Chapter 746: Fundraising
Snakes have snake paths, rats have rat paths.
Although Hongmen's intelligence system is not as professional as that of the secret service, it is better because it has many branch organizations and a wide range of intelligence sources.
There is no need to teach them how to check.
After receiving the old gentleman's order, the masters of the Black Flag and Flower Crown came to inform Fang Buwei again.
Fang Buwei just let them find out the news and just notify them, and didn't say a word about anything else.
Fang Buwei had just arrived at the hotel with the old gentleman, and before the conference had started, Black Flag came to report to him first.
He Shili only brought Liu Hanjie alone, and Chen Yuting brought two women, one was responsible for living and the other was responsible for guarding.
Female bodyguards?
Fang Buwei felt quite fresh.
Women have innate advantages as killers and assassins, but being bodyguards is still almost meaningless, even in later generations.
Liu Hanjie must be no problem, Fang Buwei is just afraid that a Japanese spy will get mixed up with He Shili's side.
The focus of his attention is still on Chen Yuting.
"Where are these two women now?" Fang Buwei asked.
"After breakfast, I accompanied Miss Chen back to the hotel room and never came out again!"
"What about Mr. Ho?"
"I'm on my way to the venue!"
"Keep an eye on it!" Fang Buwei explained again, "If Miss Chen also goes to the venue, especially if these two of her entourages also go, you must remind me!" ”
Chen Yuting was not among the old gentleman's requests, and it stands to reason that he is not eligible to attend the meeting.
If he or she insists on listening, it is not good to stop her directly.
"Good!" The disciples under the Black Flag Hall replied.
Other news is still being investigated, and Fang Buwei also knows that it will take time, so he does not ask questions.
At most, five minutes before the opening of the meeting, the Black Flag disciples came to deliver the message, and Chen Yuting also came.
Fang Buwei looked back and saw that Chen Yuting was standing at the door of the venue, as if she was alone.
The two disciples of the main hall were interrogating, and Chen Yuting pointed in the direction of He Shili, not knowing what to say to the disciples who were interrogating.
"Let her in!" Fang is not for the confession.
He wanted to see what Chen Yuting wanted to do.
The Black Flag disciple took a few quick steps and let Chen Yuting in.
After entering the venue, Chen Yuting did not go directly to He Shili, but walked to the front row and came to Fang Buwei, who was standing on the side of the rostrum.
"Thank you, Mr. Qi!" Chen Yuting said with a smile.
"Hands up!" Fang Buwei replied with a smile, and pointed to He Shili who was sitting at the meeting table, "He Shixian is over there!" ”
"Okay, we'll talk again when we have time!" Chen Yuting blinked, picked up the hem of his skirt and turned to leave.
What to talk about?
Chen Yuting, who was not always conscious, was full of deep meaning when he left.
Once there is a seed of doubt in his heart, Fang Buwei will magnify it infinitely and grow into a towering tree in an instant.
The meeting was conducted normally.
The old gentleman took the stage to deliver a speech and read out the agenda of the conference.
The first is naturally fundraising.
Situ Meitang and Huang Sande delivered speeches successively, the two old men were concise and to the point, and their voices were full of emotion, but there were not many sensational and agitating words, and they tried to tell the situation in China as realistically as possible.
There were many responses in the audience.
Those who can sit here naturally know the purpose of this conference, and if they don't want to donate, they will definitely not come.
Some are hundreds, some are thousands, and there are a handful, and a shot is tens of thousands of dollars.
For example, He Shili, on behalf of the "Industrial and Commercial Daily" founded by Mr. He Dong, donated 20,000 US dollars.
In less than an hour, $150,000 was raised.
In front of the Heng Hou uncle, who was in charge of the records, the checks were piled up into a small mountain.
Fang Bu smacked his tongue secretly for seeing.
150,000 may not seem like much, but it depends on what era it is placed in.
One dollar can buy one gram of gold, and 150,000 US dollars will be put in the future generations, worth nearly 40 million yuan.
In terms of purchasing power, it is only a little more.
Overseas Chinese in the United States are not only patriotic, but also have patriotic strength.
Mr. Lao and Mr. Huang Sande, on behalf of An Liangtang and Zhigongtang respectively, contributed 50,000 yuan.
The rest of the time, we started to discuss who the money should go to and how it should be spent.
The Nanchang Airport fire case the year before last was full of uproar, and Chinese people all over the world had heard about it, and it also made a big discount on the credibility of the Nationalist Government and the chairman of the National People's Congress.
On the other hand, overseas Chinese leaders, including Situ Meitang and Huang Sande, are tired of the chairman of the committee not fighting the enemy, but fighting the civil war endlessly.
Some suggested that Song Ziwen should form an elite division similar to the tax police corps, while others said that they would follow the old practice and directly give it to the national government, and send representatives to the country to supervise the whereabouts of the money.
Fang Buwei glanced at He Shili.
Others don't know, but He Shili definitely knows.
Just because of the tax police corps, the chairman of the committee was wary, not only was the tax police corps incorporated, but even Song Ziwen was forced to resign from the post of vice president of the Executive Yuan.
In the end, Situ Meitang and Huang Sande suggested that the money should still be handed over to the Nationalist Government, but the China Relief Bureau had the right to intervene in what to do with the money.
The timing of the handover has also not been determined.
The two leaders meant to negotiate with the chairman again, at least the money could not be used to beat their own people.
It was unanimously approved.
When the full-scale war began, the amount of money raised by the overseas Chinese in the Americas increased four or five times every year.
The morning's agenda was over, all the guests went to the first floor to eat, Chen Yuting also took He Shili's arm and went downstairs, and when he left, he didn't forget to nod his head.
Fang Buwei smiled politely.
All morning, this woman seemed to be very honest, sitting quietly beside He Shili, and didn't even whisper a few words.
After the people in the venue were almost gone, Fang Buwei came to the place where Chen Yuyuting had sat and fell asleep.
The table top is clean and there is no clutter under the soles of the feet.
Is it really just to sit with He Shili?
Fang Buwei couldn't make a decision, and after Gao Zhensheng finished explaining to the disciples guarding the venue, he went downstairs with him.
In the second half of the day, there is only one item on the agenda: to announce the whereabouts of the funds raised in the previous year.
A receipt represents a sum of money.
Who is the donor, who is the recipient, and through what channels is the domestic ......
At a glance, last year, the total amount raised by the China Relief Bureau was $320,000.
Overseas Chinese in the United States donated more than 80 percent of them, the first being the Anliang General Church and the second being the Zhi Gong Tang.
Less than 20 percent remained, mostly from Canada, and a small number from overseas Chinese from Peru and other American countries.
The lump sum payment is clear and straightforward.
None of the people present were ordinary people, most of them had their own news channels, so they naturally knew if there were any discrepancies.
Since the founding father advocated the establishment of the China Relief Bureau in 05, in the past 30 years, Huang Sande and Situ Meitang have set an example, and every time they raise money, Zhigongtang and Anliang General Hall have contributed the most.