The Rise of Manjianghong

Chapter 29 Dream

In China, public opinion supervision is a new term. Perhaps this term did not appear until after the first year of the empire, and in the imperial constitution, it even deliberately lists clauses related to public opinion. Congress shall not enact laws on the following matters: restricting freedom of speech or freedom of the press and publication; depriving citizens of the right to peaceful assembly and petition for justice. The supervision of news and public opinion in China involves not only the freedom of speech, but also the freedom of the press. It is also guaranteed by the Constitution. Because of this, since the founding of the empire, China's newspaper industry has developed extremely rapidly. In just nine years, there have been 1,700 newspapers of all sizes in the country.

There are many newspapers and reporters. For journalists, they should firmly build the dignity and self-confidence of journalists! In fact, to put it bluntly, for most journalists, they have "I'm a reporter, who am I afraid of? I dare to kick anyone's ass!" This concept is exactly a prerequisite for the supervision of public opinion.

And those reporters and newspapers did not disappoint the public. In China, many [***] cases were first disclosed by the media, and then the prosecution followed up. No matter what news is unearthed in a newspaper, no matter which high-level person is involved, it can expose it on its own initiative. However, once the exposed person sues the newspaper and the content of the report is judged to be false by law, the punishment will be extremely severe. Many tabloids went bankrupt and closed because they could not afford high fines.

On the other side, newspapers have a strong public opinion supervision function, which is a favorable weapon to curb the trading of power and money in officialdom. That's why the Congress has produced corresponding provisions. In China, anyone can run a newspaper, but the political axe cannot run a newspaper, and the supervisor cannot supervise it by himself.

Jinling Times is a large-scale newspaper in China. Its influence and reputation are no less than well-known newspapers such as Declaration and Tai Kung Pao. The reason why it became famous is that it has repeatedly exposed officialdom [***] cases. It can be said that this newspaper has established its own name by supervising the political axe. Sound.

Shao Zhenqing woke up after 8 o'clock in the morning. There are nearly 30 beds in the duty room on the fourth floor. It is hard to be a reporter. Among the middle-class and high-income classes in China, the first is a teacher, the second is a lawyer, the third is a doctor, and the fourth is a reporter. However, compared with the first three, journalists are undoubtedly hard. In order to get a news, journalists often eat and live in newspapers. Especially those new journalists.)

Due to the late working hours of the newspaper, no one has got up at this moment. However, on the phone call just now, the voice of the reporter of the Ministry of Social Affairs was too loud. Shao Zhenqing, a reporter of the Ministry of Social Affairs, was disturbed, so that he was woken up from the dream.

"What? A naked body was found in the Qinhuai River? Female corpse?"

The reporter of the Ministry of Social Affairs, who was answering the phone, suddenly made a shrill voice.

"Good! Got it! I'll go down right away!"

The reporter hung up the phone, got out of bed, and went out.

"It's really unlucky. There's still no big news!"

After the reporter of the Ministry of Social Affairs muttered that after going out, for the reporters who stayed here, what they longed for was to get a big news. According to the rules of the newspaper, who receives the news and who is responsible for reporting it. Therefore, if they can receive a big news, it often means that they can get the ordinary news. A young reporter has become a journalist, and even a newspaper may open a column for him. Of course, for hundreds of thousands of journalists, there are always only a hundred and dozens of journalists.

At this time, the originally quiet duty room was suddenly full of the vitality of the morning.

For Shao Zhenqing, he also has the same desire. For him who was admitted to Zhejiang Higher School at the age of 16 and Nanjing Imperial University to study journalism at the age of 19, he has been working for six years. Although he is also a reporter of the Ministry of Social Affairs, he has always been working as a political news interview. Therefore, there was a car accident. Killing people... These things have nothing to do with him.

So, he could sleep a little longer, but at this moment, he was completely sleepy. In fact, the rest of the personnel seemed to be affected the same, so all the staff, including the external reporters and the liaison department, got up one after another.

After washing, when I went down to the editorial department on the third floor, I saw several reporters following the phone news or news clues. The reason why everyone sleeps in the newspaper is very simple, because there is a phone here, so that they can get news clues as soon as possible. There is no news clues when sitting at home.

"...Yesterday, 80,000 miners from Shanxi Datong Coal Mine Company went on strike to support the students of the Beijing strike. Well, this news is good. Also, Huaibei Coal Mine is also going to strike? It seems that someone should be sent there, okay..."

While listening to the reporter's telephone conversation, Shao Zhenqing turned over the newspapers on the desk of the Ministry of Social Affairs. When reading the newspaper, he skipped the economic version and the foreign version, and first browsed the social version. This kind of reading has been his habit for many years, and he is also a reporter of the Ministry of Social Affairs.

Now all universities in the capital are on strike, and even high schools are involved in it, and small and medium-sized businessmen also support students who go on strike. Looking at the newspaper, it seems that the workers also support students. It seems that even [***] is not necessarily just a small ups and downs.

"Maybe it will be a big storm!"

When he first entered the newspaper, Shao Zhenqing was looking forward to being distributed to the Ministry of Social Affairs, but now he is sincerely satisfied as a social reporter. Of course, I have to go to various political axe organs in Beijing almost every day to deal with those officials, constantly question the officials, and then question the political axe's behavior in the newspaper. Soon, when I visited again, I noticed that their behavior had changed.

An article may change many things. Now Shao Zhenqing has deeply liked this atmosphere.

After browsing more than a dozen newspapers, Shao Zhenqing frowned. From the newspaper reports, he could realize that the current upside-down trend may not be just a small storm, but may lead to a big storm, because at least from now on, this is not an isolated incident.

In the newspaper, it can be seen that Yuan Shikai, as a prime minister, made a speech calling on citizens to remain calm and restraint. It seems that even he can't control the situation now, at least he is very powerless about the current student strike. Since he can't restore order, he can't make concessions. In fact, unless he is the master Resign, otherwise those students will never take the initiative to stop the strike.

In fact, in Shao Zhenqing's view, the storm is a little strange. Perhaps it is because Mingji monopolizes interviews with students, workers and businessmen, so he has interviewed Liang Qichao, the Prime Minister of the Mingzhu Party, and Yang Du, the Prime Minister of the Constitutional Party. Both factions have no comment.

On the other side, even idiots can see that without the encouragement of the Mingzhu and constitutional parties, it would not have been possible for this student strike to develop on such a large scale as it is now, especially in some mining and industrial provinces. Workers' strikes are more like a wave. It can be said that this disturbance is far more than any strike or strike in the past.

This is an unprecedented political trend. It is a political event led by the academic community, the industrial community, and the political community behind the scenes. More importantly, the royal family, which can play a role in determining the surname, kept silent in this storm, which was really beyond Shao Zhenqing's expectation. In his opinion... at this moment... The phone suddenly rang.

"Ministry of Social Affairs, Shao Zhenqing's phone!"

Listening to the shouts, Shao Zhenqing was stunned. It was so early in the morning that there was no big news.

More than ten minutes later, Shao Zhenqing, who took a taxi, came to Zhuangzi Park. There were dozens of parks in Nanjing, most of which were named after Zhuzi Baijia. Zhuangzi Park was one of them. The reason why he came here was because he received a news report that there was a big news for him, and his informant was an old classmate.

Look at the time of the watch. It's already 4 o'clock in the morning. There is no one in the park now. Shao Zhenqing knows that this point is a big news, and I'm afraid the front page can't be changed. More than 100,000 newspapers have been printed, but his footsteps are still very fast, because the place where Tian Cheng's appointment is He realized that this might be big news.

Tian Cheng and Shao Zhenqing are classmates in college. Shao Zhenqing later entered the newspaper, but Tian Cheng entered the political axe organ. In the past few years, Shao Zhenqing got a lot of news from Tian Cheng. Although it is not big news, it can always let him grasp some opportunities. In fact, the political axe institution is like this. In China, the political axe cannot run a newspaper, so the political axe institution needs It is necessary to maintain the relationship with the press, and providing news is a means to maintain the relationship.

In the past, he used to tell the news on the phone, but this time, how could he choose to tell him what news here? Shao Zhenqing, who was almost subconscious, realized that maybe this might be a big news. On the way, he even considered that maybe Tian Cheng would tell him a shocking news, and it was news that was not approved by the supervisor, otherwise he would never choose this time, this time.

What kind of news will it be?

Is it said that Your Majesty is going to intervene in the strike?

If Your Majesty intervenes, how will he intervene? Public support for Yuan Shikai? Then transfer troops to the city to maintain order? But is it possible for him to come into contact with this big news as Tian Cheng? He works in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and seems to be engaged in intelligence work, but he is not an agent. He is now the director of the Information Division of the Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He can't be exposed to such incidents.

Will there be any major changes in diplomacy?

However, Shao Zhenqing also felt very strange. With Tian Cheng's caution and stability, it was impossible for him to disclose state secrets. Otherwise, he would not have been promoted to the director of the advisory class responsible for contact with the newspaper. This position requires him to deal with the reporters of the newspaper, which means that if he is a little careless, it is possible from his mouth. What secrets were leaked in the middle? At that time, no one could save him. The disclosure of state secrets was a felony, and the lightest was 20 years of hard labor. The news he revealed was all non-confidential, but if it did not involve secrets, why did he choose to meet himself in such a place?

With many questions, Shao Zhenqing accelerated his pace and walked along the path illuminated by street lamps to the lakeside in the depths of the park. He walked to the small lake in Zhuangzi Park. He stopped when he saw a person sitting on a chair with the shadow of trees by the lake.

"Peng Cheng, I haven't seen you for a long time. What's the matter? Can't you tell me how to say it on the phone?

"Oh, is that you? Why is it such a coincidence? Are you here for an interview, or are you coming by?

Tian Cheng said in a very plain tone that his tone and expression only stunned Shao Zhenqing. He knew that his classmate was originally an eight-faced and exquisite person, otherwise he would not be responsible for dealing with the press, and he took the initiative to meet him. Although he was puzzled, Shao Zhenqing still noticed that His expression looked a little nervous.

What happened?

"What's wrong with you?"

Shao Zhenqing sat down and then looked at his old classmate, trying to find something from his expression, but to his disappointment, there seemed to be no other emotion on his face except for nervousness.

But what's wrong with him? Obviously, he made an appointment with himself. Why did he ask such a thing when he came here?

"I...?"

Tian Cheng asked.

"What didn't I do? I just want to be here alone? Think about some questions!"

He didn't even turn his head to look at Shao Zhenqing, and Tian Cheng continued.

"I can't sleep at night, so I came here to sit down. You know, the place where I live is endless!"

When he spoke, Tian Cheng was nervously lighter a cigarette. After taking two sips, he suddenly stood up. When Shao Zhenqing was still unknown, he had already left.

"Well, you can sit here for a while! Sit a while more!"

When Tian Cheng left, Shao Zhenqing stood up and looked at his old classmate in surprise. What happened to him?

Standing in the park, Shao Zhenqing, who felt as if he had been fooled, looked at Tian Cheng's background. After a while, he realized it. When Tian Cheng left, his eyes seemed to look at the trash can next to him and did not look at himself. Could it be... A few minutes later, after confirming that there was no one around and Tian Cheng had gone far away, Shao Zhenqing He stood up and walked towards the trash can. As soon as he put his hand in, he touched something like a file bag.

Sure enough!

Shao Zhenqing was overjoyed when he took out the file bag. He didn't even look at it, but directly put the file bag into the interview bag. He could realize that this file bag may be what he dreamed of - big news, which can make him famous! Otherwise, Tian Cheng would not be so nervous.

And now he also understands why Tian Cheng behaved so abnormally. He is to protect himself. At least, this is not a leak! This file bag was found, not given to him by Tian Cheng.

Thinking of what this big news might involve, Shao Zhenqing hurried out of the park and went back to the newspaper first. Who knows what the news is.

"It's done!"

Under the shadow of the trees in the distance, Tian Cheng looked at the fast footsteps of his old classmate. The corners of his lips were raised. He knew this old classmate. He was famous and profitable. As long as he caught the news, he would send it out at all costs.

People always have dreams, and the dream of an old classmate is to become a famous man!

(to be continued)