Chapter 887: People are united, and Mount Tai can be moved
We Chinese have always been tolerant of the fact that a scholar has a confidante, but Wang Shuo cannot escape the blame for the mistress showing off to the man.
Now he has broken up with Xu Cairen, Chen Xujia divorced him and went to the United States with their daughter. This guy ran to the airport to act pitiful, but he didn't attract any sympathy, but was scolded instead.
Chen Xujia went abroad, and Wang Shuo was completely finished this time.
In the following days, Lin Weimin heard Feng Xiaogang say that this guy seemed to have lost his soul and was in a daze all day long. Fortunately, the script of "A Sigh" had been completed long ago, otherwise it would have been a waste of time.
"A Sigh" is Wang Shuo's "In Disgrace". This movie tells the story of a middle-aged man who is torn between his wife and his lover. It is quite in line with Wang Shuo's current mood.
In mid-June, the World Cup in France was in full swing.
The domestic climate, however, is somewhat unusual. Recently, heavy rains and torrential rains in Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake have rapidly increased the water flow of the Yangtze River. Affected by the combined influence of upstream water and tides, the tide level along the river in JS Province is gradually approaching the warning water level.
On the last day of the month, Guowen Publishing House held a reader meeting for Zhang Chunru at the new building of Yenching Library.
Holding the reader meeting at the Yenching Library was not only the result of the arrangement by the National Literature Publishing House, but also a manifestation of the official recognition of Zhang Chunru.
On the day of the readers' meeting, it rained again in Yanjing, but this did not hinder the readers' enthusiasm to participate in the meeting.
Yenching Library specially opened up a public area for today's reader meeting. At around nine o'clock in the morning, the area was already full of readers who came to attend the meeting.
Since the publication of "The Nanjing Massacre: The Forgotten Catastrophe of World War II", it has caused a great response in American society, and Zhang Chunru has been constantly receiving various intimidation and threats from right-wing forces.
In particular, on April 21 this year, the U.S. ambassador to the United States, Kunihiko Saito, publicly criticized Zhang Chunru's book at a press conference, accusing the book of containing many extremely inaccurate descriptions and one-sided statements.
Faced with numerous external pressures, Zhang Chunru was very firm and did not retreat at all.
Today's protagonist is Zhang Chunru. Many audiences were moved as they listened to her talk in her not-so-fluent Chinese about the creation process of "The Nanjing Massacre: The Forgotten Catastrophe of World War II" and her experiences after the publication of her novel.
“Kunihiko Saito’s remarks are extremely absurd and irresponsible. I wrote an article in Time magazine expressing my willingness to have a televised debate with him, but I have not received a response from him.
I will not give up criticizing and reversing his wrong words and thoughts, and I hope that my book can be read by more Chinese, Japanese and people from all over the world, so that everyone can understand this period of history. "
When Zhang Chunru finished speaking, the readers in the audience burst into applause.
After the meeting, Lin Weimin asked Zhang Chunru: "Hasn't Kunihiko Saito accepted the challenge yet?"
"No," she replied.
In April this year, Kunihiko Saito made public remarks at a press conference criticizing the book "The Nanjing Massacre: The Forgotten Catastrophe of World War II". Immediately, the WJ departments of the two countries engaged in a war of words over this matter. On the contrary, Kunihiko Saito, the instigator, remained silent during this period.
"The Japs are so shameless!"
Lin Weimin suddenly cursed. Zhang Chunru was stunned for a moment, then she started laughing. This was different from the Lin Weimin she had always known.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't control myself for a moment."
He added: "The Japanese are such scoundrels that they can't understand human language when you talk to them. I have a way..."
"What is the solution?"
"I plan to buy some of your books and give them to students in the United States for free."
"That's a good idea." Zhang Chunru praised.
"First buy 100,000 copies, and then distribute them to everyone you meet on American university campuses," said Lin Weimin.
Zhang Chunru looked surprised, "100,000 copies? That would cost nearly 1 million Mi Dao!"
"As long as we can expose the hypocrisy of the Japanese, spending this little money is nothing."
Zhang Chunru pondered and said, "How about this? I'll give you the authorization and you can find someone to print it. This way, you only need to pay for the printing and binding costs."
Lin Weimin waved his hand. "That won't work. It's like cutting off your livelihood. This little money is nothing to me."
Faced with Lin Weimin's ruthless generosity, Zhang Chunru was speechless. One million rice knives were just a small amount of money.
In the next ten days, Zhang Chunru took her book to several major cities in China to participate in reader meetings, book signings, and speaking events. She also appeared on television and newspaper media many times. Zhang Chunru's name and image gradually became widely known, and the sales of "The Nanjing Massacre: The Forgotten Catastrophe of World War II" continued to rise.
During this period, the water problem in the southern region became more and more serious. Flood disasters broke out in JX Province and HUN Province one after another. As the impact of the floods gradually expanded, many cities in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River were affected.
The Yangtze River Basin, Songhua River Basin, Minjiang River tributaries, Pearl River Basin and other areas suffered the most severe disasters under the influence of extreme weather. By the end of June, the middle reaches of the Yangtze River were hit by high-intensity and large-scale rainstorms, and floods and waterlogging disasters occurred one after another.
The government's flood prevention and relief work has already started. In times of crisis, the people's soldiers are at the forefront of flood prevention. The various news reports on television and newspapers are heartbreaking. The hearts of the people of China are moved by this once-in-a-century flood.
According to preliminary government statistics, many provinces across the country have suffered flood disasters to varying degrees, including the four hardest-hit provinces of Jiangxi, Hunan and Hubei. More than 100 million people have been affected, hundreds of people have died, direct economic losses have exceeded 20 billion yuan, and hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced.
If floods continue to spread in the future, the losses will become greater and greater.
On the last day of June, the Chinese Literature Society held a meeting with only one theme - flood prevention and disaster relief.
For the Guowen Society in Yenching, there was not much they could do, and the simplest and most direct way was to donate money.
Lin Weimin knocked on the table and said, "Tell me, how much do you want to donate?"
After he finished speaking, everyone looked at each other and no one spoke. If you said too little at this time, you would be scolded, and if you said too much, you would be suspected of talking nonsense.
"No one is talking? Okay, I'll say it then." Seeing that no one was talking, Lin Weimin took the initiative to speak, "Let the cooperative donate 15 million! The employees don't make any demands. Every family has different circumstances, so it's voluntary."
He is the head of the community, and with his final decision, no one has any objection.
"Okay, let's do this. Everyone go back and mobilize employees to donate money. This must be done before the end of get off work today. No matter how much the employees donate, I will collect 30 million and send it to the disaster area as soon as possible."
As soon as he finished speaking, the conference room exploded.
Wow, this one investment by the president is more than 10 million!
Guowen Publishing House is a big company, but it only donated 15 million yuan. How much can the employees donate? Doesn't the rest of the money have to be taken by the president? This is more than 10 million yuan!
But if you think about it carefully, it seems that the Guowen Society may not necessarily have a rich president, and the matter suddenly makes sense.
Rich!
So generous!
"Hurry up and do your business. Why are you wasting time here?"
Seeing that everyone was talking nonstop, Lin Weimin started to chase them away.
After a short while, the news of donations for flood relief spread throughout the Guowen Society. At the same time, the news that President Lin donated more than 10 million yuan also topped the list of Guowen Society's hot news today.
However, even though the people at the Guowen Society gossiped, they still had some awareness at the critical moment. After the leaders of various departments went back and announced the fundraising, everyone donated enthusiastically.
They didn't even go to work, but rode their bicycles or motorcycles home to get their passbooks and slack off.
As of 5 p.m., all employees of Guowen Publishing House had raised a total of 1,085,727 yuan in donations.
Guowen Press, Tongwen Press, Wenhua Film and Television, Wencheng Film and Television, Tiantian Changting, Guomin Literature Printing Factory...
The total number of employees of Guowen Publishing House and its subordinate units exceeds 1,500, and including retired employees, there are less than 2,000 people. On average, the 1.08 million yuan in donations means that each employee donated nearly 700 yuan, a figure that is more than many employees' monthly salary.
The unit donated 15 million yuan and the employees donated 1.08 million yuan. Lin Weimin said that he was still short of about 14 million yuan to raise 30 million yuan, and he had to make up the difference alone.
That evening, it was supposed to be time to get off work, but the lights were on at the Bank of China Yanjing Branch.
Guowen Press has connected with the governments of the four provinces most affected by the disaster. The 30 million yuan donation from Guowen Press will be divided equally into four parts and directly transferred to the accounts of provincial governments as special funds for flood control and disaster relief.
The Yanjing Branch was busy connecting with banks and government officials from various provinces, and Lin Weimin was also busy answering thank-you calls from various provinces.
The donation from Guowen Publishing House was a timely relief for these provinces. Although the money was just a drop in the bucket for the disaster, the key was that it set a good start and had a positive effect on flood prevention and disaster relief publicity work.
In addition to calls from various provinces, the next day Lin Weimin received calls of praise from leaders of several departments including the Propaganda and Civil Affairs departments.
Since the flood occurred, the domestic fundraising and disaster relief work has just been launched not long ago. Both the scale and amount of fundraising in various places are not very large. The donation from Guowen Society has become the largest donation so far.
That evening, the news about "Guowen Publishing House donated 30 million RMB to provinces affected by floods" appeared in the "News Broadcast" column, attracting the attention of TV viewers across the country.
The next day, the People’s Daily, Global Times, Economic Daily and other print media also reported the news. In the following days, the news remained popular on television, newspapers, and Internet forums...
As July arrived, the floods became more and more severe. The 30 million donation from Guowen Publishing House sounded the starting gun for domestic flood relief fundraising activities. Fundraising activities continued to rise in various places, and people from all walks of life and the general public responded.
In the face of natural disasters, people can move mountains when they are united.
(End of this chapter)
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