Wind spy

On New Year's Day last year, in order to adapt to the changing situation, Chen Mingxiang concealed his huge wealth from smuggling transactions, monopolies and commercial activities, so as not to be remembered by others. In the name of deepening the relationship, Chen Mingxiang conducted a large-scale condolences. activity.

The major spy agencies, gendarmerie and senior generals of the garrison under the three major forces of the dispatching army headquarters, the north China front army headquarters and the Kwantung Army headquarters will receive a dividend of two million US dollars.

Needless to say, the Gendarmerie Command in Shanghai and the Marine Corps Command in Shanghai, the Japanese intelligence agencies in Shanghai, the 13th Army Command, the Japanese Division in Shanghai and the Third Fleet Command also have very rich condolences and Red envelopes, this is another million dollars in expenses.

In addition to giving one million US dollars to the three giants of the bureau, from New Year's Day to the Spring Festival in the 32nd of the Republic of China, a total of more than four million US dollars were spent before and after. Boss Dai was scared to believe it.

"Huatong Trading Company's sales in the entire Republic of China in the 32nd year of the Republic of China, compared with last year's share of more than half, then this time the New Year's Day condolences activities in the Republic of China in 33rd year, I will cut two-thirds of the expenditure. I believe no one has raised any objections to this."

"Everyone knows that I haven't made much money this year. Even the two textile factories in Suzhou are closed. Their eyes are not blind. I am a businessman. I don't do anything that makes money at a loss." Chen Mingxiang said.

Is this really the case?

Everyone’s eyes are basically fixed on the Huatong Trading Company. Everyone understands that this is the main source of Chen Mingxiang’s income, but because the Kwantung Army’s general headquarters cut orders and the impact of the war, the transportation between the Kuomintang Controlled Area and the Shanghai Stock Exchange Not smooth, Huatong Trading Company is indeed not in a strong situation, far worse than last year.

However, Wang Zhen knows that this year's calculation is actually a lot of money, all of which come from his own family's industries, and these have not received much attention.

The first is the two tobacco factories, which are simply two cash cows, and there is not enough production to sell. The second is the coal company and the salt company, which are monopolies, especially the sales of salt, which is equivalent to sitting at home and collecting money.

Then there are tea factories and silk weaving factories. Tea sales and silk sales account for more than 30% of the supply of large cities. Although there is only one textile factory, basically there is no suspension of work. Looking at the book, there are more and more vouchers in China. Wang Zhen didn't know how to spend it.

"You write me a quantitative standard, such as how to send it to the military police and the Marine Corps, how to send it to the leaders of the secret service, how to send it to the Japanese headquarters and the headquarters of the Japanese army, in addition to preparing a red envelope, I also need to make a copy. Expedited production plan."

"It's not long before New Year's Day. The factory must work overtime to produce, otherwise it will delay the condolences activities. As long as the Japanese are not driven out of China, the relationship must be maintained. Spending more is to facilitate work. You still It should be noted that foreign nationals in concentration camps should also send some condolences. This is a resource that we will rely on in the future." Wang Zhen said.

As long as she spends her money on the blade, she is not a kind of miser. Instead, she is worried that Chen Mingxiang's reluctance will affect the relationship with those Japanese generals. From this point of view, she is definitely a good helper.

In the Chen family, Chen Mingxiang basically doesn't care about money. He only has a general idea of ​​the family's money, that is, large sums of input and expenditure, and the scattered income and expenses do not remember at all, and they are all taken care of by Wang Zhen.

What he is most assured of is that Wang Zhen doesn't take money seriously, and he never says a word when he needs to use it.

In fact, he also knows Wang Zhen's mind. The key is that there are so many sources of income in the family. As long as the dollar and gold at the bottom of the box can't be touched, Wang Zhen will not care too much about his future life.

"Zhou Tuohai promised me to exchange a batch of gold and Japanese yen from the China Reserve Bank of China Reserve Certificates. This time we will change the tricks. Except for a few generals and the officials who have a good relationship, the rest of us will give Japanese yen. It can be sent home to subsidize the family. It must be very popular."

"For the big gold bars, leave a small part, and the rest will be remelted by the old goldsmiths to make one or two gold bars, with the name of our Huatong Trading Company on them." Chen Mingxiang said.

"You know that you have a lot of ghosts and eyes, and you know that you can use the resources of the puppet government to profit yourself. But I work part-time in the Shanghai Branch of the Reserve Bank of China. The Reserve Bank of China has more than 50 currency reserves in gold alone. Ten thousand taels, more than seven million taels of silver, nearly 400,000 silver dollars collected, and more than 27 million yen." Wang Zhen said with a smile.

Following Chen Mingxiang's instructions, whether it is a tobacco factory, a tea factory or a silk weaving factory, they all began to get busy with the production tasks on New Year's Day. They also purchased some local specialties. Trucks and trucks of materials were transported to Huatong regardless of day and night. Warehouse of trading company.

The goods on the car are all affixed to the seals of condolences. The checkpoints of the gendarmerie, puppet army and police everywhere are released immediately. Everyone knows that Chen Mingxiang has the habit of condolences on New Year’s Day and dare not stop such things, even at the very least None of the inspections were done.

Chen Mingxiang concentrated a batch of China Reserve Certificates and pulled them to the vault of the Shanghai Branch of the Reserve Bank of China. With Zhou Aihai's approval and the Japanese acquiescence, he exchanged a batch of large gold bars and Japanese yen.

Of course, this matter naturally aroused the attention of Japanese intelligence agencies, because Chen Mingxiang was doing it honestly and never thought of concealing it.

For example, Kitazawa Hei reported to Shibayama Kenshiro on this issue, and Chen Mingxiang was using this method to win over and corrupt the warriors of the empire!

"Your Excellency, I heard that Chen Mingxiang has been very busy recently. He has prepared two warehouses for the condolences of the imperial army alone, and also exchanged hundreds of gold bars and vouchers from the Shanghai Branch of the Reserve Bank of China. Hundreds of thousands of yen, he is exploiting the loopholes of the Jinling government for his own benefit." Kitazawa said.

"Even the dispatching army headquarters knows this matter. It is a special project approved by Chen Mingxiang and Zhou Aihai signed and approved. It is said that Japanese yen is used to issue red envelopes to officers and generals of our imperial army, and large gold bars are used to make Commemorative gold bars."

"There are many vital interests involved. Let's not talk about this issue. Whoever opposes is unlucky! This wealth is in the hands of the imperial army. In this regard, everyone turns one eye and closes one eye. It is rare. The collective became dumb."

"I can warn you, don't do any little tricks on Chen Mingxiang anymore. Many people are staring at Chen Mingxiang's New Year's Day condolences, with their necks stretched out long, and you must never do anything that offends public anger!"

"If it weren't for you to target Chen Mingxiang many times, the Mei agency would also be able to enjoy this kind of treatment. When Chen Mingxiang starts to express his condolences, you still don't know how many complaints you will suffer." Said Shibayama Kenshiro.