The second volume is full of glory and splendor in the capital, and the spirit is full of vitality in the foggy city. Chapter 308: The Little Prince (Part 2)
Subtitle of this chapter: Is Bu Mo (Pai) Gai (Ma) still our Master Yuan?
Hirohito took the manuscript from Nomura Kichisaburo and looked closely at the cover. The title on it was:
THE SWAM.
The novel "The Swarm" was published in 2005 by a German writer Frank Schaumltzing.
Born in Cologne in 1957, this man has led a rich and varied life. He is a creative director of an advertising agency, a composer, a music producer, a passionate amateur chef and a trained diver.
By the way, Shttin is good-looking, very popular with women, and has never been married.
In 1995, Schitzting published his first historical suspense novel, "Cologne 911", which was set in the 13th century and made him famous.
His 2000 political thriller, The Quiet Place, was praised by the media as "a brilliant capture of the century that is about to end." He used a fictional assassination attempt on President Clinton to depict the European situation at the time.
Therefore, he is known as "Germany's Dan Brown" and "Germany's Michael Clayton".”.
Of course, he has fewer hit movies than the other two.
The science fiction thriller "Swarm" published in 2005 is his most famous representative work. It is said that Hollywood star Uma Thurman bought the film rights of the novel, but until our Master Yuan traveled through time, there was no news .
"The Swarm" tells the story of humans being attacked by terrorists from marine life: in the kitchens of top French restaurants, lobsters have become BOOOOMERS; whales off the coast of Canada have actively attacked humans; swimming crabs in Mexico have suddenly developed deadly toxins; and poisonous jellyfish have surrounded Australia and Indonesia.
Clams everywhere began to develop the ability to navigate, swarming toward moving cargo ships until their rudders were blocked by piles of crushed shells, and international shipping came to a standstill.
Humanity eventually discovered that the culprit behind all this was actually a sea creature that looked like an inflatable cushion...
But, but, but, there is still some truth in the fact that “Germany’s Dan Brown + Michael Clayton” is not as good as “American Dan Brown” and “American Michael Clayton”.
The novel has a good plot, but the writing is flawed, using a double plot, a technique most prone to failure, and featuring an outrageous number of characters. This writing style would have been more suitable for readers in 1921 than in 2005.
This German author is truly a Hans, with incredibly detailed information. Not only does he write about the most cutting-edge research advances in marine biology and marine geology, he also meticulously describes the main institutions, research methods, and even scientific research instruments in this field.
By the way, this is a "broken book" that inserts novel plots into scientific information.
According to the theme of "The Group", this was originally a soft science fiction of the social sciences that engaged in philosophical thinking about human beings themselves and had humanistic care, but it turned out to be harder than the hard science fiction of science and engineering.
In addition, this type of grand narrative science fiction novel often has a flaw. Like "The Three-Body Problem", "Swarm" is also TOO BIG TO CLOSE - the plot is too big and the ending is too disappointing.
This will make readers who stick to the end sigh sincerely, "Fuck you, you spent all this time writing and only show me this?"
Of course, our Master Yuan made significant changes to this novel.
Naturally, he deleted all the content that was ahead of its time, as well as those very "hard" scientific explanations. He also moved the story setting from Germany to Japan.
The most significant change, however, is to the book's protagonist.
It turns out that the protagonist is actually Comrade Schitzting's self-reflection: a golden bachelor, a charming middle-aged hunk, an incurable taste enthusiast and gourmand. Even when he travels to an offshore drilling platform, he always carries fine red wine and cheese to go with it.
The protagonist in Yuan's version of "The Group" is naturally...
BINGO!
A young Japanese man who is interested in marine biology is named Shinji Ikari.
Ding originally means anchor, which is a perfect surname for the protagonist of a science fiction novel with marine life as the theme.
Shinji is the true heir, which naturally refers to the true heir of the Empire of Japan.
This young man must have come from a wealthy family, otherwise how could he have the time and money to study marine life?
This young man must be an outstanding scientist, otherwise he would not have become the protagonist of this novel.
This young man is naturally intelligent, kind, brave... In short, he is a "tall, big, and complete" person with many excellent qualities. Maybe not that tall, not that big, but certainly very "complete."
The old man tasted the sweetness from young Morgan.
Since "The Great Detective Poirot" can be written as "The Great Detective Freeman", then what's the problem with changing the German middle-aged handsome guy into a Japanese middle school boy?
By the way, isn’t Yuan Yanshu afraid of being accused of being a traitor by his fellow Serians?
It is 1921, 1921, 1921.
To be honest, at that time, the Japanese view of "Chinese" was not as negative as it later became. Conversely, the Serbs did not regard Japanese gold as an irreconcilable and mortal enemy.
The evidence is that after the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923, the Beiyang government called on all sectors of society to put aside their past grudges and not boycott Japanese goods, and sent warships to transport military rations for emergency relief; the cultural community organized charity performances, temples across the country prayed for Japan, merchants and citizens donated money and food, and the first rescue ship to arrive ashore was China's "New Minghao".
Just imagine, if a certain big country in the East had done the same thing during the 3.11 earthquake in 2011, it would have been scolded by the people of the whole country.
As for why the "treasure island" where hundreds of thousands of people were killed by the Japanese became the largest "donor" to the 311 earthquake... this is a very confusing question.
You know, until the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, there were many "Greater Asianists" in both countries. And after the end of World War II, there were still some people in the Japanese Communist Party who wanted the Japanese archipelago to become a province of Serbia.
In short, at least before the "Jinan Massacre" in 1927, Master Yuan did not have to worry that "The Group" would violate the political correctness of most people in Serbia.
At that time, he could have simply said that he was naive and did not realize how cruel the Japanese were. Wouldn't it be better to change the protagonist of the book to a Seres?
Pay attention, pay attention, pay attention. He knew that Hirohito was actually the leader of Japanese militarism and that the Sino-Japanese War was initiated by this guy...
This oceanographer is the culprit responsible for the deaths of 35 million Seres compatriots!
But if he doesn't max out Hirohito's favorability, how can he become an old friend of the Japanese?
How can he influence the future political situation in Japan?
How could he make the Japanese Crown Prince his "witness" and thus extricate himself from the kidnapping case?
"Then, Your Highness, I will take my leave."
Since his goal had been achieved, Master Yuan stood up and said goodbye.
He suppressed an impulse and walked out of the reception room with a cane... This impulse was to kill Hirohito right here and right now.
The crutch that Yuan Yanshu was leaning on was actually a modified rifle!
But in the end, reason prevailed over emotion, and he did not commit suicide.
When our Master Yuan was leaving, he turned back to look at Hirohito who was sitting upright. When their eyes met, they greeted each other naturally.
He smiled and nodded, thinking to himself, I won't seek death this time, but I can let you and your 100 million people die together!
