The second volume is full of glory and splendor in the capital, and the spirit is full of vitality in the foggy city. Chapter 179 Becoming a Monk
This chapter's subtitle: Master Yuan, who has no place to stay
Our Master Yuan nodded immediately and said, "Keke, my place is indeed too small, and there is only one guest room. This is really unfair to you, otherwise..."
"Why don't you come live with me?" the rich and beautiful girl said.
He immediately shook his head and said, "That won't do! Why don't you go back to your home first!"
If I were to live in your house, it would be like I'm just a gigolo, which would be detrimental to my glorious image as a master...
In fact, our Master Yuan was really worrying too much. The netizens in later generations on this timeline... of course, mainly the male loser netizens, gave him a resounding nickname, "The King of Soft Rice".
Because he made too many enemies after returning to Seris, and his enemies couldn't defeat him, they had to "slander" him as a gigolo.
Master Yuan was very angry about this and blurted out, "Why don't you eat the free rice that comes from your own ability?"
This sentence is so damn hateful. Not to mention at that time, even a hundred years later, there will be many Luthers who can't afford to live off him and will still be resentful towards him.
Ms. Brooks pouted and said, "I don't want it. I want to stay with you."
Yuan Yan suddenly thought of something and said, "Oh, right, Keke. Aren't your three children still studying in New York? Why don't you go back to see them?"
"Hmm..." The rich and beautiful woman with three children giggled and asked meaningfully, "Niao, do you want to meet my lovely children?"
Really, why would I even want to see them? I'm not going to be their ghost father...
Really, I have been led astray by those unhealthy-minded people of later generations, it was my stepfather!
"Hahaha..." Master Yuan laughed dryly and was about to make excuses...
“Knock knock knock… knock knock knock…”
At this moment, there was a rapid knock on the door. Yuan Yan suddenly heard Sister Lian answering the door. He just stood up to see who had come when he saw a group of people rushing into the living room.
"Neo, where is your novel? Take it out quickly!" This is Mr. Magician, the master of craftsmanship.
"Neo, how do you know Einstein?" This is His Majesty the Emperor, John McCall.
"Neo, I want to take over my father's publishing house!" This is Her Majesty the Queen, Helen Brown.
"Neo, is Einstein really your fan?" This is His Holiness the Pope, Louis Baker.
"Neo, I want an exclusive interview, an exclusive interview, an exclusive interview!" This is Her High Priestess, Emma Pulitzer.
"Neo, you didn't show it to me first but to that Jew?!" The one with the most aggressive tone was naturally Lord of the Tower, Nikola Tesla.
"Guys, I say..."
Lord Fool wanted to introduce his new friend to his fellow comrades, but these Major Arcana from the SCP Foundation had no manners at all. They pushed the petite Ms. Brooks out of the circle and surrounded him with questions.
"SILENCE!" He finally yelled, "Shut up, everyone!"
"Answer me a question first!" He pointed at His Holiness the Pope and said, "Louis, how did you know I was back?"
He really hadn't had time to notify his friends, so he didn't understand why these guys followed him here.
Louis Baker was stunned when he heard this and said, "Neo, don't you know? Our NYPR radio station has been full of news about you these days. They've broadcast when you left Princeton, when you crossed the Hudson River, when you entered Manhattan, and when you arrived home!"
"Huh?!" Yuan Yan was stunned when she heard this and blurted out, "Why are you following me?"
His Holiness the Pope explained, "Neo, we're not following you. An enthusiastic listener saw you and called us."
"Why are these people paying so much attention to me?" Master Yuan became even more confused after hearing this.
"Why?" Everyone looked at each other for a moment before bursting into laughter. "Hahaha..."
It was the kind-hearted Mr. Baker who spoke up to clear up the confusion: "Neo, because you are the contemporary writer most admired by Einstein!"
Lord Grey Knight was, after all, a time traveler, always separated from this era by a layer, so he completely underestimated the Grand Mage at the time... not his influence, but his popularity.
There are truly no greater figures in the history of science than Newton and Einstein, and no more popular stars in their time.
As the saying goes, a person's destiny depends on their own efforts, but they also need to consider the course of history...
“Pika Pika!”
You know, the reason why Newton and Einstein were so unprecedented is not only because they were really great, but also because of the overall environment.
First of all, there is Tianhe. Both of them are living in troubled times.
Newton was born in 1643, during the height of the Thirty Years' War. From a European perspective, the Thirty Years' War could be considered the First World War. Both Newton and the Thirty Years' War mark the beginning of modern European history.
There is no need to say much about Einstein. He lived during the First and Second World Wars, when not only Europe but the whole world was in chaos.
Just like the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the multi-national melee created a huge demand for experiential thought and cognition. This demand stimulated the emergence of experiential cognitive patterns, and corresponding figures would appear on the historical stage, among whom there would inevitably be top masters.
The second advantage is the geographical location, as they were all located in the world's academic center at that time.
Newton was able to defeat Leibniz and become the first person to know calculus because England in the 17th century was much more powerful than Germany at the same time... Germany didn't even exist at that time.
The German scientific community in the early 20th century was truly brilliant. Einstein's teachers, classmates, and even his first wife were all experts in physics and mathematics.
The last and most crucial thing is harmony among people. The cognitive level of their era has just reached the critical state for the emergence of epoch-making new ideas.
Many scholars before Newton claimed to have proven the elliptical orbits of planets, and Galileo, even before him, had already deduced the relationship between motion and gravity. The Lorentz transformation also existed long before Einstein's special theory of relativity.
The theories proposed by these two geniuses were advanced, but not so advanced that no one could understand them, or so incompatible with the mainstream thinking at the time.
Such a combination of time, place and people cannot be replicated, which is why no great scientist with a similar status has emerged since Einstein.
Yuan Yanshu comes from an Internet era of "entertainment to death", where the news that makes headlines is often about the trivial matters of entertainment stars.
The little star named Xue and his ex-girlfriend have been fighting for a long time, the big star named Wang's wife and agent are having an affair known to everyone, and the relationship between two popular superstars can crash the server... The little things of the stars can even alarm the Party Central Committee!
Not to mention the general public, just look at the petty intellectuals who think they are very high-class. They can talk about this year's Oscar awards with great relish, but have no idea who the winners of this year's Nobel Prize...except for the literature and peace prizes.
That was different in 1921. The number of intellectuals in the world who knew Einstein was at least an order of magnitude greater than the number who knew Lillian Gish and David Griffith.
Albert Einstein was the superstar and intellectual icon of our time.
And our Master Yuan became a superstar and an intellectual idol overnight.
Before this, American literary critics could still despise him because he had "squinty eyes", ignore him because most of his works were popular novels, and look down on him because he had not yet written a truly pure literary masterpiece.
After this, if there are still literary critics who want to criticize his works, they have to consider the distance between themselves and the greatest scientist of the 20th century... In fact, if they really want to measure it, they must use light years.
"Speak one by one!" Yuan Yan pointed at the Major Arcanas.
Master Ai Shouyi said, "Neo, the phone at SCP magazine is about to explode with calls. Readers are asking when your work will be published. I think it would be better to publish a supplement..."
His personal lawyer said, "Neo, don't publish it in the magazine yet! Do you know how many publishing agents have contacted me these days? It's already in the triple digits..."
The beautiful girl the private lawyer was pursuing said, "Neo, don't listen to him. My father said he will take care of all your works. Just name your price..."
His first benefactor said, "Neo, you haven't been to my house for a long time. My grandfather and my uncle miss you very much. By the way, when will you be interviewed on our radio station? I think tomorrow morning..."
The female reporter, whose relationship with the first benefactor was somewhat unclear, said, "Neo, you must accept my interview before going on the radio station! I think we should do it now..."
The most straightforward one was the great inventor who hadn't been seen in a long time. He must have been the one who started tinkering with "wireless power transmission" after he got rich. He stretched out his hand and said, "Give it to me!"
"Hey, I thought something big was going on." Yuan Yan, secretly delighted, finally put on her "masterly demeanor" and waved to the female secretary outside the circle, saying, "Ai Si, come here. Make a schedule for me..."
"Ding-ling-ling..."
Just then, the phone rang.
Master Yuan, who happened to be right next to the phone, picked it up and heard a panicked voice from the receiver: "Mr. Yuan! This is bad! Too many!!!"
"What's wrong with me? Is there something too much? By the way, where are you from?" Master Yuan asked unhappily.
"Mr. Yuan, I'm your concierge. Why don't you check the street downstairs yourself..."
Yuan Yan put down the receiver and walked to the window to look down...
He gasped. Dozens of cars and hundreds of people had completely blocked the road in front of his apartment!
In fact, in addition to underestimating the popularity of the Grand Magister, Lord Grey Knight also underestimated his own influence in New York.
Whether in the East or the West, residents of large cities often have an inexplicable sense of superiority, and the larger the city, the stronger the residents' sense of superiority. To put it bluntly, this sense of superiority is actually a sense of identification with the city they live in.
In fact, this is human nature and there is nothing much to say. It is pointless to magnify it to regional discrimination. Who doesn’t love his hometown?
With this sense of identity, citizens will feel proud of their city's specialties, customs, achievements, history and celebrities.
In the eyes of New Yorkers, Neo Yuan is a true New Yorker. They forget that he is not yet an American citizen, and even ignore, intentionally or unintentionally, that he is a yellow person.
The NY in NY, this nickname is not just talk.
Now that this New Yorker has become a "recognized" home, people who know him naturally come to say hello, and those who don't know him but want to know him or think they are qualified to know him... come uninvited. Hence the current lively scene.
"We can't live here anymore!" Yuan Yan suddenly said to everyone, "Brothers... and you guys, help me block the front door. I'm going to retreat through the back door first."
"Neo, where are you going to live?" everyone asked in unison.
Yes, I probably can’t stay in the hotel. What if some kind-hearted person calls and my whereabouts are exposed again.
So, I can only stay at these guys' houses. Or maybe I can stay at Baker's house for a while...
Someone also said decisively: "Go to my house!"
Everyone looked closely and saw that the person who spoke was a beautiful young woman who was dressed gorgeously and fashionably and looked a little familiar, so everyone turned their attention to Master Yuan.
There is envy, jealousy and hatred in the eyes of men, and contempt and... resentment in the eyes of women. Of course, the proportion of these emotions varies slightly from person to person.
Even with a 16-point physique, our Master Yuan's heart trembled when he heard this. If he went to this woman's house, wouldn't he, Tang Sanzang, enter the Spider Cave?
He was about to refuse righteously when he heard Louise Baker ask hesitantly, "Are you Ms. Brooks?"
"Yes, Mr. Baker." Keke said frankly, "I recognized you just now."
His Holiness the Pope turned around and said, "Neo, Ms. Brooks's house is also on Fifth Avenue, not far from mine. It's just right for you to go there."
"Louis, actually..." Yuan Yanshu was naturally unwilling.
But he was interrupted by Ms. Brooks halfway through his words: "Mr. Baker is absolutely right, let's go now!"
The jubilant spider spirit dragged Tang Sanzang, who kept looking back, towards the door.
As Master Yuan walked out of his house, he couldn't help but recite a poem in his heart: "There is a fairy cave in the sky..."
"Skin……"
"Master Ball, please stop picking up the card and let me finish reading it."
"Host, please don't plagiarize his poem in the second half of the sentence."
"Master Ball, am I the kind of person who has no creativity and can only plagiarize? Listen carefully, the second half of this sentence is... I will secretly make your bones wither!"
“…”
"Master Ball, are you silent because you're overwhelmed by my talent? Roar, roar, roar..."
"Beep beep beep, the host's S value increased by 1%!"
