Nine hundred and seventieth chapters dig a small pit three
The first thing after the food was put into the warehouse was of course to inspect the goods. Staff from the Kodama Agency and people from the management department of the Fleet Headquarters came to the warehouse quietly like thieves in Chen Mingxiang's car and carefully counted them.
All the food is what Chen Mingxiang requested.
The inspection is not difficult. The weight of a sack is two hundred kilograms of rice. When stacked neatly, one pile weighs one hundred tons. You only need to count the number of piles to know. You also open the sack to check the quality of the rice, and finally sign the
Complete the handover order.
The people who participated in the inspection happily took a big red envelope with a thousand dollars in it when they left, along with ten boxes of cigars and two bottles of red wine.
"Chen Jun, this matter was done very beautifully, and I was praised by the Fleet Headquarters and Military Command of the area. Being able to purchase 30,000 tons of rice with guaranteed quality and quantity in just a few days is a great influence on the entire area.
The daily support of the fleet is of great significance."
"Admiral Zengo Yoshida, commander of the fleet, highly appreciates your work and plans to report your merits to the Military Command and apply for a medal. I have prepared the payment for you and you can take it away now.
"Kodama and Shifu said with a smile.
He was indeed satisfied with Chen Mingxiang. This man not only had a close relationship with the Navy, but also had the ability and methods to handle the tasks assigned to him quickly and well. He was a very good partner to work with.
The reason why he has prospered in the Navy in the past few years is because the Kodama Agency has provided the Navy with a large amount of strategic materials, and 80% of these materials were purchased by Chen Mingxiang from the Kuomintang-controlled area. Of course, he also
Make a fortune in trading.
"Thank you, Mr. Agency Director, for providing me with the opportunity. Please leave me one million dollars as a token of my gratitude. Please be sure to accept it. This matter is a bit complicated to handle, and I really can't give you more.
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"There is something I hope you will understand. The grain needs to be temporarily stored in the No. 2 warehouse of Huatong Trading Company and will be transported to the naval warehouse at the port after a period of time."
"The noise outside is a bit tight now, and there are eyes everywhere. I have to handle all aspects of the relationship well, and then go through the handover procedures when the food shortage problem is no longer so obvious." Chen Mingxiang said.
Such a big news cannot be hidden from the eyes and ears of the Army. In order to complete the matter smoothly, he has to make a deal with the Army intelligence agency. Eryu and Shifu are also aware of this. Otherwise, Chen Mingxiang will only give him one million US dollars.
Absolutely not enough.
"I'm very confident in your work. It doesn't matter. This batch of food is reserved food and will not be used until there is a food shortage. Moreover, the specific use must be decided by the military command department. It may be transported back to the mainland and used as a joint weapon.
Provisions for the fleet and headquarters." Kodama and Shifu smiled and said.
The payment of 15 million US dollars is placed in three large wooden boxes next to it. The volume is not small. For safety reasons, the Kodama Agency will send a car to the Mara Villa.
This amount of money is not a big amount for the entire Japanese Navy, but it is not a small amount either. It is equal to the cost of a Brooklyn-class artillery light cruiser of the U.S. Navy. Why does the Kodama Agency give it so readily?
In fact, this is not the military expenditure allocated by the Japanese government to the navy, but the reward obtained after the Pacific War broke out and the Japanese army occupied the public concession. It is the wealth gained from the war.
After all, the Marine Corps occupies half of the concession area, and they robbed a lot of currency alone. In addition, they moved in and plundered a large number of foreign nationals.
The Kodama Agency is an important agency of the Japanese Navy in China and controls a large amount of secret funds. The amount of money this navy spy chief has amassed in the Shanghai stock market is also extremely astonishing.
But he couldn't keep the navy's funds in his own pocket. Only by spending them could he gain benefits. Since the fleet headquarters had such a request, Kodama, Shifu and Makita Kakusaburo joined forces to operate it.
As the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. This is a very simple truth.
Various Japanese agencies in Shanghai include army and navy offices, intelligence agencies and military police agencies, while the Consulate General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs assumes the dual missions of the government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
These organizations have been working in one place for a long time. After enjoying a comfortable and prosperous life, it is very difficult to go back to the previous days.
This is often the case. Once there is a first time, there will be a second time. It is easier to get on the boat than to get off the boat. The mentality keeps changing as you put it in, and finally you can't take it anymore.
The first thing Chen Mingxiang did when he returned to Mara Villa was to quickly invite the speculators over for dinner, and he happily cashed in the $6 million rice payment. This also gave him a good reputation for being true to his word, and he quickly became popular in the country.
The grain industry was established.
More than 20 grain merchants, each gave a red envelope of 10,000 US dollars when they left, and he received another 260,000 US dollars. Wang Zhen was stunned to see this series of operations. It is so easy for some people to make money.
But it is the American currency known as the US dollar.
"Chen Jun, as far as I know, the price of the grain you purchased from speculators for the city government is very low. There are more than 800 Central Reserve Certificates per stone. Why is there such an amazing dividend?" Kinoshita Sakaeichi said a little bit.
He was dumbfounded. Although he was a military police major general, he had never seen so much foreign exchange.
The two suitcases in front of me were filled with U.S. dollars. It was roughly estimated that they were no less than one million. Chen Mingxiang's usual collection of money had increased with experience, and he could tell at a glance that it was almost the same.
But the problem is that such a large amount of money, converted into Japanese yen, is 4 million, which cannot be spent in several lifetimes. It is actually just a dividend given by Chen Mingxiang to the Military Police Headquarters. So what is going on with this business?
"General, I have to report something to you. The Imperial Navy's Fleet Command, through the Marine Corps Command and the Kodama Agency, has privately entrusted me to purchase 30,000 tons of rice as emergency food reserves, all in US dollars.
Come and settle the bill for me."
"Originally, I wanted to report in advance, but considering the complicated relationship between the army and the navy, it is better for you not to know, otherwise it will inevitably be embarrassing. Although I am a member of the military police, the navy is also an integral part of the empire, and the relationship is troubled.
It is too rigid and is not in the interests of the empire."
"When the food shortage problem broke out in the Shanghai stock market, I was responsible for negotiating with those speculators. I used the resources at their disposal to handle this commission. However, the price quoted to the Navy was very high, about two thousand yuan for one stone of China Reserve Bonds.
Rice.”
"What I didn't expect was that these speculators actually came up with 30,000 tons of rice under the pressure of the gendarmerie. Therefore, I decided to use the Consulate General in Shanghai, the May Agency, the Marine Corps and the gendarmerie to
, to share the huge profits brought by this food together, our military police will naturally take the largest share." Chen Mingxiang said.
