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Chapter 87 Public Opinion

Chapter 87 Public Opinion (Please read, collect, recommend, and vote for the monthly ticket)
Amélie has been released for eleven weeks.

Won the weekly championship for nine consecutive weeks!

The French literary world began to stir.

In fact, when entering the eleventh week, there was already a lack of stamina.

However, an exclusive interview in L'Humanité suddenly pushed "Amelie" back to the forefront.

To be precise, it was Liu Jin who was pushed to the forefront.

I never engage in verbal arguments. All I do is write my work well and then quietly leave it there. Flowers bloom, butterflies come... I believe in the tastes of French readers. Kindness is the most beautiful thing in the world.

The existence of the platform is just to highlight a 'zoo-like world'.

I can probably understand Mr. Michel's intention; he wanted to use a story full of sensuality. Sorry, I didn't see any exploration of human nature, just a ridiculous world created by a man... Oh, and the hero's name is also Michel, right?

In China, this type of work is called SQ novel and is considered inferior.

Mr. Michel probably needs to improve his writing. His writing is so crude, I can't even discern the beauty of French. When I was in school, I studied Alphonse Daudet's book, "The Last Lesson." It taught us that French is one of the most beautiful languages in the world... but I don't see a single trace of that beauty in Mr. Michel's writing. I don't know if this is progress or regression for the French language.

I suggested that he read the QS version of a book called "The Story of Wind and Beauty". If he knows Chinese, he will know what the beauty of words is.

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In recent times, Michel Uerbeck has been constantly attacking Liu Jin in newspapers.

They even used race and nationality to stir up disputes.

Mela said this was a common tactic used by Flammarion Publishing House.

Find the most controversial people to start a debate to boost the visibility of Michelle's work.

His previous novel, Elementary Particles, sold 800,000 copies using this method.

This time, he wanted to repeat the same trick.

But Liu Jin tore off Michelle's fig leaf through an exclusive interview.

He didn't discuss the plot, but instead focused on Michelle's writing skills...

Unfortunately, this is Michelle's biggest weakness.

This issue was mentioned in the previous book, but because the opponent was too weak, it did not cause any waves.

This time...

A Chinese person accused a French person of having poor writing skills.

The key point is that he mentioned Alphonse Daudet again, a famous French writer.

Who has seen "The Last Lesson"?
I have to say that the level of textbook editing in the 1980s was very high.

The Last Lesson is actually not particularly famous in France.

This short story, published in 1873 in the magazine Les Stories du Lune, received little attention. This was likely due to the fact that the Franco-Prussian War had already ended two years earlier, and France, having ceded Alsace, was gradually emerging from the war's aftermath. Germany, meanwhile, was at its peak of power, so the French government was reluctant to over-promote such a patriotic novel.

So as not to provoke Germany into another military action.

ZZ, that's it!

So the French white flag is not just a casual remark.

I just didn't expect that such a patriotic work would not make much splash in France, but would become a must-read for Chinese people in the 1970s and 1980s.

Liu Jin now took out Daudet's article as evidence.

The French literary world suddenly fell into a deathly silence.

Many people who wanted to jump out and refute Liu Jin also shut their mouths.

As for most French people, they began to reflect.

Has French improved or regressed?
Why can works like "Platform" and "Elementary Particles" enter the best-selling list so openly?

I guess at this time, Michelle has already started cursing.

So in the tenth week after Liu Jin's work was released, sales soared again.

More and more French people want to buy a copy of "Amelie" to see how a Chinese person writes a French story in beautiful French.

The sales of "Platform" fell from 20,000 copies per week to less than 8,000 copies.

A week later, many bookstores even removed The Platform from their displays, perhaps because they felt it lacked quality. Meanwhile, with Liu Jin's argument that French is one of the most beautiful languages in the world, many old French classics unexpectedly found new life.

In the eleventh week after the release of "Amelie", six famous books appeared in the top ten of the best-selling list.

Moreover, sales are extremely high.

For example, the movie "Christophe" mentioned by Liu Jin in the interview actually sold more than 21,000 copies.

It's a set, not a book.

This set of books consists of three volumes, which is more than 60,000 books.

As a result, it still lost to the 83,000 copies of "Amelie".

In the twelfth week, "Amelie" topped the sales list for ten consecutive weeks.

However, it has fallen compared to the previous week, down to 64,000 copies.

Mela thought the trend had passed and began to prepare for the publication of "The Father Trapped in Time", but France's best-selling newspaper "Le Figaro" published an exclusive interview with Jacques Lang, a senior official of the French Ministry of Culture.

Jacques Lang, former French Minister of State and Minister of Education.

He considered himself a cultural celebrity and had very close personal relationships with both President Charles de Gaulle and President Mitterrand.

He mentioned "Amelie" in the interview.

He thanked Liu Jin for his efforts in promoting French.

He believes that the world view conveyed by "Amelie" is a universal view and a beautiful thing that should be yearned for by people all over the world.

Liu Jin even estimated that Jacques Lang might not have seen "Amelie".

I guess it was because the recent debate over the progress and regression of French caught his attention, so he brought this up.

But just this one word made the sales of "Amelie" exceed 100,000 in the 13th week.

It reached 123,600 books!
Mela, I'm stunned!
"You must be Jacques's Chinese relative."

"What nonsense are you talking about? I don't think he has ever read the book."

"But why did he mention your book in the interview?"

"You ask me, who should I ask?"

Meila looked at Liu Jin with a complicated expression.

"I'm a little scared when you look at me like that!"

"liu..."

"Ok?"

"I have a hunch."