The next day, the public concession was all under martial law to search for suspicious elements, and Li Congshan rushed to the company to report: "The Hatoyama Mansion is the stronghold of the Black Dragon Society, and No. 1177 Disway Road is the intelligence agency of the Japanese military in China. The boss is mighty. ”

"You can help me make a formal appointment with Counselor Karl to meet in our company conference room." How could Hu Wenkai not know that it was the intelligence agency of the Japanese military department.

The senior management of the company knew that the boss led the team to take action in person last night, and Sun Daming called over to ask the boss to ask for An Wang Xihai said with a smile. After a while, he ran in and said that Wang Daosheng called over to ask the boss for peace.

After a while, the U.S. consulate car stopped downstairs at the company, and Carl walked in with his secretary in a formal suit.

"Wen Kai, have you finally recovered?"

"Counselor Karl, our company officially lodges a protest with the US Consulate that Mr. Ivanov, a shareholder of our company, is an American citizen who was shot by the Japanese in broad daylight in Shanghai."

"I formally accept your protest on this matter, Mr. Secretary, please take note."

"Our company requested the U.S. Consulate to properly handle this matter, and we must give a reasonable explanation to the parties."

"Well, I'll report to the consul as soon as I go back and telegraph to the U.S. ambassador to China."

"It is the unshirkable responsibility of our consulate to protect the personal safety of our legitimate businessmen in China."

After the formal conversation, the secretary was invited to Carrota for tea, and Karl came up and punched Hu Wenkai in the chest: "What the fuck you do, we have to clean up your tail for you." ”

"You killed more than 100 numbers last night, nearly 200 Japanese, and destroyed the Japanese Intelligence Headquarters in China and the stronghold of the Black Dragon Society, do you know? The Japanese decided that it was you Xingye who did it, and they wanted to raise troops to clean you up. ”

"His grandmother, you dare to hit me? The Japanese don't care about him, but Lao Tzu doesn't care about him. Hu Wenkai rubbed his chest and said.

"Wen Kai, you're too impulsive, but I guess the Japanese won't suffer this dumb loss."

"I didn't do that, I've been sleeping at home, as U.S. citizen Carrotta can attest. How many businessmen can do such a big thing? ”

"I won't tell you more, we contacted the British and French on this matter, and the matter will be pressed first, but the information you got out needs to be shared by our three countries, which is the main reason why I can come so quickly today."

"What information? I don't understand what you're saying Carl. ”

"If you don't admit it, forget it, your friends can help you so far. Hu Wenkai, take care. ”

"Carl, you're not a businessman, you're just a martial artist, damn it, the conditions, give me benefits, give me benefits and I'll help you inquire." Hu Wenkai sat down.

"Hu Wenkai, you are still talking about the conditions, I think you have misjudged the situation." Karl shook his head.

"I've been at home all the time, and this has nothing to do with our company." Hu Wenkai replied dissatisfiedly.

"There is another important thing today, the land you bought in Australia is all fucking iron-rich ore, and the steel consortium has expressed its willingness to cooperate with you to see if it can cooperate in the supply of ore for a long time."

"I warn you that the ownership of the iron-rich ore in Australia is not owned by Henyep Industrial, but by American citizens Karotta and Ivanov plus me. Don't think too badly. ”

"Hu Wenkai, who told you that you were going to rob your mine? The consortium offers to buy ore from your market price, and only asks you to supply it for a long time. Karl said puzzled.

Hu Wenkai's attitude immediately changed, and he found that he had too much flavor during this time: "Brother Carl sat down and talked. ”

"I have a suggestion that you call back to the consortium to see if they agree, and if so, approve the agreement between the two parties."

"Wen Kai, you can say it."

"I can supply ore at 80% of the market price, and I can sign a long-term supply contract."

Karl took a cigarette in his mouth and said, "Let's talk about the conditions, it's not that easy. ”

"First, the early mine development needs to be undertaken by the consortium, and second, it shall not set up any barriers to the products of Xingye Industrial, and it is responsible and obliged to assist the company in safeguarding the interests of mines in Australia. 3. Lobbying the U.S. government to put pressure on Japan. ”

"Hu Wenkai, you can really open your mouth, I think it's difficult."

"Carl, I don't ask you to agree, you are responsible for forwarding my opinion to the consortium, and it is none of your business whether you agree or not."

"Okay, you can either go back to Haimen or stay in the French Concession during this time, I don't want to lose you."

"Brother Carl, my life is hard." Hu Wenkai smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

"Contact the French as soon as possible, and ask for your own blessings," Karl left the company with his secretary.

Hu Wenkai met with Dewey and Adele at the same time, and Dewey gave Wilton a remark: In the French Concession, the Japanese will not behave recklessly.

Adele was very anxious to ask Hu Wenkai if he had fully recovered from his illness, and during Hu Wenkai's illness, Adele was not less busy, looking for famous doctors everywhere, and comforting Carrotta at No. 3 in Lane 181.

Hu Wenkai thanked everyone for their concern during his illness and said that he had fully recovered.

The target of this operation was also too great for anyone who did not know the details to suspect that the company was attacked, and many thought it was a coincidence that the Japanese were attacked immediately after the statement was issued. There were no clues at the scene, and there were no witnesses.

Regarding the disappearance of Koji Yokota and Watanabe Nogami, most people believe that they were shot and killed because they were afraid of hiding in the Hatoyama Mansion, and there was no way to tell the difference between the two people at the scene.

There are two factions in Japan, one is to demand a thorough investigation of the matter and send troops to Shanghai, and the other is that the civilian government believes that there is no evidence or reason and that the Nine-Nation Conference is about to be held in the United States, so it is best to handle the matter in a low-key manner. The US Government lodged serious representations through its embassy in Japan demanding that the masterminds behind the shooting of Lao Yi be severely punished, and the French Government, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, demanded that Japan strictly control the behavior of the Japanese in Shanghai and not undermine the hard-won stability in the Far East.

Eventually, the Japanese government sent an investigation team to Shanghai to deal with the matter. The head of the investigation team was a civilian official who resented the military's approach from the bottom of his heart, and that Japan had turned into a depression after World War I, and that all its resources were used to promote consumption and exports, and that it had no national strength to wage any war against the outside world. Received a vague hint from the Prime Minister to make the matter a big thing and a small matter.

The deputy team leader is a spy star and a beautiful lady in the military department. In Shanghai, he hastily wrote an investigation report for a few days, vaguely believing that the incident should be the armed forces of Western countries, saying that no armed force in China killed nearly 200 elite spy personnel in just 10 minutes. This matter should have nothing to do with Xingye Industrial, which has only the police station and the lax vigilante groups under Xingye Industrial, and it is impossible for them to have such power.

As Japan fell into an inexplicable depression in 1920, and civilian Prime Minister Takashi Hara tried to get through the difficult period at home with loans from the United States and Britain, Hara believed that Japan's expansionist policy toward China by force had caused friction between Japan and Europe and the United States, and caused Japan to be isolated internationally. His opposition to the Okuma cabinet's proposal of the 21 Articles on China was also based on the belief that this would stimulate nationalist sentiment in China and not only damage the friendly relations between Japan and China, but also that the Western powers would suspect that Japan had ambitions against China and would isolate Japan in the international community. Under the principle of non-interference in internal affairs, Hara regarded Japan-China friendship as his basic policy toward China.

Finally, at the end of June, Hu Wenkai welcomed Carl's visit in the center of the Tianfen base, and in the past 20 days, Hu Wenkai was low-key but indifferent, and the alert level was lifted long ago. His top priority was the training of the troops, and after coming out of the afterlife, he decided that he could not let anyone hurt the people around him.

Carl sat down on a chair in the conference room and looked at Hu Wenkai and said, "Does Hu Wenkai know the purpose of my visit today?" ”

Hu Wenkai said lightly: "Brother Karl, what can you have, it is estimated that you Western powers have cleared my charge of Hu Wenkai." ”

"This is to be expected, unless an idiot will think that you, Hu Wenkai, are capable of killing two hundred Japanese soldiers in half an hour. No one believed in this myth from the beginning to the end. "Karl is a shrewd politician, that's not what he said some time ago.

"Then I can't guess the purpose of today's dude." Hu Wenkai thought to himself, I'm not a child, what kind of riddles are I playing with you.

"The Iron and Steel Consortium has basically agreed to your request, and the Japanese government has sent a letter to the US Consulate stating that the murderer behind the scenes who directed the shooting of Lao Yi has been killed in the Hatoyama Mansion, and promises to strictly control the businessmen in China. However, the consortium requires that the ore should not be supplied at a maximum price of more than 75%. Karl said calmly.

Standard businessman and politician, Hu Wenkai did not want to expose Karl's practice of privately lowering prices.

"It's a pity, I have to withdraw my offer. Business is not in favor of people to have a drink together at noon, I haven't drunk with Brother Carl for a long time. ”

"I don't know how the steel consortium still wants to reduce the price with such good conditions." Carl looked a little uncomfortable.

"Big business has the difficulties of big business, but we also have our own bottom line. Okay, it's rare to drink Moutai at noon. Hu Wenkai didn't want to continue on this topic.

Since Lao Yi was attacked, he has not been drunk, and everyone in the company thinks that he has not recovered yet, and no one dares to take the initiative to ask him for a drink. Lao Yi was already able to get out of bed and take care of himself the day before yesterday, and Hu Wenkai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At noon, Yang Siliang and Zhou Haiquan's deputy Yang Siliang, who had just been promoted, drank with Hu Wenkai and Carl in the VIP lounge. After three rounds of drinking, the conversation box opened, and Karl was quite dissatisfied with Japan, believing that the Far East must be opened, and Japan was a spoiler.

"Our company has always followed the open door, not only we are open to all countries, but we also hope that countries will be open to our company." Hu Wenkai held his wine glass.

Karl immediately defended: "Brother, the United States is not open to you, and your products are constantly being exported to the United States. ”

"The point is that Japan is not open, and there is no way for our cloth to enter their market."

Karl shrugged his shoulders: "Then there is nothing we can do, we can only guarantee that the United States will open its market." ”

"The United States is the world's largest in industry and consumption, and should have the responsibility and responsibility to lead the direction of world development, and the United States should be the first to stand up and accuse Japan of a country that undermines the international trade order. Japan should open its market and allow its industry to compete fairly and openly in the global market. ”

Karl laughed, "Wen Kai, your words are exactly the same as our Secretary of State. ”

"Carl, that's what we're doing, Jiading, Shanghai County and Wujiang Telephone Bureau, as well as Jiading Cross-River Cable, we're about to take international bidding." Hu Wenkai and Carl took a sip.

"Wen Kai, wait, why are you doing three telephone bureaus and cross-river cables at once?"

"Yes, the company only studied it the day before yesterday."