"I'll go back to Shanghai tomorrow, pack up and go to Guanwai as soon as possible, and I'll leave the problem of the briquette factory and the salt field to you to deal with, Manager Sun, you have been doing import and export trade in the British foreign company for 20 years, and I believe this matter will be difficult for you." Chen Mingxiang said.

Jincheng Port or the entire Jincheng area, is the core lifeblood of the commercial network in North China, and it is also the top priority of the Beiping Branch, which is not only responsible for the two affairs of coal and salt, but also responsible for transporting the materials of Jincheng and importing the materials from Central China to Jincheng, and most of the goods in North China have to be exported from Jincheng Port to Central China.

Chen Mingxiang's choice of Sun Dingxin, a senior manager who had served as a senior manager in a foreign bank for many years, was carefully considered, and for this reason, he offered a high salary of 600,000 yuan in savings bonds every year.

The monthly salary of workers in Shanghai is only more than 60 yuan and less than 70 yuan, and Sun Dingxin alone is equal to the total salary of 10,000 workers in a month, which is not a low salary.

"Boss, you've only been in the Pingjin area for a few days, so you're in a bit of a hurry, right?" Sun Dingxin said very incomprehensibly.

With such a large business volume in North China, is there a mistake in simply going around Pingjin and Tianjin, and then going back to Shanghai?

"Greedy to chew more, your Beiping branch can sort out the two places in Pingjin first, it will take at least two or three months, the gendarmerie system in the entire North China region is not hindered, the gendarmerie in Beiping and Jincheng fully support, the North China Liaison Department of the Xingya Institute has also obtained the cargo handling license, I have also told you the general direction of the company, is it difficult for me to stare at you to work?"

"I also have a branch in Xinjing, and you can't be a boss who favors one over the other, you keep an eye on the production of briquettes, and I will come in mid-September.

"Also, the rules I have set for the briquette factory, your office cannot be discounted, and must be implemented exactly at every point, if I find that I have gone the wrong way, see how I clean you up." Chen Mingxiang said.

"The businessmen in every place are very close to their own territory, and the business of our Beiping branch must conflict with them, and driven by interests, there may be some out-of-the-ordinary means." Sun Dingxin said.

This is the value of connoisseurs, every step must be carefully considered, the office has not yet opened, first calculate the contradiction between local and foreign businessmen.

Coal, cotton, and salt were the most scarce materials in the occupied areas, and no matter how greedy the Japanese army was, they would not monopolize the entire industry, and some people had to be allowed to participate.

Japan needs coal, and the common people in North China also need coal in their daily lives, and cotton and salt are also the same, and the intention of the Japanese imperialist government is to turn China into their colony and logistical supply base, so at this stage, the local people will not be forced to survive, and the Pacific War has not yet seen signs of defeat.

The businessmen who can get the permission of the Japanese army to do this kind of business are certainly not ordinary people, they are either traitors or traitors' related households, they are not good men and women, and it is not strange at all that they use indiscriminate methods.

"I'm afraid that they don't have the guts, really do such a thing, just to make a big reshuffle for the industry here, just the North China Liaison Department and the North China Military Police Headquarters, I spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash in the past three days, do you think I have a lot of money and no land?"

"The Jincheng gendarmerie will send a gendarmerie squad to the briquette factory on duty, and each person will receive a subsidy of 500 yuan per month, but I forgot that you set up a small stove in the briquette factory and hire a cook from the Japanese concession, and they will eat here. Sort out a lounge, buy a few sets of sofas and coffee tables to put on, tea and cigarettes can not be interrupted, anyway, we have it at home. Chen Mingxiang said.

The main commodities that enter North China include tea and cigarettes, and there are two stable sources of tea in Suzhou and Hangzhou, although cigarettes are a little nervous, it is no problem to get a few boxes out every month.

When the cigarette factory in Anhui Province is put into operation, this situation can be greatly alleviated, and the Luzhou Acquisition Station in Anhui Province is building a tobacco factory in Qiaocheng to directly purchase Xuchang tobacco leaves, which will become the main production area for export.

Why should he be in a hurry to return to Shanghai?

Qingqi Qingyin gave him two important pieces of information, the Sulu War Zone and the underground party base area of the Shancheng government are going to be purged, which is a major matter related to the life and death of thousands of people, and his own job is to collect intelligence, making money is secondary, just an auxiliary means.

On the morning of his third day in Jincheng, Chen Mingxiang returned to Shanghai on a transport plane of the Japanese Army, and Naohiro Murano, captain of the Jincheng Military Police, personally saw him off at the airport, and two and a half hours later, Chen Mingxiang's plane landed at the Hongqiao Military Airport.

The car of the military police headquarters was already waiting at the airport, and Tanaka Daisa of the General Affairs Division personally came to greet him, Chen Mingxiang had opened up a new source of money in the area of coal, and the military police headquarters had increased its income, so of course he was happy to run to the airport to meet the God of Wealth.

"Tanaka-kun, just call the company's driver to pick me up, and I'm sorry to trouble you to pick it up in person!" Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.

The Tianjin Gendarmerie had a radio contact with the headquarters of the Gendarmerie Corps stationed in Shanghai, informing Chen Mingxiang of the approximate time of his arrival at Hongqiao Airport, but in fact he did not wait long, but only half an hour.

"General Kinoshita is very concerned about your activities in Pingjin and Tianjin, especially about coal, he is waiting for you at the headquarters, don't go home yet, let's eat together at noon." Tanaka said.

Don't say why you should pay attention, anyway, the military police command always has to occupy a certain share, and no matter how small the mosquito is, it is meat, not to mention that this is a long-term gain.

When he came to the military police headquarters, Chen Mingxiang gave a detailed report on his activities in North China, especially on the transactions with the North China Military Police Headquarters.

"I want to lower the price of briquettes from 30 yuan per load to 25 yuan per load, and I must make a profit of 5 yuan per load for the downstream, plus the cost and expenses, which is equivalent to flat in and out."

"The municipal government subsidizes me with 200 yuan of reserve bonds for one ton, and the quota of 10,000 tons is 2 million, which is all the profits at present, and the specific distribution is that our military police headquarters, the North China Military Police Command and the Yamen of Shanghai City each have a 20% share, and about each family can get 400,000 yuan of reserve bonds."

"The remaining 400,000 or 800,000 yuan, if you want to make money in the investment of building a briquette factory in Jincheng, buying machinery and building a briquette shop in Shanghai, I have to wait until the price returns to 30 yuan per quintal next year, at least I have no profit before the year." Chen Mingxiang said.

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