The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

The distribution ability of Peking University Publishing House is relatively poor. If you leave Beiping and Tianjin, you have to find a foreign bookseller as an agent.

The distribution business of "Guns, Bacteria, and Steel" in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions was represented by Beixin Bookstore, which paid a full 15% of the agency's distribution fee.

With a cigar in his mouth, Zhang Jiazhu drove the car by himself, rushing to the second brother's house in a hurry. He can be regarded as a famous person in Shanghai now, doing underwear business with Zhou Hexuan and Xu Shenru, earning a lot of money.

The only thing that displeases Zhang Jiazhu is that now, no-name underwear is blooming everywhere, occupying more than half of the underwear market in the south. Those underwear brands obviously infringe on patent rights, but there is no way to fight a lawsuit, and they can only be resolved through private negotiations through industry associations.

Basically, this is the situation. The president of the guild sat in the middle, first criticizing the counterfeit manufacturers for being unscrupulous, and then saying that Zhang Jiazhu should not do his own business. In the end, both parties took a step back, and the counterfeit manufacturer paid two to three thousand yuan, and thus obtained the right to illegally produce underwear.

"Ba ba!"

Zhang Jiazhu honked his horn wildly, and said to the person who opened the door late: "Next time, act faster, I have waited for at least three minutes!"

The servant hurriedly apologized: "The eighth young master, the second young master happened to be at home. But today he is in a bad mood, you should be careful."

"Got it," Zhang Jiazhu drove the car to the yard and stopped, hurried upstairs with a book, knocked on the door of the study, "Second brother, I brought you a good book, it's about human society and political economy."

Zhang Junmai (named Jiasen) was writing an article, and he said without raising his head, "Baby is here? Sit down."

"This is a good thing, you must like it." Zhang Jiazhu took out "Guns, Germs and Steel" and put it on the desk like a treasure.

Zhang Junmai said with a smile: "What good books can you read? It's all about the New Moon Society's romance all day long."

"Hey, this is a really good book. It was written by my friend and I recommend it to you." Zhang Jiazhu said.

The brothers in the Zhang family were very conflicted. Xu Zhimo divorced their sister, but the eighth brother, Zhang Jiazhu, was hanging out with Xu Zhimo all day long. The third son, Zhang Gongquan, was Principal Chang's purse at this time, busy all day helping the Northern Expedition to raise military expenses. The second child, Zhang Junmai, specifically opposed Principal Chang, and even created a magazine called "Xinlu" to scold the Kuomintang.

Principal Chang still relies on Zhang Gongquan's Bank of China to raise money, so he turns a blind eye to Zhang Junmai. But this person scolded him too hard, and he will be kidnapped by the KMT next year. Although he was released in the end, he had to flee to Germany for asylum.

As for Zhang Junmai himself, he is also a person with extremely contradictory thoughts.

Historically, the term "Soviet" was first translated into China by Zhang Junmai, but he was firmly opposed to communism, and at the same time opposed to the Nationalist Party, blaming both sides at the same time. Later, he pursued Western democracy and even drafted the "Constitution of the Republic of China", known as the father of the Constitution of the Republic of China. But he was a conservative in his bones, and he was hailed as the master of New Confucianism in his later years.

This is a pure patriot who pursues socialism, advocates democratic politics, opposes communism, abides by conservatism and advocates nationalism.

At this time, Zhang Junmai was at home leisurely, had nothing to do every day, and occasionally wrote some articles to scold the Nationalist Party, living a chic and happy life. He didn't care about the eighth brother, he opened the book when he got it, and couldn't help applauding after reading the first few chapters.

After reading for several days, Zhang Junmai finally frowned when he saw the last chapter.

"Absurd, really absurd! What one-party dictatorship and democratic centralization, in my opinion, is propagating dictatorial ideas!"

Zhang Junmai said angrily that Zhou Hexuan's political views were completely opposite to his.

Zhang Junmai continued to read patiently, his face gradually became cloudy and cleared, and he even showed a look of astonishment, and then he laughed loudly: "Mr. Zhou is really my confidant!"

In the 1930s, Zhang Junmai worshiped the Constitution infinitely. In his view, as long as there is a sound constitution and strict compliance with it, China can develop rapidly and realize the great rejuvenation of the nation through the mutual containment and promotion of multi-party democracy.

But it is still the 1920s, and Zhang Junmai is still a socialist and a nationalist. He witnessed the plight of the people at the bottom of Europe, and believed that the existing systems in Europe and the United States would collapse. If he wanted to avoid social revolution (the Soviet Union), he had to carry out social reforms and implement socialism.

Zhang Junmai's socialist thought has three aspects: "First, the ownership of land and production agencies; second, public management; and third, distribution of benefits to the public."

He also said that China's industry is not booming today, and socialism must be implemented in order to develop steadily and healthily, thereby avoiding class struggle. Industries such as mining, arms, and electricity, in particular, should be managed by the state to prevent capitalists from chasing profits and affecting the national economy and people's livelihood.

Are these theories familiar to you?

This gentleman seems to have traveled through time.

It is a pity that in a few years, Zhang Junmai gave up the idea of ​​socialism and turned to pursue freedom, democracy and constitutionalism.

Zhang Junmai read the last chapter of "Guns, Germs and Steel", and the more he read it, the more excited he became. Except for the different views of "one-party dictatorship and democratic centralization", the rest of the ideological content coincided with his, and Zhou Hexuan was instantly cited as a confidant.

Socialists like Zhang Junmai are rare in China, and the vast majority of intellectuals pursue democratic constitutionalism.

Lu Xun satirized Zhou Hexuan unscrupulously in the newspaper: "Recently I read Mr. Zhou's "Guns, Bacteria and Steel". Mr. Zhou's political face is fully exposed... This is a dictator at heart, and he speaks for those in power!"

Not only Lu Xun, but many democrats are criticizing Zhou Hexuan, scolding him bloody. These people persuaded Zhou Hexuan to delete the last 20,000 characters and republish it, saying that "Guns, Germs, and Steel" would still be a good book without such a shitty ending.

Zhang Junmai instantly turned into a fighter and took the initiative to help Zhou Hexuan in the pen battle. He stopped scolding the Nationalist Party, fought against the democrats with one enemy and one hundred, and trumpeted his socialist theory.

Southern newspapers have revived the debate. This is a debate between socialism and democratic constitutionalism, which eventually leads to two results:

First, "Guns, Germs, and Steel" was well-known by intellectuals, and its sales increased greatly;

Second, the democrats were successfully distracted, no longer troubled Zhou Hexuan, but caught Zhang Junmai madly.

Zhang Junmai had nothing to fear, anyway, he was a son of a rich family, he had nothing to do all day long, and would refute every article that scolded him one by one. They were fighting happily, full of energy, and even had to eat two more bowls of rice.