After the three-day interview, the reporter from Time magazine did not leave Shanghai.

He knew that the Indian poet Tagore was coming to Shanghai to visit China.

This is a cultural exchange between two ancient countries. As the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, Tagore has a considerable influence in the West.

For Western media, this is a very news-worthy cultural event.

Moreover, at that time, Lin Zixuan will meet with Tagore. It will definitely be meaningful to meet two literary leaders from different countries in the Far East. They can be used as interesting stories in his interview content.

So, the reporter decided to witness this moment and then went to Peking to interview Wu Peifu.

He wanted to take a photo of two people shaking hands, and after thinking about the name, it was called "the handshake between two cultural leaders."

Tagore is already in his sixties, and Lin Zixuan is only twenty-four years old. This strong age contrast should be very interesting. It is both a cultural exchange and a kind of inheritance.

A lot of meaning can be interpreted from a photo, which is the value of a good news.

A reporter from Time magazine believes that Lin Zixuan is young and has an unlimited future. As long as he maintains such enthusiasm for literary creation, he will not be too surprised that Lin Zixuan will win the Nobel Prize in Literature in the future.

Because Lin Zixuan understands Western society and knows what Westerners like.

However, the reporter was extremely puzzled by the Chinese cultural circle's attitude towards Tagore. Some controversial articles appeared in the English newspapers and magazines he read in Shanghai. The Chinese cultural circle seemed not very welcome to the Indian poet.

Lin Zixuan had no choice but to explain that that was only the view of some people. It did not represent the entire Chinese cultural circle.

He has always avoided Western journalists from gaining an in-depth understanding of this. In the interview, he mentioned the new literature that is booming in China. However, he did not mention that the new literature is at the juncture of division.

He also did not mention the chaos caused by Tagore's visit in the Chinese cultural circle, which is a bit of a family scandal that should not be made public.

As Tagore's visit to China approaches, more and more articles attacking Tagore in newspapers are increasing.

Correspondingly, scholars represented by Liang Qichao and Xu Zhimo spared no effort to advocate Tagore and were deifying Tagore.

The two sides are equal in size and have clear camps.

What Lin Zixuan didn't expect was that Shen Yanbing was among the people who criticized Tagore.

On the day Tagore came to Shanghai, an article appeared in the newspaper.

Shen Yanbing claimed: "We decided not to welcome the loud praise of Eastern civilization and lead our young people to this civilization, so that they seek solace and poisoned Tagore in their meditation..."

The reason why Lin Zixuan finds it strange is that Shen Yanbing is an employee of Commercial Press. This time, the invitation of Tagore was the one behind the scenes of Commercial Press.

Moreover, Shen Yanbing was also a supporter of Tagore before and translated Tagore's poems.

When the "Novel Monthly" published a special issue of Tagore, Shen Yanbing actively participated in it and introduced Tagore's life, but did not mean to oppose Tagore.

If Guo Moruo did this, Lin Zixuan would not be so surprised.

But now Guo Moruo no longer cares about Tagore. His "Creation Weekly" cannot make money and has no financial support, so he has to stop publishing. The members of the Creation Society go their separate ways and are separated.

He himself was even more poor and could not survive in Shanghai, so he had to return to Japan.

Lin Zixuan and Shen Yanbing were not very familiar with each other. Just because he was surprised, he and Xu Zhimo rushed to the dock to greet Tagore.

Xu Zhimo was a representative of the lecture club and accompanied Tagore's itinerary in China throughout the journey. He came to Shanghai two days ago, and was accompanied by them as a reporter from the American Times magazine.

No matter how the Chinese cultural circle argues, Tagore will still arrive as scheduled.

On March 21, 1924, Tagore set out on a boat from Kolkata, India and began his first trip to China.

On April 8, Tagore arrived in Hong Kong, and Sun Zhongshan sent an envoy to bring a welcome letter.

According to the itinerary, on April 12, the cruise ship "Retianma" taken by Tagore and his party will arrive at Huishan Pier in Shanghai.

There have been many welcome crowds gathering on the dock.

The representatives of the Commercial Press are Zheng Zhenduo and some members of the Literary Research Association, as well as scholar Zhang Junjie, representatives of the Shanghai Youth Association, Jiangsu Education Association, Indian people traveling to Shanghai, newspaper reporters, etc.

The scene is extremely grand.

While waiting, everyone chatted with each other, reporters interspered and interviewed. The event film department of Commercial Press also used cameras to shoot news documentaries.

Lin Zixuan and Zheng Zhenduo have a good relationship, so they asked questions that he had previously puzzled.

"How could Yan Bing write such an article? Isn't he very supportive of Tagore?" Lin Zixuan said in confusion.

Zheng Zhenduo is a fan of Tagore. He has written many articles that welcome Tagore and translated Tagore's "Bird Collection" and "Creative Moon Collection". He and Shen Yanbing are good friends, so he must know the reason.

"He is involuntarily," Zheng Zhenduo said vaguely.

Lin Zixuan thought about it and understood and stopped asking questions.

Without waiting for a long time, a cruise ship slowly sailed into the Huishan Wharf in Shanghai.

When the cruise ship was docked at the pier, Xu Zhimo and Lin Zixuan, as well as representatives and journalists from various social groups boarded the cruise ship.

Tagore had already stood on the deck, behind him were several Indian scholars. This time, Tagore also brought an international university visiting tour group and he received a sponsorship fee from India.

Although the Indian poet is in his sixties, he still looks very energetic.

Through letters, Xu Zhimo and Tagore hurriedly stepped forward to introduce themselves, and then introduced them to Chinese scholars.

Next was the time for reporters to take photos, and the cruise ship was quite chaotic.

The reporter of Time magazine wanted to take photos of Tagore and Lin Zixuan shook hands alone, so he stepped forward to say this requirement. In this era, compared with the restraint of Chinese journalists, American journalists have a more free spirit.

He did not regard Tagore as a big shot, but as a news object, and did not think there was anything wrong with this requirement.

Lin Zixuan explained the origin of this American journalist.

Tagore looked at Lin Zixuan unexpectedly. When Xu Zhimo introduced it just now, he only said that Lin Zixuan is a famous Chinese poet, and he didn't care too much, after all, Lin Zixuan is too young.

At this age, he shouldn't be too famous poet.

However, Tagore knew that the prejudice of Western media against Oriental people could allow American magazines to come to Shanghai for personal interviews. This young man should be very influential in Western society.

Let's learn more about this young man later.

He accepted the proposal of a Western reporter and shook hands with Lin Zixuan in an open place on the cruise ship.

Tagore was wearing a traditional Indian robe with a garland that had just been dedicated to him on his chest. Lin Zixuan was wearing a long robe. In order to cooperate with the reporter's shooting, he slightly turned his body and left the front to Tagore.

The warm spring sun above them and the blue sea behind them. The images of the two are frozen in the photos. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!