The calm sea stretches as far as the eye can see, and the sky and the earth turn into a blue world.
Song Ziwen lay on the bed and read for a long time, then looked at the sea through the porthole in a daze, and suddenly asked: "Kang Qi, what time is it?"
"Should we be arriving in the United States soon?" Song Ziwen asked.
Chen Kangqi replied: "According to the estimated voyage, we will arrive in San Francisco tomorrow morning."
"What are Zhou Hexuan and Fan Heyan doing?" Song Ziwen threw the book aside.
Chen Kangqi said: "Mr. Zhou is on the deck, sunbathing with his two wives and looking at the sea view. Mr. Fan played mahjong for half the night last night, and he probably hasn't gotten up yet."
"Haha, two ladies, he does have some leisure time." Song Ziwen sneered.
To be honest, when Zhou Hexuan snatched Zhang Leyi away, it was at best a quick move, not even a fight for love. After all, Song Ziwen was just shaving his head and picking a hothead. But he just felt uncomfortable in his heart, as if he had been cuckolded. What do you think?
Why is Zhou Hexuan unhappy?
Our Mr. Song’s love life is very bumpy!
At the beginning, Song Ziwen liked Sheng Aiyi very much, and they were so in love that they were talking about marriage, but the Sheng family looked down upon her and beat her up.
Immediately afterwards, Song Ziwen fell in love with Zhang Jingjiang's daughter Zhang Yunying. While swimming at the beach, Song Ziwen suddenly knelt down on one knee to give her a ring as a sign of love. Zhang Yunying was so embarrassed that she threw the ring into the sea and returned to Shanghai to marry someone else.
A few years ago, Song Ziwen fell in love with Zhang Leyi again, but was inexplicably intercepted by Zhou Hexuan. This incident has spread and become a joke.
After all, Song Ziwen felt that Tang Ying was a pretty good girl, and the two quickly fell in love. As a result, Tang Ying's brother was suddenly assassinated - the assassin had mistakenly identified the wrong person, and the original target was Song Ziwen. Tang's father did not want his daughter to have anything to do with politics.
The characters are related, and now that their son has died, they are even more opposed to the relationship between Song Ziwen and Tang Ying, and the loving couple broke up.
Until last year, Song Ziwen finally got married. He married the daughter of a small businessman. The relationship between the couple was still manageable, and his wife was well-educated and sensible, but Song Ziwen felt unhappy!
Regardless of his status as a "love rival", Song Ziwen actually admired Zhou Hexuan very much because the two had the same views on many things.
For example, during the anti-Japanese war, Song Ziwen was the most famous "anti-Japanese" among the senior officials of the Nanjing government. He had fierce arguments with Chang Kaishen more than once, and he firmly disagreed with the policy of "Anti-foreign aggression must first pacify domestic affairs."
Song Ziwen considered the problem purely from a financial perspective. He felt that before China and Japan started war, they should seize the time to develop the economy and people's livelihood, and only after they had saved enough money could they have the money to fight Japan. In his opinion, Chang Kaishen was endless.
The "suppression of bandits" plan brought the country's finances to near collapse, and a great opportunity for economic development was wasted. It was simply stupid.
Only when you have money can you have confidence, only when you have money can you make guns and buy artillery, only when you have money can you recruit soldiers and horses, and only when you have money can you pay salaries to civil servants. As long as you have money and an army, you can gather people's hearts. At that time, whether it is to fight against Japan
, or fighting the Red Army, you can sit back and relax.
In Song Ziwen's eyes, it's easy to get things done if you have money, but you can't do anything without money. This is the fundamental reason why he resigned four times. His political philosophy was seriously inconsistent with Chang Kaishen's, and he felt that he could no longer do it.
What a bastard minister of finance. Let whoever wants to do it do it. Anyway, I don’t want to play anymore. So Kong Xiangxi got a big deal and took the national finance into his hands, making a lot of money in vain.
Song Ziwen walked slowly to the deck. The sun was a little hot. He squinted his eyes and stretched, and suddenly felt much better.
Not far away, Vivien Leigh and Meng Xiaodong were holding the railing side by side, smiling sweetly in front of the camera.
Zhou Hexuan held up the camera and said, "Yes, that's it. Here's another picture from the side."
Vivien Leigh and Meng Xiaodong immediately stood back to back, looking at the camera with their faces tilted. The two women were one tall and one short, one in the west and the other in the middle. The radiant light attracted the attention of the men around them.
"Smile, eggplant!" Zhou Hexuan pressed the shutter with his finger.
"Crack!"
"Crack!"
After taking several photos in a row, Song Ziwen teased: "Mr. Zhou is so excited."
"Hey, Brother Song." Zhou Hexuan took out a cigarette and handed it over.
Song Ziwen shook his head: "I don't smoke."
"It's better if you don't smoke, you can live a few more years." Zhou Hexuan ordered it himself.
It is true that Song Ziwen does not smoke, but he likes to hold a pipe or cigarette when taking pictures, which is said to be to show off. He does not drink or play cards, which is very similar to Lao Jiang. In this regard, Song Ziwen is still very self-disciplined.
Some people say that the four major families of the Republic of China were full of personal wealth and committed countless corruptions. However, this statement is unfair to Song Ziwen. Until decades later, no one could produce definite evidence of Song Ziwen's corruption.
In fact, with Song Ziwen's economic ability and the huge resources he controls, he can make a lot of money from any business, so why should he commit corruption and ruin his reputation?
Song Ziwen is not Kong Xiangxi...
Song Ziwen looked at Zhou Hexuan puffing away his breath and became a little angry: "Are you really so confident?"
"It's up to people to plan things, and it's up to God to make things happen." Zhou Hexuan smiled in disbelief.
Song Ziwen shook his head helplessly. He felt that it was too childish. His unreliable brother-in-law actually handed over such a big matter to a historian who did not understand economics at all. He asked: "Do you know Henry Morgenthau?
"
"Who is Henry Morgenthau?" Zhou Hexuan is not a god, so how can he know everyone?
Song Ziwen held his forehead with a headache: "Henry Morgenthau was Roosevelt's Secretary of the Treasury, and like you, he was a layman who didn't understand economics at all."
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "Roosevelt can do it. He dares to appoint a layman as his finance minister during the world economic crisis."
Just after he finished speaking, Zhou Hexuan immediately remembered who Henry Morgenthau was. That guy was the convener of the "Bretton Woods Conference". It was in his hands that the U.S. dollar's world hegemony was established.
Song Ziwen, the person who will establish the hegemony of the US dollar in the future, actually said that he does not understand economics at all?
In fact, the main reason why Henry Morgenthau became the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States was that he had a good relationship with Roosevelt and had strongly supported Roosevelt's campaign for governor. Not only that, as a second-generation rich man, Morgenthau also made many powerful people and connections.
The relationship is very broad.
But professionally, Morgenthau was indeed terrible. He claimed to be an apple farmer, had little education, and had no interest in economics.
In the United States, there are many people who share the same view as Song Ziwen. They feel that Morgenthau's position as Finance Minister will not last long and he relies on flattery. What level of political investment can a guy in high positions have?
However, it was such a rich second generation who did not understand economics, but he made the US dollar become the world currency, and he was the first to propose the economic plan to deal with post-war Europe...
Reality is often less reasonable than fiction.
Song Ziwen reminded: "Roosevelt had great trust in Morgenthau. The breakthrough in this trip to the United States is likely to be Morgenthau."
"Understood." Zhou Hexuan smiled, showing a pair of strong white teeth.
