Blue Clothes Club's two office buildings in Nanjing and Shanghai have been fully decorated and are ready for official operations.
The applications of two female accountants were approved and they became official employees of the Finance Department. Yuan Ziyuan became the deputy director of the Finance Department. Only the Finance Department has deputy positions. Other major institutions do not have deputy positions. Only each department is equipped with deputy positions.
Kang Ze and Lu Ming took a train to Nanjing to attend the founding ceremony of the head office. Three days later, the founding ceremony of the Shanghai branch was to be held in Shanghai.
Only Kang Ze and Lu Ming, members of the Shanghai branch, have come to Nanjing, and the others have already begun official work.
It is said that it is a formal office, but in fact it is reviewing newly recruited members. Nowadays, major departments and departments basically only have cadres, no ordinary staff, and no field staff.
The office building of the Nanjing Headquarters is not as exquisite and beautiful as the office building of the Shanghai branch. I don’t know whether Deng Wenyi wanted to keep a low profile or because he did not requisition a good office building. However, the founding ceremony was unprecedentedly grand, and the important officials of the party, government and military in Nanjing were basically there.
Everyone is here.
Lu Ming met Chairman Chiang who also served as president.
This was the first time for him to see the Chairman in person. He had only seen photos before. After seeing him in person, he felt that he was taller and thinner than in the photos, and his face also looked dry. He wondered if he had stayed up too late at night.
"You are Lu Ming. I have heard of you before. Do your best this time and the party and the state will not treat our own people badly." The chairman forced a smile and said with a strong local accent.
The Chairman took the initiative to extend his hand and shook Lu Ming's hand.
"It's a great honor to meet the president." Lu Ming bowed.
After the chairman finished speaking, he nodded and turned around to summon others.
Deng Wenyi pulled him aside and said with a smile: "Brother Lu, this is a great honor for you. The principal specially ordered you to be summoned first today."
Lu Ming pretended to be flattered, but in fact he really didn't feel any honor at all. He just said such a dry sentence and felt nothing at all.
"By the way, Mr. Wenbai also wants to see you, come with me." Deng Wenyi pulled Lu Ming toward the door.
I saw a middle-aged man following the chairman, looking at Deng Wenyi with a smile on his face.
Deng Wenyi stepped forward and said with a smile: "Brother Wenbai, this is the Lu Ming you want to see."
Mr. Zhang Wenbai is a middle-aged man of medium height, tall and tall, handsome and unrestrained, with extraordinary bearing.
"Oh, Xiaolu, I've wanted to see you for a long time." Mr. Wenbai patted Lu Ming on the shoulder and said.
"Junior has long wanted to meet you, sir. President Sheng often mentions you." Lu Ming said with a smile.
"Really? Is this really true?" Mr. Wenbai raised his eyebrows and smiled.
"Junior dare not lie."
"Haha, it's an honor for me that Duke Sheng still thinks of me so often. Come, let's talk here."
Mr. Wenbai pulled him to a secluded place nearby, and then asked: "Little guy, the trouble you caused last time was nothing wrong, right?"
Lu Ming was a little embarrassed and said: "This junior is ridiculous."
"Nothing, Duke Sheng appreciates you very much." Mr. Wenbai said with a hearty smile.
Lu Ming nodded repeatedly, fearing that he would say the wrong thing, so he just said softly: "Thank you, senior, for your care."
"Young people should be bold and careful, dare to think and do. It doesn't matter if you make mistakes. Just learn to sum up your experience. If there is anything you need, Duke Sheng and I will take care of it for you." Mr. Wen Bai patted Lu Ming's shoulder.
"Thank you sir for your teaching." Lu Ming said modestly.
"I speak from experience. This is a time of peace, and the cost of making mistakes is not very high. I also made mistakes when I was young, and they were paid for with blood. The price is high. Duke Sheng has always protected you.
Are you willing to let you out and endure hardship now?" Mr. Wenbai said half-jokingly.
Lu Ming smiled awkwardly and was speechless. Thinking about the life he had lived in the past few years, it was really ridiculous, at least it didn't have any value in life.
"The current situation is unstable. I don't know how long peace can last. You young people must be prepared to take over. Don't be lazy in the Blue Clothes Club. Do more things and accumulate more experience." Mr. Wenbai sighed.
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Lu Ming nodded solemnly. He had the same feeling as Mr. Wenbai, that the country's future would not be so stable.
After the two chatted for a while, Mr. Wenbai introduced him to several party, government and military dignitaries who were present. As expected, there were many dignitaries present. Even Chen Lifu and Chen Guofu, who were in charge of party affairs, were present, probably to give face to the Chairman.
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"Come to Nanjing often from now on. If you need anything, call me. You're welcome. My friendship with Mr. Sheng is longer than your age."
When Mr. Wenbai saw someone calling him over, he hurriedly took out a small notebook from his pocket, wrote down the phone numbers of his home and office, handed it to Lu Ming, and then hurried away.
"Mr. Wenbai is really a real person." Lu Ming sighed in his heart.
Generally speaking, important people like Mr. Wenbai would not give their office phone number to others, let alone their home phone number.
Mr. Wenbai can treat him like this, he really doesn't treat him as an outsider.
Lu Ming didn't know the relationship between Mr. Wenbai and Sheng Youde. He only knew that Sheng Youde and Mr. Jing (Zhang Jingjiang) had a deep friendship.
Sheng Youde never concealed this point. The development of Sheng's industry today is closely related to Jinglao's cultivation. He rarely mentioned other matters involving officialdom.
Lu Ming thought to himself that the Caogang arms smuggling case was finally over. If Mr. Wenbai hadn't taken on this responsibility, he might not be where he is today, and his life would probably be in danger.
It was impossible for Mr. Wenbai not to know the whereabouts of that batch of arms. Of course, he also knew that Lu Ming was playing a trick on it, so he still let it go. Although it was to give Sheng Youde face, it also allowed Lu Ming to see the value of friendship.
It's enough to have one or two friends like this in your life. Lu Ming couldn't help but sigh.
After the ceremony began, the chairman of the committee gave a speech, which focused on old topics such as the unity of the party, government and military, and anti-communism and resistance to Japan.
The chairman introduced the basic situation of the Blue Clothes Club to the big bosses. Of course he supported it unconditionally and asked everyone to take care of this organization formed by patriotic young people and guide these young people in the right direction in life.
Then, representatives of the party, government and military delivered congratulatory messages one after another. The contents were basically the same, expressing encouragement and support.
At this time, Deng Wenyi, Zeng Zhi, Kang Ze, and Lu Ming, the chief secretaries, stood in a row, and the secretaries behind also stood in a row, standing opposite the many dignitaries as if they were being reviewed.
They really all wore customized blue uniforms, blue clothes, blue trousers, and black leather shoes. Unfortunately, the blue leather shoes did not look good, otherwise they would also have to wear blue leather shoes.
After the dignitaries delivered their congratulatory messages, Deng Wenyi took the stage on behalf of the Blue Clothes Society and delivered an impassioned speech.
He said that loyalty to the party and the country and love for the leader are the founding purposes of the Blue Clothes Society. The Blue Clothes Club will lead the young elites to unite, awaken the people, and unite to fight against foreign aggression.
Lu Ming listened with a frown. He just noticed a problem today. There was no word anti-communist in Deng Wenyi's speech. Why?
It is absolutely impossible to forget in a moment of excitement that Deng Wenyi was the acting director of the Political Department of Whampoa Military Academy, so he still has some political acumen in making such a low-level mistake.
I don’t know why, but this word is particularly sensitive to Lu Ming, because there are several things related to him. First, he was involved in smuggling arms with the Cao Gang, and later he got to know and help Mr. Dong, and of course the Soviets Andrei and Peter.
Previously, Lu Ming had read the Blue Clothes Society's program. Anti-communism was listed before anti-Japanese resistance. Anti-communism was first followed by anti-Japanese resistance. This was the cornerstone of the Blue Clothes Society's program.
He thought for a long time and estimated that there were still some democrats in the party, government and military who did not agree with anti-communism as the main policy.
For example, Sheng Youde holds this view, and it is quite representative. There are many echoers in the Kuomintang and the Democratic Party.
The Kuomintang and the Kuomintang should not use radical methods to deal with the Communist Party, but should solve it through negotiation. No matter what problems there are, sit down and talk, and you can always reach a result. They are all Chinese, and they are all Chinese.
They were the pioneers of the Northern Expedition, and they turned out to be brothers in life and death, so there was nothing we couldn't talk about.
Sheng Youde told Lu Ming more than once about his understanding of the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. Since the beginning of the Agrarian Revolution, Sheng Youde felt that the two parties have their own advantages and disadvantages and should learn from each other rather than compete with each other. If the two parties cooperate,
The country will get rid of poverty and backwardness, and will not be afraid of invasion by foreign enemies.