"Your family has been operating in Shanghai for many years and is very familiar with merchants and factories. How to conduct business is left to you to negotiate. It is up to me to deal with the military police headquarters and police station. You will receive a 2% dividend at the end of the year.
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"You, the deputy manager, put out the recruitment advertisement as soon as possible. Isn't my junior sister working as a reporter at the "News Daily" newspaper? This can be regarded as a business for her. You will conduct the first round of interviews first, and I will participate in the second round."
Round of interviews." Chen Mingxiang said in the office.
The manager of Huatong Trading Company is of course Chen Mingxiang, but he cannot sit in the company every day. After all, he still has to work for the inspection team, which is his most important job.
The deputy manager of the company is responsible for the daily work. Not only must he know the basics, but he must also have considerable connections and abilities. After much deliberation, Chen Mingxiang recruited Zhou Haiwen for this position.
The Zhou family has deep roots in the Shanghai market. It mainly deals in hardware, paint and other commodities, as well as several high-end luxury stores. Therefore, Zhou Haiwen knows almost all businessmen who are somewhat well-known in the Shanghai market.
"Kunyu, this senior brother of yours is quite capable. He is actually willing to spend so much money on advertising, which occupies an entire page. This is a cost of two hundred yuan." Editor-in-chief Zheng Tonghui said with a smile.
"Chen Mingxiang is my father's favorite student. He is proficient in English and Japanese. Some time ago, he was also unlucky. He was forced to enter the secret service headquarters. He either dealt with secret agents or the Japanese military police, which made my father very unhappy.
"Lu Kunyu said.
"Your senior brother works at the secret service headquarters?" Zheng Tonghui's eyes lit up.
"Yes, his foreign language proficiency is very high. I don't know how the agents of No. 76 found out about it, so they forced him to become a translator. Now he has become the chief of the translation section."
"But I heard him say that the Translation Section has no power and cannot even access confidential documents. It is responsible for communicating with the Concession Industry Bureau Police Department. Don't treat him as a traitor. He has never done anything to bully the people.
Things." Lu Kunyu said.
"Shanghai is an occupied area, and the general environment is like this. To judge whether a person is a traitor, you have to see whether he has betrayed and harmed the people of the country."
"Not all Chinese who work for the reform government and the Japanese are traitors. If this is the case, how many traitors are there in the three northeastern provinces?"
"With your senior brother's status, this company's business has many conveniences. At least the police station and gendarmerie will relax supervision on his business," Zheng Tonghui said.
"My senior brother doesn't like working in the secret service, but he has no choice but to do so at the moment. The deputy manager of this company, Zhou Haiwen, is also my senior brother. He said that the company has the power of inspection-free passage from the Japanese Military Police Headquarters. In the future, it will be of use to the industrial and commercial community in Shanghai.
There is a certain convenience." Lu Kunyu said.
"News Daily" is office, printing and distribution in the concession. It is not large in scale. The forces of Japan and the reform government cannot interfere with its distribution for the time being. Therefore, the atmosphere of the entire newspaper is relatively relaxed, and there are often anti-Japanese remarks and remarks criticizing the reform government.
However, the news reported by this newspaper were all current affairs happening in Shanghai. The words were not sharp, far less sharp than those of several famous newspapers. It became a piece of cake for the Japanese and the secret service headquarters.
No matter what, there are articles that make them very uncomfortable every three to five. No matter what, their comments are not intense, and other newspapers are also reporting on it, so the headache doesn't last a day or two.
"The organization has conducted a detailed investigation on Chen Mingxiang. What Lu Kunyu said is indeed true. He is a graduate of Fudan University, majoring in foreign languages. He only worked as a translator at the secret service headquarters a few months ago. He is very low-key and does not have much power.
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"We can use Lu Kunyu's personal relationship with Chen Mingxiang to do his work. We need to purchase and transfer various materials in the Shanghai market. If we can get his cooperation, it will be much smoother."
"Chen Mingxiang works in the secret service headquarters. Although he is only the head of the translation section, in such an environment, even if he does not pay careful attention, he can still collect some intelligence. How is Lu Kunyu's current situation?" asked a person in charge of the underground party.
"Lu Kunyu's father was a professor who studied in the UK. After Fudan University moved, he would rather accept translation commissions from newspapers and magazines to support his family than accept jobs from the reform government or the Japanese."
"Under the influence of his father, Lu Kunyu hated Japanese invaders and traitors very much. He accepted our party's theories and ideas very quickly. He is a progressive young man worth cultivating," Zheng Tonghui said.
"After all, Chen Mingxiang works for a secret service agency. Frequent contact may cause unnecessary trouble. Don't worry about this matter," the person in charge said.
The news that the Shanghai Military Police Headquarters is setting up an inspection team is like a hurricane blowing through the Japanese and puppet yamen, the puppet government, the puppet police station, the secret service headquarters, etc. in Shanghai. People with some status and power are all paying attention to this agency.
Formation.
In the future, materials entering and exiting the Shanghai stock market must be confirmed by the inspection team. This is a key institution related to personal income, which immediately triggered a moderate earthquake.
The Japanese military police only recognized the inspection team, and everything else had to be put on the sidelines. The secret service headquarters was on a first-come, first-served basis, and Chen Mingxiang became a popular figure in everyone's eyes.
"Director Lin, why do you have time to come to the translation department? Please sit down." Chen Mingxiang was a little surprised.
Lin Zhijiang, the director of the Second Department of the Secret Service Headquarters, is also considered the number one figure in No. 76. He usually pays no attention to his little section chief.
Besides, there is no overlap between the Translation Department and the Guards. This time Lin Zhijiang actually came to his office. If something goes wrong, he must be a monster!
Lin Zhijiang was the original leader of the Second Operation Group under the military control of Shanghai. He once assassinated a famous traitor and was considered a meritorious person.
But after he took refuge with No. 76 last year, he became a sharp knife for Li Shiqun. The military and central commanders, including many anti-Japanese comrades in Shanghai, also died tragically in his hands.
"I won't sit down. I'll prepare a little wine tonight to celebrate Section Chief Chen's promotion to the inspection team as an interpreter. I'd also like to ask Section Chief Chen to honor him. I'll pick you up when you get off work." Lin Zhijiang didn't allow Chen Mingxiang to refuse at all.
Chen Mingxiang looked at Lin Zhijiang's back with a look of disdain in his eyes. Why are you celebrating your promotion? Do you and I have such a good personal relationship?
Isn’t it because the inspection power of the inspection team is in their own hands, and if they want to continue to sell goods to the Kuomintang-controlled areas to make extra money, they have to ask for permission from themselves?
The Southeast Trading Company at the secret agent headquarters also has such power, and the Mei agency still fully supports it, but Li Shiqun regards this company as his own territory and will not give them much benefit.
Wu Sibao occupies the majority of the gambling tables and other shady places in Shanghai. His appetite is even greater, and others can’t make much profit. Who doesn’t like big yellow croaker?
People's greed is endless. When they see that other paths are unavailable, they turn to themselves and want to sell goods to the outside world through their own companies.
