Wind spy

On January 7th of the 31st year of the Republic of China, the Bureau of the Ministry of Industry of the Concession held a new round of election of board members. Okaki Masao was "elected" as the newest director of the board of directors, and Chen Mingxiang was also "elected" as the new Chinese director. The number has changed from 19 in the previous session to 11 now.

After the operation was over secretly, the board of directors of the Ministry of Industry also announced to the Shanghai stock market news media the positions and authority of each director. Chen Mingxiang once again attracted the attention of the entire Shanghai stock market because of his multiple roles.

"Today's newspaper said that you are now a hot and powerful figure in the Public Concession Ministry of Works, especially the Director of Works. In the future, you will build a toilet and dig a ditch on the public concession site. It is really interesting to ask you to approve it!" Wang Zhen couldn't laugh anymore.

Strictly speaking, this is true. A function of the Works Department of the Ministry of Industry is responsible for all construction approvals and ditch approvals in the area. Without permission, no buildings can be built, even for toilets or digging a sewage ditch. can.

"The Shanghai concession area's reputation as the city that never sleeps in Asia has been put to an end by the Japanese army. Now you can see that there is no flashing neon lights in the streets and lanes. They are no longer the previous glory. This is a regulation made to save electricity. It will close at nine o'clock."

"In the past, I probably enjoyed too many privileges, and I really didn't pay attention to these trivial matters. The meeting held by the president today scared me a lot. I didn't expect that the control of public concessions would be worse than I thought."

"The two hundred and sixty electric public vehicles in the public concession originally only had two hundred in operation, and the time was limited to three shifts. In order to save electricity, the Japanese actually required all trams to stop on the 11th, and even the traffic lights. It's gone."

"You can only buy 15 kilograms of loose coal for heating at a time, and up to 25 kilograms for cooking briquettes at a time. I'm afraid that even cooking is not enough!"

"The grain can barely be maintained. The Japanese army has not yet brutally attacked the foreigners in the public concession, but has imposed relevant restrictions. It stipulates that each person is only allowed to buy two liters of rice at a time, and each liter of rice is five yuan. , This good time will not last long."

"The public concession will soon become a tricky mess. Under such an environment, who still wants to build a house, dig toilets, and dig sewage ditches? I, the Director of Works, is just a decoration. It sounds like a high authority. Actually shit is not!" Chen Mingxiang said with a wry smile.

The huge asset of the public concession is a piece of oily fat. Since the Japanese army has eaten it in their mouths, there is no intention to chew it slowly. They are eager to digest it as soon as possible and transform it into a resource to support the war. Therefore, the public concession Almost a change a day.

Unfortunately, this change is negative. The environment is bad day by day. The British and Americans who used to have many privileges, like the Chinese in Shanghai stock market, began to taste the cruel oppression and persecution by the Japanese army.

The meeting of the Ministry of Industry and Engineering was very important. Chen Mingxiang received a lot of news. The Japanese army once again emphasized the material classification and mobile application system for foreign nationals in the public concession.

Rice, edible oil, automobiles, construction materials, hardware, rubber, medicines, wood, fuel, grease, etc. must be registered with the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and cannot be moved without permission. At the same time, the addresses of British and American nationals are not allowed. mobile.

What is this for?

Nonsense, of course, it is to grab the wealth of the public concession, but the Shanghai stock market is an international metropolis after all. It is a bit too ugly to grab the food, so I just change the soup instead of the medicine, and use this method to plunder in disguise. Anyway, they are all Japanese. Have the final say.

"The beautiful secretary of your social bureau sent a meeting notice from the municipal government on helping people in social difficulties during the Spring Festival, asking you to attend the meeting at the municipal government tomorrow morning." Wang Zhen said.

"This winter is extremely cold. I heard a briefing at the meeting of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, saying that from the end of December to now, it was just a public concession, and more than 500 people had been frozen to death."

“Most of them are ordinary people who are homeless on the streets, without food or cotton clothes, unable to withstand the severe cold, and a small number of addicts poisoned by the Japanese.”

"The Shanghai stock market newspapers and some charitable people jointly asked Chen Gongbo for relief activities. I guess that with his character who likes to sell his reputation, the meeting tomorrow is to study this matter."

"It is not convenient for me to come forward. You will participate in this matter on my behalf, and keep abreast of the progress of the work and the difficulties encountered. I will find a way to solve it. The people's livelihood is difficult in the war era. We can do good things within our capacity. Report." Chen Mingxiang said.

This kind of short-term behavior is a drop in the bucket for the Shanghai stock market people who are in dire straits, but the general environment is like this, Chen Mingxiang is also helpless, and his identity is extremely sensitive, and he can do quite limited things.

However, the whole Shanghai stock market knows that Wang Zhen is his "lover". Wang Zhen's participation is the same as his personal participation.

As long as Chen Gongbo is willing to support, under the banner of the city government, Chen Mingxiang can also mobilize some resources, and the Japanese can't say anything else. On the surface, they have to support vigorously.

After all, their goal is to turn the Shanghai stock market into a logistics base for Japan to launch wars, not to see a dead city.

"I saw the checkpoints in various places in the public concession. They have all been withdrawn this afternoon. Are the Japanese giving up tracing the lost gold?" Wang Zhen felt very strange.

"This time it is a ton of gold, the market price is more than one million US dollars. This is not a small amount. Can 20 fighters be built? Can the Japanese give up the meat?"

"Actually, the area of ​​the public concession is tight and loose, and the area of ​​the public concession is handed over to the police department, which is the original subordinate department of the police department, and the Criminal Extraordinary High Division is responsible for the investigation. The traffic arteries of the Shanghai stock market and surrounding areas are all in the gendarmerie, Under the close surveillance of the secret agent headquarters and the police station, twenty boxes of gold are not so easy to get out of the city."

"I still feel weird to this day, what kind of force is it that happened to catch up with this incident and snatched the gold stolen by the Japanese?" Chen Mingxiang also wanted to know the answer.

Wu Sibao, Zhang Guozhen and others did not leak their secrets before the action, even Pan Da did not know it, and they were still somewhat concealed.

Moreover, Zhang Guozhen heard about the escort route and time of this batch of gold from the driver of the armored car. It is estimated that it is very unlikely that other forces will be informed about such a confidential matter.

This brings up an unexplainable doubt. How did the person who robbed gold and killed the driver and drove away the armored car know the inside story?

However, the doubt was quickly resolved. Chen Mingxiang returned to his residence from Wang Zhen's residence, and suddenly received a call from Zhou Guojun, asking him to meet at the clinic.