106 [Double Ten Military Parade]
"High, high, crooked, left, right, a little to the right, okay, don't move, that's it......"
Wang Xianzhi stood in front of his house, the commander's son hung a portrait of the leader, President Chiang, and the eaves were planted with a blue sky and white flag with flower decorations.
Not only Wang Zijun's family, but also every family during the "Double Ten" festival. The streets are full of banners and slogans, as well as various decorations, and there is a festive atmosphere. Ordinary people should also wear the most decent clothes in their homes, clean the entrance hall, and respectfully hang the "national flag" and "leader's portrait" to welcome the arrival of the "Double Ten".
At this time, the happiest children are still children, in addition to Children's Day, their happiest every year is to have a "double ten". If you want to go to school on National Day, the family will bleached the tops of the school uniform early, and the pants must be ironed straight and straight, because the school has to assemble and wear the best clothes, and if the clothes are not neat, not only will the classmates laugh at them, but they will also be severely criticized.
The party headquarters of each school should hold a general meeting and also hold a theatrical performance. After the performance in the morning, I will have a holiday in the afternoon, and then go to the street to see the festival parade from all walks of life.
The Double Tenth Day parade was perhaps the only one encouraged by the authorities at this time, with people holding high the blue sky and white flags and portraits of the Father of the Nation and Lao Chiang, chanting long live to show their loyalty to the party-state.
At nightfall, a fireworks display takes place in front of the presidential palace and lasts for up to an hour. At this time, there are strict controls on fireworks, and they can't be seen a few times a year, and the whole family crowds in front of the TV to watch it on National Day, although it is basically a black and white TV, but it also feels particularly beautiful.
Later generations of Taiwanese may no longer be able to imagine how their parents felt at that time, and the "de-sinicization" of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in power for many years has continued to deliberately dilute the impact of the Double Tenth Festival, resulting in the festive atmosphere of the Double Tenth Festival also being diluted, and there is no longer the taste of the New Year that was earlier in the past. Like when Ah Bian was in power, every Double Tenth Day was his most embarrassing day, admitting that Double Ten offended the DPP, and not recognizing Double Ten was denying his presidential position, which is really not a person inside and outside.
The funniest thing is the 2007 Double Tenth Day parade, the words written on the outside are the Republic of China, but Abian's speech is to wish "Taiwan. The fortune of the country is prosperous", which makes it difficult to figure out which country is celebrated. Even some people in the Green Camp contradicted themselves, such as Secretary General Chen Tangshan, who was reluctant to sing the "national anthem" with his lips closed in the grandstand of the ceremony, but later bowed to the "national flag" three times. When Ah Bian was inspecting the army, the army saluted him, but as the commander of the three armed forces, he sat motionless in his seat, neither inspecting nor returning the salute, and acted like a soy sauce beater.
In the hearts of the older generation of Taiwanese people, the solemn ceremony and vivid colors of the Double Tenth Festival have an extraordinary status in those years when materials were not abundant and politics was the basic of life, and they have become their precious special memories.
"Dad, let's go watch the parade together." Wang Zijun hung up the portrait and went down the stairs, patted the dust on his hands and said.
"No, go yourself." Wang Xianzhi shook his head, turned around and went into the house.
Wang Ziyun sighed: "Dad went to wipe the photo frame again, and I have to wipe it again every year today." ”
Wang Zijun asked, "What photo frame?" ”
"You forgot? Pictures of those servicemen under the bed. Wang Ziyun said.
"Oh, I remember." Wang Zijun changed the topic as he spoke, "Sister, let's go watch the military parade together." ”
Wang Ziyun said: "Where can I be busy, there are so many things in the company, you are good, as soon as the company is built, you will leave it alone." ”
"Doesn't the company have Qingxia's big brother? You should have a good rest today. Wang Zijun praised, "Sister, you are very beautiful today, and you will definitely fascinate passers-by on the street." ”
Wang Ziyun usually dresses very plainly, but today she is dressed up, with a pleated long skirt with lace edges, a cute little vest on her upper body, and her hair is slightly curly, which is indescribably glamorous.
"What do you buy this kind of clothes for? Only the ladies in foreign movies wore it, and I felt uncomfortable wearing it. Wang Ziyun said with some embarrassment.
Wang Zijun teased: "You can quickly find me a brother-in-law to come back." ”
Wang Ziyun was so angry that she punched him: "You just want me to marry early?" ”
"Wronged!" Wang Zijun turned around and fled.
Wang Ziyun insisted on going to the company to have a look, and Wang Zijun could only take a car alone to the "Jieshou Hall" in Zhongzheng District (later renamed the "Presidential Palace" by Ah Bian). There were already a lot of citizens along the road, but they could only stand far away and watch the tail. The grandstand of the ceremony in front of the house was full of guests invited by the political axe to watch the ceremony, Wang Zijun was invited to sing tonight's party, and Jiang Jingguo casually mentioned it, and also added a bench to the outermost part of the viewing platform.
Seeing Wang Zijun, a young man, squeezing in, those VIPs looked sideways, thinking to themselves who this person was, could it be the son of which family? There were also some people who recognized him and relayed Wang Zijun's identity to his side, and those people suddenly lost interest. A patriotic young student with no background, perhaps the president let him sit here in order to inspire people, and he will soon be forgotten.
Lao Jiang is in good spirits today, 84-year-old and his 74-year-old wife Song Meiling keep waving downwards, and they are still chatting and laughing with foreign friends every now and then, and they don't look sick at all.
At about nine o'clock, preparations for the reading ceremony began.
Wang Zijun was mixed in with the VIPs, a little idle, he just wanted to see what the military parade was like in this era.
It is said that in the year when Lao Chiang was in Taiwan, almost every "Double Ten", a grand military parade was held in Taipei, so as to say "don't forget to be in Ju" (meaning to recover the country). Beginning in 1961, the Taiwan authorities secretly formulated the "Guoguang Plan" to "counterattack the Da Lu." In those years, Taiwan's "Double Tenth Celebration" was even more grand, and it was full of military flavor, and it was ready to fly. However, in 1964, during the "Double Ten" incident, there was a major accident in which the fuel tank of the military plane under parade fell off, killing three onlookers, and two military planes collided and crashed, and the authorities canceled the tradition of the annual military parade.
Wang Zijun looked at the sky and thought to himself, I should not be unlucky enough to be stoned to death by a falling plane!
At the beginning of the flag-raising ceremony, a team of honor guards held the blue sky and white flag, stepped in the music of "Sanming Cooking Righteous Song", and raised the "national flag" in front of the Jieshou Hall. After saluting the "Father of the Nation" and the "National Flag," Chiang announced the start of the military parade, passing by the troops on the side of the road in a sedan as the voice of "Long live the president" kept chanting along the way.
Back at the viewing platform, he took the manuscript paper and began to speak, for nearly half an hour, with a loud voice and an impassioned speech. Song Qingling, Jiang Jingguo and others who were standing behind him secretly sweated, for fear that he would suddenly not be able to support him and faint in public.
This was followed by a military parade, with the first to be inspected by the gendarmerie units. When they were kicking into the field, Wang Zijun was used to seeing the queue on the mainland, and now he felt awkward no matter how he saw them kicking the right steps.
Until the formation of government students and mechanized troops entered, Wang Zijun almost collapsed, and after watching the mainland's 60-year military parade, he now feels like a child's game. Especially those trailers that haul shells, I feel that they are not as good as those who transport coal in Shanxi.
The only bright spot was the flight show of the US B-52 strategic bomber and the KC-135 tanker plane, and at this time there was also a treaty of cooperation between "China" and the United States, and at the military parade of the Republic of China, the US Air Force sent troops to participate in accordance with the cooperation treaty.
However, in 16 days, Taiwan will be completely kicked out of the United Nations, which can be regarded as the last scenery.
Troops passed in front of Jieshou Hall, constantly shouting "Long live the president" and "Long live the Republic of China", and Lao Chiang, as the commander of the three armed forces, always maintained a serious smile on his face and kept raising his hands to return the salute.
Until the end of the military parade, Lao Jiang and his entourage entered the Jieshou Pavilion together, and then went to the toilet under the pretext of excuse.
As soon as he entered the toilet, Lao Jiang couldn't support it and wanted to fall down, and was hurriedly supported by the deputy next to him to feed him medicine.
Wang Zijun was invited into the VIP banquet hall and watched for a long time, and he knew two of so many people, one was Zheng Zhenkun, and the other was Hong Xiaoqiao's father Hong Jianquan.
Zheng Zhenkun walked over and asked in surprise, "Why did you come in too?" ”
"My Mr. Zheng, don't look down on people, why can't I come?" Zijun said with a smile. As he spoke, he greeted Hong Jianquan on the side again: "Hello Uncle Hong." ”
Hong Jianquan also muttered in his heart, Wang Zijun has been in the limelight recently, but he has attracted a lot of attention. He has no interest in Wang Zijun's net worth of several million, but the other party became famous when he was only 18 years old, and now he has been invited by the authorities and has become a guest of honor at the military parade, which should not be underestimated.
At the beginning, Hong Jianquan had already seen from his demeanor and words that Wang Zijun's future development might be very good. But judging from Hong Jianquan's experience, if he, a kid with no background, wants to be truly developed, he is at least over 40 years old.
"Haha, Brother Wang, you want to kill me if you don't see me for a few days." A loud voice came from behind, but it was Wang Minchun, who presided over the party joining ceremony for him that day.
"Brother Wang, you're good, you haven't seen you for a few days, but you're much more handsome." Wang Zijun jokingly shook hands with him.
Wang Minchun pointed at him and said, "You are talking back, you are a heartthrob of our Republic of China, I can't compare with you." ”
"Where did you say this, Brother Wang has a good strategy, and ordinary people can't compare." Wang Zijun smiled complimentarily.
Wang Minchun laughed, grabbed his wrist and said, "Let's go, go over there, introduce you to a few friends, let's have a good drink." ”
When Wang Zijun was dragged away by Wang Minchun, Hong Jianquan asked Zheng Zhenkun dumbfounded: "How does he know the people of the Wang family?" ”
"How do I know?" Zheng Zhenkun pursed his lips like a child, and thought to himself: Where you just know each other, you can become a friend who can afford to joke like that.
Hong Jianquan saw Wang Zijun talking and laughing with a group of important sons from a distance, and he felt quite uncomfortable, and suddenly thought of letting his daughter come back from England.
However, this idea is only fleeting, although his daughter's fiancé's family was implicated last time, it did not hurt his muscles and bones, but his strength was greatly damaged, and he was no longer in his eyes. It's just that because of his reputation, Hong Jianquan can't take the initiative to repent of his marriage.
And this Wang Zijun has now entered the circle of high-level children, which can just make up for his shortcomings in the official face, and he is a good candidate to be a son-in-law, but the real development remains to be investigated.
(To be continued)