After coming out of the Liuyuan Garden, Lu Ming drove back to the Intelligence Office, with a bunch of things fighting in his mind, the most important of which was of course the matter of opening a bank in Xi'an.
The application plan is currently stuck in the Ministry of Finance and has not been completed yet, which gives Lu Ming a bit of a headache.
Lu Ming was not familiar with people from the Ministry of Finance. Although he had interacted with Minister Song of the Ministry of Finance several times, they had a good impression of each other.
Of course, Minister Song was well aware of Sheng's position in the domestic financial community, so his attitude towards Lu Ming was also very easy-going.
Lu Ming was a little embarrassed. He didn't have much contact with him usually, but now he suddenly called Minister Song just for such a big thing as opening a bank. It seemed like he was making a fuss out of a molehill.
If he asked Sheng Youde for help, he could find the specific department that handled the matter and get it approved by just asking. But Lu Ming didn't want Sheng Youde to know about this.
The traces of opening a bank in Xi'an were so obvious, it was almost like telling Sheng Youde that he had joined the Communist Party.
After thinking for a long time, Lu Ming decided to ask Sheng Muyi to help with this. Sheng Muyi would attend the national financial work conference every year and was already familiar with various officials from the Ministry of Finance.
Ever since Sheng Muyi went to North China for business, Lu Ming had been making phone calls every three to five days. He was worried about her safety there and had also appointed agents lurking in North China to secretly protect her.
As for business matters, Lu Ming didn't care much. Sheng Muyi came back twice, but they both came and went in a hurry. The two just had a meal together and then separated.
After Lu Ming returned to the Intelligence Office building, he saw that it was already past 7 o'clock, so he called Sheng Muyi directly, said a few greetings, and then talked about the matter.
"Hongchang Trading Company? Why do I think the name of this company sounds familiar?" Sheng Muyi said.
"It was a company I originally ran. Later, a friend wanted to open a company but couldn't find a good place, so I gave it to my friend." Lu Ming explained.
"Friend? I'm afraid you are not an ordinary friend. You even gave away your company to me for nothing." Sheng Muyi said with a smile.
"No, it's not a free gift, it's a transfer." Lu Ming said hurriedly.
"Okay, I don't know about you yet. Your so-called transfer must be for free. Why does your friend have to set up a bank in Xi'an? There has been a war there recently. I heard that the Red Army will soon march into the northwest.
, Xi'an will be the front line by then." Sheng Muyi smiled.
"Sister, you are thinking too much. Even if the Red Army enters the northwest, it will not be able to threaten Xi'an. It is always heavily guarded there. Han Qing and General Yang Hucheng are stationed there." Lu Ming said as if nothing had happened.
"Then this matter doesn't have anything to do with Han Qing, does it? I heard that you and Han Qing have been doing something for the past six months. Last time I returned to Shanghai, Uncle Wenbai happened to be a guest at home, and my father and he talked about this matter.
Something." Sheng Muyi said.
"Everything that doesn't happen is just rumors and rumors. We just get closer." Lu Ming explained hurriedly.
"Okay, you'd better be careful. The matter involving Han Qing is too deep, so it's better to avoid it as much as possible. Regarding the opening of a bank in Xi'an, I'll make a few calls to find out what the problem is." Sheng Muyi
said.
Sheng Muyi hung up the phone, but she was wondering if another friend from the Communist Party had approached Lu Ming for help, just like that time when Lu Ming helped the Red Army buy arms and food.
Just when the Red Army was about to move into the northwest, Lu Ming wanted to open a bank in Xi'an. This matter had nothing to do with the Red Army, because it was typical that there was no silver in this place.
Thinking of this, Sheng Muyi laughed silently, laughing that Lu Ming had blatantly lied to her, but she couldn't get angry.
Thinking about it again, she felt strange. If this matter had something to do with the Red Army, why didn't she get any information?
Sheng Muyi is still working under the leadership of the Shanghai underground party organization, and her working relationship has not been transferred to Peking. Even in the Shanghai underground party organization, the only people who know her identity are Guo Songtao and Song Zhenyang.
"It's Lu Ming's call, right? He called you early in the morning. What's the matter?" Yuan Ziyuan came over and asked.
As Sheng Muyi continued to expand markets in various parts of North China, she was too busy alone, so Yuan Ziyuan came to help.
Since Mingzhu went to the United States, Yuan Ziyuan has also kept a distance from Lu Ming.
When Mingzhu regretted her marriage, the Yuan family's parents even decided to marry Yuan Ziyuan to Lu Ming in order to maintain the relationship between the Yuan and Lu families.
Don't even think about it. Yuan Ziyuan will definitely not agree. She has always loved Huang Yanning, even if Huang Yanning is not as good as Lu Ming in all aspects.
"Lu Ming wanted to open a bank in Xi'an, but she didn't want people to know that he opened it. As a result, the Ministry of Finance couldn't get it approved, so she asked me to help her." Sheng Muyi said with a smile.
"He can't handle such a small thing?" Yuan Ziyuan didn't believe it.
"Isn't it inconvenient for him to come forward? This is also a good thing, it means that he knows how to hide himself." Sheng Muyi roughly guessed Lu Ming's intention in doing this, and she naturally would not object.
"Then what do you want to do?" Yuan Ziyuan asked.
"Just do whatever you have to do, it's not difficult." Sheng Muyi said nonchalantly.
After 9 o'clock, Sheng Muyi called several departments of the Ministry of Finance, but only said a few polite words such as please.
Before lunch, the other party called back and told Sheng Muyi that the procedures had been completed and they would just send someone to pick them up.
Sheng Muyi hung up the phone and smiled at Yuan Ziyuan: "These guys just want to ask for some favors. Now that they can't get the favors, it's good to ask for a favor."
"These shameless officials, when has the Sheng family ever wronged them? They owe the Sheng family so much, why don't they handle this little thing?"
Yuan Ziyuan is still sharp-tongued and has an unyielding attitude.
Sheng Muyi said this, but she was making calculations in her heart, trying to figure out Lu Ming's true intention of setting up a bank in Xi'an.
If this bank is really related to the Red Army, Sheng Muyi can do far more than that.
For more than a year, Sheng Muyi did business in North China and raised a lot of money, all of which was transferred to a secret account in Shanghai.
But Guo Songtao had been struggling for a while, and there was no suitable channel to transfer the money to the headquarters. Sheng Muyi was also worried about this matter.
Sheng Muyi even thought that even if the bank opened by Lu Ming had nothing to do with the Red Army, she could still do many things with this bank.
"Mu Yi, what are you thinking about? Hasn't the matter been resolved?" Yuan Ziyuan asked in confusion when she saw her frowning.
"Oh, it's nothing. I'm worried that Lu Ming is messing around and the people he helps don't know the rules. Forget it, let's not mention it. How many new stores have we added this month?" Sheng Muyi hurriedly changed the topic.
As soon as Lu Ming hung up the phone from Sheng Muyi, he received a call from the General Office of the Ministry of Finance, saying that Minister Song would speak to him later.
Lu Ming smiled, knowing that it must be Minister Song who came to investigate.
A few minutes later, the phone rang again, this time it was Minister Song's voice: "Xiaolu, why don't you just come to me if you have something to do and let Miss Sheng make calls everywhere? You are too unreasonable."
There was indeed a hint of blame in Minister Song's tone.
Lu Ming chuckled and said: "No, Minister Song, it's just a small matter. It's not worth bothering you. I'm not familiar with the people in your department, so I asked Mu Yi to ask for help. In fact, it's also a friend's matter, so I'm here to help."
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"Asking Miss Sheng to make phone calls and do chores for you, you kid doesn't know how to care about women. By the way, I'm in Shanghai now. Come over after get off work. I have something to tell you." Minister Song said.
"Okay, since Minister Song is here in Shanghai, of course I want to treat you to dinner." Lu Ming hurriedly agreed.
Minister Song told Lu Ming where he lived, and the two agreed on a time to meet.
Lu Ming was a little confused. He didn't have much contact with the Song family and the Kong family, mainly because everyone knew that he was a virtuous person.
Sheng Youde, the Song family and the Kong family are also rivals in the business world. Although they are very friendly in appearance, their relationship is very ordinary in heart.
It is said that the last time the Sheng family was shorted was the Song and Kong families who took the lead, resulting in heavy losses, which also brought the relationship between the two parties to the freezing point in history.
In this case, why did Minister Song propose to meet alone? What is there to talk about?
Lu Ming felt that he would never have anything to do with Minister Song, no matter in the past or in the future.
Lu Ming thought about it for a while and then stopped thinking about it. Anyway, it would be clear to him when he saw Minister Song at night.
These days, he is still keeping an eye on the Kenta family, urging them to smuggle the bodies of the five murdered agents back to Shanghai.
The other is to investigate Japan's spy network, which link went wrong, and why five outstanding agents were lost all at once.
As long as this problem is not clarified, all the agents are still in danger, which makes Lu Ming feel frightened every day.
However, progress in both matters was very slow. Even though the Kenta family tried their best, they could not steal the bodies of the five agents quickly.
As for finding the reasons for the murder of these five agents, there is no clue at all.