Wind spy

A secret military radio station in the French Concession was cracked, and the personnel were arrested and surrendered to the secret service headquarters. This is the first time Chen Mingxiang heard about this.

This is not surprising. He and the bureau headquarters are in a single line, and Boss Dai will not tell him the direct stations of the bureau headquarters. It is not a line, and there is absolutely no intersection. This is also a huge threat to Chen Mingxiang.

"It's a great achievement to crack military control radio stations, especially such secret radio stations directly under the headquarters. Why is there no wind at all?" Chen Mingxiang asked.

"This matter has nothing to do with our Operation Corps. At the end of last year, a small group of soldiers who ruled Shanghai City rebelled and provided intelligence to the secret service headquarters."

"Director Li entrusted this task to Ma Xiaotian and Jin Hui of the telecom office. After confirming the radio signal, the security team entered the concession and secretly caught the person."

"I was arrested on the same day, interrogated on the same day, rebelled on the same day, and went back to continue reporting on the same day. It is estimated that the military reunification headquarters may still be in the dark." Zhang Jinlu said.

"This is a radio station secretly ambushed by the military control bureau headquarters. The two people in charge specialize in collecting and buying information. Even the military control Shanghai city does not know the exact location of this radio station, but the value is not high. The password is completely different from that in downtown Shanghai," Lin Zhijiang said.

Chen Mingxiang has nothing to do with this. This kind of lurking radio station is the greatest protection from being discovered. Once it is cracked, it will be of no value. There is nothing to squeeze in a single-line connection.

Although he felt distressed, he didn't mean to rescue him. Unless he got the news in advance, regardless of whether the two military commanders were true rebellion or false rebellion, they had lost the need for rescue. Underground work was so cruel.

Wan Lilang seldom speaks, Chen Mingxiang always feels that this guy is his own worst enemy, and he seems to have been observing himself.

During the period of lurking in the Shanghai stock market, he was only wary of two people, one is Wanlilang and the other is Nanzaoyunzi. The instincts of these two veteran agents are very scary, and they suspect that it is the instinct of the agents.

The transaction between Huatong Trading Company and the Action Corps went smoothly. Chen Mingxiang gave two hundred quintals of bristles to the Kodama agency. According to his request, Kodama and Shifu gave a purchase price of 8,000 French currency, which is net per heft. Earning two thousand legal currency is a profit of four hundred thousand at a time. Unfortunately, such opportunities are rare.

"Boss Zhang, the purpose of my coming this time is very simple, that is, everyone cooperates in the production of cigarettes. I am responsible for tobacco leaf and road transportation. You are responsible for the production. I will pay you processing and packaging fees." Chen Mingxiang came to a small cigarette in the concession. plant.

During this period, the country’s total cigarette production was about 1.66 million boxes, of which British American Tobacco Company accounted for 67%.

The Shanghai stock market is the center of the national tobacco industry. About 60% of the country’s cigarette factories are concentrated. After the August 13th World War, the Japanese army invaded and occupied areas outside the Shanghai concession. The Shanghai stock market’s cigarette industry suffered great losses. Thirty ethnic tobacco factories were destroyed one after another.

Some cigarette factories moved into the concession after the war and continued to produce cigarettes. Cigarettes are daily consumables with low profits but large sales.

However, in order to achieve the ambition of dominating the Shanghai tobacco market, the Japanese army not only snatched the equipment of the tobacco factory, but also listed the tobacco raw materials as controlled products. A great threat, Japanese companies certainly do not have this problem.

"This is a good thing. Of course I promise. Huatong Trading Company is well-known in the Shanghai stock market. I know that Manager Chen also has this ability. Three textile factories are brought back to life in your hands. Tens of thousands of families get food and clothing. But it's appreciated!" Zhang Wenyan, the owner of Zezhong Tobacco Factory, was full of joy.

He was a wealthy businessman in Jiangsu Province. Because of the war, he took his family property to take refuge in the concession. He used to sell tobacco and built a few rows of houses in the concession. For more than a year, he didn’t put the brand out. The door was about to close, and suddenly Chen Mingxiang came to visit and he couldn't help being unhappy.

"This kind of cigarette uses Xuchang tobacco leaf as the raw material. There is no brand. It is divided into three types. One type is marked with the words "Special for the military police"; one type is marked with the words "Special for the navy". Four words, the specific quantity depends on the daily output of your tobacco factory." Chen Mingxiang did not answer.

"The tobacco factory has three imported British cigarette machines, and the output of each cigarette machine is 60,000 per hour. If calculated by 20 cigarettes, that would be 3,000 packs of cigarettes, which are operated around the clock. When there is enough shredded tobacco. , That is, 72,000 packs can be produced, and three sets are fully opened to guarantee a minimum of 200,000 pieces per day." Zhang Wenyan said.

The Shanghai Municipal Gendarmerie has a staff of 1,000. It is calculated on the basis of 1,000 packs per day. A month requires 30,000 packs of cigarettes. If you add the same amount to the Marine Corps each month, that’s 60,000 packs of cigarettes. Can meet the demand.

"I transported Xuchang tobacco leaves from Jieshou. The purchase price per kilogram was about five yuan. A car was shipped to the Shanghai market for three tons. It costs 120 yuan for oil, which is equivalent to five cents per kilogram. How about the cost of finished cigarettes?" Chen Mingxiang asked.

"One ton of shredded tobacco can produce about 40,000 packs of 20 sticks, which is equivalent to 40 packs per kilogram. Tobacco leaves are more than three cents, plus cigarette cases and artificial electricity, not more than a dime. Now the price of goods is soaring. If it falls, we have to spend a dime as the cost." Zhang Wenyan said.

This is a logical algorithm. Right now, with the depreciation of legal currency and rising prices, workers' wages are basically around 35 yuan. Chen Mingxiang remembers that there were still a few cents per pack of cheap handmade cigarettes.

"I will give you 25 cents per box as the gross income of the tobacco factory. At least one hundred boxes must be produced per month, which is 250,000 packs. If you make one dime per box, that is 25,000. But the cigarette case must be exquisite and high-end, can it be done?" Chen Mingxiang asked.

"As long as Manager Chen's tobacco leaves can be supplied, there is absolutely no problem on my side. A hundred boxes is very easy." Zhang Wenyan said with a smile.

"Thirty thousand packs are for the military police, 30,000 packs are for the navy, and 25,000 packs are for the internal special supply. There are 30 boxes in total, and the other 70 boxes are all marked as Bund cards. The scenery of the Bund." Chen Mingxiang thought for a while and said.

With this scale of production, he has to provide 50,000 yuan for this investment every month, but the profits he earns are definitely more than this.

Boss Dai needs to smuggle cigarettes to the Kuomintang Controlled Area. 125,000 packs of cigarettes will be charged 50 cents per pack, which is 62,500 yuan. Not to mention the return of capital, there is still profit.

The accountants of the Military Regiment Bureau can sell for seven cents or seven cents. If they operate well, they can even sell for eight cents or nine cents. The legal currency is depreciating and the price will naturally rise.