This is a very peculiar building. Although the boss is British, it was designed and built by French people, so it was originally named "French Mansion".
From the overall appearance, the hotel looks like a European-style castle. But the materials used for its exterior walls are all from the wall tiles of the Nanjing Ming City Wall. These bricks were removed from Pukou Point. Not only that, the roof of the hotel
It has a wooden roof truss, an iron roof, wooden stairs and wooden floors inside, and even the carved railings are all in Chinese style.
Therefore, in the architectural circles of later generations, the Yangtze Hotel is called "a combination of Chinese and Western architecture", or "modern Chinese architecture".
The Yangtze Hotel in Nanjing was most famous during the Republic of China because Mrs. Sun stayed here for a long time. As soon as Mrs. Sun arrived in Nanjing, she would definitely stay at the Yangtze Hotel and rescue progressive people at home and abroad.
For example, Chen Geng, Tan Tongfu, Luo Dengxian, Niu Lan and his wife were arrested. Mrs. Sun's final action was to go to Nanjing in person and have a showdown with the Kuomintang politicians at the Yangtze Hotel. Some people were rescued, and some
People saved their lives, but others were brutally killed.
No matter what, this is a hotel that bears witness to history.
Today, more than 200 sports representatives from all over the country and overseas were invited by Zhou Hexuan and gathered together in the large restaurant of Yangtze Hotel.
There are more than 2,000 athletes participating in the National Games this time. Those who can be invited to dinner by Zhou Hexuan are basically team leaders and representatives from each province, as well as those athletes who have achieved outstanding results on the field. Everyone arranges seats according to regional divisions, and also
There are two tables specially reserved for the overseas Chinese delegation.
Zeng Zhongrong, the 400 men's sprint champion, asked curiously: "I heard that today is Mr. Zhou's treat. He has invited athletes from all over the country. What is it for?"
"Of course they are holding a celebration banquet for us." Men's high jump champion Gao Guor said with a smile.
Both of them are athletes of the Shanghai team, and they usually have a good relationship. In this National Games, the Shanghai team also had the best results and won the most championships. For no other reason than the Shanghai team has the best food and training methods.
The most scientific.
Zeng Zhongrong looked around, shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's not a celebration banquet. Look, some provincial teams didn't even win a prize, but their team leaders and athletes were also invited."
Gao Guoru was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "It's really like that. Who cares, someone is inviting you to dinner anyway, so just open it up and eat."
Those who practice sports these days do not have the concept of scientific diet. It is generally accepted that eating meat is good, and you should also eat more fat meat, because fat meat is heavy in oil. Only by eating more can you have physical strength and achieve good results in competitions.
Even after the reform and opening up, many athletes in China still retain the fine tradition of eating fat.
To put it bluntly, the country is too poor and the athletes' food is too poor, so they need to eat fat meat to maintain their huge calorie consumption.
"I'm coming!"
"Not only Mr. Zhou, Secretary-General Chu and Chairman Wang are also here!"
"..."
Everyone stood up and looked around, only to see Zhou Hexuan, Chu Minyi and Wang Zhengting entering hand in hand.
Chu Minyi, as the Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan, raised his hand with a smile and said: "All athletes, please sit down. Today is a celebration banquet hosted by Mr. Zhou at his own expense. At the same time, there are some things to announce." He said with a smile,
"Mr. Zhou, please take a seat!"
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "Mr. Chu is an elder, you invite me first!"
Chu Minyi stopped refusing and said with a smile: "Then I would rather obey your orders than be respectful."
Zhou Hexuan said to Wang Zhengting again: "Chairman Wang, please!"
"Let's sit together." Wang Zhengting pulled Zhou Hexuan over and sat down.
Chu Minyi was a direct descendant of Wang Zhaoming's confidant, and was Wang Zhaoming's number one adviser. He later became a traitor with Wang Zhaoming.
Zhou Hexuan originally did not want to deal with such a traitor, but if he wanted to support sports, he could not bypass Chu Minyi. Chu Minyi was not only the Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan, but also the person in charge of the National Games, nominally in charge of China's sports competitions.
As for Wang Zhengting, he was a diplomat. He refused to sign a traitorous treaty at the Paris Peace Conference, and took over the administrative power of the Jiaozhou concession on behalf of the Chinese government. In the past few years, he even supported the movement to revise the New Treaty. Many of the concession sovereignty recovered by the Nanjing government were
Wang Zhengting personally took charge of it and became the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
However, now Wang Zhengting has taken the blame and resigned. He is the biggest scapegoat for the "September 18th Incident".
The "non-resistance" policy promoted by Chang Kaishen aroused the indignation of the people across the country. Wang Zhengting, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, was the first to bear the blame. If he doesn't take the blame, who will?
It’s hard to be a Chinese diplomat these days!
Take 13 years ago as an example. Wang Zhengting spent five months and negotiated 71 times with Japan to finally take back the administrative rights of the Jiaozhou leased land. This was the limit of what he could do. However, although Shandong's rights and interests were taken back
, but Japan still has various privileges. As a result, Wang Zhengting was scolded by countless people, short of directly calling him a "traitor."
But what is the actual situation?
The Japanese Minister to China, Kohata Yukichi, who presided over the negotiations at the time, was also scolded by Japan and was even accused of pursuing "humiliating diplomacy." It can be seen that Wang Zhengting really tried his best and did not let all Japan's intentions succeed, but he should
If you get scolded, you still have to get scolded.
Why did Zhou Hexuan invite a foreign minister who has resigned today?
Because Wang Zhengting also has another identity as the father of the Chinese Olympic Games!
Wang Zhengting has been serving as the president and chairman director of the All-China Sports Association, which is in charge of national sports internally and represents the Chinese Olympic Committee externally.
To put it more informally, Wang Zhengting is a Chinese sports official and the chairman of the Chinese Olympic Committee. At the same time, Wang Zhengting is also a member of the International Olympic Committee, the first in China and the second IOC member in the Far East.
Now Wang Zhengting has resigned from his diplomatic post and is gradually turning his energy to sports. If nothing else happens, Wang Zhengting will definitely serve as the general manager of the Chinese team in the next two International Olympic Games.
The celebration banquet officially started soon, and the hotel waiters served dishes one after another. In order to cater to the eating habits of the athletes, these dishes were heavy in oil and salt, and had a lot of fat, which made the athletes smile with joy.
As the highest official at the scene, Chu Minyi stood up and spoke some official words, and then toasted the audience.
Then Wang Zhengting spoke. He said: "I have been a diplomat for 20 years, and what I speak is diplomatic rhetoric. Today, all of us here are our own people, so I will get straight to the point and will not use polite words. All-China Sports Association (China)
Olympic Committee), officially invited Mr. Zhou to serve as honorary president and director. Mr. Zhou loves sports very much, and he decided to personally invest and donate 10,000 yuan to provincial sports teams every year. Note that each provincial team donates 10,000 yuan.
The money will be used to purchase sports training equipment and improve the living conditions of athletes. At the same time, Mr. Zhou also decided to donate 100,000 yuan to form a national team! This national team is formed one year before the opening of each International Olympic Games.
Sports elites from each province are selected for intensive training. During the Olympic Games, Mr. Zhou will be responsible for all expenses of all athletes. Here, on behalf of all athletes in China, I would like to thank Mr. Zhou for his generous donation!"
Each provincial team donates 10,000 yuan every year?
Do you still want to donate 100,000 yuan to form a national team?
Are all athletes’ expenses covered during the Olympics?
The provincial team leaders, coaches, and athletes present looked at each other in confusion. After a moment of silence, everyone collectively roared: "Long live Mr. Zhou! Long live Chinese sports!"
