Meng Shaoyuan was right, leaving Shanghai was not that easy.
Moreover, it now seems that Lu Jianping's death may not be as unjust as imagined.
"Everyone." Meng Shaoyuan said frankly: "I came here today to make friends with you, so I explained so clearly why I wanted to kill Lu Jianping. I hope you can understand our difficulties. Shanghai is lost, and the Japanese army is rushing toward our capital. March, what is needed now is for all walks of life in our country to unite and fight together.
The industrial and commercial sector is the most important weapon of our country. In the future, the victory of the Anti-Japanese War and the construction of this country will still depend on the kings. Even if you leave now, where can you go? Hongkong? Nanyang? USA? If the country is gone, even if you go to the ends of the earth, what's the point? Where to go, you can make your own decision. "
These words can be considered sincere.
Li Ge asked: "Mr. Meng, I would like to take the liberty to ask, if we stay and someone among us becomes a traitor, such as me, what should Mr. Meng do?"
"I will kill them!" Meng Shaoyuan replied without hesitation: "I keep you all for the sake of the country, and I kill the traitors for the sake of the country."
"Mr. Meng sincerely does not deceive me." Li Ge looked serious: "Everyone, since Mr. Meng has told us this from the bottom of his heart today, I will also say this. Don't leave in a hurry. Shanghai has just fallen. If those of us in the industry , everyone fled in embarrassment, which not only damaged the image of Chinese industrialists, but also made people in Shanghai panic. I suggest that you wait a little longer and take another look, so that everyone can calm down."
Li Ge is the old president, with senior qualifications and high prestige. As long as he says so and is willing to stay in Shanghai, then half of the matter will be solved.
The rest of the people may still have doubts, but most of them will follow what Li Ge said, "Wait and take a look."
However, Meng Shaoyuan noticed that when Li Ge said those words, there was a clear eye contact, and it was facing his direction.
This look is definitely not for you, then it can only be for one person:
Cai Xuefei!
The reason why Li Ge so happily persuaded everyone to stay was not entirely because of Meng Shaoyuan's words. Cai Xuefei had already done some work before coming here.
The atmosphere of the dinner was not so awkward, Cai Xuefei greeted everyone and enjoyed themselves.
Some people quietly discussed staying there and what to do in the future. Some people were talking about what to do if the Japanese came to threaten me.
After more than two hours, the guests left one after another.
Li Ge, Qiang Cangyuan and Dong Kuozhao stayed.
Yes, something must be wrong.
Meng Shaoyuan guessed it at a glance.
Cai Xuefei invited them to the living room and served coffee.
"Tell me, if you have anything to do with me." Meng Shaoyuan didn't want to waste time, so he asked straight to the point.
Li Ge was startled, then smiled and said: "Mrs. Qiangwei warned us before that we must be frank when talking to you and not go around in circles. It seems that this statement is true."
Stop giving me such a high hat.
It is definitely not an easy matter for you three Shanghai business tycoons to come forward together.
"Shaoyuan, they really encountered difficulties this time." Cai Xuefei said at the side: "Before the war broke out, Shanghai and Nanjing were close to each other, and the business circles in the two places also had close exchanges."
Qiang Cangyuan said: "The Battle of Songhu broke out, and we had frequent telegram exchanges with Nanjing, constantly reporting the battle situation in Shanghai. At first, we thought that Shanghai could be held, and told our Nanjing counterparts not to worry. Once Shanghai was lost, the Japanese army continued to attack Nanjing is advancing, and Nanjing is in danger. Most of the factories and machines that were traveling with Nanjing have been evacuated, but their people and families are still staying in Nanjing. If not even one of them can be saved..."
Meng Shaoyuan understood.
Tang Shengzhi still had to blame him. In order to show his determination to hold Nanjing, he ordered the First Army Commander Hu Zongnan's troops to strictly guard the Yangtze River route and not allow one soldier to leave Nanjing and cross the river.
As a result, a large number of people were stranded in Nanjing.
When Tang Shengzhi finally realized that Nanjing could no longer hold its ground and issued a retreat order in a hurry, Hu Zongnan's First Army headquarters was still in Chuzhou, and the order had no time to reach the north bank, which resulted in the tragedy of Nanjing's evacuation.
Waste.
Meng Shaoyuan cursed bitterly in his heart.
"Mr. Meng." Secretary-General Dong Kuozhao said with a bit of expectation in his voice: "Right now, we are still barely in contact with Nanjing. The waterway is impassable. What about the land route? We can't come to Shanghai. The Japanese army has occupied Suzhou and is approaching Wuxi, Changshu, etc. Land, there is also a dead end. All our colleagues are trapped in Nanjing, unable to advance or retreat.
They asked us for help in telegrams, but what can we business people do? I have no choice but to ask Mrs. Qiangwei to discuss it. She has a wide range of contacts and invites many people, so she may be able to find a solution. When Mrs. Qiangwei heard this, she immediately recommended you to us, saying that if you are willing to help, you will definitely be able to find a way. Please, Mr. Meng. "
Put simply.
Nanjing has been completely sealed off. Only people are allowed in but not allowed out. What can I do?
"Mr. Meng, we are determined not to let your hard work go in vain." Li Ge took out a check from his pocket: "Here is 300,000 US dollars deposited in HSBC Bank, which was jointly raised by my colleagues in Shanghai, Nanjing and other places. It is specially used to handle evacuation matters and is now handed over to Mr. Meng. If it is not enough, Mr. Meng can just ask."
Good guy, three hundred thousand dollars. In this day and age, it’s a dazzling sum of money!
These businessmen are really rich. Even though the Japanese have now occupied Shanghai, life for Chinese businessmen is difficult, but a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Judging from their tone, it is still easy to get three hundred thousand US dollars.
It is certainly difficult to evacuate from Nanjing, but what kind of person is Master Meng?
When you see money, you will be happy to do anything for you.
The question is, how should we evacuate?
Meng Shaoyuan was pondering there, but Li Ge and others misunderstood: "Mr. Meng, we also know that it is very difficult to accomplish this thing, and we really have no choice. If Mr. Meng can successfully rescue them, from now on Since then, the business circles in Shanghai and Nanjing have only followed Mr. Meng’s lead.”
Um?
This condition sounds more attractive than three hundred thousand dollars.
Although he was just talking about being presumptuous, he had done them such a big favor. If he came to them for anything in the future, they would definitely consider it again, right?
No wonder Li Ge would speak for him, he had such a big problem waiting for him.
Meng Shaoyuan pondered: "Approximately how many people are there."
"There are always two to three hundred people including their families."
What?
Two or three hundred people?
Meng Shaoyuan was shocked.
I thought there were only a dozen or at most dozens of people, so I could let the agents try to cover them out.
How to deal with such a large number of people now?
"Two or three hundred people?" Meng Shaoyuan could only smile bitterly: "The target is so big, even if I can barely get them out of Nanjing, what should I do next? The land route will definitely be impassable, there is only water route. The problem is that the national army has blocked the river and is not allowed to Any ship leaves. Well, even if I figure out a way, what if I encounter Japanese warships along the way?"
Difficult, difficult.
"Shao Yuan." Cai Xuefei said, "You will find a way."
Is there any way? Sister, do you think too highly of me?
Three hundred thousand US dollars and the allegiance of the business communities in Shanghai and Nanjing.
That's not all.
The above-mentioned leadership of Shanghai's industrial and commercial circles can have an influence that can radiate to Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
This is definitely a big fat piece of meat.
It is not that easy to get Meng Shaoyuan to spit out the fat in his mouth.
"I'll do my best." Meng Shaoyuan gritted his teeth.
"Thank you, thank you very much."
Li Ge and the other three were overjoyed.
It seems that as long as Meng Shaoyuan agrees, everything will be fine.
Meng Shaoyuan could only smile bitterly.
…
"Shaoyuan, thank you very much this time."
As soon as Li Ge and the others left, Cai Xuefei said: "I know that Nanjing is currently blocked on all sides, and it is very difficult to get so many people to come out, but we really have no other way."
"Don't thank me in a hurry. I haven't thought of what to do." Meng Shaoyuan only felt a headache: "Nanjing is not just blocked on all sides, but has become a death place. Not to mention those businessmen, even officials now It’s hard to think about it. It’s chaos, everything is chaos, there are two to three hundred people, it’s nerve-racking for me to think about it.”
"You'll find a way."
Who would have thought that Cai Xuefei's words were full of confidence in Meng Shaoyuan: "When you escorted Huang Jin, you killed people in anger and allowed Huang Jin to arrive in Sichuan safely. Later, you made a big fuss in Shanghai, which changed the situation in Shanghai. In my opinion , there is nothing in this world that you cannot do.”
No, don't put your hat on my head.
"Shaoyuan." Cai Xuefei said seriously: "If you can accomplish this, not only will the business community in Shanghai and Nanjing owe you a huge favor, I also owe you a favor. If you want to repay it in the future, just ask."
I want you to pledge yourself to me, will you?
Yep, all favors are just words, and when it comes time to repay them, there will be a lot of resistance.
Master Meng is not a fool. If it were not for the three hundred thousand US dollars, he would definitely not agree: "Okay, I will think of a way. Anyway, I am also planning to go to Nanjing."
"You want to go to Nanjing in person?" Cai Xuefei was surprised: "You just said it yourself, it's a dead place."
"I have to go to the place of death." Meng Shaoyuan said calmly: "Who am I? A secret agent, the more dangerous the place, the more I have to go. There are still so many things that have not been dealt with."
Go, yes go, it's hard to say whether you can come back alive.
…
"He is really an amazing person." Cai Xuefei murmured after sending Meng Shaoyuan away. When she turned around, she was shocked when she saw Butler Qiu's appearance: "Butler Qiu, why is your lip broken? There's still something on your ear. Blood?"
Butler Qiu sneered: "It's just to win glory for the country. Finally, I fulfilled my mission. The black butler's eyes were also swollen by me."
…
"Alau, what's going on with you? What's wrong with your eyes?"
"Master, that damn Qiu, but I didn't embarrass the master, I also taught him a lesson!"
What are you talking about?
