"Chairman."
Uchida Daixiang, who had been promoted to the manager of Zhengjin Bank Shanghai Branch, hurriedly walked in: "There is someone here to deposit 500,000 yen."
"Five million yen? That's a lot of money."
Shi Daokuan raised his head.
This financial professional and secret agent who lost his beloved son finally barely recovered from his grief after the death of his son Shidao. From then on, he devoted all his energy to fighting for the empire.
Especially when Japan occupied Shanghai, he fell into a kind of fanaticism. He blamed all the death of Shi Dao on the Chinese.
He vowed to make China completely surrender to the feet of the Japanese Empire.
Uchida Daixiang whispered: "I personally received the other party, but when I counted them, I found that all the 500,000 yen were counterfeit bills."
"What? Are all counterfeit banknotes?" Shi Daokuan frowned.
Half a million dollars in counterfeit bills!
This is an astonishingly huge number.
Recently, some counterfeit banknotes have been discovered in Shanghai. They are very professionally made and require professionals to distinguish them.
This quickly attracted the attention of Japan.
After all, the lethality of counterfeit banknotes is definitely no less than that of an elite army.
Zhengjin Bank has also received requests to assist in the investigation of counterfeit banknotes.
However, Shi Daohuan did not hold out too much hope.
Who would be crazy enough to come to a bank and use counterfeit money?
But today this happened.
And even more incredible is:
A total of half a million yen in counterfeit bills!
"Half a million yen, that's too much." Ishishima Hiro murmured.
"This person has been here before." Uchida Daixiang said quickly: "Our staff recognized him. The first time he came, he deposited 500 yuan and he can speak fluent Japanese."
"Is the five hundred yuan real or fake?"
"Really, it's all true."
How is this going?
"Because the amount of five hundred thousand yuan is too large and it takes a lot of time to count it, I have enough excuses to keep him." Uchida Daixiang continued: "I have arranged for him in the VIP room, and he and his The person who came had no suspicion whatsoever. Also, except for a few of the counterfeit banknotes he brought that seemed to be well-made, the rest had some flaws.
The key problem is that even those on the surface cannot be distinguished by non-professionals. The workmanship is exquisite and has reached a very professional level. Mr. Chairman, I think this is the scariest thing. Once such counterfeit banknotes flow into the market on a large scale, the damage to the empire's economy will be huge. "
"You bastard." Shi Daohuan's face looked very ugly: "Fifty million, such a huge number, and he dared to go to the empire's bank to deposit it unscrupulously. Immediately notify Inspector Nakano, detain this person immediately, and request Colonel Matsumoto’s assistance!”
Uchida Daixiang hesitated for a moment: "Chairman, Colonel Matsumoto Nitsugi belongs to the Ministry of War. Should we report this matter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs first?"
"Is it another contradiction?" Shi Daokuan sneered: "China is so huge, why is it not a rival of the Japanese Empire? It is because they have many internal factions, and successive years of civil war have greatly consumed them. Is it possible that Japan will follow in its footsteps? ?"
This is not to say that Shi Daokuan's consciousness is very high.
But since his son died, all his thoughts have been on how to avenge his son.
As for the Army, Navy and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it has nothing to do with him.
"Okay, I'll do it right away."
Uchida Daixiang sighed.
The chairman is working too hard.
What to do with one's life...
…
Lu Xiuzhu was completely frightened.
Five hundred thousand yen would not be ready in a short while, and of course he knew this.
Zhengjin Bank was also very polite to him and the people he brought. He invited them to the VIP room and served them tea and cigarettes.
Two people were sent to count the money.
And sitting opposite them, they could clearly see that the bank had not done anything.
Manager Uchida even had a conversation with them and then went to the bathroom.
However, in the middle of the order, a detective suddenly appeared in the VIP room with several police officers, and then pointed at the money and asked:
"These are all yours."
"Yes." Lu Xiuzhu tried to calm down: "Is there any problem?"
"These are all counterfeit banknotes!"
When Taro Nakano said these words, Lu Xiuzhu's head exploded with a bang.
…
Taro Nakano worked as a detective in the Shanghai Public Settlement for six years.
In the Japanese overseas community, he handled many cases and almost all were successfully solved.
There is only one case that always bothers him:
The Great Bank Robbery.
The case was never solved.
The most suspected suspect, Xue Sanqiang, was shot dead by the Nationalist Government. Taro Nakano once tried to intervene in Xue Sanqiang's investigation, but was sternly rejected by the National Government.
He doesn't have much evidence about the robbers:
Cigarette boxes, snacks coated with mustard... and a series of mysterious numbers...
He believed that if he could not solve the robbery during his tenure, it would be the biggest stain on his career as a detective in Shanghai.
He was about to leave his post. He once applied to his superiors to stay in Shanghai for another two years, but his superiors refused.
It doesn't matter, even if he returns to Japan, he will not give up.
What he didn't expect was that before he left office, he would handle such a huge case:
Five hundred thousand yen counterfeit bill case!
Shocking case!
That will leave a lasting mark on your career.
The interrogation began immediately and almost without stopping.
The suspect can speak very fluent Japanese, which makes the interrogation work a lot easier.
"Tell me, where do these counterfeit bills come from?"
Dense sweat poured down Lu Xiuzhu's head.
You can't say it, you can't say it, it will make you lose your head.
"boom".
The interrogation room was kicked out.
Matsumoto Hitsugu walked in.
"Matsumoto-dono." Nakano Taro stood up hurriedly.
"Do you have any explanation?" Matsumoto Hitsugu asked as soon as he came in.
"Not yet, we are investigating as soon as possible."
"Yeah?"
Matsumoto Nitsuji came to Lu Xiuzhu and stared at him coldly: "Name."
silence.
Matsumoto Hitsugu smiled.
Suddenly, two slaps came up.
Lu Xiuzhu was completely stunned.
"Fifty thousand counterfeit bills." Matsumoto Nitsugi sneered: "You are dead. This is a blatant provocation to the Empire of Japan. This is the most serious crime. There is no need for any interrogation, and you will be shot immediately!"
"No!" Lu Xiuzhu screamed heartbreakingly: "Don't kill me, don't kill me, I say, I say it all. My name is Lu Xiuzhu, these money are Jin Badou, Wan Bozhong, Lu Lian Yi and Sheng Cangbin gave it to me."
"Who are they?" Matsumoto Renji asked with a frown.
Taro Nakano knew them well and gave a rough introduction to the life experiences of these four people.
"Some gangsters." Matsumoto Hitsugu said with a cold face, "Keep talking."
"Yes, yes." Lu Xiuzhu was extremely frightened: "This is just part of it. There are a total of three million yen in counterfeit bills!"
Matsumoto Nitsugi and Nakano Taro gasped at the same time.
Three million yen!
This is an astonishing number.
Once this batch of counterfeit banknotes flows into the market, how much damage will it cause to the economy of the Empire of Japan?
"Sir Matsumoto." Taro Nakano whispered: "We have found some counterfeit banknotes in the market before, but we have never found the source. I think maybe it has something to do with this?"
Matsumoto Hitsugu nodded: "You, continue."
At this time, Lu Xiuzhu only wanted to save his own life: "After Jin Badou and the others got the money, they asked me to deposit more than half of it in the bank, because they were worried that the amount would be too huge to attract attention. , so I decided to deposit it in batches.”
"Where is the rest of the money?"
"They are all in Jin Badou's house. The rest of them have also been sent to guard them together."
"Where did this money come from?"
"A Japanese woman sold it to us."
"Japanese woman?"
"Yes." Lu Xiuzhu felt that he should take out the amulet: "Ms. Bailian."
"Ms. Bailian? Which Ms. Bailian."
"The famous Yanagihara Byakuren of the Japanese Empire!"
Matsumoto Nitsugi looked in disbelief: "Are you talking about Ms. Byakuren of Earl Yanagihara's family?"
"It's her, it's her."
"Baga!" Matsumoto Jinji became furious and flew up, kicking Lu Xiuzhu and his chair to the ground: "Asshole, you actually slandered the earl, your crime is unpardonable!"
"Really, really." Lu Xiuzhu ignored the pain, got up and knelt on the ground with a pop: "It was really Ms. Bai Lian who sold it to us. She is now living in the International Hotel."
Matsumoto Nitsuji didn't believe it at all.
"Come here, take him down first." Taro Nakano was still more cautious: "Mr. Matsumoto, just to be sure, would you like to contact the country?"
"How could the Earl's daughter do such a thing?" Matsumoto Nitsugi didn't believe it at all: "However, since you said so, I will ask domestically whether Ms. Bailian is still in Japan. However, here Those people mentioned by Lu Xiuzhu before were all arrested secretly, and I will handle this matter."
"Okay." Taro Nakano looked full of doubts: "There are many problems in this case. Three million yen. Why do these people dare to deposit it in the bank openly? They either have strong confidence in counterfeit money. , or just crazy.”
"This is something you need to figure out." Matsumoto Nitsugi sneered: "And I am only responsible for arresting all these Chinese people and conducting severe interrogation. It is impossible for the Earl to do such dirty deeds. I doubt It has something to do with China’s military rule.”
Military rule?
Nakano Taro didn't particularly believe it.
Does the military commander have the ability to make so many counterfeit banknotes? This is three million yen. If placed anywhere, it would be a huge case, especially in a public concession. Once publicized, it would be enough to cause a sensation.
Moreover, this matter must be kept strictly confidential, otherwise the market's confidence in the yen will soon be shaken.
