negotiation?
Although Meng Shaoyuan was familiar with things like negotiation, he didn't have much interest.
He didn't go to negotiate, it was just to watch a joke.
Wu Sibao died, and it was Li Shiqun's turn next.
Although, this guy will die sooner or later, and his death will be very miserable.
However, Meng Shaoyuan would rather see him deal with him personally!
This will be very enjoyable.
The Ministry of Industry and Industry is also happy to see a truce between the two sides on the financial front.
After all, this kind of financial war will cause great damage to Shanghai's economy.
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce does not want this kind of thing to go on endlessly.
Kai Ziwei, general director of the Board of Directors of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Bureau, personally presided over the negotiations.
In order to reassure Zhou Fohai and Li Shiqun, in addition to allowing their bodyguards to openly carry guns, the patrol officers and the merchant group from all over the world also personally took on the task of protecting them.
After all, now that Wu Sibao is dead, the Wang puppet regime is missing a general.
In the public concession, there is another person who is terrifying:
"King of Shanghai" Meng Shaoyuan!
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Meng Shaoyuan looked at Li Shiqun with interest and even smiled at him.
Wu Sibao is dead, are you happy?
Ah, of course you won't be happy because your number one hero is dead.
It doesn't matter, just be sad.
There are happy people.
For example, your Master Meng is extremely happy.
As the president of China Reserve Bank, this was the first time Zhou Fohai met Meng Shaoyuan.
This famous Pan Tianhu!
The atmosphere was a bit depressing, and no one was willing to speak first.
In the end, it was Kai Ziwei who took the lead to break the silence: "Gentlemen, the unpleasant events that happened in Shanghai have been going on for a long time. A large number of bank employees have disappeared, which has also had a great impact on the economic order of the Shanghai Public Settlement. Since you decided to sit down and have a good talk, I suggest you stop this unwise behavior immediately."
The reason why Meng Shaoyuan was willing to participate in such negotiations was because he came with Shang Fang's sword.
Also participating in this negotiation was Gu Xichen, Vice President of the Central Bank, who was mainly responsible for the negotiations.
When the financial war in Shanghai intensified, seeing the economic order in the concession being severely damaged, Britain and the United States finally couldn't help but take action.
The British Embassy in the UK told the Foreign Office:
"The British Embassy is convinced that the Public Settlement Patrol Office is doing its best to protect and will continue to do its best to protect the Chinese government banks and their employees. However, according to the Nanjing Puppet Government, this atrocity, several of which occurred outside the Settlement), is an attack on China. Such was the retaliatory act of government agents who attacked the bank employees of the pseudo-organization in Nanjing.
This has made the situation increasingly tense and the protection required by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs increasingly difficult to obtain. The patrol bureau is deeply afraid that if both sides are not prepared to avoid attacking each other's banks and their personnel, the situation may be out of control and the patrol bureau will not be able to maintain law and order. This situation should be avoided urgently because it would provide Japan with an excellent excuse for direct intervention. "
Under pressure from all parties, the Chairman finally agreed to stop the assassinations and kidnappings of employees of the Reserve Bank of China in Shanghai.
"What we need is for Chongqing to immediately stop the assassinations and kidnappings." Zhou Fohai said aggressively: "Chongqing was the first to initiate this war, and we only responded passively."
This sentence is indeed correct. In order to prevent China Reserve Bonds from entering the concession, Chongqing took the lead in launching a series of terrorist activities.
But the effect is not very good, and even has the opposite effect in some aspects.
Terrorist actions by both sides have put psychological pressure on the Shanghai foreign exchange market. Speculators in general have doubts about the status of Shanghai's financial market. Speculative activities in the past have tended to be silent, and the foreign exchange market is in a state of confusion.
It can be seen that during this period, the struggle between China and Japan began to expand from a simple direct confrontation on the military battlefield to an all-round confrontation in finance and other fields.
As far as Japan is concerned, the battle front against China is already too long, its troops are insufficient, and the management problems caused by occupying too large a territory are increasing.
It has become more difficult to continue to rely solely on military means to conquer China.
Therefore, it supported the Wang puppet government to rule indirectly, reduce conflicts in the ruled areas, and at the same time began to carry out aggressive control in the financial field. This could also achieve the purpose of supporting war with war.
It is impossible for China not to realize this. The Chongqing government is facing internal and external troubles. The rebellion of the Wang Puppet Government poses a great threat to it. Chongqing has also begun to engage in a tit-for-tat struggle with the Wang Puppet Government and its backing Japan in the financial field.
Therefore, a series of terrorist attacks targeting the financial sector followed.
Judging from the results of this war, the goals envisioned by the Republic of China government at that time were not well achieved, and instead caused many adverse consequences.
The Chairman of the Generalissimo has fully noticed this and therefore authorized Gu Xichen to conduct armistice negotiations with full authority, with Meng Shaoyuan, Director of the Shanghai District of the Military Command Bureau, acting as his assistant.
As soon as Zhou Fohai finished speaking, Gu Xichen had already said: "The China Reserve Bank has used coercive means to force Shanghai citizens to accept China Reserve Bonds, which itself has violated financial laws!
All our actions are forced counterattacks, and all the responsibility for this incident should be borne by you! "
Seeing the two people facing each other and about to quarrel again, Meng Shaoyuan suddenly said:
"We are here to negotiate, not to quarrel. Let's stop hiding things and speak openly. We have kidnapped many people from the China Reserve Bank, and on the 76th, we also kidnapped a large number of Shanghai and four banks. people.
Everyone is in panic, and no one has the heart to go to work. If this continues, China Reserve Bank will be destroyed, and the four banks in Shanghai will suffer heavy losses. If the fight continues, it will be detrimental to everyone.
The Americans and British were equally unwilling to see such a result, so they arranged such a negotiation. Let's do this, stop at the same time, and when everyone goes back, immediately release the hostages they captured! "
Meng Shaoyuan said it straightforwardly.
And this is what Zhou Fohai and Gu Xichen want to say but don't know how to say it.
Kai Ziwei said: "I completely agree with what Mr. Meng said. What's the point of continuing to fight like this? It will not only harm the interests of the Shanghai Public Settlement, but also your respective interests."
End it and quickly restore Shanghai's financial order. You can continue to fight on the financial front. However, this war will not be stained with blood or innocent people.
Gentlemen, this is my opinion, and it is also the opinion of the United States Government, the British Government. You need to express your stance. There is no paper agreement, but I need your clearest attitude. "
Zhou Fohai and Gu Xichen were silent for a long time, and then they nodded at the same time as if they had agreed.
There is no way to continue. The war should have come to an end here!
