When Dai Kasa presided over the Military Command Bureau, he was very favored by Chiang Kai-shek and had great power in his hands. He has a characteristic, that is, he likes to talk about pomp and circumstance, especially to entertain American guests, and he is very generous.
In order to please the Americans, Dai Kasa used a large number of flowers to arrange a variety of table flowers every time he feasted, in addition to the taste of mountains and treasures and seafood, and all used silver tableware.
On one occasion, Dai took a guest with Admiral Kirk, commander of the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet, with as many as 300 people and nearly a hundred eels. This kind of fish is a rare treasure in Chongqing, and even the uncle of the big country who loves eels the most, Song Ziwen, was very surprised and asked Dai Kasa:
"How can you get so much at once?"
Dai Kasa was so generous and ostentatious, and interestingly, the American guests did not have any gentlemanly demeanor.
They are drunk and full, but they are very unruly, and they always take away a pair of chopsticks or other delicate silver tableware during the meal according to their own preferences when they are dining, and they call it "kept as a souvenir." ”
As a result, every time Dai Kasa invited a guest, Shen Drunk, director of the General Affairs Department of the Military Command Bureau, had to go to the hotel to make a careful, apologize, and then make compensation.
When Dai Kasa found out, he was not angry, but instead ordered Shen Drunk to deliberately prepare more of these things so that american guests could take them away after dinner. Therefore, Shen Drunk simply asked the General Affairs Office to purchase a large number of silver tableware for Dai Kasa's guests.
As a result, after every time Dai Kasa invited a guest, the General Affairs Office had to replenish some valuable tableware. This practice later became the norm.