In 1984, China held a National Day military parade for the first time in more than a decade and immediately attracted global attention. The commander-in-chief of the parade was General Qin Jiwei, who stood on the parade car full of energy, saluted the *** on the upper floor of Tiananmen City, and asked loudly: "Report, the parade troops of the Chinese People's Liberation Army have finished parading, please review!.""Every word is full of majesty, showing the military might of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
However, no one could have imagined that it was General Qin Jiwei's Mandarin with a Hubei accent that caused a misunderstanding more than 30 years ago!Qin Jiwei came from Hong'an, Hubei Province, and joined the revolution in 1927. Because he was good at using the broadsword, and his courage was incomparable, his comrades-in-arms called him "Qin Dadao", and later became a famous fierce general, during the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, Qin Jiwei led the 15th Army to win a complete victory in the Battle of Shangganling, which terrified the American army. Seeing this, some people may mistakenly think that Qin Jiwei is a general with a violent personality and a fearsome personality, but in fact, it is not.
Qin Jiwei is very amiable in daily life, loves to talk and laugh, loves games, is full of interest in new things and new technologies, and is one of the first generals in our army to learn to drive and photograph. It was precisely because Qin Jiwei was brave and good at fighting, and he was witty, flexible, and good at communication, that before the outbreak of the Liberation War, he was appointed by the party committee as a member of the "military adjustment team" to participate in negotiations with the Kuomintang and the United States. When the War of Liberation was about to break out, in order to avoid war, the Party tried its best to refrain and hoped for a peaceful settlement, while the United States advertised itself as the "guardian of a democratic and free world" and also assumed a posture of mediating the civil war in China.
Therefore, the Communist Party, the Kuomintang, and the United States set up a military mediation and execution department, referred to as the "Military Coordination Department," which consisted of 38 executive groups, and Qin Jiwei was elected as the chief representative of the "12th group" and went to Peking to participate in the negotiations. Since this is a negotiation activity and belongs to "foreign affairs activities," the party side attaches great importance to foreign affairs etiquette, so our representatives all wear neat tweed uniforms and shiny leather boots.
As the saying goes, "dress decently, the image is more outstanding", and Qin Jiwei was originally an excellent leader, wearing this neat outfit, he looked even more heroic and sassy, and even walking on the street can attract countless eyes. Qin Jiwei and Huang Zhen, a representative of the 10th group, suddenly felt hungry when they were shopping in Beiping and wanted to buy something to eat to fill their stomachs. But there was no stall selling roasted sweet potatoes on the street, so they went to a restaurant and asked if there were any roasted sweet potatoes in the store.
Since Qin Jiwei spoke in the Hubei dialect, and the waiter was a native of Beijing, he could not understand their request. When Qin Jiwei expressed it with gestures, the waiter mistakenly thought that he was teasing her, and unceremoniously scolded Qin Jiwei as a "stinky hooligan". Faced with such a misunderstanding, Qin Jiwei and Huang Zhen decided that they had to explain clearly to avoid leaving a bad reputation. So they left the restaurant, found roasted sweet potatoes on the street, and then returned to the restaurant to explain to the waitress and the owner, and finally resolved the misunderstanding.