Chapter 158: The Donkey Gets Water
The Siberian cold current moved southward, and 84 came to an end. During this year, great changes gradually took place in the land of China.
In April, we opened 4 port cities, and these 14 cities gradually developed economic and technological development zones. In October, the 14th and 10th National Congress decided to carry out political and economic system reforms simultaneously.
The news of Liu Hongmin's dinner party was leaked.
Although the reason for the treat was unknown, such lavish eating and drinking obviously had a negative impact.
Liu Hongmin is a good person, at least none of his friends would betray him.
Many reporters wanted to interview Liu Hongmin, but they couldn't find him. So they could only shout in the newspapers, hoping that Liu Hongmin would come out to explain.
Mr. Wang read the newspaper for several days but could not find any reply from Liu Hongmin.
"Hahaha, this bastard is scared! But that's just right--"
As he spoke, he picked up the phone and dialed a number.
"It's ready to start."
After hanging up the phone, the old man surnamed Wang couldn't help but hum an opera with pride, "I stood on the city tower and watched the mountain scenery. I heard the commotion outside the city, and the flags were waving in the air..."
He was very proud of this planned operation. To be able to plan and win a battle thousands of miles away was like Zhuge Liang in the world or Duke Zhou reborn.
The next day, major newspapers began to report on the crusade against Liu Hongmin. They believed that Liu Hongmin should be punished, otherwise it would not be enough to vent the public anger.
Unfortunately, such reports also fell on deaf ears and no one paid any attention. Although Liu Hongmin held a grand banquet, it was Liu Hongmin's own money. Moreover, that little expense was not even a fraction of the tax Liu Hongmin paid. Although for ordinary people, spending a little money is a bit too much, it is not enough to be punished.
Naturally, the old man surnamed Wang did not expect Liu Hongmin to be punished, but wanted to disintegrate and play.
Soon, a large number of smearing remarks appeared in the media, slandering our system as bad and praising the period before the founding of the People's Republic of China. If it hadn't been for the invasion of the Japanese, it would definitely be much better than it is now.
As soon as this report came out, Liu Hongmin felt something was wrong.
Given the control of public opinion in this era, how could these people be allowed to spread their ideas so widely?
After thinking about it, he called Ms. Deng and asked this question.
Ms. Deng smiled and said, "Don't worry, Xiyuan has already grasped the movements of these people. However, they slandered you so much, don't you want to fight back?"
Liu Hongmin couldn't help laughing. Xiyuan had already grasped the movements of these people. Was he fishing?
So, when Ms. Deng asked him to fight back, she didn't mean she wanted him to make a nest, right?
In that case, let’s build a nest.
Liu Hongmin took the newspapers of the past few days to see what these people were talking about. But he saw a familiar pattern, just like the boomerang articles in later generations, which all compared our shortcomings with the advantages before the founding of the country. By praising and criticizing, he could write a seemingly reasonable article, which was very deceptive.
"Is that all you can do?"
Liu Hongmin picked up a pen and wanted to write a rebuttal article. But just as he was about to start writing, he suddenly remembered something and flipped through a report in the newspaper.
What is written above means that we have stopped the college entrance examination and do not focus on education, whereas before the founding of the People's Republic of China, we attached great importance to education. Even in remote mountainous areas, there were rural teachers, and they could receive salary subsidies.
Liu Hongmin is familiar with this story! Isn't this the prototype of the story of "The Donkey Gets Water"? However, the author left out the donkey part, which shows his evil intentions. Liu Hongmin gave up writing an article to refute it, and he decided to write "The Donkey Gets Water". Don't you yearn for the time before the founding of the People's Republic of China? Then let me show you what it was like before the founding of the People's Republic of China.
The story of "Mr. Donkey" only happens between a few characters. The story is not complicated and does not require too much descriptive language. Its essence lies in the story structure and the transformation of the characters. When there is no special commissioner, everything in the school is very harmonious. As soon as the special commissioner appears, the whole school is immediately demonized. Even if he has not appeared yet, just the news has made the "good guys" in the school become "bad guys".
This movie is adapted from a play, which has been performed on stage for five years and is now very mature.
Now that Liu Hongmin has written this movie, it is a dimensionality reduction attack on these people.
Liu Hongmin wrote without thinking too much, just writing according to the plot of the movie. In five days, he finished a short story of more than 20,000 words.
He picked up the phone and called Liu Xinwu.
"Teacher Liu, I have a short story here. I wonder if you dare to publish it?"
Liu Xinwu's excited voice came from the other end of the phone, "Of course I dare! Why wouldn't I dare? Wait for me at home, I'll be there soon."
In less than an hour, Liu Xinwu arrived at Shichahai, sweating profusely.
Liu Hongmin smiled and said, "Why are you so bold? Since I called you, I will definitely give you this novel."
"I want to read your novel as soon as possible." Liu Xinwu said, "How big of a mess will you make this time?"
"See for yourself!"
Liu Hongmin handed the manuscript to Liu Xinwu, but Liu Xinwu did not take it. He immediately sat down on the sofa and started reading. The more he read, the more excited he became. When he read the last part, he couldn't help but slap his thigh.
"Great! So wonderful! Redmin, how did you come up with this story?"
Liu Hongmin handed the newspaper to Liu Xinwu and said, "I have heard this story before, but it is very different from what is written here. So I wrote down the version I heard."
Liu Xinwu also laughed, "I know what you mean, leave the rest to me."
"Then it's up to you!"
Liu Xinwu raised the manuscript and said, "Leave it to me. We can be comrades in the same trench!"
After that, he waved goodbye and rode back to his workplace. He called together the editors of Renming Literature and showed them Liu Hongmin's manuscript and the newspaper.
"Comrades, the country lets us work in cultural positions so that we can defend the cultural front. Now some people are openly advocating for the enemy. It's time for us to stand up!"
The editors glanced at the contents of the newspaper. They had read the article once or twice. They had not paid much attention to it before. Now that Liu Xinwu had put the things in front of them, they realized the harmfulness of these articles. No matter what they thought in their hearts, they would not refute Liu Xinwu now.
"Editor-in-chief, we will listen to you!"
Liu Xinwu smiled and said, "November 11th is coming soon. We will publish another special issue, which will also only publish "Donkey Deshui"."
Everyone immediately agreed, and then contacted the printing house and bookstore to solve all the problems of publication.
(End of this chapter)
