Chapter 57: Eating at Two Ends
"Mr. Frederick, I'll talk about this later, do you know what my nature is in Huatong Trading Company?" Chen Mingxiang asked.
"Mr. Chen, please rest assured, I have always been worthy of my friends in doing things, and I will leave you enough kickbacks for every business, and no one can find out about this kind of private dealings." Frederick said with a smile.
Chen Mingxiang is just the head of the translation section of the secret service headquarters, and he has no background and no power, so how can he have the authorization of the military police headquarters to smuggle prohibited goods into the Kuomintang without hindrance?
Fools know that the manipulators behind this Huatong Trading Company must be Japanese, in other words, Chen Mingxiang is a part-time worker, and he will not do anything that is not beneficial.
Paralyzed, who said that the Germans are old-fashioned, stand up, I promise not to beat you to death!
Think about it, foreign businessmen who can cross the ocean to a strange new environment and start from scratch are absolutely flexible in their way of thinking, and it is estimated that they will not be proficient anymore because of the operation method that is common to all countries in the world.
"Great, I will hand over the purchase contract of this ink to your company, and I can't be too outrageous in terms of price, just ten percent higher than the market price, and I won't let my partners suffer, and this is a long-term deal."
"After the year, my company will increase vehicles, such as your transport trucks and cars, and you will naturally have to do after-sales service." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.
"Mr. Chen said that it was two businesses, I don't know what else is needed?" Frederick asked.
"That's right, it's a time of war, Western medicine is an absolute strategic material, but the people also have to see a doctor and take medicine, I'm going to buy sulfonamides, quinine, aspirin tablets and other drugs, and I also need medical equipment, do you have such a channel?"
"This is my own business, and I ask for your support, of course, the price is negotiable, I can pay the full amount in advance, and I believe in the credibility of the German businessman." Chen Mingxiang said.
"There are indeed channels, medical equipment said, but the price of these Western drugs is more difficult than gold, and it is a little difficult to get it, so I'll think of a way!" Frederick said.
The ink is prepared for the government newspapers in the mountain city, and the purchase price will be increased by 10%, and it will be increased by 50% when it is sold, but it doesn't matter to the government newspaper, what is this money?
The key is that there is money and no land to buy, the transportation in the rear is inconvenient, and the middle has to pass through the Japanese war zone, and foreign companies are unwilling to do such a business.
Chen Mingxiang is not trying to make a fortune in the country, but he does not have enough interest support, and the support of the special high school will not be so great, and he must do special things in special periods.
"Kunyu, why are you here?" As soon as Chen Mingxiang arrived at the office, he saw Lu Kunyu and Zhou Haiwen chatting.
"Haiwen called me and said that you are going to open a pharmacy and clinic and want to recruit doctors and nurses, so I will come to see you, and I heard that you have gone to a foreign bank to negotiate a deal." Lu Kunyu said, picking up the teapot and pouring him a cup of hot tea.
"I went to talk to the Germans about a batch of ink, ready to be sent to the territory of the Kuomintang area, which was ordered by some newspapers and printing houses, Haiwen, you go to the accountant to pay the money according to this order, send the deposit to others, and it can be loaded and shipped in the afternoon, and the Germans are very efficient." Chen Mingxiang sat down and said.
"Well, this is because I'm an eyesore here, you guys talk slowly, I'm going to work." Zhou Haiwen said with a vinegar taste.
He has always had thoughts about Lu Kunyu, but unfortunately, Luohua is intentionally ruthless, Lu Kunyu has always only regarded him as an elder brother, and Chen Mingxiang is the first to get the moon near the water, relying on the favor of the professor back then, he has already occupied this girl's heart.
"What about the bag I bought for you, why don't you see you holding it?" Chen Mingxiang asked.
"My mother was happy to hear that you were willing to spend so much money for me, but my father severely criticized me, and even you took it with you, saying that the people outside are starving to death on the streets, and this money can buy more than a ton of rice, and how many families can be saved from hunger, and it is a waste to buy clothes and bags!"
"All the money you gave me has been confiscated, what do you say that girls should develop the habit of frugality, I don't know yet, I must have sent it to my brother again, it's really a bottomless pit!" Lu Kunyu said angrily.
Lu Kunyu's elder brother is studying in the United States, and it is not easy to work in a special environment, and he often needs to send money from his family to maintain his studies, which is the biggest expenditure item of the Lu family.
"Not really, right? Speaking of which, your family's conditions are okay, your father has been a professor for a few years, and his treatment is also very good, do you have to confiscate even your girl's money? Chen Mingxiang thought it was incredible.
"I have a lot of relatives, it is not easy to survive during the war years, in addition to sending my brother tuition and living expenses, I also have to take care of a few large families to eat, my father's translation fee is a drop in the bucket, he is also worried!" Lu Kunyu said.
Chen Mingxiang shook his head, opened his safe, Lu Kunyu walked up to him and took a look, his eyes suddenly widened, there was a grid in addition to gold bars is legal tender, and there were bundles of paper bags in the ocean, this is Chen Mingxiang's emergency activity fee for the company, no cash is not possible.
"It's really inappropriate to give you too much money, in this way, I will give you 600 fiat currency every month in the future, half of which is your family's living expenses, which can be handed over, and half as your living expenses, remember, this matter is confidential, don't tell your father about your living expenses, I can't help others, I have to take care of your family." Chen Mingxiang said.
It's not that I don't want to help refugees, it's all my own brothers and sisters, and now I have a little ability, but I want to do charity in the secret service headquarters and the special high school, what kind of brain-dead behavior is that?
"Senior brother, since you are in the ink business with a German foreign company, and our newspaper also has a related household in Suzhou that wants to buy ink, can you think of a way?" Lu Kunyu said.
The boss of the "News Daily" was a patriot, and after the battle to defend Shanghai, the whole family moved to the mountain city, and the person in charge of managing these daily affairs was the editor-in-chief Zheng Tonghui, so it became a small group of the Shanghai underground party, an important place to cover up his identity.
All the reporters and staff members are absolutely patriotic and full of hatred for the Japanese puppet in such an environment, coupled with Zheng Tonghui's ideological indoctrination, and then the Japanese puppet traitors oppressed and poisoned the people of Shanghai, and naturally became a progressive youth.
The reason why he came to Chen Mingxiang's office this time was the task assigned by Zheng Tonghui, to use the special power of Huatong Trading Company to transport a batch of propaganda ink for the people's army in northern Jiangsu.
"It is true that ink is a prohibited substance that is explicitly controlled, but as long as it is not transported to the national control area, there is not much difficulty, and the transportation certificate is not difficult to handle. You must know that the goods of Huatong Trading Company are all scarce goods in the national control area, and the price is very high, why do you want to buy from me? Chen Mingxiang was a little incomprehensible.