At noon on the day when Wang Xinggang returned from Song Zhewu, Zhang Jiluan, the editor-in-chief of Tianjin's "Ta Kung Pao," who had been the first to report on the "Northeast Change of Banners" and exclusively published Zhang Xueliang's support for Chiang's telegram at the end of the Central Plains War, received a telegram from the "Northern Morning Post," which had a news exchange relationship with "Ta Kung Pao," in his editor-in-chief's office.

The content of the telegram was about Yan Xishan, who was wanted by the Nationalist Axe, saying: 'Yan Xishan took the plane and secretly flew back to Datong. ’

Zhang Jiluan studied abroad, together with Yu Youren and Li Yizhi, and was known as the "Three Heroes of Shaanxi", served as the secretary of Mr. Sun Yat-sen, was responsible for drafting Sun Yat-sen's "Declaration on the Inauguration of the Provisional President", and issued the first news special telegram in the history of China's modern newspaper industry, which can be called a pioneer in the newspaper industry. In 1926, he cooperated with Wu Dingchang and Hu Zhengzhi to establish Xinji Company, which took over the Tianjin "Ta Kung Pao" and served as editor-in-chief and deputy general manager.

Zhang Jiluan not only writes sharply and heartily, but also is very unique and tenacious in the concept of running a newspaper. Zhang Jiluan has always insisted on reporting and commenting on the current situation as fairly and objectively as possible. He put forward the well-known principle of "no party, no selling, no selfishness, and no blindness" in running newspapers.

There are several examples that can prove Ta Kung Pao's rigorous style of running newspapers. For example, the Central Army encircled and suppressed the Red Army three times in a row, and in the follow-up reports of Ta Kung Pao, there was no shortage of articles affirming the Red Army. The Central Party Department of the Kuomintang demanded that all newspapers and periodicals call [***] "communist bandits", and only Ta Kung Pao never obeyed this order.

When Ta Kung Pao took over in Zhang Jiluan's 26th year, it had a circulation of less than 2,000 copies, and its monthly advertising income was only 200 oceans, with a monthly loss of more than 4,000. But now, five years later, Ta Kung Pao has a circulation of more than 50,000 copies, and has become the largest newspaper in North China and a very famous newspaper in the whole country.

Regarding the news that Yan Xishan returned to Datong, especially the fact that Yan Xishan flew back on this plane, this news will be even more explosive.

Although "Ta Kung Pao" and "Northern Morning Post" have news exchange business, such news will definitely attract readers the most, and it is also the most able to create a huge sensation.

However, no matter what the purpose of the "Northern Morning Post" is, this news is too important for the "Ta Kung Pao" in which Zhang Jiluan also has shares, and with this first news, the sales of "Ta Kung Pao" will go to a higher level, although I dare not say it, but it is absolutely impossible to increase the circulation by another 10,000 or 20,000.

Thinking of this, Zhang Jiluan didn't dare to slack off, and immediately called a few editors, and quickly made arrangements under the shocked and surprised eyes of several editors.

1. Immediately arrange for additional printing numbers; Second, in order to grab time, the number should be printed and sent at any time; 3. The current affairs department should immediately prepare the articles for distribution, and the main comments should be made by him himself. At the same time, Zhang Jiluan also instructed the Department of Current Affairs to immediately dispatch competent reporters to Taiyuan, Datong, and Linfen to conduct detailed interviews and verify all the news about Yan Xishan, including the public opinion in Taiyuan, Linfen, and Datong, and the attitudes of Song Zhewu, Xu Yongchang, and Jin Suijun.

Although Song Zhewu has only been in Taiyuan for a short period of more than a year, even since Xinghua moved to Taiyuan, it has been less than two years, but because of Song Zhewu's policy of vigorously supporting industrial and commercial people, as well as the implementation of a series of positive measures such as a large amount of investment and recruiting talents, and the industrial base in North China is much weaker than that in the southern coastal areas, Taiyuan has now become the largest industrial production base and the most prosperous commercial and trade center in North China.

Because of the development of industry and commerce, and because businessmen and capitalists are extremely sensitive to political and economic information, the newspaper industry in Taiyuan is very developed, and the competition among them is also very fierce in order to compete for subscribers.

In order to get exclusive information as soon as possible, newspapers of all sizes have expanded their ranks of reporters, and some major newspapers have also stationed reporters in Tianjin, Beiping, Nanjing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Shenyang, and other places or hired special reporters in the local areas.

In addition to causing a huge sensation in Tianjin, the issue of "Ta Kung Pao" was also transmitted back to Taiyuan as soon as possible.

After two o'clock in the afternoon, the news that "Yan Xishan has returned to Datong" began to spread gradually among the Taiyuan newspaper and well-informed people.

Because whether it is Yan Xishan or Song Zhewu, they attach great importance to the telephone system, Shanxi's voice call system is very developed, especially after Zhongtian Electric Machinery Factory built a factory in Taiyuan, with the technical support of the Institute of Electronics of the Academy of Science and the financial support of Xinghua, the development is very fast, not only the product quality and technology have been greatly improved, the cost has also been reduced, and now a large number of new telephones installed in Taihang Administration and other places in Shanxi are their products.

The perfect telephone system made this amazing news fly from Taiyuan to the Taihang Administration and all parts of Shanxi as if it had grown wings.

Because the news was received too late, it was obviously impossible for the newspapers to get out of the number. But there are still a lot of things to do besides not being out of the number, and since you haven't grabbed the scoop, it's better than anyone's. Therefore, it is a matter of great urgency to understand the truth of the matter in more detail in order to prepare the layout for the next day.

All newspapers in Taiyuan acted quickly, and they called to contact Datong to inquire whether Yan Xishan had really returned to Datong? And how did you get back? Did you really fly back on your own plane?

It's just that what disappointed them was that their various relationships in Datong said that they didn't know that Yan Xishan had returned, and they had returned to Datong.

However, many people confirmed that three days ago on the morning, a plane did land at the airport outside Datong City. As for whether the plane belonged to Yu and whether Yan Xishan was on the plane, they didn't know.

There are also people who directly call the acquaintances and generals of the Jin Sui Army in Datong, and these people either say that they don't know, or they just keep silent.

Although no one has received accurate information, since there are really planes landing in Datong, it proves that at least half of this news is true, and it is by no means groundless. Moreover, the hesitant attitude of the generals of the Jin Sui Army also indirectly proves that Yan Xishan is likely to have really returned.

Soon, someone sent back the news that the car of the deputy editor-in-chief of the "Northern Morning Post" had left the north gate of Taiyuan, and from the open window, it was not their deputy editor-in-chief sitting inside, but several reporters from the "Northern Morning Post".

The editors-in-chief and managers of these newspapers reacted one after another at this time, as long as Yan Xishan really returned to Datong, there must be people in Datong who knew that sending people to Datong to investigate on the spot was the right way. Immediately organize people to rush to Datong overnight.

To go to Datong, one is to ride a horse, and the other is to take a car and carriage. These reporters are all literati, and no one can ride a horse, so they can only ride in a car. If you want to take a car, a horse-drawn carriage is definitely not good, it is a road of hundreds of miles. If you want to get to Datong as soon as possible, you can only take a car.

But not every newspaper can afford to buy a car this year, and now there are newspapers in Taiyuan City with cars, only the deputy editor-in-chief of the "Northern Morning Post" has a special car, and there are two new Xuefulai cars for interviews. Then there is the "Bingzhou Newspaper" and the "Jinyang Evening News" each have a Citroen B-type car, and the other newspapers have poor strength and have no cars.

Half an hour later, two cars from the "Bingzhou Newspaper" and the "Jinyang Evening News" followed closely out of the north gate of Taiyuan and rushed towards Datong at a gallop.

The editors-in-chief and managers of other newspapers that don't have cars, and those who have connections call acquaintances who have cars to borrow cars.

There are now more than 100 cars in Taiyuan City, but most of these cars are special cars allocated by Song Zhewu to Jia Jingde, Zhao Pilian, He Qigong, Jia Jiying and other senior officials, as well as those experts and scholars in the research institute.

In addition, Xinghua Company has more than a dozen cars, except for Li Rujuan and Sun Jiahui, which are used to receive guests from other places, which cannot be borrowed. The remaining dozen or so cars are the cars of rich people like Xu Yiqing and big bosses who run factories in Taiyuan. Soon, Xu Yiqing's car was borrowed and drove out of Taiyuan.

The editors-in-chief and managers of the newspapers who could not borrow cars were not far behind, and they directly threw out hundreds of oceans to send their reporters to Datong as the cost of interviews and hired cars, and asked the reporters to find a way to solve the car problem by themselves, and their only demand for these reporters was that they must rush to Datong tomorrow.

Without cars, it was not difficult for these reporters, who rushed to the car shops outside the Shouyi Gate and rushed to Datong overnight by truck at a large price. As a result, a convoy of dozens of trucks, under the stunned gaze of the citizens, kicked up a puff of dust and drove out of Taiyuan.

The "Jinyang Evening News", which had the advantage of time, urgently changed its layout after learning the news of Yan Xishan's return to Datong in the afternoon, and finally published it on time in the evening.

On the front page of the "Jinyang Evening News", the news of Yan Xishan's return to Datong was published, and it was specifically mentioned that Yan Xishan secretly flew back to Datong on his own plane. Of course, the "Jinyang Evening News" did not forget to note at the back of this news, "This news was obtained from the issue of Tianjin's "Ta Kung Pao", and its accuracy has not yet been confirmed. ”

Although the news of Yan Xishan's return had been transmitted back to Taiyuan since the afternoon and had spread, most of the ordinary citizens still did not know about it.

As soon as the "Jinyang Evening News" was put on sale, it was like a bombshell exploded in Taiyuan, and people rushed to watch it with all kinds of complicated feelings, and the newspaper was immediately sold out, and people who did not grab the newspaper flocked to the "Jinyang Evening News" newspaper office, anxious to buy it.

Zheng Weihan, the editor-in-chief who was sweating profusely in surprise, immediately ordered to double the normal number of printing......

(To be continued)