Chapter 44: The Leader Appears
Seven days later, the receptionist informed Ren Laifeng that the award ceremony would be held after dinner that afternoon. Someone came and told Ren Laifeng: Don't go out from now on, someone will naturally come here to pick you up when the time comes.
Then don't go out and wait here. Ren Laifeng took a shower, got a haircut, shaved his beard, changed into his army major general's uniform, sat in the room, and discussed with everyone whether there would be an acceptance speech after receiving the award later? What do you say in a testimonial? Everyone, you say a word to me, and the more you talk about Ren Laifeng, the more confused you become.
At half past seven in the evening, a black car stopped at the door, and the reception staff came to take over and go to the award ceremony. Because it was a wartime secrecy, none of these people brought by Ren Laifeng were allowed to follow, not even Feng Wenying, so his brother got into the car and left.
Ren Laifeng was the first time he came back to Chongqing, and he didn't turn the city around after a few days of wandering outside. If he walks, he may still know the road, but once he gets in the car, he can't tell the difference between east and west. The car stops and goes, turning east and west. Ren Laifeng looked at his watch, walked for nearly fifty minutes, and the car stopped at the door of a soldier standing guard, and arrived.
The entrance leads through a long corridor into a theater-like hall. Nearly half of the people in the hall were seated, and the person who led him in told Ren Laifeng to find a place to sit in the front row, and after the meeting, he went outside to find the car. After that, they left.
Ren Laifeng swaggered to the first row. He thought, since it's for the award today, I'm afraid that no one will give him an opinion when he sits in the middle of the first row, right? There was no one in the first row at all, so Ren Laifeng strode to the middle. Glancing to both sides, about the middle of the room, he pulled up his chair and sat down.
The hundreds of people sitting in the theater all focused their eyes on him. Ren Laifeng seemed to be unaware, leaned back in the chair, and happily waited for the award.
After waiting for a while, heavyweights began to appear. Most of the people who came didn't know who they were, he was in the middle of the first row, and there was no one in the middle of the second and third rows, and Ren Laifeng didn't even have anyone to ask. This time he experienced the taste of being alone. It's not a good taste.
The big names began to appear, and for a while, the stars were shining, and the group of middle-aged and elderly men who came in were all senior generals, not even a few lieutenant generals, most of them were generals. The front row is reserved for these senior generals, and when they come here to take a look, hey, when is there already someone here? Major general? Can such a young major general also participate in the memories of this level?
Of course, Ren Laifeng doesn't care what these people are thinking. Seeing them sit next to them, they inevitably smiled and nodded. The generals also returned the salute.
Some of these generals know Ren Laifeng and know that he is today's protagonist. It was not surprising to see him sitting in the middle. Maybe they are sitting in the seats designated by the chairman himself. Of course, those who haven't met him don't know anything, and besides, they won't inquire if they don't know.
One asked, oh, so this is Ren Laifeng? A guerrilla leader from the Northeast? Today's award conference is for him, and of course he is qualified to sit in the middle.
He knew the one sitting next to Ren Laifeng, and he only visited it a few days ago. Vice Chairman of the Military Committee, General Feng Yuxiang Feng, General of the Northwest Army.
"Come on, you're going to show your face on stage later. Remember, straighten your chest and say it well, let them all see, all of us in the Northwest Army are tiger generals! What kind of miscellaneous cards? Hum! There are not necessarily miscellaneous cards that can fight! ”
General Feng said so, Ren Laifeng naturally wanted to show his loyalty on the spot! He wanted Feng Yuxiang to say: Don't worry, I was born as a member of the Northwest Army and died as a ghost of the Northwest Army. Don't look at me now in the Northeast, my new moment is rooted in the Northwest Army's generals together! As long as Mr. Feng says that you have a plan, go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, I am not a hero with a frown!
"I understand Laifeng's intentions. However, you must remember that you are loyal to the country, not to me, Feng Yuxiang. When you come to the stage later, don't forget to say that you are from the Northwest Army when you finish receiving the award and say your feelings. Let our Northwest Army show its face again! The two of them said this, and the host of the meeting announced the official start of the award ceremony!
First of all, he said a flowery sentence, in short, to cheer up the big guys. Tell these generals that the situation at home and abroad is now very good, and the War of Resistance will be won! Immediately after that, the conversation changed to talk about the Northeast Anti-Japanese War, the Volunteer Army, Ma Zhanshan and Huang Xiansheng.
Finally, when it came to Ren Laifeng, half an hour had passed. The presiding officer of the meeting announced that the award had begun, and Chairman Jiang was invited.
The thin, bald-headed, deep-eyed leader of the country finally appeared. The chairman of the committee invited Ren Laifeng to the stage to accept the award in standard Zhejiang official dialect, and at the same time announced Ren Laifeng's heroic deeds. The hall was silent, only his high-pitched voice echoed through the vast auditorium.
"If our country had a few more figures like Ren Laifeng, our great cause of the War of Resistance would have been victorious a few years earlier. The commander-in-chief of the Northeast Guerrilla Army, General Ren Laifeng, was invited to the stage to receive the award! Everyone is welcome! ”
Well, hundreds of people in the venue applauded at the same time, just for Ren Laifeng alone. Ren Laifeng's head was dizzy, his body was fluttering, and when he left his seat, a theater concierge had already come to show Ren Laifeng the way, where to go on the stage and where to stand, and he explained it clearly.
Ren Laifeng went up the stairs next to the rostrum to the stage. This is the first time he has seen this great figure in China's modern history up close. When he looks at the chairman, he doesn't know that the chairman is also looking at him. At that time, people generally paid attention to a little bit of the art of recognizing people. The committee member has been in a high position for a long time, and his skill in observing people is naturally very comparable.
After watching it for a few minutes, the chairman of the committee was happy, "Laifeng, what are you still standing there for?" Come here, let me see you, look at our heroes of the War of Resistance! With the words of the chairman, the scene erupted in thunderous applause.
Ren Laifeng smiled, beckoning and walking forward, like a big star. walked up to the chairman, snapped a salute, and stood straight.
"Okay, good wow. Laifeng has persisted in the War of Resistance in the Northeast for so long, and I admire it very much. In this way, you just have to take your troops to fight in the Northeast and the Japanese Kwantung Army in the Northeast, and if you need help, just say. I will try to satisfy you. To receive things, the guerrillas who come to the wind must receive them first. ”
Receiving things first, this can be regarded as giving Ren Laifeng a great face. As soon as the chairman's voice fell, there was another burst of thunderous applause.
"Go to the martial arts!" The chairman's Fenghua Chinese accent sounded at the venue.