"Are those your neighbors?"

Qiu Feng shook his head, "It's from the Dongcheng District Rickshaw Professional Union, not all neighbors." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info they recently set up a new meeting, come to me for advice. ”

"Fingering?" Dongfang Se smiled, "I don't think it's that simple, the entire union was picked up by you, right?" ”

"After winning the award, I just provided some small suggestions after discovering the needs of the people."

"You!" Dongfang Sehaha laughed a few times, sighed again, and persuaded: "Can't you live in peace for a while, Huajie is gone, what are you still tossing!" ”

"Huajie is gone, the people are still there, I'm still there, the ideals are still there!"

It was not the first time that the two had talked about this topic, and the words that Qiu Feng blurted out, Dongfang Se had heard it several times, and it could not resonate with him.

Qiu Feng continued: "Besides, I am also a progressive party member!" Isn't progressivism always advocating helping the weak, relieving the poor, and guaranteeing workers' rights? ”

"That's not the point of progressivism!"

"That's not the point, what's the point?"

"Of course, the right of citizens to vote, the right to make proposals, efficient government, centralized decision-making, and the restriction of monopoly ......"

"Hmph, I never believe in pies that fall from the sky, what you say is very good, but how can it be achieved without bloodshed and sacrifice, without experiencing a real revolution? Let's start with what I can around me! ”

"What can you do? What can you do to help those coachmen? They already have a trade union, so you better let it go sooner rather than later, so as not to get into trouble! ”

"Oh?" Qiu Feng's eyes rolled, "Did the big boss of the East hear something?" ”

"What else can there be? You haven't heard that the tram is going to open a new line, from Donghuamen to Xiangshan ......"

"I've heard that this is a great thing, it's convenient for citizens to travel, what does it have to do with rickshaws-won't it? Are they so despicable? ”

Dongfang Se smiled bitterly, "It's so despicable!" ”

The total monthly income of the rickshaw driver is about 40 yuan, half of which is paid to the car dealer as part of the money (vehicle rental), and the remaining 20 yuan, which also has to pay license fees and fines for various traffic violations, on average, the net income is only 6 yuan.

What is six dollars enough? A family of four is only a month's basic diet. In addition to firewood, rice, oil and salt, I can't afford to buy a pound of meat and a foot of cloth!

In addition to the high rent, the most hated by the drivers is the license fee, the traffic bureau has long stopped issuing new rickshaw licenses, the original price of 2 yuan for a bronze plate, the black market has been speculated to 500 yuan!

Even if the drivers work hard to save money and spend 40 yuan to buy a new car of their own, they still can't afford to get a license plate!

For a part-time driver working for a car dealership, the maintenance fee and license fee should have been borne by the car dealership. But in fact, most car dealers have passed on this burden to the driver, requiring them to pay a license fee of ten yuan a month!

The high cost of money and unreasonable license fees have been hated by countless car drivers, and the rise of the labor movement has forced some car dealership owners to reduce their rents by a little one or two yuan. The "Dongcheng District Rickshaw Professional Union" directed by Qiu Feng is a small microcosm.

But the owners of the car dealers will not sit idly by, and last month they formed a "rickshaw rental association" to form a united front against the working class.

Now it seems that the first fire of this "car dealership owners' guild" will burn to the body of the tram.

"I heard a bamboo branch poem two days ago, and you can listen to it too—" Dongfang Se squinted slightly, recalling, "There are tens of thousands of rickshaw pullers, and they stop everywhere along the street. But because of steam and electricity, he won and deprived the machine of being poor! How can the rickshaw drivers be filled with indignation, organize demonstrations and protests, burn stations, and smash trams? ”

"Shhhh It not only relieved its own crisis, but also dissipated the justice and rationality of the coachmen's union! The stratagem is really shady! ”

"Now that you know about the conspiracy, is there a way to dissuade them from falling into the boss's guild?"

"This ......"

"There is no way! You can't help it, and I can't help it! People are like that, they have always been a rabble that is easily incited!

What about knowing the truth? How many people can you tell me? How many people will believe? The coachmen only know that the tram has robbed them of their jobs and will not give them a way to live, no matter how clear the words are, no matter how thorough the class analysis is, who will believe it? ”

Looking at Qiu Feng, who looked gloomy, Dongfang Se patted him on the shoulder, "So I told you to get out early!" The development of urban trams is the established policy of the Royal Foundation, and it is the general trend, and no one can stop it!

If you want to blame, blame them for their lack of brains, culture, and can't do other jobs, so they can only sell their strength! ”

"No, it's not like that!" Qiu Feng shook his head vigorously, "It's not their fault that they don't have culture, it's the country's fault, and the government's fault!" National schools, compulsory education, to put it nicely, don't you have to charge tuition and miscellaneous fees? What is the reason why so many children from poor families in the world have to drop out of school at a young age to support their families? Because compulsory education is still too expensive, and the people are still too poor! ”

"Uh...... You don't want to reopen night literacy classes again, do you? Dongfang was dumbfounded,

"That's what I thought!"

"Let's talk about it first, I won't fund you this time!"

"I have my own salary!"

"I'm not paying my salary!"

"That's the money of my labor!"

……

The two talked a few more nonsense words, and finally talked about work.

Dongfang Se asked: "Did Old Man Lu ask for his article?" ”

"I got it back in the afternoon, and I wanted to give it to you tomorrow when I went to work. The old man was quite satisfied with my hand-copied copy, so he was willing to make the preface on his behalf. ”

Qiu Feng got up and took out a brown paper document bag from the bookshelf behind him and handed it to the boss.

Dongfang Se took out the manuscript paper and glanced at it a few times, and stuffed it back with lack of interest, "The old guy's text has a taste of relying on the old and selling the old, I won't read it, you can tell me about it." ”

"Accumulate virtue on your lips! People are so old! ”

"Cut, if it weren't for his status in the rivers and lakes, I wouldn't have bothered to pay attention to him! Did he take the pen? ”

"Accepted, the old man is quite satisfied!"

And so it was! Lu Zunchao was notoriously honest as an official back then, and the boss had to save some coffin books. ”

"Boss, your words are too ugly! I was shy and begged someone to write a preface to "The Wilderness Collection"! ”

"Isn't it just because he's famous! How is it written, have you read it? ”

"There's nothing to say about the content, and the words look like pointing out the juniors, and the writing is old-fashioned."

Who is Lu Zunchao?

The initiator of the poetry revolution of that year!

The so-called revolution in the poetry world refers to the ideological emancipation of the literary and artistic circles before the Restoration.

Lu Zunchao, who was born in a traditional Confucian scholar, participated in the first batch of civil service examinations after the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, and was quickly promoted to the position of a diplomat in France, Britain and the United States. Years of traveling abroad have broadened his horizons.

In the intersection of Chinese and Western thoughts, he realized his own poetic principle, the so-called "what the body encounters, what the eyes see, what the ears hear, and the pen is in the poem, why bother the ancients?" I have my own poet! ”

After being transferred from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Ministry of Education, he repeatedly convened people from the literary and artistic circles to discuss the reform of poetry and advocate a great revolution in the poetry world!

His proposals for popularizing poetry, abandoning antiquity and formalism, getting rid of the shackles of the old physique, and reflecting the new era, new ideas, and new languages have aroused widespread repercussions.

To be sure, most of the new poems that emerged at that time were crude and bizarre, and were not suitable for later generations. In particular, the obsession with the expression of "capitalist values" limited the subject matter and audience, and led to the eventual disappearance of the vigorous revolution.

But the quest did not fail. Soon after, it was revived by the "Vernacular Literary Movement" proposed by Taizu. Vernacular novels, essays, and poetry are growing explosively, and the remains of the poetry revolution have grown flowers of new style poetry.

Lu Zunchao, as the initiator of the revolution, did not like new style poetry. No matter how popular his poems are, they at least retain the same number of words per sentence.

In his article, he criticized the innovation of the new style of poetry for deviating from the norm and going crazy. However, as the status of new style poetry in the literary circle was gradually established, he gladly accepted the title of the father of new style poetry and publicized it with great fanfare.

With the passage of time, the Lu Zun Dynasty became the only remaining Taishan Beidou in the poetry world of Great Qi. Although he is old and has not come out with a new work for 30 years, he has a high lifespan!

Compared with him, Gu Hongming, who won the double award, is just a rising star.

Qiu Feng sighed: "Although the old man is old, his vision has not deteriorated. Although the preface is written in a stinky and long manner, there are two paragraphs that can see the style of guiding the literary world back then, and the perception of words is extremely keen. ”

"Oh," said Dongse, with interest, "Tell me about it?" ”

I can't remember the specifics, but he was to the effect that the "New Moon" of "Wilderness Collection" has made a diversified stylistic attempt in the popular style of today's poetry world, which is quite worthy of encouragement; "Fog Hidden Chapter" is basically creating a new genre, he is already old, it is not easy to evaluate, and whether the Fog Hidden School can be carried forward depends on whether today's young people accept it. ”

This is true, Jin Tong's poetry style is changeable, which is very different from the current popular poetry style. What else did he say? ”

"Well," Qiu Feng thought for a moment, "Feihong Chapter is the old man's favorite part, he used the words 'quiet and beautiful' to describe it, saying that reading is like opening a window in the morning after a rain and seeing a clear world!" Short sentences contain timeless philosophies. Although the author is young, the poem is full of wisdom that many old people have not grasped in their lives. ”

"Ho!" Dongfang Se was slightly surprised, "The last sentence is amazing!" can get such a comment from Lu seniors, some poets can die without regrets! ”

"What a death without regrets, that's how the idiom is used!"

"It's just a joke. Maybe don't delete the preface, give the old man a face, and publish it in the original text. ”

"Order!" Qiu Feng clenched his fists.

"Alright, don't pretend to me, is the cover finalized?"

"The painter said that it would be sent to the printing house tomorrow. And said he wanted to negotiate with you about the illustration? Aren't we going to publish an affordable softcover version of this "Great Wilderness Collection"? There are too many illustrations, and I'm afraid the cost will ......"

"Don't worry about the cost, the illustrations are prepared for the hardcover version in the future!"

"The affordable version is ready to be hardcover before it is printed? Boss, you're very confident! ”

"It's not that I have confidence, it's that I have confidence in this poetry collection of Jin Tong!"

"The first printing of a million copies?" Qiu Feng asked tentatively.

Dongfang Se gave him a blank look, "Five hundred thousand!" It's better to be safe in business! ”

"Okay, you're the boss, listen to you!" Qiu Feng seemed to inadvertently change the subject, "Speaking of which, how is the progress of their pardon?" ”

"Not so good. Don't ask! Dongfang Se suddenly got up and walked around the small study twice.

"When the "Wilderness Collection" is released, you will take a trip to the Northern Wilderness for me!"

"Huh?" Qiu Feng was caught off guard by the boss's request.

"I estimate that within a month at the latest, the rickshaw driver will start making trouble, so it's better for you to go out and avoid it."

“……”

"I asked you to go to the Northern Wilderness to meet old friends, and when the time comes, I will lend you the camera and take a few more photos for me."

“…… All right. ”

"Also, Jin Tong handed over the book to us, which is a trust in us, and I want to trouble you to bring him the publishing contract."

"Contract? What price do you give him? ”

"Royalty 15 points, that's already a celebrity treatment, you know."

"500,000 copies, fifteen points, the price is one yuan per copy, that is, 75,000 yuan!" Qiu Fengkou calculated Jin Tong's first draft salary, was stunned for a moment, and suddenly exclaimed, "Seventy-five thousand yuan...... Oh, my God! ”

"When the time comes, you can open an account for him at the branch of the Royal Bank in the county near the penal colony, and I will wire him the transfer."

"Seventy-five thousand dollars!"

"yes."

"Seventy-five thousand!"

"That's right!"

"Seventy-five thousand!"

"You're enough!"

……

At this time, the monthly salary of an ordinary worker in a big city of the empire was only 10 yuan!

A set of three-entry mansions in the Dijing Civic District can be bought for 4,000 yuan!

The annual salary of the members of the Daqi cabinet is only between 7,000 and 10,000 yuan.

Seventy-five thousand yuan is an astronomical amount for ordinary people, and it is no wonder that Qiu Feng is so out of shape.

Dongfang Se said: "I know what you are thinking! Revolutionary fundraising, right? When you go to the Northern Wilderness, talk to Jin Tong yourself. I read what Wu Rui said in his letter, his little brother sympathizes with the revolution and squanders money with righteousness, so he shouldn't let you down! ”

"That's great, even if you only raise a few thousand dollars, you can run a big night school! No, if you want to run a technical school! Allowing low-level workers to have a skill is the real poverty alleviation! The idealist Qiu Feng immediately fell into a situation of wanting to be in a situation.

"Alright, I'll go first! See you tomorrow! Dongfang Se pushed the door out, and the cold wind poured into the library.

"Wait!" Qiu Feng stopped him.

"What else do you have to say, hurry up and drop!"

"I also want to ask about the pardon, sending a big coal mine, it has no effect at all?"

"It's not that it's ineffective, it's just ......," Dongfang Se sighed, "It's just that, anyway, if you want to go to the Northern Wilderness, I have to tell you about this." He turned back into the house and told Qiu Feng the details of his dealings with the county lord.

After Qiu Feng listened, his face was gloomy.

He understands better than Dongfang Se what a cruel punishment it is for those young people who are full of political ideals and eager to change the world and bring fairness and justice to society.

They are not seeking to escape from some penal colony, but to regain the opportunity to participate in politics!

And this opportunity, how slim!