One of the reasons why Zhou Wen transferred the three Zhao Ying siblings here is to build No. 75 Jisi Feier Road into the base of the mercenary group in Shanghai. There is a lot of work here, not only the internal function distribution, but also the appropriate distribution of functions. Asking a few servants with innocent backgrounds to take care of them, it is most appropriate to leave these tasks to Zhao Ying.
Moreover, the three siblings have lived in a big city like Tianjin all year round and are familiar with all aspects of urban life. Many external matters require their experience and abilities.
Zhou Wen and a few others walked into the main hall of the foreign-style building, and saw that there were only a few pieces of furniture inside. The marble floor was cleaned and smooth, but it made the hall look a little empty and thin.
Zhou Wen said: "This place will be left to Sister Ying and you three. My plan is that in addition to the brothers who have missions, all the manpower of the mercenary group will be accommodated here, so you must carefully plan and layout the locations of radio stations and weapons and equipment. It needs to be taken into consideration.”
The thing Zhou Wen gave Little Henry was more complicated, which was to ask Little Henry to apply for approval from the U.S. Consulate to establish a security company.
You should know that although the management of public concessions is relatively loose, the control of organizations with armed personnel such as security companies is still relatively strict. What Zhou Wen learned was that in the concession, there was only one bodyguard company run by White Russians and several British private detective agencies that could legally and openly own weapons, and they were only small weapons such as pistols.
Although there is no precedent for security companies in the current public concessions, they are not uncommon internationally. As early as 1850, the world's first security company had been opened, which was the famous Pinkerton Detective Company.
When Pinkerton Detective Company was founded, the company had only eight employees in total - five detectives, two clerks and one secretary. However, due to the good leadership of founder Alan Pinkerton himself and the ability of the detectives ( They were the first to use photography technology and criminal intelligence files in criminal investigations in the United States, and were very good at breaking into gangs to obtain intelligence), and the company quickly grew.
During the American Civil War, Pinkerton and his detectives worked directly for the country, forming an organization for President Lincoln's Union Army to collect military intelligence on the separatist forces in the South. This agency later became the predecessor of the United States Military Intelligence Agency.
After the Civil War, the Pinkerton Detective Company resumed its detective business. At that time, the United States was in the midst of the "Western Fever", and people from all corners of the country and the world who were unwilling to be mediocre flocked to this land that seemed to have unlimited possibilities and opportunities. Of course, there were all kinds of liars and armed bandits among them. There are endless cases of train robberies and bank robberies.
At that time, the local police in the West were limited by manpower, financial resources and state boundaries (states in the United States had different laws and law enforcement teams. There was no federal police agency at the time, and the procedures for handling cross-state cases were very cumbersome). It seemed a bit difficult to deal with so many cruel and cunning crimes. Helpless. As a result, Pinkerton Detective Company actually became a security and criminal investigation force trusted and relied upon by the largest industrial owners at that time.
After entering the 20th century, the business scope of Pinkerton Detective Company has developed again, from the early investigation of simple criminal cases to the investigation of various civil cases, commercial affairs and family disputes; from simple detective work to Security and safety consulting, security product production and sales, business intelligence collection and other fields.
By now, in addition to Pinkerton, dozens of security companies of varying sizes have been opened in the United States. Therefore, security companies have been recognized by current American society.
Therefore, there are no legal obstacles to opening a security company within the jurisdiction of the U.S. Consulate. All you need to do is communicate with the relevant personnel of the consulate. As long as it involves the work of being a human being, Zhou Wen believes that no one will have trouble with the attractive and cute dollar bills.
Moreover, Little Henry still needs to hire a few more Americans to put on a show. Of course, the legal person of the company can only be an American, and that is Little Henry.
The Americans are in the front office and the mercenary group is behind the scenes. This is Zhou Wen's ultimate goal.
But after little Henry came to Shanghai, it was no longer possible to take care of several industries in Shanxi. Zhou Wen quickly sent a telegram to Liu Ruoshui, asking him to ask the Liu family to send another manager over as soon as possible. Zhou Wen planned to transfer the pharmaceutical factory and The steel plants were all managed by the Liu family.
Now Zhou Wen is planning to separate the industry jointly owned by the three major companies from his other industries. There is also an iron mine run by his family in Lishi, which is managed by his father. The ammunition factory that has started trial production is ready to be handed over to the soon-to-be leader. The family came to China to be managed by Hobert, and the future business in Shanghai was managed by little Henry.
This is not to say that Zhou Wen has no defense against the Liu family, but the formula of the pharmaceutical factory has always been firmly in his hands, and the steel factory is also built in his base camp. The Liu family is a smart person and generally does not want to annex. With a clear heart, we can safely and boldly let the Liu family manage it, and we don’t have to pay our own wages.
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Time was lost in the busyness, and in the blink of an eye it was late March. With the progress of Sino-Japanese armistice negotiations, the armies of the two sides confronting each other on the Songhu front line began to retreat one after another, and the Fifth Army was about to withdraw to Nanjing.
On this day, three people were sitting on the sofa in a spacious office on the second floor of the Nanjing Central Party Headquarters, talking quietly.
There was a vigorous old man sitting in the front, holding a finely crafted briar pipe in his hand. He was putting it to his mouth and smoking vigorously, but his brows were furrowed, as if he was thinking about some important issue. .
To the left of this hale and hearty old man sits an old man in a long gown with black-framed eyes, and to the right sits a fat middle-aged man in a Chinese tunic suit.
At this time, the old man in a long robe and eyes slowly spoke: "Our Central Party Committee has been divided and combined over the years, and has made itself weaker and weaker. There are many factions and internal fighting. In addition, the principal's various This method of differentiation is already declining. Now we finally have an opportunity in front of us. If we don’t fight for it and seize it, the future will be worrying!”
The middle-aged man in Chinese tunic suit also said to the slender old man: "Sir, I'm afraid you have to come forward to challenge some principal this time. The current situation of the country can be said to be that internal and external troubles are coming at the same time, and no one has a trustworthy force in its hands." As for the armed forces, the Ministry of Finance surnamed Song has also set up a tax police group with tens of thousands of elites. I heard that the weapons and equipment are the best in the country, and they only obey the orders of his surnamed Song. I heard that this is where Even the principal cannot be mobilized, and now he has completely turned into his private soldier named Song."
