The Veterans Foundation, which was established at the end of August 1984, is located not too far from the Shanghai Public Security Bureau, just two streets away. And it is also near the Shanghai People's Armed Forces, the geographical location can be said to be unique, located in the center of Shanghai, so the rent of this two-story small western-style building in the office is not cheap.

After Govin and Lin Yiming came here, except for a young veteran sitting at the front desk reading a newspaper in the small western-style building, only Beidao worked on the second floor.

Now the influence of the foundation is still small, and the funds received are relatively tight, and the only major head is the manuscript fee for "Soldier Assault" donated by Gowen, and this manuscript fee has already been taken to invest in Jiangdong Livestock Farm, so the foundation's business on weekdays is relatively thin, and generally only one or two veterans recruited back are left in charge, and Wei Jianguo is generally busy in Jiangdong Livestock Farm.

explained his intention to the young veterans on the first floor, and Gowen and Lin Yiming went up to the second floor by themselves.

There was a nail nailed to the door of a room on the second floor, and a door number was hung on the nail, on which were written the words "Tongpao" editorial department, which looked like the result of haste to get started.

Pushing open the door, Kitajima was sitting at a table, hunched over writing something.

Seeing Govin come in, Bei Dao stood up, his face was haggard, and there were dark circles around his eyes, and he looked like he had stayed up late for several days.

"You didn't come back to see me. If it weren't for Wei Jianguo saying that you were back, I wouldn't know! Bei Dao complained to Govin while looking at Lin Yiming behind him.

"Haha, I just came back and went to some elders to say goodbye, didn't I just finish my work, so I came to see you."

Govin explained with a smile, and then introduced Lin Yiming to Beidao.

"This is Lin Yiming, my good friend, a student at Fudan University, and a trainee editor in the editorial department of Harvest, or a fan of yours...... Whew......"

Lin Yiming saw that Ge Wen was rambling endlessly, and hammered an elbow on Ge Wen's stomach, and then stepped forward to hold Bei Dao's hand and said, "My name is Lin Yiming, and I like your poetry very much." ”

"Hello, hello." Bei Dao couldn't help but smile when he looked at the familiar appearance of Govin and Lin Yiming.

The three of them chatted for a while, and after sitting down, Govin asked Beidao curiously: "I saw you writing just now, what are you writing?" Haven't the proofs of "Fellow Robes" all been decided? ”

"I'm working on the second issue. I'm alone now, and I have to prepare in advance, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up by then. ”

"Aren't there still Meng Ke and Shu Ting?"

"Govyn, I'm going to stay in Shanghai." North Island told Govin about his decision after a lot of deliberation these days.

Then he explained to Gowen: "The foundation is in Shanghai, and all the relationships of Tongpao are also in Shanghai, so it would be too much delay to run back and forth between Beijing and Shanghai every month, like the inaugural issue." ”

"Then isn't "Comrade" just you?" Listening to Kitajima's words, Govin was very surprised.

"That's why I hurried up to the second issue! Meng Ke and Shu Ting all have their own jobs, and I can't bother them all the time, at most let them help write a few manuscripts......"

"But ......," Govin still had some doubts.

"Nothing. Don't you know, in the past, I was just a small editor in the Foreign Language Press, and I usually only did things according to the requirements of the leader, but now I can finally create a new magazine like the original "Today" poetry magazine, this sense of fulfillment is really great! ”

Bei Dao interrupted Govern's words with some excitement, and then explained his various ideas for "Fellow Robes" to Govern and Lin Yiming with a hint of excitement.

The look of excitement, combined with the dark circles on his face, made Govin speechless for a while.

The person in front of me really likes this position!

This is no different from the otaku of later generations, the only difference is that otaku like two-dimensional, while Gu Cheng likes to run magazines!

"If I didn't hit you, it was impossible to make a good magazine by one person!" Govin couldn't help but pour cold water on the North Island.

Kitajima's actions are commendable, but somewhat stupid.

"Yes, I work in the editorial department of Harvest, and I know how many steps a magazine goes through from composition to distribution. I'm afraid you can't be busy alone, you'll only exhaust yourself by doing this! Lin Yiming, who had been listening to the conversation between the two, also interjected.

"Haha, you guys want to be crooked. Now "Tongpao" does not have any influence, and when the inaugural issue is released, and when everyone knows that Gowen has serialized a new novel in "Tongpao", I think it will not be long before the benefits of "Tongpao" magazine will improve. At that point, fools will be so tired, of course I will hire some editors and artists, and the current situation is only temporary. I promised Wei Jianguo that I would pay the affiliation fee to the foundation in half a year. Kitajima said with a smile, his tone full of enthusiasm.

"Since you've already planned to recruit people, why wait any longer, just start hiring now! If the expenses are not enough, I still have the money to fund "Fellow Fellows" again. Govin waved his hand and made a decision directly for Kitajima.

"No, really not, it's only a matter of two or three months, I can stick to it. Besides, I still have a little savings here, so you don't have to pay any more, and now I have enough money in my account to issue another issue. Kitajima waved his hand repeatedly.

"Govyn, you provided the funding for "Fellow Soldiers"?" Lin Yiming got a fact from the mouth of the North Island that surprised him.

"Ahh Govin nodded indifferently.

"Damn, I haven't seen you for more than half a year, you have really become a local tyrant! No, I must go to Liuwei Zhai at noon today! Lin Yiming excitedly teased Gewen, turned his head to Bei Dao and smiled, "Bei Dao, don't save money for him, this guy is a local tyrant now, and in the past, he is the target of criticism, so you can just treat it as a big eater." It's a big deal, turn the magazine into a company and give Govin a few shares! ”

“……”

Gewen looked at Lin Yiming, who was still shaking his head, and was speechless for a while.

Does this kid understand what a company is?

In Chinese mainland in 1984, there was a "company fever". The initial cause of this nonsensical farce was that one of my inexplicable experts pointed out in the newspaper that it seemed that the problem of managing the economy could be solved by organizing companies.

So for a while, there were many companies on the land of China, and even today it was a ×× bureau, and tomorrow it will be replaced by a ×× company. In fact, many people treat the company as a level of administrative organization, and they don't understand what a real company is, it's just a trend.

At the same time, Lin Yiming's words just now, Bei Dao didn't hear anything, but how could Gowen not find out that his kitten was boring.

After this kid knew that the funds of "Fellow Comrades" were from him, he specifically said this passage to help him "seize power"!

It's just that what Lin Yiming doesn't know is that he really wants to help Beidao, the purpose is very pure, and he doesn't have the idea of taking advantage.

Moreover, as long as the "Tongpao" magazine is on the right track, Beidao will inevitably repay the money to himself, and in the final analysis, the funds are only lent to Beidao.

And even if the magazine fails and cannot make a profit, it doesn't matter. To put it bluntly, this is just an investment by Govern, and he is investing in the person of Beidao, a poet who has the potential to become the leader of China's new generation of poetry in the future.

"Huh? How I didn't think of this! ”

was reminded by Lin Yiming's jokingness, Bei Dao suddenly became enlightened: "That's right, we can register the "Tongpao" magazine as a joint-stock cultural company, Gowen, you are the chairman and boss, and I am the editor, so that "Tongpao" is equivalent to Gowen's own magazine, you can invest money if you want to invest money, don't invest money if you don't want to invest, whatever you want, anyway, as long as I am the editor!" ”

“……”

What is this?

Am I being trapped?

Why do you sound so panicked?

In the previous life, someone joked that the four major tragedies in life were - a girl became a husband, a shareholder by speculating in stocks, a landlord by doing real estate, and a husband by playing mahjong.

Govin felt that there was a big mistake to add, that is, borrowing money to become the boss.

Faint!

How can anyone play like this?

But looking at the excitement on Kitajima's tired face, looking at the sincere gaze in Kitajima's dark circles, Govin sighed in his heart, and still didn't say the words of refusal.

Be the boss, be the boss, it's a big deal, it's like Jingdong Livestock Farm, you just have to pay for it, no matter what you do, and you can put forward a few opinions.

So on the eve of the Spring Festival in 85, Govyn's first and most important holding media magazine was settled.

Many years later, when the Veterans Foundation, a privately founded charitable foundation, has become the most credible and influential foundation in China, its journal "Tongpao" has also become a behemoth, not only selling well in China, but also with many readers abroad.

As the veterans who have successfully started their own businesses have traveled all over the world, "Tongpao" has also appeared everywhere there is a human existence, whether it is the bustling Wall Street in the United States, whether it is poor and war-torn East Africa, the magazine "Tongpao" can be seen everywhere.

It is no exaggeration to say that as long as there are Chinese people, there will be "Tongpao", and as long as there are places where Chinese veterans haunt, there will be the influence of "Tongpao".

At that time, "Tongpao" has changed from 32K to the international mainstream 16K, and the 80 pages of simple paper in the original issue have already become hundreds of pages of full-color environmental protection pages, a thick one, smashing people and hurting, the only thing that remains unchanged is the name of the magazine with the two eagle hook iron paintings of "Tongpao" on the cover, the "Editor-in-Chief Beidao" displayed at the top of the catalog page, and the pricing that can only maintain the operation of "Tongpao".

(To be continued.) )