"Mr. Frederick, we will discuss this matter later. Do you know what my role is at Huatong Trading Company?" Chen Mingxiang asked.
"Mr. Chen, please rest assured that I always do things worthy of my friends. Every business transaction will leave you with enough kickbacks. No one can find out about this kind of private dealings." Frederick said with a smile.
Chen Mingxiang is just the translation section chief of the secret service headquarters, with no background and no power. How can he have the authorization from the Military Police Headquarters to smuggle prohibited goods into the Kuomintang-controlled areas without any hindrance?
All fools know that the manipulator behind this Huatong Trading Company must be Japanese. In other words, Chen Mingxiang is just a part-time worker, and he will not do anything that is not beneficial.
Paralyzed, who said the Germans are old-fashioned? Stand up and I promise not to beat you to death!
Think about it, foreign businessmen who can travel across the ocean to a strange new environment and start from scratch, their way of thinking is definitely very flexible, and they may have become proficient in operating techniques such as kickbacks that are common to all countries in the world.
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"Great, I will leave this ink purchase contract to your company. I can't be too outrageous about the price, just 10% higher than the market price. I won't let my partners suffer, and this is
A long-term deal.”
"After the year, my company will add more vehicles, such as your transport trucks and cars, and you will naturally need to provide after-sales service." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.
"Mr. Chen said it was two businesses. I wonder what else is needed?" Frederick asked.
"It's like this. Now is a war period. Western medicine is an absolute strategic material, but ordinary people also need to see a doctor and take medicine. I am going to buy sulfa, quinine, aspirin tablets and other medicines. I also need medical equipment. Do you have any such
channel?"
"This is my own business. I ask for your support. Of course, the price is negotiable. I can pay the full amount in advance. I believe in the credibility of German businessmen," Chen Mingxiang said.
"There are indeed channels for medical equipment, but these Western medicines are more expensive than gold and are still difficult to obtain. I'm afraid it's a bit difficult in terms of quantity. Let me think of a way!" Frederick said.
The ink is prepared for various government newspapers in mountain cities. The purchase price is increased by 10%, and when it is sold, it can be increased by 50%. But it doesn't matter to the government newspapers. What is this money?
The key is that if you have money but no land to buy it, transportation to the rear is inconvenient, and you have to pass through the Japanese war zone. Foreign companies are unwilling to do such a business.
Chen Mingxiang does not want to enrich the country, but he does not have enough interests to support him. The support of the special higher education courses will not be so strong for him. He has to do special things in special times.
"Kunyu, why are you here?" As soon as Chen Mingxiang arrived at the office, he saw Lu Kunyu and Zhou Haiwen chatting.
"Hai Wen called me and said that you were going to open a pharmacy and clinic and wanted to recruit doctors and nurses. I came to see you. I heard that you went to a foreign company to discuss business." Lu Kunyu said, picking up the teapot and pouring him a cup of hot tea.
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"I went to talk to the Germans about a batch of ink to be sent to the areas under the control of the Kuomintang. This was ordered by some newspapers and printing plants. Haiwen, you go to the accountant to pay according to this order and send the deposit to them.
It can be loaded and shipped in the afternoon, and the Germans are very efficient in doing things." Chen Mingxiang sat down and said.
"Okay, you think I'm an eyesore here. You guys can chat slowly while I go to work." Zhou Haiwen said with a hint of jealousy.
He has always had thoughts about Lu Kunyu, but unfortunately, Luohua is ruthless and Luo Kunyu has always regarded him as an older brother. As for Chen Mingxiang, he is a first-come-first-served person. With the professor's favor, he has already occupied this girl's heart.
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"Where's the bag I bought for you? Why don't you see me holding it?" Chen Mingxiang asked.
"My mother was happy to hear that you were willing to spend so much money on me, but my father gave me a severe scolding, and even you took it with me, saying that people outside were starving to death on the streets, and this money could buy a
A ton of rice can save many families from hunger. It is simply a waste to use it to buy clothes and bags!"
"All the money you gave me has been confiscated. You said that girls should develop the habit of frugality. I don't know yet. I must have sent it to my brother again. It's really a bottomless pit!" Lu Kunyu said angrily.
Lu Kunyu's brother is studying in the United States. It is not easy to work under special circumstances. He often needs to send money from his family to support his studies, which is the Lu family's largest expenditure item.
"Isn't that true? Speaking of which, your family's conditions are not bad. Your father has been a professor for several years and has been paid very well. Do you think that even the money of a girl like you should be confiscated?" Chen Mingxiang found it unbelievable.
"My family has many relatives, and it was not easy to survive during the war. In addition to sending my brother tuition and living expenses, I also had to take care of several extended family members. My father's translation fee was a drop in the bucket, and he was also worried!" Lu Kunyu said.
Chen Mingxiang shook his head and opened his safe. Lu Kunyu walked up to him and took a look. His eyes suddenly widened. There was a box inside that included not only gold bars but also French currency, as well as bundles of paper packages. This was Chen Mingxiang's emergency plan for the company.
Activity fees are not possible without cash.
"It's really not appropriate to give you too much money. In this way, I will give you six hundred French currency every month from now on. Half of it will be considered your family's living expenses and can be handed over, and the other half will be used as your living expenses. Remember, this matter is confidential. Don't worry about living expenses."
Tell your father that I can't help others, but I have to take care of your family," Chen Mingxiang said.
It’s not that you don’t want to help the refugees, they are all your brothers and sisters, and you are somewhat capable now, but when you are working in the secret service headquarters and the special high school, you actually want to do charity. How stupid is that?
"Senior brother, since you are doing ink business with a German company, our newspaper also has connections in Suzhou who want to buy ink, can you think of a way?" Lu Kunyu said.
The boss of "News Daily" was a patriot. After the battle to defend Shanghai, the whole family moved to the mountain city. The person responsible for managing these daily affairs was the editor-in-chief Zheng Tonghui, so this place became an important underground party group in Shanghai.
A place where identity is concealed.
All reporters and staff are absolutely patriotic, not only underground members, but also full of hatred for the Japanese and puppets. In such an environment, Lu Kunyu, coupled with Zheng Tonghui's ideological indoctrination, and the oppression and oppression of the Shanghai people by the Japanese and puppet traitors,
He was poisoned and naturally turned into a progressive young man.
The reason why we came to Chen Mingxiang's office this time was because of the task given by Zheng Tonghui, which was to use Huatong Trading Company's special powers to transport a batch of propaganda ink to the people's army in northern Jiangsu.
"It is true that ink is an expressly controlled contraband, but as long as it is not transported to the Kuomintang-controlled area, there is not much difficulty, and the transportation certificate is not difficult to obtain. You must know that the goods of Huatong Trading Company are all scarce goods in the Kuomintang-controlled area.
The price is very high, why should you buy it from me?" Chen Mingxiang was a little confused.
