Chapter 8: The Truth About the Case of Showing Off the Rich Woman (1)
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After China opened up the ban on newspapers, what surprised people was that the newspaper industry had entered a commercial period, with fierce competition and yellow. News began to flood with sensationalism, headlines, and more news images to report wrecks, fires, explosions, sex, beauty, and amazing criminal activity, and these news were called yellow. Freedom of the press and speech can be described as "planting dragon seeds and reaping fleas"!
This was also the mainstream of the world's business newspapers at that time, and from the 80s of the 19th century to the 19th century, it was considered yellow. A period of news flooding. In the United States, for example, in 1883 Pulitzer was arrested from Jay. Gould's acquisition of the New York World marked the beginning of an era of yellow journalism. The yellow journalism that Newsnewspaper and Le Monde developed in the midst of fierce competition, and the huge profits that came from this way of reporting news, caused American newspapers to follow suit. The period from 1899 to 1900 was the peak of the development of yellow journalism in the United States. About one-third of the nation's major newspapers at the time were pure yellow. Newspapers, which have reduced the standard of American journalism to a minimum.
Chinese newspapers to 1905, yellow. The proliferation of entertainment news is disgusting. Some artists who talk about cross talk and sing Peking Opera have become stars, and their marriage, childbirth, going to the toilet, wrestling, and farting have all become news, occupying the pages of major newspapers, but no one pays attention to the lives of the people at the bottom of the society. Against this backdrop, a self-proclaimed "commercial general manager of the Shanghai International Red Cross Society" Ms. Shi Meimei has attracted the attention of newspapers across the country.
The reason is that this twenty-year-old girl is often interviewed by reporters. flaunting her wealth on the entertainment pages of various newspapers, for example, she has a special luxury car when she travels, and she has a villa on the Bund in Shanghai. The Swiss watches used, even the leather bags are ostrich skin. In her own words, "Ostrich leather is one of the most valuable high-quality leathers in the world, with a special natural feather pore dot pattern, good breathability, and the most comfortable leather in the world, due to the natural oil contained in the leather." It does not harden or crack in cold climates, is softer than crocodile skin, and is not easy to age. It has always been considered a symbol of taste, wealth, and status, and only a wealthy class like me can afford it. ”
This girl is not from a prominent family, but she is so rich, these pictures of showing off her wealth are simply death. It has aroused public opinion to question the flow of funds received by the Shanghai International Red Cross Society. As a result, the donation of the Shanghai International Red Cross Society decreased sharply. Shen Dunhe, president of the Shanghai International Red Cross Society, initiated a supervisory committee to investigate, but later it was only announced that the position of commercial general manager of the Shanghai International Red Cross Society was empty and was not closed. Rumors about Miss Shi Meimei having a big backstage have spread far and wide. Later, there was also news that Shi Meimei gambled in Macau and owed one million silver dollars, and was subsequently repaid by a mysterious person, public opinion exploded again, and the reputation of the Shanghai International Red Cross fell to the freezing point.
Song Xiaofei saw this news on Shanghai's "Declaration". Furious, he immediately called Tan Sitong, director of China's Independent Commission Against Corruption, to the office: "Set up a task force immediately." Within one month, you will find out the truth and give an account to the people of the whole country. No matter who is involved, they will be arrested first. ”
Tan Sitong wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead and said: "Recently, I have been busy arresting corrupt officials and have not noticed this, it is indeed my dereliction of duty, I immediately asked Zhang Zuolin to set up a special team and lead the team to Shanghai." ”
Song Xiaofei said: "Charity is a matter of conscience and the trust of the people of the whole country, 50,000 pairs of eyes are staring at you, the sooner you find out, the better." The Shanghai International Red Cross Society has been established for four or five years, and as a member of the International Red Cross, China must not be embarrassed. ”
It turned out that the founder of the International Red Cross was the Swiss banker and philanthropist Henri Brown. Dunant. In 1859, in a village called Solfrino, northern Italy, a war broke out between France and Italy, the Kingdom of Sardinia and Austria, and the fierce battle was fierce, with more than 40,000 dead and wounded on both sides, and the battlefield was littered with corpses. Listening to the unattended wounded and sick wailing in the muddy water, watching the wild dogs tear at the corpses in the pool of blood, Dunant's heart was deeply shaken, he gave up his business project, took out the large amount of cash he carried with him, sent servants to buy gauze, medicine and other supplies, ran around, mobilized local women to care for the wounded, and his improvised field ambulance team saved countless dying soldiers. Solfrino's battlefield experience made Dunant feel that whether it is faced with poor people or wounded soldiers, it is difficult for the strength of an individual or even the strength of a country to bear the heavy responsibility of assistance, and only when the whole world acts and everyone gives a love can it be possible to help the disadvantaged. In 1863, by his efforts, by him and Henry. The "Committee for the Relief of Wounded Soldiers", composed of five prominent Geneva citizens, including General Dufort, was established, which is the predecessor of the current International Committee of the Red Cross. As a tribute to Dunant, the first session of the ICRC decided to change the flag of Dunant's home country, the Red Cross on a white background, to be the symbol of the organization that amends the wounded, which is the symbol of today's Red Cross, and to issue the Geneva Conventions.
When the International Committee of the Red Cross was founded in Switzerland in 1863, countries established Red Cross Societies and applied to join the International Red Cross. During the Sino-Russian War in 1901, China initiated the establishment of the Shanghai International Red Cross Society, which was jointly established by China, Britain, the United States, Germany and France.
From the entry of the Red Cross into China to the establishment of the Shanghai International Red Cross Society, there were also some organizations in China that were considered to have the color of the Red Cross, and the organizations with greater influence were: the China Medical Bureau, the Relief Society, the Emergency Charity Bureau, and the Red Cross General Charity Association of the Three Eastern Provinces. After the establishment of the Shanghai International Red Cross Society, it integrated these charitable organizations, Yan Xinhou, Shi Zejing, Zhu Baosan and other businessmen who were rich in billions of dollars and keen on charitable relief joined, Premier Sheng Xuanhuai strongly supported, the Shanghai International Red Cross Society was famous, Song Xiaofei also specially allocated 100,000 silver dollars as a start-up fee, in 1902 the Shanghai International Red Cross Society was officially recognized by the International Committee of the Red Cross, subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior. So when he saw in the newspaper that there was such a scandal in the Shanghai International Red Cross Society, Song Xiaofei, who has never been easy to get angry, became furious.
Zhang Zuolin and Sun Liechen took the commissioner of the integrity to Shanghai and found Shen Dunhe, president of the Shanghai International Red Cross Society.
After three rounds of tea, when he heard Zhang Zuolin's intentions, Shen Dunhe sighed, and said to Zhang Zuolin with an embarrassed face: "I think your Independent Commission Against Corruption should not get involved in this matter." Shi Meimei's case is not that simple. ”
Zhang Zuolin touched his beard and said with a smile: "Why did President Shen say this?" Shi Meimei's background is comparable to Jingzhao Yin Wang Zhixin, Wang Zhixin was caught and killed by me. ”
Shen Dunhe was silent, Zhang Zuolin thought to himself, Shanghai is the old nest of Li Hongzhang's old lineage, and Li Jingfang, secretary general of the presidential office of the International Red Cross Society, and Sheng Xuanhuai, premier of the cabinet, have always been very enthusiastic, could it be that they can still be involved? At this thought, he also broke out in a cold sweat.
After a while, Shen Dunhe asked Zhang Zuolin: "Is the president going to handle this case or the Independent Commission Against Corruption this time?" ”
Zhang Zuolin told the truth and said: "We have come to Shanghai to investigate and handle this case under the orders of the president. The Great President gave us only a one-month deadline. ”
Shen Dunhe thought for a while and said, "In that case, then Director Zhang should go find someone, this person lives at No. 29 on the Bund, and his name is Weng Zhongtao." He has cooperated with Shi Meimei, and it was he who contracted the commercial project of our Shanghai International Red Cross Society. ”
Zhang Zuolin said: "Your charity also cooperates with commercial projects? ”
Shen Dunhe said: "Charitable organizations are to do good deeds, commercial organizations are to do things well, and the cooperation between charity and business is to do good things better." Business cooperation can introduce abundant funds and resources for charity, which is conducive to the survival and sustainable development of public welfare organizations, which is a 'win-win' thing, which is also recognized by the president and has special instructions. ”
Zhang Zuolin said: "In this case, President Shen, I won't ask too much, and I will disturb more." (To be continued......) u