The main road where the Yuchang Coal Company is located is the most prosperous section of the public concession, so the Japanese Consul General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Shanghai, Zhan Nei Gancheng, actually came to the company's residence at eight o'clock for the first time, and he came with him, naturally as well as Katsuo Okaki and the directors of the Ministry of Industry Bureau, and Deputy Consul General Shioi also came.

"Your Excellency the Consul General came to sit for his subordinates so early, I'm really ashamed, hurry, go inside to rest and have a cup of tea, I estimate that other VIPs will not be able to come until half past nine." Chen Mingxiang hurriedly greeted the door.

"Chen Jun, you are the director of the Ministry of Industry and an important person of our Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Shanghai, so you should have come early, hey, these fruits seem to be from Nanyang, right?" Dig Nei Gancheng said with a smile.

The rules for participating in the opening ceremony are that you can't come empty-handed, such as Kazunai Gancheng, Shioi and Katsuo Okaki, who gave Japanese lacquerware, which is not of high value but very distinctive, and the directors of the Ministry of Industry and Bureau are gift money, and the lowest is 500 US dollars, and they all know that Chen Mingxiang has no small money in his eyes.

Chen Mingxiang naturally wants to give back a gift, he gives a very distinctive, coffee, cigarettes, cane sugar and palm oil from Southeast Asia, the picture is scarce and expensive, packed in a cardboard box, every guest can get a copy.

"Your Excellency the Consul General is indeed well-informed, the fruits used for today's hospitality are all transported by cargo ships in the Nanyang area, and they can still be seen in Shanghai before, but now it is very difficult, if Your Excellency the Consul General has something you like to eat, I will send a batch to my home, just to taste fresh." Chen Mingxiang said.

It is not news that he had a ship to go to Southeast Asia, and he had to go back and forth once a month to bring coffee, cane sugar, palm oil, tobacco leaves, medicines and other important materials, fruits and precious local specialties back to Shanghai, tobacco leaves to make cigarettes, palm oil and cane sugar to the Japanese army.

This deal is almost unique, and no one can be blushing, and he is the only one in the entire Shanghai market at present, and the rest have been confiscated by the Japanese army.

Although U.S. forces fought fierce battles with Japanese troops on Kuah Island, Southeast Asia was relatively calm, with the Japanese Navy in control of the seas, and Chen's ships were not concerned about safety.

Coming to the VIP room on the first floor, everyone sat down according to their status and status, Chen Mingxiang hurriedly asked Ji Ji to make tea, a few Japanese people didn't think anything about it, but a few traitors among the directors laughed weirdly.

They all knew the rumors of Chen Mingxiang and Qi Ji, especially the hat that Pan Sanxing had put on, but they didn't dare to say this kind of thing in front of Chen Mingxiang.

"Chen Jun, I just passed by a briquette shop of Yuchang Coal Company on the way here, and saw a very amazing scene, according to the regulations, coal sales began at twelve o'clock, but now there is a queue of hundreds of meters, which can also be seen that the problem of coal shortage is too serious." Katsuo Okaki said.

He is the general director of the public concession, and the problem of coal shortage is an imminent problem, and he is also the one who is most concerned about the contest between Chen Mingxiang and the coal merchants.

"As far as I know, some citizens began to line up yesterday afternoon, because the area of the briquette shop is not enough, and only 10,000 quinques can be reserved, which still occupies the surrounding blank space and half of the road, so it is barely enough to make up this number."

"There are still 150,000 quinques of briquettes waiting to be sold in the freight yard of the briquette factory, the fleet is ready, the briquette shop is selling and replenishing at the same time, and the citizens who are close to the briquette factory can go there directly to buy, 300,000 quinquettes can last about ten to twelve days."

"After the freighter unloaded the briquettes, it continued to return to Jincheng Port, waiting for the briquettes in Jincheng to be loaded, and there were three more days, the coal shipped from Jincheng Port could arrive in Shanghai, and the five briquette factories started operating 24 hours a day, and the briquettes in Jincheng can also be replenished, which can basically support the household fuel demand in Shanghai." Chen Mingxiang said with confidence.

These words are actually smokescreens, as for the tens of thousands of tons of coal shipped from North China this time, when the briquette sales can not withstand it, they will directly adopt the method of selling coal and stab those coal merchants, this matter cannot be said for the time being.

He could not be trusted by the people present, except for Tsunai Gancheng and Katsuo Okaki, the rest had no friendship, and if the news reached the ears of the enemy, his plan would encounter a setback, and the United Coal would definitely take the way of negotiation in advance to end the war, which would affect the effect of digging the pit.

"Your Excellency the Mayor, there is a reason why I chose this time to start a war with them, it is a little inconvenient today, and when I go to the office of the city government tomorrow, I will report this issue specifically, you have given me so much trust, I will definitely live up to your expectations." Chen Mingxiang said.

Tomorrow the front page of the newspaper will publish the news that the city government under his leadership is concerned about the difficulties of the people in Shanghai, and in order to effectively protect the interests of the citizens, it supports the Yuchang Coal Company in selling low-priced briquettes.

"No matter how much it costs, we must bring down the price of coal, I have already reported to Chairman Wang, and he also agreed that the Shanghai branch of the China Reserve Bank will provide financial assistance for this operation, remember, this matter is very important, it is very important for us and the Japanese garrison, you must eliminate all difficulties, completely stabilize the price of coal, and grasp the pricing power." Chen Gongbo said.

Rear Admiral Kinoshita Eichi and Rear Admiral Otozaburo Yano of the military police system, Vice Admiral Taiji Ota and Rear Admiral Kiyonobu Shiozawa of the Koyain system, Vice Admiral Makita and Vice Admiral Shinose Kawase, commander of the Third Fleet of the Navy system, Major General Shigeraburo Miyazaki of the special service agency of the Ministry of the Army in Shanghai, and Rear Admiral Kawamoto of the 13th Army Headquarters rushed to the company's station.

The bizarre scene is that Lieutenant General Matsui, the head of the Mei Agency, also appeared, which seemed to send a signal to the outside world that the relationship between the Mei Agency and Chen Mingxiang was very stable, and the so-called kidnapping of Chen Mingxiang's wife by the intelligence department of the Mei Agency was just a rumor.

These high-ranking generals were invited to the VIP room on the second floor, where city officials and district leaders, as well as those of relatively high status business celebrities, were invited to sit in the VIP room on the second floor, and most of the guests had to stand outside the door.

The onlookers were also crowded, and by now, the whole Shanghai market knows that Chen Mingxiang is the specific person in charge of solving the coal shortage problem.

The price of 25 yuan a load of briquettes also makes people feel slightly satisfied, although they hope to be lower, but compared with the current coal price, it is already beyond imagination, and I have never seen the price of goods fall during the war.

At 10:58 a.m., the opening ceremony of the coal company officially began, but the difference was that there were many people who spoke this time, and the Central China Liaison Department of the Xingya Academy, the Bureau of the Ministry of Public Concession Industry, the Military Police Headquarters, and the city government all wanted to use this matter to make some political achievements for themselves.