Seeing Jing Zhe standing there, seemingly lost in thought, Wu Pin suddenly felt quite smug.
Besides being good with words, what else does he have?
Didn't his father still scold him even though he wanted to?
Even if he doesn't want to leave, he still can't be forced to leave, can he?
Thinking of this, he grinned, which was seen by Jing Zhe.
What the hell are you laughing at?
"..."
Wu Pin was stunned for a moment, then retorted, "What's wrong with me laughing?"
"It's nothing, but if you laugh again, I'll beat you up again, you believe me?"
"..."
Wu Pin didn't reply, but his lips curled into a smile, clearly believing him. However, he still added, "I didn't do anything wrong, you can't just hit people!"
"..."
"Don't glare at me! This is written in the Da'an Law! I didn't know you were the new boss earlier, and I offended you. I accepted that you hit me. But now I haven't offended you. If you hit me again, I can sue you! Everyone agrees, right?"
Although Wu Pin was a muddle-headed man, he was born into an official family and knew a little about the laws of Anguo. However, his words received no response from anyone. Even the burly man who was loyal to him dared not say another word after getting up from the ground, for fear of being kicked away again, and hid timidly to the side.
A bunch of traitors!
Wu Pin cursed inwardly, but still held his head high, maintaining his last bit of stubbornness.
I really want to punch him!
Jing Zhe thought to himself, his teeth itching.
"Fine, since you're staying, then stay. But as long as you're at the newspaper office, don't even think about entering Wuxian Garden!"
"On what grounds?"
Wu Pin retorted defiantly, "Who do you think you are? Wuxian Garden is the property of Wuxian Pavilion. Not to mention you, even my grandfather would have to be very polite to Master Wang. Do you think they would listen to you and not let me in?"
Wu Pin spent his days idly and his nights going to Wuxian Garden became his greatest spiritual sustenance. He didn't want to go to Fenfang Garden because he felt that the women there were too vulgar, and that every female disciple in Wuxian Garden was better than them.
"Yes, they do listen to me."
Jing Zhe nodded. "If I said you couldn't go, you really couldn't go!"
"I--"
Wu Pin wanted to spit out another mouthful, but remembering the horrific scene that had just occurred, he swallowed it back down and changed his words to, "I don't believe it."
"Believe it or not, you can try it tonight!"
After saying that, Jing Zhe ignored him and began to arrange the various specific tasks of the newspaper.
...
The first task is cleaning.
Although the room was spacious, it had been turned into a mess by Wu Pin and his idle scholars, so the difficult task of cleaning was left to them.
"Fifteen minutes... never mind, half an hour then. Clean this place up. If I'm not satisfied later, you'll get a beating!"
He glanced at Wu Pin again: "If you don't finish the work your boss assigns you on time, I'll beat you up without hesitation, right?"
"..."
Wu Pin didn't say anything, but his actions spoke louder than words. He quickly joined the cleaning team of more than ten idle scholars and was busy with great enthusiasm.
It seemed that Jing Zhe's intimidation had worked, as everyone worked very efficiently and finished cleaning in less than half an hour, within a quarter of an hour.
Next, Jing Zhe explained the newspaper's organizational structure. Everyone was amazed, as they had never heard of such a model before, and they were particularly drawn to the literary section.
After all, they were scholars, and their goodwill towards Jing Zhe stemmed not only from his earlier suppression of Wu Pin and others, but also from Jing Zhe's brilliant poetic talent.
After he finished explaining his ideas, they began to divide the students into groups.
He counted the number of people and found that there were 25 Grand Secretaries of the Imperial Academy, while there were a staggering 33 Grand Secretaries without official positions. This meant that there were more contract workers than permanent employees in one unit, which was truly alarming.
"Next, I will divide the newspaper into nine departments: current affairs, literature, military affairs, people's livelihood, entertainment, as well as news gathering, printing, general affairs and security."
Everyone listened attentively, except for Wu Pin, who curled his lip, his eyes showing disdain, and he kept sneering.
Jing Zhe ignored him and continued, "Next, I will explain the division of labor among the departments."
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately perked up their ears.
"Each of these nine departments will have a head, except for the security department. Each head will lead six members. Let's start with the interview department, which is actually the most core department. In the beginning, I will personally lead the head of the interview department to conduct interviews, such as military generals in the military section, civil officials in the literature section, or go to court every few days to listen to national affairs so that I can write content for the current affairs section."
"Whoosh!"
Upon hearing this, the crowd immediately started to jeer.
Without a doubt, this interview department was the most desirable place in the newspaper, not only because it allowed them to meet powerful officials and become familiar with them, but also because they could attend court sessions in the palace—they were only sixth-rank Grand Secretaries of the Baohe Academy, how cool was that?
You should know that because there are so many Grand Secretaries in Anguo, only Hanlin Grand Secretary Song Baiyun is allowed to attend court. If Grand Secretary Baohe could attend court, how impressive would that be?
Most importantly, the interview department can select interviewees themselves—if the newspaper really becomes popular, civil and military officials all over the country will definitely want to appear in the newspaper, what a great publicity opportunity that would be!
At that time, it won't be them begging to come and interview them, but rather the civil and military officials begging them to come and interview them. Even if their official positions are not high, they will still be powerful enough!
So, as soon as Jing Zhe finished his introduction, everyone became envious of the interview department.
Seeing this, Jing Zhe was very satisfied. He smiled and pressed his hand down to signal everyone to be quiet. He continued, "When the time comes, the head of the interview department will take notes through the interviews. After returning, he will set the tone for the interviews and have the members of the interview department write out the outlines and hand them over to the heads of the other departments."
The heads of other departments then wrote detailed outlines based on the main outline, which were then distributed to the members for supplementation and improvement, resulting in a single document. Finally, these were compiled, with any omissions or errors checked. If there were no issues, they were handed over to the printing department for printing and publication…
Then he gave a general overview of each department. Apart from the interviewing department and the printing department, the responsibilities of the other departments were roughly the same, which was just writing manuscripts according to the outline, so it wasn't too difficult.
After Jing Zhe finished speaking, someone asked curiously, "President Jing, you've mentioned all the other departments, but you haven't mentioned the General Affairs Department and the Security Department yet. What exactly are they responsible for?"
"The security department, huh..."
Jing Zhe smiled and said, "As the name suggests, it's about protecting the newspaper office. However, we're a government agency, so ordinary people don't dare to act recklessly here. Therefore, the security department's job is quite easy. All we have to do is stand guard outside the door every day and prevent any unauthorized personnel from entering the newspaper office!"
"..."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone fell silent.
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