Lu Shaofei, the editor-in-chief of "Times Comics", was a member of Taishan Beidou in the comics industry of the Republic of China. He was hailed as the "Bole of Chinese comics" at the time, and was also hailed as the "originator of modern Chinese comics" by later generations.
This man was a patriotic painter who had participated in the Northern Expedition and served in the Painting and Calligraphy Section of the Propaganda Department of the General Political Department.
When the September 18th and January 28th Incidents broke out, Lu Shaofei began to draw patriotic and satirical cartoons. Just six months ago, he drew cartoons that satirized the Nanjing government's knee-jerk diplomacy towards Japan, which caused "Times Comics" to suspend publication for four years.
Month long.
This is such a gentleman. Historically, because of China's defeat in the Olympic Games, he drew a painting called "The Fashion of Eggs", using a big duck egg to satirize Yang Xiuqiong for not collecting the eggs.
And now?
The 29th issue of "Time Comics" magazine published Lu Shaofei's new work "Mermaid Tribe". On the screen, Yang Xiuqiong and her three female teammates, wearing laurel crowns on their heads and Olympic gold medals on their chests, were playing in the blue waves. Everyone
His legs turned into mermaid tails. Ji Zhengliang, who had won two swimming gold medals, simply held up his radiant trident and rode the waves towards the background of the Olympic rings.
The latest issue of "Liangyou Pictorial" just put the four female team members as the cover characters, and also gave a big cover title: The Four Female Swimming Players in the World.
Lu Xun was already extremely ill at this time. Not only was he physically weak, but he was also extremely irritable.
In recent years, it has been difficult for Lu Xun to publish his essays, even if he changed his waistcoat and adopted a new pen name. He could only write some reminiscence essays, bury them in the pile of old papers, do academic research, and prepare to write his first novel.
In Lu Xun's original words: "I can write about intellectuals... I want to start from the decline of a big family of scholars and continue writing until now. The weight is not small... It can break the past precedent."
, that is, you can narrate and discuss at the same time, and speak freely."
This novel has entered the conception stage, and even the narrative structure, character arrangement, and expression methods have been thought out. Unfortunately, it could not be written in the end because Lu Xun's life has come to an end.
September 1st.
Since the supplement "Free Talk" of "Shen Shen" has been sealed, Lu Xun's article can only be published in another supplement "Spring and Autumn". The author's signature is exactly "Lu Xun", and the title of this article is "Chinese People"
It’s also possible》:
"Recently, my cough has become severe again. I feel no energy when I wake up in the morning. I have run out of tea at home and it is even harder to pick up my pen. Brother Guangping (Lu Xun's wife) went out to buy tea. When he came back empty-handed, he told me: 'The tea shop will be closed for half a day.' The boss and
The shop assistants went to the streets to greet the athletes and even put down their business."
"I am well aware of the performance of the Chinese athletes in Berlin. There are endless articles praising them every day. Today, the city is full of firecrackers and the excitement seems to be during the Chinese New Year. It is difficult for me to say anything sarcastic at this time, and I don't want to give it to you.
Pour some cold water on me."
"I want to say that the Chinese can do it too."
"This kind of ability has nothing to do with the vast land, rich resources, and long history. It is probably the struggle of the athletes themselves. Foreign masters will not give away the gold medal just because you have the rich land, rich resources, and long history. Now that the gold medal is taken by China, you can imagine
It’s very difficult.”
"I heard that many black whistles were blown against China in Berlin. This is because others have the power to blow the whistle. Some people are angry, some are sad, and feel that China has been treated unfairly. I don't think we need to think too much about this. Westerners
The whistle cannot come out of nowhere, and it is possible for the Chinese to blow the whistle one day, but the process must be difficult."
"There is a North Korean named Son Ki-jeong. He also won the gold medal, and all the honors went to Japan. The Chinese people inevitably have sad thoughts about this, and are afraid that one day in the future, the Chinese will have to compete as Japanese.
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"In sports competitions, Westerners hold whistles; in war competitions, Asians hold whistles. If China wants to win, it will probably be very difficult, but I also want to say that the Chinese can do it too..."
As Lu Xun said in this article, the Chinese winning gold medals in the Olympic Games inevitably reminds people of the impending Sino-Japanese war.
Chinese athletes can fight hard and defeat many foreign athletes on the field, so why can't they win in the war of resistance? This represents a kind of hope.
The government of the Republic of China did not have a specialized sports department, but the party, government and military had sports institutions in various fields. Stimulated by the Olympic results this time, the whole country began to pay attention to sports. Many students participated in physical exercises whenever they had free time. And those athletes who returned from the Olympics
Even if we don't win any prizes, we are still invited to give speeches by various groups and organizations.
In fact, because the Chinese are slandered as the "sick men of East Asia", Chinese people have always attached great importance to sports, but now the atmosphere has become even more intense.
Let's take our Mr. Qian Sanqian as an example. Not only did he switch to physics after scoring 5 points (percentage system) in the physics test, but he also participated in sports events with a thin body.
When Qian Sanqiang was admitted to Tsinghua University, he was only 1.49 meters tall. He was the first student in the history of Tsinghua University who did not meet the height requirement. However, he joined the Tsinghua cross-country team through training and was also the main force of the Tsinghua football team, with a time of 1.4 seconds.
Won the third place in the national college competition hurdles.
China has never lacked miracles or heroes. Among its 40 million compatriots, countless people are working silently for the country.
From Shanghai to Nanjing, Olympic athletes have gained unprecedented popularity. Chiang Kai-shek specially awarded the Qingyun Medal to the athletes. Of course, it is not the first-class medal that Zhou Hexuan received, but the fifth to ninth-class medals awarded based on performance. For example,
The fourth-place boxers and football players were awarded the Ninth Class Qing Yun Medal, and all contestants were awarded an Olympic medal.
At this time, the situation in North China worsened. After Japan instigated the autonomy of the five provinces in North China, it set its sights on Shandong. In other words, the Japanese had been staring at Shandong, making various threats and intimidations every year, and now they are threatening to send troops.
Newspapers across the country are paying attention to North China, and even people in the south can feel the tense atmosphere of an approaching storm.
Since the Second Plenary Session of the Fifth Central Committee of the Kuomintang Party, Chang Kaishen relented and said that the Red Army should lay down its weapons and peacefully integrate. The CCP also expressed goodwill during the Olympics, expressing its willingness to give up the title of Red Army and unite to fight against Japan. The Olympics had just ended, and the CCP officially issued a message.
The Kuomintang Party letter called for an end to the civil war, a unified fight against Japan, the realization of the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and the formation of an anti-Japanese united front for the entire nation.
Patriots were all delighted and asked the Nanjing government to cooperate with the Communist Party as soon as possible. They also cited the example of the Chinese football team reaching the semi-finals, believing that as long as they united sincerely, they would be able to defeat Japan.
In early September, the CCP issued an internal directive titled "Instructions on Forcing Chiang to Resist Japan." This undoubtedly laid the foundation for a perfect solution to the Xi'an Incident in the future. It can only be said that the vision of the sages was truly accurate and far-reaching.
As for our Mr. Zhou, he quietly returned to Chongqing and began to make some preparations for the war of resistance in the coming year.