"Let's talk about the issues of the press first," Zhuang Jihua said with a calm face at the beginning of the meeting: "Other issues will be put later, and I don't want to let them go unchecked." ”

"Then I'll say it first," Teng Jie had just stood up, and Zhuang Jihua made a gesture to sit down and said: "There are 21 newspapers and magazines in Yucheng, of which there are nine newspapers related to the armies in Sichuan, and eight belong to the 21st Army system, namely "Great China Daily", "Jichuan Bulletin", "Revolutionary Weekly", "League Affairs Daily", "Yucheng Evening News", "Xinshu Daily", "Revolutionary Soldier" Weekly, and "New Life Magazine"; belongs to Liu Wenhui 24, there is a "Chuankang Daily"; Belonging to the Yucheng Chamber of Commerce are "Yucheng Business Federation Newspaper" and "Yucheng People's Daily"; In addition, Lu Zuofu also invested in the establishment of a newspaper called "Yuzhong Rural Construction", as well as Miss Mei's "Yuzhou Evening News", and the others are private or multi-shareholder newspapers, with many backgrounds of investors. ”

"Their political tendencies are evident from time to time, and they have all kinds of views, and the more radical viewpoints include the "Southwest Progress Daily," "Qingtian Bai Bao," "Yucheng Daily," and "New Times Daily." Among them, the newly founded "Southwest Progress Daily" is the most.

"Tell me, how can you control the press?" After Zhuang Jihua waited for Teng Jie to finish speaking, he asked with a gloomy face, he didn't expect Liu Xiang to control so many newspapers, and he might be the driving force behind the surging wave of anti-Rehe armistice agreement in Yucheng.

"First take the "Southwest Progress Daily", seal it, and make an example." Hong Junqi's tone was murderous.

"On what charges did the Southwest Progress be seized, and what reactions would it cause after the seizure?" Zhuang Jihua frowned and asked, Hong Junqi seems to be much inferior to Du Yuming, too reckless, and not suitable for leading troops.

"You can use the charge of attacking the political axe, as for what reaction it will cause, it's a big deal to scold a few words, what is not clear, and it will be fine in a few days." Hong Junqi said nonchalantly.

"Well, but can this achieve the goal of controlling public opinion?" Zhuang Jihua asked again.

"No," Teng Jie's tone was very calm, but he rushed to speak in front of Hong Junqi: "At most, avoid the limelight, and it will be over after a while." ”

Teng Jie was right, "Zhuang Jihua was not very interested in seeing other people talking, he knew that Li Zhilong and Yu Dawei were very disgusted with this matter, Tang Zong had not studied it, and Gong Xiuhua was not qualified to speak.

"Secretary Gong, you have been to Soviet Russia, and tell everyone how you control the press in Soviet Russia." Zhuang Jihua said.

Everyone was stunned, although he once said that he wanted to learn from Soviet Russia, but they later analyzed in private that Zhuang Jihua was just talking, but they didn't expect Zhuang Jihua to really want to learn Soviet Russia.

"How can this be compared, there is no private property in Soviet Russia, all factories and land belong to the state, and the same is true for newspapers, which belong to the state and are under the control of the Propaganda Department, if you violate the law, you will go to jail from the president to the editors and reporters, even if you are light, you will not be allowed to work in the news unit anymore." Gong Xiuhua said that she was also surprised, but after thinking about it, she thought that she could not learn.

"You don't use your brains, in fact, although we are private ownership, we can still learn from Soviet Russia," Zhuang Jihua pointed at the palace embroidery with his fingers, and said lightly: "In fact, the way of Soviet Russia can be boiled down to two points - controlling access and strengthening management." As long as we grasp these two points, we will be able to control the press. ”

"And how are you going to control access?" Li Zhilong asked curiously. Others showed the same gaze.

"First of all, the Propaganda Department in the city, all newspapers are under the control of the Propaganda Department; With the Propaganda Department, the following management will come out. I'll talk about how to control access first," Zhuang Jihua stood up and began to pace around the room, and whenever he said he was excited, he took this approach: "To set up a newspaper, you must obtain the consent of the Propaganda Department and obtain a legal license, which is only one of them; Second, raise the threshold of funds for the establishment of a newspaper to 50,000 yuan, or 100,000 yuan, and deposit this money as a reserve fund in the designated account of the Propaganda Department, which is under the management of the Propaganda Department and is not allowed to take it without the consent of the Propaganda Department; (3) to stop issuing newspaper licenses to any non-political organisation; Fourth, the management of employees, newspaper employees must obtain qualifications, qualifications by the Propaganda Department every year to organize examinations, the examination of the examination of the examination, the examination of the qualification certificate, this certificate to be qualified number, the number is unique, all violations, that is, mistakes, revocation of the qualification certificate, depending on the severity of the error, divided into three months, one year, or forever. Newspapers are prohibited from employing persons who do not have a professional license, which is subject to heavy fines, and if a quarter of the journalists and editors employed do not have a professional license, the newspaper is closed and the reserve fund is confiscated. ”

It's really ruthless, Li Zhilong couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it seems that the press has made Zhuang Jihua anxious this time. Once these articles are implemented, all news media and journalists will be wiped out, and perhaps some reporters or editors are not afraid of sealing newspapers, but what about their qualifications, once this method is adopted, the political axe will revoke your qualifications, and where will you find a job?

Speaking of newspapers, there are reserves of 50,000 yuan, and there are several newspapers that have such high reserves, and Liu Xiang controls eight newspapers, spending a total of more than 10,000 yuan; Besides, such money is not just a capital verification, but must be deposited in an account controlled by the Propaganda Department, which is equivalent to freezing, who has so much money to give you to freeze in this era.

But Zhuang Jihua is still not finished: "The newspapers that already exist at present must take various measures to nationalize them, first of all, the newspapers controlled by various armies, and the way of repossession is to redeem them and buy them at double the price, and second, they belong to the major companies and trading companies, and persuade them to give up, if not, they will also use the method of redemption, and finally those that belong to private individuals, I am afraid that this part will be delayed for a long time, and they will be forced to go bankrupt by means of market competition." ”

"Forcing them to go bankrupt?" Teng Jie asked rhetorically.

"Yes, the way is to dump at low prices, let readers buy our newspapers, squeeze their living space, and at the same time increase the printing and paper costs, and attack each other, I am afraid that they will have to close their doors in less than a year." Zhuang Jihua said.

"Liu Xiang: Will they give up the newspapers they control?" Tang Zong was a little skeptical.

"Yes, he needs more of us than the newspaper, and he doesn't bother me with this kind of thing." Zhuang Jihua had no doubt about Liu Xiang's choice: "After Yucheng is cleaned up, Chengdu will be cleaned up, and within three years, all the news media in Sichuan will be controlled by us." ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Teng Jie and asked, "Junfu, can you complete this task?" ”

Teng Jie stood up without hesitation and said, "As long as the funds are guaranteed, I will definitely be able to complete it." ”

"Okay, the Minister of Propaganda is you, go down and make a budget, and I will fully satisfy you with the funds." Zhuang Jihua doesn't need to be polite at all, the news media was one of the most profitable industries in the previous life, even if you invest more now, you can make it back exponentially in the future.

Li Zhilong was a little gloomy, he looked at Zhuang Jihua and felt that he was a little strange, even if the press was a little too much this time, he couldn't just control the freedom of the press.

"Cultural Revolution, don't you think about it again, is this appropriate?" Lee's tone was a little frustrated.

"There's nothing inappropriate, Zaitian, General Yu, I know you don't approve of this in your hearts, but these literati," Zhuang Jihua shook his head: "They always dress themselves up as judges, but they never think about what qualifications they have to be judges; If you don't listen to him, they will use what they have in their hands to spread rumors and slander; Listen to them, their way of governing the country is either ridiculous or simply not feasible. A Rehe armistice agreement will mess up the thinking in the base, and we will have a lot of decrees to implement in the future, and they will find trouble word by word, how many difficulties will it create for the implementation of the decrees, and will we have so much time to fight with them? ”

"But this move will inevitably cause obstruction by celebrities in Sichuan, and if they report it to the principal." Lee reminded him of the risks involved.

"I didn't take coercive measures," Zhuang Jihua spread his hands: "I'm just strengthening management, no matter what country in the world, there are ways to manage the news media, even the most open in the United States and the United Kingdom, besides, the license of the newspaper that has been established is only reissued, and there is no need to apply again, and there is no need to deposit any reserves." It won't hurt them much, and they should support me. Besides," Zhuang Jihua said here and looked at Li Zhilong seriously: "The next social reform we want to carry out, including policies such as rent reduction and interest reduction, do you say those celebrities support or oppose?" If we don't control public opinion, they will attack them in the newspapers and cause a lot of trouble for the implementation of these policies. ”

Li Zhilong smiled bitterly, it seems that Zhuang Jihua has made up his mind, and what will be implemented in the future is just his excuse. Zhuang Jihua turned to Teng Jie again: "After the establishment of the Municipal Propaganda Department, the 16 counties under us will also set up a Propaganda Department, and there are already many factories. ”

"Cultural Revolution, do you want to thoroughly study the Communist Party, even trade unions must be established, and the trade unions in Wuhan and Guangzhou will cause less trouble?" Hong Junqi couldn't help but shake his head, the events in Wuhan left him too deep a memory, and he opposed the trade union from then on.

"It depends on who controls the union," Mr. Zhuang said, "If we don't set up a trade union, won't the trade union be formed?" I'm afraid not, so it's better for us to set up a union and control the union in our hands. ”

You must know that Li Zhilong's main work after leaving Whampoa, in addition to the chief of the Navy who caused a big disaster, is mainly propaganda, but the propaganda minister is Teng Jie, and now he wants to hand over the trade union to him, Li Zhilong understands that Zhuang Jihua will not let him be responsible for the work of shooting ideology in Zhuang Jihua's way.

(To be continued)