Chapter 1630 1632【Arrival in France】
"Cheng Cheng, please give me a telegram as soon as you get there." Feng Jingyao asked his daughter, and then looked at Xiang Nan, "Awen, help me take good care of Cheng Cheng, tolerate her more, and understand her more."
"Don''t worry, dad, I can do it." Feng Chengcheng nodded.
"Don''t worry, uncle, I will definitely take good care of Cheng Cheng." Xiang Nan also nodded, and then the two of them took the ship and headed for France together.
The ship started from the Hujiang River, passed through Xiangjiang, Saigon, Singapore, crossed the Indian Ocean, crossed the Arabian Gulf, passed the Suez Canal, entered the Mediterranean, and finally landed in Marseille, France. The journey lasted forty days.
Therefore, Cheng Cheng, who was very excited when he first boarded the ship, entered the Indian Ocean. For several days, he could only see the vast sea, the harsh sea wind, and was so shaken by the ship that he felt dizzy and unable to eat. , when I couldn''t sleep, I cried until my heart broke.
Fortunately, Xiang Nan is proficient in medical skills and helped her with massage and acupuncture, which relieved her symptoms. Otherwise, she might never dare to take a boat again.
But in fact, they are pretty good. They are flying in first class, with comfortable beds, fresh air, wide views, and excellent service.
??It would be even worse for passengers on the bottom floor, as they would not be able to go up to the deck to breathe fresh air.
?Only a few hundred people can be squeezed into a small space, breathing dirty air, enduring huge bumps, and being bitten by mosquitoes, rats, and ants. The treatment is not even the slightest bit worse than that of first class VIPs.
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After arriving in Marseille, the two took a train to Paris.
Xiang Nan is proficient in French, English, Spanish and other languages, which brought great convenience to their journey. Otherwise, communication alone will be a problem, let alone survival and development.
?Feng Chengcheng was surprised by this. She knew that Xiang Nan had gone to college and was a talented person, but she didn''t expect that his talent was so high.
English, French, Spanish, acupuncture massage, ship navigation, and ocean information were all clearly understood, which really surprised her.
“Wen Qiang, you are really amazing.” She looked at him with admiration.
“I promised your father that I would take good care of you, and of course I can’t break my promise.” Xiang Nan smiled.
After arriving in Paris, the two are studying preparatory courses at the Lycée Saint-Martin, learning French and various subjects. French preparatory courses are in the form of Chinese high schools, covering undergraduate content, and the exam difficulty is similar to the college entrance examination.
The difference is that in addition to test scores, students'' daily performance is also tested, and they also need to pass written and oral examinations before they can enter the ideal university.
Overall, competition is still fierce.
Xiang Nan studied physics as a preparatory course, which will help his future development.
Feng Chengcheng chose French literature. She likes reading novels, essays, and poetry, and is very interested in literary creation.
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??The two of them are still in Paris, renting a one-bedroom and one-living room together, buying their own furniture, decorating it, and buying paint to paint it, turning it into a love nest.
The two of them go to school together during the day and go home together to rest at night. Xiang Nan is responsible for buying vegetables and cooking, while Cheng Cheng is responsible for washing pots and dishes.
After finishing his work, Cheng Cheng was busy studying French. Xiang Nan writes his own novel, occasionally goes shopping and watches movies, and his life is quite leisurely. In 2028, life in France was still very good. After World War I, France, as one of the victorious countries, received Germany''s war compensation of 269 billion gold marks, equivalent to approximately 96,000 tons of gold.
In addition, it also recovered Alsace and Lorraine, which were cut off during the Franco-Prussian War, totaling 15,000 square kilometers of territory and a population of 1.5 million. These are the two places mentioned in the junior high school text "The Last Lesson".
For this reason, despite experiencing heavy losses in World War I, France recovered very quickly. From 2001 to 2029, the value of industrial output more than doubled, more than that of Britain and Germany combined.
The total foreign trade volume increased by 50%, accounting for 6% of the global foreign trade total. Moreover, the urban population has increased significantly, and the country has successfully transformed from an agricultural-industrial country into an industrial-agricultural country.
Because of this, the French economy seems to be prosperous and upbeat.
?However, Xiang Nan knows that good fortune and misfortune depend on it. Behind the economic prosperity are oppressed workers, impoverished farmers, and bullied colonies.
In other words, the working people are almost drained of their wealth by the capitalists.
?Hence, the threat of economic crisis is approaching day by day.
Xiang Nan knew this, so he tried to make money and keep more cash. Otherwise, when the economic crisis hits, even banks will go bankrupt.
At that time, it would be troublesome.
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Xiang Nan''s first novel was "The Old Man and the Sea".
This 40,000-word novella did not cause much response after it was published by the literary magazine "Europa".
The reason is that surrealist literature was more popular in the French literary world at that time. It advocates overturning all traditional writing techniques, completely disrupting people''s way of thinking and expressing, and attempts to achieve astonishing results through the accumulation of meaningless words.
Xiang Nan''s "The Old Man and the Sea" is a realistic work. Moreover, the old man did not bring back the tuna he caught despite all the hardships. This tragic ending is not very suitable to the taste of French readers.
After all, the French economy is booming now, and it is known as the golden age of capitalism. Every middle-class family has a car and every household lives in an apartment. How can they like this kind of suffering novels?
?However, although this novel did not win as much praise as Xiang Nan expected and helped him become famous in the French literary world, it still brought Xiang Nan a reward of 500 francs.
After that, Xiang Nan changed his creative thinking. He studied the current bestseller list in the French literary world, pondered the preferences of the French middle class, and then began to write "The Hobbit".
?This type of fantasy novels, rich in imagination, twists and turns in the story, thrilling and bizarre, can bring readers a different reading experience, and I believe it will suit the tastes of the middle class.
The Hobbit was originally a work created by the famous British writer Ronald Tolkien in 1930. He was a professor at Oxford University at the time. When he was grading student examination papers, he accidentally wrote in the blank space "There lived a hobbit in Bag End~"
From then on, the inspiration was overwhelming and he finally completed this work. This novel has since created a new literary genre - fantasy literature, so Tolkien is also known as the father of fantasy literature.
After that, "The Hobbit" spawned a masterpiece with more than one million words - "The Lord of the Rings". This book is a classic of fantasy literature and has quite a well-known influence in European and American countries, comparable to the status of "Journey to the West" in China.
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