"Lu Ming, let's quit, okay? You resign and go home. Don't you like the United States? After we get married, I will accompany you to the United States. If you like teaching, then go teach, and if you like being a detective, open a detective agency." Sit down.
Yuan Mingzhu, who was beside Lu Ming, hugged Lu Ming's arm and said.
What Yuan Mingzhu said was true. Lu Ming's job is too worrying. It's just that he can't see anyone all day long, and he can be arrested at any time. What kind of job is this?
She would rather let Lu Ming do what he did before, working as a detective for fun and hanging out in the romantic circle. Anyway, Lu Ming neither gambled nor went whoring, so he never made people worry.
Yuan Mingzhu remembered that when Lu Ming opened the detective agency, she could see him whenever she wanted, but now it was difficult to see him even once a week.
Besides, arresting Communists is a very dangerous job. I heard that Communists are very vicious.
Yuan Mingzhu had seen reports about this in the newspapers. Many police officers were beaten to death while arresting Communists. It was scary.
"Mingzhu, this is not something I can decide." Lu Ming stroked Mingzhu's arm and said with a bitter smile.
"Why is it not something you can decide? If you firmly don't want to do it, how can someone force you to do it?" Mingzhu pouted.
Lu Ming knew that he couldn't explain this to Mingzhu, so he could only shake his head and smile bitterly.
If he had the opportunity to make his own decisions before joining the Fuxing Society, he no longer has the opportunity.
In a place like Fuxing Society, once you join, you are on a single-plank bridge. You can only move forward, not backward, and there is no such thing as quitting.
Of course, as long as Lu Ming waits until next year, he can set up his own secret service, and the situation should be much better by then.
This is just his optimistic thought. In fact, no one can control him at the Shanghai Station of Fuxing Society. He has the final say in everything. Weng Bailing tried to arm-wrestle with him several times but was defeated in despair.
Without the help of local forces in Shanghai, it would be difficult for an outsider, even a senior official in a government agency, to make a difference.
Even the official affairs of the Shanghai Municipal Government and the Shanghai Police Department must cooperate with the local forces in Shanghai to handle them smoothly, and even the Songhu Police Headquarters is no exception.
As the saying goes, there is an iron-clad official in the yamen, the three giants of the Shanghai government (the mayor, the police chief, and the commander of the garrison headquarters). If you rely on him today, he will be transferred tomorrow, and you will fall into the pit.
However, the local forces in Shanghai are sitters who have been operating in Shanghai all their lives. Although the power of the big bosses is invisible, it is more stable and in-depth.
In comparison, the power of the Big Three is superficial, and their glory is temporary.
Sheng Muyi could understand the meaning of Lu Ming's words and knew that he could not help himself. The main reason for this was for the Sheng's industry.
When Lu Ming joined the Blue Clothes Club, it was indeed because of his virtuous intentions.
Mr. Jiang wanted to borrow funds through Sheng's reputation in the international financial community. Lu Ming joined the Lanyi Club as the plenipotentiary representative of Sheng's industry, which led to what happened today.
Under Lu Ming's deliberate downplay, others were not very clear and no one cared about why he wanted to join the Blue Clothes Club. Of course, this was also related to his later encounter with Mr. Dong.
Sheng Muyi felt sorry for Lu Ming, but could not express her feelings, so she could only look at him silently.
Although Lu Ming does not work in Sheng's office, everyone knows that he is Sheng Youde's sole agent, Sheng's chief legal advisor, second in line of succession, etc., so Lu Ming represents the image of Sheng in the outside world.
Lu Ming was taken away by the Military Justice Department, which soon became a big news in Shanghai's political and business circles. Some people on the stock exchange began to short-sell Sheng's stocks.
Perhaps shorting Sheng had been planned for a long time, and even his arrest might be part of the plan.
The consequences of this incident were beyond everyone's expectations, and probably no one except Sheng Youde could understand the complexity.
First, Mr. Chiang's order to take away Lu Ming had two meanings: to find out whether he was suspected of being a communist; and to put him in Nanjing for protection to prevent the Japanese from jumping over the wall.
Secondly, Sheng's financial rivals misjudged Mr. Jiang's intentions, thinking that Lu Ming's death was imminent and Sheng would be in trouble, so they took the opportunity to short-sell Sheng, only to be backlashed.
Thirdly, Mr. Chiang used this to criticize Sheng Youde. Although Sheng's industry has contributed to the government, it cannot do its own thing and must follow Mr. Chiang's lead.
Lu Ming roughly understood the rationale, but he was a little confused and didn't know how to understand the current situation.
"Don't they always say that the grievances of the previous generation do not involve our generation?" Lu Ming said with some sadness and anger.
"This is not only a grudge between the seniors, I told you, there are too many things involved, and I can't explain it at the moment." Sheng Muyi said tangledly.
"Then why do you think our Lu Ming is the leading one?" Yuan Mingzhu quit after hearing this.
"He happens to be in that position, what do you think we should do? Just like at that time, he was at one end and Sheng Di was at the other end. They were tug of war. Without Lu Ming, the Sheng family would collapse." Mu Yi said with a bitter smile.
As Sheng Youde's daughter, she still knows more than Lu Ming.
"Forget it, it's better to take advantage of me than any of you." Lu Ming looked at sisters Sheng Muyi and Yuan Ziyuan and said.
"Yes, you are thicker-skinned." Zhang Ziyang scolded him.
"Lu Ming, will you quit? Sister Muyi, tell me that Lu Ming quits and he wants to take me back to the United States."
Yuan Mingzhu let go of Lu Ming and went up to hug Sheng Muyi, looking like a little bird clinging to her.
"Lu Ming can quit if he really wants to, but he won't be able to quit right away. He has to persist for a while." Sheng Muyi said with a bitter smile.
Du Juan and Cai Lian couldn't understand what they were talking about. They felt that the rich circle was a bit chaotic and scary, and they wanted to go back to the countryside quickly.
Lu Ming thought about it and felt that this was not the case. Of course he didn't know what happened, but he felt that he was arrested because of the arms case, and other reasons were only secondary.
Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind and he said: "Now that they are shorting our Sheng family, is it related to next year's currency reform?"
"You really guessed it. This is a big reason." Sheng Muyi nodded happily and said.
"What is currency reform?" Yuan Mingzhu asked, her eyes as beautiful as a doe's widening.
"Actually, it's nothing new. It's just the introduction of banknotes to replace silver dollars." Sheng Muyi explained briefly.
"Who can do this? Aren't banknotes just paper? Are they money? Aren't they just printed by the government at will?" Zhang Ziyang said disdainfully.
In the history of China, successive dynasties implemented currency reform and replaced physical objects such as gold, silver, and copper with banknotes, but all failed without exception. The most spectacular one was the Ming Dynasty Baobao during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty Baobao used national credit as collateral and used state power as a tool to force its implementation, but the result was a complete failure in the market.
The tough people of the Ming Dynasty only recognized silver and copper coins. If it was not possible, they would rather barter, but they would never use paper money.
During the Tang and Song Dynasties, due to the shortage of silver and copper coins, silk was also a common currency. Because the output of silk was large enough, it largely made up for the shortage of currency.
"If the government sticks to its credit, paper money is not impossible. Foreign currencies are now paper money, such as US dollars, pounds, francs, etc. Aren't the banknotes we usually use also a type of paper money?" When it comes to these, Sheng Muyi is an expert.
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"Silver notes can be exchanged for equivalent silver dollars immediately when they are taken to the bank. Can government banknotes do the same?" Zhang Ziyang asked.
He felt that this matter was a bit unreliable. It was not that he did not believe in banknotes, but that he did not believe in the credibility of the government.
"Since the government wants to do this, of course it must ensure creditworthiness, otherwise the banknotes will become waste paper like the Ming Dynasty banknotes." Sheng Muyi said.
Just as he was talking, Liao Zhengwen called and asked whether he should eat in the restaurant below or put it in Lu Ming's room.
"There are many people today, so let's go down and eat." Lu Ming replied.
Everyone took the elevator down to the restaurant on the second floor to eat. Lu Ming was here for the first time. He used to eat in his room.
It was already almost three o'clock in the afternoon, and there was not a single customer in the restaurant, only their table.
"What? Lao Sheng sent his daughter and several nieces here? He is really a loser."
The news that Sheng Muyi and her sisters had arrived in Nanjing quickly reached Mr. Jiang, who also had a headache after hearing it.
Mr. Jiang misunderstood and thought that Sheng Youde would not directly ask him for help, so he sent several daughters to make trouble with him.
In Mr. Jiang's view, not only Sheng Muyi is Sheng Youde's daughter, but also the Yuan sisters. The three families of Sheng Lu and Yuan are one big family, regardless of each other.
"Do you believe this? I think Lao Sheng is protesting against me, Mr. Jiang." Mr. Jiang rolled his eyes in a rare move.
Mr. Wenbai smiled and did not answer.
Although this steady leader pays great attention to his image and would like to have the word "sage" carved on his face, he can also be extremely naughty at times. It is often at this time that his true nature is revealed.
Mr. Wenbai had already received a call from Sheng Youde in the morning. A group of girls were arriving in Nanjing soon, headed by his daughter Sheng Muyi.
"I'm old and can't control them anymore. Please forgive me for disturbing you." Lao Sheng finally said this.