From the election process in the United States in 1940, it can be seen that the United States is moving away from isolationism step by step.

In the beginning, there were three main contenders, Thomas Dewey and Robert Taft of the Republican Party, and Wendell Wilkie of the Democratic Party. When Roosevelt announced his candidacy, Wilkie, who knew he was powerless to resist, immediately defected from the Democratic Party and defected to the Republican camp.

Wilkie's popular support was pitiful, and when the Anglo-French coalition was defeated, he immediately eliminated Dewey and Taft to become the Republican Party's presidential nominee, and reached the presidential final with Roosevelt.

Wilkie was able to win the Republican election because he was the only international diplomatist in the Republican Party, and his opponents were isolationists.

In other words, the 1940 U.S. election ended between two "interventionists."

This is enough to explain the choice of the American consortium and the people, who overwhelmingly support the United States in going out of the Americas and actively participating in international affairs in Asia and Europe, and the wind of isolationism is getting weaker and weaker in the United States.

The two presidential candidates, Roosevelt and Wilkie, have basically the same views on military and foreign policy. It's just that Wilkie represents the interests of Wall Street, while Roosevelt focuses on the overall development of the United States, and the two have great differences on domestic issues.

Knowing the changes in the direction of public opinion in US diplomacy, the rest is easy to understand, including Roosevelt's promise to give China a $100 million credit loan, and also the US government media's support for Hu Shih and the anti-Japanese propaganda activities of the China Institute.

The anti-Japanese propaganda performances on the weekend were very large-scale, and not only some celebrities would participate, but also Stimson, who had just become the secretary of the army. This old man began to do aid work to China two years ago, and has always advocated that the United States enter the war, and now he is even provoking Japan in various ways as a high-ranking US official.

Instead of stopping Stimson's actions, Roosevelt used him as a spearhead to test and guide the United States' active foreign policy.

Before the performance officially began, Yu Peichen took two men home to meet Zhou Hexuan.

Yu Peichen introduced: "Brother Xuan, this is Mr. Paul Robertson, the black American singer. He is a staunch internationalist aid to China, and not long ago he sang the "March of the Volunteers" at his own concert. ”

Zhou Hexuan warmly shook hands and said, "Hello, Mr. Robertson! ”

The first words Paul Robertson said to Zhou Hexuan were actually in Chinese, and he grinned and asked: "Mr. Zhou, it's a pleasure to meet you, am I still fluent in Chinese?" ”

"It's great, and although the tone is a little flawed, the articulation is very clear." Zhou Hexuan praised.

"It's thanks to Liu's help." Paul laughed.

The Chinese young man next to him was Liu Liangmo, Paul's personal Chinese teacher, and taught Paul to sing the "March of the Volunteers."

Liu Liangmo said with a smile: "Mr. Robertson is a language genius, it only took him three months to be able to use Chinese for daily communication. In addition to Chinese, Mr. Robertson is fluent in more than 10 languages and dialects, including English, French, Russian and Spanish. ”

Paul Robertson waved his hand and said, "I only know a little, but I can't talk about being proficient." ”

The consistent image of black people is that they are rude, stupid, good at singing and dancing, and good at long-distance running, but there will still be a few people with superior intelligence. For example, the black singer in front of him has full of his language talent, and he, a Columbia LL.M., has learned more than 20 languages in his later years.

Funnily enough, Paul began out as a professional actor and gained widespread recognition for his performances in both film and theater – something that was very difficult in the 1920s. As a result, this professional actor who graduated from the law department became a well-known black singer with his super racial talent, but people ignored his identity as an actor.

By the way, in the Spanish Civil War a few years ago, the black American singer also participated, and publicly supported China's War of Resistance three years ago.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Paul Robertson immediately called Taizu to express his heartfelt congratulations, and accepted the invitation of the Chinese representative to give a visiting performance in China. As a result, his passport abroad was revoked by the U.S. government......

At the most difficult time for the diplomatic situation in New China, Paul wrote in "A Letter to the Chinese People": "Your great country is one of the cradles of human civilization and one of the great countries of today and in the future. I look forward to the day when I will be able to come to your land and pay my respects to you, and I hope that this day will come soon, it will be a happy day that I have longed for. ”

It is a pity that when the People's Republic of China and the United States formally established diplomatic relations, this respectable black brother had already passed away and had never had the opportunity to set foot on Chinese soil in his life.

As for his Chinese teacher, Liu Liangmo, who later participated in the first session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, was one of the proposers of the new Chinese national anthem, and sang the "March of the Volunteers" for most of his life.

Liu Liangmo shook hands warmly and said, "Mr. Zhou, it's a pleasure to see you again." ”

Zhou Hexuan couldn't remember it a little and asked, "We've met before?" ”

Liu Liangmo said: "Three years ago, I met you at an event of the National Salvation Federation in Shanghai, when I was one of the executive members of the National Salvation Association. We also took a group photo after the event, you were sitting in the center of the first row, and I was on the far left of the first row. ”

"I see, fortunately, fortunately!" Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

Liu Liangmo's identity during the Anti-Japanese War is very interesting, he is known as the "cheerleader who saves the survival of the picture", and in 1935 he set up a singing club with more than 1,000 members to sing patriotic anti-Japanese war songs. When the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out, he led people to various fronts to carry out anti-Japanese propaganda and labor activities with singing. When Zhou Gong inspected the New Fourth Army last year, he also watched Liu Liangmo's singing performance and spoke highly of his patriotic behavior.

It's a pity that Liu Liangmo not only sang anti-Japanese songs, but also sang a lot of revolutionary patriotic songs. The Nationalist government was so dissatisfied with this that it detained Liu Liangmo last summer, but with the help of the YMCA, he regained his freedom and was sent to the United States to seek refuge and study.

Yu Peichen said: "Mr. Liu is now the leader of the singing group of our China Institute, responsible for organizing the singing performance of the anti-Japanese propaganda activities. Thanks to his adaptation of the Chinese anti-Japanese songs into English songs, the American audience can have a deeper understanding of the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the Chinese people. ”

Liu Liangmo said modestly: "I just did what I could, and the anti-Japanese fighters on the front line are the real heroes." ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "If everyone can make a small contribution, then the 40,000 people will gather great strength, why can't they defeat the Japanese invaders?" ”

"Mr. Zhou said it so well," Mr. Liu said, "that I am going to work with Mr. Robertson to release a record of Chinese anti-Japanese war songs in the United States." Your creations "On the Songhua River" and "My Motherland" will also be included. All the profits from the record were donated to the Anti-Japanese War, and I am afraid that I will not be able to pay you the copyright fee, so I hope you can understand. ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "It's no problem. If there is no record company willing to help with the production and distribution, then I can pay for the production costs, and I will have my publishing company help with the distribution. ”

Paul Robertson exclaimed, "You are such a generous patriotic gentleman. ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "Your idea of internationalism is even more respectable. ”

Paul Robertson said, "Mr. Zhou, I am a big fan of yours. The two songs "On the Songhua River" and "My Motherland" are so beautiful, especially "My Motherland", I just learned it some time ago, and I can't wait to perform it at the concert. ”

"That's my pleasure." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

Paul Robertson added: "I have read your magnum opus, Guns, Germs, and Steel over and over again, and I agree with you very much about it. You are the first internationally renowned scholar to publicly expound on racial equality in your writings and to consider blacks as good as any other race. If possible, I hope you will write a monograph on black history in the future. ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "When China wins the Anti-Japanese War, I think I will write it." ”

"Then please," said Paul Robertson, "I dare not believe that in Europe or in the Americas, the status of blacks is very low. When I was in middle school, there were only two black students in the whole school, including me. Just because of the different skin color, I couldn't do this or that at school, and I couldn't fight back even in a fight. When I was a student at Jester University, I couldn't participate in the school choir because I was black. It wasn't until I entered Columbia that I had the opportunity to sing, and it was an unpleasant experience. ”

"The United States is a multiracial country, and blacks, Chinese, and Jews all suffer severe discrimination," Zhou said. Jews have gradually gained mainstream recognition because of their economic status and white predominance, but they still need more rights. The wisest way for blacks to fight for racial rights is to cooperate with Jews and strengthen exchanges with the Chinese community. Weak races that need to unite to have power. ”

Paul Robertson asked, "Do you have any advice on this?" ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "It is an inevitable trend for the United States to enter the world war, and when the time comes, you can be more high-profile, stand up and call on black people to defend the country, and form black patriotic groups." This is a very crucial first step, because only giving is rewarding, and patriotic behavior will surely win the affirmation of mainstream American society. When, after the war is won, the blacks have paid with their blood and lives for the country, then you have reason to seek racial rights. They are all bloodshed and sacrificed for the country, why don't blacks be allowed to enter certain restaurants? ”

Paul Robertson nodded and said, "That's the truth, thank you very much for Mr. Zhou's guidance." ”

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "At that time, I can cooperate with you to carry out publicity, such as investing in the adaptation of "Twelve Years a Slave" into a movie. ”

"I'm looking forward to that day." Paul Robertson rejoiced.

After the war, black Americans were bound to make a race movement, and in the end they were secretly manipulated by the Jews into an affirmative action movement. Historically, both Jews and blacks have benefited from this movement, but Chinese Americans have gained nothing. At that time, Zhou Hexuan can also get involved, not only to shoot "12 Years a Slave", but also to make the story of Chinese laborers into a movie, and unite with Hongmen to lead the Chinese to participate in the equal rights movement.