In July, the swearing-in ceremony of the central civil and military officials was held at the National Auditorium in Nanjing.

This time, Shen Mengxi was not qualified to watch the ceremony.

In the evening, Wang Shouqing returned home, only to see him wearing the epaulettes of a second-class general, smiling happily at Shen Mengxi.

Shen Mengxi stretched out his arm to hug him and congratulate him.

Her cheek touched the button on her military uniform, she hesitated If she left, could Wang Shouqing go with her, was he willing to retire silently after all these years of military exploits?

Shen Mengxi let go of him and stood up, pointed to the already cold food on the dining table and said, "Look at it, I haven't even eaten yet, I'm just waiting to celebrate you, who knows, you're back with a smell of wine!" ”

Shen Mengxi actually knew that they would definitely have a banquet, but he still made a table of meals with his own hands to celebrate.

Wang Shouqing laughed and washed his hands and sat at the table, "I specially saved my stomach to come back to eat the food you cooked, what can I eat at that kind of banquet?" It's just a symbolic few drinks. Besides, the ones who got the seal are the focus of tonight, and we're just taking an oath. ”

Shen Mengxi squinted at him, "Yo, there are emotions!" ”

"No, if I say that in recent years, I fought the war just to fight the Japanese, would you believe it?"

Shen Mengxi shook his head, "I don't believe it." A soldier who does not want to be a marshal is not a good soldier. ”

"Hahaha. As soon as the war stopped, endless deceit ensued. I've never been good at it. Wang Shouqing unabashedly admitted that he was not good at playing with his heart.

"I understand. A person's energy is so much, if he is scheming, he often does not have the heart to do practical work with peace of mind. You're a doer, and you're good at facts. ”

"Being appointed as deputy minister of defense this time is worthy of the cultivation of my parents." Wang Shouqing sighed and looked out the window.

Which man doesn't want to be a marquis Shen Mengxi swallowed his words, gave Wang Shouqing a thumbs up, and smiled.

"Are you satisfied?" Wang Shouqing suddenly asked such a question, and Shen Mengxi was a little stunned.

"Me?" Shen Mengxi pointed to his nose, "Me? I don't have any requirements for you, I just want you to have something you enjoy doing. Uh, I also hope that you can accompany me often, and I hope you don't have a lover. ”

"Look at it, it's obviously all requirements, but it's not that there are no requirements." Wang Shouqing laughed and grabbed Shen Mengxi's hand on the dining table, "Jiayu, hold the hand of the son, and grow old with the son." ”

I haven't seen him for many years, Lin Yuesheng has aged a lot, and people who don't know him will probably think that he is just a rich old man. But if you look at him, you will immediately know that this is not the case, and that the uncontrollable essence in his eyes is not available to everyone.

During the Anti-Japanese War, Lin Yuesheng and the gang contributed a lot, he had secretly guessed in his heart that Chairman Jiang would give him a mayor of Shanghai, but it was quite a bit of a bird's best to hide the bow, he had not yet arrived in Shanghai, the mayor and deputy mayor had been appointed,—— he was excluded from the center of power.

His former protégé pressed Lin Yuesheng step by step, trumpeting that he was an evil force, distributing leaflets, and running a newspaper specifically to criticize Lin Yuesheng and the gang. Lin Yuesheng didn't want to go against him, but he was forced into a corner and had no way to retreat.

So on the one hand, he was humble on the surface, and on the other hand, he installed his own people in the government, and united with his Jinlan brother Daley, and took advantage of Daley's opportunity to build the Shanghai General Station of the Military Command Bureau to overthrow the deputy mayor.

Speaking of this Daley, he is a person who can remind people of the eagle dog minions of the East Factory and the West Factory organization, he founded the Military Command Bureau, and worked hard to shape the Military Control Bureau into a unit that "stresses benevolence and righteousness". What is commendable is that in early December 1941, the military commander under his leadership deciphered the conspiracy of the Japanese army to attack Pearl Harbor in advance and notified the United States in advance, but it was not taken seriously by the US military.

In 1942, Daley became director of the Sino-American Cooperation Institute.

In March 1946, Daley's plane crashed, and he didn't even see Nanjing.

Regarding the cause of his death, some say that ZG made it, some say that the United States made it, and some say that it was because his assassination list included Mrs. Jiang's second sister and was killed by Song Ziwen. In short, there are different opinions.

Shen Mengxi sighed that at this time, the plane crash rate was also high.

A few years later, Chairman Jiang said with regret that if Dali did not die, he would not lose the mainland!

Whether it's an excuse or not, it's enough to show Daley's ability.

When Lin Yuesheng and Daley became brothers twenty years ago, Daley was still a gangster who had just come from the countryside, and Lin Yuesheng's status in the gang was not high at that time.

The two worked closely together during the Anti-Japanese War and relied on each other like fish in water.

Hearing the news of Daley's death, Lin Yuesheng almost collapsed, first, the two of them had a deep relationship, and secondly, the two of them had offended a lot of people over the years, and now he was the only one left, and it was a matter of minutes to be retaliated against.

Shen Mengxi and Wang Shouqing went back to Shanghai to visit Mrs. Lin, and on this day, Lin Yuesheng came to visit Mrs. Lin and also went to Shen Mengxi's house.

Lin Yuesheng and Wang Shouqing greeted each other warmly, and the two chatted very speculatively.

Following Lin Yuesheng was the fifth lady Meng Xiaodong, at this time the eldest lady Shen Yueying had passed away, and there were still four ladies in the family. Lin Yuesheng asked Shen Mengxi to call her fifth sister-in-law, Shen Mengxi shouted with a smile, and several people sat down, drank cold drinks, and blew fans, which was very comfortable.

The topic quickly turned to disaster relief, it turned out that the recent drought in northern Jiangsu, there was a locust plague, there was no harvest of grain grains, smallpox, malaria, cholera and other plague epidemics, hundreds of thousands of victims are in dire straits.

In order to prepare for the relief funds, Lin Yuesheng decided to hold the "Miss Shanghai" election, and all the income was used to relieve the victims.

Hearing this, Wang Shouqing suddenly grabbed Shen Mengxi's hand, "Jiayu, you can't go to the disaster area to rescue anymore!" There are many ways to help, and you're not young anymore! In order to make her believe, he did not hesitate to strengthen the word "young", which made Shen Mengxi cry and laugh.

Lin Yuesheng smiled and said, "It's really not suitable, Jiayu, you can donate more and contact the medicine." ”

At this time, in order to provide disaster relief, many well-known figures in the literary and artistic circles have launched charity performances, including drama, singing and dancing, acrobatics, etc.

The "Miss Shanghai" election campaign attracted more attention, but despite the uproar on the radio and newspapers, there were few applicants.

It turned out that before that, all the beauty pageants were prostitutes with both sex and art, and there were no women from good families to participate.

Lin Yuesheng used his personal relationship to encourage celebrities such as Zhou Xuan and Wang Danfeng to run for election, but in the end they all withdrew because of fearful words.

At this time, Lin Yuesheng was at a loss for this, and with the aggravation of Mrs. Lin's condition, he was a little anxious.

"Big brother, you might as well change your publicity, emphasizing that Miss Shanghai not only requires physical beauty, but also pays more attention to moral beauty and ideological beauty. In the beauty pageant, it is not only necessary to show talents, but also to answer some questions on the spot that examine morality and thought. ”

"Wonderful!" Lin Yuesheng high-fived.

Shen Mengxi smelled the same smell as Zhang Hanqing from Lin Yuesheng, and she frowned slightly. Could it be that during this period in Hong Kong, Lin Yuesheng also became an addict? I can't help but feel deeply sorry.

Where did Lin Yuesheng know Shen Mengxi's thoughts, pulled Meng Xiaodong up, and said to leave.

The next day, the latest explanations of the beauty pageant were published in major newspapers, and sure enough, dozens of applicants were recruited, including college and middle school students, and finally, many popular celebrities also signed up.

In October, the "Miss Shanghai" finals were held in the Xianxian Forest Ballroom, the venue was luxuriously decorated, and the wealthy businessmen were attracted, at this time, in addition to pre-sponsorship and on-the-spot donations, ballots were also sold, with denominations ranging from 10,000 yuan, 50,000 yuan, and 100,000 yuan, representing 10 votes, 50 votes, and 100 votes respectively. The candidate wins with the most votes.

What made Shen Mengxi dumbfounded was that this beauty pageant not only had the form of observation, Q&A, and performance, but also a swimsuit performance, and for a while, public opinion was more degraded than praised.

The beauty pageant winner is the second aunt wife of an official who used to be a dancer. Her husband spent a lot of money so that her votes were more than double that of the second place, reaching more than 60,000 votes, and the second place with the highest voice could not accept it for a while, and cried bitterly on the spot.

Don't mention these tidbits, this beauty pageant, the charity has raised a lot, not counting donations, just the votes sold 100 million fiat currency, of course, at this time fiat currency is not much more expensive than paper.

Shen Mengxi and his wife donated generously, and Shen Mengxi donated all the manuscript fees for the recently compiled "Sherlock Holmes Detective Collection", and also donated a large number of medicines, but they didn't vote.

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