Chapter five hundred and eighty-six water is not mixed can not catch fish one
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When the convoy returned to Shanghai, it was already mid-afternoon. Chen Mingxiang made a phone call to Kinoshita Sakae from the study room of Mara Villa and reported that he was back. He would go to the headquarters tomorrow morning and bring some tea this time.
It is considered a benefit of the Military Police Headquarters.
Immediately afterwards, he called the part-time departments such as the Social Affairs Bureau, the Inspection Team, the Foreign Affairs Office, the Public Settlement Industry Bureau, the Security Command and the Special Agent Headquarters. This time he was out for a long time. He had to give a notice when he came back and things would be back to normal tomorrow.
Work.
Unexpectedly, when he called Lieutenant Colonel Ono, he was told that he would come to Villa Mara for dinner tonight, and he sounded very happy.
"You have become a celebrity in Shanghai now!" Wang Zhen said with a smile.
"What do you mean? Aren't I a celebrity in the Shanghai stock market?" Chen Mingxiang felt confused.
After taking the newspaper Wang Zhen brought, I realized that it turned out to be silk advertisements and tea advertisements, as well as pictures of Li Shiqun "inspecting" the silk weaving factory. "News Daily" published it as a front-page headline, and also made a lengthy introduction.
, although he only has one profile, his name appears in the newspaper. The silk weaving factory belongs to him!
Zheng Tonghui is very good at what he does, the photos are well taken, and the content introduction is also very good. He condenses the history of silk and tea, as well as cultural heritage of Suzhou and Hangzhou into his products, and his words are concise and sophisticated. This is simply a masterpiece.
A beautiful piece of prose.
"Zheng Tonghui borrowed 100,000 China Reserve Certificates from me and said that it was your wish to open a restaurant in the French Concession. He also said that in the future, all departments under you will go to this restaurant to spend money." Wang Zhen said.
"It's like this. This group of people has done a lot of good things for the people in Shanghai, but the most embarrassing thing is that they have no source of income and can't do anything when they see so many refugees."
"Allowing some resources to them is equivalent to doing a good thing for the people. Because of my special status, it is not convenient for me to do such a move, so I can only rely on their help." Chen Mingxiang said.
"I bought two sets of shops on Xiafei Road in the French Concession. The big one is for opening a silk and satin shop, and the smaller one is for opening a tea shop. Now the situation in the Shanghai stock market is unstable, and many French businessmen have withdrawn.
I have obtained the land deed document, it is in my name, and it is currently being renovated."
"When the Japanese captured the concession, you got five shops, and the location was very good and the area was very large, so you didn't need to buy any more shops." Wang Zhen said.
Chen Mingxiang felt a little emotional. The reaction speed of Wang Zhen, his assistant, was getting faster and faster, and he could almost keep up with his own rhythm. He also became more mature in doing things. With her by his side, he would have less to worry about!
"The real estate in the French Concession, even if I gave you a private property, you all know that you are my woman, but you don't even have a decent property. This is a bit unreasonable. You all know that I have always been very generous with my purchases."
"This will also be very beneficial for future work. With your own business, you are also the boss's wife, so you don't have to stay at home every day, which limits the scope of activities."
"Tell the chef to buy food and cook quickly. We will mainly eat Japanese food tonight. Ono and the others will come for dinner later," Chen Mingxiang said.
At this moment, a guard suddenly came to report, saying that it was Colonel Shimada Kiyonori, the director of the Economic Bureau of the Central China Liaison Department of Koya Institute, Soichiro Ueda, the president of the Shanghai branch of the Japan Textile Industry Association, and the chairman of the Shanghai Materials Control Committee, the social
Bureau Chief Ling Xianwen is here.
"It seems like someone has been watching me! I was still thinking about how to take advantage of this, and they just came to my door. Great!" Chen Mingxiang knew what was going on as soon as he heard it.
"Why are these people coming to our house? We don't have any friendship. Why should we go to the office to talk about official business?" Wang Zhen said unhappily.
"They were also afraid that their actions would offend the Japanese military, so they secretly wanted to reach an agreement with me in private, perhaps as a warning or an ultimatum!"
"Since you're here, it's not good to turn them away. You can go to the kitchen to prepare dinner first. I can just receive these people myself." Chen Mingxiang said.
He knew the two Japanese people who came here, but he had never interacted with them before. There was no need to guess the purpose of their visit. They must have been to acquire his three textile factories.
Three medium-sized textile factories in Shanghai are prospering under the protection of Chen Mingxiang. They are indeed a thorn in the side of Japanese textile companies, and they have long wanted to acquire or take custody of them.
And this matter has never stopped. These greedy Japanese chaebols have even reported Chen Mingxiang to the Xingya Institute and the Military Department many times. Unfortunately, the military has its own considerations and has never succeeded.
The reason for this situation is that first of all, there is no need to pay any taxes, because it is a "military-controlled enterprise" in the nature of the Military Police Headquarters. Whoever collects taxes is not looking for excitement?
There is no need to consider sales of cotton yarn and finished fabrics. Even if the output is expanded a hundred times, there is no way to meet the needs of the Kuomintang-controlled areas. It is not enough to start work around the clock.
They will not be bullied. The usual method of Japanese textile companies is to instruct Japanese rogues to cause trouble, destroy, smash, burn, and loot. But who dares to use this method on the territory of the Military Police Headquarters?
These three textile factories now have a large number of skilled workers, have expanded their scale and number of machines, and have become an important part of Shanghai's textile industry, which has made the Japanese jealous even more.
"Brother, I had no choice this time. They approached the mayor and their attitude was very tough. The mayor had no choice but to blame the matter on me. In fact, we are just a family, and I didn't want to come."
Ling Xianwen lowered his voice and said.
Before entering the living room, he grabbed Chen Mingxiang and expressed his position and attitude, fearing that this petty guy would hate him.
"Chen Sang, you must be aware of the purpose of our visit this time. With the continuous expansion of the empire's business, it has now covered the entire Southeast Asia region, and hundreds of thousands of imperial troops' military supplies have formed an arduous supply task.
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"Our Imperial Textile Enterprise in Shanghai has very heavy production targets, and it has also brought huge demand for cotton. This is the most critical point."
"And your three textile factories occupy a large share of the cotton resources in the Shanghai market, hindering our supply of cotton products to the imperial army. This matter has attracted great attention from Koya Institute, so Director Shimada came with us."
Soichiro Ueda said.
After arriving and sitting down in the living room, he was not even served a cup of tea. This was not the etiquette of entertaining guests. From this, we could know that the purpose of their party was already well known, so he went straight to the point.
"That's right, Chen Sang, we also know that the textile factory you control also serves the empire, but things have priorities. The empire's army in Southeast Asia urgently needs cotton products, otherwise the combat effectiveness will be affected. Xingya Academy needs you.
