Xiafei Road Villa.

Ruan Lingyu reluctantly sent Zhou Hexuan to the garage and advised: "Be careful all the way!" ”

"Take care, too." Zhou Hexuan patted her shoulder.

Zhou Xuan followed beside her and didn't speak until Zhou Hexuan got in the car, and then she asked, "Brother, when will you go back to Shanghai to see me and Sister Ruan?" ”

"Soon, remember to make up for the lessons." Zhou Hexuan smiled.

Zhou Xuan nodded and said, "Well, I will." The tutor said that my Chinese language foundation is very good, and I can already go directly to middle school. When my brother comes to Shanghai next time, I will definitely make up for mathematics, and I will be a middle school student at that time, and I will definitely not embarrass my brother! ”

"That's good," Zhou Hexuan sat in the car and waved, "Okay, I'm leaving!" ”

"Brother Zhou, goodbye!"

"Brother, goodbye!"

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

These days, Zhou Xuan and Zhou Hexuan have become very familiar, but it is a pity that they are respected, but they lack some of the casualness between relatives, and they still need to continue to cultivate their feelings.

Sassoon's gang of British businessmen and politicians wanted Zhou Hexuan to leave for London immediately. But Zhou Hexuan has just been shopping around Europe and the United States, and he hasn't been home for more than half a year, so why should he go back to Tianjin to accompany his wife and children this time.

The car soon came to the train station, Zhou Hexuan only had his bodyguard Sun Yongzhen by his side, and Meng Xiaodong went to the Soviet Union half a month ago.

Yes, to the USSR, international exchange performances.

Historically, in the 1935 Peking Opera exchange performance, 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 Mei Lanfang and Meng Xiaodong.

As soon as Zhou Hexuan got out of the car, he was immediately recognized. This is also the reason why he did not let Ruan Lingyu and Zhou Xuan see them off at the train station, if you add those two female stars, it is estimated that the entire waiting room will be a sensation.

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

"Hello, Mr. Zhou," a middle-aged man with glasses came over and greeted him, "I am despicable." ”

Zhou Hexuan hurriedly shook hands: "It turned out to be Mr. Cheng, hello, hello!" Mr. Cheng, where are you going? ”

"Nanjing." I am a monk.

"Then we're going to go down the road." Zhou Hexuan said.

Cheng She smiled and said, "Congratulations to Mr. Zhou for collecting a famous painting!" ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled bitterly: "Don't mention it, someone wants to see a painting every day, and I'm so annoyed that I can't do it." ”

Yi Peiji wrote the paper very short, about 5,000 words, and compared the difference between Zhou Hexuan and Pu Yi's "Han Xizai's Night Banquet" in detail, and finally came to the conclusion that Zhou Hexuan got the real copy.

As soon as this article was published, the entire antique circle of the Republic of China went crazy, even Lu Xun personally came to the door to ask to see the painting, and Ma Heng, who was far away in Beiping, specially took a telegram to inquire about the situation.

Yi Peiji was so frightened that he hurriedly returned the painting to Zhou Hexuan, he is now renting a house in Shanghai, for fear that a thief will break into the house, if he loses the painting, he can't afford to sell Yi Peiji.

"Where is Mr. Cheng?" Zhou Hexuan asked casually.

I said, "I'm at home for the time being, and I have nothing to do." ”

Zhou Hexuan immediately invited: "It's better to come to Ta Kung Pao, I want to open a branch in Chongqing, Mr. Cheng, you will be the president of the Chongqing branch." ”

I politely refused: "I am really flattered that Mr. Zhou personally invited me. But I'm going to start my own newspaper, and I've even figured out the name of the paper. This time I went to Nanjing because the funds for running the newspaper were a little insufficient, and I wanted to find a friend to invest in a partnership. ”

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

At the beginning, Cheng She and I started the "World Journal" in Beiping, and Zhang Hatshui's "The Family of Gold Powder" was serialized in this newspaper. Because of the disclosure of the news that Zhang Zuolin shot Lin Baishui, Cheng She and I got into the trouble of killing, and only escaped through the mediation of a friend. But I couldn't stay in Beiping anymore, so I could only transfer the newspaper shares and go to Nanjing to found the "Minsheng Daily".

Just last year, Cheng She and I were imprisoned by Wang Zhaoming for reporting corruption and dereliction of duty by Wang Zhaoming's subordinates. It was only through the mediation of a friend that I promised to permanently suspend the publication of Minsheng Daily, and Wang Zhaoming released him.

To tell the truth, there are so many well-known newspaper people in the Republic of China, and Zhou Hexuan agrees with me the most, because they are all liberals.

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

If you compare Zhang Jiluan, Shi Liangcai, and Cheng She, Zhang Jiluan is the most tactful, and likes to "scold and help a little", and both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are more satisfied. Shi Liangcai became radical in the 30s, got very close to left-wing literati, always held high the patriotic banner, and liked to discuss and participate in political issues, which made Chang Kaishen have a heart of killing.

What about me?

He is the purest newspaper man, and his principle is to respect the facts, as long as it is true news, he dares to report it. His newspaper has left, center, and right factions, so they criticize each side, but this criticism revolves around real news, so neither side likes him.

This person is more truthful and admits death.

In terms of newspaper management, Cheng She I am the most scientific, introducing a whole set of Western management methods, and also changing them in combination with the Chinese situation. In terms of business management, Cheng She I am more clever than Shi Liangcai and Zhang Jiluan, but unfortunately he is always unlucky because he angers those in power.

For example, Cheng She is now going to start "Libao", 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 the two-word registration was the most popular, such as "declaration". And the four-word newspaper is rarely shouted by the sellers when they call for it. Because the train station is rushed, the shorter the name, the easier it is to shout and sell.

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

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

I felt that the time had come, and then published a statement, declaring that the daily sales of "Libao" had exceeded 100,000 yuan, and it turned losses into profits in an instant, and it only took one year to become one of the top three newspapers in Shanghai.

This is simply a miracle, Shanghai is the most prosperous city in the Republic of China, and the market share of the newspaper has long been divided.

With such talents, Zhou Hexuan was eager to recruit him, and he said: "Mr. Cheng, I don't think Shanghai is a good place to run a newspaper. ”

Mr. Zhou laughed, "I am happy to say that Shanghai is the largest newspaper market in the country." ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "Within two or three years, the Japanese will inevitably invade Shanghai. At that time, all Mr. Cheng's hard work will come to naught. ”

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

"Anyone who knows the situation in Japan knows that this is inevitable," Zhou Hexuan said, "and in the past few years, Japan has been stockpiling strategic resources and manufacturing guns and ammunition, and if it does not invade China within two or three years, all those piles of weapons will rot in warehouses." ”

I was stunned, but I was actually persuaded 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," Mr. Zhou said, "and 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 person." If you are willing to join Ta Kung Pao, not only can you serve as the head of the Chongqing branch, but I can also give you some shares. ”

Cheng She shook my head and said: "Ta Kung Pao's reports often avoid the real and focus on the small and magnify, which is not in line with my principles of running a newspaper. ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled bitterly: "No way, some news can't be published, otherwise the newspaper will be seized, such as Mr. Cheng's "Minsheng Daily." ”

"Mr. Zhou doesn't need to persuade him anymore." I still won't cooperate.

Zhou Hexuan had no choice but to change his plan and said: "It's better to spend some money and cooperate with Mr. Cheng to set up a new newspaper, headquartered in Chongqing." What do you think? ”

"I think Wuhan is better, Chongqing is too far away from the central government," I said. ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled: "It's good to be far away, you can let go of your hands and feet." If Mr. Cheng's newspaper is in Chongqing, first, I can introduce Liu Xiang to you; Second, Ta Kung Pao can provide you with the latest news information. ”

"Let me think again." I'm a little moved.