The readers of the times are located in the intellectual circles of education, literature and art, and publishing. Therefore, as soon as it was published, it attracted a large number of readers with four opposite pages, double-sided red prints and enthusiastic words shining with dazzling light. Public opinion unanimously called him a rising star in the newspaper industry. Although the circulation in Shanghai's local ports is not as good as that in Shenbao and News, there are branches in Beijing, Suzhou and Hangzhou. Intellectuals at that time were proud of reading The Times. Bibliography published by major bookstores, textbooks published by the Commercial Press and newly published magazine advertisements are all published in the Times. In particular, the Commercial Press publishes two kinds of books every day, and its subscription advertisements must be placed next to the headlines of the times. Each school enrolls students twice a year and publishes The Times, but it doesn't.
In the history of China's newspaper industry, The Times has three pioneering works:
The first is the special telegram. Because there was no news agency in China at that time, if the newspaper wanted to get major political events, it sent someone to the newspaper in Beijing, the political and economic center of China, to send special news to the newspaper, usually at one or two o'clock in the middle of the night. The next day, it appeared in the newspaper in the form of exclusive news and won many readers. Since The Times has its own radio station, don't rush to follow suit. Later, major newspapers set up a communication agency in Beijing, called "Communication Office".
The second is a special correspondent. The Times invited some writers with political vision, good grasp and analysis of the current situation and good writing to be "correspondents". The first reporter of The Times was Huang, a native of Jiangxi, who had studied in Japan and was a scholar of the Qing Dynasty. He is very familiar with Di Chu Qing, and he is a classmate of Waseda University with the local news editor of The Times, Reggie Xing. During the reign of Yuan Shikai, Huang was persecuted for writing an article in a newspaper opposing the restoration and claiming to be the emperor, thus leaving the United States, and was still assassinated by Yuan Shikai's minions in San Francisco. After Huang, famous journalists, Shao Piaoping and Xu Binbin also served as special correspondents of The Times in Beijing.
The third is supplement. Before the publication of Time Supplement, literary and artistic works such as novels, poems, essays and essays published in newspapers were all published after the feature articles. Mr. Bao, a news editor from other places, saw many friends who like literature and art and often wrote articles for The Times, but it was a pity to abandon them. It was suggested not to open a column called "Yu Xing" to report news and essays. After Mr. Bao put forward this initiative to Andy, he agreed very much, that is, appointed Bao as editor-in-chief As soon as this column was opened, the contributors were very enthusiastic. Life sketches, game articles, humorous jokes and satirical songs can be described as varied, colorful and ingenious. Fan Yanqiao and Zhou Shoujuan, famous in the history of modern literature, appeared at this time. The Times took the lead in issuing a "Yuxing" supplement, while Shenbao and News were not far behind. Shen Bao opened up a supplement, Free Talk, and the news supplement was called Happy Forest.
Later, he was the manager of Zhengshu Bookstore. Photocopying all kinds of books, paintings, monuments and posts has made great contributions to the spread of art, and Wang Yuan Meng Qingyi's seclusion was once hidden, which was a domestic drama. Intercropping mountains and rivers, calligraphy Jin people. After specializing in Buddhism. Love poetry and calligraphy. There are Equality Pavilion, Poetry of Equality Pavilion, Notes, Supplementary Records of Painting History in Qing Dynasty, etc. From 19 1 1 to 19 12, he carved seven versions of A Dream of Red Mansions in the bookstore, and made a comparative study of the fat version and the process version of A Dream of Red Mansions at the earliest. After that, he devoted himself to Buddhism, and in June of 19 12 and 10, he founded the Buddhism Series in Shanghai, which was published by Shanghai Buddhism Series, Zhengshu Publishing House and edited by Pu Yicheng. 1920, Di Baoxian transferred The Times to Huang Chengen due to illness, and Huang Chengen officially took over on 192 1 year.