1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

Oh, by the way, historically, Trotskyists like Zheng Chaolin openly argued that "China has no national revolution," "patriotism is reactionary," and "the war against Japan had no objective progressive significance from the beginning."

(This is actually one of the most important reasons why the reputation of the Chinese Trotskyists was so bad and they were attacked so fiercely, not just because of Stalin)

Among the Chinese who are now fervently advocating for Fujiwara Kanezane and advocating that China should not resist Japan but should completely surrender, there are a large number of Trotskyists;

Moreover, because Fujiwara no Kanezane did such an outstanding job that he was no longer a "personification" but a "real person", they praised him even more than in history, believing that he was "one of the greatest hopes for the world's continuous revolution."

Although in fact, the prince who is playing the spy game is indeed the hope of China and the world revolution, these people don't know it, so their views are still very confusing:

For the sake of world revolution, we should unite with the Japanese, or at least unite with His Majesty Hachiman-no-Miyazu, to completely destroy this "bourgeois gentry and landlord country" ruled by the National Party.

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National sentiments were completely ignored, and the reality of the situation was completely disregarded. (Chen Duxiu was different. After the September 18th Incident, he firmly advocated opposing Chiang Kai-shek and resisting Japan. However, after the July 7th Incident, he declared, "Now that we are facing a formidable enemy, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party must cooperate. Since the country needs Chiang Kai-shek to fight Japan, I have no objection to him.")

(Having said that, there are actually quite a few hard-nosed Trotskyists, including Zheng Chaolin, who once advocated "letting the Anti-Japanese War fail to awaken the people." He refused to admit his mistakes throughout his life, and even during the upheaval in Eastern Europe, he told the staff who asked him to make a self-criticism, "My faith has won.")

(Many Trotskyists are obsessed with the idea of ​​world revolution, and they don’t really want to engage in capitulationism and become traitors. This is different from the Kuomintang’s traitors.)

It was precisely because he saw these things clearly, and because his support for Trotsky was more out of emotional resonance than complete agreement with ideals, that Chen Duxiu became increasingly reluctant to get involved in Trotskyist affairs, and later even openly withdrew from the Trotskyist movement.

Do you think only Chinese Trotskyists are like this?

No, Trotskyists all over the world are basically the same. In the 60s, they even came up with "Posadaism", which was so abstract that Hitler would call it anti-human.

(One of the proposals is to directly launch a nuclear war, destroy all capitalist countries with nuclear bombs, and then rebuild a communist country on the ruins)

It is better to expect Stalin to suddenly jump out and oppose "building socialism in one country" and support "theory of permanent revolution" than to expect the Trotskyists to achieve success on their own.

Originally, until he was struck by the ice pick, Trotsky knew nothing about the internal fighting among the Trotskyists, but who let Springfield, standing at the bottom of history, help him sort it out a little?

Oh, so my "believers" are just a bunch of idiots who are overambitious, fighting for power and profit, and swearing at each other...

So, in this world line, when Trotsky founded the "World Socialist Revolutionary Party", he simply threw away the original one and started anew from scratch.

He had to get rid of them. If he continued to get involved with this group of "fanatics" or bastards who were messing around in the name of believers, his reputation as a driver would be ruined.

The classic example of "The leader of the Trotskyists is not a Trotskyist." The old man from KFC?

That is even less so than Trotskyism.

The things Chuntian told Trotsky were also mentioned to Chen Duxiu, so Trotsky's words of disgust for Trotskyists instantly resonated with him.

After Chen Duxiu and all the Trotskyist Central Committee members were arrested, the Trotskyist Central Committee collapsed. Some Trotskyist grassroots members formed the Shanghai Provisional Committee, and then continued to criticize each other, seize power, and betray each other. No one cared about Chen Duxiu's release from prison!

Please, Chen Duxiu, who was so deserted by his friends and even imprisoned himself, must have known that he had to quickly rescue Peng Shuzhi and other Trotskyist comrades who were still imprisoned!

The moment the ship to the United States sounded its horn and set sail, Chen Duxiu completely gave up on the Chinese Trotskyists who did not care about the life or death of him and his captured comrades.

"I understand. I agree with your considerations. If you want to spread your ideas properly, you do need a new organization."

"That's right. That's why I agreed to temporarily cooperate with Ms. Field and put a lot of effort into building this fried chicken restaurant to attract more talents and earn operating funds."

Trotsky smiled and held out his hand:

"So, Chen, will you join my Fourth International?"

This was not an idea that Trotsky came up with after he knew that Chen Duxiu was about to come to the United States, but had already existed for a long time.

After learning that Chen Duxiu was in trouble and even arrested, Trotsky quickly sent Glass (American) to Shanghai to organize a rescue, but he was not worried about Chiang Kai-shek, but was wary of Stalin!

The driver believed that Stalin would most likely use Chiang Kai-shek to kill Chen Duxiu, the thorn in his side who had borne the brunt of Stalin's mistakes and sins.

As long as Chen Duxiu was killed, wouldn't the blame for the failure of the Chinese Revolution be completely absolved?

Who would overturn the verdict of a notorious dead man?

Faced with Trotsky's olive branch, Chen Duxiu knew that if he accepted it, he would gain a considerable position in the new organization, but he shook his head:

"Comrade Trotsky, I am not a Trotskyist."

What he meant was that he did not agree with all of Trotsky's views, nor would he follow him as the leader.

Trotsky was stunned for a moment, then smiled:

"Yes, I know. You are definitely not a Trotskyist. Don't worry, I am not a Trotskyist either."

What Trotsky meant by this was that he would give Chen Duxiu full freedom and would not treat him as a subordinate, but as a comrade of equal status, and would allow conflicts in theory and lines between the two sides.

Historically, Trotsky had broken with his followers many times, but he never publicly criticized Chen Duxiu's views, even though they differed more from his own.

As an old revolutionary with rich theoretical and revolutionary practical experience, Trotsky was actually not as dogmatic and extreme as the Chinese Trotskyists. He was very clear about Chen Duxiu's contribution and significance to the revolution, so he repeatedly took action to defend him.

Although Chen Duxiu, who had heard some of Trotsky's deeds, was very surprised by Trotsky's statement, he still did not return the hand. Instead, he asked another question with a burning look in his eyes:

"Comrade Trotsky, I would like to ask a few questions. First, what is your view on the current cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in the fight against Japan?"

Trotsky put down his hand, frowned and thought for a moment, then said frankly:

"I think the CCP's choice isn't entirely correct. Although it can, to a certain extent, attract more anti-Japanese forces, there's still a considerable risk of misleading comrades within the party and abandoning its independence. The CCP has already suffered this loss once."

Trotsky always firmly supported China's resistance to Japan, but he was extremely disgusted with the "KMT-CPC cooperation in resisting Japan";

In his view, it was Stalin’s narrow nationalist thinking that led to the CCP’s repeated and unprincipled concessions to the Kuomintang, ultimately leading to the complete failure of the Great Revolution.

Now that the two sides have once again started cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, it is easy to repeat the same mistakes.

Although he vaguely knew Chen Duxiu's opinion on the matter, the driver still insisted on his own point of view.

Chen Duxiu did not comment and continued to ask:

"Second question, do you still adhere to your theory of permanent revolution?"

"Yes."

After a pause, Trotsky added:

"However, I have to admit that after talking with Ms. Field and a respectable enemy, my thoughts on this matter have changed slightly. We can communicate slowly later."

"Okay, thirdly, if one day, for the sake of world revolution, it is necessary to sacrifice the interests of China or other countries, what choice will you make?"

Trotsky answered this question more decisively:

"For the sake of world revolution, everything can be sacrificed, including myself."

After five minutes of silence, Chen Duxiu shook Trotsky's hand, but uttered a profound remark:

"You are you, and I am me. We can form an alliance, but we can never become one."

499 Chen Donald's Fried Chicken Shop

"Mr. Leon!"

Seeing Trotsky and Chen Duxiu coming out of the lounge, Liu Changchun, who had been waiting for a long time, hurried to greet them, but found that his mentor's face looked a little strange.

Like regret, like indignation, like satisfaction, like unable to hold back laughter. What on earth did they talk about in there?

"Ah...Liu, there's something I need to tell you."

Trotsky patted Liu Changchun on the shoulder and said something that left him stunned:

"From today on, you and some of your comrades will have to leave my side and follow this gentleman."

"?? ?"after a while.

Chen Duxiu looked at his two children and the group of silent young strangers around him, and smiled at Liu Changchun, the leader:

"Everyone's introduced themselves. Now, let's discuss the establishment of a new fried chicken fast food restaurant..."

That’s right, a new fried chicken fast food restaurant.

The last sentence of that conversation fully demonstrated that Chen Duxiu neither fully accepted nor completely rejected the olive branch extended by Trotsky.

This was not only because he did not maintain complete ideological agreement with Trotsky, but also because he could not accept himself as being under the protection of the other party.

As Trotsky said, independence is the foundation of a person, a political party, or a country. The Chinese Communist Party suffered a great loss in this regard, and Chen Duxiu himself was a fierce opponent of the "vassal faction."

Therefore, Chen Duxiu did not even intend to accept Chuntian's protection at the beginning.

However, this is America. If you say that you can completely get rid of the help and influence of this saintly president, you can only be called pretending to be blind.

Chen Duxiu was not one of those "Ms. Mu Fengzhen" women in Shanghai who never participated in any labor, relied entirely on their husbands for support, and did not allow anyone to call her "Mrs. Wang" in order to prove that she was an "independent woman."

Therefore, before coming to the United States, Chen Duxiu used all his own property and the Chen family's old house as collateral and borrowed a large sum of money from Springfield in his personal name, intending to use it as activity funds for his future trip to the United States.

Then, Chuntian not only threw him a bank passbook, but also threw him a thick business plan, telling him to take a good look at it and study it.

When Liu Changchun led him to the "Tod's Fried Chicken Shop" and Trotsky recruited him to the "Fourth International", Chen Duxiu immediately understood Chuntian's intention:

So, you want me to build a new "fried chicken shop" to compete with Trotsky's "Tod's Chicken"?

Chen Duxiu was not one to engage in intrigue, so he told Trotsky about this matter very frankly. However, the driver's reaction was also very interesting:

He had known about this matter from Ms. Chuntian a long time ago, and recruiting itself was a test of Chen Duxiu's will and thoughts. He took the initiative to propose to give Chen Duxiu some "members of the Shihua Revolutionary Party" as the initial team.

Although Trotsky's move was suspected of being an attempt to sabotage Chen Duxiu, it was undoubtedly a great help to Chen Duxiu, who only brought a son, a daughter and a wife to the United States, so he accepted it calmly.

As a result, Liu Changchun and a group of people were transferred to Chen Duxiu to help him set up a new brand of fried chicken restaurant, which would become a new competitor of Tod's in the future.

This is the vision of the older generation of revolutionaries, which is far beyond the reach of those Trotskyist rubbish who only know how to fight for power and profit.

To be honest, Liu Changchun was still a little confused. What was going on?

Why should I follow Mr. Li, help him open a new store, and compete with Mr. Lev?

Isn't this the enemy's fault?

Liu Changchun didn't know that it was precisely this kind of thinking that made him chosen by Trotsky. Most of the people thrown in with Liu Changchun were like this.

In Trotsky's words, they are "young people who believe in communism but are still unable to completely break away from narrow nationalist and factional narratives."

Although he understood and respected national narrative sentiments, Trotsky still hoped that those who followed him would be determined "world revolutionaries."

"Comrade Changchun, you've been with Mr. To... Leon for quite some time and have extensive experience. Could you please first introduce Tod's operating model and discuss how we should open a new store? Comrade Changchun?"

Chen Duxiu's cry woke Liu Changchun from his thoughts, and he quickly said modestly:

"Mr. Li, you are the boss, it's up to you..." "No, no, no, Comrade Changchun, you must adapt." Chen Duxiu said seriously:

"Here, there's no hierarchy, only democracy. We discuss things together, come up with ideas together, and discuss the organization's decisions and our future together. That's my philosophy, or rather, the rules."

As soon as these words were spoken, Liu Changchun and others immediately discovered the difference between Trotsky and Chen Duxiu.

Under Trotsky, full discussion and different opinions were allowed during teaching and learning, but when it came to doing things, Trotsky was very "domineering" and everyone had to obey him in everything.

He has to decide where to locate the store, how to decorate it, what the ordering process is, how much to set the price, and even the design of the work clothes. Others can only provide information and suggestions.

Under this "dictatorial system", Trotsky developed very quickly. Trotsky himself hardly made any major mistakes, and even if something went wrong, he could adjust quickly. Everyone had adapted to it.

Just like when he selected people for Chen Duxiu this time, Trotsky did not discuss with anyone at all. He directly finalized the list, only guaranteeing that the salary would not be lower than the current one and telling them that they could come back at any time.

But "Mr. Li" obviously does not intend to do so.

After all, one was a ruthless general who once commanded a million-strong Red Army, while the other was a weak scholar who failed to successfully establish an armed force.

Group discussion...

Since Chen Duxiu had said so, Liu Changchun, who had gone through some trials and tribulations, was no longer the Liu Changchun who only knew how to run, so he immediately began to "introduce his experience":

"Mr. Li, this is what we did before..."

Liu Changchun introduced Todkey's operating model without reservation, and even provided a list of the most important supply chain companies.

Tuo's tutor had already explained that they were no longer Todeji's people, and they could tell Chen Duxiu anything about their work and study experience at Todeji as long as Chen Duxiu asked.

After about two hours, Liu Changchun finally stopped. Chen Duxiu and his two children all felt that they had learned a lesson.

It turns out that this is how business works;

It turns out that the most important thing about Tod's Chicken isn't the few stores or the "new fried chicken technology";

So, this is the so-called "standardized fast food" and "supply chain management" mentioned in Ms. Field's business plan...

After quickly absorbing a lot of new knowledge and experience and having others supplement it, Chen Duxiu raised a new question:

"Okay, that's all for now about Todki's experience. Since you've all worked at Todki before, I'd like to ask you to think about it. Do you think Todki can improve in any way?"

No one knew where to begin, and since democracy had never been the norm in Todki before, everyone remained silent.

Chen Duxiu encouraged gently:

"Although we intend to draw inspiration from Todki, we want to take it a step further and make it even better. This requires everyone's wisdom and strength. Everything can be said, and even the smallest improvement is important."

Despite this, no one spoke.

Chen Duxiu's daughter Chen Zimei saw that the atmosphere was becoming increasingly awkward, so she cautiously raised her hand and asked in Chinese:

"Father...Mr. Li, can I speak?"