I want to promote the image of Kong Wuwan as a wealthy country.
We want to receive 50,000 disaster victims inside and outside the base area and arrange them properly so that everyone can survive for a long time.
We want to transform the original disaster caused by natural disasters into a demographic dividend that stimulates economic growth.
Want, want...
Everything you want is inseparable from one word - money.
Only with money can we pay wages to the victims and purchase materials and food through other follow-up means.
Only in this way can the first detachment base area develop more vigorously.
How important is money?
During the previous meeting at the headquarters, Captain Kong, a big creditor, stopped there. Among the people who owed money, who dared to say anything?
Now, with the passage of time, as the first detachment's base door is opened, it has widely accepted local and foreign victims.
Dong San, the director of the Logistics Department, and Xu Qingnian, the director of the Finance Department, approached Kong Jie many times and expressed some concern:
As the number of disaster victims increases day by day, even if the first team is rich and has stored a large amount of food in advance, it may not be able to withstand the huge consumption.
The first detachment is based on the ground and has nearly 20,000 victims.
Although most of the victims have arranged suitable jobs, it is not yet the time for the autumn harvest.
Everyone basically relied on Kong Jie's hoarding of food for a rainy day during this period to fill their stomachs.
If this continues, once the food runs out, it will undoubtedly be the most terrifying disaster for a large number of victims.
At a meeting held by the headquarters to deal with food shortages for disaster victims, Kong Jie said:
"If there is consumption, there must be income. As long as the income is sufficient, or even greater than consumption, we are not afraid of running out of food."
"There is no autumn harvest yet, so relying solely on self-production in our base areas cannot solve the problem, so we have to find ways to buy grain and other materials from areas outside the base areas."
"The original channels for purchasing grain from all parties will continue to be stable and gradually expand. In addition, we will find ways to open up more channels for purchasing grain."
"Whether it is the National Army or the Shanxi-Sui Army, including the puppet army, or even the Japanese army, as long as it is food and materials that can be purchased easily with money, no one should hesitate."
Li Wenjie, who was in charge of the matter, said with some helplessness: "Captain, you are right to say that, but since this year, the disasters in various places have become more and more serious, including the surrounding Kuomintang-controlled areas, and the disasters in the Japanese war zone have already spread."
"Many places are afraid that there is not enough food in their own areas, and there is no excess food to sell to us. We have raised prices many times, but during this period, the amount of food that can be received is still decreasing sharply." p>
"In addition, although the Japanese army has generally reached an armistice agreement with us, they have been secretly obstructing the purchase of grain in our base area. I am worried that if this continues, the surrounding areas of our base area, Yangquan, Shouyang, Ping'an and other major counties will
The food that can be circulated will soon be exhausted."
Other cadres also nodded, looking helpless.
This is one of the unavoidable problems at the moment.
I thought it was a troublesome question, but Captain Kong laughed.
Kong Jie said: "I know what everyone is worried about. They are worried that the excess food in the surrounding areas of our base will not be enough to feed the base even if we buy it all."
"However, everyone has obviously entered a misunderstanding.
What is the misunderstanding?
In fact, there is not enough food to eat, even though many provinces are currently affected by disasters, hundreds of counties and cities have suffered unprecedented drought, many lands are barren, and there is almost no harvest."
"But there is still polarization. Some people starve to death, while others have too much food to eat.
Why? The biggest problem is uneven distribution."
"Henan, Hebei, and Shanxi were affected by the disaster, but Sichuan, Yunnan, Inner Mongolia and other places were not affected, right?"
"Disasters will eventually gather in one place. As long as we can find ways to mobilize food materials from other distant areas to achieve reasonable allocation and distribution of food, we will not worry about food shortages."
At this point, Kong Jie directly finalized the plan: "The detachment immediately selected people to form a grain purchasing team and added some soldiers to ensure safety along the way and ensure that they were not harassed by bandits. The main transportation personnel were handled by the migrant workers' group."
"Go north to kill the tiger, and use our early communication channels with comrades in Inner Mongolia to purchase grain."
"The route going south starts from our Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan border area and opens up grain transport routes. Shaanxi, Chongqing, Yunnan, Sichuan and other places, as long as you can buy food with money, try to open up routes, and our migrant workers' corps cadres
Responsible for purchasing food."
At this point, Kong Jie reminded again: "Oh, by the way, don't buy grain in the name of our Eighth Route Army First Detachment, but in the name of the patriotic wealthy businessman Kong Wuwan."
"This is the general direction. You will discuss the details with the political commissar later."
Li Wenjie: "..."
After the meeting, the food shortage problem gradually appeared, which was solved by Kong Jie in an understatement.
Of course, the actual operation is not as simple as Kong Jie said.
Just like Kong Jie said, he just gave a general direction.
In actual implementation, whether it is opening up grain transportation routes, or subsequent transportation, purchasing, contacting sellers, etc., each item needs someone to worry about and plan.
Of course, in the eyes of Commander Kong, all this is nothing.
Aren’t there still political commissar Wenjie and staff chief Xu here!
That afternoon.
It was still the same place, Fengxianju in Yangquan. The monk took the lead to investigate. After confirming that the place was safe, Kong Jie, pretending to be a commoner, met with American businessmen John and Jeffs in a private room on the third floor of Fengxianju.
During this time, let’s talk about the secret contest between John and Kong Jie.
Obviously, Kong Jie, as the financial backer, understood the difficult situation of the Americans in the British and American concessions, so he had the upper hand by firmly sitting on the Diaoyutai.
Kong Jie only gave John 2/3 of the blueprints for the M3 submachine gun, and he still has 1/3 of the core in his hands.
Comrades Gao Qiang and Zhu Xuming, representatives of the businessmen Kong Jie stayed in Tianjin, sent news to Kong Jie.
It is said that the Americans are deliberately waiting for a price, trying to make a fuss about the price of selling the factory and making a huge profit.
Some time ago, in order to achieve this goal, the quantities of several batches of arms that John sent did not meet Kong Jie's expectations.
Playing petty tricks with Commander Kong, Commander Kong will naturally not spoil the Yankees.
Kong Jie, who understood the situation and weakness of John and others, immediately sent the message to Gao Qiang and Zhu Xuming:
"Hold on! The Yankees want to blackmail us before leaving, so let's just wait until the situation changes and the Yankees sell them off at a low price. Then we will buy all the factories, production lines, etc. in the hands of the Yankees at cabbage prices.
, there are times when they cry."
Right now John and Geoff are about to cry.
There has been faint news in their country that war with the Japanese army is imminent. Many businessmen in the concession have begun to sell off their factories in China at low prices and prepare to withdraw their money back to the country.
John originally thought that Kong Jie was bound to win the factories in China and some of the arms manufacturing production lines under his name.
As a result, despite his deliberate manipulation, Kong Jie's feedback to him was casual and not caring at all.
It depends on whether you want to give or not, whether you want to sell or not.
But in the entire Tianjin area, except for Kong Jie, the big financier, John could not find any other buyer with such a big appetite and courage in a short period of time.
This time, John and Josephs came over in a hurry, just to ask Kong Jie clearly about his attitude and when he would take over his daily necessities production factory in China and various industries under his name.
After meeting, John, who couldn't sit still, didn't dare to deliberately whet Kong Jie's appetite this time. After a little greeting, he asked straight to the point:
"Xu (Kong Jie's pseudonym Xu Zijie), I have reached an agreement with many businessmen in the concession. They are all willing to sell their factories in China to you. Everything about the price is easy to negotiate. I only have one requirement. I hope the transaction can be carried out quickly.
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Kong Jie smiled and said, "John, I'm afraid you asked the wrong person about this. As for the business in the concession, I told you that Boss Gao and Boss Zhu have always been in charge." p>
"Xu, please don't hide it from me. Mr. Gao and Mr. Xu are clearly following your arrangements!" John said helplessly.
After a few words, it became clear that the situation was not as good as it was, and John, who wanted to make a fortune before withdrawing the loan, was completely caught.
Kong Jie did not choose to be aggressive, but smiled and said: "John, I think you should know what I really want."
"Arms?" John asked.
Kong Jie shook his head and said: "Instead of buying eggs, why not just buy a hen that can lay eggs?"
"What I want is the arms production line under your name, John."
John saw Kong Jie's eyes brighten up when he said this, and felt that Kong Jie's appetite had finally been whetted again, so he replied:
"Xu, your appetite is really too big, but you have to know that the production of arms is not like some factories that produce daily necessities. The cost of production is very expensive. If you want to buy the arms we have hoarded in the concession, even
I’m afraid you need to prepare a lot of money for the entire production line.”
Kong Jie smiled brightly: "John, as long as you Americans are businessmen, you seem to like to get involved in the arms business."
"Arms production lines are naturally scarce in my motherland, which has a relatively backward industrial production level, but it doesn't seem to be a difficult task for you, right?"
"As far as I know, your domestic General Motors Inland Branch, IBM, Underwood Typewriter Company, Locke-Euler Jukebox Company, etc., any one of them, seems to have the ability to produce arms.
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"Is this the expensive production cost John you mentioned?"
"From your American company's point of view, the cost and difficulty of setting up an arms production line may not be as high as that of a car production line, right?"
John was a little stunned after hearing this. Kong Jie seemed to know a lot about the situation in his country.
The defeated John shook his head helplessly and sighed: "Okay, Xu, as long as you can come up with a price that satisfies me, everything will be as you wish."