A black Nissan car was parked on the side of the road under the streetlight.
A young man in a suit and top hat knocked on the door of Hyoutaro Imamura's villa.
This person is Su Wenxi's secretary.
Su Wenxi watched his secretary bow respectfully to Kogoro Imamura.
The two said a few words, and Imamura Kogoro seemed to glance towards the car. Su Wenxi subconsciously nodded and bent down, and then realized that he was sitting in the car.
When I looked again, Imamura Kogoro had already entered and the door had been closed.
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"Mayor, Your Excellency Imamura is receiving guests." The secretary jogged back and reported.
"Xiao Xu, did Mr. Kogoro tell you when Mr. Imamura will end his visit?" Su Wenxi asked immediately.
Xiao Xu shook his head, he didn't know.
"Stupid, you can't ask." Su Wenxi cursed.
Xiao Xu lowered his head and was being scolded. The problem was that he didn't dare to ask.
"Mayor, I told Mr. Kogoro that the mayor requested to meet with Mr. Imamura, and you can do it any time later." Xiao Xu said quickly.
"What did Mr. Kogoro say?" Su Wenxi asked immediately.
"When he heard that you, the mayor, were visiting, he readily agreed and said that he might have to trouble you to wait for a long time." Xiao Xu said.
"Mr. Kogoro is so polite." Su Wenxi said happily with a smile on her face.
Xiao Xu smiled flatteringly, "Mayor, you have a lot of face. Rumor has it that Mr. Imamura Kogoro is deeply trusted by His Excellency Hyōtaro Imamura. His status is not low. Many people don't buy his face, but he is still polite to you." Be polite."
The actual situation was very different from what he said. After he presented the gift note from the mayor, Mr. Kogoro managed to squeeze out a smile, and the original words were translated: Mayor Su is willing to wait, just wait. Come on, be quiet and don't disturb the gentleman's visit.
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Hearing this, Su Wenxi showed a somewhat smug smile on his face.
"You tell Mr. Kogoro, I won't go in and disturb you, and I'll wait outside." Su Wenxi asked.
"I told you." Xiao Xu said quickly, "Mr. Kogoro repeatedly invited you to come in and wait. I postponed it for you. I said it was inconvenient to disturb Mr. Imamura's meeting with guests. It's the same as waiting outside."
"Well, you did a good job." Su Wenxi nodded with satisfaction and rolled up the window.
The car window closed, also closing the smile on his face.
He, Mr. Su, is not a fool. He knows his current situation and the Japanese will not be so polite to him.
However, he could only pretend not to hear it.
Even Yu Xiaoxu was pretending not to know that he, the mayor of the Avenue City Government, had guessed the 'truth'.
Nothing else, the emperor's new clothes, save face.
Su Wenxi sighed and frowned.
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"Teacher, if we can recruit all the people on the list, it will be of great help to the empire in controlling Shanghai." Cheng Qianfan put down the list and said in an excited tone.
"These people include celebrities from the cultural world, celebrities from the education sector, celebrities from the business community, inspectors with extensive connections in the concession, gang members from the Shanghai Bund, well-known lawyers, various business leaders, as well as apartments in the countryside, Politicians." Cheng Qianfan became more and more excited as he spoke, "Teacher, who drew up this list? It's absolutely brilliant!"
Hyōtaro Imamura smiled reservedly and took a sip of tea.
Cheng Qianfan was surprised with a sudden realization, and then a bit ashamed, "Students are really stupid. They should have thought of such a broad and highly targeted list. No one else except the teacher can do it." Everything is covered.”
"Kentaro, you are so cunning." Hyōtaro Imamura said with a smile, "You know I drafted the list, and you deliberately flattered the teacher."
"Kentaro disagrees with what the teacher said." Cheng Qianfan said sternly, "As the saying goes, elders and teachers do not avoid relatives when they recommend talents. In the same way, students should not be afraid of being misunderstood as flattery, but should sincerely respect the teacher. and admiration hidden in the heart.”
"This list is truly wonderful. The more the students think about it, the more amazed they become." Cheng Qianfan's extremely serious expression contained a hint of a student's intimate smile towards the teacher, "I can't help myself, I can't boast. When he praised the teacher, Kentaro felt uncomfortable."
"You, you." Hyōtaro Imamura laughed.
He pointed at Cheng Qianfan, "Then tell me, what are the wonderful features?"
Cheng Qianfan looked at the smiling Hyoutarou Imamura and immediately understood in his heart:
This means that you haven’t been praised yet, so don’t stop.
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"Teacher, please take a look." Cheng Qianfan pointed to a name on the list, "Li Guojie, this person is the eldest grandson of Li Zhongtang of the former Qing Dynasty. He has a good background. He has a lot of connections behind him, including many Beiyang warlords and old politicians. For the sake of Li Zhongtang, I take good care of Li Guojie."
"My subordinates have seen the files related to Li Guojie in the patrol room. When Li Guojie was arrested and imprisoned by the government, it is said that Duan Zhiquan personally interceded with Chang Kaishen, and Chang Kaishen was forced to release Li Guojie."
There were rumors about this incident at the beginning. It was rumored that the government was interested in Li Guojie's investment bureau and initially said that it would send someone to supervise the investment bureau.
Li Guojie did not resist the pressure and agreed.
However, he soon realized that the government not only wanted to supervise, but also wanted to swallow up his investment plan.
The grievances and frictions between him and General Zhao, the man sent by the government, are getting bigger and bigger. The latter has almost monopolized power in the China Merchants Bureau.
In this case, Li Guojie could no longer bear it, and he went to Wang Yajiu.
Wang Yajiu was very interested in killing Chang Kaishen and agreed without saying a word.
Soon, Wang Yajiu sent someone to kill the general manager named Zhao.
Chang Kaishen was furious and ordered the arrest of Li Guojie.
He was arrested, but it took two or three years of interrogation to get the result. The reason was that old Beiyang warlords, politicians and other remnants of Li Zhongtang came out to lobby.
With the result and sentence, Duan Zhiquan came out to plead for mercy in person, and Chang Kaishen had to hold his nose and let him go.
"This man has an extraordinary background and has been implicated in many Chinese warlords and politicians. Even Duan Zhiquan and Marshal Wu from the north also take good care of Li Guojie. In addition, he has an old grudge against Chang Kaishen." Cheng Qianfan became more and more excited as he spoke, his eyes shining brightly, "Teacher, I think this person is indeed an excellent candidate to win over."
"If we can persuade Li Guojie to surrender to the empire, it will affect the whole body. It will have a lot of role model and influence on the empire to win over more Chinese warlords and politicians." Cheng Qianfan said with admiration.
He was really sighing.
This list was drawn up by Imamura Hyōtaro himself. The more he studied it, the more it sent shivers down his spine.
The most typical representative is Li Guojie, who has become somewhat quiet after resigning from the post of chairman and general manager of the China Shipping Merchants Group.
Even the Secret Service of Lixingshe ignored this person. Dai Chunfeng sent a message to the Shanghai Station of the Secret Service and the Shanghai Special Investigation Team, listing a partial list of people who needed attention, asking for more attention to prevent these people from defecting to Japan.
These are all influential and famous celebrities in Shanghai and even in China. Some of them have ambiguous attitudes. Once these people defect to the Japanese, the impact will be extremely bad.
However, Li Guojie, who has been quite quiet recently, is not on this list.
"Kentaro, you work very hard and are very good." Imamura Hyoutarou nodded happily.
Not only was Miyazaki Kentaro's analysis clear and sound, but what he valued more was Miyazaki Kentaro's familiarity with the patrol room files. This shows that Miyazaki Kentaro is very diligent and hardworking.
Especially when all this is the result of his careful teaching.
As a teacher, he was very pleased.
Cheng Qianfan was considering whether to choose an opportunity to make some excuses and inquire about Japan's progress in recruiting Li Guojie and other important people on the list.
At this time, Imamura Kogoro went upstairs carrying a thermos bottle.
"Mr. Kogoro is only half a master, so why bother?" Cheng Qianfan took the thermos bottle and rushed to work.
"Kentaro is my student and one of my own." Imamura Hyoutarou also said with a smile.
"Haha, then I'll take this opportunity to be lazy." Imamura Kogoro said with a smile, but a trace of undetectable surprise flashed in his eyes. He didn't expect that Kentaro Miyazaki would gain Hyoutarou's trust so much.
"Who came just now?" Imamura Hyōtaro asked, after the doorbell rang.
"Mayor Su Wenxi of the Daido City Government came to visit." Kogoro Imamura said.
Cheng Qianfan put down the thermos bottle, and he keenly noticed that the corners of Kogoro Imamura's lips were slightly raised when he spoke. This was a scornful smile, which was obviously contempt for the so-called mayor of the Shanghai Provisional Municipal Government.
