Chapter 118: Starting a Magazine (asking for monthly tickets)

At the entrance of Beijing Hotel, the guards at the door immediately became serious and stared at them carefully when they saw a group of young people coming over in a noisy manner in the distance.

"Brother Shen, don't be nervous. These are my classmates from Peking University. Manager Qi specially approved to invite them to dinner today."

After approaching, looking at the guard with a serious expression, Li Changhe immediately explained.

In fact, when the guard saw that it was Li Changhe, his expression relaxed.

After hearing what Li Changhe said, I was completely relieved.

"Since they are all Peking University students, then let them in. But Changhe, don't take them to the West Building!"

The guard reminded Li Changhe.

Li Changhe nodded. He knew that various negotiations were going on in the west building and the security level was very high.

"Don't worry, we'll eat in the East Building's restaurant."

Li Changhe led a group of classmates into the lobby of the East Building. As soon as they entered the lobby, some people exclaimed in surprise.

It’s not that they are ignorant, but before this, they had basically lived in the countryside, and they had never seen this kind of decoration style, which was completely incomparable to the luxurious scenes abroad.

"Shaomin, have you been here before?"

Liu Wei asked Li Shaomin at this time.

Among them, the one with the highest status is Li Shaomin, whose father is the leader of the Central Propaganda Department.

"What are you thinking? My dad has only been in office for a few years. Besides, even if he could come here, he wouldn't bring me with him."

"I was in the army before, so I didn't have the chance to come here."

Li Shaomin shook his head and explained.

"Teacher Li!"

"These are all your classmates, come on, follow me up!"

Wu Xiaoyu came out at this time, saw Li Changhe and his classmates, and immediately came over to greet them.

Then, he took Li Changhe and the others to a private room in an east restaurant.

"For classmates like us, there's no need to be so particular. Everyone can sit wherever you like. We're lucky today, so I'll take you to a good meal. There are a few dishes that are of state banquet standard."

Li Changhe waved his hand and asked everyone to sit down as they pleased.

"By the way, please save a seat next to me. My wife will be here soon. Don't let us be separated."

Li Changhe reminded them in advance that, of course, Zhu Lin had to be invited to tonight's dinner.

In fact, he went to the health center and told Zhu Lin about it at noon.

Then I went back to school in the afternoon.

"Changhe, you are so prestigious now that you can even give us the state banquet dishes?"

Haiwen said to Li Changhe in surprise at this time.

Li Changhe shook his head: "What are you thinking? Am I worthy of it?"

"This was a reception that the hotel had originally scheduled for one night, but it was cancelled due to special reasons. However, a few dishes were prepared in advance and were waiting there. We were lucky enough to make it in time."

"Including this room, if the reception mission hadn't been cancelled, do you think we could have come in?"

"It's all thanks to the reputation of Peking University, otherwise, there would be no chance!"

It would not be possible just relying on Li Changhe's face. After all, some of the dishes are not something that ordinary people can see. Even if the reception mission is no longer there, they cannot eat them casually.

However, after Lao Qi reported the idea of ​​entertaining Peking University students, the higher-ups readily agreed.

This is Peking University’s golden signboard, not Li Changhe’s.

Li Changhe was very clear about this point.

"Okay, I won't talk to you anymore. Just sit down. I'm going to go get my wife and ask them to serve the food."

After leaving the room, Li Changhe nodded to Wu Xiaoyu outside: "Xiaoyu, go serve the dishes. Also, you don't have to serve in the room after the dishes are served. They are all students, and you may be more restrained in front of them."

"You'll just have to clean up afterward."

Li Changhe said to Wu Xiaoyu with a smile.

Wu Xiaoyu chuckled and replied, "Teacher Li, this is our job, just eat."

"Then I'll go tell the kitchen staff to serve the food!"

Li Changhe then went downstairs and came to the lobby. As soon as he went downstairs, he saw Zhu Lin walking towards him quickly in sandals.

They are sandals, not flip flops!

"Well, it's not too late!"

After coming over, Zhu Lin asked anxiously.

"It's not late, we just arrived too!"

"Come on, let's go up!"

Li Changhe and Zhu Lin then came to the room of the East Building Restaurant and walked in.

A group of people reserved a seat for Li Changhe in the middle, which was considered the C position, and next to him was Zhu Lin.

"Good boy, you've left the main seat for me!"

Seeing the seat reserved for him, Li Changhe couldn't help but smile and said.

"No, we mainly reserved the treat for you, since you are the one who pays for us this year!"

Haven said with a smile.

Although it was just a joke, for now, among this group of students, Li Changhe is indeed ahead of everyone else.

It is no exaggeration to say that he is the core of the bond between their small circles.

At the same time, the tall door of the room was pushed open, and then several chefs wearing big white hats walked in pushing food carts.

"Come on, students, eat the shark's fin with three shreds slowly."

“And this, boiled grouper.”

"We have already divided the roast duck for everyone. You can just eat it later."

"The last dish is steamed coconut chicken. Even the old American president praised it."

The chef happily introduced the food to a group of Peking University students, then walked out pushing the food cart.

"Try them all. We're lucky today. Four state banquet dishes are a bargain for us!"

Li Changhe had always thought that state banquets of that era were very luxurious, but later he found out that the standards for state banquets set by the great man were not luxurious. In most cases, there were three dishes and one soup or four dishes and one soup.

For example, when US President Nixon and his wife visited China, the standard meal was four dishes and one soup.

In addition, there are some daily dishes tonight, prepared by Qi Danian.

Ask the chef in the kitchen to make it and it tastes really good.

Naturally, the group of people started to eat up the food in no time. After all, it was rare for them to have such high-end food.

"This tastes much better than the food in the Long March canteen!"

Haiwen praised as he ate.

"You really have no comparison. Compare our state banquet restaurant with the Long March canteen!"

Liu Wei on the side complained weakly, then picked up another piece of chicken with chopsticks.

Halfway through the meal, Qi Danian came in and offered a glass of wine.

After all, Qi Danian knew very well that even though he was the manager of the Capital Hotel now, his rank was not high.

Although the current Peking University students do not have any ranks, in a few years, who knows what ranks these Peking University students will be at.

It's always good to make him familiar with everyone.

Li Changhe also knew what Qi Danian was thinking, so he enthusiastically introduced him to a group of classmates.

The group of people didn't drink alcohol, but instead drank tea with Qi Danian.

In addition, Qi Danian also specially arranged for the hotel’s photographer to take a group photo of Li Changhe and others.

Then, until the show was over, Qi Danian appeared again and waved enthusiastically as Li Changhe and the others left.

However, it was only after Li Changhe and his companions left the Capital Hotel that they reacted.

It’s late and there are no buses!
"Come on, I think we are all full and satisfied, so we can just walk back."

I don't know who came up with the idea, and then everyone immediately agreed. We are all young men, so what is there to be afraid of?

"Okay, let's go back!"

Li Changhe also became interested and looked at Zhu Lin, who was wearing sandals.

"You should go back to the dormitory tonight and sleep. I will go back to school with them. Your feet will be tired if you walk back with these shoes."

Sandals these days are all made of plastic and are not suitable for long-term walking.

Zhu Lin agreed when he saw it. Besides, how far would it be to walk back? Nearly 20 kilometers.

"Okay then, be careful on the road!"

Then, Li Changhe and his friends sent Zhu Lin back to the dormitory first, and then the group walked along the road towards the school.

On the way, Chen Jiangong came to Li Changhe's side and said with a smile: "That's right, Changhe, I want to tell you something on the way."

"Just say it."

"It's about the Literature Club!"

"You know, we at Peking University used to have a literary club for all students, called the May Fourth Literary Society."

Chen Jiangong asked Li Changhe at this time.

Li Changhe nodded: "I've heard of it. Why, do you want to start it again?"

"Well, Zou Shifang from the philosophy department mentioned this to the teachers of the Youth League Committee. The teachers of the Youth League Committee were very supportive and arranged for Zhang Youhua, the head of the Youth League Committee's Culture Department, to be in charge with him."

"Later, Zou Shifang found me again and said that the May Fourth Literary Society had been revived and wanted to publish its own magazine."

"Finally, the magazine was named "Unnamed Lake", which refers to the Unnamed Lake in our school."

"We have discussed this magazine, the Youth League Committee and the Student Union, and plan to ask Mr. Shen, an old alumnus of Peking University, to write the introductory remarks and the title of the magazine."

Mr. Shen is Shen Yanbing, and his pen name is Mao Dun

That’s right, it’s the Mao Dun who won the Mao Dun Literature Prize.

"Mr. Shen agreed?"

Li Changhe asked curiously.

Chen Jiangong shook his head: "No, the school Youth League Committee wrote a letter to Mr. Shen in the name of the Student Union, but he hasn't replied yet."

"But I think Mr. Shen is likely to agree."

"So you're looking for me?"

Li Changhe was a little puzzled because he couldn't see Mr. Shen either.

"The May Fourth Literary Society has been established. As a writer at Peking University, you must join the society. The Youth League Committee of the University asked me to contact you."

"One is to join the company, and the other is to be a vice president. Otherwise, if you don't do it, no one else can do it."

Chen Jiangong said to Li Changhe.

Li Changhe sighed: "Okay, I'll take this job!"

"So has the framework of our literary club been finalized now?"

"That's about right. According to the Youth League Committee and the Student Union, the school will appoint someone as the honorary president, and the Youth League Committee will arrange for Teacher Zhang Youhua to be the president. The vice presidents are tentatively you, me, and Zou Shifang."

"Another thing is to hire Zhu Guangqian, Ji Xianlin, Cao Jinghua, Zhang Tingqian and other gentlemen as consultants."

Chen Jiangong talked to Li Changhe about the framework of the literary society.

After listening to this, Li Changhe couldn't help but smack his lips.

"The school's support is indeed strong and of high standards."

There is no need to mention Zhu Guangqian and Ji Xianlin. Mr. Cao Jinghua is also a famous writer and translator. Not to mention Zhang Tingqian, who was Lu Xun's best friend.

Mr. Kawashima in Lu Xun's works is him, and his pen name is Kawashima.

"Of course. By then, our literature club's magazine, Unknown Lake, will be a huge success."

"By the way, you have to write an article when the time comes!"

Chen Jiangong instructed Li Changhe.

Li Changhe had a headache. Oh my god, they wanted articles again.

"Okay, I'll think about it these few days."

It's not a good idea to write novels for a magazine like "Weiming Lake". For a student magazine like this, you have to think of something else.

A headache!
"What are you two whispering about in the back?"

Deng Jiaxiang walked over from the crowd and asked curiously.

He is a talented student in the Department of Economics. Although he did not take the exam for the Department of Literature, he has a solid foundation in literature. It can be said that if there had not been a Li Changhe in the Department of Political Science and Economics, Deng Jiaxiang would definitely be a talented student in the Department of Political Science and Economics.

He was also familiar with Chen Jiangong and was also a member of the literary society.

"We are just about to restore the May Fourth Literary Society in our school. Jiangong was just telling me about it."

"I know that. Aren't you going to start a new magazine?"

"Yes, it's temporarily named "Unnamed Lake". Jiaxiang, you must actively submit your work when the time comes."

"What do you mean by submission? What do you mean by publishing a magazine? You want to publish a magazine?"

At this time, Liu Wei, who came over, also asked curiously.

Seeing this, Li Changhe explained further.

"Oh, the literature club's magazine."

Liu Wei nodded, then suddenly spoke again.

"Changhe, do you think our Economics Department can also publish its own magazine?"

"Your economics department also publishes a magazine?"

Chen Jiangong on the side was a little surprised.

"The Economics Department can also do it. We don't do literary creation, we write economic articles."

"It's a waste of energy to publish blackboard newspapers all the time, and the space of blackboard newspapers is too small. Why don't we publish a magazine?"

The more Liu Wei spoke, the more reliable it seemed. He turned around and started shouting at the top of his voice.

"Brothers, stop chatting and talk about something serious. How about our economics department publish its own magazine?"

"Making a magazine?"

"How?"

"Where?"

A group of people started discussing the matter.

Li Changhe was a little surprised when he saw this. Originally Chen Jiangong was discussing the May Fourth Literary Society with him, but how come it suddenly became that the Economics Department was going to publish a magazine.

However, the idea of ​​the group was quickly passed.

Because they found that publishing a magazine is really not difficult.

There are people who can do jobs like mimeographing, typesetting, and art design.

Li Shaomin could work part-time as an artist, and Wang Jian, the propaganda committee member of the D branch in the class, could also do typesetting and mimeographing. In the end, all that was lacking were paper and manuscripts.

As for the manuscript, of course it was the students in the Department of Economics who wrote it themselves, and everyone pooled their money to buy the paper.

Then when we returned to the dormitory, the decision to publish the magazine was made, and a group of people even thought of a name.

Jacky Cheung

After returning to school, the group did not feel tired, but gathered in Li Changhe's dormitory and continued to discuss ideas for publishing a magazine.

"Changhe, you haven't said anything all this time, why don't you give me some advice!"

Seeing that Li Changhe had not participated in the discussion, Liu Wei asked Li Changhe.

Li Changhe smiled and said, "I am thinking of something. I plan to do a special topic in Xueyou magazine and let everyone participate."

“This special topic is called “The Rise of Great Powers””

(Not tonight)
　Thanks to Tianlang%Guishanxiaohongchen for the reward. By the way, I would like to ask for some monthly votes. Let’s see if we can get a boost in the monthly votes on the new book list!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)