Chapter 18 Arbor

Arbor This is the south side, the arbor I want to talk about here, of course, refers to the "Nan Qiao" mentioned in the newspaper a few days ago, That is Qiao Guanhua. Qiao Mu was originally a pseudonym, and he only used it after he arrived in Hong Kong.In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, He has been using the name Qiao Guanhua in Guangzhou.But between friends, whether in person or Behind it, we always call him "Old Joe".Only when you call him Old Joe three times and he refuses to answer you, At that time, you just drink Qiao Mu or Qiao Guanhua, and he must throw down the book or wake up from contemplation, wrinkling his eyes.

Dao Nongmei came over with a smile.Old Joe is such an interesting character. The newspaper said that he and Yang Gang's elder brother Yang Chao had a literary and military relationship.I don't know what Yang Chao learned, but Old Qiao What I studied in Germany was military.Because of this, in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, he was a staff officer at the headquarters of the Fourth Route Army. At that time, the Political Department of the Fourth Route Army was relatively open-minded. Among friends such as Zhong Jingwen, Yu Feng, and Huang Xinbo, All work there.We were running a small newspaper in Guangzhou that moved from Shanghai, so the old

Joe soon became friends with everyone. Old Qiao came to Hong Kong after the fall of Guangzhou.About Yu Shuangmou because the enemy is in Dapeng After landing in Taiwan, I lost Guangzhou within a few days, and I really couldn't step down. In order to ease the responsibility of the elders Difficult, they allocated a sum of money to Hong Kong to run a newspaper, continue to advocate the Scorched Earth War of Resistance, this is the "Current Affairs Evening News". The site of the company is today at Lyndhurst Street near Hollywood Road.Lao Qiao is the main writer, Hong Kong News is edited and interviewed by Liang

Ruochen, I have no supplements. "Current Affairs Evening News" publishes a large sheet every day. The editorial department and sales department are located downstairs, and the other is next door. Upstairs there are offices and dormitories.Old Joe lived upstairs.It was during this period that I was with him every day We must meet.The dormitory upstairs was originally a common room, but the chief writer obviously received preferential treatment, he Next to the small iron bed is a small writing desk and a rattan bookshelf, which are blocked by a screen, forming another A small world.Just on this small table and bookshelf, more and more books in English, Japanese, Chinese and English are piled up.

Books in Russian and German.Lao Qiao's knowledge of foreign languages ​​is quite extensive, except for undergraduate German, He can also read English, French, Japanese and Russian.At that time, Britain had not yet declared war on Germany, and Hong Kong had not yet There is a German news agency, Haitong News Agency. Old Joe sometimes uses German to inquire about new developments in European wars. I called the Haitong News Agency in English to inquire. At this time, we could only hear the sound of "Ah, ah", and the rest was I don't understand anything.Sometimes, when he is happy, he will press the back of the rattan chair with both hands, imitating the Japanese warlord or

The tone of the speeches of the German Nazi leaders, reading their "outrageous speeches" speeches aloud in Japanese or German. It was also in this small world, on that small desk, that Old Joe began to write his "As It Is" The current commentary of "Zhou Zhi" began to use the pseudonym "Qiao Mu". At that time, "Current Affairs Evening News" was not a The evening paper sold well, but Qiao Mu's current situation and international situation analysis articles quickly spread like wildfire. It only made many discerning readers look at each other with admiration, and even the news censorship master of the Huamin Bureau also had a headache.

Come, because Britain had not declared war with Japan and Germany at that time, an editorial was submitted for inspection, and it was added out of thin air. A lot of ×× and □冂.As long as time permits, Old Joe always makes up for what has been deleted, Send it for re-examination, if it still fails, re-send it again, until the person who submitted the manuscript is sweating profusely, and the issue is issued. The people from the department were urging to "bury the board" downstairs, and Lao Qiao resentfully let go of what has become "as we all know" today. The pen of wind and thunder.