Reborn Bao Guowei, I really didn’t want to be a great writer!

Chapter 517: A good solution for disaster relief? Let’s go to the disaster area together! Go to the actual site!

The Hua Xia Ji Min Hui was actually a product of the lack of trust in the national government.

The national government has its own disaster relief association, the National Flood Relief Association, and various charitable organizations.

A few people set up an additional organization to carry out disaster relief, which clearly showed their distrust of the national government.

There are indeed many private charitable organizations, but the power that can be mobilized when Bao Guowei and other four people get together is not comparable to that of ordinary private organizations.

But in an emergency, we have to make decisions based on our circumstances.

In order to provide disaster relief, Zhang Qun had to accept it.

Chiang Kai-shek sent an urgent telegram, saying that if anything happened in Jianghuai and a civil uprising broke out, he would take the blame for the crimes with the heads of his officials.

Even though Zhang Qun was a veteran of the National Government, he could not escape the connection.

In particular, the victims of the flood will surely pour into the Shanghai Stock Exchange on a large scale, and the chaos that will arise will be unimaginable.

The following week, the Chinese People's Salvation Army was officially established with Bao Guowei, Xun Ge'er, Lin Yutang and Du Yuesheng as the core.

Since its inception, this charity organization has gathered countless celebrities from the Jianghuai region, and even regions in North China have begun to respond by setting up branches.

The first group of members of the Jimin Society included more than one hundred celebrities with four people as the core.

In the cultural circle alone, there are Xu Zhimo, Dai Wangshu, Tao Xingzhi, Cai Yuanpei, Shen Dehong, Tian Han and so on.

With the reputation of Bao Guowei, Lin Yutang and Xun Ge'er, almost all the masters with some reputation in the cultural circle were invited.

Some of these people may have had conflicts in the past, or may have had disputes with Bao Guowei.

But in the end, they gathered together for the same thing.

In the face of life, all other contradictions have to be put aside.

Everyone worked together, published articles, ran around to publicize the disaster, and held a grand fundraising ceremony for the Jianghuai flood.

Of course, celebrities from Shanghai's literary and art circles are also present.

Mr. Mei Lanfang had returned from a tour in the United States a long time ago and was preparing to set up the "National Opera Society". After hearing about the flood, he immediately contacted Bao Guowei and expressed his willingness to hold a week-long charity performance to contribute his own efforts to disaster relief.

Mr. Zhou Xinfang, Mr. Yu Zhenfei and others also joined the fundraising.

As a leading figure in the field of drama theory and education, Hong Shen did not feel it was a shame after becoming Bao Guowei's apprentice. Instead, he was proud of it.

He mobilized teachers and students from the drama academy to perform charity shows for the people in the disaster-stricken areas and to raise relevant supplies from the society.

For a time, within just one week, the Shanghai Stock Exchange and various southern regions launched a vigorous fundraising campaign, which was several times larger than any in history.

Last year, Bao Guowei proposed many methods to control waterlogging, which are now coming in handy.

“Relief for work.”

“Organize a cooperative.”

"With universities as the center, we will assist in disaster relief and flood control in the disaster areas."

“Cleaning up the silt in the Yangtze and Huaihe River Basins.”

And so on a series of strategies.

Bao Guowei contacted Chu Huiseng in Hangzhou and immediately raised these opinions with him again.

Chu Huiseng was a smart man. Together with the Shanghai Mayor Zhang Qun, he drafted a water management charter and submitted it to Chiang Kai-shek.

Jinling.

Chiang Kai-shek stared at the water control plan on the table in a daze.

He saw the signature on the water control plan, which included not only the names of Chu Huiseng and Zhang Qun, but also the name of Bao Guowei.

"Xun'en, it's Bao Bingwen again. Do you think I should agree to this water management charter?"

Chen Xunen, who was standing nearby, had already seen it and said without hesitation.

"President, don't hesitate. Bao Bingwen's words are full of wisdom. Although his position is a bit biased, all his opinions are constructive."

"Humph!" Chiang Kai-shek's eyes were filled with gloom. "He is not biased at all, he is just short of showing his support for the Soviet area on his face!"

Chen Xun'en lowered his head and said no more words. Even he could not speak for Bao Guowei anymore.

Chiang Kai-shek's eyes moved around, then he looked into the content of the plan and muttered to himself.

"Work-for-relief. The Baojia system assisted the labor conscription system, established economic cooperation organizations, stabilized the peasant economy, and cleaned up the silt in the Huai River."

“These are all good ideas, but unfortunately they all have a communal flavor.”

"It would be great if Bao Bingwen was on my side~"

Chen Xun'en looked at Chiang Kai-shek there, feeling sad for a long time, and was very anxious.

He knew Chiang Kai-shek best. When disaster struck, Chiang Kai-shek obviously attached more importance to the control of floods in the Yangtze and Huaihe River regions than to the Japanese invasion.

The Japanese will not take his life for the time being, but the ordinary people affected by the disaster in Jianghuai will overthrow him like a tide.

Not to mention Sun Ke, Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang, who are now ready to make a move, as well as the forces in Guangdong and Guangxi, and the supporters of Hu Hanmin who were imprisoned by Chiang Kai-shek.

These are destabilizing forces.

It is impossible for Chiang Kai-shek to give up everything. The opportunity to solve the flood problem in the Yangtze and Huaihe River regions is his lifeblood.

Sure enough, after a moment of sadness, I even shed two tears.

Chiang Kai-shek finally took out his pen and signed the disaster relief plan.

The golden fountain pen was writing on the document like a dragon and a phoenix dancing in the air. Chiang Kai-shek said with a very sad look on his face.

"Xun En, issue it immediately and ask the provinces of Zhijiang and Jianghuai to carry it out, and ask them to strictly follow the opinions of this material as a reference."

"Okay." Chen Xun'en took the document quickly and just wanted to turn around and leave, but was stopped by Chiang Kai-shek again.

"and many more."

Chen Xun'en groaned inwardly, knowing this would happen, and turned around and nodded.

"What else does the president want to tell you?"

Chiang Kai-shek pondered for a while and said: "Among them, the Economic Cooperation Organization and the Baojia system are still open to discussion. They have some Soviet style. Let's delete them."

But this is almost one of the most useful methods, right?

Chen Xunen complained in his heart.

But he understood that the style of the Soviet area was too strong, and with Chiang Kai-shek's temperament, he would never accept it.

He was afraid that the other party would show any signs of rising up.

Naturally, Chen Xunen would not bother to give advice.

He knew Chiang Kai-shek.

He just nodded and said.

"Yes."

"This Chang Kai-shen is just messing around!"

Bao Guowei, who had been busy for ten consecutive days, was sitting in a temporary office rented in the concession with an untidy beard.

After seeing the latest water control plan released by the national government, he immediately started cursing.

In order to avoid the impact, Chiang Kai-shek actually deleted the most critical baojia system.

In fact, using work as a substitute for relief is not as simple as it sounds. Without the organization of the baojia system, chaos is likely to occur and the efficiency is much lower.

But there was no way, Jiangnan was in Chiang Kai-shek's hands, so we could only let him do what he wanted.

Bao Guowei now only wants to raise more money and save more people.

In the past few days, the China Charity Foundation has raised nearly three million yuan in donations in the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Among them, Bao Guowei personally donated 100,000 silver dollars.

Du Yuesheng himself has been running charity for many years. Through his own channels and his own funds, he has raised and donated nearly 500,000 yuan.

With the help of donations from many national enterprises, we were finally able to raise these funds.

But obviously, this money is still not enough to help tens of millions of disaster victims, and the bulk of the money still needs to be paid by the government.

This is a disaster that affects the entire Republic of China and cannot be solved by one organization or individual.

Fortunately, thanks to the appeals and publicity from gentlemen in the cultural circle, major newspapers have already published information about disaster relief and have reported it intensively in the past half month.

Domestic media also spoke with surprisingly unanimous voice this time, jointly promoting the disaster relief cause.

With Bao Guowei taking the lead, many foreign charities and countries have made generous donations.

In particular, Situ Meitang of the Hongmen Zhigongtang, after seeing Bao Guowei's appeal in the United States, immediately prepared materials and funds worth 200,000 silver dollars and sent them to Shanghai via ferry.

The originally divided Republic of China, due to natural disasters or for its own purposes, ultimately did the same thing.

That is disaster relief!
There were so many disaster relief tasks that even though the Hua Xia Ji Min Association had more than a hundred people, Bao Guowei was still too busy to handle it all.

There are too many people who need him to contact.

Whether it is Xiang Songmao in the pharmaceutical industry, Guo Le in Wing On Department Store, or many foreign wealthy businessmen.

Many foreigners hardly recognize anyone in the country, and even the government’s representatives are useless. They only recognize Bao Guowei as the "international great writer."

In order to raise funds, Bao Guowei attended more than a dozen banquets hosted by foreigners in a week despite feeling nauseous.

Only then did they raise nearly 200,000 yuan in donations.

After many days of high-intensity work, Bao Guowei was exhausted both physically and mentally. Just as he was about to take a rest in the office, he heard a knock on the door.

The irritable Bao Guowei was about to lose his temper when he found that it was Li Mingwei who walked in.

"Mr. Li, what are you doing here?" Facing Bao Guowei's inquiry, Li Mingwei seemed a little embarrassed. He walked over and said.

"Mr. Bingwen, I have heard about the floods in Jianghuai a long time ago, and I also want to do my part to help my compatriots."

Bao Guowei nodded and said, "I know that you took the lead in raising nearly 100,000 yuan from the film industry, most of which was contributed by you."

"I didn't come here to talk about this."

"You still have money to donate?" Bao Guowei was a little surprised.

Is this guy so rich?
"No." Li Mingwei said a little embarrassedly. "I just have an idea."

"idea?"

"Correct!"

Li Mingwei gritted his teeth and continued.

"I think the influence of newspapers alone is still too small. Nowadays, not many people in China read newspapers, and few people can read. Compared with these two, there is a form that can play a better role in propaganda."

He looked at Bao Guowei.

“That’s the movie.”

Bao Guowei immediately understood: "Are you talking about movies?"

"Yes!" Li Mingwei said seriously. "Our movie "The Godfather" is very well-known. Not only do the masters and ladies like it, but ordinary people, foreigners, and all kinds of groups almost all like it.

I have an idea, which is to use the screening of "The Godfather" as a gimmick to launch a fundraising campaign for the flood disaster.

However, if this work is carried out, the funds previously invested may be greatly reduced, or even lost. "

Bao Guowei was stunned for a moment.

Previously, "The Godfather" was a co-production between China and the United States. All the domestic revenue belonged to China, and a portion of the US revenue was given to Bao Guowei, and they were responsible for the rest of their profits and losses.

In other countries, the shares are held jointly by both parties in proportion.

Li Mingwei's proposal means that almost all the revenue from "The Godfather" in China will disappear and be converted into donations.

Bao Guowei is the person who has invested the largest amount.

Bao Guowei said without hesitation: "Mr. Li, who do you think I am, Bao Guowei? What am I working so hard for?
I, Bao Guowei, earn enough from my royalties. Would I be interested in the income from The Godfather?
As long as you are willing, I, Bao Guowei, will do my duty."

Hearing Bao Guowei's words, Li Mingwei also became excited and nodded vigorously.

"With Mr. Bingwen's words, I, Li Mingwei, and Minxin Pictures will also invest all of our shares in this project. We must raise more donations through The Godfather!"

The disaster in Jianghuai has touched the hearts of people across China.

For half a month, everyone's eyes were on this land.

It’s not just because the disaster is unprecedented, but also because the area around the river basin is the economic lifeline of the Republic of China today.

Farmland in many provinces, including Anhui, northern Hubei, southern Hunan, and western Jiangxi, suffered devastating disasters.

Not to mention that Jianghuai Province, which is the first to be hit, is the economic lifeline of the Republic of China today.

If something goes wrong here, not only will tens of millions of people suffer, but the resulting food shortages, refugees and other problems will also shatter the already weak Republic of China.

It is precisely because of this that countless Chinese people have united in their hatred of the enemy and contributed their own efforts to this disaster.

Therefore, Bao Guowei did not dare to relax for a moment.

In the evening, on the way back to his home in the International Settlement, Bao Guowei saw disaster victims walking in groups of two or three, supporting each other, or huddled on the ground on the streets of Shanghai.

In just half a month, the number of disaster victims on the streets of Shanghai increased several times, even though entry barriers were set.

Fortunately, Mayor Zhang Qun made some preparations in advance and allocated a lot of supplies to Shanghai, so as to avoid riots.

As Cao Yanhai drove, he said with emotion: "It's so pitiful. These people left their homes and tried to make a living here. I don't know how many people became beggars because of a natural disaster."

Bao Guowei nodded and said, "Our strength alone is not enough. We have raised nearly three or four million yuan in donations these days, but if we want to keep one disaster victim alive, we have to spend at least three silver dollars a month.

This amount of money may be enough to settle the disaster victims in Shanghai, but it is just a drop in the bucket for the tens of millions of people living along the coast."

Seeing that Bao Guowei looked haggard recently, Cao Yanhai couldn't help but comfort him.

"Master, you have done your best. There is no need to blame yourself. The government is now under the control of Chiang Kai-shek, so naturally he has to take the responsibility.

If there is chaos and Chiang Kai-shek is overthrown, it will be a good thing.”

But Bao Guowei was not happy at all.

If it were in other dynasties, without foreign invasions, Bao Guowei would have hoped that people like Chiang Kai-shek would step down sooner and overthrow the corrupt regime in one fell swoop.

But now it is the Republic of China, and the Japanese in Northeast China are still ready to make a move.

If there really were to be trouble, it wouldn't just be a matter of one family or one surname being overthrown.

Because he was too tired, Bao Guowei fell asleep in the car without knowing when, and it was Cao Yanhai who woke him up.

Just as he was about to go home and have a good sleep, he saw a black car at the door.

When Bao Guowei appeared, a white-haired, thin old man immediately got out of the car.

He was wearing a long gown and his eyes also looked a little tired.

Bao Guowei recognized the gentleman at a glance and said with a little surprise.

"Mr. Chu?"

"Thanks to Bingwen's flood control plan, we are much better at flood control than before. Work-for-relief not only solved the problem of repairing the dam, but also solved the problem of many disaster victims wandering around. The medicines, clothes, and food you sent have also been a great help.

If it weren't for you, there would be countless people who would have suffered and died in the flood."

When Chu Huiseng entered the living room, he was so moved that he stood up and bowed deeply.

"In accord with the great principles of the text, please accept my greetings."

Seeing that Mr. Chu actually bowed to him, Bao Guowei was immediately flattered and quickly stood up to help him up.

"Sir, you are shortening my life," Bao Guowei said sincerely. "I just did what a Chinese should do. The medicine was provided by Mr. Xiang Songmao, the clothes were provided by Mr. Guo Le of Yongxing Department Store, and the food was transported from Hong Kong by Mr. Ho Tung and Mr. Run Run Shaw through overseas channels.

I just serve as a liaison.”

"The fact that you can gather the strength of so many people is already the greatest achievement." Chu Huiseng said with emotion.

Chu Huiseng's position had reached the provincial level, and he also had an extraordinary status within the national government.

He was waiting at Bao Guowei's door today, and this bow was enough to show how much Bao Guowei's contribution was to him.

"What's the situation in the disaster area now? Is the flood still severe?" What Bao Guowei is most concerned about is the flood problem.

Historically, the Jianghuai floods lasted for two full months.

During these two months, various areas in the Yangtze and Huaihe River basins received continuous rainfall of more than 400 mm.

There are records showing that in the Tongling area "heavy rains lasted for more than ten days and nights."

Floods and water disasters are disasters that can be solved overnight.

Monk Chu Hui said with emotion: "Previously, many lakes suddenly experienced tsunamis, bursting their banks and flooding the lakes, catching people off guard.

Even the capital Nanjing was affected.

Now, half a month later, with the help of people from all walks of life, the lake disasters have been initially resolved. The recruited migrant workers have temporarily built some lake embankments.
But it is a long-term plan. As long as the rain doesn't stop, we can't stop our disaster relief work at all.

"Jinling"

Chu Huiseng seemed to want to say something but hesitated, and ultimately did not mention it.

Bao Guowei understood the other party's helplessness, nodded and said: "Zhijiang Province and Jianghuai Province are fortunate to have you, sir, to have such a situation now.

On behalf of the Huaxia Jimin Association, I will continue to call on people from all walks of life to assist in disaster relief!"

"With your words, Bingwen, I, Chu Fucheng, would protect the tens of millions of people in the Yangtze and Huaihe River basins even if it costs my life!" Chu Huiseng said gritting his teeth.

Afterwards, Chu Huiseng mentioned the purpose of his visit.

"Bingwen, I came to you this time not only to thank you, but also to ask for a favor."

Bao Guowei was a little tired, but still spoke.

"Mr. Chu, please feel free to speak!"

If there is anyone in the government that he can trust, it must be Chu Huiseng.

Chu Huiseng said: "It is not a big deal. Now many of the surrounding counties and towns affected by the disaster in Jianghuai have followed your strategy and recruited a lot of disaster victims to work in exchange for relief.

The victims had just lost their families, their homes and their fields, and there was a huge amount of resentment building up among them. I was afraid something might go wrong.

I heard that you, Bingwen, have always been well-known among the lower-class people. After thinking about it, I thought it would be better for you to go to various places to express your condolences. "

After thinking about it, Bao Guowei felt that it was not a big deal, and he just happened to be planning to go and take a look.

You can't get things done if you sit in the office without doing any field research.

He nodded and said, "This is not a problem. Not only will I go, I can gather some people from all walks of life in the Huaxia Jimin Association and ask them to send some people to jointly send a consolation delegation to the disaster area."

A smile appeared on Bao Guowei's face.

"This consolation delegation cannot be a mere formality. I thought that I would lead the delegation and invite some well-known singers, movie stars, and drama actors to go with me.

Conduct charity performances for the disaster victims.

While providing material relief, we must also not neglect spiritual support."

The country where Bao Guowei lived in his previous life could be regarded as the best country in the world in disaster relief. It was not difficult to absorb advanced experience and follow suit.

Monk Chu Hui was overjoyed, and a long-lost smile appeared on his face as he said, "Very good!"

(End of this chapter)