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Chapter 43: The Newspaper Office The next afternoon, after finishing lunch, Ji Qingzhou tucked the ballot into his pocket, intending to go to the "People's Journal*" office on Wangping Street to pay the rent on the sewing machine, and drop by the "Shanghai Daily" office on the way to cast his vote. *t/n; Min Bao (姘戝牨, m铆n b脿o), was a modern political and literary magazine, and the official organ of the Tongmenghui. It was first published in Tokyo, Japan, on November 26, 1905. Considering that Qiu Wenxin worked at the "Shanghai Daily" office, and that he happened to want to ask him about the matter of the 'unexpected calamity,' before heading out he asked Jie Yu'an whether he wanted to come along to the "Shanghai Daily" office and chat with Brother Xin. Probably also because he was bored with nothing to do, Jie Yu'an only thought it over briefly before agreeing. So, thanks to him, Ji Qingzhou got to freeload a ride in a private ...