Lu Ming's work is still the same as before, and he spends all his time on work, but his insomnia is much better. At night, he can basically fall asleep as long as he drinks a large glass of wine, so he can only take wine as medicine.
This is because his mentality is relaxed and many things are beyond his control. He just needs to do his job well.
Zhang Ziyang and Cai Lian finally got married at the end of last year. They just changed houses and held a ceremony. The two had been living together for several years.
Sheng Muyi went to Peiping, which was a key step in Sheng Youde's advance layout in North China.
Sheng Youde's idea is to expand Sheng's industry to the north of the Yangtze River and occupy the market first. This way, even if North China is really lost in the future, Sheng's can still get the upper hand.
However, neither Sheng Youde nor Lu Ming expected that Sheng Muyi would go to North China to do business on the assignment of the underground party of the Communist Party of China.
This is a typical case of one thing and two sides. Sheng Muyi understood her father's psychology and used it skillfully. She had the best disguise when she went to North China and turned out to be planning the industrial layout for the Sheng Group.
Sheng Muyi's mission in North China is to pave the way for the underground party of the Chinese Communist Party and make economic preparations for the upcoming anti-Japanese guerrilla war behind enemy lines.
If it were not for accepting the appointment from the party organization, Sheng Muyi would not take the initiative to propose Sheng's North China strategy to her father.
Although the current situation in North China is turbulent and not considered a dangerous area, no one can predict how long this kind of security can be maintained.
In fact, no one dared to say that they could fully control the situation in North China, whether it was the Republic of China government, the Japanese government, or those in power in the provinces of North China, including the top brass of the Kwantung Army.
Various forces are intertwined, and the game in all aspects is unpredictable, making the situation in North China increasingly strange, as if it is shrouded in a layer of cloud and fog, and no one can see clearly.
By the end of 1935, the situation had further deteriorated.
With the support of the Japanese, Yin Rugeng, an important member of the pro-Japanese faction of the Kuomintang, frantically established the Hebei-Cha Government Affairs Committee, declared independence, broke away from the central government, and became the second Japanese-controlled puppet regime after Manchukuo.
After the news came out, the whole country was in an uproar and indignant. The Chinese people could not accept a second September 18th Incident.
On December 6, 1935, the Peking Federation of Students under the leadership of the Communist Party issued the "Declaration of the Establishment of the Peking City Student Federation."
Subsequently, fifteen universities and middle schools in Tianjin jointly issued a message opposing the so-called "anti-communist autonomy" concept concocted by the Japanese and mobilizing the people across the country to resist Japanese aggression.
On December 7, under the leadership of the Beiping Provisional Working Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Peiping Student Federation decided to hold a city-wide petition of college students on the 9th to oppose "North China Autonomy."
On December 9, Northeastern University, China University, Beiping Normal University and other universities organized a petition team of more than a thousand people to march to Xinhua Gate. At the same time, teachers and students from Tsinghua University and Yenching University also marched to Xizhimen.
As a result, the December 9th Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Movement broke out with great vigor and spread across the country.
Lu Ming learned about the news of the 129th Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Movement in Peking from the newspaper. He was very excited and thought that this would be the best opportunity for the whole people to resist Japan.
Leaders of the Shanghai Federation of Students and the Communist Party of China's Labor Movement responded immediately, calling on college students across the city to hold a large march to support the Peking student petition, denounce the traitor Yin Rugeng, and oppose the Japanese encroachment on North China.
Who could still sit still at this time? Lu Ming rarely put down his complicated desk work and drove to the streets with the parade.
He seemed to have returned to the eve of the Songhu Anti-Japanese War on 128th. At that time, the whole of Shanghai was boiling, and all the citizens poured into the streets to support the parade composed of college students and workers.
This situation happened again today.
"With such citizens and such spirit, the country will not be destroyed, right?" Lu Ming looked at everything in front of him and became excited.
Lu Ming saw Du Juan walking at the front of the team under the banner of the Shanghai Workers' Federation.
The weak woman in the past seemed to have become a strong female warrior. She raised her hands impassionedly and shouted slogans, leading the workers to the city hall.
The Shanghai Municipal Government tacitly approved of this parade. They ordered the police station to maintain good order, protect the personal safety of citizens, and prevent people from deliberately causing trouble and causing incidents of beating, smashing, and looting.
Lu Ming was even more worried about the Japanese sending spies to cause trouble, so he had already discussed with Zhao Yuanliang of the Fuxing Society to monitor all the Japanese spies who had been recorded, as well as those ronin who like to make trouble, to prevent them from taking the opportunity to cause trouble and sabotage this student meeting.
and citizens’ anti-Japanese activities.
After the parade, Lu Ming originally wanted to treat Du Juan to dinner, but when he saw Du Juan walking happily with the male and female workers, he gave up the idea.
Lu Ming drove back and found Zhang Ziyang to have a drink with him, and even hooked up with Huang Yanning.
Huang Yanning is now being tormented by Lu Ming and has to work regardless of morning or evening. Because of this, Ziyuan has lost her temper with him several times, calling him a fascist.
But today was a special situation. As soon as she heard the sound of students taking to the streets, Ziyuan simply gave Huang Yanning a day off. He could go wherever he fell in love with.
"Lu Ming, is the situation in North China really tense?" Zhang Ziyang asked in confusion.
Zhang Ziyang doesn't care about politics. He only cares about two things, one is the case, and the other is how to catch money.
"It's very serious, possibly even worse than what was said in newspapers and radio broadcasts," Huang Yanning sighed.
Huang Yanning, like Lu Ming, often sees intelligence sent back from Japan and Northeast China. The more intelligence there is, the more pessimistic he becomes about the situation.
As for domestic intelligence, it is even more disappointing. There are many Huangpu classmates in the Nanjing government. Every time they talk to him, they sound desperate.
Lu Ming said seriously: "Just like those college students shouted, the Chinese nation has reached its most dangerous moment. It is true, it is the most dangerous moment in history."
"That's not true. Aren't Nanjing and Shanghai still prosperous with singing and dancing now?" Zhang Ziyang felt that Lu Ming was a bit alarmist.
"Didn't you hear the roar of the students in Peking? North China is so big that there is no room for a stable desk. How many more years can Nanjing and Shanghai live in peace?" Huang Yanning sighed.
"If we don't talk about state affairs today, we brothers may have fewer and fewer opportunities to get together to drink together. We must cherish every undisturbed gathering." Lu Ming raised his glass.
The three people raised their glasses with trembling hands and drank a toast.
Zhang Ziyang finished drinking, wiped his lips and said with a smile: "Lu Ming, how big an official have you become now? Your mentality is so unbearable. I have also met many big shots in Nanjing and Shanghai, and they are all happy.
, I think, no matter when the time comes, the horses on the racecourse will still run and the Paramount dance will not change."
"You are really carefree and content, and your life is comfortable. But maybe you are right, Shanghai may not change. No matter how fierce the Japanese are in North China, they still dare not be too unrestrained in Shanghai. Shanghai
There are too many interests of powerful countries in this world." Lu Ming sneered.
What Lu Ming said was completely wrong. He was still too optimistic. Two years later, Shanghai fell, and it was no safer or more stable than other provinces in China.
Wang Puppet's traitor headquarters is located at No. 76 Jisi Feier Road, Shanghai. Japanese spy agencies, large and small, have penetrated into almost every corner of Shanghai.
Shanghai became the most tempting intelligence battlefield in World War II and wrote the most unforgettable chapter in the Anti-Japanese War.
The underground party of the Communist Party of China, the Kuomintang military command, the Wang Puppet Intelligence System, the Japanese, the Soviet Union, and spies of all colors in the concession launched a desperate struggle for national independence, group interests, and the realization of personal values on this land.
After drinking, Zhang Ziyang clamored to go to the racecourse to bet on horses, but Lu Ming stopped him and refused to let him go. The three of them went to Paramount to dance until midnight before breaking up and going home.
After waking up, Lu Ming felt a little empty in his heart. What is this? A doomsday carnival?
He drove back to Wanguo Apartment in a daze, and when he got to the door, he realized that it was funny to him.
He hasn't been back here for several months, sometimes just to pick up clothes or other daily necessities. Now his home is in that office building.
Lu Ming went upstairs and knocked on Mr. Dong's door without returning to his apartment.
Mr. Dong, who was wearing an undershirt, opened the door and screamed softly as if he had seen a ghost.
"Lu Ming, why is it you?"
"I was passing by and saw that the light was still on in your room, so I wanted to come up and take a look." Lu Ming smelled of alcohol and said with a greasy smile.