Chapter 223 On how expensive it was to make a phone call in 1937!
Praying and expecting, this is Liao Yaquan’s mental state.
The task of finding Zhang San has been issued for a long time. However, due to the lack of identity information, facial features, etc., the entire task process has not made breakthrough progress.
Really, there is no age information, no accurate identity information, no facial features, and nothing to search for. Finding a person named Zhang San in the Pingjin area is simply more difficult than finding a needle in a haystack.
After such a long search, according to the mission file records, the total number of people named Zhang San in the entire Pingjin area could form a brigade. However, after careful screening and judgment of so many Zhang Sans, none of them met the judgment criteria.
The criteria for judging Zhang San were summarized by Liao Yaquan and his intelligence personnel based on the analysis of existing information: first, knowledge level, second, temperament, and third, character.
First of all, it is certain that Zhang San’s knowledge level is very high, because he is a scholar who compiled systematic mechanical drawing standards.
Secondly, Zhang San must have a special scholar's temperament. As a scholar, what is passed down in his bones cannot be covered up or hidden.
Finally, with the blessing of knowledge level and temperament, the other party's character must be very special, proud, confident, and very hostile to Japan.
It is a pity that none of the Zhang Sans in this brigade meet the above criteria.
Now that Liao Yaquan has been severely warned by Dofeiyuan, he has to find another way and adopt new methods to find Zhang San.
This method is to enter the editorial office of Tsinghua Journal, obtain Zhang San’s original mailing address and related information, and then conduct traceability based on the mailing address and related information.
However, a problem arises.
Tsinghua University is extremely anti-Japanese. There is no Japanese student in the entire school. The teachers and staff are full of patriotic spirit and sneer at the Japanese and traitors. This situation makes it impossible to carry out intelligence work.
Liao Yaquan had no choice but to go out in person, forge his identity as someone who had returned from studying abroad, and entered Tsinghua University in the name of applying for the position of editor of the Tsinghua Journal.
"Finally, I hope this Zhang San is in the Pingjin area, and I also hope that the judgment standards are correct..." Liao Yaquan came to the editorial department leisurely, a wave of cultural connotation came to him, took a deep breath, and went into the editorial department.
If this Zhang San is not in the Pingjin area, it will mean that the long-term search work has failed. If you want to eliminate the opponent, you will definitely spend more energy and time.
If the judgment standard is wrong, it means that the entire task has a directional error.
In fact, even if these conditions are really met, the probability of finding Zhang San is not more than 20%.
In the early morning, the bright sunshine, symbolizing hope, appears and illuminates everything in the world.
On one side, Liao Yaquan, transformed into a top student studying abroad, entered the editorial office of the Tsinghua Journal. On the other side, Yu Hua had breakfast and headed to the nearest public phone booth.
As the highest level university in China, the infrastructure construction of Tsinghua University is at an advanced level compared to the whole country. It not only established a nuclear physics laboratory and a large number of laboratories, but also laid four public wired telephone booths in the school to build a Tsinghua public telephone communication system.
The Peiping Telephone Bureau can contact any place with a fixed telephone line in the city.
Of course, there was also the concept of "domestic long distance" in this era. The telephone lines between Pingjin and Tianjin, Pinghu and Pinghan were extremely expensive and almost no one used them except the rich, nobles and political figures.
A five-minute call to Pinghan will cost five oceans.
I have to say that these days, if a boy often calls a girl for more than 30 minutes, he is definitely in love and really rich.
Regarding how expensive it was to make a phone call in 1937... the result is obvious, it was ridiculously expensive.
The above are considered normal charges. For telephone companies in some regions and cities, the cost of a one-minute call can even be as high as 2 yuan or even 5 yuan.
When he came to the public phone booth nearest to the school, a shop similar to a newsstand opened next to it, selling public phone coins. Yu Hua stepped forward and took out a piece of gold to buy eight public phone coins.
Each public phone coin can be used for one minute of conversation. If the call exceeds the time limit, the call will be hung up immediately. We will never let anyone take advantage of you.
Looking at the time, it was already 7:55. Yu Hua bought the public phone coins and waited quietly for the time. When the watch time came to 7:59, he turned around and entered the phone booth and put in two coins to dial.
"Connect to No. 11 Dongtang Hutong, Jianguomen, Dongcheng." After dialing the number with considerable difficulty, Yu Hua said seriously when the voice of the staff of the Peiping Telephone Bureau came from the other end of the phone.
"Please wait."
The telephone office staff responded.
"Okay." Yu Hua waited quietly while holding the microphone.
After about ten seconds passed, the phone was connected, and a familiar and powerful male voice came from inside. His words were slightly confused: "Yu?"
"Mr. Rabe, it's me, Yu Hua." Yu Hua smiled and spoke calmly and naturally.
In the room, Rabe held the microphone tightly with his right hand, glanced at the middle-aged military attache standing in front of him, nodded gently in confirmation, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart: "God, you are so punctual, it is exactly eight o'clock now."
After receiving Rabe's nod, the middle-aged military attaché with a haggard look on his face felt slightly relaxed.
In the past ten hours, he had not rested at all and had been worrying about this sudden event.
There is no comparison between personal life and the Y-type armor steel formula with extremely high military value.
"This is our agreement, and it is also a respect for you, Mr. Rabe, what is the final outcome of that matter?" Yu Hua's tone was natural and sincere, giving people a sense of a gentleman. Since the phone time is precious, we chatted for a while.
The sentence directly cuts to the topic and asks.
"Yu, you succeeded. The country agreed to carry out this transaction. In addition, in order to show his sincerity, Mr. Guderian has begun to mobilize all the machine tools and equipment on the list to be shipped to Hamburg for shipment. As long as we sign the transaction agreement, the machines equipped with machine tool processing equipment will
The freighter will leave the port immediately." After hearing Yu Hua's question, Rabe took a deep breath, slowly gave the final result, and then gave another piece of good news.
Sincerity.
In order to show the sincerity of the Germans, Guderian ordered all the mechanical processing equipment on the required list to be mobilized and shipped to Hamburg for shipment before the transaction between the two parties entered the next stage.
From a business perspective, such behavior is inappropriate, but from a military perspective, such behavior is very...
Honesty!
"Mr. Rabe, thank General Guderian for me. If you can, please convey a message to him for me." Hearing Rabe's words, Yu Hua was startled for a moment, and immediately felt that it came from Guderian.
The sincerity of the father of blitzkrieg, who was about to hang up the phone, was silent for a second and prepared to give a gift in return.
"Please speak, Yu," Rabe said.
"Efficient and confidential communication can make tanks have higher combat effectiveness." Yu Hua said softly: "At 6:30 this evening, I will go to your residence to discuss the transaction in detail."
This sentence is a gift from being a hardcore military fan.
Rabe heard this, thought about it carefully, and shook his head slightly. He was not from the field of armored forces and could not understand the meaning of this sentence: "Okay, Yu, I will tell you what you said truthfully."
"Goodbye, Mr. Rabe." Yu Hua smiled and hung up the phone immediately. It was not safe to talk about important things on the phone. Although there was no serious concept of eavesdropping in this era, there was no advanced technical equipment that could listen to the phone.
content.
But, this is not important.
You must have safety awareness, don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of what happens.
There was not much call time left. After putting down the phone, Yu Hua left the public phone booth and headed to school. Professor Yang Wuzhi had a calculus class this morning, which was perfect for catching fish.
Yes, it is the Professor Yang Wuzhi in history.
"Mr. Attaché, I will come to discuss it in detail at 6:30 this evening." On the other side, Rabe put down the home phone, stood up, and said to the middle-aged military attache.
"Mr. Rabe, thank you for your hard work." After hearing Rabe's answer, the middle-aged military attache relaxed completely, his face was serious and solemn, and then he extended the highest courtesy to Rabe.
"This is what I should do, but I don't know what impact this thing I do will have on this land and country..." Rabe shook his head and looked towards Peiping outside the window.