Chapter 70: The Boss Is Coming
Major Matthew, who was ordered to be stationed in Rangoon, was in a sense the supreme commander of the military in charge of Rangoon's affairs, but a telegram sent from the British mainland a few days ago made Major Matthew, who should have been at ease, gloomy for several days. After getting up in the morning and having breakfast, Matthew did not go to the barracks to inspect as is customary, but drove alone in a jeep to the port.
"I'm here, what the hell is going on, can I say it now?" Matthew drove the jeep back and forth twice, and after making sure that no one was watching behind him, he drove the jeep into the backyard of a trading house in the port area. Sitting face to face with Matthew was a middle-aged man with a gentleman's beard, with the smell of a businessman from head to toe, but the glint that flashed in his eyes from time to time made Matthew unconsciously lower his voice.
"Major Matthew, I always thought we could be good friends, but Major Matthew, you turned a blind eye to the olive branch I extended out. I'm very sorry for what happened in the UK, but I can tell you that we didn't bother your family. You can rest assured that your family is a businessman, not a bandit. The middle-aged man spoke very slowly, repeatedly stating his position to Matthew, but Matthew did not feel any good feelings about the words said by the other party.
Reaching out and grabbing the coffee pot on the table, the middle-aged man poured a cup of coffee for Matthew, then put down the coffee pot and said with a smile, "Major Matthew, I am not saying this to gain your understanding. I would like to say that all your family in England is under our watchful eye, and there are only two paths before you, to be our friend or our foe. While speaking, the middle-aged man took out a stack of photos from the box next to him and slowly pushed them to Matthew, after seeing those photos, Matthew couldn't help but burst into anger, and the photos were all his family members in the UK.
"You guys, what the hell are you trying to do? Do you really think of me as a mud ornament? In a fit of rage, Matthew reached out and pulled out the pistol in the holster at his waist, but before Matthew could pull the sleeve to push the bullet into loading, a hard object was already on the back of his head. Matthew stopped pulling the sleeve, and slowly turned his head to look back, a grim-looking man in black was holding a pistol aimed at his head.
"Major Matthew, I said it that we want to be friends with you rather than enemies." The middle-aged man sitting at the table motioned for the man in black to take Matthew's pistol, and then motioned for Matthew to sit down again. "Major Matthew, I still say the same thing, you only have two choices now, be friends or enemies with us." As soon as the words fell, the middle-aged man reached out and took out a thick envelope from under the table and pushed it to Matthew, and smiled and motioned Matthew to open the envelope.
I thought that the envelope contained something threatening to him again, but the person had to bow his head under the eaves, so Matthew had to open the envelope on the table according to the middle-aged man's instructions, but the result was surprising to the extreme. The envelope that Matthew opened contained a thick stack of banknotes, which Matthew estimated to be 500 pounds, at least. Seeing that Matthew looked at him in confusion, the middle-aged man who had been silent immediately smiled and explained.
"Major Matthew, we have always been very generous to our friends, here is 500 pounds, which is our small gift to our friends, and your family in England has also received a small gift from us, but the gift they have received is slightly larger than this." The middle-aged man's words shocked Matthew's heart, more than 500 pounds, so it doesn't mean that he and his family have received more than 1,000 pounds in bills.
That's 1,000 pounds, enough to buy a small farm in England after he was discharged from the army, and looking at the banknotes on the table out of the corner of his eye, Matthew couldn't help but feel a little hot. Xu was aware of the struggle and entanglement in Matthew's heart at the moment, and the middle-aged man smiled and put the banknotes on the table back into the envelope, and then stuffed the envelope into Matthew's hand.
"Major Matthew, this is just a small gift from us, if we can be friends, a small gift like this will be sent to your family every month for legitimate and legitimate reasons. And I promise, even the damned tax collectors won't be able to deny your family the right and justification for this gift, in other words, you don't have to worry about the tax collector conducting a financial investigation into you. ”
Matthew knew that the other party said such a paragraph, which was nothing more than to prove his ability to himself, but before the other party did not say his true intentions, he did not dare to accept this small gift from the other party. "So, tell me, what exactly do you want me to do?" The corner of his eye swept over the bulging envelope on the table, and Matthew, who should have said no, suddenly changed his tone, and his tone was not as aggressive as at the beginning.
The middle-aged man had already noticed the difference in Matthew's words, so he explained with a smile, "That's right, Major Matthew, you are the military commander of the British army in Yangon, and the port area is naturally under your jurisdiction." We have a shipment of goods going ashore here, and I would like to trouble Major Matthew to send some soldiers along the road to escort us while we transport this shipment. Hearing that the other party just wanted to borrow some soldiers from him to serve as temporary bodyguards, Matthew's heart immediately settled down, and this request was not out of the ordinary.
"In addition, we need to borrow the trucks from your barracks, and of course, fuel is also necessary. You should know that the oil production from the Ringanqiang oil field is already under control, and the current oil price in Yangon is the same every day, and your military should be able to get enough and cheap enough oil. He had already secretly acquiesced to the middle-aged man's first request, and Matthew didn't feel any pressure on the other party's second request.
"Look, that's the power of 1,000 pounds, and as I said a long time ago, this Matthew is not what he seems. The boss once said that things that can be solved with money are not difficult, as long as we get this Matthew, in the future, in the port area, our goods can come and go at will, and we can also get enough cheap oil in the name of the military. Watching Matthew, who had a 500-pound bill in his pocket, leave the backyard of the trading house, the middle-aged man who had a calm expression smiled and smiled, as did the man in black.
"Steven, since this Matthew has already taken our money, shouldn't we tell Miss Angela the news? The Jewish camp is almost already under construction, and perhaps Miss Angela can find time to come to Yangon, but our boss is coming to Yangon. The man in black was smiling a little mysteriously at the moment, when he was in Mexico, he served as the captain of the guard for Angela for a period of time, and he knew a little bit about Angela's thoughts.
"Guderian, I didn't say you, do you really think that the boss doesn't know Miss Angela's mind?" Steven turned to look at the man in black, "Our boss doesn't look at his age, but he is a person who can plan such a big game of chess, do you really think he is just an ordinary young man?" The boss and Miss Angela had known each other as early as last year, and from the beginning to the end, the boss did not show any interest in Miss Angela. You must know that our boss is a Chinese, and in the habits and customs of the Chinese, the age of the wife can be older than the man, but not more than three years older than the man. ”
The man in black, that is, Guderian, did not expect that there would be such a custom in China, although Angela was also unmarried, but in terms of age, she was at least seven or eight years older than Zhuo Fei. Squinting at the pensive look on Guderian's face, Steven immediately smiled, "This matter is not something we can worry about, but I heard that those Jews are already secretly discussing this matter, maybe our boss will eventually marry a Jewish woman." ”
Steven's words surprised Guderian, "The boss marries a Jewish woman? No, it's not okay, it's a conflict of interest for those of us to have the boss marry a Jewish woman, it's absolutely not okay. Guderian's words did not win Steven's sympathy, on the contrary, Steven was secretly despising the other party in his heart at the moment, and said in his heart What kind of person is the boss, how can it be decided by a few of you.
"Sir, I just received a telegram from the Poseidon and everything is going well, the Poseidon will arrive at Yangon Port tonight." While the two were chatting, a clerk from the comptoir came to the backyard with a telegram he had just received. After taking the telegram and reading it carefully, Steven immediately wrote a reply, asking the telegraph operator of the comptoir to send it to the Jewish camp immediately.
"Guderian, we have something to do soon, the boss will arrive in Yangon tonight, I think the boss may need us to give a detailed report on the work of the recent period." Knowing that the Poseidon would arrive at the port tonight, Steven and Guderian were a little excited, especially Steven, who was in charge of the specific affairs of the Yangon port, was already busy, and even urged the entire staff of the trading house to be busy.
The boss is coming to Myanmar, which is definitely a big deal for the guards of the Golden Shield Company who have come to Myanmar. Just after lunch, Guderian had already taken a team of his guards to the port to wait, and Guderian, who was fluent in Chinese, understood what it meant to live like a year. "Look, Poseidon, that's Poseidon." Seeing the night fall little by little, at last, one of Guderian's guards shouted, the Poseidon had appeared on the sea not far from the port, and the red striped paint on the side of the Poseidon was too conspicuous.