Chapter 899: Breaking the Cocoon and Fluttering its Wings for Dominance (10)
Chapter 899 Breaking out of the cocoon and fluttering wings to achieve dominance (10)
Almost overnight, newspapers in Europe and the United States published in summary form interviews and comments sent back by their own reporters from far away China.
The American "Christian Monitor", "The New York Times", "San Francisco Overseas Chinese News", major newspapers controlled by Chinese consortiums, the British "Times", "Daily News", the French "France", the German "Frankfurter Post"
”, “Mirror” and other major media outlets all reported on the Chinese government’s miserable
The financial situation and the divisions within the military were reviewed. World-renowned political observers, political commentators, and political scientists published articles one after another, expressing deep concern about China's prospects. Many famous people boldly predicted: Eastern China will once again
The era of nationwide warlord melee is coming!
James, the reporter of the British "Daily News" in China, has the most detailed report. At the end of his commentary, he stated very implicitly:
...After the picnic with international characteristics, the respected Minister to China, Mr. Lan Pusheng, and his party, cordially accompanied by young General An and local officials, enthusiastically inspected the under-construction Xufu to Zhaotong Province.
At the construction site of the international railway, I had an in-depth conversation with the gentlemen of the British Global Railway Company, the contractor, and once again expressed my gratitude to the southern Sichuan government officials for their warm care for the British engineering and technical personnel and expatriates.
At the request of many European and American journalists, the Minister delivered an impromptu speech before boarding the plane, praising the rapidly developing southern Sichuan region for leaving a deep and unforgettable impression on him, and for the prospects of cooperation between British financial institutions and industrial and commercial enterprises and China's major national capitals.
We are very optimistic and promise to provide maximum help and support for the major British multinational construction groups to participate in the competition for large-scale engineering projects such as railways, bridges, and wharfs that are publicly tendered during the Autumn Commodity Fair in the four southwestern provinces of China...
At 5:10 p.m., the Minister arrived in Wuhan on a China Sichuan Southern Airlines flight. Due to the lack of time and the development of the situation in North China, the Minister regretfully gave up his original plan to stop in Nanjing and stayed in Hubei.
With the gift of General He Chengjun, the provincial military and political chief, he took the 6:00 pm train to Peiping...
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At this time, Song Ziwen, Minister of Finance of the Government of the Republic of China, and Gu Weijun, Plenipotentiary Representative to the League of Nations, were attending the World Economic Development Conference in London, England. They were very shocked and shocked to see important reports and reprints in mainstream British newspapers, as well as many analyzes of the current situation in China.
anxiety.
Just when Song Ziwen and Gu Weijun decided to leave the hotel where they were staying and rush to the Chinese Embassy to call China for details, the polite lobby manager knocked on the door and, accompanied by security personnel, handed an envelope to Song Ziwen, saying it was a
The hurried-looking Chinese international student entrusted it to be handed over. After being tested by the hotel's special equipment, there was no danger.
Song Ziwen politely thanked him, entered the room and immediately opened it to read. After reading the more than 120 words of the telegram and the signature at the end signed by An Yi, Song Ziwen was so angry that he cursed on the spot:
"Idiot! A bunch of idiots! You Yang Yongtai...can't you do anything else besides conspiracy?"
Gu Weijun was shocked. He snatched the telegram from Song Ziwen and read it carefully. After finishing it, he shook his head and sighed deeply:
"How can you do this? I believe everything General An Yi does, but I don't believe he can evade taxes. Besides, the Taxation Department of the Ministry of Finance has a tax agreement with the Jiangxi Provincial Government. The export tax of Jiangnan Group is collected by the local government.
Mr. Changqing doesn’t know, so doesn’t General Tianyi (Xiong Shihui) still don’t know?”
"He knows nothing! In the past year since he took office, Xiong Shihui has followed Chairman Chiang all day long to suppress bandits. When did he ever ask about the economic and financial situation of Jiangxi? A group of short-sighted people, they are really ashamed to be associated with them!" Song Ziwen was filled with anger and could not help.
dissipate.
Gu Weijun frowned and asked extremely worriedly: "Starting our trip to France and Germany tomorrow, especially to Germany, which has a close relationship with General An Yi, the hosts will definitely ask about the situation in China. How should we answer then?
?”
"How else can we answer? I will go to the embassy right away and call Chiang Zhongzheng to ask. Chiang Zhongzheng is full of knowledge and far-sightedness. Let him teach us how to answer!"
After Song Ziwen finished speaking, he turned around angrily and left. His followers hurriedly followed him. Gu Weijun sighed again and followed out with great worry.
Gu Weijun deeply realized that the adverse impact of the sudden change in the domestic situation has attracted the attention of European and American powers. The multi-faceted cooperation plans between many countries that have been reached and will be reached during Song Ziwen's trip are likely to be affected by the sudden split of the domestic central military group.
Serious damage.
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On the afternoon of June 28, Li Kai-shen's residence on Robinson Road, Hong Kong.
In the study room on the second floor of the Victorian-style two-and-a-half-story building, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, and Chen Jitang, who had hurriedly arrived from Guangzhou, were led by Li Jishen's son and hurried upstairs. As soon as they entered the door, they saw Huang Shaohong who came up to them with a smile on his face.
Li Zongren was stunned for a moment, then stretched out his hands and shouted "Brother Ji Kuan". He went up and grabbed Huang Shaohong's hand tightly. His eyes were wet with excitement, and his broad lips trembled a few times, but he couldn't say a word.
.
Little Zhuge Bai Chongxi smiled, stepped forward and grabbed Huang Shaohong's strong arm, and was very happy: "Brother Ji Kuan, it has been two years since we parted ways in Nanning. Duke De and the brothers are thinking of you all the time! I didn't expect us brothers to say goodbye.
It’s so sad that we can gather together in this precious land of Mr. Ren!”
Huang Shaohong's eyes were moist and moved. He nodded heavily to Bai Chongxi and turned to Li Zongren, whose eyes were also blurred. He remembered that on the afternoon when he left Guangxi, Li Zongren held a banquet to see him off. He was so drunk that he staggered and insisted on seeing him to the dock. When leaving, he still insisted on seeing him to the dock.
Wanwan warned him, "Come back if you want to come back any day. Brother Yu will always keep Ji Kuan's chair."
Seeing Li Zongren's rare display of true feelings, Huang Shaohong's nose felt sore. He held Li Zongren's hand tightly, took a deep breath, and reported in a low voice:
"Brother, it has been six days since I arrived in Hong Kong. If Ren Gong and Zhan Gong (Hu Hanmin) hadn't repeatedly persuaded me to stay, I would have returned to Nanjing yesterday... I knew this morning that my brother and Jiansheng were coming. I spent the whole day
I feel a mixture of joy and sorrow in my heart, and I feel uneasy!"
"De Lin, Ji Kuan, stop acting like little girls. A great commander who has been in military service for half his life, how can you be like this after not seeing each other for two years? There is no future... Bonan (Chen Jitang's courtesy name),
Come on
, Sit here, I just have something to ask you." Hu Hanmin, who was wearing a long robe, mocked Li Zongren and Huang Shaohong unceremoniously, and asked Chen Jitang, who was starting to put on weight and had a fleshy face, to sit on the sofa next to him.
Li Zongren laughed at himself, patted Huang Shao's hand heavy, nodded and encouraged it, so he took out his handkerchief and wiped his eyes. He stepped forward Li Jishen who smiled with a smile.
Huang Shao and Bai Chongxi grew for a while, and sat down to sit side by side with the semi -circular sofa.
Hu Hanmin and Chen Jitang, who were sitting on the sofa with a leg on the sofa and holding a two -foot -eight long water cigarette tube, turned to the public to announce the meeting, and whether to accept Huang Shao's opinion to suspend the establishment of the Guangzhou Central Government, let the participants discuss it together.
Three hours have passed in a blink of an eye, and the meeting was difficult to conduct in the fierce quarrel. Hu Hanmin saw that it was difficult to form a unified opinion for a while and half a time.
A meeting.
Everyone stood up, and Li Jisheng had a deep love to keep Hu Hanmin and Chen Shuming for dinner. Hu Hanmin spread his hands and said helplessly that he was still the old friend of Nanjing mayor Shi Ying.
Come as a lobbyist, and now consumes it in his own house, you have to go back and pass them away before the ears are clean. Chen Shuming laughed and said that he would go to Hu Hanmin's house to ask the older older hand, Shi Ying.
The four giants gathered together, and they laughed and said with a smile.
Li Jishen had had to send Hu Hanmin and others downstairs. He didn't get out of the door. Chen Jitang suddenly remembered something. He spoke a few words, followed Hu Hanmin and Chen Shuming, drilled into the big sedan parked at the door, and instructed
The driver does not drive. Hu Hanmin frowned slightly and asked Bo Nan what kind of ghost do you do? The others couldn't figure out what was going on.
In this case, everyone understood that Chen Jitang had forgotten the water cigarette cylinder upstairs, and couldn't help it.
At night, Li Jishen, who had been drunk, instructed his son to take out a few newspapers, received it with his hands, and took a few lightly: "Did you read the newspapers in the past two days?"
Li Zongren took a glance, put it on the table, and smiled faintly: "Look at it, not only watching the" Oriental News "and" Yangcheng Evening News "reported for two consecutive days.
I didn't expect it. This old Jiang couldn't even calm his first hero. Really fucking ghosts. Ren Gong, your nephew is so deep! This young man is deep enough.
Already, I moved to the seven inches of Lao Jiang, but it was much stronger than us.
"Speaking of Lao Jiang and An Yi not only have the names of teachers and apprentices, but also have a relationship of a solid son -in -law. In the past eight years, he obeyed the old Jiang Yan and loyal to the old Jiang Yan.
I have never listened to his complaints for half a sentence. Even we were jealous even when we looked at it, but I did n’t know what the old Jiang took the wrong medicine, but it was hard to imagine.
In that sentence, An Yi's kid Gong Gao Gao Zhenzhu. "Bai Chongxi was very emotional.
The crowd laughed in disaster, but Huang Shaozheng's face was bitter, and a peanut rice was thrown into his mouth.
Li Jishen saw Huang Shaozhen silently and asked, and asked with a smile: "Ji Kuan, what do you think?"
"How else can we look at it? It's obvious that someone in the central government wants to plot against Brother An, and they are weakened by successive attacks. Even Brother An's ally, the 44th Army in Western Hunan, has been implicated. Otherwise, with Brother An's good temper, he will never be able to
He would use such drastic measures to counterattack continuously." Huang Shaohong said angrily.
Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi smiled knowingly, but Li Jishen was surprised: "Ji Kuan, when did you become brothers with that kid?"
Huang Shaohong picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp. He said that on the day his younger brother came back from Nanyang and arrived in Hangzhou, he was drunk by Brother An on the West Lake. From then on, they became brothers. Everyone looked at him with interest.
Huang Shaohong came over, exhaled heavily, and told everything about how he met An Yi and how they got along in Nanjing, Wuhan, Peking, and Baoding. After that, he took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Li Jishen:
"Before I left Nanjing, Brother An sent a special person to deliver this letter and entrusted me to deliver it to my elder brother."
Li Jishen took the letter and asked doubtfully: "It's been so many days, why haven't you taken it out yet?"
"I wanted to leave it to my brother before I left, but there are some things that I can't get involved in." After Huang Shaohong said this, he grabbed the wine bottle and filled a glass for Li Zongren. Knowing that Bai Chongxi was not good at drinking, he ignored him and filled the glass on his own.
When he got up, he toasted to Li Zongren:
"Brother, I'd like to give you a toast. Now that we're apart, I don't know when we will meet again."
Li Zongren thought for a while without saying anything. He picked up the cup, touched it lightly, and drank it.
Li Jishen opened the letter and saw that it was translated on telegraph paper. Although the font was neat and clear, the font was too small to see clearly. He quickly got up to find his glasses.
Bai Chongxi smiled slightly: "Brother Ji Kuan, seven days ago, more than 130 young people from Rong County chartered a steamboat and sailed from Wuzhou to Nanning. They were stopped by our Jiang Defense Brigade for inspection. The younger brother happened to go to the dock that day to board a steamboat.
The boat came to Guangzhou, saw the dispute and asked about it. As a result, the Jiang Defense Group
The brother brought the two leading young men over. The younger brother immediately recognized one of them as Liu Yunqi. He remembered that he had served as your guard platoon leader and asked him where he was going. He said he was going to Guizhou... The younger brother knew that there must be one of them.
Hidden secrets, so I didn’t ask any more questions and let them take the boat upstream."
Huang Shaohong was very surprised: "Why did that boy come back to Guangxi? Some time ago, several disciples from the clan came to see me in Nanjing, saying that they were so idle at home that their follicles were sweating, and they wanted to find something to do. Let me think about it.
If there is nowhere to settle, just put it
The three of them were introduced to Brother An's Southern Sichuan Military Academy, so that they could learn some things so that they could have skills in the future... Logically speaking, they should be in Xufu at the moment. How could they return to their hometown in Guangxi and bring them with them?
More than a hundred people?"
Bai Chongxi knew that Huang Shaohong had never lied to him or Li Zongren. After listening to Huang Shaohong's words, he thought for a while and felt relieved:
"If I'm right, it's probably An Yi's idea. I heard from my commander Chen Zhibiao that An Yi is a very good friend and can always do things for his brothers that he can't think of but can't do. Rumor has it that Zhu Yizhi of Yunnan
,Shi Zhen from Qianxi
Every year, one hundred people are sent to study under An Yi. Brother Ji Kuan recommends that three disciples in the clan are too few. I guess An Yi is helping you, the eldest brother, to cultivate more talents. Now that the Japanese pirates are peeking into the country, one day
It’ll come in handy, right?”
Bai Chongxi's profound words made Huang Shaohong very embarrassed. He meant that An Yi had helped you think ahead. One day, when you make a comeback, you won't have to worry about not having enough talent.
Li Zongren saw the embarrassment on Huang Shaohong's face, shook his head, smiled, and asked with interest: "Ji Kuan, there has been a rumor in the military circles in the past six months that An Yi's Southern Sichuan Military Academy has become far behind in many majors.
I'm far ahead of Huangpu, what do you think of this?"
Huang Shaohong sighed quietly: "How should I put it? Let me tell you something. Everyone knows the German Wei Caier, the military general adviser of the Central Army, right?"
Bai Chongxi nodded: "This is a capable person... Wei Caier helped Chiang Kai-shek a lot from the Central Plains War to the just-ended North China Anti-Japanese War. The guiding ideology of many battles has benefited us a lot. This is a man with real materials."
An outstanding military strategist, I admire him very much."
Huang Shaohong nodded: "Yes, all the generals of the Central Army who came back from Japan have their eyes high, but when it comes to Wei Caier, there is no one who is not convinced. But this Wei Caier, he took the three military textbooks compiled by An Yi
Translated to German military academies. Just thirteen days ago, the German Consulate in Nanjing accepted the entrustment of their Army Staff Headquarters and formally submitted a letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Military Commission of our country.
The Commission submitted an application, hoping that the Central Army Non-commissioned Officer School can accept their sixteen cadets, and use this to further expand the military exchanges and cooperation between China and Germany. You must also know that this Central Army Non-commissioned Officer School is the
The Southern Sichuan Army Non-Commissioned Officer School, where An Yi serves as the director of education, was formerly the Nanchang Army Non-Commissioned Officer School. Can you tell me, how is An Yi's Non-Commissioned Officer School?"
Li Zongren and others looked at each other in shock, and then sighed one after another, saying that it should be like this, otherwise An Jiajun would not have the prestige and illustrious military exploits it has today.
Bai Chongxi was quite regretful: "It would be great if I could go on an on-site inspection. What our army lacks is professional formal education. The Huangpu Nanning Branch has not produced many talents so far. It is really a pity!"
Li Jishen's happy voice suddenly came: "If Jiansheng is willing, he can probably go to southern Sichuan at any time. I see, my nephew is not as stingy as you think, otherwise there would be no happy cooperation in the past two years!"
Bai Chongxi raised his head and saw Li Ji sitting down with a bright red face, knowing that he must have gotten some good news from An Yi's letter.
Li Zongren seemed to have thought of something and looked at Li Jishen with piercing eyes. Only Huang Shaohong did not react at all. As if he were at home, he picked up a big green crab, broke it open and ate it with relish.
Li Jishen raised his glass, toasted Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, put down his glass, and said with a smile:
"Boss An Yi invited me to stay in his Xu Mansion for a while. He also said that my god-niece was pregnant again and might still be a son. He also said that my brother Yaoting would be rushing from Nanyang to southern Sichuan in the next few days. The whole family
It’s rare to get together, and this kid is quite filial!”
Li Zongren looked at Bai Chongxi again, and then turned to Huang Shaohong happily: "Ji Kuan, when we broke the economic blockade between Yunnan and Guizhou, we relied on you and Mr. Ren to mediate between them. Since the cooperation between the three parties, our financial difficulties have greatly improved.
Mitigation, according to the current mining development speed in northwest Guangxi, this year's revenue will definitely increase exponentially, and the prospects are worth looking forward to! Ji Kuan, before you come, did An Yi ask you to convey any suggestions? "
Huang Shaohong put down the crab legs, wiped his hands, and replied solemnly: "After Brother An left North China in anger, he never left his hometown in southern Sichuan. He pretended to be sick every day and rarely saw people. I didn't have the chance to talk to him. But he stayed in Nanjing.
The adjutant is a little more transparent
He revealed a little bit and said that Shi Zhen in western Guizhou has begun surveying the railway line and is planning to build a railway from Shuicheng and Panxian to Qujing in Yunnan. This will coincide with the plan of General Zhu Yizhi of Yunnan. Zhu Yizhi
Submitted to the Ministry of Railways at the beginning of the year
The report clearly states that construction of the railway from Xufu to Zhaotong in southern Sichuan has begun. This great undertaking that will benefit the present and will last forever, Yunnan cannot lag behind. Therefore, the Yunnan Provincial Government also wants to use financing to build the railway from Kunming to Qujing.
One hundred and twenty kilometers of railway
Road. If my analysis is good, one year later, the Sichuan-Guizhou-Yunnan railway will be connected together. If it is connected with our Guangxi railway again, the strategic significance will be impressive, apart from economic development.
Brother An is really a great talent!"
Li Jishen, Bai Chongxi, and Li Zongren were all shocked, and then they all thought about it and stopped talking.
After a long time, Li Zongren broke the silence and looked at Li Jishen with a smile: "Mr. Ren, it seems you have to go there in person. It is related to the well-being of our people in Bagui!"
Li Jishen nodded and smiled: "Go, definitely go! Not only am I going, it's best if you two go too, at least one of you must go. An Yi is clearly hinting that he wants to cooperate with us in all aspects. So.
An Yi's strong strength, with
With the full support of the Sichuan, Hunan, Yunnan and Guizhou Alliance, it would be a pity for us not to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. In fact, we have to thank Chiang Kai-shek. If he didn't make mistakes frequently, how could that kid take this step? So happy.
ah!"
Li Zongren couldn't help but laugh heartily. After Bai Chongxi finished laughing, he suggested: "My younger brother and Mr. De can't go. The goal is too big and the impact will be far-reaching. It's better to be more cautious. If everyone agrees, my younger brother suggests that we let Brother Yixing (Guangxi)
Vice Governor Huang Xuchu) went there when Brother Yixing was studying at Army University
He is a student of Ren Gong. It is normal for a disciple to accompany his teacher. If possible, let Mr. Ma Junwu, the president of Guangxi University, go with him, because Mr. Ma Junwu and An Yi's military advisor, Mr. Jiang Yunshan, the president of Southwest University of Political Science and Law, are old friends. They were friends when they were young.
We just know each other, we stayed abroad together."
"Jian Sheng Gao Ming!"
Li Jishen gave a thumbs up, and Li Zongren raised his wine glass happily. The four of them clinked it together and drank it all. When he put down the wine glass, Bai Chongxi coughed violently, and his blushing face made several other people laugh happily.
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Almost at the same moment, Yan Xishan, who was drinking tea and talking with Kong Xiangxi in Jinci in the southwest suburb of Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, took the telegram presented by the adjutant, glanced at it, and handed it to Kong Xiangxi cheerfully: "My dear brother, Jieshi
Brother is urging you to go back again, it seems that the central government’s affairs cannot be separated from you!”
Kong Xiangxi took the telegram, read it and put it gently on the table: "My little brother has a lot of heavy responsibilities on his shoulders. The task of purchasing 100,000 tons of grain for the North China Army has not yet been completed. How can you leave Shanxi so easily?"
Yan Xishan touched his slightly bald forehead and smiled knowingly: "Are you worried that our Chairman Chiang will capture you when you go back?"
Kong Xiangxi shook his head repeatedly: "What a mistake in the committee game! If you leave the political opponents and opponents in the southeast alone, how can you have time to provoke An Yi, a stubborn boy? This is great, Xiangxi and southern Sichuan are at odds with each other. If
If the committee does not stop dealing with An Yi, I am afraid that Shi Zhen in western Guizhou and General Zhu Yizhi in Yunnan will also sink their faces. The impact will be so great that it is really hard to estimate!"
"That's right! An Yi, a young man, I always thought he could only lead troops and fight, and he could do business better than us Shanxi people. I didn't expect that he could be so skillful in playing tricks. Tsk tsk! It's like the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead!"
Speaking of this, Yan Xishan looked at Kong Xiangxi with interest: "Brother Xian, do you think there are any other tricks An Yi is hiding that he hasn't used yet?"
Kong Xiangxi was horrified: "Brother, do you still hope that An Yi will make a move? A few consecutive moves have almost killed the Central Committee. If nothing else, my sworn brother Ou Yaoting will not be sick sooner or later. He just said yesterday morning that he would take him with him."
After returning to China with more than 60 million U.S. dollars of anti-war donations from people in America and Southeast Asia, I said in the afternoon that I had caught a cold and fell ill. Originally, my younger brother and the entire central government were eagerly waiting for this life-saving money. Now it is better. My step-brother announced
When you are sick, go smoothly
He said that more than 40 million of the more than 60 million yuan in donations were designated by several patriotic foundations in the Americas and Southeast Asia to donate to the Anjia Army to build a resettlement area for disabled soldiers in southern Sichuan, provide pensions for soldiers killed in war, and build welfare factories.
The remaining more than 20 million were directly handed over to the Ministry of Civil Affairs for allocation and use in accordance with the wishes of the patriotic overseas Chinese. Now they are all in vain... I estimate that other departments, including the Central Military Commission, are probably complaining at this moment.
"
Yan Xishan was stunned for a moment, and then laughed cheerfully again: "His grandma, I like the character of An Yi, haha! Dear brother, I heard that the aircraft sold by Zhang Hongluan in Xiangxi are good, almost all are brand new advanced fighters.
, the generals under my command all advised me to buy a few of them for use, and I’ve seen them, and the price is indeed not high, and it’s more cost-effective than importing them myself. To be honest, I’m really tempted this time.”
Kong Xiangxi thought for a moment and then advised: "Brother, if you really want to buy it, you have to wait a few days before talking. I will fly back to Nanchang tomorrow to see how the committee handles the aftermath. Maybe I will have to go to southern Sichuan to meet that guy An Yi."
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"Wait a minute! When will our Jinsui Army need to look at people's faces to do things... By the way, last time you suggested that I set up a Shanxi Chamber of Commerce in Xufu, but I never had time to tell you, you go this time
When you see your godson-in-law, don’t forget to ask him to leave me a bigger piece of land. If you don’t want to do it, we can do it in a more grand manner.” Yan Xishan picked up the eight-treasure cup and tasted it with great pleasure.
A sip of fragrant tea.
Kong Xiangxi asked with a smile: "Brother, are you retaliating against the central government's North China policy for being unfair to the Shanxi-Sui Army?"
"Who says it's not the case? Since the central government doesn't appreciate the contribution of our army, we have to rely on ourselves for development. Maybe when I wake up tomorrow and feel happy, I can send a telegram to that guy An Yi, haha! Now I have to give this guy a pat on the back.
Damn it, before he knew it, he had replaced Zhang Hanqing’s position and became the
He is the leader of the largest warlord in the country. Who else should I flatter him? Besides, he is far away from me and we have no interest in each other. Where can I find such a friend? Besides, when he is feeling uncomfortable now, big brother
If I don’t help, should I wait until he becomes famous before inviting him to drink? Haha..."