Peking University held a council again, and finally voted unanimously to accept Zhou Hexuan as the successor of the president. The premise of the pen is www.biquge.info that Zhou Hexuan is not allowed to meddle in the affairs of Peking University, to put it bluntly, he is only an honorary president.

They also voted at the meeting to elect Chung as acting principal, with full responsibility for school affairs.

Zhong Guanguan used to be a counselor of the Ministry of Education, and he also opened a factory, so he is fully qualified for this position in terms of qualifications and ability.

Zhou Hexuan was also happy to be idle, and went back to Tianjin to continue running his newspaper, just waiting for Peking University to speak after the resumption of school.

Since the suspension of classes at Peking University, there is a shortage of teachers, and a sufficient number of teachers must be invited. If it really can't be done, I can only hire teachers from other schools as part-time lecturers, and reluctantly build up a team of teachers. Second, many of the students have already returned to their hometowns and have to write letters to call them back one by one.

When these preparations are completed, it is estimated that it will be November, and then Peking University will officially resume classes.

In mid-October, Zhou Hexuan sent the first 50,000 words of "The Goddess" manuscript, and his "The Rise of a Great Power" was finally published, and it was distributed simultaneously in more than 10 major cities across the country.

I have to say that the Commercial Press is so powerful that they even have a mailing service. For example, if a person in a small county town in southwest China wants to buy a book, he can order it by letter, telegram or telephone, and send the money over first, and the Commercial Press will immediately mail the book.

The whole set of "The Rise of a Great Power" is divided into two parts, the upper and the lower, which is cheaper than "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and the price is only 4 yuan.

According to the statistics obtained by the Commercial Press from the feedback information of major bookstores across the country, the sales of "The Rise of a Great Power" reached more than 6,000 copies in the first week, which is a very impressive number.

What makes people laugh and cry is that "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has sold even better, and more than 15,000 copies have been sold in North China half a month after its publication. Sure enough, in any period, popular books were more popular than academic monographs, because ordinary people made up the majority of the people.

Nowadays, in several provinces in North China, the most popular novel among the common people is "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and the second is "The History of Chunming Dynasty" by Zhang Hatshui.

However, in February next year, Zhang Hatshui will open a new pit called "The Family of Gold Powder", which will be serialized for seven years, attracting countless readers to chase after it frantically. The copyright fee for the first printing of this book was directly exchanged for a former Qing palace in Beiping.

"Shooting the Condor" seems to be not much worse, and even gradually spread to the south, and piracy has begun to appear in the Jiangnan area. And traditional martial arts novelists seem to have been influenced by "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and tried to imitate the routines of this novel.

Although the book market during the Republic of China was not perfect, it was also quite mature. Many newspapers have a review column dedicated to evaluating popular works, including film reviews, drama reviews, book reviews, and so on.

There is also a special profession called critics, also known as critics, who earn money by writing review articles.

After the publication of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", some critics applauded it, while others sprayed Zhou Hexuan for changing history, which would mislead readers. Fortunately, now that the dispute between the old and new literature has long ended, it is not uncommon for real scholars to evaluate martial arts novels, otherwise they may be sprayed into something.

But then again, the writing (vernacular writing) of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is, strictly speaking, a new school of literature, and a few years ago it was considered a progressive work.

As for "The Rise of Great Powers," critics were unanimous in their admiration, and many cultural celebrities came forward to promote the book for free.

Shen Junru, a well-known scholar, politician, and activist, published a commentary article in Zhonghua Xinbao, saying: "The Rise of Great Powers is thought-provoking, and it is particularly thorough in its study of the great powers. Reading this book can broaden the horizons of the people, scholars can further their knowledge by reading this book, and those in power can understand the strategy of governing the country by reading this book! Mr. Zhou Hexuan is a great talent in the world. ”

Qian Duansheng, a teacher of political science and constitutional law at Peking University and Tsinghua University, who advocated the abolition of concessions and the resumption of consular jurisdiction, also commented in Yishi Bao: "The Rise of Great Powers contains deep content of Western politics and law, and reading through this book, you can appreciate the origin of Western politics and law." It interprets the rise and fall of the world's great powers from an all-round perspective, and has great reference and enlightenment significance for China's current situation. ”

As the book "The Rise of a Great Power" became more and more widely spread, Zhou Hexuan's fame became louder and louder. Although he was in Tianjin, he was already well known to the students in the south, and he fermented with the speech "I Have a Dream", and became an academic idol in the minds of young students.

Of course, there are also "A Generation" and "Answer", these two poems are too suitable for the Republic of China.

"The night gave me black eyes, but I used them to find the light", "Meanness is the pass of the mean, and nobility is the epitaph of the noble", these four lines are widely quoted. Especially during demonstrations, it can be shouted as a slogan, and with "I Have a Dream", it instantly makes the patriotic young people enthusiastic.

The most interesting thing is that Zhou Hexuan's poems only attack the darkness, and his speech only looks forward to the future, and his own position is extremely vague, and he does not offend any forces. Even if "The Rise of a Great Power" predicts that Japan will invade China, it is from an academic point of view, and the Japanese only regard him as a very powerful scholar and do not arouse much vigilance.

Zhou Hexuan's biggest gain is money!

By the end of October, when the manuscript fee was settled, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "The Rise of a Great Power" brought him a monthly income of more than 40,000 oceans.

The literati of the Republic of China are really rich!

It is no wonder that after Xu Zhimo moved to Shanghai, although he was cut off from financial support by his family, he could afford to live in a house with a monthly rent of 150 yuan only by relying on lectures and manuscript fees. His family is served by servants, and there are cars to pick him up and drop him off, and at the same time, he also has to provide Lu Xiaoman with extravagance.

Of course, the premise is that the literati must be famous, and the literati who are not famous can only be regarded as poor. With fame, you still have to write best-selling books, and it's embarrassing that no one buys the work.

October belongs to Zhou Hexuan's big harvest season, and two best-selling books were sold at the same time, which made his bank deposit exceed 50,000 at once. However, this situation will not last long, because the daily sales of books have been declining, and it is very rare to have 20,000 manuscripts in November.

Just as Peking teachers and students were returning to school one after another, Zheng Zhenduo in Shanghai received a draft of the novel.

He first looked at the author, and instantly became happy, it was actually sent by Zhou Hexuan. Nowadays, Zhou Hexuan is a hot figure in the academic world, and young students also admire him, and if his work is published in the "Novel Monthly", it will definitely attract attention.

I hope the quality of Mr. Zhou's novels is not too bad...... Zheng Zhenduo thought so.

Zheng Zhenduo opened the text and read it, it was normal at first, a woman was arrested and imprisoned, it seemed that she had been wronged, but soon a ghost appeared.

What the heck!

There are still ghosts in prison, is this writing a modern "Liao Zhai"?

Zheng Zhenduo read patiently, and read all the 50,000-word novel manuscripts in one go, only to feel that his scalp was numb and his vest was soaked with sweat.

Physical destruction is not terrible, the most terrible thing is spiritual destruction.

The so-called murder and punishment of the heart, Zhou Hexuan's "The Goddess" is to punish the heart. In the absurd and joyful plot, there is a kind of sadness that borders on despair, the soul of a people is dying in shock.

Zheng Zhenduo closed his eyes, to be honest, he didn't want to read this novel anymore, it was too crazy, and it was the same feeling as reading Lu Xun's "Diary of a Madman" back then.