On the train to Shanghai, Hao Gengsheng said in detail: "Over in Shanghai, Shen Siliang has already contacted the Japanese, and in addition to the Japanese, there are also people from the Philippine Sports Association who came to Shanghai on the same ship. ”

"Which side is the Philippines on?" Chen Qiang asked.

Hao Gengsheng shook his head: "This is not very clear, but the position of the United States is the position of the Philippines, so I need you to go to Shanghai." ”

Chen Qiang thought for a while and said, "We have to know which side the Americans are on first, so that I can go to the American Minister Jensen." Negotiate this kind of thing, we know that we know the other! ”

Hao Gengsheng looked at Chen Qiang with some surprise, he didn't expect the young city wall to show an old side.

I only heard Hao Gengsheng continue: "No matter what the position of the Americans is, we will not make concessions this time, Nanjing has already given clear instructions, what conditions the Japanese give, we will not allow the puppet Manchukuo to participate in the Far Eastern Games!" ”

Hao Gengsheng said, his emotions became a little excited, he smashed the table with his fist excitedly, and said: "Chen Qiang, do you know, I was really happy after hearing this instruction. In the face of the Japanese, Nanjing finally got tough! We will definitely not compromise on this negotiation! We must not lose our power and humiliate the country again in this negotiation! ”

Looking at Hao Gengsheng's excited appearance, Chen Qiang's eyes revealed a trace of indifference.

I saw Chen Qiang sigh and said, "Actually, Nanjing has compromised. ”

"Why do you say that?" Hao Gengsheng asked puzzled.

Chen Qiang's expression was a little serious, he leaned forward, and said in a low tone: "Inspector Hao, you said before that this negotiation is about national sovereignty, but national sovereignty, can it be used for negotiation?" ”

Without waiting for Hao Gengsheng's reaction, Chen Qiang continued: "This is the sovereignty of the country, the issue of sovereignty is not an issue that can be discussed, there is no room for maneuver at all!" The Northeast was originally our territory, and we still negotiate? What's there to talk about here? There is no need to talk about sovereignty! So I say that when the Japanese offered to talk about it, and Nanking agreed, they had actually compromised and already succumbed! ”

Hao Gengsheng opened his mouth, he wanted to refute, but found that he had no room to refute at all.

Chen Qiang took a deep breath, as he expected, in terms of diplomacy, the government is really still the cowardly and incompetent government, and it is still the main idea of compromise with Japan.

Chen Qiang continued: "Nanjing's agreement to this negotiation will make the Japanese feel that it is possible for Nanjing to give in, so this negotiation, the Japanese will inevitably be very tough, and our negotiation road will definitely be very difficult." ”

Hearing Chen Qiang's words, Hao Gengsheng's eyes flashed with a kind of confusion, he seemed to have been poured a basin of cold water by Chen Qiang, and the excited emotion just now disappeared without a trace.

……

As Chen Qiang had predicted, the negotiations in Shanghai were tough and Japan was very tough.

Shen Siliang, the Chinese representative in charge of the preliminary negotiations, simply rejected the Japanese request for the puppet "Manchukuo" to participate in the competition because he received instructions from Nanjing. Subsequently, Japanese representative Yamamoto Kotada said that the puppet "Manchukuo" could participate in the Far Eastern Games in accordance with British India.

When the Far Eastern Games were held in Shanghai, British India also participated, but at that time, British India did not register before the games, but participated in the Far Eastern Games in a temporary capacity. It was said that this was not in line with the regulations of the Far Eastern Games, but China, the organizer at that time, maintained very good diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom, so it opened a back door to British India.

In the past, in order to curry favor with the British, British India was allowed to participate through the back door, which created a precedent, but now it has become a way for the Japanese to plan the puppet "Manchukuo" to participate in the Far Eastern Games.

The Chinese representatives once again rejected the demands of the Japanese, making it clear that they were resolutely opposed to the participation of the puppet "Manchukuo" in the Far Eastern Games.

"Smack!" Japanese representative Yamamoto Xingtada directly took the case, and he said angrily: "If China must oppose the Manchurian Empire's participation in the Far Eastern Games, then we Japan will withdraw from the Far Eastern Games!" ”

Kubota, the representative of the puppet "Manchukuo" Sports Association next to him, also said: "Japan and Manchukuo are one, and only if the Manchurian Empire participates, Japan will participate, and if the Manchurian Empire does not participate, Japan will not participate!" ”

"Little Japan won't participate if it doesn't participate, what's the big deal!" The Chinese representative muttered in his heart.

However, the Philippine representative next to him, after hearing the threat of the Japanese withdrawing, his expression became extremely solemn.

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During the negotiations, the Japanese made a lot of small moves in Shanghai, such as holding special lectures in Shanghai on "The Realization and Ideal of the Royal Road Movement," "The Victory of the Positive Team," and "On the Participation of Manchukuo." At the same time, the Shandong Japanese Youth League issued a statement meaning "Hope for a Satisfactory Solution for the Qinshan Mountains of East Asia" and waved its flag and shouted for the puppet "Manchukuo" to smoothly participate in the Far Eastern Games.

The newspapers controlled by Japan also vigorously propagandized the participation of the puppet "Manchukuo" in the Far East Movement, and the newspapers in Japan, Korea, Northeast China, and other places all advocated the news of the puppet "Manchukuo's" participation in the Far East Games and created public opinion.

In this situation, Chen Qiang and Hao Gengsheng arrived in Shanghai, and then they found Shen Siliang to learn about the first day of negotiations.

In the hotel, members of the Chinese negotiating team are in a meeting.

"It seems that the Japanese are determined to let the puppet Manchurians participate in the Far Eastern Games." Hao Gengsheng said with a solemn expression.

"Japan's negotiator, Yamamoto Kotada, was very tough. And he did not hesitate to use Japan's withdrawal as a threat. Shen Siliang paused, and then said: "The key now is the attitude of the Philippine representatives, if the Philippine representatives support us, then the Japanese conspiracy will definitely not succeed, but if the Philippine representatives support Japan, then we will be in trouble." ”

After Shen Siliang finished speaking, he looked at Chen Qiang, he knew that if he wanted to get the support of the Philippine representatives, he needed Chen Qiang's contribution.

"Chen Qiang, when are you going to meet with American Minister Jensen?" Hao Gengsheng then asked.

Chen Qiang thought for a moment and replied: "Before meeting Jensen, I have to make some preparations, I need the newspapers in the United States in the past year, especially the reports on the new policy of US President Roosevelt. ”

Shen Siliang nodded: "Okay, the things you want are on me, here on the beach, it's still easy to want American newspapers for the past year." ”

……

In the hotel, representatives of the Philippines are discussing negotiations.

"The Japanese threatened that if they weren't allowed to compete in Manchuria, they would also withdraw from the competition, how likely do you think that is?" The representative of the Philippines, Mr. Brown, asked.

"I think the Japanese are just saying that on purpose, that they won't quit, it's just a negotiation tactic." The subordinate spoke.

"I don't agree with this point of view, but I think that it is really possible for the Japanese to withdraw from the competition, and don't forget that Japan withdrew from the 'League of Nations' before because of the Manchurian incident. Now that Manchuria is involved, Japan is really likely to withdraw from the competition. For the sake of Manchuria, the Japanese even dared to withdraw from the 'League of Nations', let alone the Far Eastern Games! The other man spoke.

Brown nodded: "Both of the scenarios you said are very reasonable, but I personally think that it is more likely that the Japanese are just threatening to retire, and they will not really retire." But the price of losing the Japanese team is something we can't afford. I wouldn't dare bet on it! The purpose of our visit to Shanghai this time is to make sure that the tournament can go smoothly, and if Japan withdraws, then our trip will be a failure. ”

Holding a large-scale sports meeting is very expensive, and not all the investment of billions of dollars will be spent on holding an Olympic Games in the future!

The Philippines has also spent a lot of money and paid a lot of economic costs in hosting this Far Eastern Games. And in this era of the Great Depression, since it has paid the economic price, the Philippines naturally wants to recover the cost, not to mention whether it can make money, at least lose a little less.

If the Japanese team does not participate in the competition, then the ticket revenue and advertising revenue of this Far Eastern Games will be greatly reduced, and it will be difficult for the Philippines to recover the cost. That's why Philippine representative Brown said "don't dare to bet".

If Japan does withdraw from the competition, it will have no impact on the Chinese team, but it will hurt the Philippine as the organizer. Japan also took a fancy to the weakness of the Philippines and threatened the Philippines on the grounds of withdrawing from the competition, thus making the Philippines side with Japan and jointly putting pressure on China to force China to agree to the puppet "Manchukuo" to participate in the Far Eastern Games.

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The next day, the negotiations began again, and this time Chen Qiang also appeared at the negotiation site, but he only sat in an inconspicuous position in the back, looking like an errand runner.

"We once again reiterate that we do not recognize the existence of the puppet "Manchukuo", and we resolutely oppose the participation of the puppet "Manchukuo" in the Far Eastern Games! Shen Siliang said sonorously.

"We also reiterate once again that if the Manchurian Empire is not allowed to participate, Japan will withdraw from this Far Eastern Games!" Japan's representative Kotashi Yamamoto responded-for-tat.

Negotiations look deadlocked.

At this time, Brown, the Philippine representative as a third party, finally stood up as a peacemaker.

I only heard Brown speak: "Please calm down for a while, everything is easy to discuss." ”

After Shen Siliang and Yamamoto Xingzhong calmed down, Brown continued: "Two gentlemen, if you still bite the original conditions, I'm afraid it will be difficult to reach a consensus. I don't think it's as good as this, how about the two of you take a step back? ”

"I want to hear about it." Shen Siliang said.

"Do you have any good advice for Mr. Brown?" Yamamoto Xingzhong also asked.

Brown coughed dryly, cleared his throat, and said, "I have an idea, why don't you let the Manchurian teams only participate in the performance events of the Far Eastern Games, and not the official competitions of the Far Eastern Games, what do you think of this?" ”

"That's something to consider." Yamamoto said.

However, Shen Siliang immediately objected: "Absolutely not, we in China oppose the participation of the puppet Manchukuo in the Far Eastern Games in any form. ”

"Isn't it just a performance project?" Brown asked.

"Not in any form, including performances!" Shen Siliang said very resolutely.

Shen Siliang's resolute statement made Yamamoto Xingzhong's face pale, and in order to get the support of the Philippines, Yamamoto Xingzhong immediately spoke: "Japan agrees with the plan proposed by Mr. Brown. ”

Brown nodded at Yamamoto Xingzhong with a satisfied face, and then turned his face to Shen Siliang and said: "Mr. Shen, negotiation is originally a process of mutual compromise, and Japan's Mr. Yamamoto has made concessions, which also shows Japan's sincerity. ”

Shen Siliang did not answer immediately, he had already seen that Brown was already on the side of the Japanese, and now he planned to unite with the Japanese to put pressure on the Chinese delegation.

And Brown's so-called "each one step to each other" is actually an endorsement of the Japanese demands. Japan only hopes to push the puppet "Manchukuo" to the Far Eastern Games, and as for the form in which the puppet "Manchukuo" will participate, how many people will participate, and what kind of results it will eventually get, these are not of concern to the Japanese, as long as the puppet "Manchukuo" is allowed to participate in the Far Eastern Games, then the Japanese conspiracy will be achieved.

Although Shen Siliang didn't know why Philippine representative Brown would favor the Japanese, he had received clear instructions from Nanjing after all, so Shen Siliang still said very resolutely: "Our attitude, I have just expressed it very clearly, Mr. Brown, I am very sorry, your proposal, we can't accept it!" ”

Brown suddenly looked embarrassed, and at this time, the Japanese representative Yamamoto Kotada also took the initiative to stand up: "Our Japanese attitude is also very clear, Japan and Manchuria, if the Manchurian Empire cannot participate in this Far Eastern Games, we Japan will also withdraw from this competition." ”

The two sides reiterated their respective positions.

Brown looked at Shen Siliang, his expression became serious, and he said: "Mr. Shen, as the organizer of this Far Eastern Games, we in the Philippines very much hope to facilitate this negotiation, but your attitude makes me unable to see any possibility of successful negotiations. If you don't plan to negotiate, then we, as the organizers, can only consider the request of the Japanese side to allow Manchuria to participate! ”

As soon as Brown saw that Shen Siliang made it clear that he would toast and not eat and drink, he simply stood on the side of Japan and put pressure on China.

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded: "If the Philippines allows the puppet Manchukuo to participate in this Far Eastern Games, I will withdraw from this competition!" ”

The crowd looked in the direction of the sound and saw a young man standing up in the corner.

"Where did you come from, young man, I really don't know who you are? If you quit the game, you will quit the game, what's the big deal! Can you still scare Brown? Yamamoto said secretly in his heart, a mocking smile on his face.

"This young man, probably carried away by patriotic sentiments, right? What can you do if you retire alone, can you represent China? Brown, the representative of the Philippines, also looked disdainful, he looked at Shen Siliang, as if to say, take care of your subordinates!

However, Shen Siliang did not make any moves to stop it, not only Shen Siliang did not move, but also the rest of the Chinese negotiating team.

Brown was a little unhappy all of a sudden, this kind of state-to-state negotiation focuses on identity reciprocity, you have a ministerial level, I have to get a ministerial level. If you are out of a ministerial level, and I only go out at the level of a section chief, this status is not equal, then what else is there to talk about?

As the Philippine representative of the negotiations, Brown is at the same level as the Japanese representative Yamamoto Kotada and the Chinese representative Shen Siliang, and even the puppet "Manchukuo" representative Kubota cannot have a dialogue with Brown at the same level.

Now that an unknown young man suddenly appeared and stood up directly to anger Brown, Brown would naturally feel embarrassed.

Brown snorted coldly, and said to Shen Siliang with a very unkind face: "Mr. Shen, I hope you can restrain your people, we are negotiating now, and people who have nothing to do with the negotiation are better not to appear here." People who cannot represent your country also hope not to intervene in the negotiations! ”

Chen Qiang was fearless, he walked directly to the negotiation table, looked at Brown and Yamamoto Xingzhong, and then said: "I don't know if I have anything to do with this negotiation, by the way, I almost forgot to introduce myself, my name is Chen Qiang!" ”

Everyone was slightly stunned, they had obviously heard of Chen Qiang's name.

Chen Qiang continued: "The name Chen Qiang is very common in China, and many Chinese people call it this name. And I, it's none other Chen Qiang, it's the Chinese athlete you think of, Chen Qiang! ”

"He's Chen Qiang!"

"That Chen Qiang, who won five gold medals at the Los Angeles Olympics and broke the world record in five events?"

"He is the Chinese who defeated American track and field single-handedly?"

"He is the world's No. 1 athlete Chen Qiang!"

The so-called names of people and the shadows of trees, whether Filipinos or Japanese, all had surprised expressions on their faces.

If it is placed on the Internet in the future, with Chen Qiang's fame, the Japanese and Filipinos in this room, I am afraid that no one will not know Chen Qiang, and maybe someone will pay special attention to Chen Qiang's Weibo. However, in the thirties, the information dissemination channel was very simple, and even photos rarely appeared in Asian newspapers and magazines, so the Japanese and Filipinos had only heard of Chen Qiang's name, but had never seen Chen Qiang's appearance.

The look of disdain on Brown's face was gone, replaced by a wisp of irritation.

Brown is on the side of the Japanese mainly because he is worried that the Japanese team will withdraw from the competition, which will affect the ticket efficiency and advertising sponsorship of the Far Eastern Games, which will make it difficult to recoup the costs of the Far Eastern Games.

However, if Chen Qiang withdraws, the consequences and impact may not be much lighter than the Japanese team's withdrawal, or even more serious!

Chen Qiang's name of "the world's No. 1 athlete" is already known to the whole world, in terms of fame, no athlete can compare to Chen Qiang, it can be said that Chen Qiang's fame can bring its own heat, is the guarantee of ticket sales.

It's like holding a track and field Grand Prix in the future, with Usain Bolt and without Usain Bolt, the heat is completely different. Spectators may not be interested in the game itself, but they are interested in Bolt, and they are paying to watch Bolt play.

It is precisely because of this that in many sports competitions in the future, the organizers will spend appearance fees to invite big-name star athletes to participate, because only big-name star athletes can attract spectators.

And Chen Qiang can participate in the competition of five track and field events, and only needs to spread the competition time of these five events a little, so in the track and field field of the Far Eastern Games, Chen Qiang can be seen every day, and a lot of tickets can be sold every day.

More importantly, the Philippines is a colony of the United States, and the Philippine side is controlled by the United States, and Chen Qiang became famous in the Los Angeles Olympics. During the Los Angeles Olympics, the Philippines also saw reports about Chen Qiang winning gold medals and breaking world records every day. So in the Philippines, Chen Qiang is still very well-known.

Even if the indigenous Filipinos are not willing to spend money on tickets to see Chen Qiang, those Americans living in the Philippines are willing to pay a little money for tickets to see what the Chinese athlete who made a big splash at the Los Angeles Olympics is like.

In contrast, Japanese athletes are not well-known at all, and in the Philippines, no one seems to go to the Japanese team to watch the Japanese team's games, except for the Japanese audience.

In this way, if Chen Qiang retires, other losses to Far East Sports may be greater than that of the Japanese team!

Brown suddenly felt that he was in a dilemma.

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