Chen Mingxiang was not shocked when he heard the news. When Li Shiqun took over as the Minister of Police, Zhou Fahai wanted his brother-in-law to be the permanent deputy minister, but this proposal was rejected by Li Shiqun.
Because of this incident, Zhou Fahai, the number three traitor of Wang's puppet government, was very disgusted with Li Shiqun and abolished the police department, which was obviously an act of revenge.
But now that an emergency meeting was about to be held, he didn't bother to ask Mo Guokang about the inside story. Since Ding Mocun was also here, he believed that he would receive a call soon.
"This time the law enforcement team of the inspection team openly robbed materials from multiple businesses, causing social disorder in the Shanghai stock market and violating the provisions of the multi-party cooperation agreement."
"Originally, the collection of supplies on the market was done by the municipal government, and a military supplies preparation office was established for this purpose. However, you acted privately, causing extremely bad effects."
"Shanghai is governed by the consulates general of various countries in Shanghai. Your actions have seriously damaged the international image of the Empire of Japan and brought shame to the imperial army. This is unacceptable!" Shizue Tsuda patted the table and said in a tone of voice.
Seems very angry.
"General, please calm down. The actions of the inspection team are indeed inappropriate, but you must also understand their difficulties. The tasks given by the military department are heavy and the time is very tight. Our major enterprises have a serious shortage of raw materials, which will inevitably affect the future of the military.
action."
"Some firms in the Shanghai stock market ignored the notices from Japanese companies and put a large amount of supplies in warehouses, unwilling to use them to support the imperial army. The inspection team really had no choice, so they made such a decision." A representative of Mitsui Corporation
said.
Because others won't give, you have to rob, and you are so justified in saying this. This is the logic of a bastard, the logic of a robber, the logic of an invader!
Chen Mingxiang looked on with cold eyes, feeling sad in his heart. Fortunately, Japan and the United States were about to go to war, and there was still hope for the future.
"Chen Jun, as a commissioner of the Foreign Affairs Office and representing the opinions of the municipal government, what do you think of this matter?" President Takashima of the Central China Revitalization Association asked.
You ask me what I think? I have a shitty opinion!
The environment that Chen Mingxiang lives in is a very training place. He has long understood the result of handling this matter. It is very simple. The big thing is turned into a serious matter, and in the end it is nothing!
Both sides have their own concerns, and no one is willing to quarrel. The best way is to take a step back and return the matter to the original point. As for the opinions of the city government, that is dispensable.
"Since the inspection team robbed supplies to provide military supplies for the imperial army, disrupting social order and causing extremely bad effects, the city government thinks it is understandable."
"Shanghai is not only the wealth center of the Jinling government, but also the leader of China's industry and commerce. Japan also has great interests in this international city. Both parties must maintain a consistent attitude and jointly maintain the sustainable development of Shanghai's economy."
"Mayor Chen Gongbo asked the inspection team to strictly guard all checkpoints, be cautious in personnel matters, perform their responsibilities, and prevent the outflow of prohibited materials. Chairman Wang specifically called and asked the inspection team to prevent similar incidents from happening again and avoid causing international harm to the two countries.
The government has had a negative impact," Chen Mingxiang said.
What these words mean is that the city government will no longer pursue what happened. Of course, this is nonsense, and you will have to be investigated by others!
Chen Gongbo reminded the Japanese side that the Shanghai Stock Exchange is of special significance to both the Jinling government and the Japanese government, and that they should take a longer-term view and not do things like killing the goose to get the eggs and depleting the lake to fish.
Except for the concessions, all the industrial and commercial sectors in Shanghai are controlled by Japan. If this continues, you will be the one who will suffer the most.
The city government's suggestion is that the inspection team should just guard the gates honestly and not create a law enforcement brigade. With this quality, it's not bad enough.
"I think the city government's suggestion is very pertinent. The law enforcement brigade must be disbanded immediately. The future work direction of the inspection team will still be at each checkpoint. However, in order to strengthen the ability to control prohibited materials, some of them can be retained appropriately and a supervision and management department be established." Tsuda
Jingzhi said.
"Your Excellency, Minister, we manufacturing companies are seriously short of raw materials, and the Shanghai stock market's own resources are getting less and less. Are you considering giving us a share of Huatong Trading Company?" Mitsubishi's representative said.
"This is impossible. The military-controlled enterprises under the Thirteenth Army also need a large amount of raw materials. You should not take the idea of Huatong Trading Company." Major General Kinoshita Eichi flatly objected.
The Japanese army mainly relies on major chaebols to provide weapons, equipment and military supplies. However, the Japanese army often has its own military management enterprises in the occupied areas.
That is to use force to provide necessary raw materials and force factories to produce munitions for themselves. The Military Police Headquarters will often perform supervisory and management functions.
The military police and the so-called Japanese supervisors bullied and humiliated the workers wantonly. They paid wages that were not even enough for them to eat. They also hired a large number of child laborers inhumanely. The wages they paid were more than half that of adults, but they did the same work as adults.
, workers were often beaten to death and maimed.
"As you all know, the Ministry of Military Affairs has assigned us textile companies in Shanghai a production task for quilts. The quantity is quite staggering, and it is difficult to complete it within the specified time. However, Huatong Trading Company has three large-scale textile factories under its subsidiaries, and the production volume is very impressive.
, can help us achieve this target.”
"Chen Jun, in order to meet the needs of the military, I hope that these three textile factories will be temporarily assigned to our Japanese textile companies and will be returned to you after the task is completed. What do you think?" said the representative of Naiwai Cotton Textile Co., Ltd.
.
Chen Mingxiang has three textile factories under the name of the Military Police Headquarters. These are also the main resources he uses to exchange materials with the Kuomintang-controlled areas, accounting for more than 30% of the transaction volume.
Due to the protection of the Military Police Headquarters, no one dared to look for trouble. For Chen Mingxiang's sake, the Secret Service Headquarters and the Police Department also took care of them. For their own benefit, the Japanese troops in various places secretly supported the cotton transportation of textile factories. Three companies
Textile factories are operating day and night, and output is increasing day by day.
Japanese textile companies have always coveted these three well-run textile factories. However, Chen Mingxiang used the method of tying interests to let the Military Police Command and the 13th Army Command, including the Marine Corps Command, protect the textile factories. Their attempts were delayed.
Didn't succeed.
"Chen Jun, what do you think of the requirements of textile companies?" Tsuda Shizue asked with a frown.
Chen Mingxiang naturally understands the methods of Japanese textile companies. Although it is said that it is temporarily allocated to them and will be returned when the task is completed, in fact, it is definitely a meat bun that beats the dog and never comes back.
After this mission is completed, they can still use other excuses not to pay back, but they have no way to deal with these devils, so they must veto this unreasonable request now.
