Why did Oka ask Chen Mingxiang's coal company to increase the production of briquettes, and also apply for a special coal subsidy from the Central China Liaison Department of the Xingya Institute?

He is not a military officer, but a counselor of the Japanese Embassy in Jinling, belongs to the forces of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Japanese government, and currently serves as the general director of the Bureau of the Ministry of Public Concessions, in fact, on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to control this hard-won territory.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is an integral part of the Japanese Cabinet, and it has always been factional, not close to the military department or the cabinet, and has been actively increasing its influence in national affairs.

When he was foreign minister, he even forced the then Prime Minister Fumihiro Konoe to use the general resignation of the cabinet to eliminate his interference in the government.

It can be seen that the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs is not an echo worm and a puppet, but has its own thoughts and will, and will not be easily swayed by the cabinet and the military department.

The Bureau of the Ministry of Industry of the Public Concession is the highest administrative body of the Public Concession, managing a population of 1,586,000 people, and is the most important population gathering place in Shanghai.

The problem of coal shortage in Shanghai is getting more and more serious, and the most affected area is, of course, the public concession area, and Okaki Katsuo has long been furious in view of the collusion between the country's coal merchants and Chinese businessmen to hoard and hoard, causing the residents' lives to be in dire straits, and the reputation of the Ministry of Industry has been damaged.

It just so happened that Chen Mingxiang, with the support of the Military Police Command and the Central China Liaison Department of the Xingya Academy, and with the help of the North China Liaison Department of the Xingya Academy, mobilized coal in North China to alleviate the coal shortage in Shanghai.

The $600,000 was actually earned by Chen Mingxiang for nothing, of course, at least half of it had to be scattered as dividends, and half of it was kept for himself as income, but no one else dared to think of such a good thing, and his investment began to receive rich returns.

"How do you plan to distribute this $300,000 monthly dividend?" Wang Zhen asked curiously.

"Taiji Ota and Kiyonobu Shiozawa are 100,000 each, Katsuo Okaki and Kinoshita Eichi are 50,000 each, until the subsidy is canceled, and the fifteenth of next month will be the first battle between me and those profiteers, from now on, we have to be ready."

"In order to prevent anyone from making trouble, I will ask the military police headquarters to send Japanese military police to supervise the scene, and the secret service headquarters in the Shanghai Experimental Zone and the police station will come forward to maintain order."

"The fourteenth briquette can be transported to the sixteenth pharf, and I will use all the vehicles of the Huatong Trading Company and the Marine Corps Command to carry out emergency transportation, and ask the Thirteenth Army Headquarters to support if necessary."

"This is a tough battle, it can only succeed and not fail, the Japanese Xingya Institute is staring, Wang Jingwei of the Jinling government and Chen Gongbo of the municipal government are staring, and Oka Qikatsuo of the Ministry of Industry Bureau is staring, and we must get things done beautifully." Chen Mingxiang said.

"But 200,000 quinquettes are transported to Shanghai, and they will definitely not be able to hide the eyes of those coal merchants, will they obstruct it?" Wang Zhen asked with some concern.

"Filibuster? Why do they obstruct it? What to obstruct? You have to understand a truth, I didn't intend to operate in the dark, as long as I can pull the price down, I will achieve the goal, although I have the ability to monopolize the entire coal business in Shanghai, but that will not work. ”

"The briquettes I sell are made in Jincheng, and even if they know, they can't guess my strategy, thinking that they want to lower the price of coal in a short period of time, so the first stage is to wait and see, and after about two months, they can't hold on, the second stage is negotiation, and after another month, the third stage is to give in."

"Ascending to the upper echelons? This matter was decided by the Xingya Academy, and Shanghai was of extraordinary importance to Japan, it was the logistics base of the war! Playing hard? With the support of the Gendarmerie Command and the Marine Corps Command, who dares to find excitement? ”

"Even if it is a Japanese ronin, when encountering the Japanese military police, you have to hold your tail between them, not to mention, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Public Concession is a force of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the special high section of the Consulate General in Shanghai is specially designed to clean up the Japanese, I am afraid that if they don't do it, something will really happen, then it is called lively!" Chen Mingxiang said.

There is enough wealth to get involved in the industry, there is a strong network of relationships to settle everything, or in other words, wealth forms a network of relationships, and the network of relationships brings resources, if such a combination cannot be successful, it is unreasonable!

The point is that this is an opportunity brought about by the change of situation, and those damn greedy Japanese businessmen and some Chinese businessmen who have made a fortune have caused a serious coal shortage, which has led to a great threat to social order.

In the face of the imminent turmoil in the largest international metropolis in the Far East, not only the puppet government of Wang and the puppet government of Shanghai City could not accept it, but even the Japanese government and the military department could not accept it.

As long as the high-level bigwigs are serious, it will be much easier to do, and the matching resources can be called extremely rich, Chen Mingxiang completely occupies the right time and place, and success is inevitable.

"Let these bastards be arrogant for a few days, I'll wait for the fifteenth of next month, you give me this breath, look at our city government, you can't even clean up a group of businessmen who bully and dominate the market and hoard, it's really enough!"

"It's just the right time for you to come back, our township clearance work in Shanghai has just begun, and you, the director of the blockade materials management office, must also enter the state as soon as possible and share some of the pressure for me, considering that your task is the top priority, Secretary Mo will help you."

"You two are the people I trust the most, you have to work closely together, those offices below are not honest and clean, you also have to be careful, lest our city government be ridiculed by the Japanese." Chen Gongbo said.

And to work closely?

It's close enough now, right? Tighter and I'll pry your female secretary and lover!

Chen Mingxiang knew that Mo Guokang had always had a good impression of him, and it was a joke to leave Chen Gongbo, but as long as he worked a little harder, it would not be difficult to put a hat on this big traitor!

Fortunately, as a strategic agent of the Military Command Bureau, he has strong self-control, and he has never had such a thought, otherwise something would have happened a long time ago!

Chen Mingxiang knew that Chen Gongbo meant to give Mo Guokang a piece of benefit, and the most amazing thing was that Chen Gongbo allowed him and Mo Guokang to do something, but he was very uneasy about the following institutions, worried that those people were too greedy, and they were ridiculed and dissatisfied by the Japanese army.

What is this called?

Typical only the boss is allowed to set fires, and subordinates are not allowed to light the lamp!

It is normal for my henchmen to take advantage of the work of clearing the township, but if you take advantage of it, it will ruin my reputation.

This kind of logical way of thinking, on the surface, is not the level of a big man who once served as a high-ranking official in the Shancheng government, but it is a pure officialdom thinking of Wang's puppet government, and it is also a means for His Majesty, and you will only get benefits by following him!