Diplomat Joe's first love

Joe's first love was pianist Yao. They have participated in the activities of the music industry in Hong Kong together. According to the Symposium on Listening to Music published in Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao on May 23rd 1940, a concert was held on the third floor of Windsor Restaurant at 5pm yesterday. More than 20 local musicians, writers and journalists attended. accidental

Participants included Xu Dishan, Yao, Zhao Buwei, Yu Feng, Lian Biguang, Qiao Mu (Joe), Lu, Xu Chi, etc ... "Joe was invited by the host Ryan.

Attend this seminar.

As for what he and Yao talked about at the meeting.

I don't know.

Then one day,

Yao's piano recital was held in the Rose Room of Peninsula Hotel.

Peninsula Hotel was the most luxurious top hotel in Hong Kong at that time. Xu Chi gave Joe a ticket.

He went happily.

Unexpectedly, this ticket has become the "old man under the moon" of Joe and Yao.

Yao is the same age as Joe.

1965438+Born in Shanghai in September 2003.

She is the daughter of Yao Jianxun, a former Qing navy general. At the age of seven, she entered an American-run missionary primary school.

Start learning the piano.

Later, she entered Shanghai Chinese and Western Girls' Middle School.

Learn piano from Ms. Qiu Zhen 'ai. After graduation, he was admitted to the Political Department of Tsinghua University.

Later transferred to the Foreign Languages Department.

Learn the piano from Mr. GuBooker. 1934

She interrupted her studies in Tsinghua.

Go to Berlin Conservatory of Music in Germany for further study.

1940 Spring

Yao came to Hong Kong.

Stay at the uncle's house of a big banker.

At the concert that night

Yao played well on the spot.

Very emotional

Play naturally and smoothly. Her exquisite piano skills fascinated Joe present.

I'm surprised.

When the last note on Yao's piano was still echoing over the Rose Hall.

The gathered Chinese and foreign audiences applauded again and again.

Cheer: "Yao Jinxin succeeded!"

Joe sat in the front row with a handsome and talented face.

I can't help but attract Yao's attention.

Almost at the same time, the two men held out their hands to each other.

They fell in love at first sight.

Love will soon sprout. After Yao, she went to Yale University with her aunt for further study.

Joe and Yao often pass books by fish and geese.

Feelings gradually deepened. then

somehow

Aunt doesn't care about Yao

She is like a kite with a broken thread.

Anxious to return to China. Coincided with the outbreak of the Pacific War.

It is difficult for her to do it now.

fast

Yao and Chen got married in Washington by lightning. Joe learned the news.

Uncomfortable

Write to Yao several times

Complain bitterly about your heart.

Repeatedly ask: "Why is this?" Yao is not happy after marriage.

It wasn't long before they broke up. Since then, she has never been married.

Joe is still deeply in mind.

I only live with my adopted daughter Yao Dongmei.

now

The lovelorn Joe endured the pain.

Use your efforts to iron the wounds of your heart. He also reads famous foreign literature.

I hope to find some spiritual comfort. He and Feng, Yang Gang, Xu Chi and Tolstoy read War and Peace and Krule Sonata in turn.

Once again, I was impressed by Tuoweng's profoundness.

First love diplomat