Chapter 186 The greedy black marketeer (1st update, please subscribe)
Cheng Qianfan keenly observed that Zhou Ru was in a good mood.
He did not avoid Zhou Ru just now. He chose to send the telegram by Zhou Ru, which was a deliberate decision.
The main reason why the call from Hangzhou chose a higher level of confidentiality was that the message involved a large amount of money, which needed to be kept confidential.
In addition, Eguchi Hideya’s name is also confidential.
The message drafted by Cheng Qianfan blurred these two points.
Zhou Ru is a telegraph operator. To Cheng Qianfan, there is no doubt about Zhou Ru’s importance.
He hopes to gradually conquer Zhou Ru and make him his confidant.
On the basis of ensuring safety, release trust to Zhou Ru and win her over step by step.
Zhou Ru knew that his hidden identity was in the patrol room, which in itself was one of his biggest secrets.
So, except when it comes to his Red Party identity, and the alternate identity of Kentaro Miyazaki that he is operating.
Other information, Cheng Qianfan will disclose it to Zhou Ru as appropriate.
The telegraph operator must become a confidant, otherwise, Cheng Qianfan will not feel at ease.
Judging from Zhou Ru's reaction, she felt his trust and was very happy. His operation was effective.
In addition, he has been observing Zhou Ru's expression when he mentioned the discovery of the Red Party.
Cheng Qianfan is well aware of the power of our party’s underground work. Although the possibility of Zhou Ru being a latent member of the Red Party is extremely low, he cannot rule out this possibility.
Zhou Ru's expression did not change.
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“Yamazaki-kun, tell me what you think.” Inoue Yan called Yamazaki Shuichi to talk alone.
"Director, I think this is an opportunity to show the military department the spirit of the warriors who are willing to die for the empire." Yamazaki Shuichi said.
Inoue Yan glanced at this person.
"Director, the warriors have shed blood and sacrificed their lives for the empire, but they have not received the treatment and attention they deserve." Shuichi Yamazaki gritted his teeth and continued, "This will chill the hearts of the warriors if the military department does this."
“You will seize the opportunity.” Inoue Yan said slowly.
“Director, this is the common voice of everyone.” Shuichi Yamazaki bowed.
"You go down." Inoue Yan nodded, "I heard the cry of the warriors."
“The subordinates resign.”
Inoue Yan’s face darkened.
Inoue Mansion does dirty work for the empire. On the surface, the military attaches great importance to it, and the funds are always met immediately.
However, the people under his command have always been resentful.
They look forward to further recognition from the Military Ministry:
They are not killers and thugs.
They want to be recognized as imperial agents, the kind registered.
In fact, this is what Inoue Yan has been working hard on.
Only when Inoue Mansion is officially recognized by the military department can he himself gain greater rights and promotions.
Inoue Yan has to admit that Yamazaki Shuichi is very capable and good at seizing opportunities.
Eguchi Hideya's loyalty and heroic behavior are indeed worthy of praise.
I believe that the Imperial Military Department is also willing to publicize Eguchi Hideya's heroic and loyal behavior.
This will help Inoue Mansion further gain recognition from the military.
All his subordinates obviously understood this, so as soon as Yamazaki Shuichi spoke out, he immediately won everyone's unanimous support.
Yu Gong, Inoue Yan supports this operation.
Yamazaki Shuichi responded one by one, which aroused Inoue Yan's vigilance.
Inoue Mansion was founded by Inoue Yan, which was the cornerstone for him to gain a foothold in the military and seek greater power.
He will never allow anyone under his command to challenge his authority.
Perhaps Shuichi Yamazaki has no such intention of ‘replacing’ him at the moment.
But who can say for sure what will happen in the future?
As for Eguchi Hideya, Inouehiko shook his head. He once had some doubts about the rescued subordinate, but at present, the suspicion can basically be ruled out.
The Chinese people did not know that they were going to the execution ground. Eguchi faced death with emotion and shouted a battle cry. This cannot be faked.
Eguchi Hideya's various performances, objectively speaking, can win applause and more recognition for Inoue Mansion.
A good young man with a loyal character.
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Aunt Ma and Liu Ada still quarrel every day over whether there is too much filling or too little in the wontons.
In fact, the photo increased the awareness of the crisis of a pan-fried stall. The filling portion of Liu Ada’s wontons increased, and at least Cheng Qianfan ate more shrimp skin.
The days pass very quickly and also very slowly.
On this day, Cheng Qianfan handed over 3,500 French currency in cash to Peter.
“So much money?” Peter was greatly surprised. He didn’t expect that those few boxes of inconspicuous sulfonamides could be so profitable.
“Old rules, you make half the net profit.” Cheng Qianfan said with a smile.
This is an agreement between him and Pete. After selling the goods, the capital will be settled to Pete first. Pete will take half of the profit directly, and the remaining half belongs to Cheng Qianfan.
Taking this batch of sulfonamides as an example, Cheng Qianfan sold them at a "high price" of twenty yuan in French currency per box.
The proceeds from the sale were approximately 7,000 French currency.
This batch of sulfonamides was ‘capital-free’, so Cheng Qianfan directly handed over half of the 7,000 French currency to Peter.
The remaining 3,500 French currency belongs to Cheng Qianfan. Of course, the "black market commission" paid to Xia Wenqiao and other expenses are also Cheng Qianfan's responsibility.
Xia Wenqiao received a bonus of 270 yuan in legal currency from this transaction.
Why is it 270 yuan?
Cheng Qianfan’s reply to Xia Wenqiao was that these drugs were the latest drugs in Europe, and the purchase price was as high as fifteen yuan in French currency per box.
The price is 20 yuan, and the profit per box is 5 yuan in French currency. Based on this calculation, the total profit is about 1,800 French currency.
15% of the red draw is not 280 legal coins!
Xia Wenqiao had no objection to this price, because they had never heard of this kind of medicine, so they were free to accept whatever Cheng Qianfan said.
Even so, Xia Wenqiao was very surprised by the three boxes of medicines and two hundred and eighty French coins.
Of course, Xia Wenqiao didn't know anything about this batch of drugs. Qinggang had a very detailed price list for regular product prices.
Yes, they even know the market price of goods better than some merchants.
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In this way, Cheng Qianfan’s apparent net profit was about three thousand French currency.
There are also twenty boxes of sulfa.
The 5,000 French currency remitted from the Secret Service Headquarters bought 250 boxes of sulfa. Cheng Qianfan withdrew 20 boxes of sulfa as combat medicine for the latent team. Both Yu Ping'an and Dai Chunfeng were a little angry about this. ’, but in the end he didn’t say anything.
As for the Red Party, Cheng Qianfan estimated that they had eaten about forty or fifty boxes.
Cheng Qianfan did not show up during the entire transaction process. He arranged for Li Hao to be in charge.
Two words: safety.
He doesn’t want to know which buyer is arranged by the Red Party, and he will not offer price reductions to the Red Party. Everything will be conducted as a normal black market transaction operation.
Cheng Qianfan naturally knew how difficult it was for the Red Party to come up with close to one thousand French currency, but he chose to sit on the sidelines.
It is not his job to raise funds for the Red Party, and he will never participate in it.
However, Cheng Qianfan secretly consumed fifty boxes of sulfonamides at the price of twenty yuan per box. He would keep this batch of drugs in a safe place for emergency use.
He can secretly provide medicine to the Red Party when needed, but he will never take care of the Red Party during the sale process.
His current identity is that of a greedy black marketeer.
This is the rule of his long-term spy career, and everything is carried out as a normal operation.
Only in this way can we ensure that we will not be implicated or suspected.
In this way, in this transaction, Cheng Qianfan actually made more than two thousand French currency and seventy boxes of sulfa, of which twenty boxes of sulfa were prepared by him for his latent team. The existence of the other fifty boxes of sulfa, except for himself, Outside, no one knows.
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On May 19, the ‘Japan-China Friendship Seminar’ prepared by Eiichi Iwai, Deputy Consul General of the Consulate General of Japan in Shanghai, was held.
Wearing a suit and leather shoes, ‘Kentaro Miyazaki’ set off from his residence in Hongkou District, hailed a rickshaw and headed to the venue.
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