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Chapter 15 The Rise of a Great Power
Zhou Bingkun chose "The Rise of Great Powers". In fact, "The Rise of Great Powers" is a documentary filmed in 2006. It tells the story of the successive rise of nine countries including Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Russia and the United States, and also summarizes the historical laws of national rise.

With an idea and a goal, Zhou Bingkun went to the library to borrow some information about these countries. When his classmates and professor saw Zhou Bingkun's behavior, they thought that Zhou Bingkun had listened to the professor's advice. The professor was very happy and felt a sense of accomplishment.

After consulting materials and working hard on the article by lamplight, Zhou Bingkun finally completed the first chapter in a week.

Thinking about the eleven chapters to come, Zhou Bingkun felt overwhelmed.

In the first chapter, Zhou Bingkun wrote about the Age of Oceans, which is the beginning and covers Portugal and Spain.

In the following days, Zhou Bingkun accelerated the process and completed the next eleven chapters within a month and a half, and then mailed them to the National Daily in the capital.

Zhou Bingkun also thought about sending the letter directly to the local newspapers in Jiangliao Jichun, but he was worried that the local newspapers were not well-known and would not be easy to disseminate. After much deliberation, he chose the largest newspaper, the National Daily.

In fact, Zhou Bingkun submitted his article "The Rise of a Great Power" to the National Daily with trepidation. He really didn't know how this newspaper operated, so he could only try his luck.

Even if "The Rise of a Great Power" was not adopted by the National Daily, Zhou Bingkun would not have made any mistakes if he had chosen other newspapers.

Beijing, National Daily News.

The deputy editor came to the editor-in-chief's office with a submitted manuscript. "Editor-in-chief, I received a very interesting article. Could you take a look at it?"

"Oh? Which famous author's work is it that requires you, Mr. Dong, to make such a personal trip!" The editor-in-chief jokingly said in confusion.

"He's not a famous writer, nor is he a commissioned article by our newspaper! He's an ordinary college student from Northeast Normal University!" Hearing the editor-in-chief's joke, deputy editor-in-chief Lao Dong explained with a wry smile.

After hearing Lao Dong's explanation, the editor-in-chief became even more curious, because as the largest newspaper in the country, it is really rare to see ordinary people who dare to submit articles casually!

The editor-in-chief curiously took the article from Deputy Editor-in-Chief Lao Dong and read it questioningly. "Oh, the rise of a great power! Such an amazing topic!"

The editor, who had not taken it seriously at first, became more and more surprised as he read the main text of the article carefully, and gradually became shocked in his heart.

Seeing the editor-in-chief's rich expression, Deputy Editor-in-Chief Lao Dong, who had the same experience, felt very happy.

The staff of the National Daily are almost all experienced writers. There are very few articles that can surprise them, and articles that can shock them are even rarer.

After reading the article in one breath, the editor-in-chief was filled with emotion and said, "China has always been full of talents! Such a good article was actually written by a sophomore! It's incredible!"

"Yes! This article has a relatively accurate grasp of historical facts and fundamentally captures the theme of the rise and fall of great powers." Deputy editor-in-chief Lao Dong saw the editor-in-chief's sigh and analyzed it with admiration.

"What's most valuable is that this article explores the experiences and lessons of the rise of nine major powers from the unique perspective of our people, providing necessary reference and inspiration for our country's Four Modernizations."

"Editor-in-chief, should this article 'The Rise of a Great Power' be put on the front page tomorrow?" Old Dong suddenly suggested excitedly.

"Old Dong, are you crazy? We are the National Daily, how can we act so recklessly? Report it first and use it as an internal reference!" Upon hearing the suggestion from the deputy editor-in-chief, Old Dong, the editor-in-chief widened his eyes in shock and looked at Old Dong in front of him. Originally, this Old Dong was the most stable old comrade, but he actually had such a crazy side.

Seeing the editor-in-chief's measured and measured approach to the article "The Rise of Great Powers," Deputy Editor Lao Dong sighed in admiration. He concluded that submitting such an excellent article for internal reference was indeed necessary. "So, in that case, 'The Rise of Great Powers' might never be published again. What about the remuneration?" Lao Dong suddenly asked, puzzled.

"Haha, let's pay this student from Northeast Normal University first! It can also be regarded as an expression of the goodwill of our National Daily!" Hearing Lao Dong's doubts, the editor-in-chief said with a smile.

Just like that, something happened that Zhou Bingkun had not expected. This article "The Rise of a Great Power" that could bring him fame and fortune was actually sent directly into the internal reference.

Zhou Bingkun knew that once he submitted his article "The Rise of a Great Power", he would have to wait for a while.

I didn't expect to receive the payment from the National Daily today. It only took three days. Zhou Bingkun was also shocked by the high efficiency of the National Daily.

Zhou Bingkun opened the envelope with great anticipation, but was disappointed again when he found that there was only a remittance slip for 1,200 yuan inside.

My article "The Rise of Great Powers" is such a classic, but I only received such a small amount of remuneration. It's too little.

Although the 1,200 yuan fee was a huge sum of money in that era, Zhou Bingkun was still not satisfied.

Fortunately, the letter contained the contact number of the National Daily. Zhou Bingkun went directly to his professor's office, borrowed a phone and called.

"Hello! I'm Zhou Bingkun from Northeast Normal University!"

"Hello! Hello! Excuse me, have you received payment for the article 'The Rise of Great Powers'?"

"I did receive it! But there's only 1,200 yuan in it. Is that all the money I'm owed?"

"Huh? Yes!"

"But this is too little! Twelve hundred yuan is not even enough to buy milk powder for my child!" Zhou Bingkun suddenly complained.

"Ah? Your child is really addicted to milk powder!" The person on the other end of the phone was also shocked. He had been working at the National Daily for so long, and this was the first time he had encountered such a situation where people were dissatisfied with the low remuneration.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Bingkun shook his head in disappointment and left the professor's office under the professor's shocked gaze.

"This Zhou Bingkun! How many children does he have? The children need milk powder, and 1,200 yuan is not enough!" Looking at Zhou Bingkun's back as he left, the professor, who didn't know the whole story, also showed a shocked expression.

"Could it be that Zhou Bingkun goes home every day just to try his best to have children?" the professor guessed in his heart.

I have a lot of things to do. I need money to build a house for Guangming, and my Zhou family also needs money to build a house. I also want to start trying to do business if I can apply for an "individual business license" next year. I need money everywhere.

When you need money, you will regret not having enough! The ancients were right!
Zhou Bingkun went directly to the nearby post office and received the 1,200 yuan fee, but he felt melancholy in his heart.

Riding his bicycle on the street on his way home, Zhou Bingkun's thoughts flew far away, thinking about how to make money.

(End of this chapter)