"Although you are gambling on your future with a ton of gold, you must be a little reluctant in your heart, but I still congratulate you, the ending of the bet is not bad, and I will give you an equivalent exchange."

"In a few days, use the special pass of Huatong Trading Company to find a suitable time to fish out the gold, I will tell you the place where it is buried, and the gold is better to be guarded by you, for me, money is not as important as you." Chen Mingxiang said with a slight smile.

He could guess what these guys were thinking, and he knew that it was a smarter way to use the only resources in his hand to exchange the future for himself.

As for this batch of gold, Chen Mingxiang has no intention of handing it over to the Military Command Bureau for the time being, he has just given more than $500,000 to the bureau headquarters, and now he has given another ton of gold, so that the financial group of people are used to having problems, and when they encounter financial difficulties, they will find themselves to solve them, and the gold and silver sea cannot stand the toss of tens of thousands of people in the Military Command Bureau.

Sure enough, Chen Gongbo, who was selling his reputation, was stunned by the sycophants of the media and philanthropists in Shanghai, and immediately decided that the municipal government would come forward to organize disaster relief activities, which he believed was a shining point during his tenure as mayor and could greatly improve his prestige in Shanghai.

Chen Gongbo himself appointed himself as the director of the Disaster Relief Affairs Committee of the municipal government, Chen Mingxiang as the deputy director, and the director of the Eight Bureaus as members, and decided to allocate 200,000 legal dollars to purchase 1,000 stone of rice.

"Brother Mingxiang, this time the matter of rice procurement, you and the Japanese army negotiated, and the city government has no channels in this regard, I asked the Grain Management Committee under the Executive Yuan, they actually did not pull out a dime, saying that the demand in various places is too large, and they are also stretched, it is simply unreasonable!"

"I believe in your ability, you must do this beautifully, and let the people of Shanghai see the determination and attitude of the municipal government, although a thousand stones of rice is a bit less, plus the grain and rice bought by the fundraiser, it is enough to drink gruel, and there should be no more starvation before and after the Spring Festival." Chen Gongbo said.

"Since His Excellency the Mayor has a life, Mingxiang naturally has to do his best to complete the task, since it is a disaster relief, then don't worry too much about food, just make a living, and living is the first priority."

"I want to find a way to transfer some cornmeal and bean noodles from other provinces, and steam some wotou to make rations for the victims. Chen Mingxiang said.

A fundraising committee composed of media and philanthropists such as News Daily organized fundraising activities throughout Shanghai, with Wang Zhen participating on behalf of Chen Mingxiang and donating 100,000 legal dollars.

At Chen Mingxiang's suggestion, the city police department used trucks to gather poor people who did not have houses in the factory area of Zhabei District, which was bombed by Japanese planes and left only with ruins.

The Social Affairs Bureau purchased a number of heating coal stoves and honeycomb coal stoves for heating and cooking, and the coal used was obtained by Chen Mingxiang from the Ministry of Industry Bureau for the sake of face.

"Editor-in-Chief Zheng, Chen Mingxiang has explained, I want you newspapers to hurry up and write articles for Chen Gongbo, and the bigger the momentum, the better." Wang Zhen said.

Two trucks of the Huatong Trading Company, loaded with slowly worn quilts and clothes, arrived at the refugee gathering place, which were voluntarily donated by the people of Shanghai.

"Please rest assured that every other day, several of our newspapers will use front-page headlines to vigorously publicize Mayor Chen Gongbo's political achievements and Mr. Chen's great contributions to the people of Shanghai, and our professional ability is worthy of trust." Zheng Tonghui said with a smile.

Isn't it a joke that newspapers don't flatter people! Not only do you have to hold it, but you also have to hold flowers, which is to eat this bowl of rice.

At the same time, under the guidance of Li Qiao, Su Chengsheng began to learn how to become a competent "bait", and he still has a lot to know!

"After Nanzao Yunzi catches you, she will definitely take some ways to destroy your body and will without external injuries, because she knows the value of a captured person, which is to continue to hide and provide more information, and the secrets of the military command organization directly under the station have an irresistible attraction to her."

"This female spy is very suspicious, you have to survive at least twenty-four hours of constant interrogation before you can pretend that you can't stand it and surrender, from revealing your identity to gaining trust, you are bound to be surveilled, in the process, I will appear in her sight to provide you with proof."

"The direct station will provide you with some information that is not very important, it is all about the behind-the-scenes transactions between Huatong Trading Company and the Guotong District, in fact, the most critical point is the spring breeze, if Nanzao Yunzi knows the stationmaster code name of the direct station, then everything will be led by our nose."

"Human nature is inherently greedy, and you have to make your own demands, which must be big enough for her to trust, such as monthly activity funds, and charges for each intelligence, only then will she believe you." Li Qiao said.

Everything was going according to the plan in an orderly manner, and under the bombardment of the major newspapers and radio stations in Shanghai, Chen Gongbo attached great importance to the disaster relief matter, and actually put down the mayor's shelf, took the officials of the city government to inspect the refugee gathering area, and performed the image of "close to the people" to the fullest, for which he gave Chen Mingxiang more and more resources.

"Ming Xiang, the editor-in-chief Zheng who initiated and presided over the disaster relief work, does not seem to be so simple, he is by no means an ordinary news media person, I feel that his words and deeds are somewhat similar to anti-Japanese people." Wang Zhen said this to Chen Mingxiang.

She is the leader of the secret training class, and her keen observation and accurate analytical skills make her suspicious of Zheng Tonghui's identity.

"What anti-Japanese personages are nothing more than those who are practitioners of the news media, who receive too much information and see many things, and inevitably carry less obvious hostility in their words, which is also the character that every Chinese person with a conscience should have."

"As long as what you do is good for the people of Shanghai, you don't need to be too sensitive, people like Shanghai are everywhere, but you have very little contact, as long as you go around and walk around more, you will find more such people." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.

On 20 January, the Japanese Military Police Command officially entered the Public Concession and took over the occupied area of the 17th Brigade of the Army, which had been formed independently and mixed into the Army, and announced a three-day household registration.

At this time, there were 5,865 British, 1,369 Americans, and 152 Dutchmen in the Public Concession.

Getting closer and closer to the end of the year, Chen Mingxiang is busier than usual, busy giving gifts everywhere, and a boatload of mountain goods sent by Boss Dai, such as bamboo leaf green tea, Shu embroidery, bacon, watercress, kimchi, etc., are all very popular things.

In addition, there is a batch of jade from Myanmar, the quality is very good, it is a more precious gift, this is Chen Mingxiang's teacher Pan Qiwu, using the convenience of the Yunnan-Burma highway, from abroad to the mountain city.

In order to show his support for Chen Mingxiang, Boss Dai gave him a part, after all, people gave more than 500,000 US dollars to the headquarters of the Military Command Bureau, and there must be something in return.