My Pen Pal Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 295 The True Face of Lao Li
As for who invented the numbers, let's leave this confusing matter to Zhu's descendants to deal with. I, Li, can't care so much. After all, history is written by the victors, right?
Having made up his mind, Li Han started writing the tutorial from the most basic understanding of numbers. Although it was a bit troublesome, he was full of enthusiasm.

From numbers, to symbols for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, to the four arithmetic operations, equations, to physics, chemistry, technician training and a host of other knowledge, from entry-level to simple, and then to complex, Li Han edited several megabytes of documents on the computer and then printed them out into a book.

Several days passed. Looking at the mountain of teaching materials in front of him, Li Han felt a sense of accomplishment. The next thing he thought about was how to send the portrait back to Zhu Yuanzhang.

But this made Li Han feel troubled again. What image should he present in front of Lao Zhu?

Ancient costumes? Modern costumes? Is the background more fairy-like or more modern and technological?
It was the first time that Li Han realized that even a grown man like him actually had trouble choosing clothes.

After much thought, he decided to go big if he wanted to have fun, so he might as well combine the past and the present. He told Li Momo about this idea, and when Li Momo heard it, he immediately showed great interest, even more interested than Li Han.

Then Li Han regretted it. He found that he didn't expect that shooting a video would be such a troublesome thing.

Li Momo found a professional team with various cameras and drones, which gave Li Han the illusion that she was shooting a promotional video for Nanjing's culture and tourism.

What he didn't expect was that when she learned that the video was meant for Lao Zhu, Li Momo actually wanted to take part in it herself. She thought that the Lao Zhu she was talking about was the one in Europe. Even though Li Han repeatedly emphasized that Lao Zhu was a man, she was still not at ease. She wanted to take this opportunity to assert her sovereignty.

After shooting the video, Li Han felt like he had fought a great battle. All his energy was drained. Looking at Li Momo who was becoming more and more excited, and seemed to want to do it again, he couldn't help but sigh that women are born to take photos!

After watching the finished film, Li Han himself was stunned. It was a true combination of ancient and modern times. In the video, it showed the modern side of Nanjing, as well as the Jiangnan courtyards, bridges and flowing water, and majestic mountains and rivers. Li Han himself was dressed as a scholar and looked really ethereal.

And Li Momo, who was filming the video with him, looked like the Queen Mother of the West who had descended to earth.

Will this video further deepen Zhu Yuanzhang's stereotype of himself?

Li Han muttered to himself, forget it, don’t worry about it, let Old Zhu think whatever he wants.

Then he would write a reply to Zhu Yuanzhang and wait for Li Momo to send him a sample of the re-edited film so that he could send it back to Zhu together.

After handing the film over to Li Momo to direct, it was natural that we also hoped that she would perfect it. At the very least, the opening and ending credits, as well as the soundtrack, should be added, so that it would be a complete movie.

A few days later, Li Momo sent the re-made film and told Li Han that the film had been submitted for review and the broadcasting platform had been contacted. He believed that it would be approved for release soon.

However, this time she came here, in addition to delivering the film, she also wanted to discuss cooperation with the platform with Li Han. After watching the sample film, the platform also felt that the film had great potential, but there were differences when it came to quoting prices.

The platform wanted to buy it out in one go and offered a price that ordinary people could not refuse, but Li Momo rejected it outright. The platform knew the potential of the film, and she knew it even better. After some argument, she reached an agreement with the platform to share the profits.

As for how to divide the profits, she wanted to discuss it with Li Han, but Li Han said that it would be entirely up to her.

Li Momo was deeply moved by Li Han's trust in him. He put on all his energy and rushed to the negotiation table like a soldier heading to the battlefield.

After watching the re-edited sample, Li Han was very satisfied. In addition to the exquisite opening and ending credits, the film also has a first-class soundtrack, especially the combination of classical and modern music, which is very consistent with the steampunk style of the industrial scenes that appear in the film.

The images were also re-colored, making it look more like a theater movie. In addition, some parts of the film were re-edited, making the narrative smoother and more suspenseful, with a more dramatic plot. It should have been produced by a very professional team, and it seems that Li Momo put a lot of effort into it!

He copied the movie into a USB drive and sent it to Zhu Yuanzhang along with a letter.

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At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was in the Buddhist hall, wondering when Li Han would reply to him, when he saw a blue light flashing on the Buddhist table without any warning.

That’s great! Lao Li finally replied. He really helped us out in time!

Ever since Zhu Funing sent the movie to Li Han last time, she would come to urge him almost every day, asking if Li Han had replied. At first, it was okay, and Zhu Yuanzhang could patiently explain to her that Li Han would reply in a few days, but no one could stand the constant urging.

If it were someone else, he would just drag her out and beat her with a stick, and no one dared to urge Zhu Yuanzhang to do it. But now he was facing his own precious daughter, and he couldn't hit her or scold her. In the end, he could only use the excuse of worshiping Buddha to run to this Buddhist temple to seek some peace and quiet.

In addition to the small trouble of Zhu Funing, there was another big trouble outside the palace. The railway tracks had finally moved forward a little after many bumps and bruises along the way, but overall, the progress was still too slow.

Here, he sent a large number of Beijing garrison troops to guard the project, which barely ensured the progress of the project. However, it now seems basically impossible to complete it according to the original schedule.

Apart from this, everything else went smoothly. The mass-produced locomotive had been produced, and the first train in the Ming Dynasty could start running after the first section of railway was completed.

However, the railway was delayed in completion and trains could not run, which made Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Min and others extremely angry.

Now that Old Li had replied, Zhu Yuanzhang was delighted. He also sent him a lot of information. He walked forward, picked it up and saw the words "Introduction to Basic Mathematics" written on it in big letters.

It seems that in order to cooperate with the education reform, Lao Li sent me teaching materials. It is really thoughtful. With the teaching materials sent by Lao Li, I believe that Daming will be able to train a large number of technical workers soon.

I picked up the letter, opened it and found a USB drive inside. What was that?
Zhu Yuanzhang was curious and decided to read the letter first.

He ordered people to move a large pile of teaching materials back to the bedroom, and asked the palace maid to make tea. While sipping the tea, he read the letter.

"Old Zhu, although I also want to drink with you, talk about the past and present, and have a good chat, and I also want to meet Xu Da, Zhu Di and others, and I want to meet Zhu Biao and Zhu Yunwen, father and son, but due to some reasons that are inconvenient to explain in detail, it is not convenient for me to meet with you for the time being.

Ever since you gave me the portrait last time, I have been wondering whether I should show you my true face. After thinking about it, we are now close friends, and it is reasonable for good friends not to know what the other person looks like.

So I made a video for you, and when you see me in the video, it might be like seeing me in person.”

what?
Did Lao Li take the video himself and send it over?

Zhu Yuanzhang's heart began to beat wildly. Does this mean that he is about to see Lao Li's true face?
For a moment, he was actually a little stunned.

(End of this chapter)