Volume 1: A sound on Wall Street, Xinxiang City is busy copying books Chapter 149 It smells so good
Chapter subtitle: Irresistible love and advertising
"When I just returned to Buenos Aires from Lisbon in 1921, I saw Mr. Yuan Yanshu's famous short story "Discharge from the Hospital" by chance. I was fascinated by this novel at that time and read it five times in one breath..."
"For me, this novel is like the ball of thread given to the ancient Greek hero Theseus by the Cretan princess Ariadne. It allowed me to find my own exit in the maze of literature..."
"I was so excited that I wrote a letter to Mr. Yuan overnight and attached some of my exercises. I thought that Mr. Yuan Yanshu, who was already famous at that time, would not pay attention to an unknown person like me. But I didn't expect that I would receive a reply from him two months later. He even gave me a nickname affectionately..."
"Master Director."
"And I really became a library director later. But there is another interesting thing about this letter. Mr. Yuan said in the letter that he read that I compared myself to Theseus, and thus he had a brilliant idea. So he wrote the novel that is praised as the 'most creative' novel of the 20th century..."
"Not only that, Mr. Yuan Yanshu also wrote a dedication for the book: Dedicated to Theseus of Argentina. This made the literary world take notice of me, an unknown person. After that, several magazines and publishing houses actually asked me to write articles..."
“According to the Oriental saying, Master Yuan is the ‘Le Bo’ of my blind horse…”
——Excerpt from "Memoirs of Borges"
“Squeak…”
The door of the ward was pushed open.
"Miss Nurse, didn't you just deliver the medicine?"
"Mr. Officer, the doctor asked me to take the patient's temperature again."
"Oh well."
"Sir, wake up. It's time to take your temperature."
The sweet female voice woke Yuan Yanshu up. He then realized that he did not have a dagger in his hand, nor did he follow an inexplicable opponent into the dark alley. It seemed that it was not time for him to meet his death yet.
He was still in the ward at New York Presbyterian Hospital, and the Master Ball was floating in the air as usual.
Our Master Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that he had just had a nightmare...
Wait, the smell is a little off. This "smell" is really the smell in the nose.
The nurse who woke me up had a strange smell on her body. It was not the unpleasant smell of disinfectant, but the pleasant smell of...chocolate!
"Mr. Yuan, please take your temperature."
Wait, the sound is wrong too. I seem to have heard this sound before.
Yuan Yan suddenly raised her eyes and met the pair of affectionate eyes. She also saw the light golden hair under the wonton hat. Although the anarchist female warrior was wearing a large mask that only exposed her eyes, the junior investigator of the SCP Foundation still recognized her.
Are sweet love, enthusiastic customers and soft advertisements that transcend the times so easy to resist?
Miss Helen Brown's "Women of the World (Special Issue)" was officially put on sale a few days ago. The "little fairy of the forest" who had become the follower of "Yuan Oynesus" really got John McCall to invest in it, and really printed 10,000 copies in one go.
At this point in time, the name Neo Yuan was a guarantee of sales. The editor-in-chief of World Women was a little worried that the magazine would not sell well, and wanted to sell some of the magazines to other cities through her father's connections and channels, but she didn't expect that all 10,000 magazines would be sold out in just three days!
"Chocolat", a novel with romantic elements, is actually a relatively mild feminist novel. It really suited the appetite of literary young women in 1920 and received unanimous praise from literary critics.
This is because the protagonist Ivy Rochelle's performance on feminism was considered by people at the time, especially intellectuals, to be just right, neither left nor right, and neither too hot nor too cold.
She is not like the leftist wife of the "shame of liberalism" Muller, who was rebellious against marriage and religion, and even directly questioned the rationality of the existence of traditional families. However, this single mother has the means to make a living, the charm of a woman, an independent personality, and the courage to pursue love and resist injustice.
In other words, even the more conservative male readers at the time could not find fault with a woman like her.
When American literary young women...well, and their boyfriends saw that the protagonist in the book went to New York and opened a dessert shop, what else could they say?
Get in line!
This made the four anti-American fighters very busy, and also gave Miss Enyuka an opportunity to sneak out.
Our Master Yuan was both moved and frightened. He was so confused that he forgot about the agent in the ward and blurted out, "An..."
Fortunately, a sweet little hand with a delicious chocolate scent blocked Master Yuan's mouth in time.
It smells so good!
The patient and the "nurse" looked at the agent at the same time. The guy was reading the newspaper seriously and didn't notice any abnormality.
Miss Enyuka shook her head at Yuan Yan and put the thermometer into his mouth. Then she took out a few cards that had been written on them from her pocket:
First card: "Are you okay?"
Our Master Yuan gave a wry smile and nodded.
Card 2: "Did they torture you?"
Master Yuan thought about it, nodded and shook his head.
Card 3: "Did you say that?"
Yuan Yan immediately showed the "martyr face" she learned from movies and TV, shook her head vigorously, and almost bit off the thermometer in her mouth.
Xiao Longnu nodded with great satisfaction and turned over the next card.
The fourth card, however, is not a question, but a statement: “We are fine, please rest assured.”
Oh, why are you so relieved? I am so unhappy. I am in such a state, and these real culprits have nothing to worry about. Is there any justice in this world? !
However, in front of Miss Enyuka, he had to force an ugly smile and nodded.
Card 5: "Thank you, I was just a little busy."
Oh, look at what this means...my soft advertising really worked!
These bastards are so tired... But he seemed a little reluctant to leave the "nurse" in front of him.
Our Master Yuan is indeed a passionate man who is kind and considerate to women.
Card 6: "Your handwriting is so beautiful!!!"
Wow, has she read the book "Chocolat"?
My talent is so overflowing!
Our Master Yuan is indeed a shameless plagiarist.
Miss Enyuka's cheeks suddenly flushed, and she twisted her body uncomfortably. She hesitated for a while before mustering up the courage to turn over the last card...
Unfortunately, at this moment, the two heard the sound of a door opening and voices behind them.
The young agent in the room put down the newspaper in his hand, stood up and said, "Captain, you are here."
General ZOD took off his hat and asked casually, "Yes. How is the suspect today? Is he feeling better?"
"Captain, he..." The young agent hesitated, leaned over and whispered, "His fever has gotten worse. The doctor said it's a little... not good."
"Yeah." Captain Aiden's face turned pale and he replied helplessly.
Miss Enyuka didn't have time to show the last card, and hurriedly put the card in her pocket, then took the thermometer out of Yuan Yanshu's mouth and said, "Okay."
As she spoke, she turned around and nodded to the two agents, walked past them at a leisurely pace, opened the door and walked out.
"Swish! Swish!" General ZOD suddenly sniffed, frowned and asked his subordinates: "What a nice smell... can you smell it?"
"Swish! Swish..." The young agent also quickly sniffed the air around him and said doubtfully: "I smell it. It seems to be...it seems to be the smell of chocolate."
"chocolate?"
Yuan Yan, who was lying on the bed, suddenly saw the two federal agents' dog-like appearances and was so anxious that he broke out in a cold sweat, but he was seriously ill and could not do anything. So it was inevitable that a trace of panic appeared on his face.
And this look fell into the eyes of the American six-door hawks!
Agent Aiden realized the problem as soon as he saw the suspect's face.
He turned around suddenly and started chasing after him!
