The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China - Chapter 1020

The future great mathematician, the prover of Fermat’s Last Theorem, the father of China’s computer, the father of China’s Internet, the first batch of winners of China’s highest national science and technology award, the first Chinese academician of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mr. Zhou Weilie, still Still on the hard road to study.

   On the other hand, Fairbank wrote to Roosevelt immediately after visiting the Southwest Associated University:

“Access to food and housing, as well as the most basic necessities of life, has become the most important issue for SWU faculty and staff. I am deeply appalled by the poverty of the professors. They are fighting a tenacious struggle, but it will not be sustainable. Keep at it. You can imagine the situation—desperation, poverty, slogans, mutual support, and diminishing action.”

“The professors and lecturers of the Southwest Associated University are slowly falling into a state of mental and physical starvation, even though they are all returning students from the United States, and they are the elite of Chinese academic research… These Chinese who have been trained in the United States Intellectuals, whose thoughts, words, deeds, and lectures are in the same manner and content as ours, constitute a tangible American interest in China and a vital force in the ongoing struggle here. In the past year, we have come up with a solution without helping them, and only a little work has been done by the United States Aid to China.”

  Fair Zhengqing taught at Tsinghua University before, and is old friends with Mei Yiqi, Jin Yuelin, Chen Daisun, Zhang Xiruo, Qian Duansheng and others. Therefore, he was appointed as the special envoy of the United States this time, and his first stop in China was to visit the Southwest Associated University.

   That night, Mei Yiqi hosted a banquet and invited Jin Yuelin and others.

  Fair Zhengqing learned the next day that the meal he ate cost more than 1,000 yuan, equivalent to three months’ wages for professors. Inexplicably shocked, Fairbank presented a bottle of western medicine worth 1,000 yuan to the school in return, and immediately wrote a letter to President Roosevelt.

   In the letter, Fairbank adopted a very effective strategy. He said that most of the teachers of the Southwest Associated University had studied in the United States, and their academic thinking and teaching methods were American-style, which was a special part of American interests in China. The United States should help quickly. As long as it helps the Southwest Associated University, it can gain far-reaching influence in China.

   President Roosevelt agreed with this very much. After receiving the letter, he telegraphed back immediately, and ordered the United States to provide living allowances to the professors. Not only to help the Southwest Associated University, but also to help all Chinese universities with difficult conditions.

   Fairbank was very happy to hear the news and flew directly to Chongqing, but what happened next made him inexplicably angry.

  Chang Kaishen actually refused to let the United States fund China’s government-run universities on the grounds that it would damage the dignity of the country and the nation…

  Fair Zhengqing sent a telegram to the Southwest Associated University in a depressed mood. When Jiang Menglin announced that the US aid plan could not be implemented, all the professors of the Southwest Associated University went crazy. The national dignity of a fart country, and now the government is still borrowing money and materials from the United States through the “Lend-Lease Act”, why can’t it come to the professor?

   Previously, although professors from Southwest Associated University wrote articles criticizing the government, they were limited to the current specific policies, and they expressed their positions through rigorous academic papers. This has nothing to do with politics, but the concern and discussion of scholars on policy, the starting point is to help the government find and fill in the gaps.

   But now the request for a salary increase cannot be achieved, and even the United States can’t take the initiative to help. The thinking of the professors at the Southwest Associated University has become more and more radical, and they have gradually begun to take a political stance when criticizing the government. And in the next two or three years, some completely turned to the Communist Party, some tended to sympathize with the Communist Party, and the rest were not optimistic about the National Government.

   Zhou Mansion.

Fei Zhengqing seemed extremely excited, he waved his arms frantically and said: “Zhou, is there something wrong with your Mr. Jiang’s brain? Damn national dignity! Does his dignity mean starving professors? Does his dignity mean no matter what? The life and death of the people? I wish I had a gun in my hand and shot and killed this bastard!”

   “I can’t understand it either.” Zhou Hexuan smiled wryly.

   Zhou Hexuan really didn’t know about the refusal of the US to support Chinese professors. After hearing what Fairbank said just now, he also wanted to knock Chang Kaishen’s mind out to see what happened. Without the government spending money, it can improve the lives of countless professors. What is there to refuse?

   If it is considered for political purposes, the Southwest Associated Congress at this time is only longing for democracy and freedom. Not many people are pro-CCP, and even radicalism like Wen Yiduo has nothing to do with the Communist Party. There are even extreme rightists in the Southwest Associated University. These extreme rightists all support Lao Jiang and are Lao Jiang’s own people!

   Can force the extreme right to become a liberal, and force the liberal into an extreme left. Lao Jiang is such a talented person that it makes people suspect that he is the number one underground party lurking in the Kuomintang.

   Southwest Associated University is just a microcosm, representing a wider group of Chinese professors. This time, the United States is trying to help all the professors in difficulty. Lao Jiang beat him to death with a stick, offending the elite of China’s scientific research and academic strength.

   Is it really for the so-called national face?

   Although it sounds ridiculous, Zhou Hexuan actually believed it, because he really couldn’t find a more reliable reason.

   “Oh, let’s not talk about this anymore,” Zhou Hexuan asked, “Lao Fei, what important mission do you have in China this time? Need my help?”

   Fairbank said: “I am the chief representative of the U.S. Office of Strategic Intelligence in China, and I am responsible for collecting all kinds of intelligence so that the United States can formulate more detailed aid plans for China.”

The   Strategic Intelligence Agency is the predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency, which was just established in June this year.

Zhou Hexuan said helplessly: “China’s biggest problem now is financial collapse and financial market chaos. On the one hand, it is the influence of war factors, and on the other hand, there are too many counterfeit coins printed by the Japanese. From the beginning of the war to the present, the Japanese have printed at least billions of dollars. Counterfeit money, all these counterfeit money flowed into the market, it is difficult for China’s economy not to collapse.”

   “No wonder prices in China have risen so much.” Fairbank said with emotion.

  From the end of last year to the present, the price of rice in China has nearly tripled, and it continues to soar, almost one price per day. Zhou Hexuan asked Sun Yonghao to take 10 million yuan to repair the teacher’s dormitory in June, but in August, he felt that it was not enough, so he quickly asked Wu Youxun and others to bring back another 20 million yuan.

   Let me tell you a very ridiculous fact, Zhou Hexuan’s factories in China, except for the pharmaceutical factory, are now struggling to make profits. In the case of the shortage of products, several factories have already started to lose money. It is estimated that even the pharmaceutical factory will lose money next year.

  Drugs are controlled materials. The price increase needs to be discussed with the government. Even if it increases, it will not skyrocket. The problem is that the cost of raw materials and labor is skyrocketing!

   Don’t look at the strong price of sulfonamide in the black market, but it’s cheaper than those second-tier dealers.

  Especially those officials who deal with the management and control of materials, layer upon layer full of personal pockets, deduct greedy ink, Zhou Hexuan’s investment in setting up a pharmaceutical factory is actually making money for these bastards. But he still has no way to do this, unless he can make the decision to change all the officials, otherwise even if Zhou Hexuan stands up and kills a few small shrimps, the real mastermind behind the scenes is still at large.

  The suffering of the country can be overcome, but the worms are so disgusting, it is no wonder that the Republic of China does not perish.

   Even if Zhou Hexuan is not a transmigrator, with the situation he is facing now, he can’t wait for Lao Jiang’s government to end sooner. During the Anti-Japanese War, the sulfa drug factory will still face losses. Isn’t this a big joke?