Lu Ming sighed. He didn't want to think too much about these things. Not to mention Japan's direction, even China's direction was difficult to predict. Just take it one step at a time.
Lu Ming drank a few more glasses of whiskey with Qiantian, and then whispered: "Qiantian-kun, I am looking for you this time to ask for your help."
"Do you still want to get a blank passport? It's a little difficult now." Qian Tian misunderstood.
"It's not a passport. I want you to help me get a batch of arms and medicine." Lu Ming said honestly and honestly.
"You can buy it directly from arsenals and pharmaceutical factories. What do you want these for?" Qiantian was confused by Lu Ming's request. He was not a black market person.
"I don't want to use it, I want to help a friend. It can't be used through normal channels, and it needs to be hidden from people's eyes and ears." Lu Ming explained in a low voice.
"That's right..." Qian Tian thought deeply. He didn't refuse and said no, and he didn't agree immediately. This shows that although this matter is expected to be accomplished, it is quite difficult.
"I can give you a price twice as high as the black market, but it must be kept strictly confidential," Lu Ming said.
"It's twice as high as the black market, what are you going to do?" Qiantian became more and more puzzled.
He thought that Lu Ming wanted to do black market business. Arms and medicines were the most popular commodities in the black market. But since he wanted to give double the price of the black market, it was obvious that he was not going to put it on the black market.
"Lu Sang, that's where you bought it, right?" Qiantian understood immediately.
"I just bought it for them." Lu Ming nodded and admitted.
"It seems that your situation is more complicated than ours." Qiantian laughed.
"I have no choice. My friend has begged me for help, so I have to agree." Lu Ming spread his hands and said with a bitter smile.
"I understand, I understand. I can't agree to this right away. I have to go back and contact some people. How much do you want?" Qian Tianhe asked cautiously.
"The more, the better. Money is no problem. Cash, gold, Japanese yen, and US dollars are all fine." Mr. Lu Ming's tone was revealed again.
"I'm not worried about money. When has Lu Sang ever been short of money? Haha," Qian Tian said with a smile.
Qiantian knew that when dealing with Lu Ming, there was no need to worry about the money not being received. He had the richest man in Shanghai, Sheng Youde, as his big financial backer, so there was nothing to worry about.
Lu Ming gave Qiantian a list with the quantity of arms and medicines to be purchased.
"So much?" Qiantian was also surprised, the amount was huge.
"At least these are needed, the more the better." Lu Ming said.
"Oh, haha, at least, okay, I'll try my best." Qiantian carefully put away the list.
Lu Ming's idea was that Qiantian could use his identity as a consulate employee to bribe people in the Japanese Army and military hospitals to buy arms and medicines.
Of course, he didn't know if Qian Tian had other channels. If there were, that would be even better.
After the two of them finished eating, they walked out. Lu Ming opened the trunk of his car and took out a suitcase and handed it to Qian Tian.
"What is this? You don't need to give me a deposit now." Qian Tian said.
"This is not a deposit, it's for you personally." Lu Ming said.
Qiantian opened it and saw that there were twenty-four gold bars neatly arranged inside, all weighing 500 grams each.
"That won't work. I haven't saved enough money to exchange gold bars with you." Qiantian declined.
"You take it first, and there is no need to save money for me. To be honest, the money you have worked hard to save for a year is nothing to me. We are friends and have a common financial relationship. Don't care about this. You
You must have some use for gold. If these are not enough, just tell me, you're welcome." Lu Ming said with a smile.
"Then I'll accept it shamelessly. To be honest, I really need the gold." Qiantian said with a slight blush.
"Kenta-kun, I have never understood. Logically speaking, aren't US dollars and British pounds more practical than gold?" Lu Ming wondered.
"Lu Sang, let's put it this way, any banknote is just a symbol of currency. There is no problem in peacetime. Once the situation becomes unstable, only gold is the real currency. It is hard currency in any country at any time." Qiantian meant.
Deep and authentic.
Lu Ming shook his head. He couldn't understand what Kenta was thinking. Could it be that one day Japan would ban the circulation of US dollars and pounds?
There are only two situations where the U.S. dollar will appear and pounds cannot circulate in Japan. One is that Japan rules the world and Britain and the United States are defeated by Japan. The other is that Japan disappears from the world.
Neither scenario seems likely, but Kenta is right when he says gold is hard currency in any country at any time.
Seeing the pudgy Qiantian getting into the car with his suitcase, Lu Ming felt relaxed. There was no doubt about Qiantian's ability to do things. Since he didn't refuse, it meant he should be able to do it.
The biggest stone in his heart fell to the ground. To be honest, his energy was not small, but it was very difficult to get so many arms and medicines.
The key is not to show off your flaws, which is very difficult to do.
Lu Ming calculated that if Ning Zetao could get some, together with Qiantian's, it should be able to temporarily alleviate the Communist Party's crisis in ammunition and medicine.
He couldn't say whether he was pro-Communist or not, but he just didn't want to see the Communist Party's armed forces wiped out by the Kuomintang unless the Kuomintang could first wipe out all the separatist forces in various places.
In his opinion, the Communist Party should eventually be able to occupy one or two provinces and become a vassal state like the separatist forces in Guangxi, Guangdong, Shanxi, and Yunnan.
The most important thing is that he believes that the Communist Party sincerely resists Japan and is much stronger than the Kuomintang and other separatist forces that hold Japanese money and arms and clamor to resist Japan.
This was the only reason why he had the courage to agree to Mr. Dong and An Yi.
Lu Ming returned to the apartment and continued to figure out how to distribute the purchased supplies to various shops, companies, and businesses.
These companies, firms, and stores are located in several provinces and cities around Shanghai. If they purchase them in installments and in batches, they will not trigger a market reaction.
Otherwise, if the amount of purchases concentrated in one place is too large, it may trigger a panic buying trend in the market, and the government will immediately investigate the cause.
Lu Ming filled up several pieces of paper and finally set up the geographical distribution of the supplies to be purchased. Then he called each place and asked them to purchase various supplies. As for the money, he would remit it tomorrow.
However, this creates a problem that cannot be settled on the books.
People from Fuxing Society won't review his accounts, but Sheng Youdehui, Yuan Ziyuan and Sheng Muyi will. Accounting is his shortcoming. He doesn't know how to make the accounts so clean that no one can check them.
An exception occurs.
After thinking for a long time, he finally called Sheng Muyi.
"Sister, I'm busy, how are you?" Lu Ming asked.
"Oh, the sun is coming out from the west today. My brother, the major general, knows to pay his respects to me." Sheng Muyi heard Lu Ming's voice and said with joy and complaint.
"Sister, I have something to do with you, it's a bit troublesome." Lu Ming said with some shame.
He rarely contacted Sheng Muyi. Recently, he was busy going to Nanjing to receive honors due to the current situation. When he came back, he met An Yi and was arrested. He didn't attend the party this week. Not to mention Sheng Muyi, he didn't even meet Yuan Mingzhu.
Seeing that he is so busy, everyone understands him and even sympathizes with him. You must know that Lu Ming used to be an idle young man, and now it is not easy for him to be responsible for such a large amount of things.
"Yes, if you have nothing to do, can you call me sister?" Sheng Muyi teased.
"By the way, sister, how did you know that I was promoted to major general?" Lu Ming's mind hadn't turned around yet, and he hadn't taken it to heart.
"Who else, Deputy Station Chief Huang, immediately ran to report the good news to Ziyuan. He was so happy, as if he was the one who was promoted." Sheng Muyi giggled.
Lu Ming usually calls Sheng Muyi by his first name. They have always called each other by their first names since they were little. They got used to it and it's still the same when they grow up.
However, since Lu Ming had to ask someone for something, Lu Ming's confidence was not enough, so of course he had to call her sister sweetly.
"If you have time, let's go for a walk by the river." Lu Ming said.
"Since you want to flatter me, I must have time. I'll go downstairs in a minute and meet in twenty minutes." Sheng Muyi was actually very happy, and maybe she could get some information from Lu Ming.
They agreed to meet at a pier and hung up the phone.
Lu Ming drove to the riverside pier twenty minutes later, where Sheng Muyi was already waiting for her.