"So, there is almost no room for maneuver in this matter? We even have to be forced to pay for it?"
"...Yes..." Fujiwara lowered his head and replied bravely.
After a long time, the director slowly spoke and said lightly: "Don't the Navy want to provoke a war? Let's go find them!"
"...No..." Fujiwara blurted out the words, and he immediately raised his head in fear. Only he knew how much madness was hidden under the calm face of the director.
"...My lord, please think twice..." After regaining his composure, Fujiwara bowed deeply and spoke out words of admonishment.
"Sir, those in the Navy who want to provoke a war are only a small number of them, and they are those who want to imitate the Army in defeating the superiors and causing the established fact. They do not have much support from the top management.
Moreover, what they want is to take all the credit for themselves, and they are afraid that they will not be willing to accept our favor. And there is currently no real evidence against the Nanjing government. They will not take this risk and unreasonably do something for us who have little to do with them.
work.
Furthermore, Zhengjin Bank, the clan, the group, the government, the military, etc., cannot sit back and watch us act like this, and once they collude with the navy on this matter, it means that we will change our tune..."
Fujiwara did not continue talking. The first one was still a small problem, but the last one was really a big problem. If you take one step, there will be no room for turning around.
It is true that the forces behind them have relations with both the sea and the land, but they are siding with the army, and their interests are also in the army. Once they collude with the navy, it means betrayal and rebellion.
After the betrayal, don't think about the interests of the army. Jumping back does not mean that they can integrate into the navy.
The interests in the navy are numerous and owned. How can those who stand in the navy be given over to them? What benefits can be given to those young and strong officers?
Losing money and losing money is, at best, just cutting off the branches of a tree, which will still have a chance to grow again. Betrayal and jumping back are equivalent to digging out the roots. They have lost the place to take root and have no place to stay. They just play.
over.
Moreover, Fujiwara deliberately mentioned that it was the young and strong officers who wanted to start the war, and he did not just say casually, who were the young and strong officers loyal to? Who was working hard for them?
It was the one in the palace. You must know that the bullet fired at the Chairman was shot from that person's gun. Others can surrender, but they cannot.
Even if you insist on bowing to that person, whether others will appreciate it or not is another matter, let alone that matter, how can anyone reuse them?
And when talking about high-level officials, it is also a reminder to the directors that their interests are consistent with those of those people. The young people's demand is to climb up, and the palace man's demand is to take back power.
Only when they demand benefits, and the top management demands power, and interests need power to protect them, and power needs benefits to boost them, and these need to be shared by the person in the palace, will both sides stand together.
The director was silent, clenching and loosening his fists, and finally sighed helplessly, feeling a little lost and sad.
He would naturally listen to Fujiwara's words. This was the one who continued to work for them after the accident, and it was the only one who came to work for him.
In fact, he could have turned to others to seek more things, but he resolutely came to seek refuge with him. If he couldn't do this, then who could he trust?
This person knows more about domestic matters than he does, or there are only a few people under him who know about them. Fujiwara said he couldn't do it, and he would most likely die if he did it.
The director calmed down and had a serious discussion with Fujiwara. The most important thing at the moment was naturally to find a way to regain the silver, so as to control the losses to a minimum.
As for the second step, it is to deal with the pressure from all parties for the time being. Although the wiser choice is to buy silver at a low price and try to prevent the worst case scenario and even greater losses.
But the hole is too big, and this move requires too much funds. Moreover, once silver is purchased, the price of silver will inevitably rise sharply, which will lead to a stronger reluctance to sell and a short squeeze. Even if you can receive some silver, it will only be a drop in the bucket.
Finally, it is necessary to negotiate with all parties to find ways to obtain better conditions and support, and to properly handle the matter.
After the chat, Fujiwara pondered for a moment, walked closer, and whispered: "Sir, since we already have the ability to influence the silver market, we might as well make good use of it.
It is true that there will be people on the opposite side of us in the silver market, which will indeed bring tremendous pressure to us, but the relevant stakeholders are ultimately too complex, and it may not be possible to conduct transactions with some of them.
If we do it in private, the benefits will fall directly into our hands. Even if those people compromise with the palace man, the palace man will still suppress them first.
As for the losses, in fact, the losses so far are just a pile of paper that I printed. If I use my strength to get the benefits I want, some people may not hold on to them."
The director nodded, feeling a little more comfortable. Although it was still possible that he had lost his wife and lost his troops, it was not a dead end.
After proper communication, Fujiwara started moving again, running around and dealing with various matters. As for Morishita, he has been under house arrest for the time being. How to deal with him will probably depend on the final result.
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"Look at this report, how is it written?"
Lin Mo also received the noon newspaper and handed the pro-Japanese report to Zheng Junshan. Du Mingsheng, who came back to report the situation, also found a similar copy.
"...Hiss...this is too cruel, it's like a knife to the buttocks!" Du Mingsheng took a breath after reading it and said in a slightly exaggerated tone.
"Is this the content of the letter you mysteriously handed over before?"
Zheng Junshan was more curious, or in other words, he was already a little surprised by what Lin Mo had done.
Lin Mo nodded slightly. This was indeed what he had handed out before. The purpose was of course self-evident! To cause trouble for the other party and cause trouble.
"With this set of tactics, I'm afraid the other party won't have any room to fight back this time, right?" Du Mingsheng was better at this and asked.
Lin Mo shook his head and said: "It's not that light. The opponent has a good background. This opponent is not that easy to deal with.
Moreover, they are not the espionage force that we are familiar with, and we still have little idea of what methods they will use to respond to counterattacks.
What we are doing now is mainly to cause trouble for the other party, leverage our strength, use other people to contain and distract the other party's energy, and drag them into a confrontation in an area we are familiar with."
Although it was meant to show off, Lin Mo was not really complacent. After Sha Shi and the two returned to their lives, Lin Mo sent two more people with their backbone to take risks and stare at each other's movements.
"Let's not mention this anymore. How is the situation on your side? What did you find?"
Lin Mo asked about Du Mingsheng's situation there. He applied for a trip himself, so it was definitely impossible for him to bring nothing back.
"We have roughly figured out the purpose of those people. They are also here for silver. To be precise, it should be that the price of silver is rising, and these people also want to make a fuss about it.
But I don’t know much about the specific purpose. I just know that they want to get involved with Lan Weixiao, but it shouldn’t be the main purpose, because although they have many negotiations and communication with that director, they don’t show extreme urgency.
Eager, there should be other plans."
The title "Director" was the title given to Yi Wenbin in the photographed letter after he sneaked into the other party's house. However, Lin Mo and others did not know who the other party was as a director or where he was.
What we can know is only from the content of the letter, it can be roughly determined that this is a higher position than the bank president, so they basically started to call each other this way.
Lin Mo nodded slightly and signaled Du Mingsheng to continue. If it were just this, it wouldn't be enough for him to make this trip.
"Originally, looking at the other party, they should be preparing to leave Shanghai, but for some reason, the Special High School came over and after contact between the two parties, these people stayed again.
Afterwards, these people paid a lot of attention to Lan Weimai and secretly purchased the contract. I suspect that they may have noticed that something was wrong with Lan Weimai before the incident..."
Du Mingsheng described the causes and consequences, as well as the other party's various movements, in detail, with a small amount of speculation and suspicion in between.
Lin Mo asked for more details and said: "Tell me about it! What is the purpose of coming back? Now I can confirm that reporting the situation is only a small part of your return!"
"...Hehe..." Du Mingsheng chuckled, touched the back of his head, and said: "I know I can't hide it from Team Lin, but can I change the mission? Everyone else is participating in the big operation, but we are the only ones keeping an eye on the group who haven't done much.
people."
Lin Mo frowned, thought carefully, and shook his head, saying: "No! We can talk about this later, but now, you must lead the team to help me keep an eye on these people.
Although the opponent is not making any moves at the moment, it is still a strong force, and judging from the signs, they are obviously involved and have to guard against it.
We still need your help to keep an eye on them, but don’t be careless. Those people are not weak either. Be careful not to capsize in the gutter. If something happens over there at this time, there will be big problems."
"...Understood..." Although he was a little disappointed, Du Mingsheng still nodded seriously.
"Team Lin, the section chief is here!" Before the two of them could say anything more, a team member came to report the situation. The two of them jumped up from the recliner and were about to move the chair away, but it was too late.
Zheng Junshan, who was following Xu Guyu, gave Lin Mo a look that was asking for blessings, and then decisively stepped away. He had tried his best, but it was a pity that Xu Guyu came too suddenly.
"Section Chief, how could you come here? It's dangerous here. You should have informed me to meet with you."
Lin Mo was shameless, pretending that nothing happened, and caring about Xu Guyu diligently.
"Yes! It's really dangerous! It's so dangerous that you can lie down on a recliner and bask in the sun leisurely. Damn it, I'm so busy with your affairs. You'd better be too busy here, right?"
After a few angry words, Xu Guyu couldn't get any more angry, so he started scolding and even kicked Lin Mo in the butt.