Chapter 172: The Original Source Before the Founding of the Nation
Human beings are contradictory creatures. Where there is a good side, there is a bad side.
Liu Hongmin also felt that he owed Li Lizhen, so he would satisfy her with whatever she wanted. However, Li Lizhen was very tactful and never spent money lavishly. Even when buying luxury goods, she would let Liu Hongmin choose for her.
After two failed relationships, Liu Hongmin had some psychological trauma. When it came to marriage, he inexplicably thought of Zha Jianying's leaving without saying goodbye and Lan Jieying's unreasonable behavior.
He didn't blame them, but he didn't want to go through this again. He would be busier and busier in the future, and he really didn't want to waste time on family conflicts.
"Don't say that again. If my parents ask, just tell them you told me."
Ma Weidu was helpless, he also knew that this was not an easy job, if he didn't do it well he would become a rat in the bellows. However, he couldn't fool Liu Hongmin's parents!
The People's Art Theatre rehearsed "Mr. Donkey" for half a month, and after several performances, it received a lot of praise. Lin Chaohua asked the crew members for their opinions and submitted an application for public performance. A few days later, "Mr. Donkey" appeared on the program list and tickets were sold to the public.
September 9th was the first performance date of Donkey Deshui. People had been looking forward to this play for a long time, and the tickets were sold out three days in advance.
The next day, newspapers in the capital were full of praise.
Wang Xiaoping even wrote an article entitled "Getting to the bottom of things - things were not so beautiful before the founding of the People's Republic of China". In the article, Wang Xiaoping used the drama "The Donkey Gets Water" as an introduction and listed many weird things before the founding of the People's Republic of China, and even wrote the source of the evidence at the end of the paragraph.
In the past two years, there have been articles everywhere that advocate the pre-founding period. After Liu Hongmin wrote "Mr. Donkey Gets Water", these articles disappeared for a while. But after the popularity of "Mr. Donkey Gets Water" faded, these articles have sprung up again like mushrooms after rain.
Now that Wang Xiaoping's article has come out, it has immediately caused an uproar.
Although "Mr. Donkey" has sold millions of copies, many people still haven't read it. After all, the cost of reading a book is a bit high, and not everyone can afford to buy a book.
Newspapers are different. All units will subscribe to newspapers, so at least everyone in the office can see the article.
Those who were not originally prepared to participate, after reading the content of the article, all felt the seriousness of the situation. Some people believed those who praised the articles before the founding of the People's Republic of China and verified the evidence in the article with a skeptical attitude. They originally wanted to expose Wang Xiaoping's lies, but after verifying the evidence one by one, they found that they were all true.
These deceived young people immediately changed sides and joined the crusade against the articles praising the period before the founding of the People's Republic of China. How much they loved it before, how much they hate it now! They specifically discussed the period before the founding of the People's Republic of China, but they were blinded at the time and did not think deeply about it. Looking back now, those things were all beautified stains.
They exposed all these things. For a time, the mailboxes of major media in Beijing were filled up, which made many newspapers feel the "mailbox explosion" in advance.
Faced with a steady stream of submissions, the newspaper was in a difficult position.
Some newspapers have elderly people named Wang in their offices, and they are secretly worried that their "careers" will suffer a major blow. Other newspapers are worried that such a one-sided situation will only be temporary even if it is popular.
Under such circumstances, the people of the old man surnamed Wang did not dare to cause trouble. So the situation really became one-sided, just as those newspapers who wanted to stir up the heat worried.
Just when they were worried, the People's Daily published a commentary article titled "Forgetting history is equivalent to reversing history", criticizing some media for articles that were not true. As soon as the article came out, those who had big or small minds immediately stopped their arguments and put an end to the debate.
Ms. Deng called Liu Hongmin and said, "Xiao Liu! Your offensive this time is very fierce!"
Liu Hongmin smiled awkwardly, "I didn't expect them to be so powerful. When I published "Mr. Donkey Gets Water" last year, they lay dormant for a short time, but then they rose again. I thought they had accumulated stronger power! I didn't expect them to be a silver-plated spearhead."
Ms. Deng smiled and said, "I don't mean to blame you. You have done a great job. If all cultural workers across the country were like you, the country wouldn't have to worry about the cultural front being occupied by the enemy."
"Ms. Deng is joking. From the current perspective, there are still more good people on our cultural front. I think we should maintain the current situation and pay more attention to patriotism education. However, if we continue to do things the way we did in the past, we will be easily attacked by the enemy. Therefore, I think we can appropriately untie the entertainment industry. Our people are too well protected and they need to grow. Otherwise, when we gradually become internationalized, we will suffer a great loss."
"We've already suffered a loss!" Ms. Deng sighed and said, "Now many regions have been defrauded of a lot of money by foreigners because they are anxious to attract investment."
Liu Hongmin sighed, "If we don't curb this eagerness for quick success, I don't know what the future will be like!"
Ms. Deng was silent for a while. "You are a history student. You should know that after a country is established for a period of time, vested interest groups will inevitably emerge."
Having explained this, there is no need to continue with the rest.
"I understand, Ms. Deng. Could you please help me ask? I want to register a newspaper."
"Okay, let me ask for you."
If you want to supervise vested interest groups, you can't rely on official channels, you can only rely on public opinion supervision. Therefore, there must be a media that can supervise vested interest groups, and Liu Hongmin hopes that this media will be in his hands.
He had already thought about recruiting veterans who were knowledgeable and upright, and setting up branches across the country, with a dozen veterans in each branch, to report on those unfair phenomena and monitor the actions of those vested interests.
Although there will still be loopholes, at least it can ensure that most of the darkness is exposed, so that the bad guys cannot cause too much damage.
After waiting for a few days, Ms. Deng called and asked him to go to Renming Daily.
Liu Hongmin went to Renming Daily, and the person in charge signed an agreement with him. A few days later, a newspaper called Xinguang Daily appeared near Shichahai. After the newspaper was opened, a large number of young men came in and out every day. These people walked in a hurry, and it was obvious that they were soldiers.
What was strange was that people were being accepted every day, and after a few days, there were more than 100 people. People nearby were wondering, what kind of newspaper needs so many reporters?
What is even more strange is that after being admitted, these people went on business trips to various parts of the country within a few days.
(End of this chapter)
