The distribution capabilities of Peking University Press are relatively poor. If you leave Peking and Tianjin, you have to find out-of-town booksellers as agents.
The distribution business of "Guns, Germs and Steel" in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions was handled by Beixin Book Company, which paid a full 15% agency distribution fee.
With a cigar in his mouth, Zhang Jiazhu drove a car and rushed towards his second brother's house. He is now considered a celebrity in Shanghai. He, Zhou Hexuan and Xu Shenru worked in the underwear business and made a lot of money.
The only thing that makes Zhang Jiazhu unhappy is that no-name underwear is now everywhere, occupying more than half of the underwear market in the south. Those underwear brands are clearly infringing patent rights, but there is no way to litigate the lawsuit. They can only be resolved through industry associations and private negotiations.
Basically, this is the situation. The president of the guild sat in the middle and first criticized the copycat manufacturer for being unauthentic, and then said that Zhang Jiazhu should not run a separate business. In the end, both parties took a step back, and the copycat manufacturer compensated two to three thousand yuan, thus obtaining illegal underwear.
Production rights.
"Baba!"
Zhang Jiazhu honked the horn frantically and said to the belated door opener: "Hurry up next time, I've been waiting for at least three minutes!"
The servant quickly apologized and said, "Eighth Young Master, the Second Young Master happens to be at home. But he is in a bad mood today, so you should be careful."
"I know," Zhang Jiazhu drove the car to the yard and stopped. He went upstairs with a book and knocked on the study door. "Second brother, I got you a good book. It talks about human society and
Political and economical.”
Zhang Junmai (named Jiasen) was writing an article. He said without raising his head: "Here comes the old man? Sit down quickly."
"This is a good thing, you must like it." Zhang Jiazhu took out "Guns, Germs and Steel" and placed it on the desk like a treasure.
Zhang Junmai said with a smile: "What good books can you read? All day long it's like the romance of the New Moon Society."
"Hey, this is a really good book. My friend wrote it and I recommend it to you." Zhang Jiazhu said.
Several brothers in the Zhang family were very conflicted. Xu Zhimo divorced their sister, while the eighth eldest brother, Zhang Jiazhu, hung out with Xu Zhimo all day long. The third eldest brother, Zhang Gongquan, was now Principal Chang's pocketbook and was busy helping the Northern Expeditionary Army all day long.
Raise military expenditures. The second eldest brother Zhang Junmai specifically opposed President Chang and founded a magazine "New Road" to criticize the Kuomintang.
Principal Chang now still relies on Zhang Gongquan's Bank of China to raise money, so he turns a blind eye to Zhang Junmai. But this man really scolded him too harshly, and he will be kidnapped by the Kuomintang next year. Although he was finally released, he had to stay away from home.
Escape to Germany.
Let’s just say that Zhang Junmai himself is also a person with extremely contradictory thoughts.
Historically, it was Zhang Junmai who first translated the word "Soviet" into China. However, he firmly opposed communism and the Kuomintang, and denounced both parties at the same time. Later, he pursued Western democracy and even drafted
He wrote the "Constitution of the Republic of China" and is known as the father of the Constitution of the Republic of China. But he was a conservative at heart and was hailed as the master of New Confucianism in his later years.
This is a pure patriot who pursues socialism, advocates democratic politics, opposes communism, adheres to conservatism, and advocates nationalism.
At this time, Zhang Junmai was leisurely at home. He had nothing to do every day. He occasionally wrote articles to criticize the Kuomintang and lived a comfortable and happy life. He didn't care about his eighth brother. He opened the book as soon as he got it and couldn't bear to read the first few chapters.
Keep clapping your hands in admiration.
After reading it for several days, Zhang Junmai finally frowned when he read the last chapter.
"Absurd, really absurd! What about one-party dictatorship and democratic centralism? I think it's just propagating dictatorial ideas!"
Zhang Junmai said angrily that Zhou Hexuan's political views were completely opposite to his.
Zhang Junmai continued to read patiently, her face gradually turned cloudy and clear, and she even showed a look of surprise, and then laughed loudly: "Mr. Zhou is my true confidant!"
In the 1930s, Zhang Junmai admired the Constitution infinitely. In his view, as long as there is a perfect Constitution, and strict compliance with it, through the mutual restraint and promotion of multi-party democracy, China can develop rapidly and achieve national prosperity.
Great Rejuvenation.
But it is still the 1920s, and Zhang Junmai is still a socialist and nationalist. He has witnessed the plight of the people at the bottom of Europe and believes that the existing systems in Europe and the United States will collapse. If he wants to avoid the occurrence of social revolution (the Soviet Union), he can only carry out social reforms.
, implement socialism.
Zhang Junmai's socialist ideas include three things: "First, sharing land and production agencies; second, public management; third, distributing benefits to the public."
He also said that today's industry in China is not booming, and socialism must be implemented to develop steadily and healthily, thereby avoiding class struggle. In particular, industries such as mineral deposits, arms, and electricity should be managed by the state to prevent capitalists from pursuing profits and affecting the national economy and people's livelihood.
Do you feel familiar with these theories?
It's like this guy has traveled through time.
Unfortunately, within a few years, Zhang Junmai gave up on socialist ideas and instead pursued liberal democratic constitutionalism.
Zhang Junmai was reading the last chapter of "Guns, Germs and Steel", and the more he read, the more excited he became. Except for his different views on "one-party dictatorship, democratic centralism", the rest of his thoughts coincided with his, and he instantly became more and more excited.
Introduce Zhou Hexuan as a confidant.
Socialists like Zhang Junmai are very rare in China. Most intellectuals pursue democratic constitutionalism.
Lu Xun unscrupulously satirized Zhou Hexuan in the newspaper: "I recently read Mr. Zhou's "Guns, Germs and Steel". The first 300,000 words made me admire the most. It is really a masterpiece of the world. But the last 20,000 words...
Mr. Zhou’s political face is completely exposed... He is a dictator at heart, and he speaks for those in power!"
Not only Lu Xun, many democrats were criticizing Zhou Hexuan and scolding him bloody. These people advised Zhou Hexuan to delete the last 20,000 words and re-publish it, saying that there was no such a bullshit ending in "Guns, Germs and Steel"
” is still a good book.
Zhang Junmai instantly transformed into a fighter and took the initiative to help Zhou Hexuan with his writing. He stopped scolding the Kuomintang and started fighting the democrats one against a hundred, vigorously promoting his socialist theory.
The debate in southern newspapers has revived. This is a debate between socialism and democratic constitutionalism, which ultimately leads to two results:
First, "Guns, Germs and Steel" became well known to the majority of intellectuals, resulting in a huge increase in sales;
Second, the democrats were successfully diverted from making trouble for Zhou Hexuan. Instead, they caught Zhang Junmai and violently attacked him.
Zhang Junmai had nothing to fear. After all, he was a young man from a wealthy family. He had nothing to do all day long and refuted every article that criticized him. He was fighting happily and was so energetic that he even had to eat two more bowls of rice.