"My uncle will not agree to the Japanese interfering with Sheng's industry. You also know this." Sheng Di said helplessly.
"We will not show up, we will only help you secretly. No matter what you need, we will provide it unconditionally. If you need someone, you can have money. All of this is no problem." Kobayashi Eikichi said proudly.
"What do you need me to do in return in the future?" Sheng Di asked.
"We don't ask you to do anything. The only requirement is that you lead Sheng's Industry to fully cooperate with us. This is actually what others want."
"Is this the only condition?" Sheng Di asked again.
"The only one, there are no strings attached. My word is a guarantee." Kobayashi Eikichi said in a very firm tone.
"One thing I don't understand is that if we want to discuss business cooperation, why is it not officials from the Ministry of Tibet or people from Sumitomo and Mitsubishi Corporation who are talking to me, but Mr. Eikichi Kobayashi? You are a big shot in the military." Sheng Di
asked again.
"That's because there are Sumitomo people in the Ministry of Tibet and Mitsubishi people are not reliable enough. They are more or less connected with Sheng Gong. If they come forward, Sheng Gong may know the details tonight. You don't want this to happen.
Let’s create a situation.”
Sheng Di nodded. Regardless of whether he cooperated with the Japanese or not, he did not want his uncle to know about his absurd life in Japan.
"Please give me a few days. In principle, I agree to cooperate, but I still need to seriously consider some details." Sheng Di said.
"Okay, you can take as much time as you need, as long as you give me an accurate answer before leaving Japan." An unfathomable smile appeared on Eikichi Kobayashi's face.
Sheng Di felt a little scared when he heard this. What exactly was the plan of the military giant Eikichi Kobayashi?
Sheng Di felt guilty and actually heard the overtone. Kobayashi Eikichi's words seemed to contain this meaning. Give you time to think about it. If you don't agree, you can't leave Japan and return to China.
Sheng Di did not spend a few days. After returning, he only thought about it for one night. Early the next morning, he gave a clear reply to Kobayashi Eikichi: He agreed with the plan proposed by Kobayashi Eikichi, and the Japanese helped him obtain all the inheritance rights of the Sheng family's property.
, he is responsible for commercial cooperation with Japan.
However, Sheng Di put forward a condition. The premise of cooperation is that uncle Sheng Youde and sister Sheng Muyi must not be harmed. The Japanese agreed and held a celebration banquet for this purpose that night.
Sheng Di agreed to cooperate partly out of fear. He felt that if he didn't agree, he might get into a car accident in Tokyo, which would be much easier than causing the Huanggutun incident.
For Eikichi Kobayashi, this is like having snot dripping from his nose, it's too simple.
The other half is out of greed. He really wants to get all the inheritance rights of the family. How can Lu Ming be qualified to get more than the family share he gets? Yuan Ziyuan is his fiancée, she can take as much as she wants, and Yuan Mingzhu
What are the qualifications for dividing family property?
Of course, he would not treat his uncle and Mu Yi badly. He planned to leave enough pension money for his uncle and Mu Yi, and buy them another luxurious villa in the Alps, so that they could spend their remaining years in the sun.
A month later, he took a boat to Dalian, and then met with some senior generals of the Kwantung Army and the president of the Manchurian Railway Company. He communicated with these people for a few more days and formulated a detailed cooperation plan.
When he took the train back to Shanghai, two people accompanied him to Shanghai. One was Seishiro Ozawa, who was later arrested by Lu Ming. He would be responsible for the overall cooperation with Sheng Di in Shanghai, and the other was Ozawa.
His assistant and mistress Yu Yinger.
After returning to Shanghai, Sheng Di tried to expand his power step by step. It happened that Sheng Muyi had little interest in managing the company and doing business, and wished that Sheng Di would bear more responsibility. Sheng Youde didn't think much about it, and it was reasonable for his nephew to do more work if he was capable.
middle.
Sheng Youde originally trained Sheng Di as a professional manager. Now his nephew has a positive attitude, which is of course a good thing.
Sheng Di began to follow the plan discussed with the Japanese and gradually introduced the Japanese trained by Ozawa into Liuyuan, saying that they were his new bodyguards and responsible for the security of the outer residence.
No one doubts him, because this is what he should do, and these Japanese people have no flaws at all, neither their accent nor their work habits can show any trace.
If he followed the steps step by step, he would be able to completely oust his uncle in less than ten years and gain all the power over Sheng's industry. Unexpectedly, an unexpected incident happened last year and all his efforts were in vain.
Colonel Hejian, the senior operational staff officer of the Kwantung Army, and several Kwantung Army officers made a special trip to Shanghai to visit, discuss with Sheng Di, and request a loan of four million yuan.
Sheng Di was shocked. Although four million oceans is not an astronomical figure, why does a colonel need so much money?
Colonel Hejian told him an amazing secret.
It turned out that after the Kwantung Army got rid of Lao Zhang, they felt that Xiao Zhang was more difficult to deal with than Lao Zhang. Lao Zhang was just perfunctory and delayed, but Xiao Zhang directly told them that they couldn't do it.
The senior officials of the Kwantung Army were very angry. They felt that both father and son were white-eyed wolves. After enjoying the countless benefits provided by the Kwantung Army, they now refused to acknowledge their debt.
Therefore, the Kwantung Army is preparing to launch an incident on May 20th next year, 1930. It will first capture the Beida Camp in Shenyang, seize the entire city of Shenyang, and then simultaneously attack Jilin, Harbin, Qiqihar and other large and medium-sized cities, and finally defeat all the Northeastern Army.
Drive them out and occupy the entire Northeast.
"Isn't this good? The leader of your military has assured me that Japan does not ask to occupy Chinese land, but only hopes to cooperate with China." Sheng Di hesitated.
Although he was not a good person, he felt that he could not do such a thing by paying to help the Japanese invade China and attack the Chinese.
"That's not the case. We are just threatening and expelling Xiao Zhang. We will not harm Xiao Zhang. Moreover, all his family property will be returned to him. We will not covet a piece of copper. We will invite Emperor Xuantong to return to the Northeast and establish Manchukuo. This
It’s not too much, the Northeast is originally the hometown of the Manchu people.” Colonel Hejian said with a smile.
"Then are you borrowing money to use as military expenses?" Sheng Di asked.
"No, our Kwantung Army has no shortage of military expenses. These four million yuan are intended to build a palace for Emperor Xuantong. The future capital of Manchukuo is planned to be located in Changchun. Changchun must be built like a capital. All of this requires money.
"Don't worry, the money borrowed from you will only be used for urban construction and not for military purposes." Colonel Hejian assured.
When Hejian said this, Sheng Di felt much better. After all, the money he lent was not used for military attacks, but for Xuantong. After all, Xuantong was also Chinese.
As for whether Xiao Zhang should be in charge of the Northeast or Xuantong should be the emperor, he didn't care.
"Manchukuo will definitely be the most prosperous country in Asia in the future, and Changchun will not be much worse than Shanghai, not to mention Harbin, known as the Paris of the Far East. These are the cities we want to focus on for development and construction. With this loan, we
I am willing to pay an annual interest rate of 12% and use the national tax revenue of Manchukuo as collateral."
Colonel Hejian said and took out a contract. Sheng Di saw that it turned out to be a loan in the name of Manchukuo, and then used Manchukuo's national tax revenue as collateral. The annual interest rate of 12% was considered high, and ordinary
If a bank issues a loan and gets an annual interest rate of 78%, it is considered good.
Although Manchukuo does not actually exist now, Sheng Di believes that as long as the Japanese want to do this, Manchukuo will definitely be established.
Xiao Zhang couldn't be stopped, and neither could the government of the Republic of China. Besides, they didn't plot the land in the pass. They just wanted to change the owner of Northeast China, which wasn't too much.
Sheng Di thought about it in a daze, and then signed the contract.
He didn't dare to tell his uncle and Mu Yi about this, and of course he couldn't use the Sheng family's money to lend money.
In order to ensure that the money would arrive in full and on time, as the general manager of the Sheng Group, he went out to borrow money from some wealthy friends, saying that he wanted to invest in a business with an annual interest rate of 8%.
The Sheng family is an industrialist with a great business. None of these friends were worried that Sheng Di would not be able to repay the money and were willing to lend it to him. In just two days, he successfully raised four million yuan.