On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, fifteen banquet tables were set up in the hall of Xilai Restaurant, and Chinese businessmen arrived one after another with invitations.
There were only twos and threes at the door, so be careful as you walked, after all, there were Japanese soldiers standing at the door.
The Japanese treat guests, but nothing good ever comes of it. Now the Japanese are inviting businessmen like them here. Although the purpose is unclear, it is definitely not a good thing.
But when they arrived outside Xilai Restaurant one by one, looking at the Japanese soldiers guarding them, they all had grim faces, and even wanted to say something, but none of them came out.
After all, they didn't know what was going on and why they sent troops to guard the guests.
When they saw it, they also knew that this matter was troublesome. After all, they didn't know what the Japanese wanted to do, but they were definitely targeting them.
"Invitation!"
Just when they arrived at the door, the Japanese soldiers stretched out their hands to stop them, and then said seriously, with deep disdain on their faces.
"Taijun, this is my invitation. What's the reason for inviting us over this time?"
"I don't know. After you go in, someone will know."
"this……"
The man holding the invitation looked at the attitude of these Japanese soldiers and knew that he could not ask anything, so he could only frown.
Here, they don't have any human rights. Facing the strength of the Japanese, they can't do anything they want.
When these businessmen walked into the restaurant, they saw that the hall was already filled with wine tables with a lot of wine and food on them, but it was just an ordinary banquet.
But there are already dozens of businessmen sitting here, sitting together one by one, chatting slowly and not loudly.
There was a makeshift stage above, with a microphone in the middle, and the stage floor was covered with a red carpet. It looked a bit interesting.
But the people below were all uneasy. After all, there were a large number of Japanese soldiers guarding both sides, as if they were being directly guarded here.
Looking at the Japanese soldiers holding guns in their hands, even if they spoke in a low voice, their faces were quite ugly.
"Do you know what's the purpose of inviting us this time? What is the purpose of this Japanese?"
"Who knows, I don't know what these Japanese people want to do. I thought you knew!"
"Yeah, looking at this posture, I always have a bad feeling. Have we done something that we shouldn't have done during this period of time? Even so, it's impossible for so many people to do it all!"
Several of them looked at each other, their eyes full of panic, but at this point, even if they wanted to do something, it was impossible.
I am a slave and I am a fish, so I have no right to resist, or any chance to do so.
"What exactly does Japan want to do this time? Will it come to us and ask us to do things for them? If that's the case, then we may really have become traitors."
"Yes, we people are doing business honestly, but these Japanese still won't let us go, how can we live like this!"
"Well, since the Japanese came, our life has become increasingly difficult. It was already difficult enough, at least it was reasonable, but now there is no room for reasoning."
"Who says it's not the case? This time, I really don't know what they are planning on us!"
"But we are all raising families, so we have no way to fight with them. We can only accept the loss and give in!"
In the past few days, gunshots were heard everywhere on the streets, and many people were killed by spies and Japanese soldiers. Even when they took to the streets, they were very careful.
"well!"
Faced with this situation, they can only accept it and cannot afford to offend him!
When the time reached eight o'clock in the evening, I saw a Japanese man walking past the stage. He was wearing a military uniform and looked like a colonel.
When he walked to the middle microphone, two Japanese soldiers followed him, seemingly protecting him.
"I'm sorry for the long wait, everyone. I am Colonel Kodama Yushio. I believe you all know me. You can call me Director Kodama, or President Kodama. I am also happy to do so."
Many people below were sitting upright, watching Kodama in front of him speaking, but the expressions on their faces were still so serious, and even looking over, there was an indescribable seriousness.
It seemed as if everyone was listening to him attentively, but everyone was extremely nervous.
"Tonight, I invite you all for one goal: to jointly build Shanghai's business circle and maintain the stability of Shanghai, so that everyone can make money, and it can even bring rich returns to everyone."
"Bah bang bang!"
Seeing such an opening, the Chinese businessmen below still clapped their hands to save face, at least not to show too much prominence!
Kodama also pressed lightly, waved her hands, and the voices below became quiet again.
"However, before implementing the new economic policy, we need to pay attention to something, that is, to establish a new economic order, a large amount of money is needed to implement it so that SH citizens can better integrate into it, but
This is not a small sum of money."
"The Empire has specially allocated a huge sum of money for this purpose, and the Empire's Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai has even invested 50 million yen. Everyone is also working for the economic stability of Shanghai, so I hope that everyone can also contribute to Shanghai's new economy.
, I believe that everyone here is a sensible person."
"By the way, we originally invited 1.5 million Shanghai's top businessmen, but there were two missing. They thought it was not suitable in Shanghai, so we invited their whole family to my agency for tea."
As for drinking tea, everyone knows the meaning of going to the Kodama Agency to drink tea. Now that you have entered, it will be easy not to die.
Being able to walk out of that devil's cave was entirely a matter of luck given to them by God.
Everyone who had not felt much at first suddenly had sweat on their foreheads. After all, no one was speechless for a while.
"By the way, today I'm inviting you all to drink and eat. I believe everyone will pay me a price that I'm satisfied with, right?"
"Of course, if the price is not to my satisfaction, everyone will eat here slowly. When the price is to my satisfaction, then everyone can leave."
"Down below, everyone can eat and drink as they please. There is enough food and wine here, so don't worry!"
Kodama looked at the more than 100 people below with a smile on her face, and a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, as if she was very satisfied with everyone's performance.
After watching Kodama finish speaking, the entire hall was as quiet as a needle. After all, at this time, everyone dared to be angry but dared not speak.
If you go there without two seats, the consequences are quite clear.
Seeing that no one spoke, Kodama walked off the stage with a smile, and then walked towards the door of the hall. After all, there would be someone here to help him count.
"Hahaha!"
When he reached the door, he couldn't help laughing. After all, he felt quite refreshed by doing this.
It's a pity that he didn't look at the expressions of those Chinese businessmen. It can even be said that he didn't care at all. He asked them to bleed, and then they had to bleed.
"You guys, guard the door for me. No one is allowed to leave without my order!"
"Hi!"
A Japanese military police captain responded and opened the door casually.
Kodama also took the opportunity to walk out of the hall door.