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Chapter 1630 1632 [Arrival in France]

"Cheng Cheng, when you get there, call me back immediately." Feng Jingyao instructed his daughter, and then looked at Xiang Nan, "Awen, help me take care of Cheng Cheng, be more tolerant of her, and understand her more."

"Don't worry, Dad, I will." Feng Chengcheng nodded.

"Don't worry, Uncle, I will take good care of Cheng Cheng." Xiang Nan also nodded, and then, the two boarded a ship and headed to France together.

The ship departs from the Shanghai River, passes through the Xiangjiang River, Saigon, and Singapore, crosses the Indian Ocean, crosses the Arabian Gulf, passes through the Suez Canal, enters the Mediterranean Sea, and finally lands in Marseille, France. The journey lasts forty days.

Because of this, Cheng Cheng, who was still very excited when he first boarded the ship, entered the Indian Ocean, and could only see the vast sea for several days, blowing the bitter sea wind, being dizzy and unable to eat because of the shaking of the ship , When I couldn't sleep, I cried so much that I felt heartbroken.

Fortunately, Xiang Nan is proficient in medical skills, and he 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 not bad, sitting in the first class, with comfortable beds, fresh air, wide vision, and high-quality service.

It's even worse for the passengers on the ground floor, and they are not qualified to go to the deck to breathe fresh air.

There were only a few hundred people crowded in a small space, breathing dirty air, enduring huge bumps, and the bites of mosquitoes, rats and ants.Compared with the VIPs in the first class, the treatment is not a little worse.

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After arriving in Marseille, the two then took the train to Paris.

Xiang Nan is proficient in French, English, Spanish and other languages, which brought great convenience to their journey.Otherwise, communication alone would 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 and massage, ship sailing, marine information, all of them are very clear, which really surprised her.

"Wen Qiang, you are really amazing." She looked at him admiringly and said.

"I promised your father that I would take good care of you. Of course I can't break my promise." Xiang Nan laughed.

After arriving in Paris, the two are studying preparatory courses at Saint-Martin Middle School, learning French and various subjects.French preparatory courses, in the form of Chinese high schools, study the content of undergraduate courses, and the difficulty of the exam is similar to that of the college entrance examination.

The difference is that, in addition to test scores, the usual performance of the students is also tested, and they also need to pass written and oral tests before they can enter the ideal university.

Overall, the competition is still fierce.

Xiang Nan studied physics in the preparatory course, which will help his future development.

Feng Chengcheng chose French literature. She likes reading novels, prose, and poetry, and is very interested in literary creation.

……

The two were still in Paris, renting a one-bedroom, one-living room together, buying furniture and decorating, buying paint and painting themselves, and turning it into a small nest of love.

They go to school together during the day and go home to rest at night.Xiang Nan is in charge of buying vegetables and cooking, and Cheng Cheng is in charge of washing pots and dishes.

After finishing his work, Cheng Cheng was busy studying French.Xiang Nan writes his own novels, occasionally goes shopping and watches movies, and lives a leisurely life.

In 690, life in France was still very good.After World War I, France, one of the victorious countries, received [-] billion gold marks from Germany in war reparations, equivalent to about [-] tons of gold.

In addition, the two lands of Alsace and Lorraine that were cut off during the Franco-Prussian War were also recovered, with a total of 150 square kilometers of territory and a population of [-] million.That is, the two places mentioned in the junior high school text "The Last Lesson".

It is precisely because of this that although World War I suffered heavy losses, France recovered very quickly.From [-] to [-], the value of industrial output more than doubled, more than that of Britain and Germany combined.

The total foreign trade has increased by 50.00%, accounting for [-]% of the total global foreign trade.Moreover, the urban population has increased significantly, and the country has successfully transformed from an agricultural-industrial country to an industrial-agricultural country.

It is precisely because of this that the French economy looks prosperous and thriving.

But Xiang Nan knows that good fortune depends on misfortune.Behind the economic prosperity, there are oppressed workers, impoverished farmers, and bullied colonies.

In other words, the oil and water of the working people has almost been squeezed dry by the capitalists.

So the threat of an economic crisis is getting closer.

Xiang Nan also knew this, so he tried to find ways to make money and keep more cash.Otherwise, when the economic crisis comes, even the banks will go bankrupt.

At that time, it will be troublesome.

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Xiang Nan's first novel was "The Old Man and the Sea".

After this [-]-word novella was published in the literary magazine "Europa", it did not arouse much response.

The reason was that surrealist literature was more popular in the French literary world at that time.It advocates the overthrow of all traditional writing techniques, completely disrupts people's way of thinking and expression, and attempts to achieve amazing results with meaningless words.

Xiang Nan's "The Old Man and the Sea" is a more realistic work.Moreover, the old man went through hardships and did not bring back the tuna he caught. The ending of this tragedy did not quite suit the tastes of French readers.

After all, the French economy is booming now, and it is called the golden age of capitalism. Every family in the middle class 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 a lot of praise as Xiang Nan expected, and helped him make a name for himself in the French literary world, it still brought Xiang Nan a reward of [-] 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 kind of fantasy novel has rich imagination, story twists and turns, thrilling and bizarre, can bring readers a different reading experience, and I believe it will meet the tastes of the middle class.

"The Hobbit" was originally a work created by the well-known British writer Ronald Tolkien in [-].He was a professor at Oxford University at the time, and when he was correcting students' examination papers, he accidentally wrote "In Bag End lived a hobbit~" in the blank space.

Since then, the inspiration has been out of control, and finally let him complete this work.Since then, this novel has created a new genre of literature—fantasy literature, so Tolkien is also known as the father of fantasy literature.

Afterwards, "The Hobbit" gave birth to a masterpiece with millions of words - "Lord of the Rings".This book is a classic of fantasy literature, and has a well-known influence in European and American countries, comparable to the status of "Journey to the West" in China.

(End of this chapter)