The entertainment tycoon of the Republic of China

At the beginning of 1914, on the eve of the First World War, the "Hankou drug case" was thoroughly controlled after more than ten days. Historians generally believe that this is the beginning of the Chinese people during the Republic of China to have the right to speak and have an independent health system. landmark event.

In the process of resolving the whole incident, the drug antidote developed by Wen Heng's team and the media system built by Xie Yan made great contributions.

A pile of evidence of foreign poisoning was directly published on the Minsheng Daily, making it impossible for the perpetrators to refute. On the eve of the Great War, the civil strife in various countries prevented them from organizing a strong counterattack. The disappearance of the Japanese consul Kaoru Tanaka made the foreigners in Hankou even more popular. Panic.

Fang Qingming mobilized a large number of troops to forcefully arrest a large number of foreigners with records of violations of the law and taboo.

The restaurant of the foreigner's firm was empty for a while, and the Chinese merchants who had been prepared for a long time took the opportunity to seize the business opportunity.

The foreigners realized later that the people in this land no longer respected and worshiped them as they did before, but instead had a scrutinizing gaze. The days when they ran rampant in China and were unscrupulous are gone forever.

Xie Yan watched all the changes with cold eyes, silently waiting for the best opportunity to make a move.

During this period, the funeral of Wen Yanhui, the third miss of the Wen family, was held quietly.

The familiar Bai Po, the familiar mourning hall, the difference is that the coffin placed above is no longer empty, and the soul of a young girl is quietly sleeping.

Wen Yanhui had written her will very early on. She didn't want her identity and what she had done to be publicized. She just wanted to be buried quietly as the third daughter of the Wen family.

Everyone obeyed her last wish and announced to the outside world that Miss Wen San was seriously ill and died prematurely.

Wen Yanhui didn't have many friends, and there were only a few guests invited to the funeral.

At the time of encoffining, Mrs. Wen personally changed the girl who was no longer breathing into her favorite clothes, combed her hair carefully, put on jewelry, and before sealing the coffin, she took the bracelet from her hand and gently placed it in her daughter's hand.

Xie Yan saw tears in Mrs. Wen's eyes. I don't know if this belated acknowledgment can be conveyed to the other party.

When Miao Erya heard the bad news, Wen Yanhui's body was already freezing cold, even if she passed out from crying several times, she still couldn't call back her friend's soul.Wen Yanhui left many things for Miao Erya, ranging from clothes and jewelry.Books, pens and ink, as small as a bookmark and a page of letter paper, are neatly packed in a big box, and I don’t know how long they have been prepared.

Xie Yan revealed some of the reasons for Wen Yanhui's death to Miao Erya. The truth was both sad and comforting. Miao Erya was full of emotions and burst into tears.

"Yan regrets that she... is ready to leave. I am proud of her."

Miao Erya left with Wen Yanhui's blessings and relics, Xie Yan watched her back disappear into the alley, and finally decided not to touch on those unrequited feelings.

According to Wen Yanhui's wishes, her personal maid, Xishu, was free again, and Xie Yan promised to help her study until she no longer wanted to.A month later, Xishu successfully passed the exam, wearing the most popular school uniform and carrying a black cloth schoolbag, and entered the new-style primary school campus.

Xie Yan didn't tell anyone, and quietly came to the school gate, watching Xishu's back merge into the sea of ​​students, he smiled, as if seeing Wen Yanhui's back in the crowd, she walked behind Xishu, Wearing the same school uniform, carrying the same schoolbag, bouncing around, drifting away.

"Go all the way." Xie Yan said in her heart.

The grade list of the students was posted at the gate of the school. Xie Yan waited until there were fewer people, and walked over to check it carefully from top to bottom.

Miao Erya's name was written at the top of the list in the upper grades of elementary school. After entering the school for one year, she went from having no foundation to being stable at the top. Miao Erya's intelligence and hard work have become legends that everyone in the school talks about.

Xie Yan looked all the way down, and saw Wu Xiaogang's name in the front row of the elementary school's lower grade list. Xiaogang's family came to Hankou from Sichuan and had already established a firm foothold. Xiaogang was also very competitive after entering school. Many of the names on the list represent thriving ordinary Chinese families behind them.

Xie Yan read these unfamiliar names one by one, her eyes fell on the bottom of the list, and she raised her eyebrows.

"Mr. Xie!" Guan Cheng, who was out shopping, saw Xie Yan standing in front of the list, "Why are you free to come to school today?"

"Stop by and take a look." Xie Yan pointed to the name at the end of the score list, "Do you know this Wang Dabao?"

Guan Cheng smiled, "He is a celebrity."

"How to say?"

"After two years of examination, he failed to pass the middle school entrance examination. In the second year, he gave up. He accepted a transfer and entered elementary school first. He was considered older among elementary school students. At first, he had high eyesight and low abilities. He bullied his classmates and disrespected the teacher. He was punished several times. The punishment was the only way to be honest. Because his usual style is not pleasant, everyone wanted to see how his real level is, but unexpectedly he got the bottom one in the first exam, and it was quickly spread and became the laughing stock of the whole school."

Xie Yan shook his head speechlessly, at first he thought it might be the same name, but after listening to Guan Cheng's description, Xie Yan can be sure that this Wang Dabao is the one who repeatedly troubled him back then.

"Brother Guan, teaching and educating people is really not easy."

"The responsibility is, no matter how bad the students are, we have to work hard to train them." Guan Cheng waved his hand, "But the school rules and disciplines have been written very clearly. If Wang Dabao continues to be unwilling to make progress, I will not let him occupy education forever." resource."

……

A few days later, on a sunny day, Xie Yan changed into formal clothes and took a car to the racetrack.

The racetrack has changed a lot compared to when Xie Yan first came here. After the seamless suppression of foreigners, many Chinese businessmen have gradually established a foothold here. The government is tough, and the people are more confident. Baotuan opened and gradually became a new scene of the racecourse.

Xie Yan got out of the car and walked a dozen steps, passing by restaurants that were hawking customers, antique shops with big flower baskets in front of the door, cafes with soft music, and finally walked into the building of Minsheng Publishing House.

Today is the weekend, and an exchange meeting is being held on the first floor of the building. The theme of the exchange meeting is very grand - "How China develops its own strength in the chaotic world situation".

For this exchange meeting, the organizer specially invited a retired diplomat from the capital to give a speech. Xie Yan had paid a special visit to him a few days ago. If Hankou had not become China's new cultural and academic center now, Xie Yan's The prestige is also increasing day by day, and it is simply impossible to invite this diplomat who has resigned after leaving office.

Xie Yan stood in the corner and listened quietly to the debate in the hall for a while, and when the clock was about to point to three o'clock in the afternoon, he went up to the second floor without a sound.

In the closed meeting room on the second floor, several foreigners have been waiting for a long time.

"Mr. Xie, you are finally here."

Xie Yan smiled and sat down, pointing to his watch, "I'm not late, sir, why should you be in a hurry?"

"..." The foreign compradors wiped the sweat from their brows, Xie Yan wasn't in a hurry, but they were.

The foreign war has already started, and the racecourse should have become a treasure land for countries to send funds and materials to the mainland. However, after the drug case was exposed, the business of foreigners in the racecourse plummeted. It made these foreign businessmen feel that their safety in China was greatly threatened.

In order to prevent losing all their money, even their lives could not be guaranteed. After confirming that their country did not have the energy to provide them with protection, the merchants could only find another way out. At that time, an invitation was issued to acquire the shops and land of the racecourse.

"Mr. Xie, we have carefully read the contract you provided before, but our lawyer would like to discuss some details with you again."

In order to solve the racetrack problem as soon as possible, Xie Yan's offer was low, but it was not beyond the acceptance range of these businessmen, but Xie Yan was not so naive as to be accepted directly by the other party without haggling.

lawyer?Xie Yan looked at those foreigners in suits with the word "elite" written all over their bodies, and smiled easily.

Unexpectedly, this is the first time in this world that I really picked up my old job.

……

The entire acquisition negotiation lasted for more than three hours, and the foreign lawyer team put forward meanings for almost every clause of the contract, but all failed.

When the contract was formally signed, all the people in the seat except Xie Yan were still smiling, and everyone else was sad and frustrated.

"Mr. Xie, have you really never studied in a top law school in the western world?" Before leaving, a deeply shocked lawyer couldn't help asking Xie Yan.

"No, but my follow-up plan is to set up a world-class law school in Huaxia. You are welcome to study - of course, you must first pass the entrance examination."

"..."

The lawyer was completely defeated and left the building at a speed that could be regarded as fleeing.

……

Most of the land in the racecourse returned to the Chinese themselves overnight. When the Minsheng Daily published this heavy news, the whole country celebrated with joy.

"This Mr. Xie Yan is so powerful that foreigners can't get any cheap from him."

"When will we be able to produce such a person in Shanghai, who will destroy the prestige of foreigners and take back Huaxia's own things!"

"Don't worry, there will definitely be one. People's Voice has published the news that Hankou will organize a university next year. We can sign up at that time. The person who can save Shanghai may be you and me!"

"Okay, it's a deal! I don't know if Mr. Xie Yan will be a university professor. I heard that he is very accomplished in law. I have long wanted to listen to his class."

……

At the wonton stand beside the alley in Shanghai, two young students finished their breakfast while chatting, got up and hurried to school.

The finished People's Voice was left on the table, rattling by the wind.A beggar who scavenged rubbish eavesdropped in the corner for a long time. When the stall owner was not paying attention, he ran to the table and stole the newspaper.

"I'll kill you, you little bastard who steals!" When the stall owner saw the beggar, he picked up the broom and chased him cursingly, but he ran away.The stall owner checked up and down, and was relieved to see that nothing was missing except for the newspapers left by the two students.

"Where did the stinky beggar come from, stealing newspapers—do you understand him!"

……

On the street corner where the stall owner couldn't see, the little beggar was sitting on the ground gasping for breath, his injuries were affected by the action just now, and the pain made him tremble uncontrollably.The beggar raised the newspaper in his hand, looked at the news of Hankou and Xie Yan's name on it, cried and laughed, and burst into tears.

"Bah, the stinky beggar is lying dead on the road! It's unlucky." Wednesday, who had just turned the corner, tripped over the beggar and walked away cursing.

Before the Japanese in Hankou lost power, he had already hooked up with the Shanghainese. Fortunately, he ran early, otherwise he might still be suffering in Hankou now.On Wednesday, he proudly touched the new mustache on his chin. The leather shoes on his feet had been worn for almost a month, and they happened to be soiled by that stinky beggar, so he might as well get a new pair.

The beggar curled up in pain, his body trampled by the leather shoes, and looked at the blue sky with empty eyes.

It shouldn't be like this... It shouldn't be like this... He wants to regret, but he doesn't know how to regret, let alone how to live.

"Master, look at the little beggar lying there." Vaguely, the beggar heard someone talking above his head, "Hey, he has a pretty face, and his hands and feet are complete. Master, our troupe just died a few small operas." Tong, instead of buying it with money, why not..."

The speaker stopped in front of the little beggar, pulled him up, and cut straight to the point, "Do you want to have a full meal? Come with us if you want to be full."

The little beggar nodded in a trance, and the other party was satisfied, "Do you have a name? Where is it from?"

"I... my name is... Li Yuzhi."

"What a bad name, it's not easy to read, from now on you'll be called Little Zhizi. What are you doing in a daze? Let's go!"

……

After acquiring the racecourse, Xie Yan chose the most suitable building as the new location of the Present Theater.After half a month of intensive renovation, the new theater was finally put into use.

Thanks to the strong influence of Minshengbao, the news that the new theater will open has spread all over the country. On the opening day, it was hard to get a ticket for the new theater. Xie Yan reserved boxes and enough front row tickets early. , to friends who are interested.

After buying the racecourse from foreigners, Xie Yan kept some of the shops for his own plans, and most of them were transferred to Huaxia merchants at a reasonable price. After more than half a month of rectification, the racecourse returned to Huaxia not only did not wither. , but more lively and prosperous.

Before the play started, Xie Yan and Wen Heng came to the new theater in a low-key manner, and entered the small box that had been prepared long ago.

The repertoire staged in today's theater is the latest biography of Chinese heroes. In this new work, the Chinese Heroes has welcomed new members.

The new member is a young girl, smart and brave, with insight into people's hearts, and solved many problems for the hero group.The actors playing the girls wear ordinary school uniforms, but they exude unparalleled personality charm in the plot.

The performance of the show was very successful, the warm atmosphere in the theater never stopped, and there were applause one after another. After tonight, countless people will remember this girl who died for her ideals and still guarded China as a hero after becoming a ghost. Remember her name—— Tao Yan.

The performance used a lot of fresh visual effects, and there were many climaxes. Even though Xie Yan was the provider of the story outline, he was involuntarily drawn into the plot. When the curtain call came, he couldn't help applauding.

The actor playing Tao Yan bowed deeply to the audience and disappeared behind the scenes.

"At least... in this way, let everyone remember her."

Wen Heng gently held Xie Yan's hand, "This is the best way, Tao Yan will always live in the hearts of every deeply moved audience."

The theater lights came on, and amidst the thunderous applause, Xie Yan stood up suddenly, hugging her lover tightly.

"History will remember us too, but until then, I want to walk with you into the future, that beautiful future."

"A promise is a deal, and a promise is a promise."

The snow-white light shines through the glass windows of the box, illuminating the pious and gentle kiss, our love born in troubled times, will last forever.