Zhang Hatshui is not arrogant.

Nowadays, the new literature produced under the New Culture Movement is the trend of the literary world, and the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School novels, which are used for entertainment and reading, if they are well written, they make money, but the authors always feel inferior to those new literature writers.

Gong Baiyu, who was admired by Liang Yusheng and took the pen name "Hansheng", was called "the grandmaster of the martial arts generation in the thirties and forties" by Jin Yong, and can be described as a famous martial arts master at home and abroad.

He was also a believer in new literature when he was young, and had several correspondence with the two brothers Lu Xun and Zhou Zuoren, and also personally went to Mr. Lu Xun's house in Badaowan to borrow and return books.

But later, Gong Baiyu's family fell into the middle of the road, and he realized that "living is the first thing in life", so he had to bow his head in front of the high remuneration and began to make a living by serializing martial arts novels in newspapers.

Although he became an instant hit with "Twelve Money Darts" and his economic situation has greatly improved, he is not only ashamed of his martial arts creations, but also contemptuous, and once bluntly said that "(he) these boring words can be published and have sales, which is a shame in today's North China literary circle."

Gong Baiyu felt that his famous flowers were depraved, and his soul was broken by the Blue Bridge, thinking that he had failed Mr. Lu Xun's ardent expectations for him, and felt that he had no shame to see Lu Xun again, so he automatically broke off the relationship.

The status of martial arts novel writers in the civil arts period can be seen from this.

It's been a week since The Legend of the Condor Heroes began to be serialized in Yishi Bao, and the newspaper's sales have increased slightly, and the editorial office has received several letters from readers about the novel, some asking for more details about Miss Yao Fulan, and others hoping to add more words to the daily serialization.

That's right, even though Chen Muwu has already submitted 100,000 words to the editorial department, the "Yishi Daily" still serializes at a rate of 1,000 words per day.

The main reason is that the page of each supplement is only so large, and if you want to increase the number of words in the novel, you either have to abridged other content, or you can only publish one more page in each issue.

Either of the above two methods is very risky, so I decided to observe for a while before making a decision.

Zhang Hatshui naturally thinks that Chen Muwu is well-dressed and can write such a good novel, but he is unwilling to use his real name because he can't wipe off his face and can't afford to lose people.

As soon as they met today, he confirmed his thoughts even more, it turned out that Chen Muwu's achievements in science were already high enough to be able to lecture at Shao University, so it was no wonder that he would look down on the ninth-rate identity of a martial arts novelist.

Chen Muwu didn't think so at all.

The reason why he uses a pen name is to pay tribute to Mr. Jin Yong, whose works were plagiarized by himself.

Second, he is afraid that his relatives and friends will come to ask questions after reading the novel, and he is troublesome.

Especially his eldest brother, if Chen Muqiao asked him about his motivation for writing and the whereabouts of the manuscript fee, Chen Muwu was afraid that he would not be able to explain it clearly.

That's right, he wasn't going to tell his eldest brother about those few calligraphy and paintings, he was afraid that there were so many treasures hidden in the house, which would bring unnecessary trouble to his eldest brother.

Chen Muwu's old principal, Ye Gongxuan, fled to Hong Kong because a Mao Gongding was targeted by Wa himself, and his nephew Ye Gongchao almost died under the torture of Xiao Wa Ben seven times.

Zhang Hatshui originally just wanted to describe the situation of the venue in this lecture in the newspaper, but he didn't expect to be fascinated by listening to Chen Muwu talking.

He admired Chen Muwu not only for his superb attainments in science, but also for his deep research skills in history, and the old things of the Western Han Dynasty more than a thousand years ago were casually at his fingertips, no wonder he could write a good story like "Shooting the Condor"!

When he heard the open-ended question raised by Chen Muwu at the end, it caused Zhang Hatshui to have infinite reverie.

If he could really go back in time, when would he go back?

Is it to the last years of the Qin Dynasty to help Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, avoid the defeat of Xiaxia?

Or to the Three Kingdoms of the Eastern Han Dynasty, so that Prime Minister Zhuge will no longer die before he can go out?

Is it to prevent the occurrence of "Jingkang shame", or to avoid the regret of "courtiers' hatred"?

Did he follow Inspector Yuan to Liaodong to kill Houjin Jiannu, or followed Guan Tianpei to bombard the British devils in Humen?

……

Chen Muwu naturally didn't expect that one of his lectures would make Zhang Hatshui, a grandmaster-level figure of the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly Sect, have the idea of writing a time-traveling novel.

He only knew that his last lecture today was the most successful of the five lectures in half a month.

At the end of the two-hour lecture, the audience applauded thunderously, but each had their own thoughts.

Mr. Lu Xun was proud that China could have such a skilled talent in scientific research as Chen Muwu, and he was also happy that his second brother was able to associate with the Zhilan Yushu of the Chen and Ma families.

……

Ma Yuzao, Qian Xuan, and Zhang Taiyan's subordinates felt that it was time to compile a tool book that could compare the ancient era names with the Western calendar and the Hijri calendar.

Chen Muwu's question of the age name made them calculate in their hearts for a long time, if it weren't for the timely rescue of Professor Chen Yuan, they would almost not be able to get off the stage. 【1】

Chen Muwu's study of physics instead of devoting himself to history is not a loss of a talent for the historical community?

……

Yan Renguang, head of the Department of Physics, discussed with Xia Yuanying, Ding Xilin and other professors, and after listening to these five lectures, everyone was sure that Chen Muwu's knowledge of physics was very profound.

Although he is very young and does not have a master's or doctoral degree from a foreign university, can he be hired to teach at Shao University?

Do you need to ask the acting principal what he means?

……

Jiang Menglin, the president of Shao University, who was worried about money, thought about how to open his mouth so that Chen Muwu could authorize the content of these five lectures to be sorted out and distributed by the Publishing Department of Shao University?

He thought that after the publication of this book, he would definitely make a lot of money, and he could suspend the urgent need for Shao Da to not be able to pay his salary.

It seems that Professor Hu Shizhi really has a way, and he can invite Chen Muwu to the school to give a lecture without spending a penny from the school.

……

Hu Shi was complacent, Chen Muwu's lecture was a great success, and his Hu Shi's contribution was indispensable.

Next, he only needs to persuade Chen Muwu to study at Cornell University in the United States, so that he can earn enough face in front of Schulman, and he can also claim to be a teacher in front of Chen Muwu.

He has his teacher Dewey in the past, Shulman as the current American minister, and Chen Muwu, a disciple of Humen, will continue to brush up his reputation in the future.

A little Zhang Junmai still wants to imitate his reputation by accompanying Du Lishu to give lectures in China, and he is also worthy?

It's just that the tiger can't be an anti-dog!

……

A few days later, Zhang Junmao, who was about to provoke a debate between science and metaphysics, pondered for a long time after listening to the speech, and he was going to Tsinghua University next week to give a speech on "Outlook on Life".

I heard that today's former brother-in-law has been pursuing Miss Lin and his father also came to the scene to listen to the lecture, and after the end, do you want to talk to Lin Changmin, Xu Zhimo is a chaotic Chen Shimei, let him take care of his daughter, don't fall into the trap of his rhetoric?

……

Lin Changmin overheard that the American minister was going to Shaoda to listen to a lecture, and he had nothing to do today, so he ran over to join in the fun.

Looking at the knowledgeable and personable Chen Muwu on the stage, he suddenly felt that it was not bad to find a fast son-in-law with such a talent for his family, not much better than Xu Zhimo, who had been with him to the lecture site today?

After I go back, I will inquire about whose son Chen Muwu is and what his family background is. 【2】

……

Only Xu Zhimo, who only pursues "love, beauty and freedom" in his life, is the most unrestrained, he was the first to stand up, and the slap was the loudest, and he shouted while applauding: "Brother Hanchen is a great talent!" Brother Hanchen is a great talent! ”

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[1] Author's note: "Twenty Historical Shuo Leap Table", by Chen Yuan, published by the Institute of Chinese Studies of Shaojing University in 1926.

Chen Yuan was a professor at Yujing University at this time, and he was also a middle-aged man who answered Chen Muwu's question about which year corresponds to the first year of the Yuan Dynasty.

[2] Author's note: The heroine of this article is not Lin Changmin's daughter.