Chapter 5 Chapter Forty Seven

At the moment, Wang Hongwen is swimming in the winter swimming pool of the Shanghai High-ranking Club.After swimming back and forth a few times, he climbed onto the shore dripping with water, and walked to a row of seats by the pool, admiring his firm body up and down while walking. As the saying goes, "Thirty stands upright", he stood up suddenly at the age of 31.He was born in Northeast China in 1935, and later joined the army, and went to the Korean battlefield. He came back from the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea and spent many years in a Shanghai factory, but he was just a small officer in the security department.Now, he has become the commander-in-chief of the "Shanghai Workers' Revolutionary Rebel Headquarters", the largest rebel organization in Shanghai, commanding hundreds of thousands of rebel troops. In the "January Storm", all the revolutionary rebels in Shanghai seized the power of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee. Now, half of the world in Shanghai is in his hands, Wang Hongwen.It is only today that he truly discovers his greatness. This discovery is a rediscovery from the inside out.He found himself very tall and handsome, with broad shoulders, a well-proportioned figure, and a regular face, with the appearance of a labor leader and the appearance of a commander-in-chief.In the past, when he was wearing a thick cotton coat and walking around in the narrow and messy space of the No. 17 National Cotton Factory, he never seemed to stand upright or sit upright.He is always moving around in the factory where the cold wind and steam are inseparable. Others can't see his face clearly, and he can't see his own face clearly.

At that time, he was like a greyhound, with no serious appearance.Now, he walks by the pool in his flip flops and feels like he's getting a kick out of it.It was the force of the whole body falling straight up and down, the handsome force of straightening the knees with every step, and the force of vibrating the muscles of the chest and shaking the water droplets off the body with every step.He has the physique of a standard, muscular man. There were several white round tables and dozens of white wooden lounge chairs by the swimming pool, and he sat down.He had never heard of this place before, let alone been to it. It used to be a place where Shanghai's municipal party secretary and mayors came to enjoy, and it was also a place where senior leaders of the central government came to spend their time when they lived in Shanghai.Now they have taken power and rightfully everything.He led a group of rebel brothers here today to celebrate the great victory of the "January Storm" not long ago.Although he grew up poor, he had been working in the factory wearing work clothes and holding a lunch box until the Cultural Revolution. Now, he has mastered half of Shanghai's power in one step, and he is not dizzy.When they decided to come to this high-class place to gather today, he was wrapped in an old gray-blue cotton coat as usual. He didn't open his mouth wide open and look around like the little brothers who surrounded him. He didn't have so much Curiosity, not so much surprise, what was not there yesterday, is there today.He gave instructions to the management staff here with openness and calmness, as if he had always been an important chief who frequented.

Half a year ago, he was still huddled in a corner of the textile factory workshop and talking to people in the most idle words, like an idiot in the world.Today, he reclined in the wooden chair, with his elbows on the armrests and his cheeks propped up with his fists, and he immediately entered the role of commander-in-chief who thought out political strategies.Looking at the group of little brothers frolicking in the swimming pool, he showed a leader's forgiving and ironic smile.Most of these twenty people can't swim, standing in the shallow water area of ​​the swimming pool, talking and laughing while taking a bath in the chest-high water.There was no one else in the entire swimming pool. The vaulted roof was as wide as the sky, and the bright lights illuminated the open space around the swimming pool, and also illuminated most of the swimming pool where the water surface was calm.Two or three waiters stood quietly at the door with their hands folded, waiting for their call.

He opened the schoolbag on the side, took out a few comic books from it, raised his legs, and read it leisurely and comfortably.He heard from Zhang Chunqiao that Chairman Mao advocated that everyone watch and understand class struggle.He thought the calligraphy books were too difficult to read, so he asked his subordinates to find this set of comic books, and after reading them one by one, he seemed to be able to understand some truths.He is a smart man, and smart people don't need to read a lot.After hearing a few words, you can understand the general idea.At least he knows that Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, who are famous in history, are not scholars, have no culture, but manage the world.He knew the last line of a Tang poem: "Liu Xiang didn't study at first."Of course, people who don't read can use the knowledge of a scholar, as long as they can use their brains.Zhang Chunqiao once told him that what Lenin said, "The dictatorship of the proletariat is the proletariat organized into the ruling class." He understood this sentence, and the working class rebels in Shanghai now formed the ruling class and took control of the political power. .This is the dictatorship of the proletariat, and the key lies in organization.

When a group of people in the swimming pool saw Wang Hongwen go ashore, they also climbed up in groups.They have learned style by familiarity, beckoning the waiter to bring the bath towels.One bath towel per person, spread on chairs curved like boats, and sat down dripping with water.Afterwards, looking at the comic book in Wang Hongwen's hand, he began to make jokes.Some called him Wang Hongwen, some called him Hongwen, some jokingly called him Commander Wang, and some called him Commander.Some said: "Great Revolution, do you still have time to read villain books?" Some said: "What else do you read? It's all about the Four Olds." Wang Hongwen smiled calmly and said: "The chairman advocates reading .” Still sitting there watching page after page.Without the participation of him as the central figure, everyone's interest in joking would be halved, so people gathered around him, intentionally or unintentionally spoiling the atmosphere of his reading.Several people put their dripping feet on the round table where Wang Hongwen crossed his arms, and the water on seven or eight legs and feet wet the whole table.Wang Hongwen glanced at it, picked up a few comic books on the table, stuffed them into the schoolbag hanging on the back of his chair, and continued to look at the comic book in his hand quietly.

He noticed that the young and handsome waitresses standing quietly in the distance looked at the brothers around him with submissive and indifferent eyes. They put their feet on one table after another, telling each other some vulgar jokes .A young man with a white and thin body was the leader of the rebels in the tire factory. His legs were raised too high, and he accidentally sat on the chair and fell to the ground dripping with water.There was a lot of laughter and a commotion, which attracted several young waitresses to exchange glances with each other, revealing a hint of sarcasm.Wang Hongwen saw all this in his eyes, but he didn't care about the riots of the brothers around him.He let this group of people talk and joke, and let them joke with him constantly.Years of hanging out in factories taught him how to be a worker leader.You must like to be among the brothers, and you must be used to them teasing you, or being angry or angry.

The more people tease you, the more cohesive you are.You don't fight, but you have to listen to other people's fights.You don't talk nonsense, but get used to listening to other people's nonsense.You are not drunk, but you have to get used to them being drunk around you.You don't talk nonsense, but get used to them talking nonsense around you.You don't mess around, but you have to get used to them messing around.You have to hang out among these people, you have to make everyone willing to hang out with you, and when they leave you will be bored, distracted, and bored, thinking about hanging out with you every day, you may become their leader.

Usually, you let these people pick you up, but when it comes to critical moments, you should issue orders, be strict, and say what you should say.The revolutionary rebellion in the past six months made him especially realize that to become a worker leader, first, he must be brave, bold, daring to speak and act, and be the most courageous in the world; Yes, do what you say, do what you say, and don't write empty promises; the fourth is the word "strict", when it is time to be strict, you must use the military law not to forgive others; the last one is to share weal and woe with everyone.Today's bubble means sharing weal and woe.

He relished reading the comic book page by page, and the rebel brothers around him were still talking to him.Someone said: "Wang Hongwen, I think the central government will definitely transfer you to Beijing in the future." Many people echoed. Wang Hongwen said while reading a book: "I won't go." A group of people said again: "The central government tunes you, can you not go?" Wang Hongwen said: "If you don't go, you just won't go." Someone said: "Chairman Mao wants you to go?" Wang Hongwen turned another page and said: "I will not leave Shanghai for at least five years." At this time, a man named Ada leaned on the back of the chair and said: "Commander, it's time to get us something to eat, and comfort the stomachs of the brothers." Wang Hongwen did not take his eyes off the comic book, raised his hand and waved , said: "Let the waiter arrange it." Ah Da then asked: "What do you want?" Wang Hongwen looked at him suspiciously, and said: "You still have to ask me? Do whatever you want." Ah Da He beckoned two young waitresses to come over and gave some orders.

After a while, food such as wine, white wine, sausage, preserved eggs, beef jerky, braised pork knuckle and bread filled the two tables.A group of people in swimming trunks and bare upper body poured out wine, raised their glasses and clinked them together. Wang Hongwen took a piece of bread, put a piece of sausage between them, put his feet comfortably on another empty chair, and continued reading comic books while eating.People toasted over and over again, and he always said: "You guys drink first." A group of people asked while drinking: "Are we allowed to get drunk today?" He replied without looking up: "You can figure it out." While clinking glasses, he waved his hands and said, "Wang Hongwen said that we have to go to see several piers on the Huangpu River in the middle of the night, so don't get drunk today."

When a group of people around clinked their fists and clinked glasses, Wang Hongwen soaked in this atmosphere and looked at the comics one by one, feeling very comfortable.After months of honing, he had established himself as an authority among Shanghai's worker rebels. He is now able to control the team more comfortably.A big Shanghai, now more or less has to do things according to his wishes. He stomps his feet, and Huangpu beach can tremble three times.Occasionally, he raised his eyes slightly to look at the crowd in front of him who were clinking glasses and eating and drinking. Although he didn't say a word here, he was the center of them and the backbone of this group of people.If he got up and left, the eating and drinking momentum of this group would immediately collapse.Thinking that he is now sitting in the leisure place of the heads of the central government and in charge of half of the power in Shanghai, he can't help but think of the mystery here. The group of people in front of him used to be on the same level as him, but something happened on a certain day, which made him and them into a relationship between the leader and the led, and finally made him Wang Hongwen a figure who influenced the whole of China.He will never forget what happened two months ago. On November 6, rebel leaders from some factories in Shanghai gathered at the Shanghai Liaison Station of the Third Headquarters of the Red Guards in the capital, and held a Shanghai factory series exchange experience meeting.At this meeting, it was decided to establish a city-wide organization of the Shanghai Workers' Rebel Faction. The name initially proposed was "Shanghai Workers' Rebel Headquarters."Later, someone proposed to add the word "revolution" to become the "Shanghai Workers' Revolutionary Rebel Headquarters".In the end, it was he, Wang Hongwen, who proposed to add the word "General" to become "Shanghai Workers' Revolutionary Rebellion General Headquarters".His proposal was met with warm applause and passed unanimously.From this day on, he made a little appearance among the rebel leaders in various factories who were not very familiar with each other.Now that the headquarters is established, it is necessary to elect a leader.Wang Hongwen made another suggestion. He said: "All the rebel organizations present at the meeting today should be the initiators of the Shanghai Workers' Revolutionary Rebel Headquarters. The core members of our headquarters should be selected from these initiators." His proposal was again unanimously approved.Wang Hongwen’s proposal on how to elect the members of the core group is even more reasonable. He said: “Today is the first time we meet together. Introduce yourself and report your family background, political affiliation, and position in the unit, so that it will be easier for the election.” This proposal was naturally unanimously approved.When everyone introduced themselves in sequence, most of the rebel leaders were non-party members and ordinary workers. Wang Hongwen reported himself as a poor and lower-middle peasant, a demobilized soldier, a party member with a political background, and a cadre of the job security department. This gave him a significant advantage at the meeting.As a result, he not only entered the core group of the Shanghai Workers' Revolutionary Rebellion Headquarters, but also became the commander-in-chief. In fact, it was an unorganized meeting attended by only 17 rebel leaders. The meeting was completely organized by several Beijing Red Guards.At that time, the meeting was held in a mess in the house, and he did not expect that the development of the matter would be so important.He just acts according to a melody that has been repeated over the years, that is, in politics, he must try his best to win as many opportunities as possible to speak and perform.At the tandem meeting that day, he instinctively hoped to expose himself as much as possible. Unexpectedly, after two months, he actually became a man of influence affecting the whole of Shanghai and even China.If I didn't get the news that day and didn't go to this meeting, I wouldn't have everything today.I am very lucky. The red and eight green meal was finished by the swimming pool.Amidst the mess, someone asked, "Commander, what else is there?" Wang Hongwen put the comic into his schoolbag, stood up and said, "Take a shower, get dressed, and watch a movie." When I sat down in the small projection hall of the club, the movie shown was Wang Hongwen's favorite "Nurse's Diary". This movie starring the movie star Wang Danfeng once made him obsessed. When the title of "Nurse's Diary" appeared on the screen, everyone sighed happily: "It's an old movie, I've seen it." Wang Hongwen ignored everyone's comments Noisy, with her right elbow in her left hand and her chin in her right hand, she stared intently at the female nurse played by Wang Danfeng.The image on the screen made him have many dreams. Now, after achieving brilliant achievements, he has a new perspective on this unattainable dream.People around were smoking, talking, yawning, dozing off, walking in and out.He has been watching intently. After the film was over and the soft lights in the auditorium were turned on, except for two or three people in the group who had been watching with Wang Hongwen, the others were scattered in every corner, some snoring and sleeping soundly with alcohol, some smoke talk.Wang Hongwen still rested his chin on his hands, staring at the gloomy screen motionless.After a while, someone asked: "Commander, what should we do?" Wang Hongwen asked: "What time is it?" Someone replied: "It's almost twelve o'clock in the middle of the night." Wang Hongwen waved his hand and said: "Let's go. We’ll be there right away, get the boat ready.” A group of people started to act immediately, and the person who was sleeping soundly on the chair was pushed awake, rubbed his sleepy eyes, cheered up, and set off. Several cars and small jeeps drove through the streets of Shanghai at high speed. The high-rise buildings on both sides passed and rotated like cliffs, and the dimly lit roads were passed, cut and divided by these vehicles.It didn't take long to reach the pier.A speedboat with its lights on was bouncing slightly in the waves of the Huangpu River.They boarded the speedboat, the speedboat shot out the searchlights and started, and soon came to the Huangpu River.The Huangpu River is very cold in winter, Wang Hongwen stood at the bow of the boat, unwilling to get out of the cabin. Facing the bitter wind, he watched the white waves split by the bow fly back like the wings of a big bird.The large and small piers and tall buildings on the shore are dotted with thick and sparse lights, and the sky is cold.Wang Hongwen asked: "Have all the twenty people set off on time?" Someone next to him replied: "They all set off on time." Wang Hongwen didn't make a sound.After Shanghai's "January Storm" seized power, although there was massive support from Beijing's public opinion, the whole of Shanghai was in chaos and paralyzed everywhere, and the influence of the overthrown Shanghai Municipal Party Committee was still entrenched in many places.Many factories were shut down; ports, docks, and railway stations were also paralyzed in many places; the production and order of tap water, power supply, steel plants, and shipyards were also in jeopardy.To control the situation in Shanghai as a whole, there are still many tough battles to be fought.Tonight, the Shanghai Workers' Revolutionary Rebellion Headquarters mobilized 200,000 troops and drove to dozens of black strongholds of conservative forces at the same time.At dawn, they took action at the same time to defeat the conservative forces there, seize the leadership in one fell swoop, and restore the production and traffic order there. Wang Hongwen was full of fighting spirit for directing such an operation.If more than ten years ago on the battlefield to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, as an ordinary soldier, he had not tasted any fun of war, but today, as commander-in-chief, he has experienced the fun of war.The joy of war is the commander's joy, not the soldier's joy.This is what he just realized today.Tonight, he will inspect the entire combat situation on the water and on land, and he will use a strong attack to solve the problem.The dictatorship of the proletariat is the proletariat organized as the ruling class.When the speedboat fired its searchlights to cut through the darkness and break through the waves, he felt his strength and vigor.He even felt that the searchlight was his bayonet to tear apart the old order. Someone next to him reported to him: "The farms on Chongming Island are basically paralyzed." He said: "Let's organize people to solve it." Everyone in Shanghai knows that Chongming Island on the Yangtze River is one of Shanghai's suburban counties, also called Chongming County, where there are more than 100,000 farm workers. Someone next to him said: "Chongming Island's policy issues are more complicated. Now, most of the farm workers have rebelled and returned to Shanghai. There are no people there. What are you going to solve? Help with farming?" Wang Hongwen pondered in the dark After a while, he said: "Organize an investigation team and go to Chongming Island to investigate. Didn't some of the Beijing Red Guards stay in Shanghai? Please join them. Their policies are strong. After investigating the situation clearly, We will decide on countermeasures. Are there any other questions?" "No." The person who asked the question just now replied. Wang Hongwen took a quick look, took a half-smoked cigarette from a smoker, put it to his mouth and took two puffs, then squinted his eyes and looked at the darkness in front of him and said: "Shanghai's problems need to be solved one by one. We must seize all the power." As he spoke, he threw the bright red cigarette butt into the dark river.