Li Yu did the math and found that he now had a net worth of almost thirty thousand taels. He was definitely a very good "rich" at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China.
Zhao Qian staggered and drove Li Yu to Zhengyangmen East Railway Station in a carriage. He originally wanted to buy a second-class seat, but it was already sold out, so he had to spend another 15 silver yuan to buy a first-class seat.
After arriving in Tianjin, Li Yu first gave Zhang Boling an introductory lecture on mathematics and physics, and then went to Tanggu to buy a ticket to Shanghai.
The ship is a passenger ship of China Merchants Group. I have to say that the price of the ticket is really high.
What Li Yu bought was not even the most luxurious cabin, but the ticket price was already as high as 120 silver yuan, which was simply terrifying.
It can only be said that things are more valuable when they are scarce, and the logistics and transportation capabilities of Qing Dynasty are really limited now.
As for ordinary people, how can they take a cruise? Even if they really want to take a cruise, they usually use their own small fishing boats, or find ways to squeeze onto a cargo ship and endure hunger for a few days to sneak across.
After arriving in Shanghai, Li Yu found that someone else came to pick up the ship.
"Shenbao" reporter Shi Liangcai knew him. After seeing Li Yu from a distance, he said to someone next to him: "Yes, that's Mr. Li Yu, the most dazzling figure in the scientific world today."
Then he came over and said, "Mr. Li Yu, we are finally waiting for you."
Li Yu was surprised: "How did you know I would come to Shanghai?"
Shi Liangcai said proudly: "Sir, have you forgotten what I do? I am a reporter. If I can't know this information in advance, how can I do the most advanced news reports?"
Li Yu smiled and said: "You are really qualified."
Shi Liangcai pointed to the person next to him and said: "Let me introduce to you, this is Zhang Shizhao, the chief writer of "Su Bao"."
Well, here comes another big shot.
Zhang Shizhao shook hands with him and said: "I have admired your name for a long time, and I finally get to meet you today. How lucky you are!"
Li Yu said: "You two have come to greet me."
Shi Liangcai said: "It's nothing to just welcome him. Professor Cai from Nanyang Public School and several students have already gone to Huizhong Hotel to reserve a seat and are waiting for you, sir."
Li Yu asked: "Cai Jiaoxi refers to Cai Yuanpei?"
Zhang Shizhao nodded: "It's Professor Cai. After he told me the news that my husband would be coming, I immediately told Professor Cai. He originally wanted to come to the port to greet him, but he still had school affairs to be busy with, so he had to go to the hotel after finishing his work.
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Li Yu said: "You guys are too solemn."
"Alas!" Shi Liangcai shook his hand and corrected, "You don't know how famous you are in Shanghai, how can this be considered grand!"
Zhang Shizhao also said: "Yes, Shanghai is the headquarters of "Shenbao", with a very large circulation. Nowadays, many people who have read "Shenbao" don't know that our country has produced an incredible Li Yu, who is so famous in the West that even foreigners
I feel inferior to myself."
Well, Li Yu really forgot about this incident. In the past six months, "Shenbao" has been very generous in reporting on Li Yu. He has been on the front page countless times. Now he is also a top-notch presence in Shanghai.
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After all, the news media at this time was newspapers, and being on the headlines of newspapers was equivalent to being a hot search in future generations.
Shi Liangcai called three rickshaws and went to Huizhong Hotel together.
On the way, Zhang Shizhao said to Li Yu: "Mr. Taiyan, who was in Japan a few days ago, sent back an article to be published in "Su Bao". Mr. Li Yu was also mentioned in the attached letter."
Li Yu said: "I did have a meeting with Mr. Taiyan in Japan."
Zhang Shizhao said: "Mr. Taiyan is full of praise for you. I know Mr. Taiyan very well. He seldom praises others. We even thought that those who were not scolded by him were great people. Now it is unprecedented and unparalleled in the world."
rare."
Li Yu smiled and said: "Even if you are scolded by Mr. Taiyan, it is not a shameful thing."
Zhang Taiyan really dared to scold anyone. Needless to say, the royal family in the late Qing Dynasty had already been scolded to death.
Later, Zhang Taiyan worked with Mr. Zhongshan on the revolution. He had personal conflicts over trivial matters, so he often scolded Mr. Zhongshan.
However, Zhang Taiyan was very clear-headed. He believed that the conflict between the two was just a private conflict and did not oppose Mr. Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary ideas.
One time, a person next to him also scolded Mr. Zhongshan when Zhang Taiyan was scolding him. Unexpectedly, Zhang Taiyan turned around and gave him a big slap in the face, and then angrily yelled: "Who do you think you are? The Prime Minister is the first-class great man in China, except for me.
, who dares to scold it?”
Well, maybe this is another kind of love...
However, Zhang Taiyan will be arrested this year. The reason naturally has a lot to do with "Su Bao". After all, it has published too many reactionary articles.
Li Yu asked: "Is the imperial court keeping an eye on your newspaper?"
Zhang Shizhao said: "I have been targeting him for a long time, but there is nothing to be afraid of."
Li Yu praised: "Well done! You have courage!"
Zhang Shizhao added: "Sir, you should really read Mr. Taiyan's article this time. It's so brilliant! It's called "A Book Refuting Kang Youwei's Theory of Revolution." Hey, I still respected Mr. Kang at the time, but I didn't expect that he would become such a great writer now.
That’s it.”
Li Yu said: "Maybe it's always like this."
Zhang Shizhao said: "Mr. Taiyan's words are really sharp. He not only refuted Kang Youwei's argument that 'constitution can only be implemented but not revolution', he even scolded the current Emperor Guangxu in a contemptuous tone as a 'clown who has not distinguished himself', haha! He also said
There is no difference between him and the Empress Dowager Cixi. They are both 'public enemies of the Han people'. It's really fun to watch!"
Yes, "Su Bao" was closed down because of Zhang Taiyan's article.
However, Li Yu saw that Zhang Shizhao was full of energy and confidence, so he knew that he had to log it out. Moreover, he also knew that the Qing government could not really do anything to them, so he just logged it out.
Li Yudao: "I will definitely read it after it is published."
Shi Liangcai was also a newspaperman, but now the boss of "Shenbao" was still British, so he would definitely not publish these articles, so he said: "Brother Xingyan (Zhang Shizhao), I think you should pay more attention to it. I also read this article.
I'm afraid it will cause quite a repercussions."
"What we need is a strong response, otherwise what's the use of posting it?" Zhang Shizhao said.
Shi Liangcai smiled and said: "If sir is arrested for this, I will definitely give you food."
Zhang Shizhao also joked: "I love the food at Huizhong Restaurant the most."
Shi Liangcai touched his head: "No! You are going to make me a pauper."
During the conversation, they had already arrived at Huizhong Hotel.
Not many people may know this name, but when it comes to its later name, it is so famous: Peace Hotel!
The British built this hotel 50 years ago in 1854, but it was originally named "Central Hotel".
This year, Yingshang Hui Zhong Yang Company just bought the property rights of the Central Hotel and renamed it now "Hui Zhong Hotel".
It wasn't until 1956 that it was named "Peace Hotel".
This hotel is the first modernist building in Shanghai's modern architectural history and is known as the "tallest building in the Far East".
Li Yu was in Shanghai more than a hundred years ago, and it had already begun to take on the style of a "magic city".
It is said that Big Shanghai, Little Hong Kong, today's Shanghai has gradually become the economic and financial center of the East, and is one of the most open and civilized cities in China.
The location of Peace Hotel is very advantageous. It is in the core of the Bund and across the river is the Oriental Pearl Tower.
After Li Yu got out of the car, he looked to the other side. Of course there was no Oriental Pearl Tower, let alone Lujiazui. The entire Pudong was basically a wilderness.
Who dares to imagine what earth-shaking changes this place will be like in a hundred years.
When Li Yu was looking at the other side of the river in trance, Shi Liangcai said, "Sir, what's wrong with you?"
Li Yu came back to his senses: "It's nothing, I just think the scenery is beautiful."
Shi Liangcai pointed behind Li Yu and said with a smile: "The beauty is here. You'd better come and see it at night. When the lights are on, it's like a dream. It's hard to imagine that modern technology can create a fairyland-like scenery."
Li Yu said: "I still think the other side is more beautiful."
Shi Liangcai said: "What's there to see over there? Oh, I see. You think the scenery of the Huangpu River is good, right? It's indeed good."
Li Yu knew it and couldn't explain it, so he smiled and said, "Let's go in."
The three of them came to a room. Cai Yuanpei and several students welcomed him: "It's Mr. Li Yu. Just like what the newspaper said, he is really young and promising. Let me introduce myself. I am Cai Yuanpei, whose courtesy name is Heqing, and whose name is Mr. Jiuyang."
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Li Yu shook hands with him and said: "Cai Jiaoxi was admitted as a scholar at the age of twenty-five. He is also young and promising."
Cai Yuanpei smiled and said: "It's just old learning, why bother with it."
Then he pointed to the people around him and said: "These are my students in the special economics department of Nanyang Public School. I admire you sir and come here to pay a visit. This is Huang Yanpei, also known as Renzhi; this is Xie Wuliang, also known as Dacheng; this is Huang Yanpei, also known as Dacheng;
This is Shao Wentai, also named Zhonghui; this is Li Shutong, also named Xishuang."
Good guy, I really met a lot of celebrities today.
Huang Yanpei later became the Minister of Light Industry;
Xie Wuliang was a master of poetry, calligraphy and literature, and later became the deputy director of the Central Museum of Literature and History.
And Shao Wentai’s other name is more familiar to everyone: Shao Lizi.
As for Li Shutong, let alone, probably everyone has heard of his "Farewell".
Several of them are currently students of Cai Yuanpei, and they raised their hands together and said, "I have met you, sir!"
Li Yu also returned the greeting and said: "I'm glad to meet you. By the way, I also have a calligraphy now. It was taken by Mr. Taiyan for the purpose of sparing talents."
Zhang Shizhao said in surprise: "It was actually Mr. Taiyan who took it."
This group of students in front of me is really amazing.
Of course, Nanyang Public School has been very powerful since its development. Needless to say, it goes without saying that it is enough to name its names in later generations: Shanghai Jiaotong University and Xi'an Jiaotong University.
The Qing Dynasty and Northern China resumed diplomatic relations and were on the list.
Cai Yuanpei said: "Sir, he studies science that Chinese people least understand, but he is much better than us literati."
Li Yudao: "The educational undertakings that Mr. Sir is engaged in are also related to the lifeblood of the country."
Shi Liangcai was also a die-hard supporter of Li Yu, saying: "How many people understand foreign knowledge nowadays, so I spare no effort to report. Although I am stupid and cannot understand Mr. Li Yu's works, I can tell just by looking at the reactions of Western newspapers
It’s absolutely no small matter to know! I think you will have a chance to win that Nobel Prize in the future.”
Several people said yes, and Cai Yuanpei sighed: "We are really short of talents in this area! If China also has millions of scientific and technological talents, why worry about the country not being strong!"