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Just when Song Zheyuan, Shang Zhen, Yin Jinan and others were worried about An Yi, Los Angeles on the other side of the ocean ushered in another morning. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"My home, on the Songhua River in Northeast China, has forest coal mines, and there, there are soybean sorghum all over the mountains...... Ninety-one-eight, ninety-one-eight, from that miserable time, detached from my hometown, abandoned that endless treasure, wandered! Stray...... What year, what month, will I be able to return to my lovely hometown? What year, what month, can the endless treasure be recovered......"

Mournful music, accompanied by crying songs, floated through the streets and alleys.

At the corner of First Avenue in the Chinatown of Los Angeles, there is a novel machine - a plastic deck in the middle, a speaker on each side, and at this moment this exciting melody is coming out of the speakers of the two speakers.

Around the machine, dozens of students occupy a corner, holding pennants and slogans, chanting slogans, and the donation boxes on the ground next to them are stuffed with bills of various amounts, dollars, cents, silver dollars, everything. Walking down the street, on 2nd Avenue, 3rd Avenue and 9th Avenue, similar publicity and fundraising points can be found everywhere.

Let's zoom in to Los Angeles, and then zoom in to the entire West Coast of the United States, where there are similar publicity and fundraising points everywhere in every downtown bus stop, every station and wharf, every movie theater, department store, park and other places.

No one knows that starting today, the funds raised by this inconspicuous fundraising campaign will gather from bits and pieces into a trickle, and finally become a surging river, raising more than $20 million in just over a month.

It turned out that as the fighting on the front line of the Great Wall became more and more intense, the bits and pieces of news that happened there spread to all parts of the world with the tip of the pen of reporters from all over the world, and the news of the shortage of food, ammunition and materials for the anti-Japanese warriors touched the hearts of every son and daughter of Yan and Huang, and the Chinese in the United States felt that they should contribute something to this just cause.

After simple negotiations, the Chinese consortiums soon reached an agreement to launch a fundraising campaign for anti-Japanese soldiers throughout the United States, with the focus of their work on the West Coast areas where Chinese were relatively concentrated. In order to cooperate with the actions of international student organizations and patriotic groups, the Chinese Foundation will sponsor the event throughout the event.

At this time, the Fox company after technical research, developed a new type of cassette tape and play cassette tape, urgently need to be introduced to the market, and at this time is still the world of record phonographs, the price of up to hundreds of dollars after the invention of the cassette tape recorder after the invention of the wait-and-see people, want to buy few people, urgently need to find a publicity entry point, this fundraising activity, is a good opportunity, so, the Fox company subordinate tape factory came up with a thousand prototypes for fund-raising activities, Any philanthropist who makes a one-time donation of $500 will be rewarded with a tape recorder as a huge support for the fundraiser.

Of course, fund-raising activities are not just a matter for students and patriotic groups, no, another wave of propaganda crowds are coming--On the pedestrian street of the central street of the Chinatown district, Ou Yaoting, Lin Xudong, Situ Meitang, Ma Zhiyuan, Zhong Zhizhai and others followed behind the officials of the Huaqing Society and An Liangtang who were holding donation boxes and tape recorders, strolling along, although the staff holding pennants and slogans surrounded them, but still attracted cheers and applause from people who were familiar with them on the roadside, and from time to time some people walked quickly over the procession and ran to the donation box. Put down the money you were carrying, then consciously step aside, and when the procession passed, slowly followed.

Seeing that in just one hour, nearly 500 people have donated, Lin Xudong said to Zhong Zhizhai beside him with great emotion:

"We Chinese are still very united, and it is not easy to cross the ocean to the United States to make a living, but when the national disaster is at the head, everyone still takes action and shows their patriotism with practical actions, which is respectable and admirable!"

Zhong Zhizhai nodded: "That's right, when my family and I came to the United States in 27 years, I also doubted the patriotism of overseas Chinese, thinking that no matter how chaotic the country is, it will not affect them, even if the country is ruined, they are also cold bystanders, and they can get by, and later the Second Northern Expedition and Jianghuai disaster relief fundraising, there are overseas Chinese everywhere, I gradually changed my opinion, to see this touching scene today, I am completely enlightened, no matter where we are, can not change our hot Chinese heart!" ”

Situ Meitang, who was old and strong, stroked his beard and said with a proud smile: "Our overseas Chinese have always been very united, when Mr. Zhongshan made a revolution, it was to get the strong support of my overseas Chinese, and then the revolution was successful, and the Republic of China government was established, but the country was fighting for many years, and everyone gradually lost their minds. Later, when Whampoa was founded, and then in the Northern Expedition, the revolution needed our help, and we all cheered up and launched a fund-raising campaign, in order to unify the country, enrich the country and strengthen the army. In recent years, our Chinese consortium has worked together to make money, a large number of compatriots have poured into the United States, and they all have jobs, and they also have some spare money, and now our army is fighting against foreign humiliation, trapped by lack of funds, if we Chinese do not express their hearts, it will be a joke! ”

Ou Yaoting echoed: "Yes, when I was in Nanyang, I was just a businessman with assets of less than one million in several commercial houses, but I was not lagging behind others every time I raised funds, so I was fortunate to get acquainted with Mr. Zhongshan, Mr. Liao Zhongkai and later Mr. Chiang Kai-shek, and my daughter worshiped Miss Song Jiasan as her godmother at that time. Later, he came to China to start an industry, and his business slowly expanded, but he never gave up his patriotism and served the country. After meeting Xiaoyi, my business became bigger and bigger, I opened branches in Europe and the United States, and my influence became bigger and bigger, but I still did not forget that I am a Chinese and should fulfill my responsibilities for the country and the nation. ”

Ma Zhiyuan was relieved with a hint of anger: "Like gathers like, it is precisely because we all have a strong sense of patriotism that we will come together." In 29 years, I came to the United States with someone, and in accordance with the commander's operational ideas prepared in advance, I called for wind and rain in the stock market and made a lot of gains, and then a series of companies controlled by our Chinese were born, laying the foundation for the vigorous development of our Chinese consortium. The development and growth of the Huaqing Society is also entirely due to the planning of the commander, from taking the lead in securing the shipping company to smuggling arms and alcohol, as well as the continuous supply of anti-inflammatory drugs, which is not pre-arranged by him with foresight? It is precisely with the continuous supply of funds from the China Youth Society and the strong support of the country that the acquisition and merger are so smooth, and the assets of the Chinese consortium are getting stronger and stronger. But look at the result, for such a big thing as fundraising for the country, someone will not participate, it's too much to say! ”

Ou Yaoting naturally knew who Ma Zhiyuan was talking about, and he had the heart to explain, but when he saw Situ Meitang looking over with concern, he couldn't help but smile faintly, and decided to talk to Ma Zhiyuan in private.

At this time, the procession happened to come to the end of the trip, the central garden of the pedestrian street, and the staff in charge of recruiting people scattered in all directions, handing out leaflets to passers-by, and others also held slogans and banners, chanting slogans, but a few of their bigwigs had nothing to do, which seemed a little abrupt.

This central garden is close to the Lin family's residence, when there is nothing to do on weekdays, the people of the Huaqing Society like to come here to bask in the sun, drink tea and chat, Lin Xudong glanced around, and saw that the Lin sisters who arrived first to make arrangements had already ordered people to set up tables, chairs and benches, and were making tea, so they smiled and invited everyone to come and take a seat.

At this moment, a "bang" of gunfire came, followed by a dense burst of gunfire, and suddenly the whole street was in chaos, and there were people running around in panic everywhere. The bodyguards who were distributing leaflets around quickly threw away the pieces of paper in their hands, rushed over quickly, took out the pistols on their waists and looked around vigilantly, and slowly covered the big guys to sit down at the tables and chairs in the central garden. Situ Meitang's brows furrowed slightly, Zhong Zhizhai's face changed greatly, Zhang Xi's representative Bulchenov looked around, the Lin family sisters lost their faces, and only Lin Xudong and Ou Yaoting were unmoved.

At this time, Ma Zhiyuan had already run away without a trace, and as early as the moment the gunshots rang out, he led people to rush towards the place where the gunshots came from.

After a few minutes, Ma Zhiyuan came back with a few people and said with a solemn expression: "It's Japanese!" The people we arranged at the intersection of Chang'an West Second Street found that the two men and two women in windbreakers were very suspicious, so they stepped forward to interrogate, who knew that these four dog men and women took out their weapons and began to shoot wildly. Fortunately, we have snipers at the commanding heights of each street, and these four people were quickly eliminated, and our people dodged in time, and there were no casualties. ”

Ou Yaoting asked curiously: "Since you killed people on the spot, how can you confirm that they are Japanese?" ”

Lin Xudong explained: "Now we basically control the shipping business on the west coast, and the customs and police stations also have their own people, and almost every stranger will be recorded. These people got off the passenger ship from Tokyo to San Diego, although they all claimed to be Chinese, and when outsiders were present, they also behaved decently, and even scolded the Japanese government, but after investigation, these guys all spoke Japanese when they got along in private, and their behavior was also very strange, especially exposing their fox tail, they actually visited Japan's Ito Trading Company three times in a row in half a month, so they became the target of key surveillance. I didn't expect these guys to choose to do it today, probably for us, if something happens to our people here, it is estimated that the entire Chinese in the United States will be in chaos, and then the Japanese will be able to do it. ”

Ma Zhiyuan said: "In recent years, our film company has successively filmed films such as "Blood Certificate", "Daisy", "Confusion", "The Wind is Tight" and other films for Little Japan, exposing the Japanese government's use of its own women to sell ** to make money, sending spies in other countries to steal military and economic secrets, and engaging in genocide in North Korea and other crimes. That's why people can't be sent from within Japan to carry out the mission. ”

Zhong Zhizhai was a little surprised, how many people do you need to monitor such a large area? In the past few years, he has helped An Yi and constantly arranged for Chinese students to study at various universities, knowing that the Huaqing Society has grown rapidly, but it has developed into such a behemoth in a blink of an eye, which is still a little unexpected.

"If someone is on a passenger ship from a Nanyang or a Chinese port, will you investigate? And those who come from the east by train? What if the Japanese government bought off the people of the International Assassin Group? Bulchenov, a Belarusian expert who had been silent, was shocked and asked like a cannon.

Ma Zhiyuan replied in detail: "If you are an outsider, you have to live in a hotel, right?" All hotels in our West Coast cities must be checked in, if the visitor does not live in the hotel but rents a house for a long time, the landlord must report the renter's situation to the police, and then we will also send someone to observe and monitor the first time to make sure that there is no problem before letting go. Even if these people are lucky enough to get by, it is not easy to infiltrate the Tang District to cause destruction, our guards are all trained with the same set of model battalions, and they have already been trained to be sharp-eyed, and today's Japanese are the best proof of this. ”

Ou Yaoting nodded: "This is also the reason why I didn't panic after hearing the gunshots, Xudong and Zhiyuan have already explained the security situation in the Chinatown to me, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as impregnable." If someone really breaks into the Chinatown and succeeds, it proves that our business for many years has failed, and even if we die, we can't blame others! ”

Lin Xudong frowned: "It's better to be careful, the Japanese are crazy during this time, and there have been several assassinations in a row." It's all right in Chinatown, but I hope that you don't go out as much as possible so that Japanese people don't take advantage of it. ”

Ou Yaoting waved his hand: "You don't have to make a fuss, let's not waste food because of choking, we can do whatever we have to do...... With President Roosevelt's series of economic policies and the tightening of bank supervision, there are many opportunities for all walks of life, but there will be more and more constraints. There is Jiang Tao, who Zhang Xi also agrees with very much, to help watch, and Xudong and Zhiyuan to help, I am very relieved, but Nanyang is my foundation, in recent years, with the gradual increase in immigrants to the south, the proportion of Chinese population has changed significantly, and the economic development is extremely rapid, I have to go back to coordinate it, otherwise I don't worry! ”

Situ Meitang said with a smile: "Life is rare for seventy years, I am sixty-five years old this year, why do you still cherish this stinky skin?" It is better to take advantage of the energy to do something beneficial to the country and the nation. I think this fundraising is very meaningful, let's work harder, the country will be easier, and then I will go all over the United States, widely publicize, I want to see who can take my old guy's life! ”

Everyone was greatly admired, and for a while they became enthusiastic and fearless.