I am a literary giant in Europe

Chapter 6 Parallel Time and Space
Lao Pi and Joan finally chose the Claret Bassey Hotel.

I chose this hotel because it is very close to Gare de Lyon.

The hotel rooms are small and the building is a bit old.

The exterior walls are grayish yellow.

But it is very clean and the facilities are complete.

When Liu Jin arrived at the hotel, he immediately fell in love with the guest room with a computer.

He needs to use the computer to look up some data and information.

The house price was cheaper than expected, only 700 francs, which is about 800 RMB.

If shared equally among the three people, each of them would only have a little over 200 yuan.

Yang Dongqi can accept it.

So, they checked in quickly.

Of course, in order to avoid trouble, Yang Dongqi went directly to Liu Jin's room.

He still lives with Dadong and the others at night.

Yang Dongqi is a very principled man.

I don't like taking advantage of others, nor do I like accepting favors from others.

Because he knew that he didn't have the ability to accept favors.

Of course, this time he also accepted a favor from Dadong and Sun Yue.

Liu Jin did not force him to live with him, and Yang Dongqi would not accept Liu Jin's kindness.

……

The night is deep.

It's raining in Paris!

In fact, during the day, the sky looked like it was going to rain, but I didn’t expect it to last until night.

The lights in the hotel room were off, and the bulky desktop computer screen was flashing with dazzling light.

Liu Jin sat in front of the computer with a deep look in his eyes.

On the screen, the Yahoo search page was full of information about 'Hugo'.

There is Hugo who is a businessman, Hugo who makes movies, Hugo who is a lawyer, and Hugo who is a criminal in prison.

The only one missing is the writer Hugo.

why?
He was reborn, not traveling through time, so why would something like this happen?

He picked up the cigarette box from the table, took out a cigarette and lit it.

Liu Jin felt that he must have overlooked something!
Get up and turn on the light.

Called the hotel front desk and asked for a pot of coffee.

This is the case abroad. Hotels don’t provide hot water, not even a kettle.

Also normal.

Foreigners don't have the habit of drinking hot water.

Even in 2016, even the Hilton Hotel in New York only provided a coffee pot at most.

The hotel provides coffee at an additional cost.

Fortunately, Liu Jin used a credit card and could pay the bill.

The coffee is definitely good coffee.

Well, a hundred times better than American coffee.

Especially French coffee.

If you want to taste authentic French coffee in the United States, you need to pay extra...

He poured a cup of coffee and sat down on the sofa.

I closed my eyes, tried to calm down, and then sorted out my memories very carefully.

All day long, I was only concerned about Zhao Qian's affairs.

Liu Jin didn't even have time to think.

In fact, subconsciously, he felt that there was no need to sort it out.

What has he experienced?
He knew it very well in his mind, so what was there to sort out?
It's just that it's been a long time and some memories may have become blurred.

But now, he felt it was necessary to sort it out.

Putting aside the Hugo incident, there are many strange things.

For example, his French...

Before his rebirth, his French was mediocre.

But after rebirth, he is so proficient.

Well, using the level classification of online literature, his French had only recovered to the entry level before his rebirth, but now, it is at the master level.

Not only French, but English and Japanese too.

Before his rebirth, his English was limited to listening and speaking, and he had no reading ability. In other words, he was illiterate in English.

But after his rebirth, he could understand English programs on TV and read the English version of Le Figaro.

The same is true for Japanese.

If you take the exam, you can easily pass the first level.

But when was this skill point added?

……

The memories of this body are somewhat different from Liu Jin's.

As far as he could remember, there was no fight in the third year of junior high school that changed his fate, so he successfully completed high school and was admitted to university.

No soldiering, no injuries.

After graduating from university, I worked in a bank for a year and then went to Japan.

Well, there was a fight in Japan.

Expelled from school.

Return home...

This hasn't changed.

After returning to China, he was very negative. He drank too much in the middle of the night and encountered a surprise inspection, which led to a conflict.

This hasn't changed either.

After that, he was sent to France.

People are still the same people.

But this Liu Jin is not that Liu Jin.

So, this is a parallel universe?

If we use the theory of parallel time and space to explain it, then everything seems to make sense. Because it is a parallel time and space, there is no Hugo;
Because it is a parallel universe, the journey that was supposed to be carried out had to be delayed in Paris.

Because it's a parallel universe...

Liu Jin suddenly stood up, picked up his coat and walked out of the room.

"Pierre, Liu seems to be out."

Qiao An lives opposite Liu Jin's room.

Liu Jin's going out naturally alarmed Qiao An.

In fact, Lao Pi and Xiao Qiao did not want to stay in Paris.

If there was no other way, they would rather bring a few people back to Toulouse safely and then consider themselves done.

As Liu Jin said to Pierre: Actually, you discriminate too!
The inherent arrogance of white people, coupled with their ignorance of China, leads them to believe that Chinese people come to France not necessarily to study, but to make money. To make money, Chinese people are willing to remain undocumented. Perhaps they will slip away quietly.

Lao Pi is reading a book.

He raised his head, looked at Qiao An and said, "Who went out?"

"Liu Jin, the one next door."

"He won't, don't worry."

"why?"

Lao Pi stood up and picked up his coat.

"Come on, let's go to the lobby."

Joan was a little confused, but Lao Pi was the principal and he was his assistant, so it was not easy for him to ask.

Officialdom culture exists not only in China, but also in France.

You see, Xiao Qiao is very cold in front of Yang Dongqi and the others, but in front of Lao Pi, she is as docile as a Labrador.

The two came to the lobby and sat down on the sofa.

After a while, Liu Jin came back.

He didn't see Lao Pi and the other man, but walked to the front desk.

"I want to make an international call, is that okay?"

"International long-distance calls? That's subject to additional charges!"

"I have an international calling card."

International long-distance calling cards are actually a kind of discount cards.

If you go abroad to study in 2000, you will definitely buy this discount card.

International calls are much cheaper.

The front desk clerk put the phone on the counter and walked away.

Liu Jin skillfully scratched off the password on the phone card, and then followed the instructions on the phone card to quickly dial a domestic number.

"Dad, it's me!"

"I'm still in Paris. There's a major railway strike in Paris today. Haha, you'd never guess that the first thing I'd see when I got here is a major strike... Well, tomorrow morning's train will take six hours and arrive in Toulouse this afternoon."

"Where's my mother?"

"Don't worry, I can take care of myself. I'm not a child."

"I know, I know... No fighting! The Japan incident wasn't my fault. That idiot said we were Chinese in class. He thought I didn't understand. Sky and the others wouldn't dare to do that. This kind of thing can only be dealt with privately. If it gets out, it won't do them any good. It's just an entry ban, ten years only. Besides, I might not go there again..."

"Give my dad the phone. I need to talk to him."

The phone was handed back to Dad.

"Dad, there's something I want to tell you... You know, my sister is a restless person. Before I went abroad, I heard that she wanted to leave the bank and start a business. Well, it seems that she is working with their president... I have to warn you, the people in the bank are not easy to deal with. Don't let them take advantage of her..."

"A job at a bank is so good, but she's still working in international settlements. It's less work and the salary is high. Why is she messing around like that?"

"The society out there is so complicated, and her personality..."

"You must keep an eye on her and don't let her resign. Just stay at the bank. She's a girl, and she can work until retirement, peacefully. I'm telling you, if she leaves the bank, I won't care about her if anything happens to her in the future."

"I know, I know...Okay, my phone bill is almost gone."

"Yeah, I'll contact you when I get to Toulouse. That's all."

He hung up the phone and breathed a sigh of relief.

Hopefully, some things can change.

He thought to himself and walked towards the elevator.

"look!"

Lao Pi laughed.

Joan scratched his head and laughed too.

"You know what? Today, after he had an argument with someone in a cafe, he suddenly asked me if I was a racist."

"what?"

"Of course I denied it."

Lao Pi lit a cigarette and said softly, "But then I thought about it carefully, am I a racist?

I'm definitely not.

But I know that I am actually a little discriminatory.

Liu said something to me today that struck me as quite philosophical.”

"What?"

"He said: Discrimination comes from arrogance, arrogance comes from ignorance, and ignorance is the original sin."

Joan was stunned.

Lao Pi smiled and said, "Look, you're surprised too. To be honest, I was very surprised when I heard him say that. The school's decision to recruit Chinese students was an experiment, but the board of directors was more concerned about financial income."

The board wants to recruit students from China because they are interested in money.

But from the board of directors to us, no one has really tried to understand China.”

Xiao Qiao scratched his head in agreement.

"After they enroll, I will propose to the principal that we strengthen exchanges between international classes and between international classes and local students. Our aim is to provide a truly international education for the world.

But in fact, we didn't do it.

Putting Chinese students into an international class alone does not conform to our educational purpose.

Communication, integration, openness...this is something we need to improve.”

"Principal, you are absolutely right."

"Vice-Chancellor!"

"Yes, Principal."

……

(End of this chapter)