Chapter 465: The Careerist's Calculation
After the news in "Jinghua Xinbao" was published, Zhou Chao bought a newspaper for the first time, hid in his bedroom, and read it over and over again.
Zhou Chaomei thought that after this news was published, it would definitely receive widespread attention, so if he carried it, he would become famous.
And that's just the first step.
According to the plan of Wang Yanbin, a reporter from "Jinghua Xinbao", there will be a follow-up report on this news, and every other day or two, Zhou Chao plans to launch a critical monograph on "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" as the content, and report it again.
In short, Zhou Chao's purpose is very simple:
While criticizing "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", he stepped on Xiao Fei and soared into the sky and became famous and profitable.
Of course, when he was hiding in the bedroom, he was also a little apprehensive, he knew that when the news reached Lu Zelin's ears, Lu Zelin would probably not be very happy.
No matter how you say it, this is also a meaning of doing it against the teacher.
Do you want to go to Lu Zelin to explain?
He struggled.
In the end, Zhou Chao gritted his teeth and thought resentfully, he had followed Lu Zelin since he was a master's student, and he had been with him for five or six years, what had Lu Zelin helped him?
He didn't do much of his duty as a mentor at all!
I'm about to graduate with a doctorate, and I'm just waiting to get my diploma and degree certificate, and from now on, Lu Zelin probably won't have any support for me.
So, why should I go over and pamper his stinky feet again?
Thinking like this, Zhou Chao decided that there was no need for him to explain anything to Lu Zelin.
In short, this day was a day of Zhou Chaozhi's pride.
But. By the next day, his good mood was gradually gone.
Because. He saw the news published in the "Huaxia Youth Daily". "Huaxia Youth Daily" is a major national newspaper that has always been "promoting social progress." Serving the growth of young people" is the purpose of the newspaper, and its content is also mainly based on news reports that young people like to see.
Therefore, this newspaper is still very popular in Peking University.
There are several newspaper reading columns on the campus of Peking University, and the one in them is the Huaxia Youth Daily.
Because of this, the news written by Meng Xidong spread all over the campus as soon as possible, and Zhou Chao just didn't want to know, so he was also poured into his ears.
The news written by Meng Xidong was placed in the second article on the front page.
The title is very eye-catching: Xiao Fei's exclusive statement on "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" was published in this newspaper!
The news only had a headline and a little introduction on the front page, but the main content was placed in the cultural news section of the third page.
The main content of the news:
first published the full text of Xiao Fei's statement, surrounding this statement. The reporter made another explanation, to the effect that Xiao Fei's book is not for the academic circle, but for the majority of the people, and it is also the first popular Ming history book in China, which tells a different history of the Ming Dynasty with humorous strokes, although it is not a novel, but it is very durable and easy to read.
Such a book, if not of academic significance, is of great academic significance. It also plays a major role in the dissemination of history, the pleasure of the people, and the enrichment of knowledge.
Raising it too high is not the author's intention.
It's better to let it return to the folk, to the reading itself.
All criticisms of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" from an academic perspective are very absurd and ridiculous!
Then. This news also published the results of random interviews with reporters on the streets of Beijing and on the campus of Peking University, fully creating a warm atmosphere in which "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" was very popular with the public.
Of course, this is by no means a false concoction. At least 90% of the interviews are real.
The most shocking thing is that Lu Zelin, director of the History Department of Peking University, also once again supported "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty". Lu Zelin's words were very sharp and deafening: There is a very bad trend in the academic circle now. Writings that benefit the greatest number of people are often considered worthless and have no depth! What kind of strange logic is this? Isn't it worthless to write a work for the people to see? Behold! This is the sheer jealousy of some people!
Such sharp words, in the eyes of people, naturally have a different meaning.
It seems that there was a news in "Jinghua Xinbao" yesterday that it was Lu Zelin's doctoral protΓ©gΓ© Zhou Chao who held a fierce bombardment of Xiao Fei's works, right?
Today, Zhou Chao's mentor, Professor Lu Zelin, issued such a fierce criticism.
This is not for Zhou Chao, but for whom?
The relationship between master and apprentice broke down, and then even began to be right, which made many gossip people excited, and everyone wanted to dig out the inside story behind the appearance of this matter.
Zhou Chao read this report in "Huaxia Youth Daily", and his heart suddenly fell from the fiery peak to the cold trough.
He was panicked and angry.
What is Lu Zelin doing? You're too narrow-minded, aren't you? Didn't you go over and explain it to him? He's going to shoot at himself.
Such sharp words, from the mouth of the authority of the historical academic community, and then let people with a heart think about it, this will make Zhou Chao very passive.
Master and apprentice for several years, he has always been very respectful to Lu Zelin and has done a lot of work for him.
How could Lu Zelin do this to himself?
Does he not care about the slightest bit of master-apprentice affection?
Zhou Chao was very angry, he really wanted to rush to Lu Zelin and ask him loudly, why did he treat himself like this.
At this time, Wang Yanbin called Zhou Chao for page.
Zhou Chao called Wang Yanbin back.
The phone went through.
"Dr. Zhou, have you seen the news in the Huaxia Youth Daily today?" Wang Yanbin was the first to ask.
Zhou Chao said angrily: "Reporter Wang, of course I saw it, I'm annoying now, it's not good for me, I regret it a little now, I shouldn't accept your interview and criticize Xiao Fei's book." β
"Hahaha!" Wang Yanbin burst out laughing.
"What are you laughing at? I'm all like this, and you're still laughing. Zhou Chao said angrily.
Wang Yanbin laughed a few times and said, "Dr. Zhou, this is a good thing!" β
"What a thing! Got stiff with the teacher, is that okay? Lu Zelin is an authority in historiography, he speaks better than me, and he is more effective than me! Zhou Chao said.
"Dr. Zhou, if you want to be famous, you have to debate with others, and only by engaging in fierce debates with more authoritative people can you become even more famous! Do you think so? Just Lu Zelin's words scared you? Then you are too fragile, and it is difficult for you to become a big climate like this. Wang Yanbin said.
Zhou Chao thought about it carefully.
He suddenly felt that Wang Yanbin's words were also right.
If he defeated Lu Zelin, wouldn't he just turn into a master of historiography?
This is a chaotic time in the academic world!
What kind of master-apprentice relationship is like floating clouds, for the sake of fame and fortune, these can be completely thrown away like garbage.
Zhou Chao was moved.
"Reporter Wang, what do you say I should do?" Zhou Chao asked.
"Let's have another interview, you don't have a big debate with Lu Zelin by name, huh! You can criticize Lu Zelin's point of view from the perspective of 'I love my teacher, but I love the truth more', if you can refute his point of view, it will be a success! β
"I think you can start by criticizing this era: this is an impetuous era, people are confused, they can't find their way, culture is degenerating into meaningless fast food, as a leading figure in the field of history, shouldn't you start an uncompromising struggle against this unhealthy trend? How can we praise and encourage such unhealthy practices? In this case, you will stand on the moral high ground and be invincible. β
Wang Yanbin suggested with a smile.
"However, Xiao Fei has already positioned "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" very low, he said, he wrote it to make popular science books for the broad masses of the people, and it is not a historical research monograph at all."
Zhou Chao muttered.
"Dr. Zhou, what is the essence of the polemic? It's just to avoid its edge, change the topic, and pick up words that are beneficial to you and can stand the test, right? The polemical point of view I told you is aimed at criticizing the whole society and the entire cultural and academic circles, just to criticize "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty". β
"If you want to succeed and become famous, you have to learn to be thicker."
Wang Yanbin patiently taught.
"I see, okay, let's have another interview today." Zhou Chao gritted his teeth, he felt that he had already boarded the thief ship, and he couldn't get down again, so he could only continue to go all the way to the dark.
"Jinghua Xinbao" newspaper.
Wang Yanbin hung up the phone and sighed.
He didn't expect Xiao Fei's counterattack to come so quickly, not only fast, but also very strong. I still underestimated Xiao Fei's energy.
"Humph! Then muddy the waters, let's have a big debate, anyway, it won't hurt me, and it's good for me to keep doing this news. Wang Yanbin muttered to himself.
He is racking his brains now, he wants to be a negative for Xiao Fei.
It's a pity that he has been secretly visiting for a long time, and he didn't find any bad deeds in Xiao Fei.
It stands to reason that becoming famous at a young age and being high-spirited, Xiao Fei is the most likely to have problems in the relationship between men and women, right? However, Wang Yanbin found that Xiao Fei was very clean and self-conscious, and he still has only one girlfriend, who was still a classmate in high school.
Of course, if you can get some fierce material about Xiao Fei's plagiarism, it will be even better, and you can directly beat Xiao Fei to a slump.
However, there is also no clue in this regard.
Wang Yanbin got some news, it is said that Xiao Fei was already the boss and major shareholder of three or four companies at a young age, and his net worth was at least hundreds of millions.
Is there a black history of his fortune?
Wang Yanbin is now working hard to find materials in this regard, if he can get some Xiao Fei's speculative tax evasion in this regard, it would be good.
Not to mention, Wang Yanbin was busy discussing with Zhou Chao how to write the main content of the next interview.
In Zhongyuan City, the headquarters of Hanmo Company, in the past few days after the press conference, good news has been spreading...... (To be continued......)