Chapter 661 660 [China Aviation Association]

Nanjing, Guofu Road, Central Hotel.

Li Dachao, Director General of the China Aviation Association, raised his glass and said with a smile: "Thank you Mr. Zhou for your generous donation of 10 aircraft to the country. I drank this glass of wine, Mr. Zhou is free to do as he pleases!"

"Easy to say, easy to say." Zhou Hexuan raised his neck and drank.

"Okay, good drinker!" Li Dachao praised.

Li Dachao also participated in the Nanjing Air Defense Exhibition on behalf of the China Aviation Association. As soon as the exhibition ended, Zhou Hexuan immediately invited him to the hotel to discuss recruiting pilot students to the United States.

It's just that Zhou Hexuan doesn't know this person's background, so he has to find out first.

The two exchanged cups and cups, and soon became warm. Unexpectedly, Li Dachao graduated from Peking University, so he was even more of one of his own. They chatted about Peking University for half an hour.

There is no way, there are too many acquaintances in Peking University, just picking one out is enough to talk about for a long time.

Seeing that Li Dachao was a little faint from drinking, Zhou Hexuan asked: "Aside from being in charge of the aviation association, where does Mr. Li work?"

Li Dachao shook his head and smiled bitterly: "How can you talk about being a high-ranking person? He's just running errands for others."

"Brother Li is young and promising, why bother saying depressing words," Zhou Hexuan said with a smile, "Haha, I'll drink as a penalty!"

Li Dachao seemed to be really unhappy. He drank two glasses of wine and said, "I'm not afraid of your jokes, Mr. Zhou. My official position is getting bigger and bigger, while my younger brother's official position is getting smaller and smaller. I think about the Northern Expedition. I was already the president of Fujian's Republic of China Daily, and later became the director of the political department of the 49th Army. Hey, once the Northern Expedition is victorious, it should be rewarded based on merit. They actually transferred me to the Shanghai Education Bureau When I was the section chief, my younger brother stayed in the section chief’s position for seven or eight years, and now he’s still the fucking section chief!”

Zhou Hexuan clinked glasses with Li Dachao and said, "That can't be done. It's time to get promoted after passing the qualifications."

"I've been promoted," Li Dachao said bitterly. "I used to be the section chief of the Supervision Department of the Education Bureau, and now I'm the section chief of the first section of the city government. The friends who made revolution with me and embarked on the Northern Expedition were at least the mayors and department heads. It’s been a long time, but I’m still standing still.”

Zhou Hexuan smiled and comforted: "That's different. Shanghai is a special city, and you, the first section chief of the municipal government, are at least equivalent to the provincial deputy director."

"The problem is that I don't care about things," Li Dachao shook his head repeatedly. "When Zhang Qun was the mayor, I did odd jobs for him. Now it's Wu Tiecheng's turn to be the mayor, and I still do odd jobs for him. Mayor Wu is a little better, at least he knows how to delegate power. , and even made me the director-general of the Aviation Association. That Zhang Qun is really nothing. My section chief is not as effective as the deputy section chief, just because the deputy section chief is his confidant!"

Zhou Hexuan thought to himself, who would dare to reuse someone like you? After only a few glasses of wine, I dared to say anything.

There is a reason why a person can make his official position smaller and smaller.

Li Dachao's qualifications and background are actually very good. He graduated from Peking University and was a member of the Peiping Party Committee of the Kuomintang more than ten years ago. When Sun Yat-sen went north, he was responsible for the escort and reception work. During the Northern Expedition, Li Dachao worked in all kinds of jobs, including propaganda, politics, the army, and intelligence. However, after the victory of the Northern Expedition, he was thrown into the Beining Railway to work as a freelance special correspondent.

Historically, Li Dachao was slightly promoted due to Wu Tiecheng's appreciation, but Qiuji never got ahead in his life.

Character determines destiny.

No, Zhou Hexuan had just met Li Dachao for the first time, and he actually dared to speak ill of Zhang Qun while drinking.

After chatting for a long time, Zhou Hexuan had completely figured out that Li Dachao was neither a father nor a mother, and did not belong to any faction in the Kuomintang.

"Brother Li," Zhou Hexuan said as he poured wine for him, "Brother, I am very interested in the aviation industry. I heard that the Aviation Association is a non-governmental organization. How does it run?"

Li Dachao explained in detail: "The China Aviation Association is indeed a private organization. Chairman Chiang Kai-shek personally serves as the president, but it is just a name. He doesn't care about anything. The vice president is Wang Xiaolai. Do you know this person?" "

"I met him once in Luoyang," Zhou Hexuan said with a smile, "He's a big gangster from the Qing Gang."

Li Dachao smiled and said: "A hooligan is a hooligan, but sometimes a hooligan is more patriotic than an official. As for the China Aviation Association, Wang Xiaolai has contributed the most, and he has donated more money. But he is still not as powerful as Du Yuesheng. Guess Boss Du donated this time How much?"

"How much did Du Yuesheng donate?" Zhou Hexuan asked.

Li Dachao said: "There are a total of 120 aircraft, all of which are American products!"

"That's really a lot of donations." Zhou Hexuan said in surprise.

You know, the number of military aircraft that the Nanjing government can control now does not exceed 150 in the whole country. Du Yuesheng has donated 120 aircraft alone, which is equivalent to doubling the number of military aircraft owned by the Nanjing government.

Purchasing military aircraft from the United States, as long as they are not junk, will cost at least about 100,000 yuan each. Du Yuesheng's purchase volume is relatively large, so there must be a price discount, but the 120 aircraft will cost at least nearly 10 million yuan, which is equivalent to Zhou Hexuan's investment in building the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge.

Zhou Hexuan asked again: "Who will control the money raised by the aviation association?"

"Haha," Li Dachao didn't dare to speak directly, he just said, "The person in charge of money used to be named Song, but now his surname is Kong."

Your surname is Kong?

That was Kong Xiangxi, or a relative of Kong Xiangxi.

No wonder even Du Yuesheng wanted to directly buy a plane and donate it instead of donating money to the aviation association. I guess Boss Du was also disgusted.

Zhou Hexuan asked again: "Is the Aviation Association only responsible for fundraising?"

Li Dachao said: "It's not just about fundraising. We have a membership system with five levels of membership. Ordinary members pay a membership fee of 2 yuan per year; permanent members pay a membership fee of 1,000 yuan per year. There are also special members, sponsoring members and group members. Each one Members can get a membership badge, and for those above the special membership level, they can also receive an airplane model. All the membership fees are used to buy airplanes. Brother, I am a sponsoring member, with an annual membership fee of 60 yuan. I will play in Japan in the future. I also have my share of the plane.”

"In addition to making money, you don't do anything else? For example, training pilots." Zhou Hexuan inquired.

Li Dachao said: "Training pilots is under the control of the military. How can it be left to civilian organizations?"

"Indeed." Zhou Hexuan nodded.

In fact, Zhou Hexuan was cursing in his heart that this Xueliang was too unreliable. He recommended Mao's aviation association. This rotten association has no use except to trick people into donating money!

Zhou Hexuan thought about it and smiled immediately. He suddenly understood Zhang Xueliang's intention.

It is indeed more convenient for civil society to operate this kind of thing. If we select people from the Northeast Army, these pilots who return to China in the future will have too strong a clique color, which will arouse Chang Kaishen's taboo.

Zhou Hexuan said: "Brother Li, I have established a private flying club in the United States. I want to recruit pilot students, and I am asking the aviation association for help."

"A private flying club in the United States?"

After all, Li Dachao graduated from Peking University and was definitely not stupid. He immediately understood Zhou Hexuan's intention and immediately smiled and said: "This is a good thing! Don't worry, this bag will definitely not attract the attention of the Japanese! By the way. , Mr. Zhou had better become a member of our association, so that it will be more convenient to operate."

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "Well, I will pay the 1,000 yuan membership fee and become your permanent member."