Wen Jianmin listened to Lu Chengzhou's suggestion and prepared to follow the same example and let the students change their impression of him.
However, when he was about to tell Xiao Dianrong the so-called news, he found that no one could be found at all.
During this period, students from Haigu universities and middle schools stopped activities in Ningyuan at all.
In desperation, Wen Jianmin had no choice but to go to law and business school.
However, Wen Jianmin did not find Xiao Dianrong at the Law and Business School.
Wen Jianmin was so depressed that he had to squat outside the Law and Business School.
Finally, he guarded Xiao Dianrong.
"Classmate Xiao, I just heard the news that the detective team is preparing to arrest you, as well as some other more active classmates." Wen Jianmin took out a piece of paper with a list of names on it and said nervously.
"Really?" Xiao Dianrong took the note, glanced at it, and said "surprised".
The names on this note all appeared in Ningyuan.
However, they were just gathering, and at most they were commenting on current affairs, and they had not yet committed any anti-government behavior.
Even if they are really caught, they will only spend a few days in jail and will eventually be released.
Wen Jianmin's behavior was just to please or make amends.
"Didn't the First Branch fail to catch you last time? The case was handed over to the detective team. When I hear the news, I will inform you right away." Wen Jianmin said.
"Thank you very much. I will immediately notify the students to take shelter." Xiao Dianrong held Wen Jianmin's hand and said gratefully.
"It's just a little effort." Wen Jianmin said with a smile.
After Xiao Dianrong left in a hurry, the stone in Wen Jianmin's heart finally fell to the ground.
The list he gave Wen Jianmin basically showed up in Ningyuan.
In the next few days, Wen Jianmin went to Ningyuan several times, but basically saw no students.
Wen Jianmin suddenly discovered that he had given too many lists, and everyone stopped showing up in order to avoid being hit.
The student didn't show up, and Wen Jianmin had nothing to do.
He made a special trip to the British Concession again, and Lu Chengzhou had some contact with the students.
After all, Cheng Ruian and Ma Yuzhen have been his friends since childhood.
This made Wen Jianmin feel a little relieved. As long as Lu Chengzhou got in, his mission could be completed.
"Those students have suddenly become very mysterious these days, and I only see them occasionally. Did something happen?" Lu Chengzhou asked.
"This is all my fault. I gave Xiao Dianrong a list a few days ago and lied to him that the Public Security Bureau was taking action." Wen Jianmin sighed.
"No wonder, Brother Wen, I'm not telling you, your move is a bit stinky, it's just an imitation of others." Lu Chengzhou sighed.
"I regret it too." Wen Jianmin looked remorseful. He just wanted to restore his image quickly, but he didn't expect that going too far would be worse than wrong.
Lu Chengzhou didn't say much in front of Wen Jianmin, but in the information he gave to Nozaki, he expressed his thoughts: the students had already suspected Wen Jianmin.
"After all, Wen Jianmin had no professional training. He used a pseudonym at the beginning, which did not let the students feel his sincerity. Fortunately, the Railway successfully contacted the students." Nozaki said after meeting Hiroshi Kawasaki.
"In that case, let Wen Jianmin withdraw." Kawasaki Hiroshi sighed.
However, when Kawasaki Hiroshi told Wen Jianmin to withdraw, Wen Jianmin became anxious.
"Teacher Kawasaki, even if students have doubts about me, they are not sure that I still have a chance."
"We only need to monitor students' ideological trends. Even if they are anti-Japanese, the Chinese government will come forward." Kawasaki Hiroshi shook his head.
He didn't really appreciate Wen Jianmin's abilities.
The only thing worthy of recognition is Wen Jianmin's loyalty to Japan.
Lu Chengzhou reported the situation he had to Chen Shiguang through Yang Yushan.
At the same time, he reported to Liu Youjun separately regarding his contact with Wen Jianmin.
With Yang Yushan as a liaison, Lu Chengzhou no longer needs to report to Liu Youjun for general information.
After receiving Lu Chengzhou's report, Chen Shiguang will let Liu Youjun sort out the relevant information.
However, today Lu Chengzhou suddenly received a coded message from Liu Youjun, asking to meet with him.
"The country will implement currency reform, and you have to find ways to collect reactions from all parties in Japan." Liu Youjun said solemnly.
This task cannot be conveyed through Chen Shiguang and can only be assigned by him himself.
"Currency reform?" Lu Chengzhou said in surprise.
"Yes, there is a lot of national currency now, the price of silver is rising internationally, and the prices of imported goods are very cheap, which is a heavy blow to our country's industry and agriculture. If there is no reform, our country's economic system will collapse.
Liu Youjun said with a worried look.
The rise in silver prices in the world market has dealt a heavy blow to China, which is still on the silver standard.
Since the price of silver in the international market is much higher than the price of domestic silver dollars, foreign banks in China have purchased silver dollars in China and shipped them to New York and London for arbitrage, resulting in a large outflow of Chinese silver.
It turns out that since 1926, China's silver inflow has always been greater than its outflow, and the money supply has been abundant.
Starting in 1932, Chinese silver began to flow out.
In 1934, affected by the U.S. silver policy, China's currency outflow reached 227 million silver dollars.
From the second half of 1934 to the beginning of 1935 alone, the number of silver dollars in circulation in Shanghai decreased by a total of 230 million yuan.
Except for a small part that flows into the mainland, the rest are all shipped to London or the United States.
"Foreign goods are cheaper than domestic ones. Isn't it a good thing for the people?" Lu Chengzhou has no research on economics. His specialty is espionage.
Lu Chengzhou believes that as long as it benefits the common people, it is a good thing.
"The reason why imported goods are cheap now is because the international price of silver has increased, so they exchange the goods for silver dollars. One day, our country will have no silver dollars, so how can we buy goods? You may not have noticed that currently domestic factories and enterprises,
There have been many bankruptcies," Liu Youjun said.
He actually didn't understand it very well, but he was in a different position and had access to more information than Lu Chengzhou.
Faced with a flood of silver outflows, the Nationalist Government began to impose silver export tariffs and balancing taxes on October 15, 1934 to reduce silver exports.
On October 16, a Foreign Exchange Market Leveling Committee was established to intervene in the foreign exchange market when necessary to stabilize the price level of the foreign exchange market.
The committee entrusts the central bank to buy and sell foreign exchange and gold and silver based on market conditions. The flat market fund comes from the silver balance tax levied by the government and the Ministry of Finance.
However, these measures failed to fundamentally solve China's silver outflow problem, and instead promoted the prevalence of silver smuggling.
In particular, the Japanese government deliberately smuggled silver in the occupied areas in order to combat the financial policies of the Nationalist government. As a result, the amount of silver dollar smuggling reached as high as 150-230 million yuan in 1935.
Smuggling may seem to provide the public with cheap goods for a while, but in the long run, it is fatal to China's economy.
"I never thought about it this way before." Lu Chengzhou seemed to understand.
"I have data here. In 1934, 510 industrial and commercial enterprises closed down in Shanghai. After this year, the number of bankrupt enterprises has reached a terrifying 1,065. If this continues, in a few years, will there still be industrial and commercial enterprises in our country?
Liu Youjun sighed and said.
"In other words, currency reform is imperative." Lu Chengzhou was shocked by this data.
