What is Kohata Yukichi looking for, this guy is not in charge of the negotiations with China on the Shandong issue and is responsible for handling the 21 unsolved cases. There is a difference between whether he is representing the Japanese government or planning to visit in a private capacity, which means that the Japanese government can completely refuse to accept his visit and refuse him without going through the diplomatic department of the central government. If it's private, just deal with it.

Sun Cannon's matter can't be avoided, or agree to his request. It is estimated that there are only two, one persuades Hu Wenkai to change course and defect to Sun Dacang's party, and the first one will persuade him to support or at least not oppose him. Hu Wenkai plans to support him with some money, and he doesn't want to make the relationship too stiff.

There is a natural sense of closeness to No. 3, Lane 181, Taicang Road, and the car has just stopped and there is a feeling of finally arriving home. As soon as it was dark, the shouting at the entrance of the alley sounded, and the men and women who hurried home in the alley.

Standing next to the car, he put his briefcase on the front hood, pulled out his cigarette and leaned against the car to smoke. Ten days of busy fatigue is not the body but the heart, and when I arrived at the door, the whole person's spirit suddenly relaxed.

"Bykov went to Langtangkou to buy some braised pork and came back, and bought dozens of bottles of beer."

Pushing open the door, Lao Yi was lying on the sofa with his thighs crossed, and when he saw Hu Wenkai pushing the door in, he immediately got up and said, "The boss is back?" ”

"Lao Yi, you are talking nonsense without nutrition, and when you saw me enter the house, you asked the boss to come back."

"And how am I going to greet you?"

"The Russians just can't turn their heads, so you can't ask me if I'm tired?"

"Boss, are you tired, you can't hold back this period of life without a woman."

"You can't do without a woman in three sentences." Hu Wenkai fell heavily on the sofa.

Lao Yi said with a strange smile: "Mei Xiang also went to the United States, you really don't have a woman, or I'll help you find one." ”

Hu Wenkai kicked off his leather shoes, patted Lao Yi's leg and said: "Die, I'm recuperating, and a lot of beauties are waiting for me to go to Europe next month." ”

Lao Yi moved to the opposite sofa and sat down and said, "Boss, you are comfortable, I am alone in Shanghai to take care of your home and nursing home." ”

"Nima, you can't find it yourself, but I won't take the blame for you when Wang Xihai finds out. Which Japanese minister is going on? Is it a private or state visit? ”

"Boss, he didn't say that he was acting on behalf of the Japanese government, and I suspect that it was a private person, maybe it was his own doing."

"It is useless to speculate, tomorrow I will ask him in what capacity he is visiting, receive him in a private capacity, and ask him to contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on behalf of the government. How is Japan's economy now, do you have any information? ”

Lao Yi put away the hangerlang and took out a stack of documents from his briefcase and handed it to Hu Wenkai. From January 1920 onwards, the deficit began to increase. The world economic crisis of 1920~1921 caused the export trade to drop by 40.3%, resulting in Japan's balance of payments deficit reaching 350 million yen in 1920~1922, and foreign exchange reserves from 1.3 billion yen to 600 million yen. Because the European economy was unhealthy throughout the twenties of the twentieth century, and there was an urgent need for foreign profits to make up for domestic shortfalls, competition in the international market was fierce, and Japanese goods lacked competitiveness, and at the same time there was no new expansion of force.

In addition, Hu Wenkai sprung up in Jiangsu, dumped a large number of cheap steel products in Japan, and quickly occupied the market for weaving and light industrial products, and could have dumped products in China to obtain a certain profit to make up for the losses, but he did not expect to lose in the Chinese market and the domestic market was also occupied by Jiangsu products.

Japan's World War I profits after several years of tossing and turning are quickly exhausted, the post-war economic crisis that began in 1920 has spread to this day is becoming more and more serious, 60% of the domestic factories have been shut down, and the only export commodity to earn foreign exchange is raw silk, which has been affected by the increase in China's raw silk production, and the price has been declining before stabilizing recently.

"Boss: Japanese companies are small, there are only a few large enterprises, but the production efficiency is low, the technology is backward, and the same steel, our ex-factory price per ton is two-thirds of theirs, and the quality is not as good as ours. Chen Yongcheng's international trading company doesn't know how much steel it smuggles into Japan every day, and now the Nantong Chamber of Commerce has joined in. ”

"It can't be a problem, right?" Hu Wenkai asked uneasily.

"It's not ours when there is a problem, it's money and goods on the high seas. Cloths, steel, radios, farm tools, and even guns were sold. ”

"Boss, tossing for a few more years, I suspect that Japan will collapse you."

"The mistake of the Japanese is to send troops to the Far East by force, and the cost of sending troops overseas is huge, hundreds of millions of yen have been wasted, and so far more than 1,000 people have died, and I suspect that at least 20,000 people have died.

Lao Yi smacked his lips and said: "I deeply agree with this, you didn't go to North Sichuan Road during this time, and suddenly many young Japanese women appeared as prostitutes. ”

"Lao Yi, Japan is now a foreign power, and it will not use force against us for three years, of course, I am not afraid to fight me. You focused on controlling the company when I was not at home, and I told you that you must agree to use force. ”

"Boss, how long have you been there, how long?"

"At least three months, no more than five months at most. By the way, you can help me check tomorrow if the company has a cargo ship to Istanbul in early July, the cargo ship is fast, and it does not stop in Istanbul in the middle, I am going to take the Orient Express to Paris. ”

Lao Yi looked at Hu Wenkai in surprise and said, "No, you can find out this luxury line, did Adele tell you?" No, I remember she bought you a ticket. I'll check it tomorrow, it seems that Chen Yongcheng's weapons are exported to Turkey, and there is a cargo ship, but I don't know about that day. ”

"Nonsense, I think the cruise time is too long, according to my calculations, I can get to Paris in more than half a month, I buy a shipload of cargo in Turkey by the way, and wait for a freighter to be sent in a few months, I just happened to come back with the ship."

Lao Yi nodded and said, "Send a ship to transport the goods in three months, it's not good that I forgot to inform them to come over quickly, and a few of them are waiting for me to call in the company." ”

After speaking, Lao Yi jumped off the sofa and ran barefoot to the telephone to inform Wang Xihai that they should come over quickly.

"Lao Yi, you make an appointment with Sun Dacang and go to Fenyang Villa for a vacation the day after tomorrow. You go with me. ”

"That's also a god stick, I've read a few of his articles, but you don't have a boss, you are convincing, you are higher than him." Lao Yi said, jumped over the coffee table and jumped onto the sofa.

"Nima, Lao Yi, you said that my god stick is smooth?"

"The boss is called a god, I have been scolded many times by Wang Xihai and his wife at home, saying that I am disrespectful to you. I also dared to say it when I met you, and I said that I would be swallowed alive in the company, and those guys treated you as a spiritual leader. ”

While speaking, Wang Xihai, Lao Shi, Hu Bin, Sun Daming, Jiang Qiuming, and Tian Zhiliang also walked in with Liu Zhaohui shoulder to shoulder.

Several people said together: "Congratulations to the boss on his promotion to general, congratulations to the boss for winning the commander-in-chief of the Yangtze River garrison." ”

"You have a fever, and if you have a fever, you need to use wine to cool down." Hu Wenkai scolded.

Tian Zhiliang was pushed into the restaurant to set up tableware when he first came to Chadao, and Lao Shi yelled at the special agents on duty outside to bring the beer into the house. Ten bottles of German beer are stacked around the corner of the restaurant.

Hu Bin took out three roast chickens from the basket and gave them to Bykov and said: "You go out to eat, there are still a few packs of cigarettes, there is no woman to wash the dishes tonight, the boss will not have a woman to wash the dishes, and you will be responsible for washing the dishes and cleaning the restaurant after we finish eating." ”

"Or Hu Bin is careful, how do you know that the boss has no woman? The boss yelled and the women lined up. "Sun Daming's guy is energetic again, and his arm is like a pig's leg when he speaks.

As soon as he sat down, Lao Shi said slowly: "Liu Zhaohui and Tian Zhiliang, you two really don't know the rules? Or do you deliberately pretend not to know the rules? ”

Hu Wenkai was inexplicable at first, but he understood in a blink of an eye, and the people at the table looked at the two of them quietly without speaking. Hu Wenkai didn't explain or dissuade him, and felt that this game was also quite fun.

Tian Zhiliang took out something wrapped in a handkerchief from his pocket and handed it over and said, "Boss, this gift is not for you, someone has already arranged it for me, and it is said to be my gift." ”

Jiang Qiuming stretched out his hand and was about to take it, but Tian Zhiliang blocked his hand and said, "This can only be seen by the boss, Brother Jiang, I can't harm you." ”

Jiang Qiuming retracted his hand curtly, Hu Wenkai took the items of the handkerchief bag and opened it, and Lao Yitou stretched out his head to look at it and then pretended to be nothing.

It is a black-and-white photo of the azojuan, which says that the red beans are born in the south of the country and send a few branches, and I wish you to pick up this thing the most lovely. Before Hu Wenkai could speak, Lao Yi spoke: "Tian Zhiliang counts you as passing." ”

Everyone didn't know whose photo it was, but they could guess that it was a female photo, and they had already begun to discuss, Hu Wenkai interrupted them and said: "Don't guess it's a photo of Du Zijuan, isn't it harmful to me." ”

Liu Zhaohui took out a gossip mirror from his briefcase and handed it over.

"Boss, I bought this for five dollars, but it's definitely worth more than five dollars. It was a big smoker who ran to the wrong place and went to the bank to sell this mirror, the counter refused him, and I just happened to see it downstairs, so I took it and took a look, and saw that this mirror was ancient silver, and there were eight corals of different colors embedded on it. I bought it according to his offer of five dollars. This gossip mirror hung in the room can ward off ghosts and unclean things. ”

Hu Wenkai took it and looked like an antique, some time ago the dream made him sleep not very well, and this gossip mirror hung in the room at least for psychological comfort.

Lao Shi didn't let go of Liu Zhaohui and said: "Liu Zhaohui is worthy of the five yuan of the bank, so he sent the boss, and there is no place to put the boss's face when it is transmitted." ”

"I've asked you for gifts a few times, and then you've deceived newcomers, so that I don't need gifts as long as Carrotta isn't at home. Come and drink together, first drink some Moutai and then some beer. Hu Wenkai raised his wine glass to relieve Liu Zhaohui.

Hu Wenkai asked, "Why is Tian Zhiliang in Shanghai today?" Did you find Liu Zhaohui for a loan? ”

"Boss, how do you know? Tian Zhiliang was not willing to take out a loan to get married. Liu Zhaohui stabbed Tian Zhiliang.