Xiao Fei has a fax machine in his rental house.

He wrote this statement and checked it carefully, and found nothing wrong, so he sent this piece of paper directly to Meng Xidong through the fax machine.

Meng Xidong got the fax and read it, and he was overjoyed.

Xiao Fei's statement to himself is a scoop! It's a big book.

From Meng Xidong's point of view, Xiao Fei is very righteous to himself, and he thinks about himself for any benefit. Then, I have to help him well.

Thinking so, Meng Xidong began to think about how to make this news more beneficial to Xiao Fei.

Both praise and depreciation are skillful.

Meng Xidong thought about it and still felt that doing this news required a large-scale news investigation.

Only after a large number of visits and investigations can we come to a convincing conclusion: the general public, including the historical circles, have highly praised "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", and this book has won the expectations of readers, and everyone is looking forward to its early publication.

Didn't your Jinghua News say that the book "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" was worthless, and tricked people not to buy this book and read this book? Then I'll let you see the real voice of the people!

What kind of thing is a PhD in the history department of yours, you say that "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is not good, worthless or something, is it worthless? One spitt of the common people can drown you!

Well! If Lu Zelin and Qian Dali can be interviewed, and the two continue to say good things about "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", then this slap will be even more powerful.

I guess other media will think of this too, right?

Pity. I don't know if the two historians are willing to be interviewed.

Meng Xidong began to gather his reporters to assign tasks. This is to make this a big news, and everyone will interview it together. When the time comes, it will be published and a byline is.

Four reporters went to follow up on the streets to see what the people on the street thought of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty".

The news in front of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" was very hot. The capital is an important place, and there are many media, and ordinary people generally have some understanding of events that have a greater impact on public opinion.

Many people will definitely have a deep impression of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty".

Don't underestimate the opinions of passers-by, sometimes they are really incisive and in place.

The broad support of public opinion is much stronger than the rhetoric of individual experts.

The other two reporters went to the Department of History of Peking University to interview Xiao Fei's classmates, and by the way, to interview students from other departments.

Of course, Meng Xidong was worried about this.

There's an old saying. Peers are enemies.

Peking University students are very proud, everyone also learns history, you have only been a freshman for less than half a year to launch a history masterpiece and caused a sensation, how can you make other students embarrassed? It is estimated that the vast majority of history students are envious and jealous of Xiao Fei.

In such a situation, can they make a fair evaluation?

Estimation is hard.

But Meng Xidong still let his reporters go to Peking University for interviews, and he wanted to get to the bottom and see what these history students really thought about "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty".

As for what to do if they criticize Xiao Fei one-sidedly and criticize "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", it is not a difficult matter. The news is written by oneself, and of course the tendencies are controlled by oneself, and the same interview results can also draw completely different conclusions from different angles.

Meng Xidong has been immersed in journalism for many years. The way in the news is still clear.

In the eyes of journalists, there is no so-called egg without seams in the world, and if you want to be your negative. No matter how you try to prevent it, they can find black material to make your negative news.

Of course. If you want to whitewash the black, it's easy. Amplify a little bit of brilliance infinitely, that is, a despicable villain can also be packaged as a moral model.

"Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is still a fairly classic and good-looking book, if you want to praise it, isn't it easy?

Meng Xidong arranged the interview task, and he decided to go to the door in person to see if he could interview Lu Zelin or Qian Dali.

The two old professors obviously like Xiao Fei very much.

Meng Xidong felt that as long as he could see either of the two, he would be able to persuade them to say something beneficial to Xiao Fei.

In the afternoon, he set off with two reporters who were going to Peking University.

After entering the campus of Peking University, the two reporters began to follow up, while he himself ran to the history department first, and after arriving downstairs, he first called Lu Zelin's office.

Coincidentally, Lu Zelin was in the office at this time.

He also saw the news in Jinghua News.

To tell the truth, when Lu Zelin first saw the news, he was extremely angry, he never thought that his proud disciple, Zhou Chao, who had always valued him, would hide his interview with Jinghua Xinbao, and also made a lot of nonsense, lashing out at Xiao Fei's "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty".

Of course, Zhou Chao has the right to express his own opinions, which is his freedom.

However, Lu Zelin had just recommended this book at a press conference earlier, and it was only a few days before Zhou Chao came to contradict him, what does this make outsiders think?

What made Lu Zelin even more angry was that Zhou Chao did not take the initiative to inform himself of this until the news in Jinghua News came out.

What does this mean?

Are you going to fall out with your teacher? Zhou Chao felt that his doctoral dissertation defense had passed and his degree had been unmistakable, so did he begin to disrespect himself as a teacher?

If this is really the case, then Lu Zelin believes that Zhou Chao's character is very problematic.

Lu Zelin is waiting.

He wanted to see when Zhou Chao would come over and explain to him.

If he doesn't explain, then the relationship between teachers and students will really fade in the future, and Zhou Chao wants to let himself help him in the future, so don't think about it.

Lu Zelin did not wait for Zhou Chao, but waited for many media reporters to call and ask for an interview.

He's not in a good mood. Naturally, I didn't want to be interviewed.

What do you ask him to say now? His own proud protégé lashed out at another disciple he liked, which was not a glorious thing in any way.

This is the time. Meng Xidong called Lu Zelin's office.

Meng Xidong guessed that before him, it was estimated that many reporters would call to ask for an interview. It's late enough, and I only came here in the afternoon.

He thought that if he proposed the interview straight to the point, it was estimated that Lu Zelin would not have any good voice to himself.

Therefore, after the phone was connected, he did not report to his home first, but said: "Professor Lu, I am a friend of Xiao Fei, my name is Meng Xidong. I have something I want to meet you and talk to you, I don't know if I can? ”

Since Professor Lu answered the phone, it means that he is in the office, so let's see if I can get into his office first.

"Oh? Xiao Fei's friend? Did Xiao Fei ask you to come to me? Lu Zelin heard Meng Xidong say straight to the point, so he asked.

"Yes."

"Then come up."

Meng Xidong was happy in his heart, it seemed that in Lu Zelin's heart, Xiao Fei's weight was still very heavy.

He went upstairs to Lu Zelin's office. After knocking on the door. Lu Zelin asked him to sit down on the hospitality sofa and directly asked Meng Xidong what he meant.

Meng Xidong only revealed his identity as a reporter of Huaxia Youth Daily at this time, and at the same time, he took out the statement handwritten by Xiao Fei for Lu Zelin to see.

After Lu Zelin read it. sighed.

Xiao Fei is a good boy who is very self-aware, he thinks, Xiao Fei is not the kind of person who does not know the height of the sky. He had a very low position on his book, and he did not admit that "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" was a work of historical research. It is only recognized as popular reading materials, and it is used to popularize science for the general public.

Even. Xiao Fei himself believes that "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" has little value in historical research, but its value lies in its wide dissemination of the history of the Ming Dynasty.

That's enough.

"Professor Lu, what do you think is good about "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty"? Can you tell me a little bit about it? Meng Xidong only began to ask questions at this time.

He didn't let Lu Zelin comment on Zhou Chao's criticism of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", he only asked Lu Zelin about his evaluation of the book, and he only asked where the "good" was.

In this way, the question is more tactful, less acute.

Lu Zelin replied a little.

This is the intuitive cunning of an old journalist.

Lu Zelin did immediately make what Zhou Chao needed, and fully affirmed "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", he believes that as Xiao Fei said in this statement: "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is not a serious historical research work, and it has not produced any important historical research results.

But this one is not important.

"Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is written vividly and lively, and the masses like to hear it, and it is a good historical popularization book. Lu Zelin predicted: This book will definitely be greatly liked by the broad masses of the people, and there is no doubt that it will blow a whirlwind of Ming history in China.

Lu Zelin also said that there is a very bad tendency in academic circles at present: those works that benefit the broadest masses of the people are often regarded as worthless and have no depth.

What's going on?

Isn't it worthless to write a work for the people to see? Behold! This is the sheer jealousy of some people!

The more Lu Zelin spoke, the more angry he became, and his words were not as mellow as he had said at the beginning, but he opened up a posture of attacking some unhealthy trends in the academic world.

Meng Xidong was secretly happy in his heart.

It's good that the old gentleman is angry, and he can catch more fierce material.

Overall, in this interview with Lu Zelin, Meng Xidong felt that he had gained a lot. He got the precious Lu Zelin's statement on "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty".

This statement is a full affirmation of this book!

Lu Zelin's statement is in stark contrast to Zhou Chao's.

Lu Zelin is not only Zhou Chao's mentor, but also a master in the historical world, and his words are much more authoritative than Zhou Chao's.

Soon after Meng Xidong returned to the newspaper office, the two reporters he sent out also returned. The reporters who went to the street to randomly interview citizens went to three lots and interviewed 30 random passers-by.

Among the 30 passers-by, 24 people actually know that Peking University is a genius, and the young writer Xiao Fei has recently launched a new book on history, and he can still name the title.

These people obviously read the newspaper news every day and pay close attention to current affairs.

Sixteen of them said that some chapters of Xiao Fei's new book "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" published in the newspaper were very good-looking, interesting and attractive, and that if the book was published, they would choose to buy the book in the bookstore and get a sneak peek of it as soon as possible.

That's a pretty high percentage.

The reporter who went to Peking University for an interview also brought good news: most of the interviewed students of the Department of History unexpectedly expressed a high opinion of Xiao Fei's new book by Meng Xidong, and everyone thought that the book was still very novel, and it was a great innovation to write a history book like this, and it was not something that anyone could do to write history so easily and interestingly.

All in all, the evaluation is also quite high.

Of course, there are also a few students who put forward their own sharp criticisms, they believe that Xiao Fei wrote this book is not deep enough and not very professional, and the history department of Peking University is very bad to praise "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", which will make the outside world misunderstand that the level of the history department of Peking University is too vulgar and rotten.

Of course, this opinion can be completely ignored.

The materials are already fully in place.

Meng Xidong felt that he could concoct a great piece of news. (To be continued......)