Moyes and Sinclair finally left Shanghai, the city where they had lived for a long time.
They will miss this city, and they will miss one person here even more:
Meng Shaoyuan!
King of Shanghai!
In fact, they didn't want to leave.
A city that left them with countless wonderful memories.
And Shanghai, as they left, began to change.
With the approval of the board of directors of the Shanghai Public Settlement, Mr. Kai Ziwei, the general director, appointed Philip, an Englishman, as president of the Ministry of Industry Bureau.
Appointed American Wan Kewen as Special Commissioner of the Police.
At the same time, the police department established two new inspector general positions, held by Japanese Yuta Sakaki and Yosuke Okamaru respectively.
This means that the Japanese began to invade the Ministry of Industry Bureau on a large scale and desperately developed their own power.
Wan Kewen, the Special Commissioner of the Police Department, was also decentralized.
Meng Shaoyuan was able to control Shanghai, and the police force has always been his closest and most reliable partner.
But now the situation has obviously changed.
On this basis, Meng Shaoyuan and Wan Kewen held a secret meeting on the eve of the Spring Festival.
During the meeting, Meng Shaoyuan had a check in front of him and said nothing.
Wan Kewen glanced at the check.
That's a big number.
What his predecessor, Mr. Sinclair, told him before he left rang in his ears:
"Meng is a wonderful and straightforward person. He is very kind and loyal to his friends, and the most direct way for him to make friends is money."
Americans will never think that giving you money is an insult to you. However, Wan Kewen still asked: "What if I refuse to accept it?"
"Then he won't treat you as a friend." Sinclair said solemnly: "I tried, but I failed. He will create all kinds of trouble for you, and even kidnap foreigners, causing great harm to the police department. trouble. He will also throw a bomb at your residence, or even throw a few bombs at the door of the Ministry of Industry Bureau."
"Is that a threat to us?" Wan Kewen looked a little angry: "I will arrest him and give him severe legal punishment."
"The concession now is no longer the concession in the past."
Sinclair knows very well that every new police chief will always be a little arrogant: "We are gradually losing, or have lost, control over the concessions. Now the concessions are dominated by the Chinese and Japanese.
Do you know how many agents are active in the concession? How many gunfights occur on an average day and how many people die? Do you want to capture him? Then I suggest you use the army.
There are a large number of people around him protecting him. If necessary, he can also transfer a large number of armed personnel from neighboring cities to Shanghai. The concession will become a battlefield!
Mr. Wan Kewen, as a colleague, I must remind you that the Japanese are oppressing and threatening the Ministry of Industry and Industry. We need assistants, and he is our best assistant. Compared with the Japanese, the Chinese are less of a threat. "
Wan Kewen fully agrees with this point.
He was originally a Chinese sympathizer, and he was probably the most embarrassing police chief in the history of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Bureau. He was actually assigned two Japanese inspectors to divide his power!
The Chinese are less of a threat than the Japanese.
Wan Kewen has lived in China for many years and is a China expert. He even gave himself a Chinese name like Wan Kewen.
Of course he has learned about Shanghai and the public settlement.
He has also heard the name "Shanghai King" Meng Shaoyuan more than once!
All the arrogance he displayed was to test Sinclair's attitude.
This will help him determine what course to take in the future.
He doesn't want to be a puppet.
Especially puppets under Japanese surveillance.
That's what really bruised his self-esteem.
"I need an ally to help me get out of the current embarrassing situation, and compared to the Japanese, it seems that I should choose the Chinese as my ally."
Facing the check in front of him, Wan Kewen happily took it:
"My living environment is being compressed little by little. Those damn Japanese monkeys, they are a group of greedy vampires who will never be satisfied."
Then, he carefully collected the check: "I heard that the person who receives your money becomes your friend, so we are friends now?"
Meng Shaoyuan corrected him: "They are allies, not friends."
"What's the difference?" Wan Kewen asked curiously.
"Of course there is a difference, and it's a big difference." Meng Shaoyuan replied very seriously: "Friends are the kind of people who are very caring and can be entrusted with their lives. You are not that yet. We are just using each other.
Admit it, you have to use my hand to eliminate those two Japanese inspector generals and firmly hold the power of the police force in your hands. and I? I want to use you to continue to consolidate my position in the public concession! "
Wan Kewen smiled.
He liked the man, even though it was their first meeting.
Wan Kewen said with a smile: "The Germans are attacking Britain. The Americans did not participate in the war, but they have always regarded Britain as their ally, so they are doing their best to help Britain.
I think, maybe this is the relationship between us? I refuse to be enemies of the Japanese, but I think there are many places where we can cooperate. "
"Yes, we can discuss business happily." Meng Shaoyuan said calmly: "As an ally, of course I need to give you some gifts."
"You already gave me a check."
"This is not a gift, this is just an appetizer." Meng Shaoyuan said: "The real gift is this. You will arrest some of my agents for disturbing the security of the public concession."
"What?" Wan Kewen suspected that he heard wrongly.
"Listen patiently to what I have to say, Mr. Police Commissioner." Meng Shaoyuan said calmly: "Of course, they will be quietly released after being detained for a few days.
Then, you will rigorously investigate some previous cases related to military reunification and fully demonstrate your attitude. Next, you will delineate some restricted areas and strictly prohibit any actions related to spy work, including assassinations, explosions, etc. "
Wan Kewen seemed to understand: "Are you going to use these to paralyze those Japanese monkeys?"
"Yes, but this is still a prelude." Meng Shaoyuan said patiently: "You need to convince those Japanese monkeys that your attitude towards us is much harsher than your predecessors."
"And after that?"
"After that, you can leave it to me to operate." Meng Shaoyuan's expression looked very happy: "You always have to give the opponent some sweetness first, and then you can give them a fatal blow."
Wan Kewen understood the general meaning.
Meng Shaoyuan then said: "You still need to do a little thing for me, make an appointment with Okaman Yosuke!"
