Chapter 47: Press Conference
Soon, three days later, many of the media in London, England, and even many European media with offices in London, England, came to 49 Portland Street, where Xu Qing was the minister of the Qing Dynasty in Europe to unveil the ceremony, and to hold a press conference. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The media reporters of this era are also very curious, and this press conference makes them feel very fresh and magical, because this press conference is really the first time in this era, and it is still so grand, which makes them feel very interesting.
Even many agile media members were quick to think of the benefits of this press conference.
When these reporters sat in the lobby of the reception room at No. 49 Portland Street, Xu Qing quickly took his "deputy" Miss Hu Ling to come out to "pick up guests".
Xu Qing was wearing a suit of his own design, with a straight figure and a very energetic spirit. And there are many commissioners sent by major media to accept the press conference.
When they saw Xu Qing's clothes, plus that although he was not very handsome, he was very attractive. If you add this suit and straight figure, many people will suddenly have a good impression.
As for soon, they all set their sights on Hu Ling beside Xu Qing. Although Hu Ling is still a little younger, he is only sixteen years old this year. However, it can be regarded as being in the East and the West, and even before, I have seen a lot of the world in Europe, and I have matured a lot, so my temperament is obviously much better than in the past.
In addition, Xu Qing specially designed a special suit similar to that of an office female white-collar worker in the future for this Hu Ling, which immediately caught the attention of many people. After all, such a design, coupled with the fact that Hu Ling's group of female students were also personally selected by those bureaucrats in China, naturally they would not be vulgar women, so their temperament was also very good.
"It's a nice costume, it's really good. We haven't seen this costume before, is it unique to China? "No, this is obviously integrated with our Western elements, but it is obviously better, and the design is better, it seems to have been designed by Minister Xu Qing." "I really didn't expect it, it seems that this Minister Xu Qing is also good at costume design?" ā¦ā¦
Xu Qing ignored the comments of the foreign media, took the initiative to stand at the front desk, and said: "Welcome to all European media friends, welcome to our Chinese Qing Dynasty Government in Europe, I am here to represent our Chinese Qing Dynasty Government, as well as all our librarians to extend a warm welcome to all media friends. ā
"As for our press conference, there may be a lot of doubts. In the future, the Legation will hold a press conference every half a month, which will announce some of the foreign policies of the Qing government of China, some tips on how to deal with our Qing officials, and answer the questions of some media friends, give you answers, and then ask all media friends to take the initiative to spread out. ā
"I will be the first speaker at this press conference. However, in the future, my deputy, Miss Hu Ling, the first secretary of our legation and the director of the office, will be in charge of serving as the press spokesperson. ā
Hu Ling immediately took the initiative to smile and nod to the commissioners of those media, this was trained before, so he was naturally not unfamiliar.
"Thank you for your kind attention!" Hu Ling said.
"What a cute girl!" "Yes! I didn't expect that this deputy of the Chinese Legation in Europe would be such a cute and beautiful girl? "The Chinese actually let a girl take on such an important task?" "But Minister Xu Qing is not too old, maybe he was born in a big family in China, right?" "Yes! Since she can be sent to study in the British Empire, she is still a girl, she must be from a family that is not small. āā¦ā¦
These media are actually wrong, Hu Ling and these girls are actually equivalent to almost "being sold" in China. As for the so-called height, it is just an illusion deliberately created by Xu Qing. He confuses each other at both ends, takes advantage of each other, and the communication between the two sides is not smooth, so he eats at both ends.
In fact, Xu Qing's status in China was not high, because of the misunderstanding of Europe in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and he did not realize how huge the real power of this foreign minister was, so he casually granted this power to Xu Qing. You must know that in the late Manchu Qing Dynasty, a minister stationed abroad was a third-grade official at the bottom, and even the ministers of a big country started from the second rank, and the first-rank was not completely absent.
But fortunately, Xu Qing is a traverser, and he has been a diplomat for more than ten years before crossing, so he naturally knows that there is a lot of trickery in this, and he can use a lot of it. Westerners don't know about the Manchus, and the Manchus don't know about Westerners either, so Xu Qing can play as much as he wants! Play them to death at both ends!
Of course, with the "standards" of Westerners themselves, of course, they subconsciously thought that Xu Qing had a very high status in China, and even these international students were born in wealthy families.
"Minister Xu Qing, the system of this press conference is very good, I think our British Empire government can also consider doing this in the future!" "Yes! Many departments of the British Empire can also do the same, holding regular press conferences, so that not only can we get information quickly, but also can avoid problems caused by untimely communication! āā¦ā¦
Those reporters felt very appreciative of Xu Qing's concept of this press conference. You must know that in the past, when these media reporters wanted to interview some important government news, they had to do so through the personal connections of various officials, or through interviews with the officials themselves. However, such interviews are very informal, and they do not represent the real official attitude.
Because the officials in a department are not necessarily understood by everyone, and because of their respective positions, there may be various inconsistencies, and even different people may give completely opposite messages. This is not impossible, on the contrary, it is very likely.
At that time, the news media will be embarrassed, so this can allow the official to organize a press conference, so that not only the news released is authoritative, but also can get a lot of news at one time. And it is also good for the official, so that subordinate officials can avoid talking nonsense everywhere and leaking information, which will also hit the prestige of government departments.
"Friends from the media, China has a long history and civilization, and the West does not know much about us, which has caused a lot of misunderstandings. It even caused the war a few years ago that China and Britain did not want to see. ā
"Of course, we can put aside what happened back then. However, our two countries should not remain in hatred and misunderstanding, and it is the real important thing to strengthen understanding and take the initiative to get acquainted with each other. Our Legation will hold a Chinese meeting every three months, which will show our Western friends our Chinese characteristics, including our history, culture, folk customs, specialties and so on. I hope to strengthen the mutual understanding between China and the West! ā
"When the time comes, welcome friends!"
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
Reporters from major media outlets took the initiative to applaud and expressed their great joy that China could take the initiative to open up.
"Who said that the Chinese are corrupt, I think this Minister Xu Qing is also a very open person?" "That's right, it seems that the news from the Far East can't be believed!" "Yes! A lot of news came from the Far East, and it was completely out of shape! "What a rice bucket, those people in the Far East, what a rice bucket!" ā¦ā¦
Those British figures in the Far East cried and fainted in the toilet one after another, how did they become rice buckets. They really know that the Manchu court in China is very corrupt, and the thinking of officials is very rigid, and they also report according to the actual situation! However, in China, Xu Qing, a demonic traverser, was born, and became the minister of the Chinese Manchu court stationed in Europe.
In fact, in the eyes of the vast majority of people, the identity and behavioral qualities of diplomats represent the image of the country, and further represent the image of the entire government and even the entire people. Especially in this era of poor information exchange and slow message transmission, every move of diplomats' behavior and quality will be magnified as much as possible.
Xu Qing's style made those British mistakenly think that those rice buckets in the Far East had transmitted false news, and they actually regarded China as a decadent feudal empire, which was really a rice bucket!
"Now I would like to invite all reporters to ask questions, and I will answer the questions of all journalists one by one! Now, raise your hand if you have questions! Xu Qing said.
Soon, immediately many people raised their hands, after all, this Chinese minister is still the first Chinese minister in Europe, the first Chinese to really set foot in England, and everyone has a lot of problems. Especially about an almost different Eastern civilization, everyone is very curious and eager to ask questions.
"This gentleman!" Xu Qing named a male reporter in the front, after all, there are no female reporters in this era.
The "journalist" of this era is not the "prostitute" of later generations, in this era, all the people who can read in the world are men, and the economic conditions in the world are not very good. As a result, educated people are mainly men, and those educated women don't have to work to earn a living, and these reporters are all men.
Of course, the journalists' reviews in this era are still very good, many of them are from the lowest middle class, have received a good education, and rarely have any problems.
"Minister Xu Qing, I am a reporter from our "Times", and I would like to ask some questions!"
Xu Qing heard that this reporter was actually a reporter from the "Times", so that Xu Qing quickly knew what kind of newspaper this "Times" was. Perhaps ordinary people don't quite understand what kind of newspaper this "Times" is, but if it is a later generation, even many people who are not in the media circle, they may have heard of a world-famous newspaper - The Times!
The Times is actually the Times, but it has nothing to do with the River Thames, but for some transliteration reasons, I mistakenly translated it as The Times. Later, for some reasons, everyone also made mistakes and directly translated them as The Times.
However, this newspaper is also one of the oldest newspapers in the world, and it has a history of 60 years, and even in the future into the 21st century, it will still exist tenaciously and is a living fossil of the news media world.
"Excuse me!" Xu Qing said.
"May I ask Minister Xu Qing, what kind of interaction should we follow with regard to the exchanges between our European countries and China? Since the history and culture of the East and the West are very different, and even the races are very different, how should we communicate? ā
Xu Qing quickly gave the answer: "In this world, there are many, many civilized countries in the world. There may be many, many differences in race, skin color, culture, language, folk customs, etc., but we in China have always paid attention to being kind to others and respecting each other. Therefore, on behalf of our Chinese Qing government, I would like to express to the world the attitude of our Chinese Qing government! ā
"We should respect each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity, non-aggression, non-interference in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence. These five points were put forward by the Qing Dynasty government and are the five principles of China's foreign exchanges. If these five principles are violated, we in China will not be prepared to continue our engagements. ā
"These five principles are called the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence!"
The reporters immediately recorded that this was really the first important news, and they all hurried to record it. They know that the "Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence" is a very important content, and it is still very advanced for this era. This idea proposes that it is an important principle regardless of whether it is followed by all countries or not.
These few sentences alone can be used as the content of tomorrow's front page.
John Russell, who was watching all this in the corner next to him, also nodded secretly and whispered: "Okay, he is really an excellent diplomat!" The Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence alone are enough to show that he is a very good diplomat! It seems that the Chinese government is still very sincere, so it sent this outstanding talent, and it seems that the Chinese government is also sincere in opening up, but it still has some concerns for the time being. ā
Because of Xu Qing's behavior, the whole of Britain was misunderstood again, misunderstood the Chinese Manchu court, and made the impression of European countries on the Chinese Manchu court just the opposite. By the time they really mean it, it will be completely late at that time, and China has begun to gradually stabilize and begin to rise rapidly, which is not something they can just strangle!