In Shanghai, in a Japanese-style Japanese-style room of the Japanese Consulate, two people sat facing each other, one was Major General Fukushima Yasumasa, Chief of Staff of the Japanese Metropolitan Governor's Office, and the other was Second Lieutenant Naoto Miyamoto, military attache of the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai.

Naoto Miyamoto said, "I'm sorry, Your Excellency Fukushima. This time we failed again. ”

Fukushima Yasumasa shook his head and said: "No, I can't blame you this time, we can only blame us for underestimating the propaganda ability of overseas Chinese, who would have thought that they would be able to make this kind of movie, to be honest, after watching this movie, if I were a Qing Chinese, I would also support overseas Chinese." So don't blame yourself too much, no matter who else comes, it can't be better than you. ”

After a pause, Fukushima Yasumasa said again: "In fact, even if there is no movie, it will be difficult for us to succeed in this public opinion attack, because just before the movie appeared, the effect of this public opinion attack is much worse than the last one, so even if there is no movie, it is difficult for us to achieve the goal, after all, this is Shanghai, not Shandong, no matter what overseas Chinese do in Shandong, the effect of public opinion in Shanghai will be discounted, which is also a common problem of Qing people. ”

Miyamoto Naoto nodded and said, "Yes, and now that overseas Chinese have obtained the official position of the Qing State, coupled with their previous military exploits, it can be said that they have achieved widespread recognition in China, and ordinary public opinion attacks will have no effect on them." ”

Fukushima Yasumasa Michi: " Miyamoto-kun, you are right, so the action you took in Shandong is correct, the local forces in Shandong are impossible to fight the overseas Chinese, if we take the liberty at that time and participate in the confrontation between the local forces in Shandong and the overseas Chinese, the result can only be that our intelligence network in Shandong is uprooted by the overseas Chinese, and the separation of intelligence and business houses has been carried out, otherwise there will be the current situation in Shandong, which also shows that you are indeed a far-sighted person, so you can join the intelligence system, it is indeed a great gain for us。 ”

Miyamoto Naoto hurriedly said, "Thank you for your compliment, I will continue to work hard." However, the current situation in Shandong is not optimistic, although our intelligence network in Shandong has developed somewhat, but the overseas Chinese are not Chunting, their organization is very tight, and their counterintelligence ability is very strong; this time in Shanghai's public opinion, we have manipulated several Shandong landlords to come to Shanghai, and it is possible that we have already attracted the attention of overseas Chinese, so we still need to be careful in the future, and we must not be careless in the slightest. ”

Fukushima Yasumasa showed an approving look in his eyes, and said: "When I return to Japan this time, I will report your situation to the General Staff Headquarters, and based on your work achievements in Shandong, I will suggest that you be appointed as the intelligence officer in Shanghai and Shandong." ”

Miyamoto Naoto was stunned, he has only been in the Japanese intelligence agency for more than a year, although he was promoted to the head of the Shandong region, but this is because the Shandong region is not a key area of Japan, and Shanghai is different, it is the key area of the Japanese intelligence agency in China, and he was actually promoted to the head of intelligence in the Shanghai area, not to mention that in a country like Japan that attaches importance to seniority and the phenomenon of seniority is popular, this is indeed an exceptional promotion.

Fukushima Yasumasa said: "If I think so, I want you to be in charge of intelligence work in southeastern China, but your qualifications are not enough, so let's do this for the time being." ”

In fact, Miyamoto Naoto was very satisfied, after all, becoming the person in charge of the Shanghai region, the resources he could mobilize were far higher than those in Shandong, and he also knew that with his current qualifications, it was indeed impossible to become the intelligence director in the southeast region of China. Therefore, he said, "Your Excellency, I will work hard." ”

Fukushima Yasumasa also nodded and said: "Miyamoto-kun, you were the first to propose that overseas Chinese are the biggest threat to Japan, to be honest, at the beginning, I didn't agree with your statement, but I stayed in Tianjin for nearly half a year, and observed the behavior of overseas Chinese in detail, so I have to admit that your judgment is indeed correct, and if overseas Chinese are allowed to develop, it is indeed the biggest threat to Japan." ”

Naoto Miyamoto immediately said: "So will Japan's national policy change now and put the main target on overseas Chinese?" ”

Fukushima Yasumasa shook his head and said: "As far as the current situation is concerned, Japan's primary target is still Russia, and only after defeating Russia can it free up its hands to deal with overseas Chinese." Until then, we can only contain and exploit overseas Chinese, not make enemies of them. When I return to Japan this time, I will enter the Army General Staff Headquarters, and the next work target is North Korea and the northeastern region of China, and there will be a war between Japan and Russia within three years, so the affairs of the overseas Chinese will be left to you. ”

Miyamoto Naoto was silent for a while, he also had to admit that Fukushima Yasumasa was right, now Japan's biggest opponent is indeed Russia and not overseas Chinese, but after Japan defeats Russia, overseas Chinese will develop to that point, at that time Japan can still contain overseas Chinese, Miyamoto Naotaka is not optimistic in his heart, but he can't change the current situation, after all, now Russia's threat to Japan is too great. And at this moment, Miyamoto Naoto's heart moved, and said: "Did we Japan sign any agreement with Britain and get the support of Britain?" ”

Fukushima Yasumasa's face changed slightly, and he said, "Why do you think so?"

Miyamoto's face remained unchanged, and said: "Russia is one of the world's top powers, and its national strength and military strength are far above Japan, if there are no other countries, it is not enough to start a war with Russia with the support of a powerful country like Britain, and Britain has always been an enemy of Russia, but it is subject to the Boer War in Africa, so supporting Japan, which is also an enemy of Russia, is of course the best choice." ”

Fukushima Yasumasa nodded and said, "Your inference is correct, just last month, we Japan and Britain signed an alliance agreement to jointly deal with Russia's expansion in the Far East, if Japan fights Russia alone, Britain will provide Japan with any non-military support, and if other countries support Russia in the war, then Britain must enter the war." ”

Miyamoto Naoto said: "Such conditions are aimed at France. ”

Fukushima Yasumasa said: "You are right, France and Russia have a military alliance, and Britain just wants to use us Japan to contain Russia, but will not easily intervene in the war, we Japan alone against Russia has been very strong, if we add France, we will never win, but Britain can only help us to this point, whether we can defeat Russia, still rely on our own strength, so my next focus is to deal with Russia." ”

Miyamoto Naoto was silent for a while before he said, "Okay, leave the matter of Shanghai to me." ”

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After winning the battle of public opinion, Yang Yuxin went to the Shanghai office to meet Liu Lantao and told him that he was going back to Qingdao, and the cinema asked the Shanghai office to take care of it.

Liu Lantao was also a little surprised, and said with a smile: "District Mayor Yang, you have only been in Shanghai for more than a month, why do you have to go back to Qingdao?"

Yang Yuxin said: "Although I have only been in Shanghai for a little more than a month, the effect of the film is much better than I expected, and it can be said that it has been a huge success, and my next focus should be on the construction of the Shanghai New Area." However, it is not enough for us to build the Shanghai New Area alone. According to this period of time, I have been in contact with Shanghai's industrialists, businessmen, gentry and other people, and there are still many people who are willing to invest in industry, but there is no good investment environment, so I hope to attract investment in Shanghai New Area, attract national capital, including foreign capital, to invest and build factories in Shanghai New Area, only in this way can we speed up the construction of Shanghai New Area. ”

Liu Lantao said: "There is nothing wrong with this reason, and I also support the investment of attracting national capital in the Shanghai New Area, but you only need to send a report to Qingdao, and you don't need to go back to Qingdao in person." ”

Yang Yuxin shook his head and said, "No, a report is not clear at all, because if the Executive Yuan agrees with my suggestion, it must formulate a system for attracting investment, and of course I have to participate in the formulation of this system, so I must go back to Qingdao." ”

Liu Lantao nodded, and said: "Okay, but I hope you can wait a few days before leaving, because I organized a group of students to go to Qingdao to work, so that you can lead the team to set off with them, and there is another person, we are persuading him to go to Qingdao and work for us, and we are now waiting for his reply, if he agrees, having you with you also shows that we value him." ”

It turned out that after the hard work and publicity of the Shanghai office, a considerable number of students did have a good impression of the traverser, and even thought that the traverser was the hope of China, and under the propaganda and encouragement of the Shanghai office, some of the graduates hoped to work in Qingdao, devote themselves to the industry, and do their part for China's development. These students are different from the scholars trained by traditional education, they are all studying in new-style schools, some are simply studying in churches or foreign-founded schools, have received a considerable part of the new-style education, have a broad vision and vision, and have a certain concept of the world, which is exactly the talent that the East China government needs at present, and they are also willing to work in the East China government, after all, China is still a traditional feudal country, and there are not many opportunities for those of them to learn new education.

It was only because of the launch of the Shanghai New Area, the opening of movie theaters, and the counterattack of public opinion that things were temporarily stopped, and now that these things have been understood, it is natural that the introduction of students should be completed.

After hearing this, Yang Yuxin said, "I need to wait for a few days." ”

Liu Lantao thought for a while before saying, "Three days." ”

Yang Yuxin said: "Okay, I'll wait for three more days." Suddenly, he asked, "By the way, there is another person you are talking about, who is this person?"

Liu Lantao smiled and said, "You'll know in three days." ”