One-third of the 7,000 seats at the venue are Chinese. This is the largest performance held by the Chinese American Association. In previous singing and drama performances, the audience was only a few hundred, and it was impossible to invite
Which celebrities will participate?
After Yu Peichen joined the Chinese American Association, she has been doing things under the name of Zhou Hexuan, and she can invite some academic celebrities every now and then. Because of this, Hu Shi valued her very much and even decided to make Yu Peichen the permanent secretary-general.
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This performance not only invited the black singer Paul through Liu Liangmo, but Yu Peichen also invited Vivien Leigh to invite Chaplin and Pickford. When he learned that Vivien Leigh would attend, Clark Gable also volunteered to come.
In addition, two Broadway superstars, Andrew Bock and Linda Moorman, who became famous through the stage play "Titanic", also came to the performance. Especially Linda Moorman, this woman was in the original
Shi Kong is not famous, but now she is almost the number one actress on Broadway. She simply regards Zhou Hexuan as her lucky god.
"Oh, Mr. Zhou, I finally see you again!" Linda Moorman opened her arms and gave Zhou Hexuan a hug.
"Nice to meet you, Ms. Moorman." Zhou Hexuan smiled.
After the two separated, Linda Moorman introduced: "Mr. Zhou, this is my husband Fraser Miller."
Fraser Miller is a gray-haired old man. He can marry the number one actress on Broadway, so he is naturally very rich. He smiled and said: "Mr. Zhou, it is an honor to meet you. This is my business card."
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Zhou Hexuan glanced at him and found that he was engaged in machinery manufacturing. He would probably be richer when the war started.
The greetings had just ended when Vivien Leigh, Chaplin, Pickford and Gable entered the venue together. Everyone in the room they passed cheered, completely stealing the limelight from the others.
Not long after, the black singer Paul Robeson entered the scene, accompanied by a black buddy, the jazz king Louis Armstrong. His status in jazz is equivalent to Bach in classical music and Elvis Presley in rock music. He toured the world for 8 months last year.
, brought 00,000 spectators into a state of carnival when performing in the capital of Ghana.
Hu Shi, Chang Pengchun and others also came, along with Secretary of War Stimson and President Roosevelt's son James.
James just got divorced a few months ago due to an extramarital affair. Like his father, this guy likes to live on the sidelines, and his lover is his personal nurse.
Why do you say he is the same as his father?
Because Roosevelt's three lovers were all close to him. The first one was his wife's secretary, the second one was his own secretary, and the third one was a Norwegian princess who was exiled in the United States. The princess admired Roosevelt very much and often visited the White House.
Developed as Roosevelt's lover.
Everyone was reminiscing about old times, and Zhou Hexuan asked Stimson in a low voice: "Mr. Minister, can you help us get some advanced aircraft? Not the old-fashioned Hawker aircraft, but the latest type."
"This may be difficult, but I can convey my opinion to the president," Stimson said.
The reason why Zhou Hexuan focused on buying airplanes was because they were quick to produce results. Not only to protect civilians from bombing, but also to protect production in the rear areas. Since the Zero fighter jets appeared in China, the Japanese invaders have become more unscrupulous in their air strikes.
Not only were various factories bombed in Chongqing, the mint in Kunming was also bombed.
Although the legal currency at this time was devaluing crazily, nickel coins, copper coins and other auxiliary coins were still relatively strong. Many people used these metal currencies to preserve their value, which stabilized the collapsed financial market to a certain extent.
The Kunming Mint is the largest minting institution in Yunnan and Guizhou. The factory was bombed into ruins. The losses were enough to buy dozens or hundreds of airplanes, which made the economy and people's livelihood of Yunnan and Guizhou even worse.
Air defense power is too important to China.
Zhou Hexuan asked again: "I heard that the U.S. Congress is discussing the Lend-Lease Act?"
Stimson smiled and said: "You are so well-informed that you can even find out this."
The direct reason for the introduction of the Lend-Lease Act was that Britain was financially bankrupt and could not afford real money to purchase arms, so Roosevelt planned to sell arms to the British in the form of lease, exchange, credit, etc.
Zhou Hexuan asked: "If the Lend-Lease Act is passed, will it be possible to lease arms supplies to China?"
Stimson said: "Of course it is possible, but Chinese ships must be used for transportation, and corresponding resources must be used as collateral."
"I will contact the people in China." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.
The president's son James suddenly interjected: "I can help contact you regarding the purchase of aircraft."
Zhou Hexuan said quickly: "Thank you very much."
James' confidence comes from expanding U.S. military aircraft production
Just before Roosevelt decided to run for re-election, he suddenly proposed that the United States produce 50,000 military aircraft. Several major aircraft manufacturers thought the total number would be 50,000. Unexpectedly, Roosevelt's request was to produce 50,000 aircraft per year. At that time, all
Everyone was confused when they heard this.
You know, before Roosevelt proposed this plan, the annual output of U.S. military aircraft was less than 1,000 aircraft.
The most terrifying thing about the United States is its war industrial potential. With Roosevelt's order, the United States produced 0,000 military aircraft within half a year. The annual output next year soared to 20,000. By the eve of the victory of World War II, the annual output had soared to 10,000.
Military aircraft.
In comparison, during the entire World War II, the number of military aircraft produced by the United Kingdom was less than a fraction of that of the United States...
Now there are thousands of newly produced aircraft in the United States, some of which have been sold to the United Kingdom, and we don’t know what to do with the rest, because the United States’ own air combat forces simply cannot be used up. Aircraft manufacturers are also in a hurry, and the government only talks about expanding
Production, without actually paying for the order, is worried that it will rot in the warehouse and become scrap metal.
James said: "As long as China can afford the price, I will convince the aircraft manufacturer and even help solve the transportation problem."
Zhou Hexuan said: "I will contact the Chinese government when I get back."
Zhou Hexuan doesn’t want to be taken advantage of. This thing requires the government to show up. How can private individuals pay for the aircraft? Two months ago, overseas Chinese donated 27 aircraft (based on the price of the old Hawker aircraft). Now even
Not even a shadow could be seen.
Historically, at this time in China, there were only about 0 planes left that could take off. I really don’t know what Soong Meiling, who was in charge of buying planes, was doing. She claimed that she was negotiating to buy advanced planes. There may be transportation reasons that could not arrive, but the specifics were
There is still a big problem with where donations go.
It is also possible that the money donated to buy the aircraft was used to subsidize government finances and war funds. Who knows clearly?
While Zhou Hexuan was chatting with Stimson and James, the performance had officially begun.
A choir composed of more than 30 Chinese young people sang a Chinese song on a foreign land: "A big river has wide waves, and the wind blows the rice flowers on both sides. My family lives on the bank..."