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And suppose China didn't do that?What about Japan?This is an unknowable assumption, but a dangerous trend is that the army is getting stronger and stronger, and the Japanese navy, which the Japanese are proud of, is rapidly gaining ground in the army because of repeated unsatisfactory results in naval battles. decline.Therefore, veteran generals in the Japanese army proposed to weaken the military expenditure of the navy and use the navy to protect Japan's territory from infringement and protect Japan's sea lanes.

All the saved military expenses are used to expand the army, double the number of the army within a year, and launch a full-scale confrontation with China. Either you die or I die with the sad and indignant tone, like a samurai facing desperation, Picking up his saber, and stabbing it into his abdomen, so decisive, so crazy.

Before the Japanese government gave a positive response, a Chinese scientific expedition team in Australia discovered a huge coal deposit in its northeastern region. It is preliminarily estimated that this coal field can be mined for a hundred years without being exhausted.Since Australia was under British colonization during this period, the Chinese government immediately sent a delegation to Britain to negotiate and negotiate the mining rights of this newly discovered coal mine in Australia.

Soon, the team leader in charge of this expedition, because he broke the oil-poor theory in China, presided over the exploration and discovered three major oil wells in China. Li Siguang, a well-known overseas geologist, published a professional article in related journals, saying that Australia is a country with extremely rich mineral resources. Rich in large islands, the coal mines currently discovered are only a small part of Australia's rich mineral deposits.

Li Siguang did not mention too many other arguments in the geological survey report, but the discovery of large coal mines in Australia and Li Siguang's report made a small number of people of insight in China realize that such a resource-rich continent has a large population like China. For many countries with huge consumption, the strategic significance is very important.This is why the Chinese delegation took off so quickly and was sent to the UK to discuss cooperation in the development of coal mines.

However, the Japanese responded very quickly.They are extremely sensitive to resources, almost a few hours after learning that China sent a delegation to the UK, Japan quickly sent a very heavyweight official to the UK.For the Japanese at this moment, after all, they once had an alliance with Britain.Moreover, if the cooperative development rights of this coal mine can be obtained, it is obviously extremely important for Japan to get rid of the blockade of the southward sea route.

315 Hua Fei Has Changed?

News of the discovery of a large coal mine in Australia.The shock caused in Japan, especially in the government and military circles, is simply earth-shattering.We must know that the vastness of the Australian continent is far from comparable to the narrow and long land of Japan.More importantly, a large coal mine was discovered on this continent. According to a secret report by a well-known Chinese geologist, this continent contains rich mineral resources.

The root cause of Japan's crazy expansion during World War II lies in the small size of the land and the lack of resources.In particular, the Great Kanto Earthquake made the Japanese feel increasingly insecure, prompting the spread of militarism in Japan.But if there is such a choice now, let the Japanese find that they have a more attractive decision after their westward advance to the mainland is blocked, what choice do you think the Japanese will make?At least in public opinion, disagreements arose not.

Just when the news came from the Chinese delegation to the UK that the Japanese delegation had reached a cooperation agreement with the British, a top-secret plan named "Don't bring trouble back" was formulated and officially started to be implemented.

The plan to avoid misfortune was completely formulated by a very small number of people in the Cabinet Office through days of secret discussions. The general measure is to use China's current secret power to exert influence on Japan's political and military circles, and to change Japan's mainstream views from Continental expansion has become the country's future strategic direction of ocean expansion.

This kind of influence is not a mandatory influence, but an opportunity to act.For Japan.They have suffered repeated setbacks on the mainland, invested a lot, but gained little.But on the sea, although their navy's influence in the military circle is getting smaller and smaller, the dominance of the Japanese navy in East Asia is still unshakable.If Japan abandons its dispute with China on core interests and uses its powerful naval superiority to advance to the southeast sea, the benefits may not be unimpressive.

Of course, as far as Japan is concerned, it can also temporarily unite with China, taking advantage of the opportunity of Russia's split, and go northward to erode Russia's vast territory.This is a temptation for both the Japanese and the Chinese.

How to change the Japanese ambitions for China, or how to make Japan give up on China, this is a buffer before Japan cannot be completely defeated.The power that China can use is the spies that have been placed in Japan over the years.Most of these people were preset by Hua Fei for the future World War II.Now, some of them, can play a role.

Of course Hua Fei understood that with the discovery of coal mines in Australia, the hope of China competing with Japan was slim.After all, there has been an alliance between Britain and Japan for many years. Although this alliance was finally dissolved because of the Washington Treaty, because of the changes in the situation in East Asia, Britain may not need a reliable ally to check and balance China.After all, this coal mine was discovered by the Chinese, and they are still very interested in this coal mine.This is not to say that the British will alienate China and lean towards Japan because of this.The only consideration for the British guys who put their interests first.It is how to maximize the protection of their rights and interests in East Asia.Compared with the rising power of China, Britain's sense of insecurity about East Asia will definitely increase day by day.So for China's old enemy and former ally of the United Kingdom, it is certainly not impossible for the United Kingdom to maintain a consistent good cooperative relationship with it and give up part of the rights and interests of this coal mine.

It's just that the British may not have imagined that after the Chinese Olympic delegation won three gold medals, one silver medal and five bronze medals in Paris, the debate on the peaceful settlement of disputes between China and Japan and the fight to the death by force and Japan has changed. It's getting worse and worse, and it's rampant.

Even Hua Fei himself was very surprised by the achievements of the Olympic team in Paris.You must know that these people have not received formal professional training at all, and some of them may not even understand the rules when they leave Shanghai and board the ship.But it is such a miscellaneous army that has achieved surprising results.In addition to having a good selection mechanism for national auditions, China's huge population base is also an important advantage.

The winner of the first gold medal is the Orion Zhang Dazao. This legendary Orion was a well-known news figure in the newspapers long before he went to Paris. This time he went to the Paris Olympics and became a blockbuster.With an absolutely leading performance, he has an absolutely distinctive look.Absolutely cool posture, became a fiery star in Paris newspapers.Almost all the people in France are very interested in this wild and simple hunter from the mountains of China.

You see, a little-known and honest mountain hunter participated in the so-called audition held in China because of the Olympics.The key to the legend is that he didn't get into the qualifiers in the first place because of shooting, but because of multiple events in track and field.He was selected into the shooting team by accident, and he didn't have much professional training at all. With his years of hunting skills, he came to Paris and easily won a gold medal.

While Zhang Dazao became popular in France, the other two gold medalists were also reported in detail by the media.Jiang Dawei, a long-term worker nicknamed Xiao Xuanfeng, won the 5000-meter long-distance race championship in track and field events, and also won a silver medal in the 1500-meter middle-distance race, becoming the only player in the Chinese delegation to win two gold medals.

This Jiang Dawei is also quite legendary. He was originally a long-term worker in a landlord's family in Hubei Province. He was known for his good running and was very famous in the neighborhood.Originally, he was not interested in any competitions at all, because the autumn harvest was about to begin, and if he went out to compete, his busy work would not be in vain that year.

However, when the employer who hired him knew that if Jiang Dawei could win the gold medal, he would get a generous recommendation reward from the government. The food is still given to him according to the amount in previous years.If he can get a gold medal, give him an extra grain.In this way, he half-coaxed and half-coaxed Jiang Dawei to Paris, never thinking that he would really coax him two medals.

When the news came back to Hubei, the landlord was so happy that he almost fainted.After reacting, he immediately ordered his family.Set up banquets, buy firecrackers, and when Xiao Xuanfeng returns to his hometown, he will pay homage to the ancestors of heaven and earth, and entertain the elders of the eight villages.

The last gold medalist, nicknamed Langli Baitiao, Han Yushui, is a professional fisherman.Ben was a fisherman on Panyang Lake, and by chance, he was selected into the delegation and went to Paris to compete.It can be seen from his nickname that he has amazing attainments in water.As expected, he won the 1500m freestyle championship.Afterwards, the Chinese delegation said that if Han Yushui signed up for other swimming events, it would definitely give the Chinese delegation one or two more gold medals.

Not to mention other medal winners, but to say that the athletes of the Chinese delegation, whether they won or not, have a very striking feature, that is, every athlete has a nickname.These nicknames either they have already had, or they found that many people have them after joining the delegation, and they gave them to themselves temporarily.In addition, two of the three gold medalists had nicknames similar to Liangshan Heroes, which made the Chinese classic novel Water Margin popular in France and set off a wave of Chinese literature.This is another story.

The unexpected results of the Olympic delegation set off a strong national trend of thought.Countless young people's national awareness has risen, which has quickly led to the expansion of the camp that takes a tough stance against Japan.However, under Hua Fei's layout, a large number of experienced critics began to advocate reconciliation with Japan and publicize the momentum.

In this environment, in the early autumn of 24, the Nanjing government of China announced two announcements that attracted worldwide attention.First, China will formally start the election of a new government in 1925, fully implement the previous election agenda, and establish a new democratically elected central government in the middle of 25 years.Some degree of reorganization of existing government institutions.

Second, the Nanjing Central Committee sent a delegation to visit Japan and conducted extensive contact with the Japanese government to open up a way for China and Japan to eliminate differences and misunderstandings and develop friendly cooperative relations.

These two announcements quickly aroused reactions from opposition parties in China. On the one hand, they expressed appreciation for Nanjing's general election plan, and on the other hand, they expressed great dissatisfaction with Nanjing's peace talks with Japan.The opposition party believes that it is really inappropriate for the Nanjing Central Committee to disregard public opinion and go its own way when there is great opposition from the people to the peace talks with Japan. It is to give them many votes.How could they oppose it sincerely, just doing superficial efforts.

No one knows what Nanjing is doing, and no one knows what happened to Hua Fei.Many people who are familiar with Hua Fei or not are wondering, is this really the Huada President who was known for his iron fist and used force as his first choice back then?However, people who pay a little attention to politics will guess that the choice of Nanjing is also a helpless choice.After experiencing a serious financial crisis not long ago, the Nanjing government has been somewhat unable to meet its military expenditures.Moreover, over the years of contending with Japan, apart from achieving certain results on the Shandong issue, there are not many visible achievements in other aspects.In other words, Japan's all-out attack on Northeast China has nothing to do with President Hua's tough stimulation of Japan.Could it be that the Nanjing Central Committee has started a new reflection?

People who are not familiar with the inside story can't see the mystery inside, and those who know some inside information are even more confused.It stands to reason that the military has always been dominated by hawks.Wouldn't the military oppose such a dovish issue as reconciliation with Japan?No matter how well-informed people are, they only know that the presidential palace suppressed letters from countless military generals, and many military generals who behaved radically were even temporarily transferred from their positions.It seems that there is not much reaction on the surface, but the turmoil behind it is definitely not like the calm on the surface.It's just that no one can shake Hua Fei's position in the army. No matter who it is, they dare not go to Hua Fei's mansion to question him, so the military people can only go to the cabinet office.But with Hua Fei's backing, they are naturally fearless.

: Tomorrow and the weekend, a total of three days.It was the busiest three days. After the busy work, maybe it will be better.I will try my best to update, but I can only try my best, my head is as heavy as lead, go to bed first~

316 The Tranquility Before the War

Just after the Olympics.When China entered the Olympic Games for the first time, it gained an unexpected harvest. The whole world was shrouded in a peaceful atmosphere again. The Chinese negotiating delegation visited Japan to resolve the differences between China and Japan for many years and to restore normal diplomatic relations. step.In this regard, regardless of the general mood of each country, newspapers everywhere are always full of praise.

The fierce opposition of young people in China has not received a positive response, especially the major opposition parties have concentrated their energy on the election. The young people wrote letters to Nanjing one after another.They are not opposed to negotiations, and they are willing to give up their hostility and struggle against Japan if they can exchange for the country's territory and sovereignty and the country's stable development without bloodshed.

Time came to the end of the year in a blink of an eye. In the year of 1924, the whole world, and even the history of the entire human race, were quietly turning.During this year, the central government in Nanjing, which encountered a serious financial crisis, took a number of measures, either strong or long-term, and finally allowed the central government to survive a difficult period.

However, the crisis of the central finance has not affected the vigorous and rapid development of the private economy in the slightest.Especially after the initial truce between China and Japan and the start of peace negotiations.The commodity export of the private light industry is increasing at a rate of more than 10%.The advantages of capital, technology, and especially labor costs accumulated by China over the years have enabled China's light industry to make great strides towards the world.

Chinese businessmen have never lacked wisdom and courage. In the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, when foreign businessmen took full advantage of internal and external troubles, national capital businessmen could survive and grow in the cracks, and some even made remarkable achievements.Not to mention that Huafei has been pursuing a policy of benefiting agriculture and promoting business over the years, which has allowed China's national commercial capital to rapidly expand and the team of national capital to grow rapidly.Many of these growing national capitalists have received more or less help from Huafei, whether it is the help of policies, or preferential loans from banks under the name of Huafei. Some businessmen even have investment companies under the name of Huafei. shares.

While the team of ethnic capital merchants continued to expand, Hua Fei did not forget the influence of traditional thoughts such as patriotism and love for the nation on these merchants who had a certain sense of gratitude. He let some Confucian ideas influence Chinese ethnic merchants and let merchants As far as possible, the businessman should put the people first, the country second, and the profit second. Instead of following the development of society and the rapid development of the commercial market economy, we will cultivate a group of profit-seeking and devoid of conscience. vampire.Moreover, he is still an incompetent vampire who can only suck the blood of the people of the country.

At the same time, the major industries and companies under Hua Fei's name also grew rapidly.Among them, there are more than a dozen thermal power plants with more than 50 shares alone, and several hydropower plants under construction.And the road construction, railway construction, and even water transportation construction that his capital participated in exceeded the government's investment, and the scale of capital exceeded people's imagination.For the recovery of the cost of these transportation constructions, Huafei does not take huge profits or monopoly profit as its fundamental purpose.However, calculated from the ratio of capital gains, these funds are invested in huge project income, which is far lower than that of other industries, let alone the high rate of return on capital in the United States.

In addition, the wholly-owned Pacific Bank established by Hua Fei very early has grown into the second largest bank after the National Bank, and its position in China is absolutely unrivaled in terms of commercial credit, reputation, service satisfaction, etc. and.The reason why the National Bank can surpass the Pacific Bank is because after the unification of Beiyang, it received a large amount of national banks and capital.

besides.Global Trading Company under Hua Fei's name, Oriental Holiday Hotel Group, Lightning Automobile Company, Yongan Insurance Company, Uni-President Railway Company, Deep Blue Ocean Transportation Company, Lightspeed Airlines, Yongxin Department Store Group, Huatong Electric, Zhongde Chemical, Xinsheng Pharmaceutical Factory, Bailian Iron and Steel Group, Qiuxin Shipyard, New Century Shipyard, United Energy Group, Wing Loong Aircraft Manufacturing Factory, etc., are either independent, or holding companies, or joint ventures, all of which have become one of the leading enterprises in various industries in China.Some companies have even become famous in other countries in the world. For example, Xinsheng Pharmaceutical Factory took advantage of the pandemic that year. In Spain and other countries, the name of Xinsheng Pharmaceutical Factory has a position in the hearts of the people that is absolutely unimaginable to outsiders.

These enterprises have not counted those pure military weapons and equipment factories, although the vast majority of military factories Huafei only holds shares, and even does not reach the level of controlling shares.But whether it is Jiangnan Shipyard, Wuhu Arsenal, Bengbu Tank Factory and so on.The value of those shares alone is a huge sum.

In addition, Hua Fei's current wealth can no longer be described as huge if the assets and values ​​of industrial, financial, and stock investments invested overseas are included.Forbes, which has been published now, has not released his rich list that has great influence on future generations. If this list is really used to calculate the ranking, there will be absolutely no problem for Hua Fei to enter the list.

The accumulation of Hua Fei's private wealth has nothing to do with Hua Fei's grasp of historical nodes, the concentration of personal rights, the relative monopoly of China's domestic heavy industry, and the early bank currency issuance rights.However, Hua Fei paid little attention to the growth of these private wealth. He already had a set of highly efficient and strictly monitored institutions operating the capital under his name.In recent years, huge wealth has become an important focus of attacks by the opposition party, but since almost all enterprises under Hua Fei's name have good reputation and reputation among the people, the saying goes that the people are the first, the country is the second, and the profit is the second. The inscription written by Hua Fei himself is placed in each business owned by Hua Fei, always alerting the managers of the companies under his name.Especially for the enterprises represented by Kangmin Grain, it is in the aspects of social livelihood, stable prices, disaster relief and so on.Play a great role.Anyway, whoever earns the money is not earning. Because of the existence of these enterprises under Hua Fei’s name, the common people can obtain products with more reliable quality, the price and cost they pay are lower, and the business environment in the whole society is more fair. If anyone has complaints, That would really be outraged.

What made Hua Fei most happy at the end of this year was not how much his wealth had increased, but that the production and sales of the wholly-owned Lightning Automobile Company under his name had exceeded 200 million vehicles, of which more than 50 vehicles were exported.The small car branded as Thunderbolt has won a good reputation in Europe and the United States for its novel design appearance, good and reliable craftsmanship and quality.If not for strict control of quality.The huge demand means that even if Thunderbolt doubles its production capacity, sales will not be a problem at all.However, Leiden's management, which adheres to Huafei's business philosophy, strictly controls quality, expands production capacity in an orderly and gradual manner, and produces batches of extremely reliable cars, which have won them great brand reputation in domestic and foreign markets.

Hua Fei's happiness is not because of how much profit 200 million cars can bring him, but the sales of more than 100 million cars in China. From the side, it can be seen that the country's national wealth has increased, and there are more and more rich people, who can reach The level of consumer cars.The people are rich and the country is strong, but the people are not rich. The so-called prosperity of the country will always be only strong on the outside and on the inside.Moreover, the people are not rich, and no matter how strong a country is, it will be difficult to accumulate popular support for a long time.

Whether you admit it or despise it, people's hearts can always play a vital role and influence at critical moments.For example, on the issue of negotiations with Japan, if it were replaced by the late Qing government, or even the Beiyang government, the awakened national consciousness would inevitably explode.However, since the host of the negotiation was Huafei Nanjing Central Government, which has always had a tough image and never compromised on national interests, many people were willing to believe that Nanjing would not betray the interests of the country even if it was a negotiation.Even though there are quite a few waves of opposition in various places, not only is this kind of protest situation controllable, but the will is only a voice expressed.

At the most critical moment of Nanjing's central finance, some people also proposed in the newspaper that Hua Fei should donate his personal wealth to the central finance to help the central government through the crisis.But Hua Fei did not choose to do this, not because Hua Fei was stingy with money, on the contrary, Hua Fei had done this many times, but each time he found that the result of doing so could not solve the problem at all.And precisely because of such reliance, the guys in the financial secretary lack due vigilance against possible crises, let alone take measures.

And although Hua Fei has a lot of assets.But many of them are industries and real estate, and the limited cash reserves must provide follow-up guarantees for the development of enterprise groups.If we want to solve the huge gap in the central government's finances, we will not only need to use all our cash reserves, but also damage many enterprises that are developing at a high speed. It is really the last resort.

At the end of the year, after solving the biggest crux of his heart, Hua Fei went to the theater to watch the first movie after the establishment of Galaxy Films - Children of Heroes.The joint capital of Galaxy Investment and Star Group, the acquisition of several well-known domestic film companies, and the reorganization of the new company has become the most powerful film company in China, with the most abundant funds and cast, none of them.

Heroes' Sons and Daughters is based on the original Taiwan landing battle, based on the bloody landing battle of the Iron and Blood Company of the Steel Knife Regiment in Anping. It truly and cruelly presents the panorama of the war on the movie screen.In the theater that Hua Fei watched, the sound of war guns combined with the rushing scenes made people breathless with tension, and the one who finally rushed to the enemy's position, cleared the minefields with his body, and cleared the obstacles for the comrades behind That scene, the soaring cry, the attachment and reluctance to look back at the motherland, the moment of stillness and determination, completely shocked everyone's hearts.

The figure of Cheng Kun rushing towards the minefield was submerged in the flames of the mine explosion, and the entire movie theater gradually became quiet. There was no sound in the theater with more than 1000 people, except for the noisy sound of the movie machines still turning.Many people present have seen movies, but this is definitely the first time they have seen a movie like this with sound, where the actors can speak out their voices.However, what shocked them was not only the breakthrough in technology, but also the plot of the whole story and the expressive power on the screen, which deeply shocked the people of this era.No matter how hearty and vivid the description in the newspaper is, the details are meticulous, but this kind of immersive feeling completely drains the soul of the whole person.It was as if they were no longer spectators, but soldiers in this tragic charge, comrades-in-arms of those sacrificed heroes.

The entire audience in the theater was silent, and when Hua Fei looked back, he could see countless sparkling tears.Suddenly, I don't know who was the first to applaud, and the whole movie theater applauded thunderously.All of them express the impulse suppressed in their hearts with a kind of crazy enthusiasm that has been in their lives.

The first film of Galaxy Films was not a big breakthrough in technology, and this sound film was not a film in the true sense. It just used a gramophone to play sound effects and dialogues in sync with the film screen, thus achieving the sound film. Effect.However, this kind of not-so-new attempt had a great impact on the audience because of the strong visual and auditory shocking power of the film, and the appeal of the plot, and quickly aroused huge repercussions in newspapers, broadcasting and other media.

{Note: In 1914, the Victoria Theater in Shanghai showed a film with sound on a wax plate, but because it was experimental, it did not attract much attention. }

With the growing influence of "Heroes' Sons and Daughters" and Hua Fei's special donation to this film, the ticket price has been greatly reduced, so that more people can enter the cinema to watch their first movie in their lives.Some workers don't hesitate to spend their wages, and the whole family goes to the movies together, and regards this as a major entertainment activity.And those children who walked out of the movie theater couldn't help having the idea in their hearts that when they grow up, they must be the heroes of the National Defense Forces soldiers in the movie.

The film was then shown in the army and schools for free on a large scale, and gradually spread to the vast rural areas.Whenever there is a place, it is simply empty.People from ten miles and eight townships rushed to the movie show spot after breakfast, occupying a favorable viewing position early.Even those thieves in areas with poor public security gave up this god-given opportunity to make a fortune, and all went to the movies.

At the beginning of 25, Mussolini formed a cabinet in Italy and successfully entered the stage of history.As for the negotiations between China and Japan, there have been twists and turns, and progress has been very slow.

In Japan, calls for peace talks with China have also begun to grow.Whether it is the emperor, the cabinet government, or even the Japanese military, they all recognize an undeniable reality. In the current confrontation with China, Japan's advantages are gradually being weakened, and it does not take much advantage at all.The era of the Sino-Japanese War of [-]-[-] that made Japan rich overnight is gone forever. The continuous war will only deplete Japan's economy and national power, and make the two East Asian powers lose out in the mutual struggle.