If the Japanese could really tell the truth honestly and admit their mistakes, they would not be Japanese. Although he now knew that Fang Lang had seen through their lies, Yushio Kodama only hesitated for a moment, then he bravely spoke again:
"Okay, I will make a list for you when I get back tonight, and then take your people to the collectors to recover all the collections.
I just hope you can forgive me for my previous offense. "
Hearing this, Fang Lang unconsciously showed a scheming smile, his eyes narrowed, and he spoke again with a smile:
"Very good, thank you Mr. Kodama. My people will follow Mr. Kodama home tonight. I will only stay in Japan for a week this time. I hope that within a week, the things I want will be on the ship on time." ,is that OK!"
Kodama Yushio, who was kneeling on the ground, couldn't see the expression on Fang Lang's face. He thought that Fang Lang had believed his words. He was so happy that he let out a long sigh of relief. He quickly stood up and expressed his stance:
"Hi! Don't worry, General Fang! These Chinese antiques will be on board within a week."
After hearing the other party's statement, Fang Lang smiled and nodded:
"Very good. When you take back the antiques you sold, don't forget to send over the antiques you collected."
As he said that, he turned around and glanced at Shigemitsu Kui aside and said:
"By the way, Mr. Shigemitsu also promised to send it to me."
As soon as Fang Lang finished speaking, Kodama Yushio, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly changed his face and understood what Fang Lang meant. How could I have been deceived by myself? It was clear that she was chasing rabbits. She not only wanted the collection in her own hands, but also asked herself to find a way to help him collect the Chinese antiques in the hands of other collectors and give them to him. Even the ones in the hands of Shigemitsu Aoi who came with her. I took a fancy to those things.
But despite this, Yushio Kodama did not dare to say anything for a while. This Major General Fang was completely different from the Chinese he had come into contact with before. He was not only greedy, but also thick-skinned and sinister. More importantly, his hands Holds formidable power.
Today's Japan is no longer the original Japan. They don't even have an army to defend themselves. However, the other side has a military contracting company that can take business from the U.S. Department of Defense. This so-called military contracting company is actually a mercenary, and it can be regarded as a mercenary. The other party’s private army.
A person with such power is almost invincible in Japan today. The only people who can provide them with shelter are Americans, but will the Americans provide him with shelter? The answer is obvious.
This is also the reason why Kodama Yushio surrendered so quickly. This is not even a surrender, because they cannot surrender twice. This is just a wise man who knows the current affairs.
"Hi! Don't worry, General. I will sort out my unsold collection and send it to you."
Shigemitsu Kui on the side had just come out of prison. He didn't have much in his collection, and he had previously offered to give it to Fang Lang. Therefore, he didn't show any strange emotions. He just knelt down and straightened his back. He nodded heavily to Fang Lang and said:
"Hi! I will prepare my collection when I get back tonight. Your Majesty the General can arrange for someone to pick it up at any time."
Fang Lang was also a little surprised to see the two Japanese suddenly become so well-behaved. He knew that he was now powerful and arranged for God's Whip Military Contracting Company to enter the Japanese market. It was also a sudden inspiration to find a new way to make profits and control Japan. .
But it still made him feel a little unbelievable that these two guys obeyed so easily. After thinking about it, I couldn't help but test it again:
"Very good. To be honest, I am Brazilian Chinese. My father and I are very fond of Chinese antiques. Our family also built a Chinese cultural relics museum in Brazil. But there are still many collections missing.
I know that during this war of aggression against China, your country used various means to seize a large number of precious cultural relics and works of art from China.
Since meeting you two here today is considered fate, I will ask people to set up a collection company in Japan that specializes in acquiring cultural relics. I hope that you two can help me collect all the Chinese cultural relics that have been exiled to Japan. I want to pack them all up and take them away.
If you two can complete this task well, then you will gain my friendship. "
Fang Lang kept talking and asked these two guys to collect all the Chinese cultural relics lost in Japan for him. Such behavior was really very strange in the eyes of Kodama Yushio and Shigemitsu Aoi. Very excessive demands.
But what Fang Lang was prepared to pay was just the so-called friendship. As for how much this friendship was worth, it was very illusory. Fang Lang actually learned this trick from the Morgan family.
Kodama Yoshio and Shigemitsu Aoi were speechless for a long time after hearing Fang Lang's words. Such a request was really too much. Although Fang Lang talked about it in a colorful way, what he liked about Chinese antiques and museums, these were all solved. What they really want is a large part of the wealth that Japan has gained from China through the war in recent years.
This reminded Aoi Shigemitsu of the humiliation he suffered when he negotiated surrender with the allies. The humiliation at that time came from the national level, but the humiliation now is more personal.
However, unexpectedly, Shigemitsu Aoi no longer had the strong sense of humiliation she had when she surrendered to the allies for the first time. I don’t know if she is someone who has surrendered once. She seems to have become less concerned about surrendering again. Therefore, he In his heart, he was not very angry at Fang Lang's request. Instead, he was very interested in the friendship Fang Lang mentioned.
But Yushio Kodama felt an unprecedented anger at Fang Lang's request, especially Fang Lang's attitude of pressing forward step by step and pushing for every inch of his life, which completely covered up his original fear of Fang Lang's power. past. His brain was congested and his eyes slowly turned red. He wished he could use his bushido spirit and die together with Fang Lang.
Just when he was thinking about how to refuse this unreasonable request, John Clark on the side had already spoken first.
"General Fang's request, you two must think it over carefully before answering. You must know that not everyone is eligible for General Fang's friendship."
As soon as these words came out, Shigemitsu Kui, who had been thinking about what the friendship mentioned by Fang Lang could bring to him, immediately brightened up.
Although he didn't know what was special about this young Brazilian rear admiral, he was obviously not a simple person who could remind a US Navy colonel. In addition, it can be seen from the previous conversation between the two that Fang Lang seemed to have a great influence on MacArthur, which forced him to start thinking seriously.
After all, Shigemitsu Aoi is a politician. In his mind, everything can be traded. Now all he has to do is weigh the pros and cons, calculate the gains and losses, and see how to maximize his own interests.
The Chinese antiques that Fang Lang wanted were not in his hands, nor were they his property. They were not even the property of the Japanese government. They were plundered or purchased by the Japanese from China through various channels. .
He personally has no great interest in these cultural relics. Several of the collections at home were also gifts from others, and he didn't feel any heartache when giving them away. Therefore, in his mind, the cultural relics in the hands of other Japanese were obviously not as important as his own ability to gain Fang Lang's friendship.
Then his choice will be very easy to make. Shigemitsu Kui, who wanted to understand all this, couldn't wait to look at Fang Lang, who still looked indifferent and seemed inscrutable:
"I wonder what substantial benefits General Fang's friendship can bring to me?"
Shigemitsu Aoi's words made Fang Lang see the greed of a politician, but this kind of greed didn't matter to Fang Lang at all. He knew that this guy was a Japanese Class A war criminal, but now that the Americans had released him, This shows that the Americans are ready to use those Japanese militaristic war criminals to fight against the Soviet threat that is only separated by a strait.
Under such circumstances, it is obviously impossible to prevent Japanese war criminals like Aoi Shigemitsu from re-entering Japan's political stage.
After just a period of digestion, Fang Lang had vaguely recalled some of this guy's experiences after he came out. If he remembered correctly, this guy became the new Deputy Prime Minister of the Japanese government and the Japanese Foreign Minister after the Korean War.
Although he can't remember the specifics of his experience, he is certain that what this guy wanted was to get back into politics.
But now it is 1949. If he wants to return to politics, there is an insurmountable obstacle. That is the "Public Release Order" issued by the Allied Forces Headquarters in Japan in 1946. The main content of this order is to prohibit World War II war criminals from holding public office. Even if these war criminals have been punished and served their sentences. Nor is it possible to become a public official again through political party election.
The person who was most affected by this post-war order was the later Japanese Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama. After Japan surrendered, this guy founded the Japan Liberal Party. In the first post-war general election, it won 141 seats in the parliament and became the largest party in the parliament. .
According to the conventions of parliamentary politics, he is the new Japanese Prime Minister of course, and he himself is convinced of this, just as he is happily preparing to be sworn in. The Allies issued a "public office release order", and he had served as a member of parliament during the war and published articles praising fascism. Forced to leave politics.
A very interesting thing happened here, that is, Ichiro Hatoyama was forced to leave the political arena, but the Liberal Party he formed is still the largest party in parliament. Therefore, the new Japanese Prime Minister can only be elected from the Liberal Party.
At this time, a very dramatic scene happened. For his own benefit, Ichiro Hatoyama did not elect a new president from within the Liberal Party to serve as the new Prime Minister of Japan. Instead, he invited his best friend Shigeru Yoshida to join the Liberal Party. , and promoted Yoshida Shigeru, who was not even a member of the parliament at the time, to the throne of Japan's Prime Minister.
Yoshida Shigeru promised Hatoyama Ichiro that as long as Hatoyama Ichiro could resume his official duties, he would immediately give up the position of prime minister to him.
But what is interesting is that when Ichiro Hatoyama resumed his public office, Yoshida Shigeru, who had already tasted power, had a large number of party members in the Liberal Party after more than five years of management. Therefore, not surprisingly, Yoshida Shigeru broke his promise.
He rejected Ichiro Hatoyama's extravagant hope of taking back the position of president of the Liberal Party on the grounds that the position of president of the Liberal Party is a public weapon and should not be handed over privately.
Of course, Ichiro Hatoyama was still successfully elected as the Prime Minister of Japan in 1954, and there was an inconspicuous supporter behind him, Yoshio Kodama. In 1955, Ichiro Hatoyama reorganized the Liberal Party and the Democratic Party and established what became the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan.
Shigemitsu Aoi successfully returned to politics when Ichiro Hatoyama was Prime Minister and became the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the new government.
Of course, these are realistic situations, and Shigemitsu Aoi definitely doesn't know where his future path will go, but Fang Lang is sure that this guy's innermost thoughts are definitely to return to politics. Therefore, without the other party having to speak, Fang Lang already had an idea in his mind to manipulate the other party.
When he heard the other party ask what his friendship could bring to him, Fang Lang showed an enigmatic smile.
"I know what your purpose is for coming to John today, but I can tell you for sure that it's useless for you to come to John."
Shigemitsu Kui was a little surprised when he saw that Fang Lang did not answer his question directly, but directly said that he knew his purpose, but after thinking about it, he was not surprised.
After all, his identity is here. The former Japanese Foreign Minister, who tried every means to get out of Sugamo Prison, could not simply want to spend the rest of his life doing nothing.
Fang Lang can tell what he wants, obviously based on this. Just when Fang Lang was about to take hold of Shigemitsu Aoi, Kodama Yushio on the side spoke directly.
"Mr. Shigemitsu, don't listen to this greedy guy's trick. It's not strange that he can guess the purpose of your coming here today. I believe that if we don't tell them, both of them can guess it. Otherwise, Colonel Clark will also be here today." You won’t deliberately avoid my topic.”
Obviously, Kodama Yushio is different from Shigemitsu Aoi. He is not a politician, but a soldier. Although he has left the army now, his military mentality has not changed so quickly. After feeling that Fang Lang wanted to use them to search for Chinese antiques in Japan, he began to have a rebellious mentality against Fang Lang.
Therefore, the attitude that was still afraid of the opponent's energy just now has changed, and it feels like it is starting to break.
When Fang Lang heard this, he was not angry. After all, anyone with a little bit of brains could guess what Shigemitsu Kui wanted. This did not give Fang Lang a handle on the other party.
"What if I said my friendship could get you back into politics?"
Fang Lang's tone was very calm, but what he said was earth-shattering. Not only the dissatisfied Kodama Yushio showed an expression of disbelief, but John on the side was also stunned.
After Chongguang Kui heard Fang Lang's words, he stood up from the ground.
"Impossible, have you never heard that Japan has a "public office release order"? People like us have no chance to return to the political arena."
Kodama Yushio was the first to express his inner thoughts in surprise. Shigemitsu Aoi also put on a suspicious expression.
On the other hand, John Clark seemed to have thought of something and fell into deep thought.
Fang Lang didn't care about the reactions of several people. He still looked calm and calm. You guys believe it or not.
This performance made Kodama Yushio and Shigemitsu Aoi feel a little unsure for a while. The two began to exchange glances constantly, trying to find the source of Fang Lang's confidence.
(End of chapter)
