Chapter 351 Forrest Gump Restaurant
After throwing the newly bought magazine onto the coffee table, Lin Han couldn't wait to go to the bathroom to take a shower, cleaned the sweat from his body, and walked out in a bath towel with a refreshing body.
After he didn't write the book, he became a little confused and seemed listless. Even if the psychology books he bought were sent to him, he would not have the time to study them.
"The Bouquet Dedicated to Algernon" is to carefully understand the psychology of a mentally retarded man. The translation text Lin Han read at the beginning was indeed well translated, but he still wanted to write the most realistic feeling.
So an idea flashed through his mind, and he went to a real nursing home or rehabilitation center to see how those people live in normal times. If they could know their inner thoughts from their mouths, it would definitely have a good promoting effect on writing!
Moreover, in this way, he can contribute his own strength to this special group, let more people see the current living conditions of the mentally retarded people, let the society accept them, and let these mentally retarded people find a foothold.
The mentally retarded people are also called intellectual disabilities. The employment situation in this regard is very bad. Only 2% of the mentally retarded people can find a job. Their job is basically simple and repetitive.
Such a group is often misunderstood, bullied, and ridiculed. Their ability to integrate into society is very weak, and the society has the lowest acceptance of them. These people are generally employed in welfare factories, but are actually isolated from society.
The protagonist Charlie in the novel works in a bakery. He mainly bakes bread and also shoulders the responsibility of delivering and cleaning. The bakery is also one of the important scenes in the novel, which is where the protagonist interacts with the other characters.
So he couldn't wait to call Chen Jiaxuan, "Dear, is there anyone in your studio free? Please make an appointment to arrange something for me."
"What do you want to do?"
"I want to go and see the places where people with mentally retarded people support employment in Yanjing, work with them, chat with them, and learn about it. What I wrote in this way will be more realistic."
Chen Jiaxuan was silent for a moment. She did not say that Lin Han was crazy, but felt that this was necessary and that no book could be written out of thin air. She had seen many actors in the entertainment industry to experience life to increase the real infection of her acting skills. Isn’t Lin Han’s actions the same?
"Then I'll let Xie Xin contact her. She just happened to have nothing to do recently."
"It's good that way. The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. Am I a superhero?"
"Come on, you have a good rest. I'll come back early in the evening and go for a massage together. I've only been working for one day and my whole body is sore!" Chen Jiaxuan complained slightly, adapting to the rhythm of vacation, and suddenly returned to her busy work. She was really uncomfortable.
Lin Han said to the phone: "Don't work hard, reduce the workload, I can support you."
"I won't say it anymore. I have to contact L'Oreal. I finally have to free up a spokesperson position, so I have to try it."
"Come on, I support you!"
After hanging up the phone, Lin Han found the feeling he wanted. If writing novels could help those people, it would be his happiest thing.
After receiving the task, Xie Xin from the studio was confused and completely confused. She was a science fiction writer, Lin Han, wanted to work with mentally retarded people.
However, as an assistant, the most important thing is to do things, not to ask why. So she contacted the people of the Disabled Persons' Federation after several turnovers. After the staff there knew that it was Lin Han, the great writer, who was going to experience life, his attitude suddenly became very friendly. Not only did he agree, he even introduced the person in charge of Yanjing city.
After Lin Han got the address given there, he couldn't help but pursed his lips, "The name Forrest Gump Restaurant sounds very interesting. I wonder if it can cultivate many Forrest Gump who are constantly improving."
The name Forrest Gump comes from Tom Hanks' famous movie "Forrest Gump". In the film, the protagonist Forrest Gump is a naturally mentally retarded patient, but he has created many miracles in life, which touched the entire United States.
Perhaps this is also a material that can be observed. Lin Han has seen it twice before, but because the protagonist's halo has not been carefully studied, we can study it carefully in the future to see what the way the United States treats mental retardation is like.
It is better to choose a day than to meet the day. Lin Han called Ms. Hu Yanping, the person in charge of the restaurant, and he said, "Hello, Ms. Hu, I am Lin Han who contacted you before."
"Teacher Lin, I know you. There are also your novels in our restaurant, but unfortunately I don't understand them very much."
"Ms. Hu, I want to ask if it's not convenient to come to the restaurant now. I want to come over and experience it."
"It's OK anytime, welcome!"
"Okay, I'll pack up my things right away, and I'll be your waiter at that time." Lin Han used to get close to those people, not to receive services.
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When he drove to Forrest Gump Restaurant, he found that the restaurant with a total area of 300 square meters was very spacious. The waiters wearing half-sleeved and aprons were busy shuttled through, and they could not see any signs of low IQ.
As a training base for supporting employment for mentally retarded mentally retarded people, more than a dozen mentally retarded people who have passed pre-job professional training have become employees of Forrest Gump Restaurant, mainly responsible for delivering vegetables, cleaning, handling and other work.
Lin Han watched these black short-sleeved workmen shuttle between the kitchen and the employment area, orderly, busy and unchaotic, and clean the table.
There were already people waiting in the restaurant for a long time. After seeing Lin Han, Hu Yanping couldn't help but speak, "Although I don't know why you want to come here to experience it, we always welcome more people to understand them. It's very difficult for them, and labor can change everything."
"Yes, many families of mentally retarded people think it's enough to get a minimum living allowance at home. It's great that they can come out to work on their own, and they do a very good job." Lin Han praised.
The cashier Yu Ying on the side didn't know Lin Han's identity very well, but she, who was naturally extroverted, also agreed: "They can basically remember these table numbers, and the mistakes are getting fewer and fewer, and they are becoming more and more polite to customers. They no longer go to work at five or six o'clock every morning."
"They are very enthusiastic in their work. They never take a lazy job when passing on food. They find work on their own. When they pass the meal, they turn off the lights on their own, saying that they want to save electricity and be environmentally friendly and clean up hygiene."
Lin Han looked at the waiters. The smiles on their faces could not be faked at all, and they became cheerful and confident.
After changing into the waiter's outfit, Lin Han officially joined them and began to talk to Xingfu, Jixiang and others.
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Chen Jiaxuan got off work early and prepared to go for a massage together, but she couldn't see Lin Han when she waited and there was no one answering the phone. She was a little anxious.
If Xie Xin hadn't told her that Lin Han would go to the so-called Forrest Gump restaurant to experience life, Chen Jiaxuan would probably be restless.
After Lin Han returned home with his tired body in the evening, he said excitedly: "Dear, I have gained a lot on this day alone. I have been inspiring now and I have to go to the study to write something. You can do whatever you want, just leave me alone."
Sitting in the study, Lin Han turned on the light music, and the soothing music swept away his impatience. Lin Han, who calmed down and thought, made up his mind that he would try his best to keep the original flavor of "The Bouquet Dedicated to Algernon".
In other words, Charlie or Charlie, the background is still the future foreign countries. Good science fiction novels will not become ridiculous because of the passage of time and technological progress, nor will there be any changes because of the character background.
The names Charlie and Algernon left a deep impression on me. If they were modified, Lin Han would probably not be used to it.
"Chapter 1 starts from now on
Progress Report 1 [March 3]
Dr. Strauss said I should start from now on and write down what I think and remember and other things that happened in my mind. I don't know why he asked me to do this, but he said it was very important. I wrote it down and they knew if they could use me. I hope to be hired. Miss Kenyon said I might be smarter to do that job, and I really wish I could be smarter. My name is Charlie Gordon, who works in Mr. Donner's bakery. He gives me eleven pieces every week, and if I follow him, he will give me bread or dengao."
The first report of the first chapter is to explain the general background of the characters. The novel is written in a self-described way. Charlie Gordon, male, 32 years old, about to turn 33 years old. This report is what he recorded like he wrote an essay in an adult mentally retarded class.
Lin Han wrote a few typos in it, and wrote the smart ones as smart ones, and wrote the cake as a big one, which fits his identity as he could not write complicated words.
If some obsessive-compulsive readers read the content here, they might collapse and then come to Lin Han with a knife to change it to these typos.
After entering the state, Lin Han wrote very quickly. He started writing progress report 2. Charlie went to Professor Nime’s studio for an exam and looked at the things on the card in the office of the psychology department.
The images can be imagined from these irregular ink dots. This is a primitive stimulation test that most people can see, but Charlie did not. He was a little depressed and thought that he probably failed the exam.
In writing, Lin Han felt that something particularly awkward was to deliberately change the correct words into typos. In the past, they would check the article to find typos to modify them. Now they deliberately write "experiment" as "stone test" and "not knowing" as "not small".
Chapter completed!