The Chinese Legation in Britain has been upgraded to an embassy at this time.

Guo Taiqi, who came to Britain to seek assistance, was not only promoted to ambassador to the United Kingdom, but also held the post of Chinese representative of the League of Nations. Not only that, but he made many friends in the UK, made a big splash in social situations, and was very popular, and was even awarded an honorary doctorate of laws by the University of London.

Of course, Guo Taiqi has also become more sassy. At this moment, he was wearing a gorgeous dress, his hair was shiny, his leather shoes were shiny, and he was tidying up in front of the mirror with a civilized staff.

"Ambassador, Mr. Li Siguang is here." The secretary walked in and said.

Guo Taiqi posed left and right in front of the mirror, straightened his bow tie and said, "Please ask him to wait for me in the reception room." ”

After another five or six minutes of tinkering, Guo Taiqi was finally satisfied with his image, so he went to the reception room with a civilized cane, and laughed: "Brother Zhonggong, you came early!" ”

Li Siguang was sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper, and when he saw Guo Taiqi's sassy bag, he immediately joked: "Brother Fuchu, you are going to be a groom official, and you have cleaned up enough." ”

The two used to be elementary school classmates, and they have been friends for many years, so they naturally have no scruples when they talk. Guo Taiqi said: "When I was the groom's official, I didn't dress up so beautifully. Today we are going to welcome the great man, and we must pay attention to the image. ”

The so-called "great man" is naturally Zhou Hexuan, who is expected to arrive in London at noon today.

As for Li Siguang, he was invited to Britain last year to give academic lectures at eight universities, including Oxford and Birmingham, on "Chinese Geology." During his lectures in the UK, he analyzed the characteristics of the development of subsidence zones in the Neo-Chinese tectonic system, and speculated that oil was likely to be found in eastern China.

Li Siguang held a copy of the "Times" in his hand, pointed to the news on it and said: "Fu Chu, do you think it is very evil, recently British newspapers have reported Zhou Hexuan all day long, and they are about to praise him as a saint like Confucius and Lao Tzu. ”

"What's so evil?" Guo Taiqi said happily, "This is a good thing, it is rare for Chinese to be nominated for the Nobel Prize, and it is also nominated for both the literary award and the medical prize." Even if you look at the whole world, you can't find such a glorious person, and the Western media naturally have to report it vigorously. Besides, it's not like you don't know how popular Mr. Zhou is in the UK. ”

"That's just as well." Li Siguang nodded.

In the past six months or so, Li Siguang has given lectures at eight universities in the United Kingdom, and has encountered many British students asking about Zhou Hexuan's situation. When they learned that Li Siguang and Zhou Hexuan knew each other, those students respected him even more, and even asked him to ask Zhou Hexuan for an autograph.

If nothing else, just one "Legend of the Galactic Heroes", which is being serialized, is enough to drive British students crazy.

Guo Taiqi picked up the "Times" and sighed: "Don't look at the British arrogance, they still treat university scholars with great respect." You see, this article is really outrageously written, and all the 'sages of the Far East for 500 years' have come out. Yesterday, the Financial Times also coaxed, saying that Mr. Zhou's "The Rise of Great Powers" has great economic research value, hahaha, Mr. Zhou is about to be said to be an expert in economics. ”

Li Siguang shook his head and smiled bitterly, he really felt that the British newspapers touted it too much, and some compliments made people blush.

In the past half a month, the British media have not only introduced Zhou Hexuan's work in detail, but also popularized Zhou Hexuan's various academic contributions, including historiography, literature, language, etc., and some people have even translated Zhou Hexuan's poems.

He is the founder of modern historiography, an expert in the study of Shakespeare's plays, the founder of cognitive linguistics, the leader of oriental modernist poetry, a master of chivalric science fiction literature, the originator of magical realism literature, and the discoverer of sulfonamides...... There are too many titles, like dazzling lights hanging over Zhou Hexuan.

Even a liar who doesn't know how to learn can be packaged as a master by the media. What's more, Zhou Hexuan was originally a master, coupled with the unsparing publicity of so many newspapers, the chemical reaction produced during the period was unimaginable.

Let's put it this way, even illiterate homeless people on the streets of London may have heard of Zhou Hexuan's name and knew that he was a world-class great man from the Far East.

The British businessmen in China, led by Sassoon, did not have the ability to control all the newspapers. They just paid a few big newspapers and some tabloids to go crazy, and the rest was just the rest of the newspapers following suit.

Now Zhou Hexuan is the biggest hot spot in the UK, and for the sake of sales, the media is naturally willing to rub it off.

"It's almost time, let's go." Guo Taiqi looked at the gold-plated pocket watch.

The two of them set off together with some members of the embassy and soon arrived at the pier, which was already crowded.

Li Siguang looked at the various greeting banners on the dock, and suddenly exclaimed: "Hey, this battle is really big!" ”

There were more than 10 groups of international students alone, some of whom had come from Oxford and Cambridge, and there were at least 2,000 or 3,000 overseas Chinese from Britain who came to greet them, as well as members of the British branch of the Hongmen branch in Wuzhou, as well as leaders of the Kuomintang Revival Society (Britain).

These are all Chinese, and it is very understandable that they go to the dock to greet them, but there are also many British people who come to pick up the boat.

Guo Taiqi was also stunned and said in shock: "So many British people are holding banners to greet them, at least there are thousands, right?" Obediently, Mr. Zhou's appeal in the UK is really great! ”

In fact, at least ninety percent of the British who came to pick up the ship were hired for money to build momentum.

Suddenly, two cars drove towards the dock, and Li Siguang was surprised: "It seems to be the car of the Mayor of London." ”

"Shhh

Guo Taiqi gasped and said: "Not only the Mayor of London, but also the car of the British Minister of Culture and Sports!" Hey, it's okay, it's just the minister's secretary, otherwise it's too scary. ”

Not only Guo Taiqi and Li Siguang, but all the Chinese on the dock, as well as those British media reporters, were all shocked by the grand welcome scene, and Zhou Hexuan's influence seemed to have far exceeded imagination.

The ship arrived a little early, and was already on the surface of the sea before 11 o'clock.

When the ship docked, the thousands of Britons hired to pick up the ship reacted the fastest, violently holding up a banner and shouting: "Welcome Mr. Zhou, welcome the sage of the Far East!" ”

The Chinese on the dock were suddenly taken aback, and then they became proud and roared: "Welcome Mr. Zhou, welcome Mr. Zhou!" ”

Zhang Leyi and Yu Peichen, who were waiting in line to get off the boat, were already so shocked that they couldn't speak when they saw the terrifying scene on the dock, and they all looked at Zhou Hexuan beside them.

As a wife, Zhang Leyi is honored, with pride and happiness on her face.

Yu Peichen was deeply admired, and looked at Zhou Hexuan with an almost admiring look. I don't know if I don't go abroad, but now that I'm in London, she really understands Mr. Zhou's status.

Zhou Hexuan had a strange smile on his face, and thought: Sassoon is very good at playing, and he actually made such a big scene!