glanced at Natsume Soseki with a question in his eyes.

The latter understood, leaned over and whispered, "All three of them have something to ask for me. ”

Lu Shi nodded,

"Well, I can guess."

He looked around and asked, "The same demand?" ”

Natsume Soseki shook his head, his gaze stayed on Shimazaki Fujimura for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Shimazaki-kun's request is the simplest, I hope I will guide him to write." ”

Point?

The corners of Lu Shi's mouth were hooked, and he felt that this word was afraid to be put in quotation marks.

Shimazaki Fujimura is a Japanese poet and family, whose masterpiece "Breaking the Ring" was published at his own expense in 1906.

And this book is the first novel he completed in 7 years.

After all, I was already creating at this point.

This book depicts the struggle of a young teacher who has been abandoned by society for self-realization, and is a masterpiece of naturalism.

Historically, although the book reflects the "influence" (borrowing) of Rousseau and Zola, it has been appreciated by Natsume Soseki and others, making Shimazaki Fujimura the most high-profile standard-bearer of naturalistic literature.

Lu Shi muttered the title of the book in his heart,

"Breaking the Ring",

He remembered an anecdote about Shimazaki Fujimura.

Shimazaki's wife died in childbirth in 1910, and his niece Komako took care of her and helped raise her for many years.

As a result, in 1913, he had a love affair with his niece,

In order to avoid the condemnation of his family, he hid from France, and in order to justify himself, he even revealed that his father had made the same mistake and considered it a curse that could not be helped, but the public thought that such behavior was corrupt and unforgivable.

It can only be said that this is very Japanese.

Lu Shi asked Natsume Soseki: "Have you thought about it?" ”

Natsume Soseki hesitated,

He "instructs" the other party to create, which is equivalent to letting the other party worship under his own door and lend his fame to the other party.

- Natsume Soseki's apprentice who was recognized by the British Empire,

This name must be very popular in Japan!

Natsume Soseki thought of the example that Lu Shi had talked about before,

Take "antiques" and "cultural toys" to London, conduct an appraisal in a private museum in London, and then sell them back to China.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Japanese admired the foreign and flattered the foreigners, and they ate this set very much.

Natsume Soseki ponders,

"I'll have to think about it."

The world line seems to have changed again,

According to the original historical development, Natsume Soseki was willing to stand on the platform for Shimazaki Fujimura,

But now that he's had a huge success in London, "I Am a Cat" has captured the hearts of countless people and made him even more fond of feathers.

Of course, there is also a reason that "Breaking the Ring" has not yet been written at this moment.

Without seeing the full picture, it's hard to comment.

Lu Shi glanced at Hasegawa Tatsunosuke again,

"What about this one?"

Natsume Soseki scratches his head,

"Uh...... Have you ever heard of "Floating Clouds"? ”

Lu Shi was surprised,

"Isn't that the work of the four fans of the Futaba Pavilion?"

Hasegawa's eyes lit up on the side and said, "Professor Lu actually knows my pen name?" Have you read "Floating Clouds"? ”

Lu Shi was silent.

The book "Floating Clouds" does say something,

In Japan, it is known as "the first creation of the unity of language and writing", that is, the originator of vernacular writing, which is equivalent to the status of "Diary of a Madman" in the Chinese literary circle.

Through the fate of an upright and learned young man, who was ostracized by government agencies and despised by his lover, the contradiction between feudal tradition and modern Western civilization was revealed, and the image of the first "superfluous man" in the history of Japanese literature who was dissatisfied with reality but was powerless to resist was created.

"Floating Clouds" is regarded as the pioneering work of modern Japanese realist literature.

And such a book, when it came out, there was little response,

The four fans of Futabatei decided to stop creating on the grounds that "literature is not the lifelong career of a husband".

Since then, he has worked as a translator and editor for the Cabinet Newspaper, a teacher at the Army University and the Tokyo Foreign Chinese School, and as a cadre at the Beijing Police Academy during the Qing Dynasty in China.

But now that he has come to Natsume Soseki, he can only show that "literature is not the lifelong career of a husband" is not his true idea.

Well, this kind of misalignment is also very Japanese.

"Tsk......"

Lu Shi was speechless and looked at Natsume Soseki,

The latter smiled wryly,

"I'll have to think about it."

Lu Shi couldn't help laughing and said, "Natsume, so many people come to you, you are simply timely rain and call for Baoyi~"

Natsume Soseki was stunned for half a second before he thought that it was Song Jiang that the rain was talking about,

He also made a joke,

"Then I didn't see 'bow down'~"

The brothers in the rivers and lakes of "Water Margin", as long as they hear the name of Song Jiang, they will bow their heads and bow down.

All three Japanese couldn't help but be embarrassed.

They exchange glances,

Or, really give Natsume Soseki a knock?

(End of chapter)