It was afternoon when the bus arrived at Jing'an Station in Shanghai. Due to the blessing of Dayang and the special status of Tianma Yangxing, the four of them took a special passage and did not walk out of the station with the crowds. There were many people there. There are a lot of people who want Boss Ma's head. According to MISS Liu, Boss Ma shouldn't go out now. It would be better to just stay at No. 65 Hubei Road, Jinling, to rest and enjoy his fortune.
As soon as he arrived at the station square, he saw Kevin waiting there alone and hurriedly stepped forward to say hello.
"Jack, I came here alone for your safety." Kevin looked around and said mysteriously in a low voice.
"Kevin, you're worrying too much, don't make everything worse." Boss Ma comforted him.
"Okay, get in the car, Paul (fat man), you will drive." MISS Liu Ke did not want Boss Ma and Kevin to continue to talk about their friendship in the square. With a foreigner, the goal became more obvious.
There were exactly five people in the group. The fat man drove, MISS Liu sat in the passenger seat, and three men sat in the back seat.
"This is Kevin, the general manager of Tianma Yangxing." Boss Ma introduced Cao Mu.
"This is Charlie Cao. They are all good brothers." Boss Ma also introduced Cao Mu to Kevin. He deliberately put the first name in front of the last name in English order - he didn't want to do it since they were all good brothers. It's a prank. It's all the fault of Lao Feng's people from the General Affairs Department. They couldn't give Lao Cao's ID an English name and had to call him Charlie. You think this is unlucky.
Cao Mu, however, unconsciously thought that Charlie's name was good, stylish and tasteful - oh, what an honest man.
The train station is not far from the Bund, and it only takes about 20 minutes to drive.
When they arrived at the Zilin Building, Fatty quickly took Cao Mu to familiarize himself with the surrounding environment and the neighborhood - for the sake of the officer's safety, Fatty was actually afraid of Boss Ma's meeting, which was worse than catching Japanese spies.
Boss Ma, Miss Liu and Kevin arrived at the office together. After sitting down, the female employee Lu Anne made coffee for them, and the three of them started the "big business" that Kevin said.
"It's like this. Let me talk about the first one first. You can't see any money from this business now, but you will definitely make a lot of money in the future..." As he spoke, Kevin took out something the size of a handkerchief from the drawer. It's extremely silky and elastic when you pull it with your hands.
As soon as he saw this thing, Boss Ma immediately understood that this thing had just been invented now and was definitely not well known, but it would become very popular in a few years. Moreover, a product made with it attracted many women and was even sold during World War II. For a sky-high price, it is just that - nylon stockings. Of course, this thing has a wide range of uses, not just for making stockings.
Thinking of this, Boss Ma looked at Kevin with admiration and nodded with a smile. Miss Liu looked at the piece of fabric with some confusion - it is obviously not as comfortable and breathable as silk and cotton, but Ma The boss is a scholar, and MISS Liu will definitely agree with it. Boss Ma always has his reasons for his decisions.
"This is a new product recommended by an American friend. It is the latest invention of DuPont. I want to get its agency rights before it is launched on a large scale..." Kevin said to Boss Ma mysteriously.
"Well, this is good, just go ahead and do it." Boss Ma said approvingly. He didn't expect that this decision would later make Tianma Yangxing a lot of money, and also solve a major Japanese espionage case. This is a story later. Let’s not express it for now.
"The second is an important thing at hand. Jack, you should know that in June last year, the federal government of the United States promulgated the "Silver Acquisition Act" to purchase a large amount of silver as a government reserve. Now the domestic and foreign silver prices are at Skyrocketing. Your domestic silver is concentrated in the concession..." Kevin lit a cigar and took a deep breath and said.
Hearing this, Boss Ma immediately understood. In fact, the silver issue is indeed very important. The legal currency is originally based on the silver standard. The outflow of silver will definitely have a huge impact on the domestic economy. The most direct one is the devaluation of the legal currency. , inflation, causing money shortages, especially in Japan. Their merchant ships sailed between Japan and China, blatantly smuggling Japanese cloth, matches, kerosene, tires, paper, salt, medicine and other daily industrial products. came in, were continuously exchanged for Chinese silver coins, and then shipped to Japan in a big way, which dealt a heavy blow to China's real economy, and a large number of industrial and commercial enterprises went bankrupt or closed down. Therefore, the boycott of Japanese goods is not only due to the awakening of national consciousness, but also economic. necessary.
Moreover, the accelerated outflow of silver was even an inducement to accelerate Japan's invasion of China, because a large part of the outflow of silver was sold directly to the U.S. government by the Nationalist Government in exchange for arms worth US$100 million - US$100 million at the time could This is not the current concept. In the 1930s, the average annual salary of an American worker was only US$300. After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the US aid to China was only about US$100 million. US$100 million in arms was enough to arm many Chinese at that time. The army, based on the 38 bucks that Boss Ma sold to Ding San, we can buy more than 2 million of them.
Later, when the Japanese military leaders found out, they were eager to launch a war before this batch of arms reached China to prevent the modernization of the Chinese army. Because the arms trade usually takes at least several years from signing an arms purchase contract to organizing production and delivery. It gave the Japanese a chance to take action in advance.
Kevin took another puff of his cigar and continued: "It's actually a little late for us to start now. God, it would be great if we knew each other earlier. Last year, there were 600 million taels of silver in the entire concession, but now there are only 350 million taels - maybe more. Less... We Americans are all about the law and formal business operations. The most shameful thing is the Japanese monkeys. They actually dare to smuggle silver and in-demand commodities with arms! These beasts, God will punish them, and they should all go to hell. !" Kevin gritted his teeth at the end.
"These Japanese people really should go to hell," Boss Ma agreed with Kevin's words and continued: "This is indeed a big business, very big!"
He pondered again for a while and said: "Kevin, hurry up and mobilize the positions of foreign banks and buy silver quickly. MISS Liu will fully assist you and provide strong financial support. You can get a loan from a bank, but it is best to settle the loan in legal currency. If we Once you receive the silver, you can immediately convert it into U.S. dollars. Believe me, my friends, the U.S. dollar will definitely maintain its value in the near future, and the market will be bullish."
"Besides, I can't let the Japanese be so unscrupulous. If they don't let us have an easy time, we can't let them have an easy time either. I want them all to die..." Boss Ma almost broke his teeth when he said this. Damn, these devils are so bad. Not only have they invaded our land and done all kinds of bad things, but they have also affected Tianma Yangxing's plans to make a fortune. It's so bad.
MISS Liu saw Boss Ma's face turn red and pale at first, but after a while he regained his composure and then his eyes rolled around, knowing that he was once again targeting the Japanese.
The next day, North Sichuan Road, Hongkou, Shanghai.
Two men dressed as businessmen, the first one wearing a long coat - the weather has started to get hot, and he is not afraid of covering up the heat rash.
The person behind him was wearing a white short coat and a black silk shirt, a standard follower's attire.
The two of them walked into Iwai Trading Company in Hongkou with great swagger.
When Zhao Mingli, a clerk from the trading company, saw the two people coming in, he stepped forward to greet them, "Hello, two guests, I am Xiao Zhao from Iwai Trading Company. Is there anything you need?"
The leader said arrogantly: "We (Jin dialect: us) are from Xinzhou to buy some things..."
Seeing the arrogant attitude of these two country bumpkins, Zhao Mingli originally wanted to ignore them, but this is a trading company and not somewhere else. Whose money is not money? So I still forced myself to call the head teacher.
The section leader is a Japanese named Kazuo Ogawa. He couldn't help but feel a little disdainful when he saw the two people's behavior, but he still had the patience to ask in fluent Chinese: "Sir, what's your last name?"
"My surname is Ma, Ma Junwei, and we are from Xinzhou Hengfeng Trading Company." The man in the long shirt replied.
"Everything we want is written on the list." The man in a long shirt didn't say much, and took out a piece of paper full of words from his sleeve. This is the Shanghai Stock Exchange, not the west entrance. The two parties cannot put their hands into the sleeves to discuss business.
"We don't accept legal currency now, only ocean currency. Of course, US dollars and Japanese yen are also acceptable, sir?" Kazuo Ogawa said.
"Ocean." The guest in a long gown said with as much care as gold.
"Sir, the quantity of goods you want is a bit large. Of course, our firm is very powerful. The goods are not a problem. It just takes time to prepare. You also need to mobilize so much cash..." Kazuo Ogawa thought for a moment.
"Easy to say, easy to say, but we are not willing to let those brokers make money for no reason. This is different from us going to the west entrance. We have to follow the rules. You first give a quotation, then draw up a contract, and then prepare some samples. In a few days We looked at the samples, signed a contract, and then paid a deposit. The two parties traded directly, paying with one hand and delivering the goods with the other, and the money and goods were cleared on the spot." The customer in Changshan said slowly.
Ogawa Kazuo quickly called his other staff. After a busy call, a detailed and accurate quotation was compiled. The efficiency was indeed very high. The Japanese's organizational management ability is quite promising.
"That's good. If anything happens to these two people, come find them here." The man in the long gown took out his pen again and wrote an address at the end of the list.
After taking the quotation and coming out of Iwai Trading Company, the two of them found a taxi from Xiangsheng Company and drove away.
After the two left, Kazuo Ogawa frowned and quickly called several of his subordinates, giving them instructions and arranging their respective tasks.
"How was it? Lao Cao, how was my performance?" Boss Ma in the taxi was so hot that he said as he untied his coat.
"Boss, please don't embarrass Lao Cao. The Japanese are not stupid. They are probably afraid of being deceived, so they send people to follow them." The fat man dressed as a taxi driver said while driving, and glanced at the rear view with the corner of his eyes. Looking in the mirror, there was indeed a car following not far away.
"Mom, these devils are so bad. Kevin is right, they all deserve to go to hell!" Boss Ma said bitterly.
"The boss must have a way." Cao Mu, who was disguised as a follower, looked honest and honest.
"Fat man will see us off later. You go and see your mother. Don't worry about us. Lao Cao, let's find a hotel. Don't be too nice. We are Lao Xier now..." Boss Ma fanned the wind with his coat. While saying.
Soon, the car arrived at the Zhonghui Hotel - it has the same concept as the Regent Hotel in the Xingye movie, both of which are copycat hotels.
But who asked Boss Ma to pretend to be Lao Xi'er this time? Lao Xi'er has a lot of money, but he is frugal. It doesn't suit his character to stay in a better hotel.
Boss Ma and his follower Charlie Cao asked for an ordinary double room. The room only had two beds with straw mats and greasy thin quilts. There was no bathroom and the smell of sweat, feet, and food was everywhere... ...Even the boiling water is cooked on the tiger stove at the end of the corridor. Boss Ma and Lao Cao are happy to take things as they come. If Liu Lai misses him, he may not be able to stand it for more than ten minutes.
In the evening, the two of them had a bowl of noodles each at a nearby noodle stall. For the sake of Lao Xier's character, they drank half a bottle of vinegar from the noodle stall owner, which made Boss Ma sour.
After walking around the surrounding streets and alleys, I returned to the hotel. I saw the hotel owner walking around in the lobby like an ant on a hot pot. When I saw Boss Ma and his party, they rushed to greet him. They rushed to Ma excitedly as if they had seen a savior. The boss shouted: "Thank God, Mr. Ma, you are back!"
