"Then do you know who the top secret agent who infiltrated the Communist Party is?" Lu Ming asked with a smile.
"I know, I not only know but also know each other. There are only five people in the government who know about this, and I am one of the five." Sheng Youde said lightly.
"You couldn't be the one who sent him, right?" Lu Ming suddenly thought of a possibility.
"I didn't send him, but he did use my channel to break into the Communist Party. Fortunately, he succeeded. There were twelve people who went with him, but he was the only one who survived.
"Sheng Youde said.
"I'm telling you, uncle, I'm not interested in those things. I'm just concerned about Ning Xiner's kidnapping right now."
Lu Ming didn't want to continue chatting, and he didn't want to know who the agent was who had infiltrated the Communist Party, and how to dig him out and get rid of him. That was an internal matter within the Communist Party and had nothing to do with him.
Before that, he had stopped providing any information to Mr. Dong. He was only responsible for the safety of Mr. Dong and An Yi.
In fact, he also knew that even if he wanted to know who the agent who had infiltrated the Communist Party was, Sheng Youde would not tell him.
"Didn't you handle Miss Ning's matter very well? You mobilized all walks of life in Shanghai and used newspapers to put pressure on the Japanese. This move was also effective." Sheng Youde said lightly.
"It's not enough. Now we still need the U.S. and British governments to put pressure on the Japanese government to fundamentally solve the problem," Lu Ming said.
He explained the impasse situation and his analysis, obviously hoping that Sheng Youde would help him at the critical moment.
"The Japanese are still as good-looking as ever. If you don't produce evidence this time, they won't admit it even if they beat you to death. Even though the lie has been exposed, they still refuse to let me go. This is just trying to save face and suffer the consequences." Sheng Youde
sneered.
"The one suffering now is Ning Xiner, not a Japanese." Lu Ming reminded.
"The Japanese have suffered a lot. The expatriates in Shanghai can't buy food or drink now. Japanese-owned enterprises have been forced to suspend production and business. All commercial trade has been suspended. They have to suffer huge losses every day. Isn't this a living suffering?"
Sheng Youde has rejected several requests for help from Japanese business organizations in the past two days, saying that he is unable to help Japanese companies with the current difficulties they are encountering.
Sheng Youde advised them that if they want to completely solve the problem, everyone should provide people, money, and strength, and use their talents to force the Japanese military to order their release.
"This is not enough, I want Japan's international reputation to plummet." Lu Ming said bitterly.
"This is impossible. Don't underestimate Japan. Not only are their comprehensive national strength many times stronger than ours, their international reputation is also much stronger than that of the Republic of China government. Fortunately, Ning Xiner's incident happened in Shanghai, and it triggered a commercial
The chaos of order prompted the British and American ambassadors to speak out. If this happened in an ordinary city, the British and American ambassadors would not pay attention at all."
Lu Ming nodded depressedly. Although he felt very uncomfortable, he had to admit that what Sheng Youde said was right.
No matter how you describe Ning Xiner's case, it is just a kidnapping case. Even if it is an official organization like Manchurian Railway and the person kidnapped is a Shanghainese, it will at most make the press a little excited and attract the attention of high-level European and American governments.
Attention is impossible.
Lu Ming wrote an article for the "Washington Post" and sent a telegram to Frank asking for support. There was nothing he could do. The so-called emergency treatment was to seek medical treatment.
Now that the Japanese side refuses to release him, it means that the pressure is not enough. Just having evidence is not enough, so we can only give them greater and stronger pressure.
Internationally, except for the British and American governments, no one can put greater pressure on Japan.
"I will communicate with the British side and ask them to work with the U.S. government to put pressure on Japan. We should be able to force them to release him. The Japanese government will not be unhappy with the British and American governments because of a civilian." Sheng Youde said.
"That's great. As long as you step forward, nothing can't be done." Lu Ming stood up excitedly again.
Sheng Youde shrugged his shoulders and accepted Lu Ming's compliment nonchalantly. Perhaps in his opinion, this was not a compliment, but the truth.
"Remember this, if someone from the Communist Party asks you for help in the future, you must resolutely refuse. Do you understand?" Sheng Youde asked.
"Old man, I understand." Lu Ming nodded in agreement.
Dai Li has been distracted these days. He feels like he is sitting on the crater of a volcano. Maybe when the volcano erupts, he will turn into ashes.
Things were completely out of control. It was indeed his suggestion to kidnap Ning Xin'er and Man Tie's hand, but it was agreed upon by him, Japanese military attache Takeo Takata, Ozawa Seigoro and Yu Ying'er at the time.
This team represents the four departments of China and Japan. Now Dai Li is trying his best to urge Japan to release the people. Takeo Takata is also using various methods to put pressure on Ozawa Seigoro. Yu Ying'er is also persuading in every possible way, but still nothing happens.
Ning Xiner already has mental problems. If she continues to be detained like this, her condition will become more serious. Once she passes the critical point, she may no longer be able to be treated.
The best way to treat this disease is to stay with family members, at least people whom the patient trusts, strangers, or even enemies. That is like a poison and will make the disease worse until it is irreversible.
But Ozawa refused to listen to anyone's advice and lost his mind like an injured bullfight. He relied on the support of the garrison gendarmerie and refused to let him go.
Under the current situation, Dai Li could not publicly teach Ozawa a lesson, so he could only let the situation develop. There was nothing he could do.
If he had known this day, he would never have attacked Ning Xiner. After being busy for a while, not only did he fail to find out the suspects on Lu Ming, but he got himself into a whole lot of trouble. It's hard to say what consequences this trouble will have.
, can be fatal.
These days, Dai Li has been avoiding Lu Ming. Fortunately, Lu Ming rarely comes to the Fuxing Society Building, so he doesn't have to worry too much about avoiding it.
Early this morning, Dai Li received an order from Nanjing, asking him to persuade Lu Ming to give in on the kidnapping case and restore Shanghai's life and business order as soon as possible. He had no choice but to call Lu Ming and ask him to come to the Fuxing Society Building to meet him.
Lu Ming didn't know what Dai Li wanted to do with him, but he guessed a bit. He also received a call from Mr. Wang, advising him to put the overall situation of Sino-Japanese friendship first, give in to the Japanese, and don't lose big by being small.
Lu Ming could not refuse Mr. Wang face to face, but said he would think about it and expressed his gratitude to Mr. Wang for his kindness.
Now that Dai Li is looking for him, it must be Mr. Jiang's intention. Mr. Jiang is so shameless that he would be too embarrassed to call him directly for such an embarrassing matter, so he asked Dai Li to convey it tactfully.
Lu Ming came to Dai Li's office, which was Weng Bailing's office before.
Dai Li first stood up to greet him with a fake smile on his face, then asked his secretary to make tea, and then sat on the sofa next to Lu Ming, making it appear that the two of them were very close.
Seeing this, Secretary Dai Li and his adjutant withdrew.
"Yunong, what do you want from me? It's so mysterious." Lu Ming said with a smile.
"Sir Lu, you have been busy with the Ning Xiner kidnapping case for a while, running around and working hard, so I haven't dared to disturb you. Last night I received a call from the commission and asked me to discuss it with you and see if I can
We can't try to stabilize the order in Shanghai as soon as possible." Dai Li said with an apologetic smile.
"Yunong, what do you mean? You don't think that I have the ability to influence Shanghai's public order and can call the wind and rain in Shanghai, do you?" Lu Ming said in surprise.
"No, that's absolutely not what I meant, and that's not what the committee meant, but you are the only one in Shanghai who has deep friendship with all parties. Only if you come forward can all parties calm down. The current situation cannot continue to be chaotic.
Go down, otherwise there will be big trouble." Dai Li said with a bitter smile.
"Yunong, you have also been in Shanghai. I don't need to tell you what happened here. You know it very well. The current situation is no longer controllable by anyone. Only the Japanese can release him immediately and unconditionally to alleviate the anti-Japanese sentiment of the general public.
, the situation will naturally stabilize." Lu Ming said.
Although Lu Ming wanted to evade, he was telling the truth.
If the Japanese had not released him, and he had come forward to put out the fire at this time and silenced all activities, not to mention whether he could persuade everyone, objectively speaking, he would have been ridiculed and laughed at.
You initiated the incident, everyone united, responded positively regardless of their own losses, and formed a trend, but you yourself retreated.
Are you afraid of the Japanese by being so cowardly? Or are you taking advantage of the Japanese?
No matter what the reason is, this is an act of slapping yourself in the face and is absolutely not advisable.
No shame, how can such a person survive in Shanghai in the future?