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Volume 1 540 European Trip (4)

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    "Art cannot be measured by money, but art that cannot be converted into money is not art." - "Chen Jianghua's Travels in Europe"

    In order to confirm his conjecture, Chen Jianghua suppressed the disgust in his heart, complimented Baron George Wood, and then successfully took a look at Mr. Baron's manuscript.  Just as he expected, under the pile of gorgeous words, there was a pale and empty plot inside, without any tension at all. The whole article was filled with the carefree moans of the down-and-out nobles.

    It has to be said that the overly complicated experiences during this recent period have made Chen Jianghua, a young literary and artistic man, much more diplomatic.  This guy didn't directly express his feelings, but politely handed the manuscript back to George Wood, and then turned around and judged the poor Mr. Baron as an artistic blind person.  In the days that followed, the two literary young men maintained sensible contact with the troupe, neither alienating nor being overly friendly.  Every time they pass through a city, the troupe will always stop, rent the largest local theater, stay for three or two days, and present the drowsy original drama to the enthusiastic French people.

    ?????????????????????????? Two literary young people, in order to make a living, took this opportunity to sell shaved ice.  Big cities are better than small places like Lorient, with an average income of at least twenty livres per day.

    Perhaps because he wanted to understand the aesthetics of the French people in the seventeenth century, Chen Jianghua took the time to go to the theater, and then witnessed with his own eyes George Wood leading his more than 20 actors to perform hard for only four audiences in the audience.  The most terrible thing is that the audience did not buy it. In one scene, the heroine screamed and woke up the fat man in the audience. The latter cursed angrily and complained that he could not keep his voice down Chen Jianghua wondered if the fat man had insomnia.  I heard that George Wood's plays can hypnotize people, so I spent six sous and ran in to sleep

    It seems that the aesthetic standards of the French people are not that low, and even if there is a generation gap, it will not be too big.

    ¡°I originally thought that the successive cold scenes would completely dampen George Wood¡¯s enthusiasm, but this guy actually confidently stated that everything would get better when he arrived in Paris.  The current silence is entirely because the French people in small places don't understand art at all. What else can Chen Jianghua say to this kind of arrogant maniac?

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????By the time we arrived in Paris, it was already approaching September.

    Although they had made preparations before, the moment they entered Paris, the two artistic young people still felt deeply despair!  Without Fontainebleau, the Eiffel Tower would have to wait for more than a hundred years, and the Champs Elys¨¦es is still an ordinary street, but that doesn't matter. For these two literary young people, Paris is still Paris even without these romantic buildings.  , they came here for the artistic atmospherethe atmosphere As soon as they entered Paris, the two artistic young people were overwhelmed by the atmosphere that hit them.  With just a quick glance, you can see various yellow and white things surrounded by mosquitoes and flies on both sides of the road.

    And on both sides of the road into the city, there were little girls carrying baskets selling handkerchiefs sprayed with cheap perfume!  It only took the two artistic young people a second to figure out the usefulness of handkerchiefs, and they quickly bought one for each person to cover their mouths and noses.  It was also thanks to the handkerchief that the two artistic young people were not smoked to death.  Ren Nan, who has always loved cleanliness, even stated that "those who can survive in this city will definitely be able to withstand the poison gas bombs during World War I."

    That¡¯s all. On the way to the hotel, two literary young people saw with their own eyes a certain aunt opening the window on the third floor and pouring all the yellow and white stuff down, and it happened to fall on a carriage of the troupe.  Then the coachman started to yell at the aunt across three floors, and finally even attracted the judge.  And the result of the judge's treatment is even more terrible The aunt is right, the coachman deserves it, who can't walk in the middle?

    After learning that George Wood was a baron, the judge said with some embarrassment that the king was now trying to legislate with the ministers to ban the dumping of feces on the streets during the day.  At night, you have to shout before dumping the excrement. This can effectively prevent such unseemly disputes Maybe when George Wood comes next time, there will be no such thing! Damn it!  What's even worse is that because of the poor air quality and the widespread landmines in Paris, the French king forcibly banned open defecation and dumping garbage on the streets. In a few years, everyone from dignitaries to ordinary people,  No one would abide by it. Li's magistrate couldn't afford to offend the nobles, so he could only attack the common people. In the end, this law turned out to be harmful to the people.  As a last resort, the French king had to bow to the poor living habits of the Paris people and changed the law to say that dumping was not allowed during the day, but it was allowed at night, but it must be shouted before dumping to prevent unnecessary public security disputes

    At this moment, Paris, which was once regarded as the temple of art in the hearts of two young literary and artistic people, was completely thrown out of the world, and was suffixed with disgusting words such as dirty, ignorant, backward, hell on earth and so on.  If they hadn't thought that Paris had a large population and could earn more traveling expenses here, the two literary young men would have turned around and left.

    All these twoArtistic young people are unable to change and can only endure and passively accept it.  crossed the small

    Half of Paris, they finally chose to stay in a fairly large hotel.  The two artistic young people chose a room on the third floor. Yang Qi would rather cover up the heat rash than open the window.

    After a day of rest, the next morning, the head of the bodyguard knocked on the door in an unusually serious manner, and then had a serious exchange with the two literary young men on the leadership of this team.  The head bodyguard had a good reason. Although he had never been to Paris, as a Dutchman, he undoubtedly knew Paris better.

    In fact, the bodyguard leader has saved face for the two literary youths and replaced him with a straight one. He directly said that it was because of the random command of the two literary youths that he suffered a shipwreck and ended up in the current situation.

    By this time, the two artistic young people seemed to understand their leadership abilities.  Therefore, the final result of the consultation is that from now on, all matters related to security must be approved by the head of the bodyguard.

    After the meeting, they began to work hard for travel expenses.  The tools are readily available, and saltpeter can be easily purchased in Paris.  They even asked a carpenter to make a four-wheel cart and started selling it along the streets. The wealth of Li was far beyond what a small place like Lorient could compare with.  A few people worked hard, earning thirty livres a day.  It looks like they will be returning home soon.

    However, the weather in Paris played a huge joke on them. Starting from September 7th, it began to rain continuously in Paris.  As the weather cools down, the shaved ice business plummets.  While they were cursing the damn weather, they unexpectedly bumped into the troupe againin an inconspicuous little theater.  The situation of Baron George Wood was extremely bad. Mr. Baron, who was drunk and his head was like a henhouse, said dejectedly that he was finished.  No one appreciates his plays,

    He has to bear huge expenses every day. If the situation does not change within two days, he will be completely bankrupt.

    Then because he borrowed a loan shark in the UK and mortgaged the estate, he became homeless.  (To be continued.! .
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