Chapter 427: Layout Preparations for the Olympics
After receiving Wang Zhengting's telegram, Song Zhewu was completely speechless, he never expected that a diplomatic dispute would be caused for a few household appliances and stockings!
I can sell my own things to whoever I want, and which one can be controlled?
But if you think about it carefully, what he did was indeed a little inappropriate, if everyone sells Americans, but not Chinese, he Song Zhewu will also be angry.
But DuPont can't give an explanation, after all, the two sides are partners, and they have to maintain a long-term friendly and cooperative relationship, and now that this cooperation has just begun, it is not good to let their partners have grievances. Besides, this matter is also that he wants to play a sideline, and he doesn't want the other party at all.
After thinking about it, there was no good way to solve this matter, and in the end, Song Zhewu had to call Song Zhewen in the United States and ask him to explain the matter clearly to Dupont.
The number of household appliances and stockings that can be sold to the United States will definitely not be very large, and there will be no impact on the joint venture company's market in the United States, and it can also be used to create momentum and advertise the products that the joint venture factory will produce, and even greatly increase the sales price of the joint venture company in the future.
If DuPont still thinks this is unacceptable, then ask them to go to the US State Department themselves, and ask the US State Department to come forward and tell Jensen to stop this matter, let alone make any protests to the national political axe, otherwise, he will not be able to sell to American businessmen.
Of course, DuPont will not be satisfied with Song Zhewen's explanation, but they have no other better way.
Alfred, one of DuPont's three major shareholders, has really been active in the US State Department and the Senate and House of Representatives, and has won the joint support of the State Department's Under Secretary of State for Asian Affairs and more than a dozen Senators and House members.
It's just that the current President of the United States, Hoover, firmly disagrees.
Hoover believes that although the Chinese and the US company are about to make a joint venture to produce these highly profitable commodities, and the Chinese do not sell these goods to the Americans, they are doing so completely at the request of the US joint venture company, in order to ensure the interests of the joint venture company in the future, and it has nothing to do with the Chinese's contempt for US citizens.
However, as President of the United States of America, he does not consider issues only in terms of economic interests, especially in the interests of a particular domestic company, and any decision he makes will damage the image and interests of the United States of America.
As far as this matter is concerned, because of this deliberate "contempt" for the citizens of the United States of America, it will cause extremely bad damage to the image of the United States of America in the international community, and if such acts that undermine the dignity of the citizens of the United States are left unchecked, it will be a dereliction of duty on the part of the President, which is also absolutely unforgivable, and if this matter is not handled well, it will affect the votes.
Therefore, he not only disagreed with the proposal of the deputy secretary of state and more than a dozen members of the Senate and House of Representatives, but also immediately instructed Jensen to urgently send a diplomatic note to the Chinese political axe on behalf of the US political axe, "If the Chinese political axe does not immediately correct this practice of discriminating against American citizens, all the consequences arising therefrom will be completely borne by the Chinese political axe."
At the same time, he telegraphed to Jensen, asking him to inform the Chinese political axe in his private name that since the Chinese political axe had already unified the country de jure, the rebellion was being quelled in the country, and weapons and ammunition were urgently needed, the American political axe would give due consideration to the actual needs of the Chinese political axe.
Hoover's meaning is very clear, that is, Chinese businessmen must treat American businessmen the same way they treat businessmen from other countries, and this is a matter of face, otherwise it will damage the image of the United States in the world.
Of course, because the world's old empires, Britain and France, although their economic strength has been surpassed by the United States, but they have just won World War I, the old empire is still powerful, and the United States is still far from reaching the unique strength and domineering in the world after World War II, and because the United States pursued an isolationist policy during this period, its international reputation is not as loud as that of Britain and France. As a result, Hoover was also worried that his diplomatic threats would not attract enough attention from China's political axe.
In order to ensure that China's political axe can correct this "mistake" in time, he also needs to give China's political axe some small benefits.
This benefit cannot be too obvious, it can only be a small benefit that no one cares about, otherwise there will be public opinion in the country to attack him for being weak.
Therefore, a little liberalization in terms of weapons, and that will not mind anyone.
On the arms embargo against China, which has now been gradually and covertly lifted, give the Chinese political axe another guarantee, so that Chiang Kai-shek, the Chinese political axe, will have some face, and he will be more happy to fulfill the wishes of the President of the United States of America.
At this time, the United States did not have an ambassador in China, and Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to China Jensen was the top US diplomat in China, and the diplomatic note sent by him on behalf of the US political axe was on behalf of the US political axe.
Chiang Kai-shek naturally could not ignore the official diplomatic note of the US political axe, not to mention that the US political axe had already secretly shown favor to him. Although the United States is still adopting an extremely conservative policy of non-intervention, the United States is a world power, and its influence in the world is enormous, which cannot be compared with countries like Germany, Beneans, and Italy.
Chiang Kai-shek was definitely very happy to see that he could establish good relations with a country like the United States.
Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek immediately called Wang Zhengting and demanded that Wang Zhengting and Song Zhewu must unconditionally and immediately resolve the matter, and must not cause any diplomatic dispute that is detrimental to the interests of the national government.
After hitting the nail in the White House, DuPont was naturally unwilling, and finally decided to speed up the installation of the main plant and equipment of the joint venture, if the Chinese side still sold these goods to American businessmen, then in order to ensure the interests of all shareholders of the joint venture, they had to advance the production time to the fourth quarter of 31.
When DuPont told Song about this decision, Song had no choice but to accept it, because he now had to sell the goods to American merchants.
Although his sales have not been affected, he can still sell these in-demand goods to any foreigner at will, but the US joint venture company has put into production and sales ahead of schedule, which means that Daqing Company wants to make huge profits like this again, and it will soon be impossible to achieve it.
Of course, this is not much different for Song Zhewu, it is just a matter of which hand gets the money. Fortunately, there is still half a year to use, but there will not be so many household appliances taken out every month, and last time it was Li Rujuan's output that she had saved for a few months.
The current monthly output of household appliances is only about 15,000 pieces per month, and with the increase in sales of goods, the price will naturally gradually drop some, and Song Zhewu estimates that there will be about one billion windfall profits to be made.
However, this is also enough, only the production of domestic and foreign household appliances is profitable, it is more than enough to raise the cost of resettlement, and there will even be some surplus money that can be used in other aspects.
Moreover, there is another good news that makes Song Zhewu very happy, that is, he has received a letter of appointment from Wang Zhengting, chairman of the "Olympic Committee of the Republic of China" on behalf of the Olympic Committee, officially appointing him as vice chairman of the Olympic Committee.
Song Zhewu always believed that although the League of Nations, which was controlled by Europe and the United States, not only condemned the Northeast, but even demanded that the troops withdraw from Northeast China, this was only because the Yen had touched the interests of Britain and France in Northeast China.
If in his previous life, he had said that his ambitions were smaller, that he only occupied North China, and that there was no war with the United States, and that he did not threaten the interests of Europe and the United States in Southeast Asia, would the Americans still allow China to apply the "Loan Act" and provide Chinese arms and other materials with assistance.
If he had been more obedient and had not started a war with the United States, or even joined the Allies in World War II, then the invasion and occupation of Northeast China, North China, and Southern Mongolia would probably have been supported and recognized by Britain and the United States, and even permanently separated from China.
This is the politics between the major powers, where there is absolutely no justice or justice at all, and what sanctimonious Western politicians say about freedom, open cooking, human rights, and justice are all deceitful nonsense, and those will change as their interests change.
Song Zhewu's opinion is not unfounded, you must know that after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Europe, and even the Americans were still trading with Yue himself, including military materials, and there was no justice at all.
In a word, compared to Yueben, China is not very important in the eyes of these European and American politicians, and ignoring the suffering of the Chinese will not make them lose many votes, because the Western people have a much more positive understanding of Yue himself at this time than the Chinese.
It is not easy to change the international image of the Chinese, which has been weak for hundreds of years. But next year there will be a great opportunity, and that is the 10th Olympic Games in Los Angeles, USA.
If the Chinese can achieve good results in the Olympic Games, it will not only greatly improve China's international image, but also greatly increase the good opinion of the European and American people towards China.
In the previous life, China sent only one athlete to participate in the Olympic Games, that is, Liu Changchun, the first person in China to participate in the Olympic Games, which was known to later generations. Sadly, Liu Changchun's travel expenses to the United States to compete in the competition could not be solved, and in the end, Zhang Xueliang funded him 800 oceans to make the trip.
Liu Changchun, who rushed to Los Angeles before the start of the Olympic Games, was greatly affected in his physical condition, and Liu Changchun's performance in the Los Angeles Olympics was greatly disappointed. And it was at this Olympics that he showed his face in swimming and all jumping events.
Now that Song Zhewu has the title of vice president of the Chinese Olympic Committee, not only will he no longer let the Chinese delegation have no funds to participate, but he will not let the Chinese return empty-handed at the Los Angeles Olympics, let alone let himself be in the limelight at the Los Angeles Olympics.
However, to organize the participating teams, the time is still a little tight. Although the time is tight, Song Zhewu feels that it is still enough, if he prepares better, he is very sure of making breakthroughs in some projects. You must know that at this time, no one in not only the West, but also in all countries in the world will organize training camps, and they are all individuals fighting alone. He had to organize a training team and seize the time to train actively.
Song Zhewu found Jia Jingde and Zhao Pilian and told them his idea of preparing to organize the Los Angeles Olympics.
Jia Jingde and Zhao Pilian can both understand the significance of the Olympic Games, especially Zhao Pilian, who has been in the education field for many years.
Speaking of modern sports in Shanxi, it was introduced to Shanxi by Kong Xiangxi in the 33rd year of Guangxu, that is, in 1907, after returning from studying in the United States.
Kong Xiangxi of Taigu County returned from studying in the United States and took over the primary school attached to Taigu Nanguan Christian Mingdao Academy, renamed "Mingxian School", and personally taught three courses to students, including "physical education". This course was designed by Kong Xiangxi to introduce the infantry that he had seen in the United States.
In addition to Kong Xiangxi, there is also Qi Baoxi, a native of Dingxiang County who studied at Shinagawa Sports College, who brought back barbells, dumbbells, wooden rings, clubs and other equipment after graduation and taught at his own Dingxiang Higher Primary School. In addition, the school sports meeting is held twice a year in spring and autumn to carry out track and field, physical fitness, tug-of-war competitions and team performances.
In addition, in 1925, Zhang Yong, a native of Fenyang, went to the United States to study physical education at Oberlin University and obtained a master's degree. Later, he studied at the Graduate School of Education at Columbia University and received his Ph.D. degree. He is one of the earliest experts in the study of physical education and sports organization management in China. His translation of The History of World Sports has played a great role in disseminating and researching Western sports not only in Shanxi but also in the whole country.
In the 18 years from 1913 to 1930, Shanxi participated in 11 North China Games and two National Games. In particular, the 14th North China Games held in Taiyuan in the 17th year of the Republic of China greatly promoted the development of sports in Shanxi.
At the sports meeting, in the basketball and women's volleyball games, all 52 teams in Shanxi failed miserably, which made Shanxi public opinion in an uproar, which greatly stimulated the nerves of Shanxi people.
Since then, Yan Xishan has allocated special funds to enrich the physical education teaching equipment of colleges and middle schools, introduced advanced physical education theories and techniques, and hired a group of physical education teachers from Yenching Normal University, Republic of China University, Nankai University, and Yenching Women's Normal University to serve as physical education directors or teachers in Taiyuan No. 8 and No. 10 secondary schools. This group of hired teachers is known as the "Top Ten Professors". These well-known sports experts and teachers from Shanxi who returned to Beijing Normal University, the University of the Republic of China, and the China Sports College, plus more than 40 graduates trained by the Shanxi Provincial National Normal Physical Education Specialized Course, together constitute the backbone of Shanxi's modern physical education and popularization, and Shanxi sports have also ushered in a heyday.
Last year, Zhang Chengwu, director of the Physical Education Department of Northern Normal University, also initiated the establishment of the Shanxi Provincial Sports Federation of Colleges and Universities and the Taiyuan City Secondary School Sports Federation.
A few years ago, Sun Che also set the highest record of 10,000 meters in the Republic of China period with a time of 34 minutes and 1 second in the qualifiers for the Far Eastern Games; There are also famous tennis players Wang Chunjing and Wang Chunwei sisters.
Song Zhewu just wants to take advantage of this position as vice president of the Olympic Committee and take advantage of the good sports atmosphere in Shanxi to make some miracles at the 10th Los Angeles Olympic Games.
Song Zhewu still has great confidence in creating a miracle at the Los Angeles Olympics next year, and his confidence is not blind confidence, but China does have a good foundation for realizing his confidence now.
Now China has a group of very good track athletes, and it can even be said that they are world-class athletes, such as the sprinter Liu Changchun, whose best time in the 100 meters at this time is 10.08 seconds, which is almost the best level in the world, because the world record at this time is this result. Liu Changchun's 200m time is 22.4 seconds, and the 400m time is 52.4 seconds, which is also first-class in the world.
In the original history, although Liu Changchun did not run well at the Los Angeles Olympics in the United States due to jet lag and physical reasons, he ran a personal best of 10.7 seconds in the second year after returning to China.
In fact, at this time, there was a famous player in China who was very good at middle-distance running, and he was Yu Xiwei, who was from Dalian and Liu Changchun, and was known as Scud and Iron Foot.
In 1928, Yu Xiwei won the 800-meter and 1500-meter championships in the middle school group with 2:10.6 and 4:37.6 respectively in the Dalian University, Middle School and Primary School Games. In 1930, at the track and field meeting held by the Chinese Youth Association in Dalian, he set a new world record in 800 meters with a score of 2 points. Since then, he has participated in many international sports competitions and won the championship and runner-up in middle and long-distance running. Even Yue himself, who has always looked down on the Chinese, praised him as the "hero of the Far East."
In Song Zhewu's memory, Yu Xiwei participated in 34 domestic and foreign competitions in his life, and won a total of 50 first places in the 200m, 400m, 800m, 1000m, 1500m, 3000m, 5000m and 10 mile races.
With such an elite athlete with great potential, it is not only very possible to achieve good results in this Olympic Games, but also a certain amount as long as they are well prepared.
What's more, Song Zhewu also has a killer feature, that is, the back-to-back high jump. Now the world's high jump posture is rolling and prone posture, the highest record is 2.01 meters, and as soon as the back cross style appeared, the world record suddenly increased to 2.24 meters. Song Zhewu is confident that through his professor, the men's and women's high jump will become the trump card of the Chinese delegation to win gold.
Although Song Zhewu is not an athlete, he has learned and mastered the back-to-back style in his previous life in school physical education class......
(To be continued)