The first fifty-ninth chapter inexplicably became an official(1/2)
The current US president is naturally Franklin Roosevelt.
Roosevelt won the victory without any suspense in last year's election, and at the beginning of the year, he had already become the president of the United States.
After the new president takes office, the US ambassador Nelson Jensen will of course return to the United States to report his duties. This is a necessary link. The so-called emperor and minister once a day. If the new president is satisfied with Jensen's work, he can continue to stay in China and may even be promoted. If the new president is dissatisfied with him, then the ambassador to China and the director of Far East Affairs may be replaced.
Nelson Jensen's return to China after reporting his work shows that President Roosevelt was still very satisfied with his work. His position will not take long after this report of Jensen's work, and his position will also change from a plenipotentiary to a plenipotentiary ambassador. Although his power is still the same, his position is equivalent to a higher level.
During Chen Qiang's time in New York, after the introduction of Mr. Situ of Hongmen, he met Roosevelt, who was still the governor of New York, and participated in some Roosevelt's campaigns. And with Chen Qiang's deliberate friendship, he also established a very good friendship with Roosevelt. So when Nelson Jensen returned to the United States to report his post, Roosevelt mentioned Chen Qiang, and asked Jensen to say hello to Chen Qiang, and then said some invitation words symbolically.
In fact, except for Chen Qiang, Roosevelt did not know a few Chinese people.
Roosevelt had inconvenient legs and feet, and traveling abroad was quite troublesome for him. He could not come to China to meet Chinese celebrities. Moreover, Roosevelt was born in the Democratic Party. Before that, the Republican Party had been in power for twelve consecutive years, and those who contacted the Chinese government were all Republican officials. Therefore, Roosevelt, who was born in the Democratic Party, was not familiar with Chinese diplomats.
However, Roosevelt is the president of the United States. When he met Nelson Jensen, the ambassador to China, he naturally had to show his understanding of China. Otherwise, how could he show the power of the American president? Just imagine, if I, the president of the United States, know nothing about the content of the official’s report, how could I become a president? So if I don’t understand, you have to pretend to understand!
In fact, many leaders do this. When their subordinates report things, even if they don’t understand at all, they should pretend to have some understanding. First, they should maintain their majesty as leaders and don’t let their subordinates say that the leader is an outsider; second, they should also tell their subordinates that I understand a little, so don’t deceive me as a leader in a false way.
Roosevelt had just taken office as the president of the United States in 1933. He is now busy implementing his new policy to get rid of the economic crisis. He does not have so much spare time to understand China on the other side of the earth. But Roosevelt still had to show that he had some understanding of China, so he simply introduced Chen Qiang as a shield and said that he had a good relationship with Chen Qiang, so he seemed to have some understanding of China.
The US Minister to China Nelson Jensen is a typical politician. He can marry the granddaughter of the Senate for his career. This kind of person is naturally the kind of person who is very good at climbing up. If he has the opportunity to curry favor with the president, he will certainly not let it go. Roosevelt casually said, "Say hello to Chen Qiang on my behalf." When he arrived at the Minister Jensen, it became an order that must be firmly implemented.
After the Minister Jensen returned from reporting, he happened to encounter a national sports meeting in the Republic of China. Jensen thought that Chen Qiang would definitely come to participate in the competition, so there was the scene when Jensen wanted to meet Chen Qiang before.
However, the government officials were probably used to being bullied by foreigners, and they were all persecuted and delusional, thinking that there would be no good things for Minister Jameson to come to him. It was probably because Chen Qiang offended the American minister, and then without saying anything, he asked Chen Qiang to apologize and apologize.
This is also impossible. If a person kneels for a long time, even if he brings a chair for him, he will not sit. Instead, he will habitually kneel on the chair.
American Minister Jansen and Chen Qiang were greeting each other, and Minister Song next to him looked like a light bulb.
"Didn't the American minister come to provoke a criminal?"
“Transfer to the President of the United States?”
"Chen Qiang still knows the US president?
"How did Chen Qiang know the US president?"
Minister Song at this time was probably like the black man’s question mark emoticon.
However, the next second, Minister Song felt a sense of frustration and a hint of jealousy.
"I, the Secretary of the Treasury, are also a member of the National High Court, but I don't know the President of the United States. You are an athlete, why should you know the President of the United States?"
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After sending away the US Minister Jansen, Minister Song called Chen Qiang.
"Chen Qiang, do you know US President Mr. Roosevelt?" Minister Song asked directly.
Chen Qiang nodded and answered: "Yes, I met him when I was in the United States."
"How is your friendship with Mr. Roosevelt?" Minister Song continued.
"Franklin is my good mentor and friend. We often eat together. Sometimes when Franklin goes out to participate in activities, he will ask me to go with him." Chen Qiang said.
At this time, Chen Qiang had already understood what was going on. This important member of the Republic of China government must have wanted to curry favor with the US president. Why didn’t Chen Qiang quickly use Roosevelt to pretend to be powerful!
So Chen Qiang was not afraid of the wind and his tongue flashing. He blew as much as possible. He tried to make his relationship with Roosevelt closer, just to say that he was a man of Roosevelt. Chen Qiang's name for Roosevelt was deliberately changed to "Franklin".
Minister Song has been in the United States for many years and naturally knows American culture very well. He knows that when Americans are familiar with each other, they will directly call their names instead of their surnames.
"This Chen Qiang actually called President Roosevelt Franklin directly. It seems that their relationship should be very good. Even if they are not brothers, they are at least friends! If you can make friends with the US president, this Chen Qiang is not an ordinary athlete!"
At this moment, Chen Qiang suddenly became tall in Minister Song's eyes.
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Minister Song returned with a depressed look on his face and was about to report the situation to several big shots.
The reason why Minister Song was depressed was that he felt that Chen Qiang had compared himself.
Minister Song studied in the United States for many years and has always held important positions after returning to China. In addition, the Song family has a prominent position, so he knows many important people from the American business sector. However, Minister Song does not know this new US president.
As a result, Chen Qiang knew the US president and seemed to be in a close relationship. Minister Song's sense of superiority was shattered in an instant.
The government's bigwigs found that Minister Song was depressed and thought that the matter was not settled, or that the US Minister Jansen made some excessive demands.
"It's not going to kill anyone!"
"If the American minister insists on taking Chen Qiang's life, we must not refuse to give it to you. We cannot offend the United States for an athlete!"
"Hey, this young man Chen Qiang is also very pitiful. Even if he sacrificed his life for the country!"
The big guys have different thoughts.
Minister Song took a deep breath and reported the situation just now to the big guys.
"Minister Jensen is looking for Chen Qiang to convey the greetings of US President Mr. Roosevelt." Minister Song said weakly.
"Transfer to the President of the United States? To whom?" Someone hadn't reacted yet.
"To Chen Qiang." Minister Song continued with some discomfort: "When Minister Jensen returned to the United States to report his duties, the US President once expressed his greetings to Chen Qiang. Minister Jensen came to convey it specifically. In addition, the US President also invited Chen Qiang to visit the United States, and he would receive it in person."
Although the big guys here are in high positions and are used to seeing all kinds of big scenes, they still can't help but show a surprising expression.
The dignified American president is an unattainable person. He came to greet a Chinese athlete specifically. This is simply incredible to all the big guys!
"Are athletes so popular in the United States? Even the US president has to support them?" someone asked softly.
Minister Song then explained: "It's not that athletes are popular in the United States, but that Chen Qiang has known the US President for a long time!"
"Really? Chen Qiang is an athlete who can get in touch with the US president?" Someone asked in confusion.
Minister Song had no choice but to continue, "I've inquired about it. Chen Qiang already knew him before Roosevelt was elected as president of the United States. It is said that the two have a good relationship, often eat together, and attend some events, saying that they can even be recruited in newspapers."
As soon as Minister Song said this, several big shots fell into silence.
In fact, these big guys felt a little uncomfortable. They all held important positions and had great power, but they didn't know the US president. Why would Chen Qiang, an athlete without power, know the US president and have a close relationship with the US president? Is there any reason for this?
It is such an important political capital to have a close relationship with the new US president! With this, you can have more say in the government! Why is it not my turn to do such a good thing? I am so envious! So jealous! I feel so sad!
Suddenly, someone said, "I think it is also a good thing that Chen Qiang has a good relationship with US President Roosevelt. Maybe it will be useful in the future."
The person who spoke was Chairman Lin, an old man from the Xingzhonghui period. He was highly respected in Nanjing, so he naturally spoke very well.
"Chairman Lin is right. Being able to climb to the relationship between the US president is obviously a good thing for us." Someone agreed.
"This Chen Qiang probably doesn't have an official position yet, right?" The boss finally asked.
"Chen Qiang is still a student and is now studying at Nankai University in Tianjin." The secretary next to him reported.
The boss nodded and then said, "You can give him some false positions first. In this way, when we can use him, it will be legitimate!"
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For these top leaders of the government, no matter how many Olympic gold medals Chen Qiang won or how many world records he broke, he might not be as important as establishing good relations with the US president.
As mentioned before, President Roosevelt didn't know a few Chinese, and the same was true for the government, and no one in the senior management of the government knew Roosevelt.
The Republican Party has been in power in the United States for twelve consecutive years, so the diplomats in the government have been dealing with Republicans and do not pay attention to Democrats, not to mention that Roosevelt is still a disabled person. Perhaps the diplomats in the government have never thought that a disabled person could be elected as president.
Who knew that Roosevelt won the final victory, the American political arena completed the rotation of party, and the Republic of China government was also confused.
Who is this cripple? I don’t know him! I have never dealt with him before!
Other officials in the White House have changed. All the Republican politicians have yo-yos and have become Democratic people. In the past, they have been in vain to treat guests to dinner and gifts to accompany Da Baojian!
So at this time, Chen Qiang and Roosevelt's personal concerns became particularly precious in the eyes of the tycoons of the country.
As the world's number one athlete, Chen Qiang is famous, but it still cannot catch the eye of the bigwigs of the country. What's the use of a mere athlete even if he is famous?
However, as a friend of US President Roosevelt, Chen Qiang is definitely worth the big guys' efforts to win over it.
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The National Games will be held for ten days, so the schedule is much easier than that of the North China Games. Chen Qiang only has two to three games a day.
After the competition, Chen Qiang would come to the shop rented by Guangming Bookstore to sign and sell books.
After all, this is a national sports meeting. Chen Qiang, the world's number one athlete, signed and sold books here, is naturally particularly suitable. So a long queue was lined up outside the Guangming Bookstore. Many people bought books, perhaps just to see what Chen Qiang looked like at close range.
Although selling books took Chen Qiang some of his energy, it did not delay the competition. Domestic athletes are far inferior to Chen Qiang, and there is no suspense that Chen Qiang won the championship.
Every time Chen Qiang wins a championship, it will bring a wave of popularity to Chen Qiang, which will greatly increase his autobiography.
In a blink of an eye, this National Games is coming to an end.
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Hao Gengsheng found Chen Qiang again, and this time, Hao Gengsheng specially invited Chen Qiang to his office.
Hao Gengsheng's current position is a sports supervisor of the Sports Committee of the Ministry of Education, in charge of national sports administration.
Hao Gengsheng poured Chen Qiang a cup of tea with a smile on his face.
"Gui Hao, the national sports meet is almost over. You should be very busy now. Why do you still have time to invite me to visit?" Chen Qiang asked.
Chen Qiang and Hao Gengsheng are also familiar with each other, so they speak more casually.
"There is good news. Guess what it is?" Hao Gengsheng kept it a secret first.
"Do you want to send me money?" Chen Qiang asked.
"It's almost the same." Hao Gengsheng took several pieces of paper from the table, handed the first piece to Chen Qiang, and then said: "This is a letter of recommendation sent by the Ministry of Education, and I'm waiting for the Sports Association to stamp it."
To be continued...