Qi Huishen's attitude towards foreigners, in very subtle terms, is not like it at all. To put it a little more bluntly, it's very annoying. If it was before, Qi Huishen would not have followed his father's orders to contact the British no matter what. This time the matter is very special, it is to go with Chen Ke. Otherwise, Qi Huishen was afraid that he would give up.

But the closer the rickshaw got to the British consulate, the more uneasy Qi Huishen became.

"Wen Qing, how do you deal with foreigners in general?" Qi Huishen finally asked.

"I ...... about this," Chen Ke almost said. In fact, he doesn't have much experience dealing with foreign devils. Chen Ke was glad that he had finally said the wrong thing, and he thought about it.

"Let's hear from the steward first. Since your father sent him, he wouldn't have decided that way. ”

Qi Huishen didn't have any good options, so he had to change the topic. "Wenqing has never been afraid of foreigners." This remark has inadvertently revealed Qi Huishen's inner thoughts.

"I'm not afraid of a single foreigner, but when I encounter an organized foreigner, I always think to be cautious. No matter how bad the organization of the British is, it is not something I can deal with alone. Chen Ke answered the question vaguely.

Looking at Qi Huishen's worried look, Chen Ke smiled: "However, foreign devils are also human. If it's human, it doesn't really make much difference in doing things. Treat each other politely, understand the work process of foreign devils realistically, and you will not encounter anything excessive. ”

The three got out of the car in front of the British consulate, and before the two young men could speak, the housekeeper had already begun to "explain the rules" to the two. This time, as Qi Huishen's father Qi Si'e said, the two sides have determined the overall direction of the project. Chen Ke felt that if he didn't understand the housekeeper wrong, his job with Qi Huishen was to stamp. A certain counsellor of the consulate is the head of the British side of the matter, and the first document needs to be sent from the counsellor's hand.

Chen Ke didn't dare to guess by himself, he directly told the housekeeper what he understood. The butler nodded in satisfaction. Then the group got to work.

The "bureaucratic style" has always been the object of criticism in the industrial age, with its slow and methodical approach, with endless documents, tables and stamps. A person who does not understand the bureaucratic system, as long as he has dealt with the bureaucracy, will definitely not have any good impression. Chen Ke used to feel this way, but since Chen Ke personally went through the bureaucratic process and did a few things that were not too small, his view of the bureaucratic system has changed. Compared with the drafting of recklessness or the rule of man, the progressive significance of the modern bureaucratic system is still very great. The criticism of the bureaucracy is that "there is no one to make a decision". In fact, if you are willing to listen carefully to the explanations of the bureaucrats, you can actually find the person in charge. Chen Ke has always felt that people who think that bureaucracy can solve all problems may have made a bigger mistake than the bureaucracy.

This incident verified Chen Ke's view. The first document was issued by a counsellor named Humphrey, and the next step was to ask the official of the British Concession Education Department to sign it. Chen Ke did not simply entertain the official, and hurriedly ran away after signing the documents. Instead, it took a certain amount of effort to communicate with the official.

The British were much more diligent than the Indians. Compared with the Chinese, Britain is relatively lazy. Because of the spoken English practiced by watching American dramas, Chen Ke speaks standard American English with a New York accent. When choosing words and sentences, Chen Ke tries to use the London flavor of "may" instead of "can". The education officer hadn't been in London for long, he was from Coventry.

Chen Ke, a short-haired Chinese, can speak English that is clearly not from China, which is not annoying. Chen Ke is neither like ordinary Chinese, who has any obvious hostility towards the British, nor like compradors, who deliberately flatter. The official also answered several key questions from Chen Ke. Who is in charge of the schools mentioned in this document? Those departments are responsible for the lead work of the required schools.

In the next few days, Chen Ke did this and this every time he went to a signed and sealed unit. Not everywhere the officials were as amiable as the Englishman in charge of education, and there were not only one or two officials who treated Chen Ke badly. At this time, Chen Ke had no choice but to adopt another method, that is, "As long as you don't kick me out, I will take the steps that you are responsible for." ”

Qi Huishen and Chen Ke have been walking together throughout the past few days, and in Qi Huishen's imagination, the thing to do is to find the person in charge, negotiate openly or privately, and then come to a result. It was the first time he had fought against the modern bureaucracy. Looking at the British with a gloomy face and an unkind tone. But Chen Ke was undaunted to exchange views with them and obeyed the command of the British. Many of the requests that Qi Huishen saw as arrogant and unreasonable, but Chen Ke was able to complete them again and again by running back and forth several times.

Seal the official document, fill in the form, seal it again, and change the form. If you go to one department today, you have to go tomorrow, and the purpose of finding the same person is completely different. On the afternoon of the fourth day, Chen Ke finally brought a final document back to Counselor Humphrey.

Counselor Humphrey looked at Chen Ke and Qi Huishen, two young Chinese, with some surprise. As an Englishman who knew the power of the bureaucracy, he admired the steadfastness of these two young men. In fact, the British bureaucracy in Shanghai was not very big, and he had long known what Chen Ke was doing in it. Chen Ke did not sign the document completely in a step-by-step manner, without touching the "position" that Counselor Humphrey had, Chen Ke figured out who to turn to, and then went to the person to seal himself.

As one of the characteristics of the bureaucratic system, Humphrey has long been approached by the following people, hoping to know if there is anything greasy in this matter, Humphrey just said, "Follow the process". The people below naturally don't understand it wrong, and the meaning of this sentence is "just don't deliberately look for trouble".

The matter of running the school this time is not a very important matter, since the Americans used the Gengzi indemnity money to run schools in China, the British also have such plans. But the British hold their own "international status" and are not willing to be as straightforward as the United States does. This school falls into this category. If it weren't for this background, Counselor Humphrey might not have let Chen Ke go so happily.

According to the steward's deliberate explanation, Chen Ke put the silver ticket on this final document. Counselor Humphrey signed a receipt for Chen Ke and sent the two away.

"You mean that the British are bribing the Chinese with Chinese Gengzi indemnity money to build schools?" Outside the consulate, Qi Hui asked Chen Ke deeply. "And this school, the British consulate in Shanghai asked my father to pay for the school, and he didn't contribute to it. What kind of ...... did you come up with, Wen Qing, what was the word you just called? ”

"Performance Project."

"Yes, the performance project. Wen Qing means that the British Consulate has engaged in a political performance project. ”

"If it weren't for this reason, the two of us would definitely not be able to get things done."

After Chen Ke said this, a relaxed and happy look appeared on his face. Qi Huishen didn't have Chen Ke's good mood, he just felt that his busy work these days was just to make such an empty school, and he still played for the British. This upset him.

"It's deep, this is the revolution. A major breakthrough has been made in our revolutionary cause. Haven't you always wanted to recruit revolutionary comrades, and through this school, the process of recruiting revolutionary comrades will be twice as effective with half the effort. Chen Ke persuaded.

"Although we can recruit comrades, we are more likely to find a bunch of people to work for the British, and I always feel that it is not right." Qi Huishen still couldn't figure it out.

"It's going to be deep, what kind of revolution do you want? A bunch of comrades with knives and guns in their hands killed the enemy. I don't think you should be so naïve now. ”

"That's not how it shouldn't have been. Brother Wen Qing, you said that you want revolution, how do you see that what you are doing is getting farther and farther away from the revolution. In the past, you still told us about the revolutionary truth. These days, you don't even talk about revolutionary principles. ”

Chen Ke did not agree with Qi Huishen's opinion, "Ha, when I talked about revolutionary principles, you were not revolutionary comrades. Now that we have even established a party group, how can I feel that my revolutionary work has been fruitful? ”

"What are you going to do after Wen Qing?" Qi Hui knew that he couldn't distinguish Chen Ke, so he asked bluntly.

"The party relies on party members, so let's distinguish whether a person is a party member or not, regardless of what he says. It's about how he does it. I said I was a revolutionary, why should you believe me? I don't think I'm talking to you about revolution. Instead, I led my comrades to do things in earnest. You can get things done. The reason why comrades can get along well with each other is because everyone is doing things seriously. Not just for ourselves, but for our common cause. ”

Hearing this, Qi Huishen no longer spoke, but nodded slightly. Chen Ke can dye cloth and cure medicine. This approval can still be done now. If there are no special circumstances, Chen Ke should be able to do a lot of things. Qi Huishen complained that Chen Ke was not revolutionary now, but he thought that Chen Ke should also be able to make a revolution. As Chen Ke said, after the comrades around him have worked together these days, even if Qi Huishen joined by accident because he was injured by mistake, he still likes these guys. He wanted to go with these guys to make a revolution. And not those who face hard work, are overwhelmed, or simply run away.

Seeing that Qi Huishen was persuaded by himself, Chen Ke felt very relieved. And today to be able to Qi Huishen say such a thing, Chen Ke felt very happy in his heart.

An important outward manifestation of success, especially the mythical success of the pre-1949 period, is that she has done what she said to the people. And even do more than talk. Chen Ke did not think that when the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, all the comrades in the party really understood the best theory. Chen Ke believes that it would be very good that no more than 4% of party members really understood the theory back then. As for the Chinese people back then, less than 1% of them could understand **.

But why is this party able to crush all the reactionaries with all the decay, because this party relies on "seeking truth from facts" to do practical things that are beneficial to the people. It is the result of millions of party members implementing the party's program and organizational discipline from top to bottom.

Chen Ke felt very sorry that he couldn't talk about this to Qi Huishen. Even if he said it, Qi Huishen wouldn't believe it. As far as Chen Ke is concerned, he can only lead by example, and let his comrades realize the power of the new party in practical actions. This political concept and organizational model can liberate China and even the whole world.

Chen Ke agrees with the widely circulated fable that in a country of madmen, normal people are crazy.

If you can't rely on the facts, then everything is a lie that can never be recognized.

But there is always a first step in the long march, and after having the initial outline, Chen Ke has a lot to do. "What do you think of the British bureaucracy?" Chen Ke asked.

"It's too cumbersome. I just don't understand. Thanks to Wen Qing, you can figure out what they're doing. ”

"Then the new China that we are going to build in the future, oh, not to say so far, the new schools that we are about to build now, as well as the new factories and enterprises, will be deeply prepared to set up a management system?"

Qi Huishen really hadn't thought about this, since he joined Chen Ke's team, he didn't have to think about these things, there were always things to do in front of him, and the team was running very well. Qi Huishen subconsciously thinks that this is the best model.

"Hui Shen, as I said, our party talks about democracy. The future organizational structure, the decisions made after the meeting and discussion, all party members must unconditionally obey. You can't do that for me when it's time for a meeting. You have to speak for yourself. ”

As soon as Chen Ke said this, Qi Hui remembered that he did say so at that time. Since Chen Ke said that a party meeting was needed to determine how the future development would proceed, it meant that the work of the revolution would continue to be promoted. Thinking of this, Qi Huishen became happy again.

In the past few days, Chen Ke and Qi will run and stamp late during the day, and go to treat the disease at night, seeing that the sun has set in the west, and the time for treatment is almost up. According to the usual arrangement, they should now rush back to the workshop, change into white coats, carry the medicine box and rush to the patient's house. But with that receipt in his hand, Chen Ke definitely didn't dare to let Qi Huishen bring it to Old Man Qi Si'e. It's not that Qi Huishen can't be trusted, if Chen Ke asks Qi Huishen to bring the receipt back, people like Qi Si'e will only think that Chen Ke doesn't know how to do things. In the face of this absolutely unoffended character, Chen Ke could not make any mistakes.

Qi Si'e called Chen Ke and Qi Huishen to the living room, Chen Ke first handed the receipt to the old man, Qi Si'e looked at it, and handed the receipt to the housekeeper beside him.

"Wenqing, I've already read the receipt, no problem. This has been done. ”

Chen Ke breathed a sigh of relief, "I can finally give you an explanation." ”

"Haha, Wen Qing is really cautious." The old man smiled, then he turned his head and immediately reprimanded Qi Huishen, "Do you know that things are not easy to do?" ”

Although Qi Huishen was a little unconvinced, he didn't dare to contradict his father. He answered honestly.

"This is the sensible nature of Wenqing, so it can be done so quickly. If you do it, I'm afraid you won't be able to take it for a month. Qi Si'e said.

"Uncle Qi, this is because you have paved the way for us a long time ago. They didn't make it difficult for us at all. Let's do it ourselves, it's not an errand, it's just that we can't do it. Chen Ke hurriedly said.

Old Man Qi saw that Qi Huishen didn't talk back, but this matter had been done, and he didn't want to say anything more about his son. He looked at Chen Ke again, "Wenqing, I haven't run a school. I don't know how to do school. How is Wenqing going to help me? ”

"I'd love to do it. But I can only work on this matter, and it is up to you to decide what to do, Uncle Qi. Chen Ke took out a manuscript as he spoke, "Uncle Qi, I have studied overseas, so I wrote an outline like a foreign school, and I would like to ask Uncle Qi for your advice." ”

This is the thing for Cai Yuanpei, Chen Ke changed the name slightly and took it and continued to use it.

"Wen Qing, what about this incident, I originally thought that the British would let me get this, and I would spend 5,000 yuan for nothing. Go to the wealth and eliminate the disaster. I didn't expect you to do this, Wenqing, and my son also rarely wants to do something serious. I don't care about the school. If you think that my 5,000 pieces should not be whitened, you will do it for me. If you need me to do something, say it, and I'll do it for you. If you couldn't run this school, I thought the money would be wasted. It's okay to do it. ”

"Uncle Qi, I originally wanted to run a hospital. I didn't expect to encounter such an opportunity, this school is a medical school, and each medical school has its own affiliated hospital. It's really my luck that my hospital can rely on this big tree. You can rest assured, I will definitely assist Huishen to run this school well. ”

Qi Si'e nodded with satisfaction, "What about this school, it is said that it is run by the British." I paid for all the money I spent. So I told the British that they could send someone to be a school director, but the chairman couldn't let the British be a school director. In this way, this chairman, I let Huishen do it. Wenqing, you, just be the principal. You can get the school up and running for me. ”

"I will definitely do my best to assist Huishen."

"By the way, Wen Qing, are you a revolutionary?" Qi Si'e asked suddenly.

Hearing this, Chen Ke was taken aback. Seeing that there was no malice in Qi Si'e's words, although he was speaking to himself, his eyes fell on Qi Huishen.

Chen Ke said: "I used to argue about the revolution, but now I don't dare to talk nonsense like before. ”

Qi Si'e snorted, and he said to his son: "Revolution, revolution." What will those revolutionaries do but make trouble everywhere? Isn't it good to run a school by doing business honestly? Isn't it better than hanging out all day? ”

Chen Ke recalled Qi Huishen's words, as long as he didn't make a revolution, his father would support him in whatever he did. Apparently this is not a joke.

Although the times are different, there will be no difference in the mood of parents who love their children. Qi Si'e criticized and educated Qi Huishen for half an hour, until Qi Hui was annoyed and promised that he would concentrate on school in the future. The old man let his son go.

After the family education was over, the old man Qi Si'e invited Chen Ke to dinner together. Chen Ke was very pleased, if it weren't for the high-sounding reason of "curing the disease", he really couldn't refuse.

After Chen Ke said goodbye, Qi Si'e said: "Wen Qing is busy today, so I won't delay Wen Qing's business." I will talk deeply about the medicine I made with Wen Qing, and we have time to talk about it. ”