New York Open Air Music Hall.

One-third of the 7,000 seats were Chinese, and it was the largest show ever held by the China Institute. In the past, in singing and drama performances, the audience was only a few hundred to death, and it was impossible to invite any celebrities to participate.

After Yu Peichen joined the China Institute, he has been doing things under the sign of Zhou Hexuan, and he can invite some academic celebrities every once in a while. Because of this, Hu Shi attaches great importance to her, and even decided to make Yu Peichen the permanent secretary-general.

This performance not only invited the black singer Paul through Liu Liangmo, but Yu Peichen also invited Chaplin and Bi Kefu through Vivien Leigh's relationship. When she learns that Vivien Leigh is going to attend, Clark Gable volunteers to come.

In addition, two Broadway superstars who became famous through the stage play "Titanic" - Andrew Polk and Linda Moorman also came to the show. Especially Linda Moorman, a woman who was unknown in the original time and space, and now almost becomes the number one actress on Broadway, she simply regards Zhou Hexuan as her god of luck.

"Oh, Mr. Zhou, I finally see you again!" Linda Moorman opened her arms and gave Zhou Hexuan a hug directly.

"It's a pleasure 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, and he can marry the number one actress on Broadway, so he is naturally very rich. He smiled and said, "Mr. Zhou, it's an honor to meet you, this is my business card." ”

Zhou Hexuan glanced at it, but he was engaged in machinery manufacturing, and he must be richer when he started a war.

As soon as the greetings were over, Vivien Leigh, Chaplin, Bikfu and Gable entered together, and the audience cheered at the accommodations they passed, completely stealing the limelight from the others.

Not long after, the black singer Paul Robertson entered, accompanied by a black buddy - the jazz king Louis Armstrong. His status in jazz is the equivalent of Bach in classical music and Elvis Presley in rock 'n' roll, and he toured the world for 18 months last year, bringing 100,000 spectators into a state of carnival when he performed in the Ghanaian capital.

Hu Shi, Zhang Pengchun and others also came, along with Secretary of War Stimson and President Roosevelt's son James.

James had just gotten divorced a few months ago due to an extramarital affair. This guy is like his father, he likes to eat grass on the edge of the nest, and his lover is his personal female nurse.

Why is it the same as his father?

Because Roosevelt's three lovers were all close to him, the first was his wife's secretary, the second was his own secretary, and the third was a Norwegian princess in exile in the United States - the princess admired Roosevelt very much, often visited the White House, and was easily developed into a lover by Roosevelt.

Everyone greeted each other in various ways, and Zhou Hexuan asked Stimson in a low voice: "Mr. Minister, can you help build some advanced aircraft?" It's not an old-fashioned Hawker, it's the latest kind. ”

"I'm afraid it's a bit difficult, but I can convey my views to the president." Stimson said.

The reason why Zhou Hexuan focused on buying airplanes was because this thing had quick results. Not only to protect civilians from bombing, but also to protect production in the large rear. Since the appearance of the Zero fighter in China, the Japanese air raids have become more unscrupulous, not to mention the bombing factories in Chongqing, and the mint in Kunming has also been bombed.

At this time, although the fiat currency depreciated wildly, nickel coins, copper coins and other auxiliary currencies were still relatively strong, and many people used these metal currencies to maintain their value, which stabilized the collapsed financial market to a certain extent.

The Kunming Mint, the largest mint in Yunnan and Guizhou, was bombed into ruins, and its losses were enough to buy dozens or hundreds of planes, adding to the economic and livelihood of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces.

Air defense forces are too important for China.

Zhou Hexuan asked again: "I heard that the US Congress is discussing the Lend-Lease Act?" ”

Stimson smiled: "You are really well-informed, and you can even inquire about this." ”

The direct reason for the introduction of the "Lend-Lease Act" was that Britain was financially bankrupt and could not buy arms with real money at all, so Roosevelt planned to sell arms to the British in the form of lend-lease, exchange, and credit.

Zhou Hexuan asked: "If the Lend-Lease Act is passed, is it possible to lease arms and materials from China?" ”

"Of course, you can, but you have to use Chinese ships to take care of the transportation, and you have to put out the corresponding resources as collateral," Stimson said. ”

"I'll contact the country." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

James, the son of the president, suddenly interjected: "I can help contact you about the purchase of the plane." ”

Zhou Hexuan hurriedly said, "Thank you so much." ”

James' confidence comes from the United States to expand the production of military aircraft -

Just when Roosevelt had not yet decided to run for re-election, he suddenly proposed that the United States produce 50,000 military aircraft. Several major aircraft manufacturers thought that the total number of aircraft was 50,000, but they did not expect that Roosevelt's request was to produce 50,000 aircraft per year, and everyone was confused at that time.

You know, before Roosevelt proposed this plan, the annual production of military aircraft in the United States was less than 1,000.

The most terrible thing in the United States is the potential of the war industry; under Roosevelt's order, the United States produced 6,000 military planes in half a year, and next year's annual output will soar to 20,000, and by the eve of victory in World War II, the annual output has soared to 66,000 military aircraft.

In comparison, during the entire World War II, Britain produced less than a fraction of the number of military aircraft produced by the United States......

Now the United States has several thousand newly produced aircraft placed there, some of which were sold to the British, and the rest is not known for what to do, because the United States itself does not run out of air combat forces. Aircraft manufacturers are also in a hurry, and the government only talks about expanding production, but does not actually pay for orders, and they are worried that they will rot in warehouses and become scrap metal.

"As long as China can afford it, I'll convince the aircraft manufacturers to help solve the transportation problem," James said. ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "I will contact the Chinese government when I go back. ”

Zhou Hexuan doesn't want to be the wrongdoer, this thing has to be done by the government, how can anyone let private people buy planes out of their pockets. Two months ago, overseas Chinese donated 217 planes (at the price of an old Hawker), and now there is not even a shadow of it.

Historically, at this time, there were only more than 60 planes left in China that could take off, and I really don't know what Song Meiling, who was responsible for buying the plane, was doing. She claimed that she was negotiating to buy an advanced aircraft, and there may be transportation reasons that could not arrive, but there are still big problems with where the specific donation goes.

It is also possible that the money donated to buy planes was used to subsidize government finances and war expenses - who knows?

Just when Zhou Hexuan was chatting with Stimson and James, the performance had officially begun.

A choir of more than 30 Chinese youths sang a Chinese song in a foreign land: "A big river has wide waves, and the wind blows the fragrance of rice and flowers on both banks. My house lives right on the shore......"

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