"From now on, when everyone comes to Shanghai, come to me. We will gather here and I will pay all the bills." Lu Ming said with a smile.
Only a quarter of the people in the audience were from Shanghai, and two-quarters were from Nanjing. The rest were military and public officials from other provinces, and even senior public officials from the Wuhan government.
"Let's talk about the first rule that is not a rule. From now on, when we meet, no matter whether we have higher or lower positions, or civilian or military positions, we will all call each other comrades," Deng Wenyi said.
"When the establishment is approved in the future and we are on the official track, we will be able to apply for a certain amount of activity funds. In the initial stage, everyone will have to have a harder time. Doing our best for the country is the same as the former Prime Minister said: the world is for the public." Kang
Ze added.
Everyone agreed.
In fact, within the Kuomintang, each other calls each other "comrade", but that refers to people of the same level. When subordinates meet their superiors, they will never dare to call them "comrades", but superiors can call their subordinates "comrades".
Without exception, these people were all members of the Kuomintang. Only Lu Ming was an outlier, so he suspected that this rule was set up because of him.
Next, we will discuss the organizational structure of the Blue Clothes Club. Zeng Zhi has basically drafted it in the program, and now it is time to implement the procedures.
The top leader of the organization is the president, who serves as the chairman himself. The vice president is Deng Wenyi, who is actually the actual leader of the Blue Clothes Club.
Below the two presidents is the Steward Committee. The initiators are all the Steward Officers, and everyone else present is the Steward. Whenever there is a major issue, the Steward Committee is convened to discuss it. The minority obeys the majority and is finally reported to the President.
On major matters of the Blue Clothes Club, the president has the final say.
The Directors Committee consists of several major departments including personnel, administration, publicity, supervision, intelligence, finance, and general affairs, with officers serving as major cadre positions.
There are also three departments under each organization. Each of the initiators and first members participating in the meeting will hold one or two positions.
The chief secretary is mainly responsible for supervising and coordinating the mutual cooperation between various agencies, and may or may not hold specific positions.
Then there is the division of duties. Deng Wenyi leads the personnel department, Kang Ze leads the intelligence department, and Zeng Zhi leads the administrative department. Each position must be approved by a show of hands by all members present before it can take effect.
This is just a routine procedure, and all the major cadre positions in various departments must be approved.
"Comrade Lu, I need you to worry more about finances." Deng Wenyi said with a smile.
"I understand, just do your part." Lu Ming agreed without saying a word.
The so-called financial director is nominally responsible for managing the club's revenue and expenditure, but before government funds are allocated, he is actually mainly responsible for raising funds and paying salaries to all members of the Blue Clothes Club.
Daily office expenses are listed by the financial director and are reimbursed to the Chairman's Attendant's Office.
Because everyone has a current job, office funds are limited, and the main expenditure is staff salaries.
Deng Wenyi was worried that government funds could not be allocated for the time being. He could not let people work without being paid. It would definitely not work without money.
When voting for Lu Ming to be the financial director, everyone was enthusiastic, almost laughing and applauding, as if they were electing a baby God of Wealth.
"As for publicity, comrades have to work hard. We can find someone to do domestic publicity, but for foreign publicity, we have to rely on you." Kang Ze smiled and patted Lu Ming on the shoulder.
"That's no problem. I'm familiar with journalists from various countries." Lu Ming also agreed.
However, he was not appointed as the director of the Publicity Department, and only had the empty title of supervisor of the Publicity Department.
After the major institutions are determined, it’s time to move to each department.
The cadres in charge of several major institutions are also called directors, division chiefs, or directors, and the heads of the following departments are collectively called section chiefs and deputy section chiefs.
Huang Yanning was given the position of chief of the Fourth Section of the Second Intelligence Division.
After Huang Yanning was approved for the position, his face was red. He suppressed the excitement in his heart and clasped his fists to thank everyone. He also knew that this was because of Lu Ming, otherwise he could only get a deputy section chief. Most section chiefs were better than
He has deep qualifications.
Everyone who attended the meeting was given positions of varying sizes. Lu Ming could see that the first group of members were the skeleton of the organization, and the subsequent recruitment of people would fill in the flesh and blood.
After all the duties were assigned, everyone stood up and sang the Whampoa Military Song together. Lu Ming couldn't sing, so he had to stand awkwardly.
Even if the first regular meeting of the Blue Clothes Club is completed, the Blue Clothes Club has been officially established. Of course, normal operations will still take some time to prepare.
Next came the moment of toasting and celebrating. Everyone looked at the prices on the menu and couldn't help but be speechless.
Lu Ming asked Deng Wenyi and Kang Ze whether they preferred Chinese food or Western food. They both said that since they came to Chinachem Hotel, of course they wanted to taste Western food.
Lu Ming waved to the waiter and started ordering wine and food, which was nothing more than steak with foreign wine and the like.
Lu Ming is actually not used to eating Western food. Even though he has eaten Western food abroad for several years, he is still not used to it. He guesses that these people are not used to eating Western food either, but it doesn't matter if they open the meat occasionally.
"Comrade Lu, the cost of this meal will be deducted from the finances from now on." Deng Wenyi said with a smile.
"No need, it's okay to entertain the comrades for a few meals. If it doesn't work, just ask Sheng Gong for reimbursement." Lu Ming mentioned Sheng Youde in a joking tone.
"No, one code equals the other. Public expenditures are public expenditures. Private banquets are another matter." Deng Wenyi insisted.
Lu Ming laughed it off. Regardless of whether what Deng Wenyi said was true or false, he was not prepared to reimburse him.
"Comrade Lu, I have always been wondering why a talented and thoughtful person like you refuses to work for the government and lives alone outside?" Zeng Zhi, who had been rarely speaking, suddenly asked Lu Ming.
"This..." Lu Ming was really stopped by the question. He wanted to say that I like to live a free life, but he knew that saying this was a bit perfunctory and not honest enough.
In fact, he didn't like his previous life, but he never found what he liked to do. Opening a detective agency was just a stopgap measure. Now he likes being a reporter, and his results are very good.
"You can't say that. Comrade Lu has been helping Mr. Sheng with his business. I'm the chief legal advisor of Sheng's Industry. I'm right. If our organization has any legal issues in the future, we can just ask Comrade Lu to come forward and solve them." Kang
Ze laughed.
"Are you a journalist or a legal advisor to Sheng's Industry?" Zeng Zhi said in surprise.
"Comrade Lu graduated from Harvard Law School, specializing in international law. When he returned to China, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wanted to train him as a future diplomatic talent, but Comrade Lu did not agree and opened a detective agency of his own. Now that Comrade Lu has joined our organization, it is actually
Returning to the team, although it is a bit humiliating for him." Deng Wenyi said loudly.
Everyone looked at Lu Ming in surprise. They didn't expect that Lu Ming was actually a top student from a prestigious international school, and had long been appreciated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It seemed that he was really like a stranger.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is a civilian position. People in the military circles did not think highly of civilian personnel in the past. However, since Mrs. Chiang entered politics, senior military officials have gradually changed their minds and understood the importance of diplomacy to the country.
"Comrade Lu has returned from studying in the United States. Just because of this, he is also a pillar of our organization." Kang Ze echoed Deng Wenyi.
Zeng Zhi unknowingly frowned, obviously he had never heard that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wanted to train Lu Ming before.
Lu Ming smiled bitterly and said: "I rejected the invitation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs because I was self-aware. It was not as glamorous as Comrade Deng said."
He felt that Deng Wenyi and Kang Ze were very enthusiastic towards him, but Zeng Zhi was a little cold. Maybe it was because of his original personality? He had met him once before and had no entanglements.
After the food and drinks were served, everyone began to eat and drink. After a few glasses of wine, everyone became more enthusiastic. Many people came over to toast to the chief secretaries and sponsors, especially to the inviter of today’s event, Lu Ming.
Toast.
Everyone who was toasting drank a glass in one gulp. Lu Ming only took a small sip, but dozens of people took turns and drank a lot.
"Brother, can you do it? Don't get drunk, otherwise no one will pay the bill." Deng Wenyi joked when she saw that Lu Ming drank a lot.
"Don't worry, as long as I'm here, the hotel won't ask you to pay the bill. Even if I'm unconscious, the bill will be recorded on my head." Lu Ming held up his wine glass and said energetically.
When Huang Yanning came over to toast, he quietly said to Lu Ming: "Master Lu, I will take you back in a while. You drank a lot today."
Lu Ming smiled and whispered: "Adjutant Huang, before I had time to tell you the good news, news came from President Sheng that your appointment as lieutenant colonel has been approved by the Quanxu Office of the Military Commission..."
Without saying a word, Huang Yanning picked up the wine bottle, filled himself a glass, touched Lu Ming's wine glass, and drank it all in one gulp.
"Hey, drink less. You just said you would send me back. It seems I have to send you back." Lu Ming took the wine bottle from Huang Yanning's hand.