Chapter 273 Traveling back from the modern times to the 28th year of the Republic of China
Imagine that there is something that countless people have worked hard for and spent several years on, and finally saw the dawn of success.
What a joyful scene it is.
But now, someone stood up and exposed those false achievements: your efforts have not yet paid off, and you are too happy too early.
The happier I was before, the more annoyed I am now.
And this anger is directed at Fudan University.
Facing the overwhelming public opinion, Fudan University can no longer play dumb.
Some management members came out to practice Tai Chi, saying that the issue of lifting the ban on women will be put on the agenda as soon as possible.
But Ye Heqi had heard enough of these excuses. She changed her identity and had a conversation with the other party in the newspaper, asking how long it would take for the discussion to be completed. If the discussion took too long, she would doubt the administrative speed of your school.
After reading the article, Sang Peizhen took a deep breath: "It's so straightforward. Isn't it too disrespectful to the other party?"
Ye Heqi patted Sang Peizhen on the shoulder: "Don't worry, he doesn't know who I am."
"If we don't get the pace right, do you believe they can drag it out for two or three years or even longer?"
Sang Peizhen nodded, folded the article, and prepared to submit it later: "Now the mainstream newspapers in Shanghai are discussing this matter. What should we do next?"
When talking about this matter, Sang Peizhen was full of excitement.
It felt like they had done nothing, but the entire Shanghai public opinion was stirred up.
Ye Heqi picked up her backpack and said with a smile: "Let's go to Fudan University."
As for the newspaper public opinion, let the bullets fly for a while.
She first went to the third step -
contact the Fudan University Student Union and seek its support.
***
When the country is at the point of survival, young people are often more likely to become the protagonists of the era.
In such an era where new and old ideas are constantly colliding, there are schools that are open and tolerant, eclectic, and allow all voices to exist, and there are also schools with extremely conservative ideas.
This conflict of ideas is also reflected between students and school leaders. There have even been precedents in history where student teachers went on strike to drive out the principal. [Note 1]
If Ye Heqi remembers correctly, when National Tsing Hua University was changed to a national university, the National Tsing Hua University Student Union wrote to the new president, one of the demands was to "recruit female students from this year", and the president agreed to their request. [Note 2]
The management of Fudan University can ignore the voices of the outside world, but what about the voices of Fudan University teachers and students?
Jin Fengzui is a teacher in the Department of Literature of Fudan University. Ye Heqi had already asked him privately, so they successfully entered the Fudan University campus and met the president of the Fudan University Student Union.
This president, Lin, was in his early twenties, wearing a long gown, with thick smoke and big eyes, and a righteous demeanor.
After hearing the purpose of Ye Heqi and the others' visit, he was a little surprised: "I wonder what is the relationship between the author of "The People in the Great Wall" and Miss Ye?"
Ye Heqi was a little embarrassed when his identity was exposed in front of others: "I am the author himself."
"I see." President Lin smiled and said in a gentle voice, "Our student union has an obligation to do this matter. I will mobilize students as soon as possible and let them support you together."
This was not a perfunctory excuse. The Fudan University school magazine soon reprinted and published articles related to this matter.
The student union also wrote to the president on this matter, representing the attitude of the majority of students.
Many teachers also expressed their support under Jin Fengzui's call.
For a time, the Fudan University incident became more and more heated.
Sang Peizhen was very satisfied with the result, but Ye Heqi felt it was still not enough. She was not joking when she said she wanted to write the second part of "The People of the Great Wall".
The power of public opinion is only temporary.
After a long time, public opinion will be forgotten.
The power of the work can be more deeply rooted in people's hearts.
This time, Ye Heqi incorporated everything she wanted to say into the novel and expressed it through the mouth of the protagonist of the novel.
Time was tight, and she could not finish the whole novel before publishing it as she did before, so Ye Heqi worked late into the night for several days. After writing the first 20,000 words of the novel, she asked Yao Rong to help her review the manuscript to see if there were any problems with the novel.
After reading it, Yao Rong smiled and said, "I think it's all good. No need to revise it."
"That's fine." Ye Heqi breathed a sigh of relief. "I'll transcribe it again and submit it."
Yao Rong put his hand on the pen first, and said in a gentle but unquestionable tone, "Heqi, you go to sleep for a while. Just leave such a small matter as transcribing to me."
Ye Heqi rubbed her eyes. Without looking in the mirror, she knew that she was not in a good condition: "Then I'll go to sleep for a while."
"Go ahead." Yao Rong patted Ye Heqi's head and sat down at the desk in his place.
Ye Heqi was about to go back to her room when she suddenly remembered something and turned to Yao Rong and said, "Mom, I want to go to Beiping in two days. Can you help me ask for leave from the girls' school?"
Yao Rong asked how long she planned to take the leave. Ye Heqi said, "Maybe half a month."
Yao Rong replied directly, "Okay, I'll go to the girls' school after I finish copying."
Ye Heqi smiled, took two steps back and walked behind Yao Rong, hugged Yao Rong's neck from behind, "Mom, don't you ask me what I'm going to do in Beiping?"
"What else can you do in Beiping?" Yao Rong tapped the manuscript in front of her with her fingers, and everything was self-explanatory.
Ye Heqi kissed Yao Rong fiercely, "Mom, I know you are the one who understands me and supports me the most."
***
Girls' School.
Huang Mu came back from the teacher's office with a strange look on his face.
Ji Baiqing was fixing her hair. The mirror caught the look of Huang Mu in the back row. Ji Baiqing asked casually , "What's wrong with you? You went out for a while and you've been absent-minded since you came back?"
Huang Mu hesitated for a moment, but still said, "When I went to the office just now, I happened to see Ye Heqi's mother coming to ask for leave for her, saying that she was going to Peking."
Cheng Fu, who was sitting at the same table, closed the newly bought novel and said, "Just go, there's nothing to be surprised about."
Huang Mu subconsciously lowered his voice: "Do you remember the bet we made with Ye Heqi... I have been reading newspapers recently, and then I found something."
"What is it?" Ji Baiqing and Cheng Fu looked at her at the same time.
Huang Mu: "... I suspect that Ye Heqi is the author of "The People in the Great Wall"."
"What!" Ji Baiqing and Cheng Fu exclaimed at the same time.
Ji Baiqing was surprised and said, "Isn't this your favorite novel? When the novel was published in the newspaper, you would follow it every day for the first time."
Cheng Fu blinked and suddenly thought of something very serious: "Not only did you follow it, but you also always praised the book in the classroom and recommended it to people around you. If Ye Heqi was the author of the novel, she would definitely have heard everything you said."
Huang Mu: "..."
Ah ah ah ah, these two guys are really talking about things that are out of the question.
Maybe Huang Mu's eyes were too resentful, and Ji Baiqing and Cheng Fu, who were plastic sisters, couldn't continue to insult each other.
Ji Baiqing asked, "Why are you so suspicious?"
Huang Mu was even more speechless: "...Didn't you two read the newspaper?"
So she was the only one who had been paying attention to Ye Heqi's movements, right?
Ji Baiqing and Cheng Fu smiled awkwardly.
They couldn't say they hadn't read it, it was mainly because they only read novels in newspapers and had no interest in other content.
Ji Baiqing thought about it, but still found it hard to believe: "You are not kidding."
Huang Mu was so angry that he snatched the mirror away from Ji Baiqing: "How could I joke with you about such a thing."
Ji Baiqing quickly snatched the mirror back: "No, no, no, the second young master will pick me up for a date later, I have to put on some makeup."
Cheng Fu was still more reliable than Ji Baiqing: "Why don't you ask Sang Peizhen? She has such a good relationship with Ye Heqi, she must know."
Huang Mu turned his head and glanced at Sang Peizhen, hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't bring himself to do it.
Humph, that guy Ye Heqi, he can only write a book "Fire Phoenix", but it is absolutely impossible for him to write a magical novel like "The People in the Great Wall"!
Even if...
even if she is really the author of "The People in the Great Wall"...
she will never win this bet!
***
Although Ye Heqi is about to turn eighteen, it is a chaotic year, and Yao Rong is worried about Ye Heqi going to Beiping
alone. So she arranged the matters of the clothing factory and accompanied Ye Heqi to Beiping. It was a good opportunity to inspect the clothing market in Beiping and prepare for opening a branch factory in Beiping next year.
The last time I came to Beiping was winter, but this time it was full of green.
Yao Rong and Ye Heqi did not greet Zhou Qihuai and the others in advance, so no one came to the train station to pick them up.
The two could only stay at the guesthouse first.
Yao Rong said to Ye Heqi: "Since you are here, I plan to buy a house near Peking University, which will be very convenient for you to go to school."
Ye Heqi laughed so hard that she almost couldn't breathe: her mother was too prepared.
The next morning, Zhou Qihuai took a rickshaw to the editorial office of "Women's Newspaper". Just as she was about to go in, she heard a familiar voice behind her.
Zhou Qihuai turned back in surprise: "When did you come back? You didn't even tell us in advance."
Yao Rong smiled and said, "It's not good to bother you every time. This time, Heqi came back mainly because he wanted to do something."
"I heard a little bit about it." Zhou Qihuai was one of the few people who knew Ye Heqi's pseudonym. "The education community in Shanghai is buzzing about it. There are also people in Beijing discussing this matter, but it's not on a large scale."
Several people went into the house and sat down. Not long after, Chen Wan also arrived.
After the greetings, Ye Heqi told Chen Wan and Zhou Qihuai everything she had done.
Chen Wan and Zhou Qihuai were both surprised and relieved, with a sense of accomplishment that "their children have made progress."
"So what are you doing this time?" Zhou Qihuai recalled what Yao Rong had just said and took the initiative to start the conversation.
Ye Heqi said, "I plan to do what I did in Shanghai in Beijing. Let the momentum of lifting the ban on women spread from Shanghai and Beijing, and it would be best if it could affect the whole country."
Zhou Qihuai and Chen Wan looked at each other.
Only two or three years have passed, and this child has grown up too fast. He is so young, but he is so brave.
Compared with this child, they are all the old waves.
Chen Wan suppressed this emotion. What's the old wave? She should be happy that there are talented people in every generation, and the cause she insists on has someone to carry on.
"No problem. If you need any help from us, just ask."
After communicating with Chen Wan and Zhou Qihuai, Ye Heqi went to the editorial office of "Qingming Daily" to find Zhang Nianzhao.
Zhang Nianzhao was also very surprised to see Ye Heqi, but after hearing the purpose of Ye Heqi's visit, he immediately patted his chest and said that it was no problem and he would take care of it: "Come to the editorial office again in two days."
In the next two days, Ye Heqi did not go out and stayed in the guesthouse to write novels.
It was not until the appointed time that she went out to keep the appointment.
What Ye Heqi asked Zhang Nianzhao to do was to ask Zhang Nianzhao to help her meet with student leaders from many universities such as Tsinghua University, Peking University, and Women's Normal University.
Just like how he persuaded the president of the Fudan University Student Union, Ye Heqi also successfully reached a consensus with these student leaders.
The condemnation of the press, the petition of the students, and the serialization of the second part of "The People of the Great Wall" in various places...
This wave of lifting the ban on women was completely formed, and it continued to expand and spread.
Tianjin, Nanjing, Guangzhou...
Students from major universities responded, and it swept from the student groups to the newspapers and media in major cities.
As this wave of turmoil intensified, someone published a very long article in the newspaper, exposing the phenomenon that the Tsinghua University school fund was misappropriated and embezzled by senior officials, and demanded that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs return the school fund to the school.