The sun is rising, the East Street has already been surging, the bustling flow of people in the hawkers shouting one after another, large and small merchants have taken off the door panels early to open for business, everyone has a smile on their faces, many merchants have to smile when they meet and talk about the matter of Qin Chuan, Du Baozhong, Li Yutian and gangsters yesterday evening. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because of yesterday's incident, the coachmen and porters of the big car shops who walked on the street also kept greeting them warmly, and the coachmen and porters were also in a happy mood and shouted with people.

The people talking on the street, every time Qin Chuan's name was mentioned, they couldn't help but have a look of admiration on their faces, and there were even many teenage and half-old children who ran to the street opposite the gate of the dyeing factory in groups, looking enviously at the factory guards wearing crisp and majestic uniforms inside the gate.

The factory guards who were on duty at the door also had light on their faces, and their bodies were much straighter than before.

In the courtyard, Qin Chuan was coming out of his small western-style building, accompanied by a foreigner and a middle-aged man wearing a gray coarse cloth robe and carrying a rattan box in his hand, walking slowly out in the courtyard, talking in a low voice.

The foreigner is Hann, Hann is wearing a new blue suit today, a purple tie, the beard on his chin is cleanly shaved, yesterday's messy hair is neatly combed, and there is a happy smile on his face, and the whole person looks full of energy and energy.

Another middle-aged man in a long robe, with a long beard, obviously had not shaved for many days, and his face was also haggard, somewhat shabby, except for a pair of bloodshot eyes that showed the tiredness of the journey, shining with exuberant excitement.

This middle-aged man's name is Ai Xiaomei, a native of Hankou, who showed his talent in high school at the age of fifteen, but he has not made any achievements since then, and he has long since failed to succeed in the imperial examination. It stands to reason that an "old talent" like Ai Xiaomei will end his life when he opens a museum in his hometown to teach and spend his life in peace.

But this Ai Xiaomei is a restless person, because of his high talent, he has been a guest of many officials everywhere, and even served as a staff member of Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang. Ai Xiaomei was born cynical, not only did he not look down on the corruption of officials, but also the boring entertainment that officials had to do, he also scoffed, often embarrassing his master, such a temperament, so that he had to leave after not being able to do it for long.

A few years ago, Ai Xiaomei found someone to fund the opening of a newspaper in Hankou and published a newspaper called "Zhaowen Xinbao", but soon because of the current affairs, the local government was angered, or for the sake of him being a guest of Zhang Zhidong, he did not ask him for the blame, but Ai Xiaomei has no funding since then, and the newspaper has to stop publication.

Ai Xiaomei's "Zhaowen Xinbao" is the first newspaper published by the Chinese, and it is very famous in the industry.

Qin Chuan had inquired about this person when he was in the concession, and now he wanted to run a newspaper, so he arranged for Li Mingfang to find Ai Xiaomei, who arrived in Tianjin by boat in the middle of the night last night, and came to the dyeing factory early in the morning to see Qin Chuan.

Because Qin Chuan knew Ai Xiaomei's itinerary, he also set the appointment for Hann to meet Han En early this morning.

Qin Chuan has just roughly agreed with the two of them to run a newspaper, and the location of the newspaper is in the British Concession, so that if something happens, it is easy to deal with it, and the specific address will be rented by Hann. Qin Chuan wants to change the paper used in newspapers, he doesn't like the kind of raw edge newspapers that are also printed now, Qin Chuan requires that domestic raw edge paper cannot be used, but to use newsprint imported from abroad, and the layout can not be printed on one side in small format like the current domestic newspapers and periodicals, but on both sides of the large layout. Including the setting of the layout, the arrangement of several supplements, and a series of issues have been explained for a full hour.

Even the retail price of newspapers and the price of advertising to merchants, Qin Chuan has ideas. It's just that it's not too early to see the time, Qin Chuan was afraid that Hann and Ai Xiaomei would bump into each other, so he hurriedly sent the two out, but he felt that there were still a lot of words that had not been explained clearly, while walking, he was still hurrying to explain to the two, almost all the way Qin Chuan was talking to himself, Hann and Ai Xiaomei just listened carefully and kept nodding.

Qin Chuan believes that domestic businessmen are not used to advertising in newspapers, so the advertising expenses of domestic businessmen are half lower than that of foreign businessmen. Fortunately, even now, no foreigner will open his mouth and close his mouth to future generations, and no foreigner will care about this.

Qin Chuan whispered as he walked: "Our newspaper, the name is "Oriental Times", and we should take not being selfish, not blind, not icing on the cake, not falling into the ground, and not being powerful with others as the purpose of our "Oriental Times". In addition to this, it is also necessary to abandon distortion and fabrication, resist vulgar tastes, and advocate the general policy of our newspaper. ”

"Our newspaper must not only publish current political news, but also be related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and must be related to the economy of the imperial dynasty and the suffering of the small people. When it comes to news reporting, it's important to focus on authenticity. Manuscripts, editorials, current affairs, commentaries, etc., on the news page, should be concise and detailed, and the text should be plain. All important news related to national politics, changes in national customs, important matters related to China's foreign affairs, pros and cons of business and trade, and all the surprising and gratifying things can be published. ”

In addition, it is necessary to pay attention to reflecting the actual life of the real society. For example, the "Declaration" of the Shanghai Ocean People's Office has reported on the "Yang Naiwu Unjust Case" for three consecutive years, and finally disclosed the truth of the unjust case. ”

"It is also necessary to pay attention to the fact that the content published in the supplement should not only be readable, but also let the people of the Qing Dynasty no longer regard themselves as the boss of the Central Empire, and there should be a special issue every day to introduce Western news events, important news of Western science and technology, and the history and current situation of Western countries. There should also be literary supplements, authors should be encouraged to actively contribute, and the remuneration should be generous. Of course, there is also the most important point, our newspaper must use the vernacular, including literary and artistic works. It should not only be appreciated by literati and doctors, but also understood by all walks of life in industry, agriculture and commerce. ”

"There are many things that can be passed on in the present day, but most of them are drowned out because they are not well documented and disseminated. Although there are many ancient Chinese books, they can be recorded in the events of the previous dynasties, and the words are ancient and cannot be understood by ordinary people. Although there are novels and naturalists in ancient books, most of the contents are absurd and can only be used as materials for literati to talk about, and cannot be appreciated by both the elegant and the vulgar. ”

"Our newspaper should take it as its responsibility to be a pioneer in society and to promote the times, so that the society can enter a reasonable normal track, and it is our responsibility to achieve the prosperity and prosperity of the nation."

"In addition, we should also pay attention to keeping in touch with the British Reuters branch in Shanghai, because we cannot send reporters to collect and edit news in Europe and the United States for the time being, and we can only rely on them for news there."

"Our newspaper also has to open up a special commercial section, not only to publish the foreign exchange rate so that foreigners can do business with our countrymen, but also to publish the prices of meat, fish, vegetables, and fruits in the market of Tianjin Wei that day, which are closely related to ordinary people. There are also the arrival and departure times of ships at the large and small wharves in Tianjin, as well as the loaded goods, including the information of the agent foreign bank. Of course, this is something they have to pay. It is also important to note that if someone submits, they can use a pen name when publishing, but the submission must be under their real name. ”

Qin Chuan solemnly said to Ai Xiaomei: "You have to remember that without my words, articles with fierce rhetoric, especially articles that are acupuncture, should not be published for the time being. ”

Ai Xiaomei sighed, nodded and said, "Mr. Qin, I understand what you mean, I will remember it." ”

Qin Chuan waited for Ai Xiaomei for a long time, and then took out a silver ticket and a slip from his arms and handed them to Han En.

"The 100,000 yuan is the fund for you to open a newspaper, this bill of lading is from the concession of Rui Kee Foreign Company, the printing equipment needed for the newspaper and the purchase of newsprint I have already settled, this printing press and newsprint are all from Shanghai Rui Kee Foreign Company, there has been delivery, I will inform you as soon as the goods arrive, you go to pick up the goods. Besides, after you open the newspaper, you also have to install a telephone, and I will install a telephone here in the next two days, and if there is nothing special, we will contact by phone and try to meet as little as possible, understand? ”

Han En nodded vigorously in agreement, Ai Xiaomei's eyes flashed with excitement and said: "Mr. Qin, don't worry, what I want to say, you have said it, we coincide, originally I wanted to see it, I will go back to Hankou tonight if I am not satisfied, but listening to what you just said, I also figured it out, I was a little pedantic before." Now I am completely relieved that we will definitely do what Mr. Qin said, and I believe that we will be able to make this newspaper a first-class newspaper in the Qing Dynasty, and it will be a newspaper that is not inferior to that of the West. ”

In order to avoid trouble in the future, Qin Chuan didn't dare to let Hann and Ai Xiaomei stay with him for too long, and many things were not finished during the meal, so he sent the two out while explaining the precautions for running the newspaper to the two.

Sending Han En and Ai Xiaomei away, before Qin Chuan returned to the small building, he heard a commotion outside the gate。。。。。。