I am a literary giant in Europe

Chapter 40 Betting (Please collect, recommend and vote for me)

Old Joe is an old kid.

Both classes in the morning were accounting. Old Joe, who never asks questions in class, asked a lot of questions today.

But the target was Liu Jin.

He must be jealous!

Jealous of the scandal between herself and Alice.

French…he-tui!

Liu Jin was a little uncomfortable at first.

After all, the impression he gave in class was that of a silent person.

These were all courses learned in the previous life. Although I forgot them completely later, after I was reborn, my past memories were awakened.

Old Joe asked a lot of tricky questions.

Accounting content within the civil law framework.

Liu Jin answered in an orderly manner...

Time flies by.

After the morning class ended, Liu Jin picked up his bag and walked out.

Ma Jun is still persuading Selena to attend his party in the evening.

Liu Jin couldn't stand it anymore, so he suddenly stopped when he opened the door and walked out.

"Ma Jun, the Shanghai Rose Bar you mentioned is on the back street of City Hall Square? That's the small square you cross from Lafayette Street?"

"Yes!"

Ma Jun didn't expect Liu Jin to ask a question suddenly.

I felt a little proud in my heart.

"If it's that bar, be careful."

"What do you mean?"

"What I mean is that Shanghai Rose Bar is a gay bar, a place where homosexuals gather. If you are one, just ignore what I said. If you are not one, then you'd better be careful. Remember, don't go into the bathroom with people of the same sex.

If you go in, it means you...

Take care! "

After saying that, Liu Jin left.

Zhang Pei and Song Weijie, who were originally surrounding Ma Jun, subconsciously took a few steps back.

"I'm not, what the fuck are you talking about?"

Ma Jun's face flushed and he stood up angrily.

However, as soon as he stood up, Duan Jie and Liu Sisi at the table behind him leaned back immediately.

Sun Yue couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"No, don't listen to his nonsense. I'm not... No, that's definitely not the gay bar he mentioned. It was introduced by my French classmate. Zhang Pei, listen to me, it's definitely not gay. He writes in the computer room every day and rarely goes out. How could he know so much?"
He slandered me, he slandered me!"

Liu Sisi said quietly, "Although Brother Jin doesn't go out much, he has several local friends who are local tyrants."

Duan Jie looked annoyed.

I almost fell for your trick, you bastard!

But if you look closely, Ma Jun seems to be a bit gay.

He has an unshaven beard, and some gays like his style.

"Duan Jie, don't listen to what he says, I..."

"I know, I know, I believe you're not!" Duan Jie responded, turning to Liu Sisi and saying, "Sisi, let's go to the bookstore in Galeries Lafayette. The environment there is nice, and the coffee is good, and it's cheap."

"I am coming too!"

Before Duan Jie finished speaking, Selina spoke.

"I've heard of that bookstore, it's really good... handsome, don't worry, I'll ask around for you later. If it's really like Amos said, I won't go. Um, don't worry, I know you're not."

"I really am not."

"Yeah!" Selina nodded repeatedly.

At this time, Yang Dongqi and Sun Yue had already left.

There was a burst of crazy laughter outside.

Ma Jun's face turned pale and he looked at Zhang Pei and Song Weijie.

As a result, I saw these two people following Selina and the others and sneaking out.

"I'm really not gay!"

……

Liu Jin didn't go to write today.

Instead, he took his laptop and strolled to a small street near the Town Hall Square.

Here, it is very close to the Jacobin Cathedral.

The pink Roman brick church complements the color of the city of Toulouse.

Liu Jin walked into a restaurant.

This was the restaurant he often visited when he was studying in Toulouse in his previous life.

Cappuccino is the specialty of this restaurant.

The basil pesto pasta was also delicious.

And his home-brewed beer is a must-try.

Back then, he spent a lot of money here... The restaurant is divided into two rooms, inside and outside, but they are connected.

Liu Jin walked into the inner room, sat down at a seat against the wall, ordered a draft beer, then put his cigarettes on the table and took out a notebook from his backpack.

It's an IBM laptop, it's so heavy!
Having already adapted to the portability and lightness of later generations, it is indeed a bit difficult to adapt to suddenly returning to these black floor tiles.

Fortunately, I got the hang of it quickly.

The keyboard is a French keyboard, which is a little different from the common English keyboard.

Liu Jin opened the word document.

It is genuine.

When Alijie bought it, she installed various genuine software.

However, Liu Jin still misses his WPS and Yuewen's writer assistant.

He needs to write the business plan for "French Idol" as soon as possible.

There is no shame in making money.

Although this project lacks some innovation due to the "Pop Idol" theme, the overall design is basically based on the process of "American Idol".

Why did Liu Jin know?

If you search online in 2025, you will find not only the business plan for American Idol, but also the initial business plan for "The Voice of China".

Liu Jin tried hard to recall the content of the project plan he had seen, and kept comparing it with the process of the American Idol program.

After finishing a glass of beer, he stopped writing.

His eyes fell on a newspaper placed on the table by a middle-aged man next to him.

His eyes flashed and he said, "Excuse me, can I see your newspaper?"

The uncle was chatting with others, and without turning around, he waved his hand and said, "Take it."

Liu Jin took the newspaper and started reading.

This is the entertainment section of Liberation Daily, which contains news about yesterday's press conference.

Liu Jin's photo was placed right next to Alijie's photo.

Well, at that time, the Liberation Daily was not so right-wing.

Unlike later, the whole style changed, with all kinds of slander and defamation against China.

Generally speaking, the Liberation Daily during this period was fairly fair.

At the beginning, it was a left-wing newspaper.

Sales were not very good, so it gradually moved to the right and unexpectedly became a mainstream newspaper in France, with sales skyrocketing.

From this we can see that French society’s attitude towards China is basically like that.

No wonder he later jumped from one place to another, because he wanted to follow the crowd...

The newspapers are looking forward to Alizee's album and believe that the collaboration between Alizee and Laurent Boudonnat will definitely produce good results.

(It should be the result of public relations)
However, people are skeptical about Liu Jin's claim that Alijie's album can exceed 400 million sales.

After all, since the 1990s, there have not been many French singers who have been able to create hit albums around the world.

Neither can Mylene Farmer.

The last person to achieve amazing sales was Celine Dion.

But in the eyes of most people, the album's astonishing sales were due to Celine Dion's own strength, but even more so to the popularity of "Titanic." For a newly debuted singer like Alizée, breaking the 400 million sales mark was simply impossible.

Then, the editor questioned Liu Jin.

Alice said that his work "Amelie" is an excellent work.

In my opinion, this is probably because beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Alice is only a sixteen-year-old girl, not particularly good at literature. I don't believe a Chinese person could produce any excellent French works.

It is reported that the book was published by Toulouse Singela Publishing House.

It is undeniable that Singla Press was a very outstanding publishing house in the last century.

But with the retirement of Singla, Singla Publishing House lost its helmsman, as evidenced by the large number of outstanding writers who left Singla Publishing House since the 1990s.

What I want to say is that Singla might have made a mistake this time.

I bet that if the Chinese man’s book cannot sell more than 10,000 copies.

If he sells 10,000 copies, I'll run naked across the Bastille...]

Hoo ho ho!
Isn't this the heat?
Liu Jin put down the newspaper and listened attentively.

A few uncles at the next table were also discussing this matter.

Of course, their attitude is similar to that of the editor. They also do not agree that Liu Jin, as a Chinese, can gain a foothold in the French literary world.

It's definitely a good thing that people are discussing it.

The most frightening thing is that no one talks about this matter, that would be the real end of the matter.

Liu Jin listened for a while, then closed his notebook, put it in his backpack and walked out of the restaurant.

He took out his phone and dialed Meera’s number.

"Meira, have you read today's Liberation?"

"Of course I don't care."

"I know, I know. The editor's name is Farne. What's his reputation like?"

"Well enough?"

"I just saw his report...Meira, I have an idea that might be of some help to our book."

……

(End of this chapter)