Crimson Dawn

Qi Huishen's attitude towards foreigners, to put it in a very subtle way, is that he doesn't like it at all.To put it a little more bluntly, it is very annoying.If it was before, Qi Huishen would never follow his father's order to contact the British anyway.The thing this time is very special, I went with Chen Ke.Otherwise, Qi Huishen might give up.

But the closer the rickshaw was to the British consulate, the more uneasy Qi Huishen seemed.

"Wen Qing, how do you deal with foreigners?" Qi Huishen finally asked.

"I..." Chen Ke almost missed the point.In fact, he has no experience in dealing with foreign devils.Chen Ke rejoiced that he had finally said the right thing, while thinking about it.

"Let's listen to the housekeeper first. Since your father sent him here, it's not a random decision."

Qi Huishen had no choice but to change the topic. "Wen Qing has never been afraid of foreigners." These words inadvertently revealed Qi Huishen's inner thoughts.

"I'm not afraid of individual foreigners, but I always think to be cautious when encountering organized foreigners. No matter how bad the organization of the British is, I can't deal with it alone." Chen Ke answered this question vaguely.

Seeing Qi Huishen's worried expression, Chen Ke said with a smile: "However, foreign devils are also human beings. If they are human beings, there is not much difference in how they do things. Treat each other with courtesy and seek truth from facts to understand the foreign devils' work process. Something terrible will happen."

The three got off the car in front of the British Consulate. Before the two young men could speak, the butler had already started to "talk the rules" to them.This time, as Qi Huishen's father Qi Si'e said, the two parties have already determined the overall direction of the project.Chen Ke felt that if he hadn't misunderstood the housekeeper's words, his and Qi Huishen's job was to stamp the seal.A certain counselor of the consulate is the person in charge of the British side of this matter, and the first document needs to be issued from the counselor.

Chen Ke didn't dare to guess by himself, he directly told the housekeeper what he understood.The butler nodded in satisfaction.Then the group got to work.

"Bureaucracy" has always been the object of attack in the industrial age, slow, rigid, endless documents, forms and stamps.A person who doesn't understand the bureaucracy will never have any good impression after dealing with the bureaucracy.Chen Ke also felt this way before, but since Chen Ke personally went through the bureaucratic process and did a few not too small things, his view of the bureaucratic system has changed.Compared with recklessness or the rule of man, the progressive significance of the modern bureaucracy is still great.Everyone's attack on the bureaucracy is that "there is no one who can make the decision."In fact, if you are willing to listen carefully to the explanations of the bureaucrats, you can actually find the person in charge.Chen Ke has always felt that compared with the bureaucratic system, those who think that the bureaucratic system can solve all problems may have made bigger mistakes.

This incident proved Chen Ke's point of view.A counselor named Humphrey issued the first document, and the next step was to find the official of the British Concession Education Department in charge of the matter to sign the document.Chen Ke didn't simply entertain the official, and ran away in a hurry after signing the document.Instead, it took a certain amount of effort to communicate with the official.

Brits are much more diligent than Indians.Compared with the Chinese, the British are relatively lazy.Because of the oral English practiced by watching American TV series, Chen Ke speaks standard American English with a New York accent.When choosing words and making sentences, Chen Ke tried his best to use the London flavor of "".The education official hadn't been in London very long, he was from Coventry.

Chen Ke, a Chinese with short hair, can speak English that is obviously not from China, which is not annoying.Chen Ke is neither like an ordinary Chinese, who has any obvious hostility towards the British, nor is he like a comprador, deliberately flattering.The official also answered several key questions from Chen Ke.Who is in charge of the schools mentioned in this document.Those departments are responsible for the school's lead work required for this.

In the next few days, every time Chen Ke went to sign and seal the unit, he would do it like this.Not in all places, officials are as kind as the British man in charge of education, and there are not one or two officials who have a bad attitude towards Chen Kebao.At this time, Chen Ke had no choice but to adopt another method, that is to say, "As long as you don't kick me out, I will take the steps that you are responsible for on a matter-of-fact basis."

Qi Huishen has been traveling with Chen Ke throughout the past few days. In Qi Huishen's imagination, the job is to find the person in charge, negotiate publicly or privately, and then come to a result.This is his first time fighting the modern bureaucracy.Seeing that the British had a gloomy face and a bad tone.But Chen Ke exchanged views with them without fear and obeyed the command of the British.Many requests seemed outrageous and unreasonable to Qi Huishen, but Chen Ke was able to complete them by running back and forth several times over and over again.

Stamp the official document, fill in the form, stamp again, and change the form.If you go to a department today and have to go tomorrow, the purpose of finding the same person is completely different.On the afternoon of the fourth day, Chen Ke finally brought a final document back to Counselor Humphrey.

Counselor Humphrey looked at the two young Chinese, Chen Ke and Qi Huishen, with some surprise.As an Englishman who is well aware of the power of the bureaucracy, he appreciates the firmness and persistence of these two young people.In fact, the British bureaucracy in Shanghai is not that big, and he already knew what Chen Ke was doing in it.Chen Ke didn't sign the documents completely step by step. Without touching the "position" held by Counselor Humphrey, Chen Ke figured out who to contact, and then went to find that person to stamp.

As one of the characteristics of the bureaucratic system, some people below have come to Humphrey long ago, hoping to know if there is anything tricky about this matter. Humphrey just said, "Follow the process."The people below will naturally not understand it wrong. The meaning of this sentence is "just don't deliberately make trouble."

The matter of running a school this time is not a very important matter. Since the Americans used the boxer indemnity to run schools in China, the British also have such plans.But the British maintain their "international status" and are unwilling to be as straightforward as the United States.This school falls into this category.If it wasn't for this background, Counselor Humphrey might not have let Chen Ke go so happily.

Chen Ke followed the butler's deliberate explanation, and put the bank note on the final document.Counselor Humphrey signed a receipt for Chen Ke and sent them away.

"You mean, the British are using China's Boxer indemnity to build schools to buy the Chinese?" Outside the consulate, Qi Hui asked Chen Ke deeply. "Besides, the British Consulate in Shanghai asked my father to pay for the school, and he didn't work on it himself. The thing that came out of it..., Wenqing, what did you call that word just now?"

"Achievement project."

"Yes, a performance project. What Wen Qing means is that the British Consulate has launched a performance project."

"If it weren't for this reason, the two of us would definitely not be able to finish the matter."

After Chen Ke said this, a relaxed and happy look appeared on his face.Qi Huishen was not in the same mood as Chen Ke. He only felt that his busy work these days was just to build such an empty school, and he was still working for the British.This made him very unhappy.

"Hui Shen, this is revolution. We have made a major breakthrough in our revolutionary cause. Didn't you always want to recruit revolutionary comrades? Through this school, we can achieve twice the result with half the effort in recruiting revolutionary comrades." Chen Ke persuaded .

"Although we can recruit comrades, we are more likely to find a bunch of people to serve the British. I always feel that it is wrong." Qi Huishen was still a little puzzled.

"It will be deep, what is the revolution you want? A bunch of comrades with knives and guns in their hands, killing all the enemies. I don't think you should be so naive now."

"That shouldn't be the result. Brother Wenqing, you said you want revolution, but what you're doing is getting farther and farther away from revolution. In the past, you still told us the truth of revolution. These days, you don't even know the truth of revolution. Don't talk anymore."

Chen Ke did not agree with Qi Huishen's opinion, "Ha, when I was talking about the principles of revolution, you were not revolutionary comrades. Now that we have even established a party group, why do I feel that my revolutionary work is very effective?"

"Then what are we going to do after Wen Qing?" Qi Hui knew that he couldn't distinguish Chen Ke, so he asked straightforwardly.

"The party depends on the party members. How can we tell whether a person is a party member or not? We don't look at what he says, but what he does. Why do you believe me when I say I am a revolutionary party? I think it is not because I gave You talk endlessly about revolutionary principles. But I lead the comrades to do things seriously. I can still get things done. Why do comrades get along well with each other? Because everyone is doing things seriously ...not just for ourselves, but for our common cause."

Hearing this, Qi Huishen stopped talking, but nodded slightly.Chen Ke can dye cloth and cure medicine.This approval can still be processed now.If there are no special circumstances, Chen Ke should be able to do many things.Qi Huishen complains that Chen Ke is not revolutionary now, but he thinks that Chen Ke should be able to start a revolution.As Chen Ke said, after the experience of working together these days, the comrades around him, even if Qi Huishen joined by accident because he was accidentally injured, he still likes these guys.He hopes to go to revolution with these guys.Not those who face hard work, are overwhelmed, or simply run away.

Seeing that Qi Huishen was convinced by him, Chen Ke felt very relieved.Today, Qi Huishen said such words, Chen Ke felt very happy in his heart.

An important external manifestation of the success of the Communist Party, especially the mythical success before 1949, is that she did what the Communist Party told the people.Even more than said.Chen Ke did not think that when the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, all comrades in the party really understood the theory of communism.Chen Ke believes that it would be great if no more than 4% of the party members really understood the theory of communism.As for the Chinese people back then, definitely less than 1% of them could understand communism.

But why is this political party able to smash all reactionaries to pieces, because this political party relies on "seeking truth from facts" to do practical things that benefit the people.It is the result of millions of party members who have implemented the party's program and organizational discipline from top to bottom.

Chen Ke felt very sorry that he could not tell Qi Huishen about this.Even if he said it, Qi Huishen would not believe it.As far as Chen Ke is concerned, he can only set an example by himself, and let his comrades realize the power of the new political party in actual actions.This political idea and organizational model can liberate China, and even the entire world.

Chen Ke very much agrees with the widely circulated fable that in a country made up of madmen, normal people are madmen.

If you can't rely on the facts to speak, then everything is a lie that will never be discerned.

But there is always a first step in the long march. After the initial outline, Chen Ke has a lot to do. "What does Huishen think of the British bureaucratic system?" Chen Ke asked.

"It's too complicated. I really can't understand it. Thanks to Wen Qing, you can figure out what they are doing."

"Then the new China we are going to build in the future, oh, not to mention so far away, the new school we are going to build right now, and the new factories and enterprises, how will we plan to set up a management system?"

Qi Huishen really hasn't thought about these things. Since he joined Chen Ke's team, he doesn't have to think about these things. There are always things to do before him, and the team is running very well.Qi will subconsciously think that this is the best model.

"Hui Shen, as I said, our party is about democracy. The future organizational structure, the decisions made after everyone discusses in meetings, all party members must obey unconditionally. When the meeting is held, you can't do this for me. You have to speak your mind."

When Chen Ke said this, Qi Huishen remembered that he had indeed said that.Since Chen Ke said that a party meeting needs to be held to determine how to proceed in the future, it means that the work of the revolution will continue to be promoted.Thinking of this, Qi Huishen became happy again.

In the past few days, Chen Ke and Qi Huishen ran to stamp during the day, and went to treat patients at night. They saw that the sun had already set to the west, and the time for treatment was approaching.According to the usual arrangement, they should rush back to the workshop now, put on their white coats, pack their medical kits, and rush to the patient's home.But with the receipt in his hand, Chen Ke would never dare to let Qi Huishen bring it to Mr. Qi Si'e.It's not that they don't trust Qi Huishen, if Chen Ke asks Qi Huishen to bring back the receipt, people like Qi Si'e will only think that Chen Ke doesn't know how to handle things.Chen Ke couldn't make any mistakes in the face of this person who could never be offended.

Qi Si'e called Chen Ke and Qi Huishen to the living room, Chen Ke first handed the receipt to the old man, Qi Si'e looked at it, and then handed the receipt to the butler beside him.

"Wen Qing, I have read the receipt, no problem. This matter has been settled."

Chen Ke breathed a sigh of relief, "I can finally give you an explanation."

"Haha, Wen Qing is really cautious in handling things." The old man smiled, then turned his head, and immediately reprimanded Qi Huishen, "Do you know that things are difficult to handle?"

Although Qi Huishen was somewhat unconvinced, he did not dare to contradict his father.He answered honestly.

"It's Wen Qing who is sensible and can do it so quickly. If you do it, I'm afraid you won't be able to get it done in a month." Qi Si'e said.

"Uncle Qi, it's because you paved the way for us a long time ago. They didn't make things difficult for us at all. Let us do it ourselves. This matter is not running errands, but it can't be done at all." Chen Ke said hastily.

Mr. Qi looked at Qi Huishen and didn't talk back. Anyway, this matter has been done, and he doesn't want to say anything more about his son.He looked at Chen Ke again, "Wen Qing, I have never run a school. I don't know how to run a school. How is Wen Qing going to help me?"

"I really want to run a school. But I can only work on this matter. Uncle Qi has to decide what to do." Chen Ke took out a manuscript while talking, "Uncle Qi, I am overseas. After reading the book, I copied and guessed the outline just like foreign schools, and I would like to ask Uncle Qi for your advice."

This was for Cai Yuanpei. Chen Ke changed the name a little and took it over and continued to use it.

"Wen Qing, what about this time, I thought that the British asked me to do this, and I would just spend 5000 yuan in vain. I went to get rid of the disaster. I didn't expect Wen Qing that you could do this. My son is also rare. I want to do something serious. I don’t care about school affairs. If you think my 5000 yuan should not be wasted, you can do it for me. If you need me to do something, just tell me, and I will help you. If you If I can’t run this school, I thought the money would be wasted. It’s okay.”

"Uncle Qi, I originally wanted to run a hospital. I didn't expect to encounter such an opportunity. This school is a medical school, and each medical school has its own affiliated hospital. My hospital can rely on this big tree. It's really my luck. Don't worry, I will definitely assist Huishen to run this school well."

Qi Si'er nodded in satisfaction, "This school is said to be run by the British. I paid for all the money. So I told the British that they can send someone to be the school manager, but the chairman cannot Let the British do it. In this way, the chairman, I will let Huishen do it. Wen Qing, you can be the principal. You can run the school for me.”

"I will do my best to assist Huishen."

"By the way, Wen Qing, are you a revolutionary?" Qi Si'e asked suddenly.

Hearing this, Chen Ke was taken aback.Seeing that there was no malice in Qi Si'e's words, although he was talking to himself, his eyes fell on Qi Huishen.

Chen Ke said: "I used to argue about the revolution, but now I don't dare to talk nonsense like before."

Qi Si'e snorted, and said to his son: "Revolution, revolution. What else would that group of revolutionary parties do besides making trouble everywhere? Wouldn't it be better to honestly do business and run a school? It's better than hanging out all day powerful?"

Chen Ke recalled Qi Huishen's words, as long as he didn't start a revolution, his father would support him no matter what he did.It seems that this is not a joke.

Although the times are different, there will be no difference in the feelings of parents who love their children.Qi Si'e criticized and educated Qi Huishen for half an hour, until Qi Huishen promised that he would concentrate on running the school in the future.The old man let his son go.

After the family education was over, Mr. Qi Si'e invited Chen Ke to dinner.Chen Ke was very relieved, if it wasn't for the high-sounding reason of "curing a disease", he really couldn't refuse it.

After Chen Ke left, Qi Si'e said: "Wen Qing is busy today, so I won't delay Wen Qing's business. I will talk deeply about the medicine that Wen Qing made together, we have time to talk."