Subtitle of this chapter: This Xiao Yuan is unusual

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Zhang Dongsun flipped through the manuscript in his hand, raised his round-framed glasses and asked, "Brother Xuefan, do you know who this Mr. Hongjian is?" ”

"Yes." Chen Wangdao replied, "Brother Dongsun, Zhongfu has asked someone to inquire, and among the students of NYU, there is only Yuan Junyan. He is from Wuxi County and studied at Hujiang University......"

In fact, the University of Shanghai is also a church school, which is run by the American Baptist Church.

One advantage of attending this university for Chinese students who wish to study in the United States is that its degrees have been issued by the state of Virginia since 1917, so they can be recognized by American universities.

Our Master Yuan took a bachelor's degree from Virginia and a letter of introduction from a priest and professor, and went to New York University to study for a master's degree in economics, and he didn't even have to take the entrance exam.

Speaking of which, among his alumni are not only the celebrity Xu Zhimo, but also Li Gongpu and Mao Renfeng...... It's really a combination of blowing and listening. It's a pity that these two entered school too late and didn't have the opportunity to get to know this senior Yuan.

Editor-in-chief Chen continued: "Last year, he was imprisoned on suspicion of the Wall Street bombing, and he was tortured by the Citigroup police and was injured with sepsis and almost died. However, Ji people have their own natural appearance, Yuan Jun not only recovered his health but also cleared his suspicions, and also became a well-known writer. ”

As Brother Xuefan said, Yuan Jun is indeed famous for that big case and rookie writer. But......" Zhang Dongsun nodded first, then shook his head and said, "Your news is a bit old. Mr. Hung is now not only a popular writer, but also a screenwriter for a $3 million movie, and a hero who defeats the British in a duel! ”

"Three million dollars?! Defeat the British?! No matter how self-contained Chen Wangdao was, he was so shocked by these two news that he almost jumped.

What was the concept of $3 million at the time? The courtyard house in the imperial capital purchased by the Zhou brothers is only equivalent to more than 1,700 US dollars, and the apartment building in the center of the magic capital is only a few hundred US dollars...... That's an exaggerated figure for the filming budget of a movie.

As for the duel and the victory over the British, it was even more incredible, so the editor-in-chief of the Chen Dynasty instantly decided that Mr. Hongjian must be a master of national arts.

Zhang Dongsun couldn't help but smile slightly when he saw him, in fact, he also remembered the shocked and inexplicable look when he just learned the news.

Compared with Chen Wangdao, he has many more news channels, especially news from the United States. At this time, Zhang Junmai and Lin Changmin were both in Europe.

"And that's not all, Brother Xuefan. Mr. Sun read his article, personally praised Yuan Jun for his high attainments in political science, and asked someone to send a message to him to take up a post in Guangzhou. Oh...... By the way, he also became the fast son-in-law of the Nanyang Wei family. ”

The evaluation of Lao Zhang by the descendants of the Heavenly Demon is that the book is angry. Therefore, after the founding of the country, he will be involved in the "treason case", and the descendants of the Heavenly Demon did let him go.

The people of the time also praised him as the ancient scholar doctor. Therefore, he has repeatedly claimed to be out of politics since May Fourth, but he has always been involved in the political situation throughout his life.

A character like this, when he heard the wonderful deeds of Master Yuan who "spread his literature overseas and promoted his chivalrous spirit in a foreign land", he naturally yearned for it, and he couldn't wait to see each other immediately, shake hands and take a photo, which was no different from the brain-dead fans of later generations.

That's why he paid so much attention to Yuan Yanqian's translation, otherwise why would he have to take it in person with his current status?

In addition to this reason, Zhang Dongsun has another plan. He wanted to take this opportunity to get close to Yuan Yanqian, and then he had the opportunity to invite him to Shanghai China Public School as a professor.

In November 1905 (the 31st year of Guangxu), in order to oppose the "Rules for the Prohibition of Qing Students in Japan" promulgated by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Culture, more than 8,000 Chinese students in Japan in Tokyo went on strike to protest, and more than 3,000 students in Japan dropped out of school and returned to China.

In February 1906, due to the arrival of a large number of students in Japan and no place to go, Yao Hongye, Sun Jingqing and other international students rushed to raise funds and rent a private house at Hengbang Bridge on North Sichuan Road in Shanghai as a school building to prepare for the establishment of a Chinese public school. Duanfang, the governor of Liangjiang, allocated 1,000 taels of silver every month and sent Zheng Xiaoxu of Sipin Jingtang as the overseer.

In fact, the school was run by the revolutionaries and constitutionalists at the time. Hu Shi and Qiu Jin were once students at the school.

On April 10, 1906, China Public School officially opened in Shanghai. In the same year, Hu Shi was admitted to the school.

In September 1908, due to the student tide, Hu Shi left the public school with some radical classmates and set up his own new public school to continue his studies. Later, the new public school was unable to sustain its financial constraints, so it negotiated a merger with the old school, and most of the students of the new public school of more than 160 people went back.

In October 1909, the New China Public School merged with the Chinese Public School. In the same year, the Wusong Chinese Public School was completed in Wusong Paotai (now Wusong Paotai Wetland Park).

In 1915, Liang Qichao served as the chairman. In the same year, Beijing National University merged with Shanghai Wusong China Public School, known as the University Department of China Public School.

This is the origin of Shanghai China Public School.

Liang Qichao returned from Europe in 1920, "But if I want to set up a university in Shanghai, if he has the ambition to help, it is the best." ”。 So he and his peers hosted this university as a base for cultivating talents.

After the reorganization, Xiong Xiling, the first democratically elected premier of the Republic of China and known as the "Bear Phoenix", served as the chairman of the board of trustees, and Zhang Dongsun became the director of the university department. At this time, there were also quite a few teachers in the school, such as Zhu Ziqing and Ye Shengtao.

Liang Qichao and others were very concerned about this matter, and he himself said, "I will take this as my lifelong career, and I will be able to make great achievements in China." ”。 However, "what I suffer the most is the lack of talent in our party. ”。

Therefore, Lao Zhang discovered such a dazzling talent as Xiao Yuan, and when our Master Yuan learned the news, it must be ...... Hehehe.

Speaking of this, Zhang Dongsun thought of something and asked, "Brother Xuefan, forgive me for taking the liberty of it." Dare I ask how much of the pen you gave to Mr. Hongji? ”

Chen Wangdao was stunned when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "Don't hide it from Brother Dongsun, Zhongfu is the master, the remuneration of "A Group of Wives and Concubines" is the highest standard of contempt magazines...... Ten dollars for 1,000 words! ”

Is 10 yuan high for 1,000 words?

Let's put it this way, around 1920, the Commercial Press gave Liang Rengong a remuneration of 20 yuan per thousand words, which was the highest in the world. In contrast, Hu Shizhi's remuneration is only four yuan per thousand words.

And the total word count of the novella "A Group of Wives and Concubines" is more than 36,400 words, so Master Yuan got a remuneration of 360 silver yuan.

This was naturally very high compared to the income of ordinary people at that time. For example, the Peking University librarian only had eight silver yuan a month.

However, at that time, the purchasing power of one dollar was roughly equivalent to about 50 soft girl coins. If it is calculated in this way, Yuan Yanqian is now just the treatment of five hundred soft sister coins in a thousand words, not to mention that compared with a top online writer like Wubai, he is not even a god.

It's really embarrassing to compare it like this.