Both "Fei Gong" magazine and "Black Earth" quickly caused a sensation across the country.
The magazine used the distribution channel of "Ta Kung Pao", and its sales reached 8,000 copies in half a month. It's not that it couldn't sell more, but only 8,000 copies of the first issue of "Fei Gong" were printed, making it difficult to find a copy.
This has led to a strange phenomenon. Many school-run publications have reprinted articles from the magazine "Fei Gong". Those readers who cannot buy "Fei Gong" have gone to buy various copycat books instead.
After 80 years, the Mainland used book collection market sold the first issue of "Fei Gong" to 50,000 copies. This is because it is too rare and the collection value is extremely high, both in terms of historical value and literary value.
"Fei Gong" is a monthly magazine. When the second issue was released, the printing volume increased to 30,000 copies, and it was still sold out within half a month.
The entire publishing industry has raised eyebrows. Nowadays, there are magazines that sell tens of thousands of copies per issue, and there are even several magazines that sell more than 100,000 copies. But such a popular new publication has never been seen before.
The second issue easily sold 30,000 copies!
The reason why "Fei Gong" is so popular is not just because of Zhou Hexuan's fame and the wonderful story of "Black Soil". It is also because this magazine clearly advocates the Anti-Japanese War and has a lot of content introducing Japan.
Nowadays, most Chinese people have a blind eye to the specific situation in Japan. When the country was invaded by Japan, they urgently wanted to understand the enemy, and "Offensive" filled this gap in demand.
Historically, the "Journal of Studies in the East", which was voluntarily founded by students studying in Japan, was able to sell nearly 20,000 copies in China because it specialized in introducing various situations related to Japan. You must know that this "Journal of the Studies in the East" was published in
Publications published semi-underground in Tokyo and spread across the sea can sell more than 10,000 copies of each issue in China. You can imagine how much Chinese readers want to know about Japan.
Shi Liangcai, the boss of Shenbao, spoke highly of Fei Gong: "This publication provides citizens with a window to learn about their enemies. It is a must-read publication for patriots."
Shi Liangcai's words expressed everyone's sentiments. Every issue of "Fei Gong" magazine was released, which would cause the majority of patriots to rush to buy it. It seemed that if you don't read "Fei Gong", you are not worthy of being Chinese.
Several Northeastern civilian anti-Japanese generals reported by "Fei Gong" have also become heroes known to the general public.
In particular, Gao Yushan, who regained Hulin County by force and held on to the county seat for more than four months, and is still fighting the Japanese and puppet troops, is as famous as the national hero Mazhanshan.
Then Gao Yushan suffered a tragedy. The Kwantung Army even mobilized planes for bombing. Historically, he was able to defend Hulin County for more than five months, but because of the "Fei Offensive" article, the Kwantung Army launched a crazy attack.
Historically, they abandoned the city and fled one month in advance.
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Shanghai.
Lu Xun puffed away his cigarette and carefully read every article in "Fei Gong". He especially liked to read content about foreign countries. Due to the backward information transmission methods, there was a lack of channels to understand foreign countries in this era.
The various foreign news in "Fei Gong" come from contributions by international students from various countries, and are accompanied by Zhou Hexuan's analysis and comments. Every time Lu Xun read these articles, he felt as if his horizons were widened. He regarded the magazine as an international newspaper.
Come and read.
After carefully reading the magazine, Lu Xun wrote down his views on "Black Soil": ""Black Soil" has been serialized for two issues, with a content of about 50,000 words. From the current point of view, the author wants to write a major work.
He uses the indifferent eyes of a bystander to examine the joys, sorrows, sorrows, and joys that happened in the black land of Northeast China. He wants to use this book to talk about the world, the times, the fate of the country, beauty and ugliness, grievances, and historical changes. Zhong
The suffering and prosperity of the family are the epitome of a deformed society; the arrogance and cold-bloodedness of the Guan family are the last cry of the Manchu dynasty; the Ma family seems to be about to carry out a revenge story, but since the plot has not yet unfolded, it is not clear yet.
...This is undoubtedly the best article in China in recent years. It is far more substantial than "The Goddess" and "The Dog Officer". I really look forward to its follow-up."
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Shandong.
Ba Jin asked with a smile: "How do you feel?"
Lao She sighed: "I definitely can't write such a grand story. I can only write stories about small people."
Ba Jin said with a smile: ""Black Soil" is also about small people, but when these small people are connected together, it becomes a big era."
Lao She nodded and said, "If I have the chance, I will definitely visit Zhou Mingcheng and discuss some literature-related matters with him."
Ba Jin said: "Now is the opportunity. I want to go to Tianjin, so come with me."
"I'm not as cool as you. I can travel across the country every year," Lao She shook his head repeatedly. "I still have to support my family and teach."
Ba Jin said proudly: "That's why I am determined not to get married. If I get married, I will be dragged down by my family."
Lao She said with a smile: "Your attitude towards life is indeed rare."
"Haha, I'll take my leave now, and I'll meet you for tea next time I come to Shandong." Ba Jin picked up the magazine and left.
Lao She picked up "Black Soil" and continued to taste it slowly.
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The entire Chinese literary world is paying attention to "Black Soil", not only because the content is well written, but also because the story takes place in the Northeast. The Northeast is now a pain in the hearts of all patriots, and everything related to the Northeast will receive special attention.
The strong flavor of the times and the depth of thought displayed in this book are of great significance for research and discussion.
Countless fans of Zhou Hexuan's books are even more ecstatic. They feel that their idol is back and is creating a work greater than "The Goddess" and "The Dog Officer".
At the same time, the Chinese branch of the International Anti-Fascist Alliance also officially appeared in front of everyone, because "Fei Offensive" marked itself as a journal.
Many readers wrote to the magazine's editorial office asking how to join the International Anti-Fascist Alliance, which they regarded as an anti-Japanese organization.
Zhou Hexuan quickly sent telegrams to members from various places to discuss the matter of recruiting new members. He never planned to form a strict group, so the organization was extremely loose. Basically, he determined the general person in charge of a place and then subdivided it into smaller groups.
The local person in charge.
Zhou Hexuan never planned any radical actions. He only called for everyone to gather regularly to chat, and at most he organized group reading activities.
To put it bluntly, this is equivalent to a large club. Members in the same area form small circles to spontaneously communicate and learn and progress together. The core idea is to support and call for resistance to Japan.
With such a loose organizational form, the Kuomintang agents simply didn't bother to take care of it, allowing members from all over the country to organize random gatherings.
At the same time, trouble came for "Fei Gong".
When the second issue of this magazine was successfully released and became a huge sensation, the Japanese Minister in China lodged a solemn protest with the Nanjing National Government, believing that "Fei Gong" published distorted content in order to discredit the image of the Japanese government and the Kwantung Army, and demanded that the Nanjing government must
be banned.
Will the Nanjing Nationalist Government pay attention to this shameless request?
The answer is yes.
Dai Li, who was active in the north, personally came to the door and warned Zhou Hexuan very tactfully.
The Nanjing government just signed the "Tanggu Agreement" not long ago.
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