Nanjing, Guofu Road, Central Hotel.

Li Dachao, Director General of the China Aviation Association, raised his glass and said with a smile: "Thank you Mr. Zhou for his generosity in donating 10 aircraft to the country. I'm dry of this glass of wine, Mr. Zhou is free! ”

"Well said, well said." Zhou Hexuan craned his neck to toast.

"Good, good amount of wine!" Li Dachao praised.

Li Dachao also represented the China Aviation Association and participated in the Nanjing Air Defense Exhibition. As soon as the exhibition ended, Zhou Hexuan immediately invited him to the hotel to discuss the recruitment of flight cadets to the United States.

It's just that Zhou Hexuan doesn't know the roots of this person, so he has to inquire first.

The two pushed the cups and changed the lamps, and soon became warm. Unexpectedly, Li Dachao still graduated from Peking University, which is even more "his own person", and they chatted about the topic of Peking University for half an hour.

There's no way, there are too many acquaintances at Peking University, and it's enough to pull out one for a long time.

Seeing that Li Dachao was a little dizzy, Zhou Hexuan asked: "In addition to managing the Aviation Association, where is Brother Li still in charge?" ”

Li Dachao shook his head and smiled bitterly: "How can you talk about high school?" It's just running errands for people everywhere. ”

"Brother Li is young and promising, why bother saying frustrating words," Zhou Hexuan said with a smile, "Haha, punish wine!" ”

Li Dachao did seem to be very unsatisfactory, he drank two glasses of stuffy wine and said: "Don't be afraid of Mr. Zhou's jokes, other people's officials are getting bigger and bigger, and the younger brother's officials are getting smaller and smaller." When I thought about the Northern Expedition, I was already the director of Fujian's "Republic of China Daily", and later I also came to be the director of the Political Department of the 49th Army. Hey, once the Northern Expedition is victorious, it's time to reward your deeds. actually transferred me to the Shanghai Education Bureau as a section chief, and my little brother has been in the position of section chief for seven or eight years, and now he is still the section chief! ”

Zhou Hexuan clinked glasses with Li Dachao and said: "That can't be done, the qualifications should be promoted." ”

"The promotion is the promotion," Li Dachao said aggrievedly, "I used to be the head of the Discipline Supervision Section of the Education Bureau, and now I am the head of the first section of the municipal government." The friends who made a revolution with me and engaged in the Northern Expedition at the beginning have at least become mayors and department heads, and I am still standing still. ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled and comforted: "That's different. Shanghai is a special city, and you, the first section chief of the municipal government, are at least equivalent to the deputy director of the provincial department. ”

"The problem is that it doesn't matter," Li Dachao shook his head again and again, "When Zhang Qun was mayor, I did chores for him." Now it's Wu Tiecheng's turn to be the mayor, and I still do chores for him. Mayor Wu was a little better, at least he knew how to delegate power, and he also made me the director general of the aviation association. That Zhang Qun is really not a thing, I, the section chief, are not as effective as the deputy section chief, just because the deputy section chief is his confidant! ”

Zhou Hexuan thought to himself, just like you, who would dare to reuse it? After only a few glasses of wine, he dared to say anything.

It is not for nothing that a person can make the official smaller and smaller.

Li Dachao's qualifications and background are actually very good, graduated from Peking University, and was a member of the Beiping Party Department of the Kuomintang more than ten years ago. During the Northern Expedition, propaganda, politics, military, intelligence ...... Li Dachao did all kinds of work, but after the victory of the Northern Expedition, he was thrown to work as an idle commissioner on the Bac Ninh Railway.

Historically, due to Wu Tiecheng's appreciation, Li Dachao was only slightly promoted, but he never got out of the way in his life.

Character determines destiny.

No, Zhou Hexuan and Li Dachao met for the first time, and he actually dared to say bad things about Zhang Qun when he was drinking.

After chatting for a long time, Zhou Hexuan has completely figured out that Li Dachao's father does not hurt, his mother does not love, and he does not belong to any faction in the Kuomintang.

"Brother Li," Zhou Hexuan said to him, "Brother, I am very interested in the aviation industry, I heard that the Aviation Association is a non-governmental organization, how does it run?" ”

Li Dachao explained in detail: "The China Aviation Association is indeed a non-governmental organization. Chairman Jiang himself served as the chairman, but it was just a name, and he didn't care about it. The vice president's name is Wang Xiaolai, do you know this person? ”

"I've met in Luoyang," Zhou Hexuan said with a smile, "The Green Gang is a big hooligan." ”

Li Dachao said with a smile: "A hooligan is a hooligan, but sometimes a hooligan is more patriotic than an official." This China Aviation Association, Wang Xiaolai contributed the most, and he donated a lot of money. But it's still not as powerful as Du Yuesheng, guess how much Boss Du donated this time? ”

"How much does Du Yuesheng donate?" Zhou Hexuan asked.

Li Dachao said: "The entire 120 planes, all of which are American!" ”

"That's a lot." Zhou Hexuan was surprised.

You must know that the total number of military aircraft that the Nanjing government can control in the whole country does not exceed 150. Du Yuesheng is now donating 120 aircraft alone, which is equivalent to doubling the number of military aircraft of the Nanjing government.

Buying military aircraft from the United States, as long as they are not junk goods, will cost at least about 100,000 yuan each. Du Yuesheng's purchase volume is relatively large, and there must be price concessions, but the 120 planes will cost at least nearly 10 million yuan, which is equivalent to Zhou Hexuan's investment in building the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge.

Zhou Hexuan asked again: "Who will control the money raised by the Aviation Association?" ”

"Hehe," Li Dachao didn't dare to say it directly, only said, "The person in charge of the money used to be surnamed Song, and now his surname is Kong." ”

Surname Kong?

That is Kong Xiangxi, or Kong Xiangxi's relative.

No wonder even Du Yuesheng has to buy planes directly to donate, instead of donating money to the Aviation Association, it is estimated that Boss Du is also disgusted.

Zhou Hexuan asked again: "Is the aviation association only responsible for fundraising?" ”

Li Dachao said: "It's not just fundraising, we belong to the membership system, which is divided into five levels of membership. Ordinary members, pay an annual membership fee of 2 yuan; For permanent members, pay an annual membership fee of 1,000 yuan. There are also special members, sponsoring members, and group members in between. Each member will receive a badge, a model airplane for special membership and above. These dues were used to buy airplanes. Brother, I belong to the sponsoring membership, the annual membership fee is 60 yuan, and I will also have a share of the plane in Japan in the future. ”

"Didn't you get anything else but money? For example, training pilots. Zhou Hexuan inquired.

Li Dachao said: "If the training of pilots is under the control of the military, how can it be handed over to non-governmental organizations?" ”

"That's right." Zhou Hexuan nodded.

In fact, Zhou Hexuan was scolding in his heart, this Zhang Xueliang is too unreliable, I recommend a Mao Aviation Association. This broken association is useless except for fooling people into donating money!

Zhou Hexuan's mind turned, and he immediately smiled, he suddenly understood Zhang Xueliang's intentions.

This kind of thing is indeed more convenient for civil society to operate. If people are selected from the Northeast Army, these pilots will return to China in the future, and they will have too strong a strong devotional color, which will cause Chang Kaishen to be taboo.

Zhou Hexuan said: "Brother Li, I have built a private flying club in the United States, and I want to recruit flight students, and I also ask the aviation association to help. ”

"Private flying clubs in the United States?"

No matter what Li Dachao says, he is also a graduate of Peking University, his brain is definitely not stupid, he immediately understood Zhou Hexuan's intentions, and immediately smiled: "This is a good thing!" Don't worry, this bag will definitely not attract the attention of the Japanese on me! By the way, it is better for Mr. Zhou to become a member of our association, so that it is more convenient to operate. ”

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "Okay, I will pay 1,000 yuan membership fee and become your permanent member." ”