The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

Villa on Xiafei Road.

Ruan Lingyu reluctantly sent Zhou Hexuan to the garage and warned: "Be careful along the way!"

"Take care of yourself too." Zhou Hexuan patted her shoulder.

Zhou Xuan followed beside her and remained silent until Zhou Hexuan got in the car, then she asked: "Brother, when are you going back to Shanghai to see me and Sister Ruan?"

"It will be quick. Remember to make up for the lessons carefully." Zhou Hexuan smiled.

Zhou Xuan nodded and said: "Yes, I will. My family teacher said that my Chinese language foundation is very good, and I can already go to middle school directly. When my brother comes to Shanghai next time, I will definitely make up for the math, and then I will be a middle school student. I will definitely not embarrass my brother!"

"So good," Zhou Hexuan waved while sitting in the car, "Okay, I'm leaving!"

"Brother Zhou, goodbye!"

"Brother, goodbye!"

Ruan Lingyu and Zhou Xuan waved and shouted, followed the car in unison, and did not stop until the car drove out of the villa.

Over the past few days, Zhou Xuan and Zhou Hexuan have become very familiar with each other. Unfortunately, they have a lot of respect but lack some of the casualness between relatives. They still need to continue to cultivate their relationship.

Sassoon's group of British businessmen and politicians hoped that Zhou Hexuan would leave for London immediately. But Zhou Hexuan had just visited Europe and the United States and had not been home for more than half a year. This time he had to go back to Tianjin to spend time with his wife and children.

The car quickly arrived at the train station. Zhou Hexuan was only surrounded by bodyguard Sun Yongzhen. Meng Xiaodong left for the Soviet Union half a month ago.

Yes, go to the Soviet Union and perform international exchanges.

Historically, for the Peking Opera exchange performance in 1935, the Soviet Union only invited Mei Lanfang. However, due to the influence of Zhou Hexuan, Meng Xiaodong also became famous in the United States, so the Soviet Union sent invitations to both Mei Lanfang and Meng Xiaodong.

Zhou Hexuan was recognized immediately as soon as he got out of the car. This was also the reason why he didn't let Ruan Lingyu and Zhou Xuan go to the train station to see him off. If those two female celebrities were included, it would probably cause a sensation in the entire waiting room.

Most of the passers-by were relatively restrained. Only a few came over to ask for autographs. Of course, many people nodded and smiled at Zhou Hexuan.

"Hello, Mr. Zhou," a middle-aged man wearing glasses came over and said hello, "I'm here to help you."

Zhou Hexuan shook hands quickly: "It turns out to be Mr. Cheng, hello, hello! Where are you going, Mr. Cheng?"

"Nanjing." Chengshe said.

"Then we have to take a road trip." Zhou Hexuan said.

I smiled and said, "Congratulations to Mr. Zhou for collecting a famous painting that has been handed down from generation to generation!"

Zhou Hexuan smiled bitterly: "Don't mention it, there are people who want to see paintings every day, I am so annoyed."

The paper written by Yi Peiji was very short, only about 5,000 words. It compared in detail the differences between the "Han Xizai Night Banquet" held by Zhou Hexuan and Puyi, and finally concluded that Zhou Hexuan got the authentic copy.

As soon as this article was published, everyone in the antique circle of the Republic of China went crazy. Even Lu Xun came to see the painting in person, and Ma Heng, who was far away in Peiping, sent a telegram to inquire about the situation.

Yi Peiji was so frightened that he quickly returned the painting to Zhou Hexuan. He is now renting a house in Shanghai and is afraid that a thief will break into the house. If the painting is lost, Yi Peiji will not be able to afford the compensation if he sells it.

"Where is Mr. Cheng's job?" Zhou Hexuan asked casually.

Chengshe said to me: "I am at home for the time being, with nothing to do."

Zhou Hexuan immediately invited: "Why don't you come to Ta Kung Pao? I want to open a branch in Chongqing. Mr. Cheng, you can be the president of the Chongqing branch."

I declined politely and said, "I am really flattered that Mr. Zhou personally invited me. But I plan to run a newspaper by myself, and I have even thought of the name of the newspaper. I went to Nanjing this time because the funds for running a newspaper are not enough. , I want to find a friend to invest in a partnership.”

Cheng Shewo was also a well-known newspaperman during the Republic of China, but unfortunately his road to running a newspaper was quite bumpy.

At the beginning, I founded World Daily in Peking, and Zhang Henshui's "Jin Fen Family" was serialized in this newspaper. Because of the disclosure of the news that Zhang Zuolin shot Lin Baishui, Cheng Shewo was in danger of being killed. He only escaped through the mediation of his friends. But I couldn't stay in Peking anymore, so I had no choice but to transfer my newspaper shares and go to Nanjing to found the Minsheng Daily.

Just last year, Cheng Shewo was imprisoned by Wang Zhaoming for reporting on the corruption and malfeasance of Wang Zhaoming's subordinates. It was only after the mediation of his friends that Cheng Shewo agreed to permanently suspend the publication of "Minsheng Daily", and Wang Zhaoming released him.

To be honest, among the many well-known journalists in the Republic of China, the one Zhou Hexuan most recognized was Cheng She Wo, because they were all liberals.

Liberalism is not unlimited freedom, but freedom under moral laws, which is conducive to the freedom of the country, nation and people.

If we compare the three journalists Zhang Jiluan, Shi Liangcai, and Cheng Shewo together, Zhang Jiluan is the most tactful and likes to "swear a little but help a lot". Both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are quite satisfied. Shi Liangcai became radical in the 1930s and became very close to left-wing literati. He always held high the patriotic flag and liked to discuss political issues, which made Chang Kaishen want to kill him.

Why don't you abandon me?

He is the purest journalist. His principle is to respect facts and he dares to report as long as it is true news. His newspapers are from the left, center, and right, so they are criticized by all sides, but this criticism is all based on real news, so no one likes him.

This person is serious and accepts death.

In terms of newspaper management, Cheng She Wo is the most scientific, introducing a set of Western management methods and making changes based on China's conditions. In terms of business management, Cheng Shewo is smarter than Shi Liangcai and Zhang Jiluan. Unfortunately, he always gets unlucky because he offends those in power.

For example, Chengshe and I are now going to start "Li Bao", which can be called a classic case of running a newspaper.

He first did market research, squatting at Zhabei Railway Station, the largest newspaper retail market in Shanghai, and found that two-word registrations were the most popular, such as "Declaration". As for newspapers with four-character registration, sellers shout very little when selling. Because the train station is busy, the shorter the name, the easier it is to shout and sell.

So I named my new newspaper "Libao" with two words.

Immediately afterwards, I discovered that the Shanghai newspaper market had been occupied by several major newspapers, and he could not receive advertisements at all. So he placed an advertisement in the "News Daily" and said that if his daily sales of "Libao" were less than 100,000 copies, he would never accept advertisements and focus on creating news content from then on. After losing money for half a year, the sales volume of "Libao" actually reached 50,000 copies. The less he accepted advertisements, the more merchants came to ask for advertisements.

I felt that the time had come, so I published a statement claiming that the daily sales of "Libao" had exceeded 100,000, and it instantly turned a profit. It only took one year to become the top three newspapers in Shanghai.

This is simply a miracle. Shanghai was the most prosperous city in the Republic of China, and the newspaper market share had long been divided up. Chengshe and I actually used the shortest time to carve out a bloody way.

With such a talent, Zhou Hexuan wanted to recruit him. He said, "Mr. Cheng, I don't think Shanghai is a good place to run a newspaper."

"Mr. Zhou was joking," Cheng Shewo said happily, "Shanghai is the largest newspaper market in the country."

Zhou Hexuan said: "Within two or three years, the Japanese invaders will inevitably invade Shanghai. By then, all Mr. Cheng's hard work will be in vain."

I was silent for a moment, and after thinking for a moment, I said, "Not so fast."

"Anyone who knows Japan's situation knows that this is inevitable," Zhou Hexuan said. "In recent years, Japan has been stockpiling strategic resources and manufacturing guns and ammunition. If it does not invade China within two or three years, all those piles of weapons will be lost." It’s going to rot in the warehouse.”

I was stunned for a moment, but I was actually convinced by Zhou Hexuan, maybe because Zhou Hexuan had enough prestige. He asked: "Mr. Zhou, what do you think of running a newspaper in Wuhan?"

"I think it's best to be in Chongqing," Zhou Hexuan said. "The headquarters of Ta Kung Pao will also be moved to Chongqing in the future, so I want to hire a pioneer, and Mr. Cheng is the most suitable candidate. If you are willing to join Ta Kung Pao, Not only can you serve as the president of the Chongqing branch, I can also give you some shares."

I shook my head and said, "Ta Kung Pao's reports often avoid the truth and ignore the truth, focusing on the small and exaggerating. This is not in line with my principles of running a newspaper."

Zhou Hexuan smiled bitterly: "There is no way, some news cannot be published, otherwise the newspaper will be closed down, such as Mr. Cheng's "Minsheng Daily"."

"Mr. Zhou, there is no need to persuade him." I still refused to cooperate.

Zhou Hexuan had no choice but to change his plan and said: "How about this? I will contribute some money and cooperate with Mr. Cheng to run a new newspaper with its headquarters in Chongqing. What do you think?"

Chengshe said: "I think Wuhan is better. Chongqing is really too far away from the central government."

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "It's better to be far away, so you can let go. If Mr. Cheng's newspaper is located in Chongqing, first, I can introduce Liu Xiang to you; second, "Ta Kung Pao" can provide you with the latest news. message."

"Let me think about it again." I was a little moved.