At 8 o'clock in the morning, Hu Wenkai opened his eyes, reached out to the bedside table and groped, and then he was stunned, he was still used to looking for the remote control, and wanted to turn on the TV to watch the morning news, which was what he had to do before getting up every day, only to realize that it was the morning of 1920. After washing, I pulled out the black and white map of the French Concession from the box and marked several locations with a pen, which was the task that needed to be completed today. Breakfast is not eaten, only after the bank is settled before eating, Hu Wenkai does not know the security situation in Shanghai.

At nine o'clock, I put on a suit and walked out of the room with a suitcase, and when I passed the counter, I greeted the chubby woman, and the room didn't need to be cleaned today. Turning to the porter, he ordered him to call a rickshaw, and in an instant a rickshaw stopped in front of the hotel. The coachman dusts the dust-free cushion with a towel, where is the gentleman? Hu Wenkai got into the car with his suitcase and said: Go to HSBC first, you follow me for a day today. The rickshaw was not far away, and after a few streets, it stopped. A three-storey European-style building appeared in front of you, not as grand as the time-space township government building, and the impression was that the famous HSBC building at No. 12 Bund in Shanghai would only appear in 1923. It seems that the bank lobby of later generations has not been furnished, with chest-high counters dividing the hall in two, and the entrance to the foyer is placed with a lobby service desk similar to a consulting service. There were only two Europeans and Americans standing there talking in the bank hall, which seemed empty, Hu Wenkai walked to the counter, and a middle-aged white man in his forties looked up and down at Hu Wenkai in the counter, his face flashed with surprise, and he got up and asked in English: Sir, what can I do for you.

"Can I rent a safe deposit box from your bank?" Hu Wenkai asked in a thick London accent

"Oh, sir, do you have an HSBC bank account? If you have an account, you can rent it, and if you don't have an account, you need to open an account first. But our bank does not have a personal account business right now. The middle-aged white man replied in a very slow voice.

Hu Wenkai was a little puzzled, what's going on, it's impossible for such a thing to happen, Sun Yat-sen, Li Hongzhang, Song Ziwen, etc. don't all have accounts in HSBC. After nearly a minute of coldness, he took out a few thousand pounds from his pockets and suitcase and put them on the counter, saying nothing. Everyone at the counter stood up and looked at Hu Wenkai. Hu Wenkai lowered his head and casually stacked up a few thousand dollars on the counter. Slowly raised his head and looked at the other party, with a curved smile on the corner of his mouth.

A man in a striped suit with glasses at the bottom of the counter hurriedly walked to the counter and said: "HSBC welcomes Mr. to visit, I will open a personal account for you, if Mr. deposits more than 1,000 pounds in the bank, we will pay Mr. 4% annual interest, which will be automatically rolled over to the next year when it expires." If you deposit £4,000 in the Bank, you will be granted free access to the safe deposit box in the Bank. ”

Now settle down, the safe can't be rented, and he can't carry the suitcase for the past few days. Hu Wenkai took out a Chinese cigarette and put it in his mouth, shook off the ZIP lighter with one hand and lit the cigarette, spit out a puff and said, "Are you...?"

"Sir, I'm the Business Manager of HSBC, my name is James. Sterling said, handing over a business card in both hands. I took the business card with both hands and looked at it, and put it in the slip pocket with a very serious appearance.

"Mr. James, it's a pleasure to meet you, my surname is Hu Wenkai, and I just arrived in Shanghai and don't have a business card. I will deposit more than 10,000 pounds worth of pounds into your bank, please help me open an account"

After signing his name with a pen after a few pieces of paper format terms, he received a passbook marked with dozens of irregular holes, Hu Wenkai knew that the bank also had a passbook that was exactly the same as this one, and the holes could only be withdrawn after the holes matched. After handing over the fifteen thousand pounds and eight thousand dollars, James had already walked out of the counter and came to his side. Very politely invited Hu Wenkai to the VIP lounge, Hu Wenkai was a little worried that there would be flaws in the forgery, and it would be difficult to escape after entering the VIP room. "Thank you Mr. James for your kindness, I like face-to-face transactions, after all, it is the first time to handle business in your bank, please understand." ”

"Well, okay then. Please forgive Mr. Hu, I will miss the company, is it okay to make a cup of coffee for Mr. James looked at him attentively

Hu Wenkai nodded: "Then thank you, Mr. James." ”

Seeing that the three clerks at the counter were counting the money, one of them carefully observed the front and back of the banknotes with a magnifying glass, and pulled out one of the ten to distinguish the authenticity. After watching him put back the first banknote, I was sure that there was no problem, and I wanted to reward the counterfeiter. Drinking coffee and chatting casually with James, James kept testing Hu Wenkai's identity. Hu Wenkai replied lightly that he was the son of a Wuchang officer during the Xinhai Revolution and planned to buy a house in Shanghai. James shrugged exaggeratedly and said that the bank had real estate business to help him choose a house and buy a house. Hu Wenkai said that if there is a need, he will ask him to help, and ask him to write down the scope of business that the bank can provide.

About half an hour later, the deposit receipt was handed over at the counter, and the figures of the two currencies were correct, the US dollar and the British pound. James led him through two guards into the storeroom on the second floor, filled out the lease agreement, and obtained a key numbered 1026. Open the safe and pull out the drawer, James said, "Mr. Hu, I will come in and lock it for you when I knock on the door after it is handled."

Then walk out of the storeroom door. Put it into a small steel box containing a computer, 20 kilograms of gold, an M9 pistol and a box of Wu pick-up bullets, and the messy Taobao online bought items were poured into the drawer, picked out an ultra-thin cut-resistant glove and stuffed it into the pocket, put it back in the drawer, turned it twice with the key, and heard the sound of the lock knotting pull out. After knocking on the door, James came in and used his key to lock the other keyhole and said, "OK, Mr. Hu, your baby is safe now".

Hu Kaiwen walked in front and turned around and said, "Mr. James, how far is the Bank of Communications from here?" ”

"Why does Mr. Hu have business with Bank of Communications? It's very close to 14 on the Bund," James replied.

"My father's friend has a 5,000 deposit certificate in the Bank of Communications and wants to entrust me to withdraw it"

"Mr. Hu, our bank has a financial exchange with Bank of Communications that can serve you."

"Oh, then trouble Mr. James to save me a lot of trouble, this is the deposit certificate secret is nine-three-nine." Hu Wenkai took out a deposit receipt of 100 yuan from his pocket and handed it over. After exchanging $50 in silver dollars at the front desk, he received a receipt of 5,000 oceans from James and left HSBC.

Carrying the suitcase and looking at the watch, it was already more than 12 o'clock, the rickshaw was still parked under the bank steps, sat in the car and told the coachman to find a Weiyang flavor restaurant, explained that for a long time the coachman did not know what Weiyang flavor was, so he had to say that Yangzhou people opened a restaurant, and the coachman smiled bitterly and said that this small Yangzhou restaurant is best to go through six roads. When the car passed by the hotel, put the suitcase back in the room and check that the room was in good condition. Changed into a leather jacket, took the M1911 pistol and left the hotel to settle the food and clothing.