Chapter 710 Important Information
“Little monkey, circle the activities of these people.” Cheng Qianfan said to Hou Pingliang.
Hou Pingliang took the baton from Cheng Qianfan, pointed at the map and said, "Brother Fan, here."
Hou Pingliang clicked on the map, "Here, and here."
Cheng Qianfan stared at the map and fell into deep thought.
This is an almost elliptical activity range, mainly concentrated near Xiangyin Road and Huangxing Road.
“Who do you think these people are from?” Cheng Qianfan asked Hou Pingliang.
“Brother Fan, this is the sphere of influence of the Japanese. Are these people related to the Japanese?” Hou Pingliang asked.
“Here.” Cheng Qianfan clicked somewhere on the map.
Hou Pingliang took a step forward and leaned forward, "Brother Fan, do you suspect they are from the company?"
Cheng Qianfan frowned in thought, shook his head slightly, and did not answer the question.
After a moment, he pulled his right hand, covering half of the map, and returned to the seat behind the desk to sit down.
He took out half a cigarette from the drawer and threw it to Hou Pingliang.
Cheng Qianfan scratched the scalp under his hair with his little finger, "Since there is nothing wrong with the lipstick, stop staring at Ding Yu."
“Yes!” Hou Pingliang agreed.
"Wujiaochang is a very sensitive place. The Japanese are building large-scale construction projects there and making it mysterious." Cheng Qianfan played with a cigarette in his hand and said, "This matter is over here. Don't continue to stare at those people." People."
As he spoke, he shook his head, "When it comes to Japanese territory, it's always right to be careful."
With one leg raised on the table, Cheng Qianfan snorted, "The attitude of the superiors towards the Japanese..."
He clicked his tongue twice and shook his head, "Sooner or later, this big Shanghai will be ruled by the Japanese."
“I understand.” Hou Pingliang saluted and said.
The French Concession authorities have become increasingly cautious and conceding towards matters related to the Japanese, and have conveyed their opinions to the patrol house in an undocumented form:
This matter involves Japanese people, so be careful not to stir up trouble lightly.
Wujiaochang is the territory of the Japanese. Brother Fan is worried that those people have some relationship with the Japanese, so he simply ignores them 'for safety reasons'.
After Hou Pingliang left, Cheng Qianfan came to the door and pointed at a patrolman in the corridor.
“I want to take a rest and don’t let anyone disturb me.”
“Yes!” The inspector quickly stood at attention and saluted, standing outside the door of the deputy chief inspector’s office to guard ‘Mr. Xiao Cheng’’s rest.
Cheng Qianfan closed the door, came to the wall, opened the other half of the curtain, stared at the map and fell into deep thought.
Since the beginning of this year, the Japanese have expelled the Chinese people in Wujiaochang and began to build various buildings in Wujiaochang.
In addition to building houses for “ordinary citizens” in Japan, the Japanese also built several special buildings:
They built a three-story Hengchan Co., Ltd. at the corner of Xiangyin Road and Huangxing Road.
This is the center of the elliptical activity range that Hou Pingliang just pointed out.
‘Hengsan Co., Ltd.’?
Cheng Qianfan’s expression was serious, with coldness and anger flashing in his eyes.
In order to implement their policy of "supporting war with war", the Japanese invaders established various "companies" in the occupied areas.
They classified the main industrial, mining, and transportation industries as "controlled undertakings" and were monopolized by specially established "national policy associations". Those that were not classified as "controlled undertakings" were called "free undertakings" and were allowed to be operated privately by the Japanese.
"Co., Ltd." is called a company, but it is actually carrying out economic plunder on China under the guise of corporate management and backed by violence.
These ‘companies’ can be said to have followed closely in the footsteps of the Japanese invaders, extending the tentacles of economic aggression to every corner of the occupied areas.
For example, in April this year, Japan established the so-called Huazhong Mining Co., Ltd., whose assets mainly consist of plundering iron ore and fluorspar mines in Zhejiang, Anhui, and Jiangsu, China.
In June of this year, the Japanese established Huazhong Hydropower Co., Ltd., and its assets consisted of seizing power plants, water plants, Shanghai gas companies, etc. outside the Shanghai concession, in Nanjing, Qishuyan, Hangzhou, Zhenjiang, Wuhu, Anqing and other places.
Following this, the Japanese established the Huazhong Silk Co., Ltd. a month later. Most of the sericulture, silk reeling fields and other industries occupied by the Japanese army in Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang were plundered and controlled by this company.
These companies, large and small, plunder the Chinese people in a cruel way (not a typo).
According to some documents that Cheng Qianfan saw from Hyōtaro Imamura, in the occupied areas, taking the occupied areas of North China as an example, some companies in order to "maintain the stability of the occupied areas" ingeniously proposed the idea of a Sino-Japanese joint venture company. plan.
For example, Japan’s Tianjin Co., Ltd. stipulates that China’s investment in each of its industries shall be 51% and Japan’s investment shall be 49%.
So-called Japanese investments are often made with waste paper such as military bills and corporate bonds.
The management rights and products of these enterprises are controlled by Japan, and most of the profits belong to it.
This so-called "Sino-Japanese joint venture" is a big scam by the Japanese invaders to monopolize China's industrial and mining enterprises, use China's human, material and financial resources, and squeeze the blood and sweat of the Chinese people.
According to the Company Organization Law enacted by the Japanese government, these companies are "special legal persons limited by shares".
The so-called "special legal person" means that the Japanese government has direct supervision and control rights over the company.
For example, it is stipulated that “if the Japanese government deems it necessary to make unified adjustments to the business of Central China Revitalization Company for national defense and to promote the economic development of Central China, it may issue an order to supervise it.”
“If the Japanese government considers that the company’s resolution or supervisor’s behavior violates the company’s regulations or is harmful to the public interest, it may cancel the resolution or remove the director from his duties.”
The Japanese government has set up a special supervisory officer for the company, etc.
Hence, the so-called Co., Ltd. is essentially a combination of Japanese warlords and chaebols, serving Japan's crimes of aggression.
Cheng Qianfan was not sure whether these people were related to Hengsan Co., Ltd.
However, the appearance and activity of these people in his eyes naturally aroused his suspicion and vigilance.
This incident was a follow-up to his secret meeting with Li Cuiqun. Because of the nature of the meeting, he deliberately arranged for Hou Pingliang to accompany him to the nightclub.
However, Hou Pingliang is only his confidant in the patrol room and does not know his other identity, so he is not suitable to continue the investigation.
So he ordered Hou Pingliang to say, "This matter ends here."
The matter will be secretly investigated by the Shanghai Special Intelligence Team.
Cheng Qianfan's eyes turned to the other three locations on the map.
In addition to building the office building of Hengchan Co., Ltd. at the corner of Xiangyin Road and Huangxing Road, the Japanese also built a two-story Central China Dispatch Army Headquarters office building at the corner of Handan Road and Siping Road.
One hundred, fifty-sixty foreign-style houses were built in the Siping Road and Huangxing Road area.
The engineering corps dormitory was built on Zhengsu Road.
The area of Wujiaochang is only less than 16 square kilometers. From the office building of Hengsan Co., Ltd. as the center, it does not take long to go to the other three places.
He laid the baton in his hand flat, and ‘drawn’ a line with Hengsan Co., Ltd. as the starting point and the Central China Japanese Army Dispatch Force Headquarters as the end point.
Cheng Qianfan lit the cigarette in his mouth and took a puff. His eyes were fixed on the map, and the smoke he exhaled was like a faint mist floating on the map.
…
"Two things." Cheng Qianfan took the vinegar pot handed over by Hao Zai, poured a little into the noodle bowl, stirred it with chopsticks, took a careful sip of the noodle soup, and then sighed happily, his eyebrows trembling. Stretch out.
The store didn’t dare to deceive ‘Mr. Xiao Cheng’, the vinegar was not diluted with water.
Hugh, wheeze.
Hao Zai ate the noodles with big mouthfuls.
“Slow down.” Cheng Qianfan knocked on the noodle bowl, “The first thing is to arrange for a smart brother to go to Xian Ledu and secretly keep an eye on Ding Yu.”
“Do you need to take action?” Hao Zai wiped his mouth and asked.
"No, no matter what Ding Yu does, don't act rashly. His task is to keep an eye on people, just use his eyes and ears to see what Ding Yu does and says." Cheng Qianfan said.
“I understand.” Hao Zai nodded.
“The second thing.” Cheng Qianfan took a bite of the sweet garlic, nodded with satisfaction, and continued, “According to Little Monkey’s investigation, there is a group of people who seem to be secretly watching Ding Yu.”
“Brother Fan, who are these people?”
“I don’t know yet.” Cheng Qianfan said after taking a few mouthfuls of noodles, “However, this group of people will be active near Wujiaochang.”
“Japanese?” Hao Zai raised his head and asked.
“We can’t be sure.” Cheng Qianfan shook his head, “Have someone keep an eye on this group of people to see where they came from.”
"yes."
"Wujiaochang is the territory of the Japanese, so be careful." Cheng Qianfan said, "Because the identity of this group of people cannot be determined, this is the most difficult thing, so being cautious is the first priority."
“Yes.” Hao Zai nodded.
Cheng Qianfan paused for a moment, thought for a moment, and added, "The people who are staring at Ding Yu and the people who are staring at Wujiaochang don't know each other."
“I understand.” Hao Zai nodded.
…
Xian Ledu.
“Sister Na, my lipstick was stolen as expected.” Ding Yu twisted her waist, walked over and whispered, then she blew a kiss in response to a paunchy man.
Hu Na did not speak. She seemed to be drunk, staring at the goblet in her hand with some confusion.
"If Sister Na hadn't reminded me that I had changed my lipstick in advance, it would have been terrible." Ding Yu took the wine glass from Hu Na's hand and said, "Sister Na, stop drinking. If you drink any more, you will get drunk."
"Give it to me, give me the wine glass." Hu Na was drunk and reached for the wine glass, but it was shaky. Ding Yu held her down and sat on the sofa.
"Did Cheng Qianfan's people do it?" Hu Na pretended to be dissatisfied and pushed Ding Yu and whispered.
“I don’t know.” Ding Yu shook his head, “But after thinking about it, only Cheng Qianfan’s people have this motive.”
"Heh~" Hu Na sneered, "This 'Mr. Xiao Cheng' is more cautious and cunning than we thought."
She sneered in her heart when she thought of how confident Su Chende was when he made this plan, and how he had "a grasp on Cheng Qianfan".
"Cheng Qianfan is the leader of the patrol unit trained by Tan Detai. Tan Detai himself has already left in despair. There is no need to worry too much about a little loser like Cheng Qianfan."
Hu Na felt irritated when she thought of Su Chende's triumphant expression.
After Su Chende took office, his style was more radical than that of his predecessor, Tan Detai.
Not only that, Su Chende carried out some actions to detoxify the surviving personnel of the Central Bureau of Statistics Shanghai Station.
In his words, he intentionally or unintentionally belittled Qin Detai and promoted himself.
As for Cheng Qianfan, Su Chende’s attitude is:
The reason Cheng Qianfan has the power he has now is because he can please the French and secretly get close to the Japanese.
This person was a compromise between the Japanese and the French. It was a matter of luck. In fact, Cheng Qianfan's ability was average.
Hu Na has a different view on this. In her opinion, even Su Chende's view has some truth, but being able to deal with the French and Japanese at the same time makes the two powers nod their approval. A character, which in itself shows the extraordinary ability of this 'Mr. Xiao Cheng'.
However, Hu Na was surprised to find that the more she reminded Su Chende and informed him of the extraordinary qualities of 'Mr. Xiao Cheng', the more impatient Su Chende became.
"Cheng Qianfan is more powerful than we imagined." Hu Na finally 'snatched' the wine glass from Ding Yu's hand. She couldn't wait to take a sip and whispered, "You must be more careful and don't take the initiative to approach recently. Cheng Qianfan."
“Yes.” Ding Yu nodded.
…
Hongkong.
Consulate General of Japan in Hong Kong.
A man wrapped up in a windbreaker approached the guards of the Consulate General.
“Stop.” Two Japanese guards raised their bayonets and stopped the intruder with strong voices.
“I have important information that I want to present to Consul General Toyichi Nakamura.” The man raised a document in his hand and said in a hoarse voice.
A Japanese guard stepped forward, took the certificate and looked at it carefully.
“Toyokawa Bokuto, Manager of Maritime Transportation Department of Kagang Co., Ltd.” The Japanese guard looked at this person with a scrutinizing look.
“You can call His Excellency Consul General Toyichi Nakamura.” Toyokawa Bokuto said.
The guard walked to the guard box, picked up the phone receiver, and started to draw numbers.
Soon, the guard returned and returned the document with both hands, "Mr. Toyokawa, please follow me."
About a quarter of an hour later.
Toyokawa Bokuto held the water glass in his hands with both hands, feeling the warmth of the hot water in the water glass, and he sighed with satisfaction.
At this time, there were footsteps.
“Bokuto, I introduced you to that Chinese doctor with superb medical skills. Didn’t you go ask him for diagnosis and treatment?” Nakamura Toyichi heard Toyokawa Bokuto’s coughing sound and asked.
Toyokawa Bokuto has a cold syndrome and is naturally afraid of the cold. Although it is only early November, Toyokawa Bokuto is already wearing thick cotton clothes and a windbreaker when traveling.
"The Chinese doctor learned that I was Japanese and was unwilling to treat me." Toyokawa Bokuto shook his head and said, "Let's not talk about it for now. Your Excellency, I have something important to report to you."
“What’s the matter?” Toyichi Nakamura asked as he sat on the sofa.
“The people I arranged at the Juntong Hong Kong Station sent out an important piece of information.” Toyokawa Bokuto coughed and said.
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