Chapter 6: The Rise of a Great Power
After the New Year, Qi Tongwei bid farewell to his parents and returned to work.
Director Ma discovered that after the New Year, Qi Tongwei had changed significantly compared to last year.
Before, Qi Tongwei was very impetuous and wanted to be transferred away immediately. He had no intention of working at all. But now he takes the initiative to start working.
These days, people have a weak legal consciousness and when they encounter problems, they resolve them through consultation within the village. Legal weapons are rarely used and the judicial office does not have much business throughout the year.
Originally Qi Tongwei didn't need to do anything, but he didn't.
Instead, he rode the unit's only side three-wheeled motorcycle, commonly known as a "side tricycle", and began to promote legal knowledge and mediate some neighborhood and marital conflicts.
In this way, Qi Tongwei began his career of going to the countryside during the day and writing at night.
The reason for doing this is that after some time of thinking, Qi Tongwei discovered some problems with himself, that is, he was negative at work, which might very likely become an excuse for the Liang family to continue to suppress him.
He knew very well that opportunities always come to those who are prepared.
Although he faced suppression from the Liang family, there were ways to overcome it. As long as his works were serialized in the People's Daily, things would turn around.
The Soviet Union collapsed, and this is the right time to use the rise of a great power to support reform.
Once a reporter is curious about you and wants to interview you, your negative attitude may lead to criticism, which will affect your progress.
On the contrary, if you can stay true to your original intention and work hard after being treated unfairly, then hard work will be a huge plus.
At that time, the Liang family will be speechless!
After all, Liang Qunfeng cannot cover everything with one hand. This is not a feudal society. Even if he is the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee and the secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, he still needs to consider some things.
And there are many people eyeing this position!
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People's Daily
"Okay!" Editor Lin Xiangyang suddenly slammed the table and shouted.
His colleagues at the newspaper looked at him in confusion, wondering what had happened to this talented man. Could it be that he had another good manuscript?
"Brother Yang, have you come across a good manuscript?" asked another editor, Zhong Yi.
Lin Xiangyang said "hmm" and without explaining, he hurried to the deputy editor-in-chief's office.
"Xiangyang, what do you want to talk to me about?" Deputy Editor-in-Chief Gao Lin raised his head and asked.
"Editor-in-chief, this is a great article. It can be regarded as the Zizhi Tongjian of the new era." He handed the manuscript to Gao Lin.
Gao Lin took the manuscript with great curiosity. He also wanted to see what kind of manuscript it was that could make his subordinate say such words.
When you open the manuscript, just a few simple sentences will give you a sense of history.
Gao Lin was attracted by the words, as if he had returned to the 15th or 16th century.
The manuscript history reproduces how Portugal became a European power through reforms in the maritime age.
A Small Country, Great Achievement tells the story of how the Netherlands grew from weak to strong through reform.
Towards Modernity tells the story of how Britain gradually established a constitutional monarchy through the Glorious Revolution and completed its transformation into a modern society.
Although the manuscript is not as exaggerated as Lin Xiangyang said, it is still a good article. The most important thing is that it is appropriate and in line with the trend of the times.
"Where are the other manuscripts!" Gao Lin asked anxiously.
"No more. The author only sent three articles. Editor-in-Chief Gao, do you think the manuscripts can be published?" Lin Xiangyang answered regretfully at first, and then asked again.
"We have to wait a little longer." Gao Lin said after thinking for a moment.
"Editor-in-Chief Gao, why is this happening? Now is a critical juncture for reform and opening up. This article comes at the right time. Why do we still need to consider this?" Lin Xiangyang asked in confusion.
"You are the one who is anxious. I know what you said, but the authenticity of the data in the manuscript has yet to be verified, and our editor-in-chief hasn't read it yet!"
"I'm impatient!"
"It's okay. I understand how you feel. Everyone feels the same when they encounter a good manuscript. You can make a copy of the manuscript and verify the data. I will go find the editor-in-chief."
"Okay, I'll do it right away!" Lin Xiangyang went out with the manuscript.
"This kid." Gao Lin shook his head, feeling quite helpless.
After Lin Xiangyang copied the manuscript, he returned it to Deputy Editor-in-Chief Gao Lin and went to verify the authenticity of the data with his own people.
The People's Daily took action because of Qi Tongwei's article.
“It is indeed a magnificent article, the author writes with great power and tells the great trend of history.
Using history as a guide for the present and using people as a mirror will have a strong promoting and guiding role in the current reform and development of the country.
Please leave the manuscript with me for now and we will discuss it later.
If it is appropriate, publish it in the newspaper. Remember to verify the authenticity of the data to avoid making a fool of yourself. "Editor-in-chief Fu Shiwen reluctantly put down the manuscript.
"Xiao Lin has already checked. Editor-in-Chief, when are you going to attend the meeting?"
"It will be brought to the meeting immediately after the data is verified." The editor-in-chief also wants this great article to be published as soon as possible to help the reform.
Qi Tongwei noted the cited materials in the article, which saved Lin Xiangyang and others a lot of time.
After the data was verified, the editor-in-chief immediately convened a meeting to discuss the article on the rise of great powers.
After reading the article "The Rise of Great Powers", everyone at the meeting was instantly attracted by its profound writing style and the idea of advocating reform.
"data……"
Deputy Editor-in-Chief Gao Lin interrupted the question and said, "The data has been verified to be true. The author is very meticulous and rigorous."
"Then I have no doubts, you can publish it!"
"A good article, it can provide a good reference and guide for the reform of our country."
"Brother Bonan is right. It is clear that the author has read a lot of information and explained history from a unique perspective. It is worth publishing."
"I agree with Brother Jingchen's point of view."
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Editor-in-Chief Fu Shiwen looked at everyone and said, “Since everyone agrees, I declare that the main page of the next issue will be The Rise of Great Powers.
Lao Gao, please write to the author and ask him to hurry up and finish the rest of the content."
Gao Lin nodded to indicate that he understood. In fact, the thing he wanted to do most now was to meet the author named Qi Tongwei.
However, due to work reasons, it has to be put aside. Perhaps we can invite Qi Tongwei to Beijing for a chat.
Things went very smoothly, and in February of the lunar calendar in 1993, The Rise of a Great Power was reported in the newspapers as expected.
Soon, the rise of great powers was on the desks of leaders at all levels.
Qi Tongwei's name came into everyone's attention for the first time, but everyone only knew his name for the time being.
"Director, please take a look at this article." A CCTV director handed the People's Daily to the director.
“You are talking about the rise of great powers. I have already watched it when I came here this morning. It is indeed suitable for being made into a documentary.
However, this would require traveling around the world to film, and the cost would probably be quite high." The production director understood his subordinate and knew why he came to him.
"Director, I have a suggestion. We can contact the Central Propaganda Department. Maybe they can sponsor us." The director thought of a solution immediately.
"Maybe your idea will work." The production director nodded in agreement. The appearance of this article at this time was extremely timely.
The Central Propaganda Department would never miss such an opportunity, and he felt that this proposal would definitely be passed.
Perhaps Qi Tongwei didn’t know what he had done and how great an opportunity he could get!