Chapter 960 959 [Two Daughters]
Yu Peichen's twin daughters are 14 months old.
Zhou Hexuan named his daughters Zhou Nan and Zhou Ning in the letter. Both "South" and "Ning" represent Nanjing. The two daughters were conceived when Zhou Hexuan and Yu Peichen were sorting out the materials of the Nanjing Massacre, as a kind of commemoration.
Now that Vivien Leigh has lived in Los Angeles for a long time, she has seldom acted in movies in person. Her main identity is as a producer and as Zhou Hexuan's shareholder representative in United Artists.
After Fairbanks divorced Pickford, he transferred part of the shares to his ex-wife, and sold the rest to Chaplin and Zhou Hexuan, and Zhou Hexuan transferred part of the shares to Vivien Leigh. At this time, the shareholding of United Artists was composed of: Pickford 38%, Chaplin 36%, Zhou Hexuan 18%, and Vivien Leigh 8%.
As the fourth largest shareholder of the eight major Hollywood film companies, and herself an Oscar queen, Vivien Leigh has a very high status in the American film industry. In the past, Clark Gable was forced to please Vivien Leigh because Zhou Hexuan threatened to expose the scandal, but now he kneels and licks because of Vivien Leigh's identity.
Mr. Clark Gable, the emperor of American movies, publicly stated to reporters at the Oscars last year: "The luckiest thing in my life is to meet Miss Vivien Leigh. She is so noble, kind and intelligent, as if walking on the An angel in the world. But please stop hyping up our scandal in the newspapers, I adore her, I respect her, but I will never pursue her, because she will not allow any man to blaspheme."
Clark Gable's words are considered the most infatuated confession in the world. The American media even lamented that Clark Gable married too early, otherwise the two would definitely become a match made in heaven.
But, Vivien Leigh was soon exposed to a homosexual scandal, because she was photographed by the media living with Yu Peichen...
The main reason is that Zhou Hexuan was worried about Yu Peichen who was pregnant, so she arranged for Vivien Leigh to take care of her in Los Angeles, and specially hired two Chinese nannies to take care of her. The two lived together for more than a year, and their relationship with each other was relatively close. They did not live apart until they were exposed by the media.
At the beginning of this year, Yu Peichen moved to New York with her two daughters, and at this time worked as a publicity officer for the China Institute.
As we mentioned before, the China Institute is a non-governmental organization co-founded by Hu Shi, Zhang Pengchun, Guo Bingwen, and American educators. Its purpose is to strengthen cultural exchanges between China and the United States. After the start of the all-out war of resistance, this organization basically became an organization to promote China's war of resistance.
Yu Peichen's current work is mainly responsible for publicizing the news of the War of Resistance from China, and assisting in patriotic performances and fundraising. She is very busy all day long, and her two daughters are basically taken care of by nannies. Like Vivien Leigh, they have become professional women.
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A high-end apartment in New York. This is the house that Zhou Hexuan bought before leaving the United States last time.
Wang Rizhang and Ju Yiqiao, the two confidantes of Chiang Kai-shek, had already taken the train to the west coast of the United States, planning to return to China via the Soviet Union. The two bodyguards, Sun Yongzhen and Zhu Guozhen, were left in a hotel in New York by Zhou Hexuan. He only took Ma Jue to the apartment to see his daughter.
"Ding dong, ding dong!"
The Chinese nanny heard the doorbell and ran to open the door. She pushed open a crack to observe vigilantly. Seeing two Chinese people standing outside, she relaxed and asked, "Who are you looking for?"
"I'm looking for Yu Peichen." Zhou Hexuan said.
The nanny said: "Miss Yu will come back very late."
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said, "I am her husband."
The nanny is a reliable person that Hongmen helped find. She was overjoyed when she heard the words: "You are Mr. Zhou, please come in, please come in!"
There are two nannies, taking turns taking care of the children and doing housework. At this time, the other nannie is playing with the little ones in the living room.
Perhaps because of being locked up at home for a long time, the two daughters were more shy of strangers. When they saw Zhou Hexuan and Ma Jue, they stopped immediately and quickly crawled behind the nanny to take a peek.
The nanny who opened the door smiled and said, "Xiao Nan, Xiao Ning, come here quickly, this is your father."
It's a pity that the two little guys don't have the concept of father at all, and they still hide and refuse to come out, which makes Zhou Hexuan feel sad and ashamed.
Zhou Hexuan took out two plush toys and coaxed them for a long time before getting familiar with their daughters, but they still refused to call daddy, or they were too young to learn.
In comparison, Ma Jue was more cordial, coaxing the children happily in less than half an hour, crawling on her lap and giggling.
It wasn't until after nine o'clock in the evening that Yu Peichen finally came back. She said in surprise, "Brother Xuan, Miss Ma, when did you arrive in America?"
"Hi sister Yu." Ma Jue greeted with a smile.
Zhou Hexuan said: "You just arrived in New York this morning, why did you come back so late?"
Yu Peichen picked up the two children and said: "Mr. Roosevelt has just been re-elected as president. Our China Institute prepared a celebration performance for him, and at the same time, we promoted and guided the American people to support China's war of resistance. Have you eaten yet? I am performing By the time it's over, I've eaten."
Ma Jue and the nanny hurriedly brought out the food, they had been waiting for Peichen before.
"Tired?" Zhou Hexuan asked.
Yu Peichen said with a smile: "No, the past few months have been very fulfilling. Our China Institute has raised 7,600 US dollars in donations this year, all donated by Americans, which is very valuable. In addition, in our Thanks to the propaganda contact of China, 8 Americans have gone to China to support the war of resistance, including four journalists, two doctors, and two priests."
"It seems that you are happier doing this job than staying by my side." Zhou Hexuan said.
Yu Peichen stroked her hair in embarrassment: "It's okay, I just feel that I have the ability to contribute to the country. By the way, I heard from Mr. Hu Shi that President Roosevelt has confirmed the credit loan to China. A big sum of money, and that’s a real joy.”
Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "I will come to thank him another day, and congratulate him on his success in his re-election by the way."
The 1940 U.S. election was definitely the most ups and downs in U.S. history. First, the Republican Party had a dark horse, and then Roosevelt, who did not want to be re-elected, became the candidate of the Democratic Party. The competition between the two sides was in full swing. In the end, Roosevelt won by 5 million votes.
Roosevelt really didn't want to be re-elected at the beginning. He was very tired and planned to retire a long time ago.
Since his second re-election in 1936, Roosevelt's administration has been extremely difficult. Perhaps the large conglomerates who have emerged from the economic crisis feel that he is too in the way. First, Roosevelt forcibly reorganized the Supreme Court, which aroused unanimous opposition from inside and outside the party. Then in 1938, the economic crisis broke out again in the United States, the halo of the New Deal disappeared, and Roosevelt became the scapegoat instead.
There were even anti-Roosevelt factions in the Democratic Party. They colluded with their political opponents, the Republican Party, and jointly blocked many of Roosevelt's proposals in Congress.
At the beginning of the outbreak of World War II, Roosevelt made a series of decisions, all of which were under tremendous political pressure, and people with weak hearts could not bear it at all.
Due to Japan's aggressive expansion in Vietnam in the past few months, Roosevelt immediately showed his power after his successful re-election, and decided to give China a credit loan of US$100 million against all opinions. Note that this is a credit loan, not the previous trade loan, and the stated position is to help China despite Japan's opposition.
Yu Peichen added: "President Roosevelt inspected the China Institute three days ago and appreciated our non-governmental exchange work very much. With his support, we plan to hold a performance to aid China. The star agreed to participate, and the time is set for this weekend."