Three textile factories were relocated to Suzhou. The construction speed of the new factory was very fast, far beyond Chen Mingxiang's imagination. The factory walls have been completed, and the main part of the workshop has also been completed. This is the first part to start.
Right now, the construction team is building dormitories and warehouses, and electricians have begun laying lines in the workshop. The construction site is busy, with vehicles constantly coming in and out, transporting building materials such as bricks, sand, wood, and cement.
Chen Mingxiang and Zhou Haiwen accompanied Li Shiqun to "inspect" the construction site. They were accompanied by Suzhou government officials and, of course, newspaper reporters from Wang's puppet government.
These three pieces of land were originally large textile factories. After the Japanese army captured Suzhou, all the machines and cotton yarn were robbed. The boss had to sell it at a low price. It was not until Chen Mingxiang bought the property that he bought it. Most people really
Don't dare to buy.
Li Shiqun used the administrative power of the provincial government, as well as the coercion and inducement from the secret service headquarters and the police station, so that a large number of surrounding residential buildings had to be relocated, and the area of each factory was expanded by more than four times.
Of course, in order to eliminate the impact, Chen Mingxiang gave the textile factory a very generous relocation subsidy, which reduced a lot of resentment among these people. Although they were reluctant to leave their homes, it was still much better than those traitorous businessmen and the pseudo-city government.
The special agents from the Secret Service Headquarters and the police from the police station forced Suzhou's construction craftsmen to work in large numbers at the textile factory site. However, the daily wages were twice as high as usual, and they also provided three meals a day to encourage them to work.
Not bad.
Taking into account the actual situation in Suzhou City, Zhou Haiwen adopted a daily salary and settled the money on the same day to prevent the construction workers from having difficulties in their lives at home and affecting the construction progress.
"Minister, at the current rate, at most three textile factories will be able to start operations by the end of August. In fact, we all know that the most critical factor in whether we can make money is output and the supply of raw materials."
"With the number of machines we have, it is easy to produce 12,000 pieces of 20-count cotton yarn in a year. The current price in Shancheng is nearly 9,000 French currency per piece. Calculated based on the net profit of about 2,000 yuan per piece, then
That’s 24 million French currency, two million French currency every month.”
"In terms of net profit, finished fabrics such as cotton and floral gauze are higher. The price of leading fine cloth in the mountain city is 12,000 yuan per piece, and the profit is about 4,000 yuan per piece. A thousand pieces are sold in a month, that is,
Around four million French currency."
"The headache now is that cotton acquisition is a big problem. The Japan Textile Industry Association has also set up a point in Suzhou to collect a large amount of cotton. I need your full support in this regard." Chen Mingxiang said.
The monthly net profit of three textile factories is 6 million, which is really not much. Although the boss is stationed at the Military Police Headquarters in Shanghai, he still gets 20%, which is 1.2 million French currency, which is equivalent to 60,000 US dollars.
, Li Shiqun was immediately moved.
Chen Mingxiang was given US$500,000 as administrative expenses, which made him feel so distressed that if Chen Mingxiang's factory started operating successfully for one year, the dividends alone would be enough to make up for it.
"You can rest assured and send people to set up cotton collection sites in the countryside. The people of the Japan Textile Industry Association can't make any waves in the Jiangsu Province area. With the favoritism of the military police and the secret help of the secret service headquarters, their own territory is still intact.
Afraid of those Japanese businessmen?"
"I will supply you with a large amount of cotton from the Qingxiang Committee at a low price. This is also an exchange of materials for the Imperial Japanese Army. I believe that the dispatched army headquarters will definitely support it." Li Shiqun said.
Looking at a big piece of fat that just can't be eaten, this is absolutely unacceptable. Li Shiqun also relied on the relationship between Huatong Trading Company and the Japanese military. If it were someone else, his support would never be so strong.
At least I dare not do it blatantly.
But Huatong Trading Company is another organization that specializes in exchanging supplies with Chiang Kai-shek's area. The Japanese army is fighting for favoritism. What does he have to fear?
"Where is Wu Kaixian, the senior official of the mountain city government who was arrested? After Deputy Secretary-General Wang took him to Suzhou, he seemed to have never heard from him again." Chen Mingxiang asked casually.
"You don't know about this. The day before General Yingzuo left Shanghai, he was put back in the mountain city. It was the plane that Mr. Qingqi and I sent him on. He would be at the Japanese military airport in the southwest near Jiang Tong District.
Landed, and then returned to the mountain city by himself."
"Wu Kaixian took away a copy of the cooperation plan drawn up by the Mei Agency, but he has not received a reply from the mountain city government so far. It is estimated that General Yingzuo has done a useless job, but there is no use in keeping him." Li Shiqun shook his head and said.
"What you didn't get on the battlefield, you can't even get if you draw a pie. You can guess it with your nose. The conditions proposed by the Japanese army must be very harsh. Yamashiro didn't agree before, and it's impossible to agree now."
"I heard news from within the Japanese army that the war between Japan and the United States was not going well, and the Japanese navy suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Midway some time ago. Four aircraft carriers were sunk by the US military. Although this cannot determine the victory of Japan and the United States.
Negative, but the situation has changed subtly."
"General Yingzuo's meaning may not be his own, but it may represent a signal that the Japanese army will withdraw from the battlefield in China and mobilize more troops to deal with the war situation in Southeast Asia." Chen Mingxiang said.
Li Shiqun was dumbfounded. Although he had reached the position of chairman of the provincial government, he really knew nothing about the place name Midway Island. It was beyond the scope of familiarity. There was a huge gap between him and Chen Mingxiang in this regard.
However, he still knew the concept of four aircraft carriers being sunk. They were large surface ships capable of taking off and landing aircraft. How many aircraft carriers did the Japanese army have in total?
Chen Mingxiang had close ties with the Navy, and this news was absolutely unfalsifiable. He probably told the Japanese side about their intentions as well. He suddenly felt an inexplicable feeling of panic in his heart.
After staying in Suzhou for two days, Chen Mingxiang and Wang Zhen took a navy transport plane back to Shanghai. It was impossible for him not to come back. The Japanese navy and army stationed in Shanghai were looking for him. Kinoshita Eichi personally called him to go back.
Chen Mingxiang did not know that the famous Battle of Kokoda Trail and Guadalcanal in World War II were about to begin. This was the beginning of the Allied counterattack and the turning point for Japan to truly shift from strategic offense to strategic defense.
This time the Japanese army tried to use the Battle of Kokoda Trail to complete the occupation of Port Moresby, thereby threatening the routes between the United States and Australia, preventing the United States from using Australia to launch counterattacks against the Japanese army, and also attacking the eastern and northern regions of Australia.
Including important Melbourne.
In order to achieve this combat goal, the Japanese Army established the Seventeenth Army in May, and the Navy established the Eighth Fleet, with the main force and command center located in Rabaul, New Britain Island.ntent
