Busy seeking fame, busy seeking profit, busy and busy, drinking a glass of wine;

For the hard work, for the hard work, for the hard work, make fun in the bitterness, make a bowl of tea.

This is the couplet at the door of Wangjiang Tower, the wording is simple, easy to understand, and it is plain with infinite artistic conception.

During the period of the Republic of China, Shanghai teahouses were the best in the world.

All kinds of teahouses in old Shanghai were news distribution centers, and there was a lot of news, so patrols, detectives, and reporters frequented them. Often some tabloid reporters go to the teahouse in the morning to make a bowl of tea, sit for half a day to inquire about news and anecdotes, and send them directly to the newspaper editor.

The patrol is even better, simply treating the teahouse as an official room, and everything from investigation to interrogation is completed in the teahouse.

The Wangjiang Tower on the bank of the Huangpu River is such an old teahouse, where Huang Jinrong and Du Yuesheng often try cases.

In the middle of the morning, Liu Xinquan, a reporter from "Jing Daily", came to the teahouse slowly, and said to the guy when he entered the door: "The old rules, a bowl of flower tea, a stack of peanuts!" ”

"Okay!" When the guy spoke, he winked at Liu Xinquan frantically.

Liu Xinquan was stunned, suddenly realized, turned around and walked out.

Before he could walk out of the teahouse, two Chinese patrols intercepted him: "You are Liu Xinquan?" ”

Liu Xinquan smiled bitterly: "I am, what do the two poor masters command?" ”

"There is a case that needs your cooperation, come with us!" While the patrol was talking, Liu Xinquan had already been held left and right.

They did not go back to the patrol room, but went directly to the private room on the second floor of the teahouse.

Du Yuesheng sat in the window seat, pointed to the river outside and said, "Brother Zhou, the scenery here is good." ”

"It's a great place to be with a great view." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

The door suddenly opened, and the two Hua Catchers dragged Liu Xinquan in, and pressed him to the ground and knelt with a pop.

Liu Xinquan saw that it was Du Yuesheng, and suddenly trembled: "Du ...... Du Ye, what are you always looking for me to do? ”

Du Yuesheng did not answer, but said to Zhou Hexuan with a smile: "When I was still selling fruits, I heard the name of Wangjiang Tower. That day I was doing business on the street and saw three shoppers (thieves and pickpockets) who were harming the countrymen. The first shrugged his shoulders and pushed the redneck forward, crashing into the second. The second pretended to be angry, grabbed the countryman and beat him. The third came forward to play a round and intercede for the countrymen. The countryman was thankful for leaving, and as soon as he was gone, the three thieves burst out laughing, for all the money in the countryman's pockets fell into their hands. ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled helplessly: "This kind of trick is really tricky. ”

Du Yuesheng continued: "The three shearers didn't laugh a few times, and a plainclothes patrol caught them and said: Go, follow me to Wangjiang Tower. When the three of them heard 'Wangjiang Tower', their feet suddenly went soft, guess why? ”

Zhou Hexuan asked, "Why?" ”

"Because at that time, Wangjiang Tower was Uncle Huang Jinronghuang's case-handling court, hahahaha!" Du Yuesheng said and laughed to herself.

Liu Xinquan, who was kneeling on the ground, trembled, and said with a bitter face: "Master Du, what did I do, you should give me a good word." ”

Du Yuesheng turned his head to look at Liu Xinquan and asked, "The reporter whose pen name is Jia Wang in "Jing Daily" is you, right?" ”

"Yes, Jia Wang is my pen name." Liu Xinquan nodded.

Du Yuesheng asked again: "You wrote an article two days ago?" ”

"I've written two, which one are you asking?" Liu Xinquan said confusedly.

"Ruan Lingyu's article." Du Yuesheng said.

Liu Xinquan looked at Zhou Hexuan, suddenly came back to his senses, kowtowed frantically and said, "Mr. Zhou, I was wrong, I shouldn't have scribbled, I shouldn't slander Miss Ruan, please let me go!" ”

Zhou Hexuan asked expressionlessly: "Who told you what you wrote?" ”

"A young man, in his twenties, dressed in ordinary clothes, but I don't know him." Liu Xinquan's forehead was sweating.

Du Yuesheng said: "Let's be clear. ”

"As soon as I went out that morning, a young man gave me a letter, and the article was written in accordance with the letter." Liu Xinquan said.

"What about faith?" Zhou Hexuan asked.

"At home, I don't know if I threw it away, I don't remember exactly." Liu Xinquan cried.

Du Yuesheng scolded in a low voice: "Take it, immediately!" ”

Liu Xinquan ran frantically to his home, and after a while, he brought a few pages of stationery.

After Zhou Hexuan read it, he couldn't see anything wrong, and said: "You recall the memories again, you really don't know the person who sent the letter?" ”

"I really don't know." Liu Xinquan said.

"Are there any other characteristics?" Zhou Hexuan asked.

"I think about it, I'll think about it again," Liu Xinquan tried to recall, and said in a daze, "Alas, I really want to see it, but I can't remember it clearly." ”

Du Yuesheng grinned and said, "Then you just think about it slowly, and you will eat again when you think about it today." ”

Liu Xinquan's face suddenly turned into a bitter melon, and his liver trembled with fright.

Du Yuesheng smiled and said to Zhou Hexuan: "Brother Zhou, I want to introduce you to a friend today, let's go to Desheng Building for two drinks first." ”

"Whatever the guest wants." Zhou Hexuan said.

The two walked out of the door of the private room side by side, and just as they were about to step out of the room, Liu Xinquan inside suddenly shouted: "I remember, the one who sent me the letter is a small worker in the star film company, I saw him when I interviewed the star!" ”

"Take him to the star company to arrest people!" After Du Yuesheng finished speaking, she left without looking back.

Zhou Hexuan followed Du Yuesheng to Desheng Building, and it was noon after sitting for long, a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes came into the private room.

Du Yuesheng introduced: "Brother Zhou, this is Xiao Tongzixiao's secretary of the Central Propaganda Department. ”

Xiao Tongzi looked polite, smiled and shook hands with Zhou Hexuan and said, "Mr. Zhou, look up for a long time!" ”

"Hello Secretary Xiao." Zhou Hexuan didn't understand the meaning of this guy, but before he crossed over, he had heard of Xiao Tongzi's name, but this person has not yet made a career now.

Xiao Tongzi was born as a skilled worker, believed in socialism, and went on strike when he was young. Although he only joined the Kuomintang on the eve of the Northern Expedition, due to his outstanding ability, he has been promoted extremely rapidly in recent years, and has already reached the posts of secretary of the Central Propaganda Department and head of the news collection section. During the Central Plains War, he also went north with Wu Tiecheng to persuade Zhang Xueliang to join the central government.

These are nothing, Xiao Tongzi's real career has not yet started, and this person will be transferred to the president of the Central News Agency in two years.

After Xiao Tongzi became the president of the Central News Agency, he made the Central News Agency independent of the Kuomintang Party Department and carried out a series of professional, social, and enterprise reforms. During his 16 years in office, he developed the Central News Agency, which had only about 20 people, into a large news agency with 52 branches and more than 2,600 employees, and was known as the world's five largest news agencies along with Reuters and the Associated Press.

Xiao Tongzi is also known as "Xiao Sanye" and has the reputation of "the father of China's modern communications industry".

To put it bluntly, this person will become Chang Kaishen's top mouthpiece, a super boss in the press during the Republic of China.

After chatting a few words, Xiao Tongzi asked with a smile: "I heard that Mr. Zhou is going to initiate the establishment of the 'China Newspaper Association'?" ”

Well, that's what I'm here for!

The Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang is going to intervene directly, and this move is very fast.