From to 1935 2020

In the 20s, the Western world was suffering from the Great Depression, and most American people were worrying about making a living, and their hearts were full of "negative energy".At the same time, the tension in the international community has aggravated the tension of the people. To paraphrase the words of the media, the American people at that time became "frightened birds shrouded in the shadow of the times". Get news information from China, and want to know whether your situation can be improved.

From about the beginning of the 20th century, some professionals put forward such a theory: in front of the media, the audience is like a patient lying on the operating table waiting for an operation, or a target facing a gun - the audience has no resistance to communication News is powerful, and news can affect the emotions of the audience, which in turn affects people's behavior.This theory is called "Magic Bullet Theory" in the industry. In layman's terms, it means that the government wants to convey a meaning through the media, or the media itself wants to spread something, so as recipients, we can only accept it. , there is no other option. In the early 20s, the "Magic Bullet Theory" became popular, and the academic circles had heated discussions on the credibility of this statement.

Compared with traditional newspapers, the influence of radio broadcasts in the United States during this period was not bad, or even stronger-a newspaper could only be read by a few people, and the viewers had to be literate.However, if the radio broadcasts in public places such as playgrounds and stations, if the horn is loud enough, the range of influence can reach hundreds of people.

And the real-time broadcast on the spot has even greater influence-even better, compared with the paper media that is subject to news control, real-time broadcast can directly skip news censorship, and it is easy to sell your private information to the audience in the first place. goods.

Before Huang Ke and Elena came to the United States, they had long been celebrities that Americans were familiar with.

When the radio live interview began, more than 200 million listeners stood in front of the radio. During this period, the first batch of [-] transistor radios "produced" by DuPont (in fact, all core components were imported from the Soviet Union) were already on the market. The United States entered the shelves and began "trial sales", and the batch of radios with only four transistors each installed was sold out within less than a day of being on the market.

Needless to say, Elena, Huang Ke's reputation was repeatedly publicized by the media of various countries after March last year when his identity was exposed during the Huainan Campaign—mainly calling him the most famous spy of the Communist Party.Then he won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1937, which pushed his reputation to the top.

In terms of personal status and achievements, Huang Ke and Irene are basically on the same level now. If it wasn't for the Chinese, he would have been able to remove the label of "cow dung with a golden princess" long ago.

When the interview started, in the White House, US President Roosevelt and his staff also used the lunch break to accompany Director Hoover to listen to the interview quietly.

The Moscow Song and Dance Troupe of the Soviet Union came to the United States to perform. On the surface, it was just an "artistic" performance, but the political atmosphere behind it was very strong.Especially in the past few days when the situation in the Far East changed suddenly, the CCP launched a comprehensive counterattack in Nanjing and surrounded more than [-] people from Kenji Doihara's army. The trend of the CCP's victory in the Nanjing Battle is becoming clear.Today, on the side of China and the Soviet Union, Elena and Huang Ke are both "outstanding representatives" of the red regimes of these two countries. Their visit to the United States to perform is itself a political test of the United States on behalf of the communist camp.

At first, it was just the radio host and the two of them chatting, Gong Wei, asking some questions that the audience liked very much, praising Elena's beauty and singing voice, and there were various gossip topics about the two of them.

Because both of them speak excellent American English, the interview could be conducted without a translator.

But soon, the problems became acute.

"Are you a Bolshevik?"

Huang Ke: "Yes! But I only became a formal Bolshevik this year. Before that, I was in the probationary period."

"This year? Are the Bolsheviks' standards for joining the party so high?"

"um, yes."

"MR Huang, you are a scientist, but you are also known as the most successful spy of the Chinese Communist Party. How do you view your current status?"

Huang Ke, "the Chinese most hated by white men in the world", was first fired by the host of the broadcast.

Huang Ke replied: "I am not the most successful spy of the CCP, because the names of the most successful spies have not been discovered yet, but I have already been exposed."

Huang Ke answered very humorously, the host didn't let him go, and still kept the pot open and said: "But you are still a spy!"

In front of the radio, millions of American listeners pricked up their ears, waiting for Huang Ke's answer.

Then the entire American audience, Roosevelt included, heard the unexpected answer.

"Actually, I'm not a spy, I'm just a very smart capitalist."

PS: I'm too sleepy, let's update [-] words first.I'll write again in the daytime tomorrow

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Before the host could ask a question, Huang Ke continued talking on the radio.

"I know you must want to say, I am a communist, how can I be a capitalist. Actually, my answer just now was too fast, and the previous analogy was slightly wrong."

"To be precise, I should be a capitalist who pursues the maximization of capital utilization rate, output rate, and rate of return from the perspective of the world—the essence of communism is to maximize the liberation of productivity! In my opinion Come on, if you want to get the maximum rate of return on capital investment, you must go the way of communism—now the United States. Britain, you societies that claim to be capitalist countries, the rate of return on capital in your system is not the highest.”

Huang Ke was bragging to the radio host, while Hoover in the White House listened to his words, and in his heart scolded the host for being a waste, and was robbed of the rhythm by the other party.It was a national broadcast, with a huge audience, and it was a big mistake to broadcast live interviews with these two communists.If he knew it would be like this, he would have designed it to destroy it from the very beginning.

And the host named Tom realized that he was robbed by Huang Ke and took the opportunity to publicly promote communism, so he hurriedly interrupted the topic, took the lead and aimed at Elena, and said in a respectful tone:

"Miss Ekaterina, when you came to the United States, the clothes you wore were really beautiful. Did Soviet designers specially design them for your performance?"

"Yes, I have prepared sixty outfits for this trip to America."

"So much...... I heard that two months ago, when you were on tour in Europe, your outfit caused a sensation in the women's clothing market in Western Europe, especially French women, who frantically bought what you wore The same clothes as the ones."

Tom was asking about what happened when Elena was on a European tour shortly.Her tour performance was carefully prepared by the Soviets——Eileen and all the women in the song and dance troupe, even the men, wore costumes that Xiao Huang Ke copied from the classic designs of later generations through Da Huang Ke. Then it was processed by a clothing factory in the Soviet Union.

Her attire, styling, and design also change every day-all of which are assisted by Rhubarb from another time and space.Big Huang Ke is now in the crowd of women, surrounded by a lot of coquettish girls majoring in film and television, just write down their styles and let Xiao Huang Ke use them on Elena.Moreover, in Elena's own life experience, there are also rich materials for styling and dressing in other worlds. In addition, she is impeccably beautiful, and she is a beauty no matter what she wears.

Irene's beauty and singing voice easily conquered the entire European fashion circle with her impeccable and perfect image.Countless women frantically wanted to imitate her style and dress, and successfully achieved "I am fashion, I am fashion"-at this point in time, the Soviets who had been prepared for a long time, "just in time" shipped a large number of early The finished clothes are sold in various places, and while making a small profit, they have also influenced the "taste" of European women's clothing decoration to a considerable extent. This was possible in history before World War II. The only Vivien Leigh in "Gone with the Wind" - the classic scene of her changing curtains into skirts in the movie has attracted countless women all over the world to follow suit.And another celebrity in the history after World War II who can achieve this level and influence the fashion taste of European and American women with one person's power is Diana.

And this time, Elena also did it in Europe.She performed on a European tour in October, causing a stir. When she came to the United States at the end of December, the related "wind" had already blown from Europe to the United States.At this time in the United States, especially in New York, a large number of young women's dresses are "imitators" of Elena.

When Elena was interviewed by the radio, many clothing stores on the streets of New York even hung her large posters as signs to attract customers.

Elena looked at Huang Ke beside her, and said modestly: "Those costumes were specially designed by Soviet design masters for my trip to the United States. In the past few years, some countries viciously attacked the Soviet Union, saying that we This is a malicious slander. Our world tour has brought hundreds of sets of classic costumes of different designs, which is to show the most beautiful side of Soviet Union to the world."

Speaking of this, she changed the subject and her tone became playful: "I came to the United States to perform and brought a total of sixty sets of costume designs in different shapes. Before that, the Soviet Union and the American "Ralph Lauren" company had already negotiated , sell this batch of clothing in advance at the clothing store at No. 158 Broadway in New York..."

"Wait a minute, Miss Ekaterina, you are using our national broadcasting platform to advertise for Ralph Lauren, and you need to pay extra advertising fees!"

"Well, we can give a set of clothes of the same design worn by me and MR Huang to all the employees and their families on site as a fee..."

"Ah, you are blatantly bribing..."

Huang Ke cut in from the side: "Mr. Tom, remember to pay the tax afterwards, otherwise the IRS will trouble you."

The sound of laughter came from the radio station, and the air waves were filled with joy for a while

However, after accidentally bringing up the topic of communism and realizing that both men and women are highly intelligent and difficult to deal with, and that they came prepared, the host Tom obviously paid more attention to the question and stopped asking those questions. Dangerous problems that will make you step on mines.

In the White House, Roosevelt picked up the "VOGUE" magazine fashion on the table. The cover character on it was Elena who was performing in Paris, France. On the cover, she was dressed in French style, beautiful and heroic.The shape is the classic shape of Milady in the "Glory of the King" game, which was copied and restored by Rhubarb Ke based on his memory and designed by the Witch - its historical prototype comes from the female villain of the same name in "The Three Musketeers".

Roosevelt looked at the photo and sighed: "This is really a beautiful and extremely dangerous Russian woman who can drive all men crazy!"

Hoover corrected: "The Soviet Union claimed that she was a Russian born in Ukraine. But there are too many doubts about this woman's true origin. Moreover, her appearance is closer to that of a Nordic."

Hoover recounted the events of Elena's visit to Germany.

"In Germany, many Nazis are very obsessed with her. They think she is the last golden human, the Atlantean, and this woman, she is too outstanding."

Roosevelt said, "What do you mean?"

At this time, a singing sound came from the radio station. Under the guidance of the host, Elena sang live on the radio station.Hoover frowned while listening to the song:

"Her musical creations are indeed amazing and impeccable, but are those famous songs really made by her? There are so many classic famous songs, the Soviets said that only a few of them were made by her, and the rest other Soviet composers, but I don't believe in that."

Roosevelt said meaningfully: "Stalin was able to put the works of other Soviet writers on one person's head for the sake of politics and god-making. I even think that her medical research came from other people. stolen from Soviet scientists."

Roosevelt snorted: "National socialism and communism are equally dangerous! Those two people appearing here at the same time is a very bad omen. In the war in China, Japan is about to be defeated, and this country is about to become It's red!"

While speaking, Roosevelt fiddled with the globe in front of him and turned China to his front. He said worriedly:

"In the Sino-Japanese War in the Far East, it was unexpected that the Soviet Union would get involved so deeply! A second Bolshevik China, as dangerous as the Soviet Union, will soon be born!"

-------------------- Chapter 269 "Heal the world" --------------------

The Columbia Radio interview was very "successful", and continued to heighten the popularity of the Moscow Song and Dance Troupe and the fashion style brought by Elena.

Hoover reported to Roosevelt: Before coming, the Soviets negotiated a deal with the American clothing giants. Elena went around as a mobile mannequin to advertise for them, and both sides got what they needed.

"That woman is so beautiful! And her status as a Nobel Prize winner is unmatched by other vase stars. Stalin knew how to use the power of financial groups to promote him."

Hoover sighed. It was beyond his expectation that Elena, a woman from the red communist Soviet country, could set off such a big wave in Europe and America.It was only after the fact that he figured out what was going on, but the Soviet delegation's visit to the United States under the banner of music had already aroused a frenzy in the United States, and it was not appropriate to put down their face and ban it.What's more, this period was also a sensitive period of sudden changes in the situation in the Far East. In the last two or three days of 1937, secret contacts and negotiations on the China issue between the Soviet Union and the United States continued.

On the China issue, thanks to the "good relationship" that DuPont and Morgan have formed with the CCP under the collusion of Huang Ke in the past year, the American consortium not only does not resent the CCP's control of North China, but has great expectations.DuPont and Ford have "closely" cooperated with the Soviet Union and sold them at high prices to hang the noose of capitalists. The American consortium is also very optimistic about future cooperation with the CCP.

What Hoover reported to Roosevelt next was that after Huang Ke and Elena finished their interview in New York, the two of them took all their entourage and lived directly in DuPont's villa in the outskirts of New York.DuPont held a luxurious banquet there that night, warmly entertaining his "old friends" from the Soviet Union and China, Morgan, Rockefeller, Ford, and many other celebrities were present, talking happily with each other.

According to the prior notification from the Soviets, this Soviet song and dance troupe, which came to the United States with a strong political purpose, will also arrive in the capital of the United States before the New Year.

On the 28th, Huang Ke and Elena visited Columbia University in New York as "scholars", where they took the stage and gave speeches in their respective fields.

Compared with the "artistic performance" a few days ago, Elena gave a medical lecture on the stage-the content of the talk was related to drugs, and the content was about the damage of heroin and other poisons to the human brain. Notable personalities in the medical field had very academic discussions.

Hoover reported to Roosevelt that Elena showed a very professional academic level in the discussion of academic power in the United States, and all the experts admired her very much afterwards.

"As for the Chinese man named Huang Ke, he went to the local machinery factory that day, borrowed the machines there, and said he would make a New Year's gift for you, Mr. President."

"what gift?"

Roosevelt became interested.

"A statue, a statue made of iron! He used an iron block to forcibly cut out your statue, Mr. President, through various cutting and cutting beds!"

Hoover placed the telegram from New York in front of Roosevelt, and said in shock: "That Chinese man has hands as dexterous as Hephaestus. He was on the scene, not only cutting out Mr. President with a piece of iron For your statue, I also cut a statue for Mr. DuPont with an aluminum block. The two statues were hard-cut by machine in only four or ten minutes each..."

Roosevelt sighed: "The truth is like a politician!"

On December 12, when the Moscow Song and Dance Troupe finished its performance in New York and took the train north to Washington, Roosevelt had just met Chamberlain's special envoy, British Foreign Secretary Halifax, in the White House.

One of the more interesting things is that this person is disabled like Roosevelt. Roosevelt has a leg problem, while Halifax has a congenital atrophy of his left arm. In addition, the two have another common point, They are all seemingly loyal elders on the surface, elegant and soft, but in fact they are sinister old foxes with extreme realism.

Halifax said to Roosevelt: "No, the Soviet Union can no longer be allowed to do whatever it wants in the Far East! If we do nothing, both the British Empire and the United States will soon lose China."

"Oh......"

China's problems are actually the focus of Roosevelt's attention recently - [-] Japanese troops have been surrounded in Nanjing in the past few days, which has long attracted the attention of the world.If the CCP wins this battle completely, Roosevelt can almost foresee a future in which the CCP sweeps across China within two years and at the same time completely drives out the British and French forces...

"As long as Stalin insists on supporting China at all costs and continues to use troops in the Northeast, by this time next year at most, the Japanese will be driven out of the Far East mainland—not only the Northeast, but even North Korea will be lost!"

Halifax tapped the table with his healthy right hand.

"Li Runshi is a communist, and he started his career with nationalism. China under his rule will cause great harm to the interests of all countries in China."

Halifax looked at Roosevelt, who looked like "the old god is here", with expectations in his eyes.

After Japan went to war in Songhu, and the Red Army blocked the Yangtze River waterway with shore artillery, mines and the air force, the influence of the British Empire in the Yangtze River Delta has been compressed to only a small area at the mouth of the Yangtze River. The so-called Yangtze River Fleet , Now it can't pass Nanjing at all, it is already an out-and-out "Yangtze River Fleet". (Note: The Yangtze River is the old name of the downstream section of the Yangtze River from Nanjing to the estuary).

In order to show their sense of existence, during the Nanjing War, the British specially transferred the heavy cruiser Cumberland and the light cruiser Linxian from Singapore to Shanghai. They originally planned to cruise the Yangtze River in the name of protecting overseas Chinese and show their force.As a result, the CCP directly blocked the north and south waterways of Baguazhou on the Yangtze River with mines, and it insisted that the Royal Navy's Yangtze River Fleet could not pass through Nanjing.

During the Nanjing Defense War, as the CCP became more tenacious and the Japanese army became more and more vulnerable, the British became more and more aware that the CCP was a greater threat to their interests in China than the Japanese. The relevant attitudes also changed from the initial The pretended neutrality of "sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight" has turned into a secret gang of Japan.When it came to the "Christmas Offensive" after December 12, seeing that the Japanese army was about to be defeated in Jiangnan, the top cabinet officials in Downing Street immediately became anxious. It was against this background that Halifax specially took an Atlantic airliner and flew from London to Go to Washington, face Roosevelt directly, state your interests, and hope that the "U.S., Britain, and France" will become one, and they will jointly exert pressure on the CCP and "mediate" the war in China.

The "daydream" of the British is very big: Under international supervision, the CCP and Japan will cease fighting immediately, the Japanese army will withdraw from Jiangnan, the CCP will return to Jiangbei, and everything will return to the original state...

These are the best results Brits want to see.But the British are also very clear that their own family cannot do this, so they condescend to rush to Washington, hoping to pull the United States to stir up shit together.In his view, if Britain, the United States, and France make efforts in the Far East at the same time, together with Japan, there is a great possibility to subdue the CCP and rescue Japan from the crisis of complete collapse.

Halifax lobbied in front of Roosevelt for a long time, but the old fox sitting at the table just nodded and did not express his opinion for a long time, and finally replied, "Let me think twice."

His Secretary of State Cordell Hurley stood up after the British left and said, "Mr. President, if we do nothing about the Nanjing issue, there is a great possibility that the CCP will completely control the entire middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River." !"

In the past four months, the brutal street fighting around the city of Nanjing, like the Spanish Civil War, has been the focus of attention of all countries.Because of Huang Ke, Americans are paying more attention than ever in Nanjing, not to mention the US embassy in Nanjing, and the DuPont factory outside the city, where the US Marine Corps is also stationed.During the course of the war, Washington was well aware of the performance of the CCP army in the war, the tenacity of the CCP, and the heavy losses suffered by the Japanese army in the war.

When Halifax was lobbying in front of Roosevelt, in the drawer of Roosevelt's presidential desk was a thick stack of "Chinese Communist Army Combat Power Assessment" report.The personnel of the U.S. office in Pingjin also sent back a large number of evaluation reports based on their experience with the CCP in the past year.

Different from being ignored by arrogant officials in Washington (especially Truman) in history, in this time and space, before the outbreak of the all-out war of resistance, the CCP spent only one and a half years after the end of the Long March to carefully support the Americans. Chang Kaishen's forces were defeated, which attracted Roosevelt's attention very early on.

No less short-sighted and arrogant than his future successor Truman, the treacherous and cunning Roosevelt paid unprecedented attention to this emerging power early on, and has always ordered the intelligence agencies to collect relevant information.After the all-out war of resistance against Japan, it was regarded as the biggest threat to the interests of the United States in China.

Regardless of whether it is Beiping or Nanjing, the evaluation reports sent back by the U.S. intelligence agencies in China all believe that as long as the Japanese forces are expelled from China, the CCP will be able to eliminate other forces in China and unify China for at most one and a half years.

"President, you seem to have little interest in Chamberlain's proposal?"

Secretary of State Cordell Hurley saw Roosevelt's mindset.

"Is such that."