The mayor of Shanghai has been replaced by Wu Tiecheng, a veteran of the Kuomintang. The previous mayor of Shanghai, Zhang Qun, was forced to resign because he could not cope with the rising anti-Japanese student movement, and was promoted to the position of chairman of Hubei Province in despair.
Wu Tiecheng was unlucky. As soon as he became mayor, he encountered Japanese invaders attacking Shanghai.
Due to the special reasons of the war, Wu Tiecheng was quickly entrusted with important tasks. He concurrently served as the Songhu Garrison Commander at the beginning of January. He was appointed as a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee at the end of January and was reinstated as the Chairman of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee in March. Anyway, the situation in Shanghai was left in Wu Tiecheng's hands. He secretly
In the name of Chang Kaishen, he had secret conversations with Japanese generals in a private capacity.
Only the devil knows what they are talking about, but it is nothing more than compromise and peace. The weak tone of the "Songhu Armistice Agreement" was probably set by Wu Tiecheng, and the decision-maker behind the scenes was naturally Chang Kaishen.
Wu Tiecheng was a staunch revolutionary in his early years. Yuan Shikai once offered a reward of 20,000 yuan for his capture. He also had good governance skills and achieved outstanding achievements when he was the county magistrate. But that was all. Wu Tiecheng completely turned into a politician at this time, often
He did whatever Kaishen said, and even became Chang Kaishen's "chief of staff" during the Anti-Japanese War.
If a war strategy game is made, Wu Tiecheng's attribute should be "Faction Fighting - 5". His greatest ability is to balance the relationships between factions.
"Mr. Henderson, Mr. Bernard Shaw, and I, Wu Tiecheng, Mayor of Shanghai, would like to welcome you and your wife to visit China!" Wu Tiecheng walked over enthusiastically and shook hands with the two of them in fluent English.
Arthur Henderson nodded and said, "Hello, Mr. Wu."
George Bernard Shaw joked: "Mr. Wu's English is much more fluent than my Chinese."
"Mr. Bernard Shaw is so funny." Wu Tiecheng said cheerfully.
Wu Tiecheng shook hands with Arthur Henderson and Bernard Shaw's wife respectively, and finally found Zhou Hexuan to shake hands with: "Mr. Zhou, you have been tired from the journey. Thank you for your hard work."
"Mayor Wu is worried about me," Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.
Wu Tiecheng looked at Vivien Leigh again with doubts, and asked in amazement: "Who is this lady?"
Zhou Hexuan introduced: "Miss Vivien Leigh, the famous British drama actress."
Vivien Leigh took the initiative to reach out and said: "Hello, I am Zhou's girlfriend. You can call me Vivian or Mary."
Wu Tiecheng immediately understood the situation and said with a smile: "Hello, Miss Mary!"
The accompanying Shanghai party and government officials came forward to shake hands and exchange views. Lin Yutang and other cultural celebrities could only stand aside and wait as backdrops, with little opportunity to speak from beginning to end.
At this moment, a big boss in the crowd shouted: "Get out of the way, get out of the way, I want to pass!"
The policeman responsible for maintaining order felt like he was facing a formidable enemy and quickly raised his gun to stop him. The big boss said angrily: "I am Zhang Shizhao, who dares to kill me!"
The policemen looked at each other, and one of them whispered: "Let him go, Mr. Zhang is a client of Boss Du (Du Yuesheng)."
Upon hearing this, the other police officers put down their guns and respectfully made way for them. It was ridiculous that the famous Zhang Shizhao actually had to rely on Du Yuesheng's reputation to scare away the Shanghai police.
Zhang Shizhao walked directly to Bernard Shaw and said enthusiastically: "Mr. Bernard Shaw, I am Zhang Shizhao."
Bernard Shaw was a little confused, so Zhou Hexuan quickly introduced: "Mr. Zhang is a very famous scholar in China and a very good lawyer."
"Oh," Bernard Shaw nodded and shook hands with Zhang Shizhao, "Hello, Mr. Zhang."
Wu Tiecheng was a little uncomfortable with Zhang Shizhao, so he interrupted and said, "It's windy on the pier. Let's go back to the hotel first. I've already laid out a banquet for you all to catch the wind."
Zhang Shizhao was very thick-skinned. He walked beside George Bernard Shaw and said, "Sir, you are very famous in China. Students like to rehearse your plays very much."
George Bernard Shaw laughed and said: "What's the use of being famous in China? China has not joined the international copyright agreement."
As soon as this remark came out, all the Chinese people present changed their expressions and felt extremely insulted. Because this joke by Bernard Shaw sounds discriminatory to the Chinese people, and saying it in public is equivalent to slapping the Chinese people in the face.
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Of course, some felt ashamed. Wu Tiecheng said awkwardly: "Mr. Bernard Shaw, China's situation is a bit special. But I believe that the situation will definitely get better in the future. It will be a matter of time for China to join the international copyright agreement."
"Maybe." Bernard Shaw raised his eyebrows.
Zhou Hexuan was extremely dissatisfied with George Bernard Shaw's attitude. They had a good chat in England, but why did George Bernard Shaw show his unabashed disdain when they arrived in China?
No wonder in history, Lu Xun and Fu Sinian hated the old British man so much after meeting George Bernard Shaw. They were probably despised by George Bernard Shaw.
Fu Sinian even wrote an article specifically, scolding Bernard Shaw as a liar who had an eye for money. He said that in his later years, Bernard Shaw was good at plagiarism and was always willing to spend money. Even when British college students performed Bernard Shaw's plays in school, the old guy had to collect copyright fees.
Lin Yutang and Lu Xun, who had been friends for many years, fell out completely and became almost strangers. The reason was that Lin Yutang admired Bernard Shaw crazily, published a magazine to praise it, and also advocated some humourism. Lu Xun scorned this and not only hated Bernard Shaw, but also promoted some humourism.
I hate Bernard Shaw's hypocritical fake humor even more.
Everyone went to the hotel to have a welcome banquet, and then were arranged to stay. Wu Tiecheng sent someone to take them around for sightseeing.
In the following days, celebrities such as Madam Sun, Cai Yuanpei, Lu Xun, Yang Xingfo, and Lin Yutang came to visit George Bernard Shaw one after another. Zhang Junmai, Li Huang, Zeng Qi, and others came to visit Arthur Henderson to discuss the ideas of socialism.
Construction issues.
Lu Xun was furious because Bernard Shaw clearly looked down on China and said, "China has no culture to speak of, and it only exists in the countryside." To put it bluntly, Bernard Shaw looked down on China's overall cultural and academic level, and only paid attention to traditional Chinese operas and minor tunes.
, interested in folk songs.
Lu Xun later complained in an article that George Bernard Shaw went to China "for fun" and was only interested in traveling and did not pay attention to China's anti-Japanese war.
Zhou Hexuan saw very clearly that there were two main reasons why Bernard Shaw despised China: first, China did not join the international copyright organization, and Shanghai bookstores were full of Shaw's books, but Bernard Shaw himself could not get a penny of royalties; second,
When George Bernard Shaw visited Shanghai, he disliked the noisy and chaotic situation in China and believed that the overall quality of the Chinese people was very low.
Zhou Hexuan felt very angry. He thought he had invited an international pacifist who could advocate for China's war of resistance. But instead, he invited an extremely selfish old man who could not see the war of aggression in his eyes, but only focused on the rights and interests he had been violated.
royalties.
What makes people speechless is that although Bernard Shaw looked down on China a little and showed disdain in private, his public speeches were normal. He was invited to give a speech at Central University and used impassioned speeches to criticize Japan's shameless behavior.
, and claimed that he was firmly on the side of justice.
The speech was very successful, and the domestic media praised him one after another, hailing Bernard Shaw as an extraordinary philosopher and the savior of mankind. China quickly set off a "Shaw fever".
What Zhou Hexuan saw was hypocrisy. This old man was so hypocritical. Why didn't he notice it when he was in the UK?