Reborn Bao Guowei, I really didn’t want to be a great writer!

Chapter 431 The Chinese who shocked France? The 'bag' is ours!
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Yorick, who was standing in the audience, seemed to want to argue something, but he opened his mouth but ultimately did not speak.

Because his words were already drowned out by the cheers of the crowd.
Those arrogant gifted people from Paris and even all over Europe were completely convinced by Bao Guowei's wonderful speech.

It's not just because of the extreme confidence and personal style he showed on the podium, but also because the speech was full of valuable information.

It can be said that they had never seen such a dramatic speech.

It not only attracted everyone's attention, but also allowed many people to learn a lot without realizing it.

Some students even spoke excitedly.

"I gained more from this class than from ten history classes!"

"To be honest, Professor Bao has successfully sparked my interest in history!"

"Foolish French authorities for not devaluing their currency in advance!"

"Bag!"

"Bag!"

"Bag!"

When the discussions stopped, there were waves of cheers.

Westerners are arrogant, but once you "conquer" them, they will become extremely enthusiastic.

At this moment, the cheers that shook the rubble in the auditorium of the University of Paris were proof of all this.

If it is said that Bao Guowei had previously said something like "the level of students at the University of Paris is poor", which angered this group of students and almost led to a riot.

At this time, Bao Guowei's speech also produced a similar effect.

However, this time, the students wanted to rush onto the stage and get to know this genius scholar.

Fortunately, the high platform prevented Bao Guowei from being surrounded by the crowd.

Paul Abel, the current president of the University of Paris, said that even he had never seen such enthusiasm from students.

At this moment, he looked at the changes in the field with a strange expression on his face and muttered to himself.

"It looks like we need to recruit some history professors who specialize in Chinese studies."

Even though the University of Paris is now one of the most important universities in Europe for Sinology studies, it still has many gaps in terms of Chinese history.

It can be predicted from the students’ enthusiasm that Chinese history will inevitably become a hot topic among students of the University of Paris in the future.

Then it seems to be extremely necessary to offer such a course.

At this time, Paul Abel seemed to have thrown away his doubts about Bao Guowei.

In his heart, he doubled Bao Guowei's annual salary.

"He deserves it," Paul Abel thought to himself. He considered himself a school administrator who was extremely fair to scholars.

Of course, Paul was more concerned about the reaction of another person at this moment, Mr. Lucien, the history professor standing next to him.

Bao Guowei's previous speech had already made this gentleman extremely excited.

How would he react at this moment?

But when he turned around, he found that Mr. Lucien had almost no expression on his face. Even after hearing Paul's mumbling, Lucien turned around and patted him on the shoulder and said.

"Right decision, sir."

Then he turned around and walked towards the backstage without looking back.

"Hey!" Paul asked in confusion. "Mr. Lucien, where are you going?"

Lucien turned around, smiled and said, "Let's go backstage and get to know Mr. Bao."

After reading works such as "Guns, Germs, and Steel" and "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" in the past, Lucien wanted to meet Bao Guowei very much.

And today, the other party's speech amazed him even more.

Aren’t the historical contents he discussed exactly within the scope of “new historiography”?
The other party even integrated politics and economics, analyzing the macro historical trends from a micro perspective. This way of seeing the big picture from the small can be said to be groundbreaking!

Isn’t it the purpose of the Annales School to present this multi-faceted “big history view” by breaking disciplinary boundaries and actively drawing on theories and methods from other disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, and economics to study history?

As Lucien walked forward, he glanced at Bao Guowei who was in the upper position. At the moment, he was answering questions for some students, which were mostly about some economic issues.

"Professor Bao, what do you think France should do next to get out of the quagmire of economic depression?"

Faced with such a problem, Bao Guowei still used his three tricks, namely the "New Deal" combined with the economic experience of later generations, and made certain adaptations on this basis.

He spread his hands and smiled, saying: "If you have read my speech in London, you should understand that it is basically impossible to achieve economic recovery by relying on the invisible hand mentioned by Adam Smith. In my opinion, the macro-control of the authorities is the key."

There were also many people asking questions about history, and Bao Guowei answered them one by one.

The students' enthusiasm caused the speech, which was about to end, to be prolonged.

Lucien was not in a hurry. While listening to Bao Guowei's answer on the podium, he walked towards the backstage office.

He planned to wait there for Bao Guowei to finish his speech.

After walking around several corridors, the cheers of the students gradually subsided in Lucien's ears.

The door of the backstage office was ajar. This was usually the place where invited speakers rested before going on stage. Lucien had been here a few days ago.

However, his speech at the venue at that time was nothing compared to Bao Guowei's grand speech this time.

But at this moment, Lucien did not feel unbalanced at all. Instead, he felt that this was as it should be.

After pushing open the door, I unexpectedly found someone inside.

Professor Abel Remassa, now professor of Chinese linguistics at the University of Paris, is one of the scholars who knows China best at the entire University of Paris.

At this moment, he was lying on the windowsill, looking down from afar at what was happening in the auditorium.

Because the window was too small, he could only stick his head out of the window to clearly see and hear what was happening inside the auditorium.

But this movement made him look very funny, with only his buttocks exposed, swaying from side to side.

For French men at that time, leaving their buttocks to another man was an extremely dangerous thing.

After all, the French at that time were deeply influenced by the British upper class, and many people were loyal fans of Mr. Wilde. They not only liked his works, but also liked and imitated his personal style.

Fortunately, Lucien was a serious historian who didn't have this habit, so Professor Abel escaped. But Professor Abel seemed to mutter, "That's it! Bao! You created a miracle! In my future classes, I'll see which student dares to say that Chinese linguistics is useless! Hahahahaha!"

Obviously, Professor Abel suffered a lot of grievances in his previous teaching.

Seeing this scene, the muscles at the corners of Lucien's mouth twitched, and then he coughed lightly and said.

"Uh-huh. That Professor Abel!"

At the same time, inside the venue, even though the speech had ended early, the students in the venue were reluctant to leave.

Students from the University of Paris kept crowding forward, wanting to get more answers from Bao Guowei.

It is because the amount of information in Bao Guowei's speech is really too much.

No one remembers Yorick who jumped up and down in front of Bao Guowei. They only remember that Bao Guowei gave them an extremely wonderful speech relying on his profound knowledge of history and economics.

In this speech, Bao Guowei once again broadened the research and application scope of the "Annals School", causing many history students and professors present to almost lose their composure.

Bao Guowei provided France with a stable and feasible economic theoretical basis that seemed to be able to help France get out of its economic quagmire.

You have to know that before this, almost no economist could come up with a practical economic solution.

During this speech, Bao Guowei even predicted to all students that the next world war would occur within ten years.

No one doubts the truth in Bao Guowei's words because his theories and performances are generally brilliant.

Of course, among them, the most excited are the Chinese students studying in France.

For them, it is an extremely proud thing to come to a foreign country and see a scholar from their own country shine in the auditorium of the University of Paris.

They traveled across the ocean, endured tremendous living pressure here, endured the long-standing prejudice of Westerners, and had to avoid being involved in danger in the politically turbulent environment of France.

At this moment, having such a scholar appear before them was like a blessing from heaven.

It took a long time for Zheng Dazhang and Yu Binglie to recover from their shock and intense joy.

They looked around at the cheering crowd.

Zheng Dazhang said in disbelief: "Brother Binglie, am I dreaming? Have Chinese scholars really been recognized by Western universities?"

"This is not a dream, Brother Da Zhang." Yu Binglie, who had always seemed relatively calm, actually had red eyes at this moment. No one knew how much injustice he had suffered behind his back. He wiped the wet corners of his eyes with his sleeves, and the sleeves of his suit were even a little torn, but he couldn't help but smile as he spoke.

"Mr. Bao has not only gained their recognition, but after today, he will inevitably become a scholar that the French history, economics, and literature circles cannot avoid. This is a status that Chinese people have never achieved."

As Yu Binglie said, since Bao Guowei left the country and entered the Western world, the attributes he carries are no longer just his own.

As a native Chinese scholar, even though he had never been to university, the influence of his works and his profound knowledge made him inevitably represent the image of China at that time!
"Mr. Bao! Mr. Bao! Please wait a moment!"

Bao Guowei finally escaped from the extremely enthusiastic French students under the cover of Cao Yanhai, but he heard a familiar voice in his ear.

It’s not that he recognized the voice, but hearing fluent Chinese in a foreign country always makes people feel more at home.

When he turned around, he found that they were two Chinese students in tattered suits, both of them looked less than 30 years old, and their faces were filled with excitement.

"Hello."

Although they were a bit far away, Bao Guowei's voice was still extremely clear.

This made Zheng Dazhang and Yu Binglie even more excited.

The two wanted to talk to Bao Guowei at close range, but unfortunately there was a high platform between them and there were crowded French students around.

So the two of them had to introduce themselves.

"Mr. Bao, I'm Zheng Dazhang, from Feidong County in Anhui Province. I'm preparing to enter the Radium Research Institute. I hope to have the opportunity to receive your guidance!"

"Mr. Bao, my name is Yu Binglie, I am from Xinwu, Jianghuai, and I am currently studying architecture at the Paris Academy of Fine Arts. I was deeply touched by what you said today, and I hope to have a chance to talk with you!"

There was trembling in their tone, as if they regarded Bao Guowei as their idol.

Bao Guowei looked at the two of them with some surprise, thinking that if he continued to stay, he might really be unable to escape from the crowd of fanatical French college students gathered around him.

But when you are in a foreign country, you always feel a sense of familiarity when you see your compatriots.

So he smiled and nodded.

"Okay, I'll remember that. We'll meet again someday."

Soon, Bao Guowei's speech was not only popular in the entire University City of Paris, but was also reported in newspapers in cities such as Paris, Lyon, Marseille, and other cities in France, triggering an unprecedented heated discussion!

Newspaper media such as L'Humanité, Le Figaro, and Le Matin all opened columns to report on Bao Guowei's speech at the University of Paris.

You know, Bao Guowei is already quite well-known in France, and his book "To Live" can be said to have triggered a phenomenal reading craze.

If it weren't for his fame, the free-spirited students of the University of Paris would never have wasted their leisure time listening to a lecture by an Oriental scholar!
But after this speech was reported, people paid more attention to his remarks on politics and economy than historical knowledge.

Such seemingly shocking remarks as "there will be a world war within ten years", "France has missed the best time to deal with the economic depression", "the free market cannot solve the economic depression", "the concept of macroeconomic regulation of the economy", etc., have greatly attracted the attention of the French.

The French have mixed opinions on this. Some think that Bao Guowei is doing it deliberately to attract attention, while others think that Bao Guowei is a scholar with real talent.

But all these debates were instantly calmed down after a piece of news came from Britain.

Because the French got wind of it, the British seemed interested in making Bao Guowei their economic adviser, and even the Prime Minister and the King planned to meet him in person.

Now, all doubts about Bao Guowei were gone.

Instead, it was the fear of the British!

Some people even publicly stated: "The British have robbed us of too many excellent scholars and professors. The appearance of Bao this time is God's favor to France. We will never allow anyone to take him away!"

There was a fierce quarrel outside, but Bao Guowei had no time to deal with it. It wasn't that he was being a big shot, but there were just too many people looking for him.

On the one hand, historians in Paris, including professors like Lucien, showed great enthusiasm after learning that Bao Guowei had arrived, and the relevant invitations continued.

On the one hand, journalists in Paris launched an all-round pursuit and blockade against him, hoping to dig out more important news from him.

On the other hand, Bao Guowei received a letter from the UK. The letter was sent by British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald in his personal name, inviting him to discuss the future direction of the British economy.

The French were furious and threatened that if the French authorities dared to let Bao Guowei go, it would be tantamount to "aiding the enemy", which made Bao Guowei smile bitterly.

Who knows, the Elysee Palace might send someone over in the next few days.

Of course, the most important thing is that Bao Guowei also has to prepare to spend his first Christmas in Paris.

(End of this chapter)