Literary Heroes of the Republic of China

a certain university.

"Have you heard? "Contagion" is published!"

"The "Contagion" published in the Hope Monthly? Isn't it finished?"

"It's over now! It's on sale!"

"I saw it in the newspaper too... I'll go buy it right away!"

"I will go with you."

"Buy me a copy too."

……

A boarding school.

"I went to the teacher's office just now and heard the teacher say that "Contagion" has been published!"

"Really? I've been wanting to see the back!"

"What to do? We won't be home until Saturday!"

"I'm going to ask the teacher for leave. I will go out to buy books at noon today. Does anyone want it?"

"I want it!" "I want it too!" "And me!"

……

The story of "Contagion" looks quite scary. While the protagonist is looking for a cure, he must also prevent people from being infected. At the same time, people around him will be infected from time to time...

The detailed description and tense rhythm will make readers feel that their whole heart has been pulled, and it is precisely because of this that everyone wants to read it more and more.

There are more and more people buying "Contagion" in the bookstore. Fortunately, Huo Ershao wrote a lot and printed a total of [-] copies, so no matter how many people buy it, there is no need to worry about not being able to sell the book.

Fu Huai'an went to buy books early in the morning. He bought five books in one go. After buying them, he brought them to school. Besides reading them for himself, he also showed them to his classmates.

"This book is so beautiful!"

"I think this book is terrible. After reading this book, I cleaned the house specially."

"Me too, I have my nails trimmed clean now."

"I told my parents to pay attention to hygiene."

"The more I am afraid, the more I want to see..."

The students said that they gathered together in twos and threes to read, but there were so few books that many people couldn't read them.

"Let's find someone to read it!" Someone suggested, and everyone agreed.

In the end, a person who spoke Chinese very standard was pushed onto the stage and began to read the content of "Contagion" that had not been published in the Hope Monthly.

Everyone listened carefully.

It's not just the students of Ping An Middle School who are reading this book, even the storyteller in the teahouse is reading it right now.

Most of the people at this time were illiterate, but they also knew stories such as "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Journey to the West", and this depended on watching dramas and listening to Mr. Shu.

These books, especially "Journey to the West", are read exactly according to the reading, and many people actually don't understand them, so storytellers usually explain them in dialects according to their own understanding.

But recently, the books written by Lou Yuyu and Tianxing don't need to be so troublesome. As long as the storyteller reads them in dialect, everyone can understand them.

At this moment, the people in the teahouse are all listening to Mr. Shu reading. Some people have no money or are reluctant to spend money to drink tea in the teahouse, and they are still listening outside the teahouse.

Everyone was mesmerized.

When the storyteller stopped to drink tea after the storyteller finished speaking, people started to discuss heatedly: "Those Japanese are not good people, we must not save them."

"It doesn't matter if you don't save it! If the disease spreads, our country will also suffer."

"Then only give medicine to people in our own country, not to others!"

……

Everyone was discussing, the storyteller slapped the gavel and started talking again.

People immediately shut their mouths and continued to listen carefully.

Occasionally, someone would come in from the outside and disturb them by calling the waiter to make tea, which would cause all of them to stare.

In the story, the protagonist is the one who researched the medicine and saved people.

It also wrote in detail the preparation method of the medicine and so on. It can be seen that the author is very familiar with the experimental equipment.

Those who heard that Mr. Shu was studying in the teahouse only felt that the proper nouns such as the microscope cell nucleus mentioned in the article were very tall and educated.

But those who know the relevant knowledge, or simply study medicine, think that most of Tian Xing has studied abroad and been in a laboratory.

If not, how could he know this?

But now, after reading the novel, they even want to go to the laboratory to try it out—I don’t know if they can research Xilin according to it...

If Mu Qiong knew what they were thinking, he would definitely tell them they couldn't.

In his previous life, he wrote a novel called "Super Bacteria", and it was precisely in order to write this novel well that he stayed in the laboratory. He learned how to make penicillin at that time.

At that time, he also specially learned about various experimental equipment and some related experimental knowledge, which he will use when he writes now.

But the method of making penicillin written in his article is completely different from the actual method of making penicillin.

I really want to study penicillin according to what is written in his novel... I am afraid that I will not be able to research it in my whole life.

However, others do not know this.

Foreign doctors in the concession, and some missionaries with relevant knowledge, are also among those who want to do experiments.

However, before going to the laboratory, they bought a lot of books and sent them back to China.

They feel that such a book should be read by people in their country.

Of course, many people in their own country are not good at Chinese, so they may not be able to understand this book...

"I have already translated the first half of the book "Contagion". These days, I will translate the latter part." A missionary who has been translating this book said: "I still have to find Once you find Huo Ershao, you will be lucky to meet him... I think this book can be published in the United States!"

"That's a great idea! I think the book should be a bestseller."

"I think so too, Tianxing's imagination is too rich!"

"We can translate another book of his!"

……

These people talked non-stop, and then this book quickly spread in the circle of foreigners.

Not all foreigners who came to Shanghai knew Chinese, but they basically knew English. They copied the translated manuscript several times, and then circulated it.

It's a pity that the second half has not been translated yet, so these people can't see the complete... They all want to learn Chinese.

The book "Contagion" has been selling for many days.

Those who don't like reading will buy this book—how can they not buy such a famous book?

The shopkeepers of some shops selling Japanese goods deliberately bought this book and put it in their counters to tell others that they are patriotic.

And after buying the book, even those who don't read very much will inevitably flip through it, and after they read it... In this age when there are not many books to read, many people are fascinated by reading it this way.

Fortunately, for a while, there were many more readers, and this book was still being discussed everywhere in Shanghai.

"If only there was such a thing as Xilin!"

"In the book "I'm in a Hundred Years Later", Xilin was also mentioned...Tianxing wrote it several times. Is there really such a thing?"

"This book is very good, but the fact that the Japanese were rescued later made me unhappy."

"What's so good about it? The Japanese want us to save them, how happy they are?"

"Didn't the text say it? What kind of humanitarianism do you want?"

"If only our country could be so powerful one day!"

……

When people were discussing, there was also a copy of "Contagion" on the table in front of Mu Qiong.

The sales volume of the book "Contagion" far exceeds that of "Study Abroad" written by him before, but it's a pity that he can't get a penny, and he has to spend his own money to buy it...

But he is still happy.

When Fu Yun'an came over, he saw "Contagion" on Mu Qiong's desk at a glance.

"Have you finished reading this book?" Fu Yun'an asked.

"I've finished reading." Mu Qiong smiled and recommended his own book: "Yun'an, you must read this book, it's very well written."

"I've read it." Fu Yun'an smiled and said, "It's really a good book, I like it very much."

Hearing what Fu Yunan said, Mu Qiong asked suddenly: "Then do you like the book written by me, or the book written by Tianxing?"

Fu Yun'an froze for a moment, and said, "Of course it's yours." In fact, he liked "Contagion" better, but a lover younger than himself must be coaxed.

Mu Qiong laughed: "Yun'an, you can actually say this, just say that I like Tianxing's books, but I like you more."

Fu Yun'an: "..." Are young people nowadays so good at talking?

Fu Yun'an felt that it was necessary for him to learn how to speak love words.

At this time, Huo Ying received another telegram from his father.

His father has been sending him telegrams lately, and those telegrams... are all scolding him.

It's not cheap to send a telegram... The old man really has too much money to burn!

Huo Ying didn't take those telegrams seriously at all, and continued to work.

After he fought with the Japanese with swords and guns, his work became smoother and smoother. Now many patriots in the country are rushing to help him...

It is said that the Japanese recently robbed him of the woolen and wool raw materials he wanted, and someone brought him some immediately.

Huo Ying didn't like those people who shouted for saving the country and revolution all day long, thinking that they were too noisy to affect his money, but now, he suddenly felt that they were a little cute.

"We printed some of the book "Contagion" and then sent it to other cities for sale."

"The factory asks them to work harder and produce more!"

"Twenty thousand woolen military uniforms are just the beginning!"

……

Huo Ying ordered the people under him.

He has already bought a machine that can make woolen materials, and bought a lot of raw materials such as wool. Twenty thousand woolen military coats can definitely be produced, but the time may be a little tight.

"Second Young Master, the British businessman who ordered woolen military uniforms, he has gotten very close to the Japanese recently..." One of his subordinates frowned a little worriedly: "If he repents and doesn't want our military uniforms, our funds will turn around Don't come."

They invested a lot of money in making this batch of military uniforms. If the British businessman didn’t want them after they made them, the batch of goods would be on his hands—these military coats are all made according to the figures of Europeans and Americans. People who want to wear it, I am afraid it will not fit.

"It's okay, they won't want it." Huo Ying laughed.

When Huo Ying comforted his subordinates, the British businessman who signed the contract with Huo Ying and paid the deposit had already decided not to want the batch of goods made by Huo Ying.

Under the condition that Japan was willing to compensate him for the deposit he had paid to Huo Ying, and then sell him a batch of woolen military uniforms at a very low price, he still chose Japan.

After all, he is a businessman.

Even if he has to be wary of Japan, it doesn't affect his business with the Japanese, does it?What's more, the products produced in Japan are indeed better than those produced in China in terms of quality.

If it weren't for the lobbying of his friends, he would not have bought military uniforms from the Chinese before.

Under the lead of Shiro Doihara, the British businessman signed a contract with a Japanese manufacturer.

When he signed the contract with Huo Ying, he gave Huo Ying a deposit, but this time he did not pay the deposit. Instead, the Japanese side gave him a compensation equal to the deposit he gave Huo Ying.

"Mr. Will, please keep the fact that we signed the contract a secret." Doihara Shiro said to the British businessman in front of him.

If the British businessman in front of him doesn't tell the story, Huo Ying's factory will produce the [-] woolen military uniforms.

At that time, if the British businessman no longer wants to... Huo Ying will be miserable!

When Shiro Doihara thought about it, his mood immediately improved.

He has already made up his mind to grab more of Huo Ying's business, but if the business is robbed again and again, Huo Ying's capital turnover will not be enough, and his factory will naturally not be able to continue - even if there is Huo Da behind him Handsome, but Marshal Huo couldn't give him unlimited money.

When Huo Ying's factory closed down, he might be able to buy Huo Ying's factory.

"No problem." Mr. Will said: "It's a pleasant cooperation."

"Happy cooperation!" Shiro Doihara narrowed his eyes with a smile.

The orders that Huo Ying received recently were not just for woolen military uniforms. In fact, he also received some orders for fur vests and boots.

And Doihara Shiro did the same, and also snatched it over.

Produced so many goods but could not sell them, Shiro Doihara could already imagine how unlucky Huo Ying would be at that time.

The local Snake Jiang Xinchun in Shanghai was more or less aware of the Japanese grabbing business.He held the shares of Huo Ying's factory in his hand, hoping that Huo Ying would make money, so he found Huo Ying and asked Huo Ying to be careful.

"Uncle Jiang, don't worry, nothing will happen." Huo Ying said.

In his warehouse, a lot of Xilin has been piled up... It's time to take it out.

He is determined not to sell the country where the defaulter is located...he wants to see if these people dare to breach the contract.

On the Japanese side, the products needed for the orders stolen from him are already being produced, so I don't know if they can sell them.