Volume 2: The crown and the hat are all over the capital, and the spirit is full of energy and enter the foggy city Chapter 1: The Dragon Rises
Subtitle of this chapter: Five months of plot, seven hundred thousand words.
"Listeners, welcome to NYPR. Today is Monday, February 28, 1920. ”
"It is now 9 a.m. Eastern Time in the United States. It will be cloudy with light rain today, with wind speeds of three to five. The highest temperature will be 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit (7 degrees Celsius), and the lowest temperature will be 33.8 degrees Fahrenheit (1 degree Celsius). Please don't forget to bring an umbrella when you go out..."
"The Dow Jones Index closed at 70 yesterday. Here are the futures prices yesterday...."
"Now reporting the hourly news, Washington D.C. Breaking news, according to well-informed sources, President Wilson's condition has worsened and he is now unable to walk independently. He will not attend President Harding's inauguration on the 4th of next month.. "
"European Telegraph: On the 23rd of this month, Soviet naval personnel launched an anti-Bolshevik coup at the Kalongsta Island Naval Base. Please listen to the midday news for detailed reports.. "
"Local news from New York. The world's first talkie movie theater located at Ninth Avenue and 79th Street will begin its trial run this Friday. The first talkie to be screened is "Twelve" directed by Lillian Gish. If listeners are interested, please call this station to get free tickets. First come, first served."
"The second volume of A Song of Ice and Fire written by Mr. Neo Yuan went on sale yesterday, and sales are still booming."
"The next thing is IT IS NY..."
"This is New York. Hello, listeners. I'm your host Adam. Yesterday, our program received another complaint about a large number of inappropriate behaviors and even crimes committed by the NYPD during law enforcement. Our special correspondent Mr. Buchanan Frank is outside the New York Police Department. Let's contact him by phone."
“Beep, beep…”
"This is Buchanan."
"This is IT IS NY, I'm Adam Buchanan, how are things going ?"
"Hello, Adam. Just like yesterday, I tried to interview NYPD Chief Leo Hill, but they kept rejecting my request. No one else in the bureau would accept my interview either. So far, no one from the New York Police Department has commented on the complaints from listeners. I was also treated very roughly and was almost arrested by two plainclothes police officers just now. Fortunately, they are wary of our radio station, otherwise I would not be able to answer this call."
"Don't get discouraged, Buchanan. We on this show and the people of New York City are with you."
"Yes, Adam. For the sake of my audience and the people of New York, I will stick with it."
"Thanks, Buchanan. Please keep yourself safe!"
"Thanks, Adam."
"Listeners from all over New York City, New York State, and the United States, did you hear that? These are the New York City police that our taxpayers pay their hard-earned money to support! They don't even dare to accept our interviews! Here I want to question not only NYPD Chief Leo Hill, but also the City Council and our mayor. Do they really care about the legitimate rights and interests of the general public?"
"But NYPR and I promise here that as long as they don't deal with the complaints from our audience, we will not stop sending reporters to interview them."
"Now let's start taking calls from listeners today... This is IT IS NY, who are you?"
"Hello, Adam. I'm a housewife from Brooklyn. I went to the grocery store on the corner of Bishop Street this morning and bought two pounds of sugar. But when I got home, I found that half a pound was missing. When I went to the grocery store to argue with the owner, he denied it and said I was deliberately making trouble."
"Well, ma'am, I want to ask if the grocery store on the corner of Bishop Street is owned by a Jew named Schwartz ?"
"Yes, Adam. It was a Jewish grocery store."
"My dear listeners, another Jew! Madam, where are you now?"
"Oh, I'm right here at the pay phone near the grocery store."
"Okay, ma'am, please don't go away. Our reporter will go with you to negotiate with the Jew later."
"Thank you, Adam. And NYPR."
"Ma'am, you're welcome. This is what we should do because..."
The male and female voices said at the same time: "IT IS NY (IT IS NY)..."
"Sir, it's time to have breakfast."
"Sister Lian, I'll be right over."
"Son-in-law, today is the second day of the second lunar month, the day when the dragon raises its head. I made a special cake to support you.. "
Yuan Yan was surprised and said, "Sister Lian, I didn't expect that you, a Chaozhou native, actually knew that we offer free shipping in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai... Well, we Jiangnan people eat this on the second day of the second lunar month."
The plain-looking combed-haired lady, who was over forty years old, smiled and asked, "Sir, do you want me to wake up my aunt?"
"Forget it, let Auntie...well, An Duo get some sleep. Please help me call Kunlun and ask him to come and eat together."
"Son-in-law, why do you always eat at the same table with the driver? There should be some rules in the house. What will happen after you get married to the young lady? I have already left food for him in the kitchen."
"Well...Okay, Sister Lian, isn't your young lady away now? Go and call her quickly!"
This "Sister Lian" was one of the "gifts" from Yuan Yanshu's fiancee. Of course, our Master Yuan, the successor of communism, could not accept any "mei dou"... let alone a 40-year-old self-combed girl. However, Sister Lian finally convinced him with her superb white-case cooking skills and delicious soup and porridge.
Yuan Yanshu originally thought that there was just an extra cook, but he didn't expect that this Sister Lian was actually the nanny who disciplined him, and also a female official who would privately record her "daily records" in a small notebook.
Although he looked like a high-class Chinese, his background was still too low. The Yuan family certainly had servants, but his family was showing signs of falling into poverty. So Master Yuan still underestimated the luxury of the truly wealthy families of this era.
You should know that there are two or three waiters who take care of Ms. Huang Huilan's dog. And a hundred years later, the national husband just bought an Apple watch for his pet dog, and the public opinion on the Internet was outraged.
Yuan Yan suddenly turned off the noisy radio, randomly picked a jazz record and started playing, then sat down at the dining table and began to enjoy the delicious breakfast prepared by Sister Lian.
The past two months have been the quietest period of time for him since he traveled through time. Not only did he not change the main body of history, nor did he fool historical figures. He even refused to publish his later works. He was determined to lower his S value.
Fortunately, the manual of the Master Ball system did not lie to him, and his S value really faded from the high-alert deep red area to the cautious yellow range.
However, it is impossible to return to the color of forgiveness where there is no need to worry or the blank white color, because his behavior in the first three months has already deviated history a little bit. At least he has become a figure in the history of Chinese and foreign literature.
No matter what, Yuan Yan, who was originally an unknown person and could only live off others in Shanghai, is now a successful person!
