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Chapter 145 We can draw!

"Whoever learns from me will live, whoever resembles me will die!?"

"Those who learn from me will live, those who resemble me will die..."

Cooper muttered.

However, Lu Shi did not explain this sentence again, but "preached" on the stage and continued to talk about the advantages of tabloids over broadsheets.

The streets that were noisy just now are now only filled with the sound of the pen tip scratching the paper.

Everyone was listening, even Buckle.

A ribbon cutting turned into a classroom.

After about ten minutes, Lu Shi had almost finished speaking and began to summarize:

"The standard for commenting on a newspaper is whether it is objective, credible, independent, and the source of information is accurate. The style of a broadsheet is stable and the newspaper page is large; the style of a tabloid is relatively eye-catching and the page is small, making it convenient for citizens carry."

At this point, it’s all said and done.

The "elementary school student" below also finished recording. He lowered his head and stared at the notes to study and ponder.

Not long after, there was a lot of discussion.

"I didn't come here in vain today! I didn't expect Professor Lu to have no secrets..."

"What do you know!? I am a noble professor and I don't bother to hide it."

"A noble person runs a tabloid?"

"Ah this..."

…

Whispers abounded.

Bakker frowned at his notes, pondered for a moment, and suddenly approached Saatchi on the side and whispered: "Mr. Saatchi, are you, the Daily Telegraph, planning to start a tabloid?"

Saatchi couldn't help but be cautious;

"What? Are you, The Times, going to do it?"

Bucker raised his eyebrows and snorted coldly,

"Isn't Mr. Saatchi too cautious? That's all, I'm telling you. The Times is not going to run a tabloid."

This must be a lie!

Because the success of "Mirror" has proved that tabloids are the existence of lower people.

And Lower Riba people equal sales volume.

And as the literacy rate in the UK soars, more and more middle- and lower-class people will have the habit of reading newspapers, and the sales of tabloids will inevitably grow explosively.

In a few years, it might be able to stabilize at 200,000.

Saatchi sneered,

"That's Mr. Buckle. Isn't it too careful what he says?"

This is Buckle's original words,

Use the other person's way to repay the other person's body.

Buckle, however, was not angry at all and continued: "The Times is not planning to run a tabloid, but that doesn't mean we won't invest in running a new newspaper. After all, The Times is a major newspaper, so there are some things that are inconvenient to say. , Disgraceful... Hehehehe..."

The sinister laughter made Sachi couldn't help but shudder.

But in fact, Saatchi thought the same thing just now,

Any major newspaper needs to open a small account.

On this point, the vast majority of foresighted editors-in-chief of major newspapers will definitely be able to reach a consensus.

Saatchi said: "It seems that Mr. Buckle already has an idea."

Bakker sighed: "Is this just my idea? I see, this is everyone's idea, but I just said it."

After saying that, he gave Lu Shi a gentlemanly courtesy,

"Thank you Professor Lu for your generous teaching."

This was said with great sincerity.

Other reporters and editors also expressed their gratitude to Lu Shi. Some even said that Lu Shi was a "journalism innovator" who "brought another dawn to the newspaper industry."

It’s just as outrageous as the “founder of modern history”.

Lu Shi waved his hand,

"Don't brag. I think we should complete the ribbon-cutting ceremony first."

After speaking, he nodded to Wodehouse beside him.

Wodehouse understood and stepped onto the stage.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony officially began.

Cooper pulled Lu Shi aside and whispered, "Lu, you just said, 'Those who learn from me will live, and those who resemble me will die.' I still don't understand."

Lu Shi chuckled and said: "This is actually said by Wu Changshuo, a great painter of the Qing Dynasty. The original sentence is 'If you learn from me, you cannot be completely like me. Those who transform me live, those who break me advance, and those who resemble me die'. I translated it It shouldn’t be too difficult to understand, right?”

Cooper nodded,

Just understand it literally.

Lu Shi continued: "Later, this sentence was echoed... um..."

He paused because he wanted to use Qi Baishi as an example.

Qi Baishi also said, "Those who learn from me will live, and those who resemble me will perish."

This sentence was said to one of his students, named Xu Linlu. It is said that his imitation of Qi Baishi's paintings can almost be real.

But what happened to Qi Baishi in 1901~

Lu Shi had no choice but to omit the names of people and give examples, and then said: "A painter criticizes his apprentices on the premise that the apprentice has copied the master's paintings to the point of confusing the real ones with the real ones. Only at this time can he say, 'Those who learn from me will live, and those who resemble me will die. 'It makes sense."

Cooper nodded,

It's as ridiculous and unbelievable as a primary school student who says "We can't stick to Goldbach's conjecture and must break through" before he even learns that one plus one equals two.

Cooper vaguely understood.

Lu Shi chuckled,

"It will take several months for major newspapers to imitate the Mirror. When they reach the stage of 'those who look like me will die', it will take several more months to break up and then stand up again. By then, the tabloids will The market has been completely opened, and "Mirror" is bound to be invincible. Unless..."

Cooper scratched his head,

"And 'unless'?"

With Lu Shi protecting him, he really couldn't imagine how "Mirror" could lose.

Lu Shi chuckled and patted the other party on the shoulder.

"Our gender version is just an emotional article. And some people might actually engage in some threesomes?"

For example, "The Sun" has the famous "Page 3 Girl", who later even became a fruit girl in order to increase sales.

So in "Yes!" That classic line can only be found in the original TV series of "The Minister":

The Guardian is read by people who think they should be running the country;

The readers of The Times are the real people who rule the country;

The readers of the Financial Times are the ones who hold the country in their hands;

…

Readers of The Sun don't care who rules the country, as long as she's hunched over.

Just do the color and that's it.

Therefore, no matter how awesome the "Mirror" is, it is impossible to compete with other serious drag racing gangs.

A well-written article is not as bright as someone else's headlamp.

This is the so-called "one force to defeat ten societies".

Lu Shi said: "The main reason is that the organizer of the Mirror is the London University Alliance, so it can't be too vulgar. Otherwise, one million copies will be sold in just a matter of minutes. Citizens who can't read can always Can you understand the picture?"

Cooper complained: "Lu, you really don't look like a writer, let alone a professor."

Lu Shi shrugged and was about to say something when he heard Wodehouse's voice: "What's 'not like a professor'?"

Only then did the two realize that while they were chatting, the ribbon-cutting ceremony had already ended.

Colleagues in Fleet Street dispersed in a rush,

Judging from their hurry, they were probably preparing to go back and prepare the tabloid.

"Tsk..."

Lu Shi was speechless.

Unexpectedly, I became an idle person and didn't even host the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

He said: "Sir, would you like to come to my office for a cup of tea? I have got a lot of good tea from Mr. Poincaré in France. You must try it."

Wodehouse glanced at Margarita not far away, then shook his head,

"No, no, I still have something to do."

After saying that, he rushed onto the carriage.

Cooper and Natsume Soseki on the other side were also very discerning. One said he wanted to go back to the office of The Scotsman, and the other said he was going to visit a nearby big bookstore, but they both left in a hurry.

In front of the newspaper office, apart from the passers-by looking for soy sauce, the only ones left were Lu Shi and Margarita.

Her Royal Highness blushed a little and complained about Wodehouse in her heart.

When I came to see Lu Shi, I just wanted to submit an article for the gender section of the "Mirror". I didn't have any extra thoughts.

Why was it misunderstood?

But what's going on with this thumping heartbeat?

It was obviously nothing!

For no reason, Margarita glared at Lu Shi, as if she had been bullied by Lu Shi.

Lu Shi was confused,

"Um...Your Highness, are you here to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony today?"

Margarita shook her head,

"Professor Lu, have you forgotten the topic we talked about before, pure love..."

"hiss……"

Lu Shi took a breath of cold air,

Can that be said in public?

He quickly raised his hand to interrupt the other party and said, "It's not convenient here. Let's talk in my office."

The two entered the newspaper office.

When everyone saw Margarita, they fell into silence for a while, then lowered their heads and went about their own business.

Lu Shi took Her Royal Highness into the office.

for a moment,

"Meow~"

We rushed up and circled at Lu Shi's feet.

Lu Shi rubbed the little guy's head, walked behind the desk, took out the small box with tea leaves, and started to boil water.

On the other side, Margarita and I were staring at each other.

My generation: "Meow~"

He tilted his big head and stared at each other curiously.

Margarita bent down, carefully stretched out a finger, and poked my head. She found that it was soft and cute, very cute. She couldn't help but feel happy. She reached out with both hands and touched my cheek again. Rub and rub.

I seem to like girls' touch very much,

Last time it was Phyllis;

This time it's a margarita,

It didn't show any dissatisfaction, but instead let the other party do whatever it wanted.

Her Royal Highness the Princess and I quickly established a friendship.

Not long after, Lu Shi made tea.

"Your Highness, please have tea."

Margarita looked up and saw unseasoned tea floating in the cup, and was slightly confused.

She pinched her nose and took a small peck, her eyes immediately lit up.

“Delicious!”

After all, it is a treasure stolen from Poincaré, so of course it is delicious.

Margarita drank a small half of the cup while it was hot, then let out a sigh of satisfaction and said, "Professor Lu, the atmosphere here is really good. Look at the clerks outside, none of them give me special treatment because I am a princess. Look at me. After that, I got back to work.”

Lu Shi scratched his head, wondering whether he should say something or not.

In fact, Her Royal Highness the Princess is being too sentimental.

"Mirror" has just been opened, and it is full of things. It is the busiest time. The employees are 999 every day, the light in their eyes will disappear, and they will not be very excited to see Margarita.

Lu Shi thought about it and finally decided not to tell the truth.

He changed the subject,

"Your Highness, have you finished writing the manuscript?"

Margarita nodded, took out a thick stack of manuscript paper and handed it to Lu Shi.

Lu Shi:? ? ?

"You wrote this in a week?"

Margarita blushed,

"Um."

impossible!

This is absolutely a lie!

Lu Shi had reason to believe that Margarita had a dream of becoming a writer and had completed a manuscript before, but it had not been published.

Of course, this is nothing new.

Because humans have the desire to express themselves, many people should have thought about becoming writers.

Lu Shi opened the manuscript,

The title is a female name——

"Josephina Oberstein\

,"Can't see anything.

Lu Shi continued to read, and soon felt something was wrong.

The beginning of this article, or this novel, is almost the same as that of traditional literature. It is completely different from "13 Years of a Princess: A Stick and a Crown Seal the Door to the Heart", and they have nothing to do with each other.

Lu Shi frowned and asked, "Did you really copy this article?"

Margarita looked surprised,

"Professor Lu, how do you know? I modeled it on "Jane Eyre", which is one of my favorite novels!"

puff!

Lu Shi spit out a mouthful of old blood.

The imitation he was talking about was "Thirteen Years of a Princess: A Stick and a Crown Seal the Door of the Heart\

,"Your Highness the Princess is lucky, here comes "Jane Eyre\

,"That’s outrageous!

Lu Shi couldn't help but complain: "You... okay, "Jane Eyre". But even if it is "Jane Eyre", you can't imitate it well!"

Margarita couldn't accept being criticized like this.

"Professor Lu, why?"

Lu Shi said: "You said that one of your favorite novels is "Jane Eyre", then you should know how the author Charlotte Bronte portrayed Jane, right?"

Margarita has read it more than ten times, so of course she knows,

"Jane is a tough person..."

Before he finished speaking, Lu Shi interrupted: "Let's not talk about personality first, let's talk about appearance first."

Margarita said "Huh?" and was stunned for half a second before answering: "Jane's self-evaluation is 'poor, humble, unattractive, and short'."

Lu Shi pointed to the novel,

"What about your article?"

Margarita was immediately dissatisfied and said: "Josephina is very beautiful, what's the problem? Professor Lu, I like "Jane Eyre", but I think this book also has shortcomings, that is, its narrative tone is too I have a sense of superiority, which is beyond the scope of my self-esteem as a contemporary woman."

Lu Shi: "..."

It's an amazing feeling to hear a princess from the early 20th century call herself a "contemporary woman."

He was stunned for a moment, and it took him a while to react.

"You can't expect a 19th-century female writer to know what 'contemporary women' are. What Jane surpassed was herself, not 'contemporary women.' She was already awesome!"

Margarita was silent.

Lu Shi continued: "Moreover, you have to understand the literary trend. Writers like to write about beauties in distress. The heroine can suffer misfortune, but she must be a beauty, preferably a pitiful one, so as to inspire readers' sympathy and Love for her. But "Jane Eyre" is different..."

Suddenly, Lu Shi stopped talking.

It was rare for Margarita to listen to one-on-one lessons from famous teachers, and she said anxiously: "Professor Lu, why don't you talk anymore? What's the difference in "Jane Eyre"?"

Lu Shi sighed,

"Why am I telling you this? Even if you can write a Jane Eyre, you can't serialize it in the Mirror."

Margarita asked: "Why is that?"

Lu Shi scratched his head,

For a moment, he didn't know how to explain to Margarita what a soulmate was.

That thing is a "monster" bred by pure journalism. Only people like Scott and Cooper who have completely fallen into the dark side of journalism can understand it.

Lu Shi's mind wandered, thinking about the various pages of "Mirror".

People's livelihood, novels, comics, gender, jokes, common sense of life...

"comics……"

Lu Shi's eyes suddenly widened.

When he was chatting with Cooper just now, he also thought that the two-sex version was not as good as the three-sex version.

First, because the false three vulgarities cannot defeat the true three vulgarities.

The second reason is because words cannot beat pictures.

The same applies to literary works.

But the converse is also true. As long as serious literature is turned into comics, even children can read it.

Lu Shi chuckled,

"It doesn't matter if you can't write well."

Margarita was puzzled;