Zhou Hexuan's trip to the United States was very large, and more than 30 people went with him, and he declared it a "Sino-US Folk Culture Friendship Exchange Group." Zhou Hexuan not only had Vivien Li by his side, but Meng Xiaodong also went with him, and by the way, he also invited Mr. Mei Lanfang and his troupe, under the banner of artistic exchange.

They first took a train to Shanghai to meet the team of Song Ziwen and Fan Heyan, and then boarded a ship together and set sail.

"Mr. Song, long time no see!" Zhou Hexuan shook hands with a smile.

Song Ziwen responded in a cold tone: "Hello Mr. Zhou." ”

The entire financial system of the Nanjing Nationalist Government was founded by Song Ziwen, who was also the founder of the central bank. However, when Song Ziwen visited the United States this time, he resigned all his government posts as an ordinary Chinese.

This is the fourth time since 1928 that Song Ziwen has resigned.

When Chang Kaishen raised troops for the Northern Expedition, Song Ziwen persuaded Chang Kaishen to admit various bonds from different periods. These bonds are issued by various "central governments", and their value is equivalent to waste paper, and it is too scary to wipe the butt.

Song Ziwen suddenly announced loudly that as long as Chang Kaishen could succeed in the Northern Expedition, all these bonds would be recognized and paid by the government in installments, with some discounted or deferred repayment. Merchants everywhere were overjoyed - the waste paper could still be cashed out! So they supported Chang Kaishen one after another, so that Chang Kaishen's military spending was settled.

It can be said that Chang Kaishen was able to succeed in the Northern Expedition, and Song Ziwen made great achievements.

However, Chang Kaishen was very worry-free, provoking civil wars year after year, which made the government's financial red byte climb and made Song Ziwen anxious. Not only that, Chang Kaishen often turned against the merchant group chaebol, causing Song Ziwen to be scolded by the businessmen.

Every time Chang Kaishen messed things up and caused the Nanjing government's finances to collapse, Song Ziwen would make a fuss about picking on him. Then Chang Kaishen asked his wife to go out again, persuaded his brother-in-law to come back, and continued to wipe his buttocks.

At the beginning of last year, Song Ziwen went abroad for a visit, and before leaving, he agreed with Chang Kaishen not to issue new bonds this year, because he didn't know how to fill the big hole in the past. When Song Ziwen returned to China, he suddenly found that his mother had only been abroad for a few months, so why did the central bank carry a bad debt again?

Song Ziwen was driven crazy, he couldn't bear it anymore, and finally slapped the table with Chang Kaishen, resigned most of the government positions in one go, and only retained a few idle positions.

Although he resigned, he resigned, but after all, he was a relative, and it was impossible for Song Ziwen to really leave it alone.

After the outbreak of the silver craze, Song Ziwen went out again and actively sought financial support from the United States. It is a pity that the United States does not like him at all, and is not even willing to invite him to visit the United States, making it clear that it does not want to talk about this matter. Even if Soong Ziwen went to the United States spontaneously, most of the time he would not see Roosevelt, and at most an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would receive him.

Now it has been changed to Zhou Hexuan, whose main responsibility is to visit Roosevelt as a civilian and to stir up trouble in the United States. And Song Ziwen also resigned from his few idle posts and went to the United States for nothing, responsible for negotiations in the professional field.

The two of them have a clear division of labor, Zhou Hexuan is making a mouth, and Song Ziwen is talking about cooperation.

Song Ziwen casually introduced: "This is Fan Heyan, deputy secretary general of the central bank. ”

Zhou Hexuan shook hands with a smile and said, "Hello Secretary General Fan!" ”

"Oh, Mr. Zhou, I have admired the name for a long time. Seeing you today, Fan is fortunate to have three lives! Fan Heyan laughed, and a few sycophants were not flattering, but had the demeanor of some literati and celebrities.

Fan Heyan is not Song Ziwen's person, but Kong Xiangxi's henchman.

Since Soong resigned as finance minister and central bank governor, Kong Xiangxi has taken over these two official positions. Now that Zhou Hexuan and Song Ziwen are going to the United States to do something, Kong Xiangxi must get involved, so he sent his henchman Fan Heyan.

To put it bluntly, Fan Heyan came to beat the side drum, and by the way, he made political achievements for Kong Xiangxi.

But Fan Heyan is really not annoying, this gentleman is tall and thin, and his gestures have a celebrity demeanor. He was not only an economist, but also a calligrapher, a poet, and ran a newspaper.

By the way, the car used by Chang Kaishen and Song Meiling to get married was borrowed by Fan Heyan from his eldest brother Zhu Fuhuan.

Song Ziwen, Fan Heyan chatted with Zhou Hexuan for a few words, and shook hands with Mei Lanfang, Meng Xiaodong, Vivien Li and others.

In the evening, on the deck of the steamer.

Fan Heyan said tentatively: "Mr. Zhou, I heard that you already have a comprehensive plan, I don't know how we should cooperate?" ”

Zhou Hexuan did not answer, but asked Song Ziwen with a smile: "What is Mr. Song's arrangement?" ”

"It's just an opportunistic act, what other arrangements can be made?" Song Ziwen had no hope for this trip, and he did not believe that the British would come in to help, because he was a professional and knew too much about the inside story of the silver craze.

The more you know, the more pessimistic you become.

In Song Ziwen's view, Zhou Hexuan's daring to take over this mess was purely ignorant and fearless of a layman, thinking that with a little fame, he could make the British and American powers bow their heads.

Historically, including Chang Kaishen, Song Ziwen and Kong Xiangxi, when dealing with the silver crisis, they have been walking like headless flies, and they have not come up with a feasible overall strategy. In particular, Kong Xiangxi, who is the Minister of Finance, almost in a pleading posture, sought to communicate with the United States again and again, and even engaged in a bizarre incident of selling silver to the United States to ease relations and buying silver from Britain to stabilize finance.

Hehe, China has already had a silver outflow and monetary tightening, and it dares to export a large amount of silver to the United States. After selling the silver to the Americans, Kong Xiangxi was worried about China's financial collapse, so he immediately asked the British to buy silver to make up for the leakage. What is this operation called?

Perhaps, Kong Xiangxi can make a profit in the three-way transaction, but he is China's finance minister, how can he play like this?

At least if Song Ziwen is replaced as the Minister of Finance, he will definitely not be able to do this kind of bullshit.

By the way, some officials of the US Government hope to invite Soong Ziwen to the United States for negotiations. However, this proposal was ultimately rejected, and the reason why the Americans rejected Soong Ziwen's visit to the United States was very simple, because Soong Ziwen belonged to the anti-Japanese faction and was afraid that Soong Ziwen's visit to the United States would damage Japanese-American relations.

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "Roosevelt has been politically kidnapped by the silver group, after we arrive in the United States, don't rush to get in touch with Roosevelt." Instead, we must first build momentum among the people, so that the American people will pay attention to China and make the American people think that China-US cooperation is beneficial to them. ”

"It's as simple as you think." Song Ziwen couldn't help but want to roll his eyes.

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "Sometimes the simpler the better. ”

"Then you feel free." Song Ziwen was too lazy to talk nonsense.