406 [Lao Xu's Troubles]
The content of Zhou Hexuan's speech was soon reported in Nanjing and Shanghai, causing widespread and heated discussions. However, there are many skeptics, because "Japan's full-scale invasion of China" and "World War II" are all speculations, and no one knows whether it is true or false until it really happens.
At the same time, all newspapers in the "Kuomintang Zone" received a notice strictly prohibiting continued coverage of Zhou Hexuan's speech. The reason is very simple, it is easy to cause diplomatic disputes, and the Japanese minister to China has already protested against this.
Fu Donghua also returned to Shanghai and began to translate "Titanic". He first named the characters, and under Mr. Fu's pen, Jack eventually had a Chinese name called Deng Jiake, and Rose was named Bai Lusi, which was completely localized.
Zhou Hexuan did not interfere with this, he can trust Fu Donghua's translation level, Fu's translation of "Gone with the Wind" is a rare and good product, and I believe that the translation of "Titanic" will not disappoint him.
"The Goddess" is already in full swing of filming, and Ruan Lingyu is so busy that she has no time to rest all day. Zhou Hexuan did not go to Shanghai again, but took a train directly from Nanjing to Tianjin along the Jinpu line, accompanied by his old friend Xu Zhimo.
In order to support his family, Xu Zhimo has held several professorships at Guanghua University, Daxia University and Central University, and has frequently traveled back and forth between Shanghai and Nanjing.
And this time, Xu Zhimo resigned from all his jobs in the south and resolutely went north to teach at Peking University and Beijing Women's University. Obviously, there is something wrong with his relationship with Lu Xiaoman, and it has reached the point of separation, otherwise Xu Zhimo would not have resigned from all his positions in Shanghai and Nanjing.
This kind of housework, Zhou Hexuan is not easy to persuade.
Anyway, Xu Zhimo will change his mind and choose to forgive Lu Xiaoman, and in two or three months at most, he will have to go back and forth between Peking and Shanghai. My family lives in Shanghai, I work in Beiping, I have to take planes and ships when I go to work, and my life is fashionable and modern enough.
Zhou Hexuan joked: "Brother Shima, if you go to Peking University to teach now, you are not afraid of being owed wages?" ”
"President Jiang has already taken up his post, and Peking University's salary is still guaranteed," Xu Zhimo explained, "Hu Shi returned to China a few days ago, and I went to Peking University to be a professor, and he helped introduce me." ”
Well, this matter also involves factional disputes in the education system.
Hu Shi and Jiang Menglin both belong to Cai Yuanpei's lineage, and now Jiang Menglin is the president of Peking University, and he immediately recruits famous teachers. Hu Shi recommended a number of scholars and celebrities, including Xu Zhimo, to Jiang Menglin, and it happened that Xu Zhimo wanted to leave Shanghai, so he agreed immediately.
As for the teaching funds of Peking University, they are also guaranteed for the time being. The local government of Beiping will provide some more, and the central finance department will provide some more, which Zhang Xueliang and Chang Kaishen have discussed, including several other national universities in Beiping.
Although it is inevitable that there will be deductions and arrears, compared with before, the national university in Peking has finally ushered in a good life, thanks to Zhang Xueliang who is in charge of North China.
Compared with Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang, and those old warlords in Beiyang, Zhang Shaoshuai's cuteness is his ideological progress. He was very supportive of the national plan of education, rather than hiding his money to expand the army.
The wheels "clanged" against the railroad tracks, and Xu Zhimo frowned and looked out the window. He was a person who couldn't hide his thoughts, and when the train was halfway through, he finally couldn't help asking: "Mingcheng, what do you say I should do?" ”
"Relationship problems?" Zhou Hexuan confirmed.
"Yes," Xu Zhimo said with a painful expression, "After I got married, I found out that Xiaoman and I are people from two worlds. Her hobbies are too unrestrained, I really can't keep up, and now she is smoking opium again, and she can't listen to any persuasion. I'm so tired! ”
Xu Zhimo didn't seem to want to say bad things about Lu Xiaoman, and he didn't tell a lot of inside information.
Lu Xiaoman is now in Shanghai, and he is already known as the "Southern Tang and Northern Continent" of the social circle with Song Ziwen's girlfriend Tang Ying. There are many admirers and followers around her, especially a doctor named Weng Ruiwu, who circles around Lu Xiaoman all day long.
Lu Xiaoman's opium addiction seems to be also because of Weng Ruiwu.
Lu Xiaoman has severe asthma and stomach problems, and the pain is overwhelming, and even causes fainting many times. Weng Ruiwu is very good at massage, which can alleviate Lu Xiaoman's pain, and smoking opium is also a means recommended by Weng Ruiwu to Lu Xiaoman to relieve his pain.
Now Lu Xiaoman can't do without Weng Ruiwu, and when he gets in pain, he calls Weng Ruiwu for a massage. The two also went to dance together, went to the theater together, and even developed to the point of singing at home together, and they learned their skills in front of Xu Zhimo.
Poor Xu Zhimo worked hard to make money, not only to provide for Lu Xiaoman's various expenses, but also to help her buy opium, and even help her win the role in the theater.
The so-called praise is to spend money to praise your favorite opera actors, and use means such as buying tickets, rewarding, applauding, writing articles to praise, etc., to raise the value and status of that actor.
In terms of Xu Zhimo's tired and tired work state, Lu Xiaoman actually used her husband's hard-earned money to win the corner!
In Zhou Hexuan's words, it is a loser.
"Don't ask me, it's your housework, what are you going to do?" Zhou Hexuan asked rhetorically.
Xu Zhimo said: "Shanghai is too complicated, and Beiping is much more simple. I resigned from my job in the south this time to take Xiaoman back to Beiping to settle down, away from the glamorous demon world of Shanghai. But she refused to live or die, and had a big fight with me. ”
Zhou Hexuan said: "Haven't thought about divorce? ”
Xu Zhimo was silent, to be honest, he thought about divorce, but finally dismissed this idea. First, he still has feelings for Lu Xiaoman, second, he has already been divorced once, and if he divorces again, he will definitely be condemned again, and third, Lu Xiaoman's living condition is very bad, and he can't rest assured after the divorce.
Zhou Hexuan sighed with emotion: "You are conniving, do you know?" It's like parents doting on their children, the more you spoil her, the more arrogant you indulge her, the more you hurt her. It's better to plan ahead than to get by, which can be a long-lasting disservice for both parties. ”
"I understand, but I can't make up my mind." Xu Zhimo spoke in an anxious tone.
Zhou Hexuan sneered in his heart, and secretly complained: You were very bold in divorcing Zhang Youyi at the beginning.
"Do you really want me to come up with an idea?" Zhou Hexuan asked.
Xu Zhimo said: "Mingcheng, please help me show me the way, I really have no choice." ”
Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "It's very simple, cut off all her financial resources." Only gave her the most basic living expenses, and let her earn her own money from watching plays, playing horns, dancing, and smoking opium. Wait for a few months to dry her, and then ......."
"She's going to die!" Before Zhou Hexuan's words were finished, Xu Zhimo shouted.
Zhou Hexuan shrugged: "Yes, when I didn't say anything." ”