In the newspaper hall on Wangping Street, Iwami was sitting in front of the bookcase and writing hard. I don't know how long it took for him to stop his pen and look back at the manuscript he had just written to see if there was anything that needed to be changed.

He only recently joined the declaration as the chief writer, and the chief writer in this era is also a very good profession, Iwami naturally cherishes his work very much, not to mention that now he is writing the hottest news at the moment, if he can grasp this opportunity, maybe he will be able to leap into the dragon gate.

Thinking of this, Iwami's heart became warm, and the manuscript he had just finished was rectified for more than two hours before he took it to the editorial office.

"Xiao Shi, is the manuscript ready?"

Seeing Iwami walking towards Chen Jinghan's office with the manuscript, Zhang Qing, who was smoking a cigarette on the side, asked with a smile. He admired this young man who had just applied for work for a long time, so he was very friendly in his words.

"yes...", waving the manuscript in his hand, Iwami said with a smile as well. I just got it done, and I'm about to show it to the chief writer. ”

The person in charge of the newspaper and magazine is called the chief writer and the chief writer, Iwami is the chief writer, and Chen Jinghan is the chief writer. Chen Jinghan (1878~1965), also known as Chen Leng, pen names Leng, Cold-blooded, Not Cold, Watson, Nameless, New China's Waste, etc., is a very famous journalist after the Republic of China.

In his early years, he had participated in the Revolutionary Party, and after being exposed, he went to Japan for refuge.

In 1902, Chen Jinghan returned to China to work as the chief writer of the monthly magazine "Mainland" in Shanghai, and later went to the "Times" invested by Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao. In 1912, Shi Liang bought the declaration from Xi Yufu's hands. became the boss of the declaration, and then hired Chen Jinghan to declare with a high salary.

The reason why Xi Yufu sold the declaration at first was because the declaration had begun to gradually lose money at that time. But with the efforts of Shi Liangcai and Chen Jinghan, the declaration has once again reached his peak...

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Although Iwami had just entered the declaration, there weren't many people in the newspaper hall in the first place, so they all knew each other, and even if they weren't familiar with it, they had at least met once or twice.

Walking to the door of Chen Jinghan's office, Iwami knocked lightly.

At this time, Chen Jinghan was dealing with some things in the office, and when he heard a knock on the door, he signed his name on something without raising his head.

"Please come in..."

Permission is given. Iwami hurriedly pushed the door open and walked in from inside.

At this time, Chen Jinghan also raised his head to see who was coming, and saw that it was Iwami. Chen Jinghan said with a smile. "What, the manuscript is ready?"

"Yes!"

Saying that, Iwami hurriedly handed over the manuscript that he had checked many times to Chen Jinghan, and then stood next to him like a good child. It doesn't seem strange that he is still a little nervous. Although he has also written some articles in the past. But there's really nothing more important than that.

After receiving the article, Chen Jinghan also read it twice.

At the beginning, Chen Jinghan was hired by Shi Liangcai to be the main writer, that is, a person who specializes in writing articles, and later began to change his path, so Chen Jinghan can be said to be very professional in this regard, but he has already read the content on the manuscript twice after a while.

After looking at the above content, Chen Jinghan looked at Iwami with satisfaction.

In Chen Jinghan's eyes, Iwami has always been a very talented young man. That's why he would give such a column to Iwami.

"I really didn't look away...", Chen Jinghan sighed in his heart, and sighed slightly. It was half a ring before he spoke. "Xiao Shi, would you like to go to Beijing?"

"Beijing?"

"That's right." Seeing that Iwami seemed a little strange, Chen Jinghan explained with a smile. "Now reporters from all over the country are running to Beijing, and I believe you know that. Even our newspaper has sent a few reporters to Beijing, but I just thought about it, since the Empire State Building will take a long time to complete, why don't we send someone to Beijing to live there? In this case, we will be able to know what news comes back from Beijing as soon as possible..."

This is an idea in Chen Jinghan's heart, although there are reporters from all over the country and even abroad rushing to Beijing, but most of them probably just want to go to Beijing, see the 'Empire State Building' and then interview the main person in charge of the project, and then go back with the manuscript and photos.

But it's clear that the Empire State Building isn't a one-time target. Not to mention that this building has not yet been completed, even if it is, it will still be of great interview value.

In this case, instead of waiting until the future when there is a need to send someone to Beijing, it is better to simply get a reporter to be stationed in Beijing and wait until all the valuable things on the 'Empire State Building' have been hollowed out before withdrawing it.

But because of this, the person who needs to be sent is not only a good journalist, but also an excellent writer. From a certain point of view, Chen Jinghan should be the most suitable person, but he is now the chief writer, and he can't leave the newspaper lightly, and other people also have their own things to do, such as the just-ended Shandong War, etc., although the war in Shandong has ended, there is still a lot of aftermath work to do, and at present, Chen Jinghan is only a suitable candidate for Ishimi.

"Me? Going to Beijing? ”

Although Chen Jinghan had already said it very clearly just now, Iwami still couldn't react.

"That's right." Chen Jinghan said affirmatively.

It is true that he is the chief writer of the newspaper, but it is impossible to forcibly order Iwami to go to Beijing, so he has to do some persuasion work.

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Listening to Chen Jinghan's words, Ishimi was also a little hesitant, although he had been to many places in order to cover the news, but he had never been to Beijing so far away―――――― at this time it was not like the later generations, you can take a plane directly from Shanghai to Beijing, and even you can easily arrive by high-speed rail. The trains of this era were not as fast, and the speed of ships was not as fast as that of later generations.

From Shanghai to Beijing, this is definitely a big distance.

What's more, the two places are so different. It would be strange to say that Iwami would not hesitate.

Chen Jinghan didn't think about letting Iwami make a decision right away, so when he saw that he was a little hesitant, he just smiled and asked him to think about it as much as possible.

After leaving Chen Jinghan's room, Iwami became a little silent.

Unlike Shanghai, Beijing is a completely unfamiliar environment for him, and this strangeness gives him a slight fear of the unknown.

But...

"This is also an opportunity...", and found a place to sit. Iwami thought to himself. "There's a lot of news in China right now, but it's definitely a good one, if I can take advantage of this opportunity. Perhaps..."

Thinking of this, Iwami's heart became a little excited.

After all, he is a young man, and he always hopes to get ahead, and now there is such an opportunity in front of him. Of course, Iwami didn't want to let it go.

After making a decision. Iwami returned to Chen Jinghan's office and expressed to him his willingness to go to Beijing. Chen Jinghan, who received the answer, was naturally very happy, and at the same time began to prepare.

Of course, such a big task can't be done by Iwami alone, and he always has to get two assistants.

Fortunately, Shanghai is a very complicated city, and many people from the Beijing-Tianjin area also live here, and there are a few in the declaration, but the mix is not very good. Chen Jinghan picked two of them from Beijing this time, and he had a suitable guide. At least there are some problems.

Before Iwami and the others left, Chen Jinghan had already published the article written by Iwami in a column about the 'Empire State Building'.

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With the end of the war, the atmosphere of fanaticism in the country gradually subsided.

At this time, Yushi Group has announced the design of the 'Empire State Building', and when it is known that the completed Empire State Building will be 109 floors high and 450 meters high, not to mention those foreigners in China, even Chinese people have many doubts.

The world's tallest building appeared in China, and in such a humiliating era, the Chinese people were naturally very excited, and even very concerned about this aspect of things. Most of the newspapers did what they liked, and they put out columns about high-rise buildings.

At this time, skyscrapers were already emerging, such as the 'Woolworth Building', which has been mentioned many times, is one of the representative buildings. The building, which was completed in 1913, was not surpassed by the Trump Building and the Clellers Building until 1930, but they did not sit long in the first place, and were overtaken by the Empire State Building the following year, in 1931.

In front of the Woolworth Building, there are the MetLife Insurance Building and the Singer Building.

Therefore, the world is no stranger to skyscrapers, only because there are few such buildings in China, so it will feel relatively fresh―――――― not to mention that a skyscraper has just appeared, which is actually the highest in the world, which naturally ignites the soul of gossip...

But it is precisely because of the introduction of the newspapers that the world understands how big this transcendence is.

There are more than 200 meters, although many people have confidence in Yan Shao. However, at this time, many Chinese people still have some low self-esteem, so it is difficult to say that they will be willing to believe that the newly built 'Empire State Building' can really be 450 meters high.

However, for many Chinese people, it doesn't matter if they can't reach it, after all, the current height alone is already the first in the world, which is enough to make them proud.

As for foreign countries, the statements of those foreign construction experts are even simpler.

Two simple words, don't believe it...

They don't believe that the Empire State Building, which is being built in China, will eventually exceed 450 meters, and in fact even the current results are grudgingly admitted, and before that, many people have surveyed the construction team and design team that are currently under construction to find a white man.

Even just a white man is enough evidence to make them deny that this is a building built by the Chinese themselves.

For white supremacists, it would be too much to admit that a group of yellows built buildings that surpassed them. That's why they wanted to find some evidence, even if there was a white man on the construction team, or a white engineering agency on the design team. They can all say that this is the credit of the white man, but it is a pity that at Yan Shao's insistence. Both the construction team and the design team are all Chinese, and as a result, the white experts can only admit that this is indeed a building built by Chinese.

However, they still did not believe that the Chinese could build a 450-meter-high building, and gritted their teeth to identify it.

However, some experts implicitly said that if the funders have no problem with the funds, it is not impossible to build such a tall building.

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Just as Iwami and the others boarded the train heading north. Newspapers with his articles were also published.

Iwami's content is very simple, first admiring the grandeur of the 'Empire State Building' and the wisdom and ability of the Chinese, and also comparing some foreign buildings. But at the very end. However, he speculated on the cost of the 'Empire State Building' through foreign buildings, and seriously discussed whether such a building should really be built with so much money.

If so much money is invested in education, how many children can be sent to school?

In a way. It seems that this kind of thing can be seen in any era.

However, this is also a sentiment that can often be seen in the newspapers of this period. That is, how many children can be schooled at the cost of this building? If all the money for the construction of the building is used to finance children's schooling, I am afraid that it is not impossible to let the children of a province go to school for free―――――― which is a fact, although the Empire State Building is only half completed, it has already cost at least 100 million yuan, which is equivalent to the cost of four latest super-dreadnoughts.

If you put these people into any province in China, you can definitely get all the children in that province to go to school, provided that you can find so many teachers in the first place.

Although Iwami's arguments are like this. But public opinion at this time is still relatively exciting, after all, it has been in the nest for nearly a hundred years. Finally, something that can make people raise their eyebrows has come out.

And most of the foreigners who saw the unfinished appearance of the 'Empire State Building' thought so. China is taking advantage of the outbreak of war in the Old World to strive to develop itself, and this edifice in front of it is proof of...

Some Europeans even sourly believe that if the Old World had not been mired in war, it would have been able to build such tall buildings earlier than China.

But when they say this, these Europeans don't seem to think that from 1885, when the first skyscraper was born in Chicago, USA (the Family Insurance Building in Chicago, USA), to the end of 1914, almost all the tallest skyscrapers except the Empire State Building were born in the United States. In fact, the U.S. record stood from 1885 until 1998, when it was surpassed by the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur.

In other words, if Yan Shao had not appeared, this record of the Americans would have been maintained for at least another 80 years...

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In Kaoru Otsuki's bedroom, Yan Shao and her were sitting face to face, and there was a chessboard in front of the two.

Go, that's the game two are playing.

On the chessboard, Yan Shao's chess is very stinky, and Otsuki Kaoru's chess strength is not particularly good, so the battle between the two on the chessboard is somewhat evenly matched.

Next to the two, Fumiko sat on the side, her face full of doubts, obviously not understanding the meaning of this kind of incomprehensible chess.

Holding a black chess piece in his hand, looking at the chess game on the chessboard, Yan Shao seemed a little hesitant.

At this time, he had entered the most critical place, although Yan Shao was a stinky chess basket, he also knew that if he had a business trip at this time, then this game of chess would be lost. And sitting opposite Yan Shao, Otsuki Kaoru also looked a little nervous.

"Miss..."Seeing that Fumiko was still circling around the table, a maid who had been next to her came over and took her little hand. Let's not disturb them, I'll take you to the playground below, okay? ”

Originally, Fumiko's title was that of Little Miss, because at that time, Eleno and Caterina had not yet become Yan Shao's wives, and the people in the manor called the two and Lu Ying Miss, in this case, Fumiko, who was a generation younger than the three, could only become Little Miss.

However, since Yan Shao and Elaline got married, Fumiko's title has become Miss.

"Okay!"

I didn't think Go was interesting at all, Fumiko said happily, and even dragged the maid outside later.

Seeing that Fumiko finally left the room, Yan Shao also breathed a sigh of relief.

No way, in order to protect the face of adults, although Yan Shao has lost a lot of chess in his life, he still doesn't want to be embarrassed in front of Fumiko, a child.

Let alone...

Landing the chess pieces on the chessboard, looking at Kaoru Otsuki's skin as white as the ivory chess pieces in his hand, Yan Shao couldn't help but want to move.

Since their relationship with each other was confirmed, Yan Shao and Otsuki Kaoru have not been able to break through the last layer. In the beginning, it was nothing, and some time ago there was a war, and it was not good to do this kind of thing, but now...

It's time for him to get what he wants, right?

Thinking of this, just when Otsuki Kaoru wanted to land the chess pieces on the chessboard, Yan Shao almost instinctively grabbed her wrist, stood up in Otsuki Kaoru's surprised and stunned expression, and then hugged Otsuki Kaoru horizontally in his arms, and didn't even care that some of the chess pieces on the chessboard were swept to the ground.

"Today, it's time for me to get what I wanted..."

He kissed fiercely on the slender neck of Otsuki Kaoru, and Yan Shao's beast blood boiled.

And hearing Yan Shao's words, Kaoru Otsuki, who had already reacted, couldn't help but have a layer of red glow on his face and neck...

At this time, she obviously knew what was going to happen next. (To be continued......)