The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

"Hahahahahaha..."

There was a burst of crazy laughter in the president's room. Feng Yong sat on the desk with his butt tilted, threw away the newspaper and said, "You can do it, kid! I heard from Chu Yupu that you were the one who instigated the Sword Concubine Revolution."

"I also came up with a bad idea." Zhou Hexuan acted like a good boy when he got a bargain.

According to the normal situation, the sales volume of "Ta Kung Pao" will be at most 2,000 copies after the resumption of publication, and it will take at least half a year to increase to more than 5,000 copies. However, taking advantage of the big news of "Sword Concubine Revolution", the sales volume of "Ta Kung Pao" was close to 20,000 on the first day of its resumption, which is really a big profit.

Of course, this kind of sales is unstable, and it will plummet as soon as the heat passes. But as long as it doesn't fall below 5,000 shares, it will be regarded as an opening, and the follow-up will depend on the abilities of Hu Zhengzhi and Zhang Jiluan.

"Bang bang bang!"

The two were chatting happily when there was a knock on the door suddenly.

Zhou Hexuan said, "Please come in!"

Hu Zhengzhi and Zhang Jiluan entered hand in hand. Hu Zhengzhi said: "The correspondents from Peiping called, and the two factions of Fengzhi and Zhizhi jointly reorganized the Beiyang government. Du Xigui, the chief of the navy, acted as the prime minister of the cabinet and assumed the power of the president."

"We came to you to discuss how to report," Zhang Jiluan said rather angrily, "they are all acting titles. China is so big that it doesn't even have an official president or prime minister. I don't think Du Xigui's acting prime minister will be an acting prime minister for long. Two months have to be replaced, and government affairs at all levels of government cannot be carried out at all."

Feng Yong suddenly said: "Otherwise, what should we do? The election date has not come yet, so we can't restore Cao Kun's presidency, right?"

"Who is this?" Zhang Jiluan looked at Feng Yong suspiciously.

Hu Zhengzhi knew him, he clasped his fists and said with a wry smile, "Commander Feng, it's a pleasure to meet you!"

"It's easy to say." Feng Yong stood up and shook hands. He had been sitting on Zhou Hexuan's desk before, not like a commander, but more like a swinger.

After shaking hands and getting to know each other, Hu Zhengzhi and Zhang Jiluan couldn't let go. After all, Feng Yong is the commander of the Air Force of the Northeast Army, and this report involves the Feng Faction, they are afraid that Feng Yong will intervene in it.

Feng Yong is a smart man, he could see the scruples of the two at a glance, he sat on the sofa and laughed: "You can write your newspaper as you like. Even if you scold old handsome Zhang bloody, I don't care. "

"Hehe, that's not the case." Hu Zhengzhi smiled apologetically.

Zhou Hexuan said: "For the reorganization of the cabinet, I personally think that we should fully affirm it and send a congratulatory message to Acting Prime Minister Du Xigui. While reporting, we should also call on all parties to stop fighting. The position of the people is our position, and the people Suffering from years of war, we must fight against war peacefully."

Hu Zhengzhi and Zhang Jiluan very much agree with this point of view, they are not fools, and of course they will not intentionally sing a different tune to anger the warlords.

Historically, "Ta Kung Pao" has always adhered to the principle of impartiality, objectivity and fairness, and it has both spoken good things and criticized them. Although this approach sometimes makes people uncomfortable, it is within the acceptable range, so that both the KMT and the Communist Party attach great importance to and affirm "Ta Kung Pao".

Even when the "Ta Kung Pao" and the policy of cultural corruption were implemented, although the Kuomintang was very unhappy, it could only use its own newspaper to fight pen battles, and did not dare to arrest and seize people easily because of the social influence of "Ta Kung Pao". too big.

After establishing the direction of this report, Zhang Jiluan said, "I'm going to write an editorial right now."

"Wait," Zhou Hexuan suddenly called out to him, "Nowadays there are scuffles all over the country, I think I can make an in-depth report calling for peace."

"How?" Hu Zhengzhi asked.

Zhou Hexuan said in detail: "List all the major wars fought by warlords in various places over the years, and calculate how much money they have consumed in total. If the money is used for education and industrial development, how many schools can be built and how many railways can be built? Our The slogan is: stop the civil war, develop together, build the country, and benefit the people!"

"This idea is good, we must do it!" Feng Yong, as an anti-war person, immediately said happily, "I can provide you with rough data on the military expenditure of the Northeast Army over the years."

Hu Zhengzhi and Zhang Jiluan were greatly surprised by Feng Yong's attitude. They really didn't expect that the Air Force Commander of the Northeast Army actually loves peace, which is simply a fantasy.

Zhang Jiluan pondered for a moment and said: "With this in-depth report, "Ta Kung Pao" will definitely increase its social influence."

"And all the forces scolded together, no one will be offended," Hu Zhengzhi said with a smile, "I will send a telegram to my old friends and ask them to help with the statistics."

This is the benefit of having people in the court. Zhang Jiluan and Hu Zhengzhi have been together for so many years, and every faction has their friends. It is very easy to get a rough military expenditure.

Zhou Hexuan has no big ambitions, he just hopes to arouse anti-war sentiment among the people. If everyone can concentrate on local development like Yan Xishan did, China's foundation will be stronger when Japan invades China in an all-round way.

Internal friction is too hurt!

Zhang Jiluan and Hu Zhengzhi were full of energy and went to work on their respective tasks.

Feng Yong was also quite happy, and left the newspaper office with Zhou Hexuan shoulder to shoulder, and asked the driver to drive to Wenxiu's hiding place.

It was a small apartment in the Tianjin Concession. Wenxiu had no money on hand, and Shen Yaorong had sent her for her living expenses these days.

Knocking on the door, Wenxiu asked vigilantly, "Who are you?"

"Hello, Ms. Wenxiu, I am Zhou Hexuan, the president of Ta Kung Pao," Zhou Hexuan introduced, "This is my friend Feng Yong."

"So it's President Zhou, please come in!" Wenxiu opened the door enthusiastically.

This is the first time Zhou Hexuan has seen Wenxiu in person. He looks ordinary, but not too ugly. The photography technology of this era is really cheating, and Wenxiu is photographed in the shape of Sister Feng.

There was an unfinished embroidery on the table. It seemed that this Concubine Dao was really busy and she was not a pampered person.

Wenxiu poured two cups of boiled water and said apologetically, "I'm so sorry, I don't even have tea at home."

"It's okay," Zhou Hexuan took the cup and asked, "What's the plan for Ms. Wenxiu? I heard that you want Pu Yi to pay a one-time resettlement fee of 50,000 silver dollars."

Wenxiu sighed and said, "I can't help it. A weak woman with no survival skills can only bow her head and ask her ex-husband for money."

In history, Puyi promised to give money, but the condition was that Wenxiu would not remarry for life.

Zhou Hexuan had a lot of respect for Wenxiu, and said: "Since you choose to divorce, you should be a self-reliant and self-reliant woman. How can you look at the face of a man."

"Mr. Zhou taught you the right thing." Wenxiu said ashamedly.

Only then did Zhou Hexuan explain his intentions: "Ms. Wenxiu, my friends and I plan to set up an educational foundation to absorb donations from the society to run schools. You are also a educated person, so you can be a teacher and support yourself with the salary you earn. .”

"Be a teacher?" Wenxiu seemed to have found the value of her own existence, nodded repeatedly and said, "I have studied English and some Chinese, I am willing to be a teacher!"

Feng Yong interjected: "Also, we want to hire you as the vice president of the China Hope Education Foundation. You are now a well-known concubine knife, as long as you stand up and call for education to save the country, you will definitely get a lot of people's response. It is also a contribution to the country.”

Wenxiu hesitated and said, "It's okay to be the vice president, I'm afraid I'm not competent."

Zhou Hexuan said: "You don't need to undertake management work, your task is to publicize and absorb donations, and we will also give you a certain salary."

Wenxiu thought for a long time before finally nodding her head in agreement. In fact, she was already eager to try. A woman who has been suppressed for many years, can't see the hope of life, can't see the value of her own existence, she is very eager to be recognized by society.

Zhou Hexuan smiled.

Inviting Wenxiu to do publicity can not only quickly increase the reputation and influence of the Education Foundation, facilitate access to social donations, but also allow Wenxiu to support itself. As soon as this matter was reported by Ta Kung Pao, it was absolutely sensational news, which was good for increasing newspaper sales.

It can be described as a good strategy to kill birds with one stone.

It would be even more interesting if he could cultivate Wenxiu as a representative of women in the new era, and it would be fun to think about it.