The New Year's Day of the 30th year of the Republic of China is approaching, and according to the usual practice, many institutions on the Wang puppet side and the Japanese army side will hold a New Year reception to celebrate the New Year's Day.

Chen Mingxiang looked at a large number of invitations in the office, feeling a little headache and paralysis, which one is not suitable for not showing up, and the creation of a network also needs this occasion as a platform.

On the evening of New Year's Day, there was a reception at the Consulate General of Japan in Shanghai and the Koyain, a reception from the puppet Shanghai Special Municipal Government, which was an official reception on the part of the government.

The next night, there was a reception at the headquarters of the 13th Army of the Japanese Army and a reception at the Third Fleet of the Japanese Navy.

These two bites are too bad, the army will definitely not go to the navy's drinking party, and the navy will naturally not participate in the army's drinking party, and it will have to be held on the same day, with the intention of competing.

In addition, it was followed by a reception at the Mei Agency, a reception at the Japanese Army Ministry's special service in Shanghai, a reception at the Military Police Headquarters, and a reception at the Marine Corps Headquarters in Shanghai.

These units have special characteristics, so there are few guests who can participate, but those who are invited are more important roles.

Finally, we all know that there are a lot of socials on New Year's Day, and everyone is lacking in skills, so these drinks will be very tacitly staggered, but it is inevitable to catch two in one night.

"I don't know how many people in Shanghai are racking their brains, and they want to get these invitations through the back door, and you are still worried here, don't bring such an irritating person." Liu Nina said with a smile.

She thought that Chen Mingxiang's sad face was pretending, maybe she was already happy in her heart, and she could receive so many invitations, all of which were heavyweights in the Shanghai Stock Exchange at the moment, which was enough to prove Chen Mingxiang's strength and status.

"You know, other people participate in the drinking party to eat, drink and have fun, but when I participate in the drinking party, except for the city government and the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai, the rest of the drinking parties must pay a price."

"You also know that whether it is the Mei organ, the special service agency of the Japanese Army Ministry in Shanghai, the military police headquarters and the special high school, they are all very special in nature, and I don't bring some gifts to participate empty-handed, do you think it is appropriate?"

"As the boss of Huatong Trading Company and the inspection team, it is recognized by others as a big fat shortage, and it is simply a position of daily progress, and there are too many people who are angry with me, including Japanese."

"The more this is the case, the more cautious I have to be in doing things, every decision must be carefully considered, it doesn't matter if you break some money, don't even put your own life into it." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile, reaching out and scratching her nose.

Liu Nina's pretty face turned red, and Chen Mingxiang glanced at her, this matter is indeed too simple for her to think, and her vision is not broad enough, although Chen Mingxiang's age is younger than her, she thinks more far-reaching, no wonder there are today's achievements, and there is no vanity under the fame.

"There are so many places to give gifts, that's a lot of money, and I'm afraid it's not decent if you don't have tens of thousands of yuan." Nina Liu said.

Chen Mingxiang smiled and didn't speak, tens of thousands of yuan? Do you think this is a dispatch called Hanako, don't even think about passing the test without hundreds of thousands of fiat currency!

But in order to keep their own platform for collecting intelligence, even if it is hundreds of thousands, it is worth it, at most Huatong Trading Company's monthly dividends are all in the water, and where is the return for not paying?

"Boss Zhang, you prepare a batch of cigarettes for me, work overtime to produce, twenty boxes is 50,000 packs, the box is marked with a special army supply label, ten boxes is 25,000 packs, the box is labeled with a navy special supply, and then prepare ten boxes of internal special cigarettes, how many days can it be completed?" Chen Mingxiang said.

"The cigarette factory can be completed in two days, but the cigarette box is not so fast, a total of four days, I can definitely complete this number, you are going to give gifts to the Japanese?" Zhang Wenyan said.

Since cooperating with Chen Mingxiang in the production of cigarettes, the raw materials, funds and sales channels of the cigarette factory have all been solved, and a large number of Bund brand cigarettes have been smuggled into the Guotong area, and they can sell as many as they want.

As production increased, Zhang's monthly income also increased dramatically, but he was still reluctant to make cigarettes for the Japanese.

"Don't mention it, I'm very angry when I talk about this, isn't it going to be New Year's Day, I want to reach out to my bowl to grab meat to eat, I can't afford to provoke any of them, this bowl of rice has to be kept, right?"

"Fortunately, I have a cigarette factory at home, otherwise I would have to lose a lot of money, just now I also sent people to Hangzhou and Anhui Province to buy tea, including packaging, this time I want to lose more than 200,000 yuan, I didn't sleep well last night!" Chen Mingxiang said angrily.

Speaking of cigarettes produced by his own cigarette factory, the cost of a pack is only two cents and a half cents, and the 100,000 packs are only 25,000 yuan, but the selling price is 8 cents, which is equal to 80,000 yuan.

Chen Mingxiang purchased a ton of tea, which is equal to 20 quintals, including 10 quintals of Lu'an and Qimen in Anhui Province, and 10 quintals of Longjing tea in Hangzhou, which were shipped to Shanghai and made into 2,000 boxes of gifts per catty.

Because of the war, the output of tea has plummeted, and the market is also low, such as Longjing tea, the price of 100 catties per kilogram is only 400 yuan, and 4 yuan per catty, this is a special tea!

Japan's silk weaving industry is very developed, but speaking of which, Huaxia is their ancestor!

Chen Mingxiang asked Zhou Haiwen to go to Hangzhou in person, and in addition to tea, he also wanted to buy a batch of silk with exquisite patterns and high-quality materials as gifts for senior Japanese officers.

"Hangzhou is the traditional silk township, but now the supply of goods on the market is very scarce, when the Japanese army captured Hangzhou, a large number of silk weaving factories and silk reeling factories were blown up, plus silkworm cocoons and raw silk were plundered, mulberry leaf production areas were abandoned, and the output plummeted, that is, the original three percent."

"According to the local silk merchants, the situation in Suzhou is the same, I think it is an opportunity for you and our Huatong Trading Company, others can't withstand the control of the Jinling government and the Japanese, you have no problem."

"Whether it is raw silk or finished products, the export is very popular, and the merchants of Britain, the United States and France and other countries in the Shanghai concession can collect as much as they want, and the profits are also very considerable." Zhou Haiwen called and said.

In fact, Western countries are very fond of Chinese silk, but because of the war, the silk production area has been fatally hit, and there is no supply.

Raw silk and silk fabrics are important commodities for Japan's foreign trade and one of the sources of financial revenue, so after the Japanese army occupied the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, they frantically plundered raw silk.

Coupled with the poison of the war, the output of raw silk fell sharply, and the newly established Wang puppet government began to collect harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the total output of silk in East China last year was less than 3 million horses, and this year it is difficult to even 1 million horses of silk.

"What you said makes sense, then don't go back to Shanghai first, stay in Suzhou and Hangzhou for a few days, buy two silk weaving factories and two silk reeling factories, but don't use my name, on the surface, it is a cooperative nature, recruit a group of experienced experts to help us operate."

"The key is to provide loans to local mulberry farmers, stabilize people's hearts, and restore production first, if there are no cocoons, everything is in vain."

"I bought silk this time, originally I wanted to make up the number and type of gifts, but when you say this, you really have to take it as a big deal, triple the amount I want, and send it back to Shanghai as soon as possible." Chen Mingxiang said.

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