Zhou Hexuan went to the United States this time, and originally planned to bring Zhang Leyi, just as a honeymoon after marriage. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Unexpectedly, just a few days before departure, Zhang Leyi felt unwell and was diagnosed as pregnant by the doctor.

In desperation, Zhou Hexuan had to take Sun Yongzhen south and leave Sun Yonghao in Tianjin to take care of his family.

At the end of September, Zhou Hexuan met Zhang Mouzhi in Shanghai, and then sailed across the Pacific Ocean, passing through Japan and Hawaii before ending in San Francisco.

The ticket was bought by Zhang Mouzhi, a Japanese passenger ship.

But amazingly, the most popular thing on board is neither Chinese nor Japanese, but common English, and it seems that being able to speak a few words of Western is a high-class person.

The captain, chief mate and other high-ranking positions are all Japanese, and most of the waiters on the ship are from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Guangzhou. They are adamant that they do not speak Chinese or northern dialect, so much so that sometimes northern travelers need to speak English to these Chinese waiters if they want to order a cup of coffee.

Zhou Hexuan's feeling is that after boarding an ocean liner at the Shanghai dock, he immediately finds himself in another world.

"Virtuous son-in-law, are you really sure about going to the United States to do finance this time?" Zhang Mou asked again after getting on the boat, and he had asked this question countless times.

Zhou Hexuan smiled helplessly: "If you are not in the mood for me, you will not do anything on this trip to the United States, just treat it as an ocean trip." ”

"It depends." Zhang Mouzhi's heart is completely bottomless.

Weng and his son-in-law felt that the cabin was very stuffy, and after a while, they went to the deck together to breathe.

They bought first-class tickets and stayed in the top cabins. And the passengers on the deck are also successful people at home and abroad, men in suits and leather shoes, women are solemn and fashionable.

Zhang Mouzhi found a small table and sat down, greeted the Chinese waiter in English, and said, "Coffee!" ”

When the waiter heard that it was English, he immediately replied respectfully and in broken Chinese-English: "Please_wait." ”

Zhou Hexuan lay on the deck railing, looking at the fading Chinese coastline, feeling really boring. The thought of staying on the ship for a month made Zhou Hexuan even more boring. He used to travel around the world often, but he had never been on a ship of the Republic of China, and the speed was outrageously slow.

Just when Zhou Hexuan was blindly looking at the scenery, there was a sudden commotion on the deck of the lower floor.

I saw a few Chinese men coming to the deck, and the Chinese people along the way stood up and shook hands, chatting happily.

The person who walked to the front, Zhou Hexuan had seen the photo, it was the Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang.

Mei Lanfang was invited by the US Minister to China to take the troupe to the United States to perform. The famous photo of Mei Lanfang and Chaplin in later generations was taken during this performance.

Since he didn't live on the same floor, Zhou Hexuan didn't bother to go down to say hello, asked for a cup of milk tea, and sat on the deck to bask in the sun.

"Mr. Zhou, long time no see!" There was a loud voice in my ears.

Zhou Hexuan looked up, and immediately stood up with a smile and greeted: "It turned out to be Mr. Antworm and Mrs. Antwerp, good two!" ”

This Mr. Antwater is actually the U.S. Minister to China, Murray. When Zhou Hexuan got married in Shanghai, he also brought his wife to the wedding, and they had some slight friendships with each other.

"You still call my Chinese name Ma Murui, I'm used to it." Ma Murui speaks fluent Chinese.

Ma Murui's wife Alice asked with a smile: "Is Mr. Zhou going to the United States?" ”

"Yes," Zhou Hexuan asked casually, "what about the two of you?" ”

Ma Murui shrugged and said, "I am leaving office this time to return to China. ”

He served in the U.S. State Department more than 20 years ago, served as Minister Counsellor in China more than 10 years ago, then transferred to the Embassy in Japan, and then transferred back to the United States as Director of the Far Eastern Department of the State Department.

A few years earlier, Marmurray had come to China again as U.S. Consul General in Tianjin, and later as U.S. Minister to China.

The return of tariff autonomy by the United States to China was negotiated by Murray. Last year, he was invited by Chang Kaishen to go to Northeast China to make contact with Zhang Xueliang, expressing that the United States supports the change of banner in Northeast China.

Don't think that this guy has his heart set on China, he belongs to the hardliners of the US diplomatic system, and everything is based on US interests. He was opposed to the return of China's tariff rights, but the US Secretary of State ordered him to start negotiations.

By the way, this guy is also a special assistant to the former US Secretary of State.

"Do you want to leave office and return home?" Zhou Hexuan smiled, "It seems that Mr. Ma Murui is about to be promoted." ”

Ma Murui complained: "Hell Gaosheng, I would prefer to stay in the Far East." Our new president is a guy who doesn't play his cards according to common sense. ”

Well, it seems that Murray is a Democrat and can't be in the same pot as Republican President Hoover.

Mrs. Ma Alice asked, "Mr. Zhou, are you going to the United States this time for academic exchanges?" ”

Zhou Hexuan didn't hide it, and said honestly: "I think the U.S. stock market is about to crash, so I went short to make a little money by the way." ”

"Hahaha," Ma Murui seemed to hear a big joke, "Mr. Zhou, maybe you can deposit $100 with me, so as not to lose all the money to buy a ticket back home." ”

Alas, every time you tell the truth, why doesn't anyone want to believe it?

Zhou Hexuan shrugged: "Let's wait and see, I'm not joking." ”

Alice said: "Mr. Zhou, you are a famous literary scholar, and I heard that you grew up in the United States, have you ever thought about writing a novel about the United States?" ”

"That's a good idea." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

It's a long journey at sea, and if you don't find something to do, you'll drive people crazy.

Three years ago, the magazine "International Students" also published a special guide to studying abroad, and the article specifically reminded that international students had better bring musical instruments and books to pass the boring time on the boat.

Zhou Hexuan went to the United States this time, except for the passbook of Citibank's international account, he didn't bring anything with him.

Then just write a novel, it is estimated that when the ship docks in San Francisco, Zhou Hexuan's new work has been written, and it is just in time to find an American publisher to publish and distribute it.

As for what book to write?

American readers don't like things that are too literary, and they have to be commercialized enough.

The original author of "Gone with the Wind" is estimated to have completed the first draft, and the book cannot be copied.

Of course, it will take another seven years for this book to be published, and if Zhou Hexuan takes out the manuscript in advance, he can completely cut off the beard, as long as he is not afraid that the original author will come to find trouble.

Lying in the cabin and thinking about it for a long time, Zhou Hexuan felt that he didn't need to copy any books, and he could just adapt "Titanic" into a novel, anyway, he told Wanrong this story last time.

Zhou Hexuan suddenly had a bad taste and wanted to write "Titanic" as a science fiction story.

That is to say, if the plot of the movie is not greatly modified, it will be the old Rose decades later as soon as it appears.

Well, from the perspective of a futuristic character at the end of the 20th century, telling a story that takes place at the beginning of the 20th century, isn't this science fiction what?