Hearing Lu Chengzhou's words, Li Wanliang and Chen Deming looked at each other and smiled.
"Brothers, did I say something wrong?" Lu Chengzhou saw their expressions and knew that the reason he was looking for should be more appropriate.
"No, no, Brother Lu, if you had told me earlier, all the goods in your hands would have turned into money now." Chen Deming picked up an elbow and said with a smile.
Before, he felt a little embarrassed eating Lu Chengzhou's food.
However, Lu Chengzhou wanted to buy some Japanese goods in Yangcun, and he could help, so of course he could eat with peace of mind.
The smuggling, hoarding and sale of Japanese goods in Haigu are mainly concentrated in places such as Tanggu Wharf, Yangcun, Beicang and Yangliuqing.
Yangcun is Chen Deming's territory. Not only does Lu Chengzhou want to buy some Japanese goods, even if he wants to monopolize the Japanese goods market in Yangcun, he can do it.
"Really?" Lu Chengzhou said in surprise.
"Since we are all brothers, I won't hide it from you. However, students have been causing trouble recently, and workers at the docks and warehouses have been bewitched by them. These days, goods imported from Japan can only be transported secretly." Li Wanliang also said
I picked up a piece of meat and ate it.
"As the saying goes, you can gain wealth through risk. The more you do it, the more money you can make." Lu Chengzhou said disapprovingly.
His original intention was just to associate with Chen Deming and Li Wanliang and get to know some officers and soldiers who were passively anti-Japanese and even had pro-Japanese tendencies.
As for whether he could do business, Lu Chengzhou didn't even consider it.
Previously, when the Nationalist Government issued legal tender and carried out policy reforms, Lu Chengzhou had a profound experience with the dumping of Japanese goods in the country.
Lu Chengzhou knew that some patriotic students specially performed a drama: "Foreign Sugar" in order to publicize their opposition to Japanese smuggling.
Some students also composed a song against smuggling:
Smuggled goods are so cheap,
Crooked businessman, pictured yesterday.
But let me ask you,
How much do you earn from selling a piece of cloth?
You know the enemy has taken your money,
Immediately become their bullets.
One by one, one by one,
I will hit you in the heart in the future!
…………
In the future, I will bring bombs to kill you!
Students often sing this song, so much so that Lu Chengzhou has heard it many times.
From the bottom of his heart, Lu Chengzhou was against smuggling.
However, in order to work, he had to support smuggling and even participate in smuggling.
"Brother Lu has a unique vision and will definitely achieve great things. Let me toast you first and wish you a prosperous business." Chen Deming said with a smile.
"I still need to rely on my two eldest brothers to take care of me. From now on, as long as it is my business and there is a profit, the two eldest brothers will get 10% of it." Lu Chengzhou said.
He has no intention of doing business and has never done business. Dealing with people is his specialty.
"Really?" Chen Deming took it seriously. He was the deputy captain of the Yangcun Security Brigade and had long wanted to make some extra money.
However, these business people are all as smart as ghosts. They can give some small favors, but if they want to have a good meal, they are not available.
Chen Deming hated these profiteers with itch, but there was nothing he could do.
The Thirty-Eighth Division is very strict in military management. If he stretches his hand too far, military discipline will not spare him.
"Of course it's true, but I don't have much capital now, so I can only start from a small age." Lu Chengzhou said.
"With foreigners behind you, there's nothing you can't do." When Li Wanliang heard that there was a 10% profit, the delicacies on the table no longer had the same appeal to him as before.
"Brothers, if I pick up goods here, who should I pay attention to in the security team?" Lu Chengzhou asked.
"Currently, there are too many people to pay attention to. In the security brigade, except for a few of us, everyone else must be careful. Recently, students have been very violent. Under the banner of anti-Japanese and patriotic, they see the Japanese
The goods will be blocked and may even be burned on the spot." Li Wanliang reminded.
"Isn't there no one to care about these students?" Lu Chengzhou sighed.
"Who dares to take care of it? Mr. Zhang is very supportive of the students' ideas, even secretly." Chen Deming sighed.
"What is the captain of the Yangcun Security Brigade's attitude towards students?" Lu Chengzhou asked.
"Are you talking about Liu Yongcai? This kid is from Commander Zhang. He is originally from the secret service camp. He is a popular person next to the commander. What do you think his attitude will be?" Chen Deming said angrily.
This year the Haigu Security Force has expanded its scale, and all the 38th Division's special agent battalions have been integrated into the Security Force.
Liu Yongcai was originally the company commander of the special agent battalion, and he was transferred to Yangcun not long ago to serve as the team leader.
"I know." Lu Chengzhou poured a glass of wine for Chen Deming and Li Wanliang each.
Generally speaking, the Yangcun Security Brigade was still active in resisting Japan.
When leaving Yangcun, Lu Chengzhou took away two large bags of white sugar. Together with Lu Chengzhou, he called two rickshaws and brought him back to the British Concession.
These items are in short supply and should be easy to sell.
However, Lu Chengyi was thinking about what to do with all the sugar on the way.
He is not a businessman, and these commodities that are in short supply in the eyes of others are a burden to him.
"Sir, where are you going?" The driver of the cart turned to Lu Chengzhou after entering the British Concession.
"Let's go to Route 51." Lu Chengzhou thought for a while, he couldn't drag these two big bags of sugar back to the dormitory. They weighed four hundred kilograms.
Road No. 51 is under Lu Chengzhou's jurisdiction. There are several grocery stores here. Lu Chengzhou asked the driver to stop at Zhang Ji's grocery store.
The grocery store was closed. Lu Chengzhou walked over and knocked hard on the door.
After a while, a voice came from inside: "Who is it? What's the matter? Let's wait until tomorrow to buy things."
"I am Lu Chengzhou." Lu Chengzhou said loudly.
"Officer Lu? Wait a moment, we'll be here soon." Zhang Zeyuan, who was inside, heard Lu Chengzhou's voice and said hurriedly.
"Officer Lu, it's so late, what's wrong?" Zhang Zeyuan asked nervously after opening a store door.
"Do you want sugar here?" Lu Chengzhou walked in and asked in a low voice.
"White sugar? I don't have much here." Zhang Zeyuan didn't hear clearly, thinking that Lu Chengzhou wanted to buy sugar.
"I'm asking you, do you accept white sugar? There are four hundred kilograms outside. If you want it, I'll sell it all to you." Lu Chengzhou raised his voice and said.
"Collect it, collect it, it's only four hundred kilograms. It's hard for a small shop to come up with so much money at once." Zhang Zeyuan looked embarrassed.
Sugar is a hot commodity, and you can turn it into money as soon as you get it.
He quickly estimated in his mind that if he had four hundred kilograms of sugar, he could supply sugar to the entire No. 51 Road immediately.
"Take it first and then talk about it, sell it and then give me money." Lu Chengzhou said nonchalantly, as long as there is a place to put the sugar, he doesn't care whether Zhang Zeyuan pays him or not.
Anyway, this money is considered as activity expenses, and he has to apply for reimbursement from Kawasaki Hiroshi.
Lu Chengzhou asked the rickshaw driver to help carry the sugar into Zhang Ji's grocery store. He clapped his hands, paid the fare, and took the first rickshaw back.
