Chapter 10: The Banquet

October 11, Shanghai French Concession

In a small manor house on Petain Road in the French Concession, a banquet organized by Gu Hongliang, chairman of the Shanghai Economic Commission, is being held here.

Gu Hongliang held this banquet for the purpose of stabilizing Shanghai's economy, which is currently fluctuating slightly because of the setbacks on the front line, and in order to increase its credibility and even more so to show his strength in disguise, Gu Hongliang also invited Shinnosuke Matsushita, a staff officer of the Japanese Military Police Headquarters, Daisa Tanaka, and Ichiro Kitamura, the No. 2 person in charge of the Shanghai Temporary Special High School, and Zu Guangping, captain of the Shanghai Police Corps.

At this banquet, Gu Hongliang was very optimistic that he could stabilize Shanghai's financial market through these puppet government forces, and he could show his political muscles to his peers through the puppet government forces.

Tang Yi arrived not too late, he looked young and heroic in a straight suit, and it was Fang Hu, the first little follower of Xiang Jie, the captain of the doglegs, who drove Tang Yi.

Xiang Jie is also a smart person who knows what he can and can't do, so he hesitated and ran to report to the third young master, in general, Xiang Jie was still very willing to do Tang Yi's dog's legs,

Looking at Xiang Jie's names in the department, "Investigation Department, Gossip Heroes" and "Captain Doglegs", you can know that he has a very good life.

Tang Yi got out of the car and straightened his clothes, and immediately a sharp-eyed servant greeted him and invited Tang Yi into the banquet hall, Tang Yi turned around and said, "Huzi, go and park the car and take the gift I gave to Mr. Gu in."

Tang Yi's gift to Gu Hongliang was a souvenir from the 1936 Berlin Olympics, a limited edition phonograph, and the number of gramophones in this version was very small.

Because this was the first time that China participated in and issued Olympic souvenirs, for the economic conditions at that time, Tianjin Zhongyuan Department Store made a lot of efforts and dedication to this matter, and cooperated with Columbia in the United States to launch the Olympic rings phonograph.

It has made an indelible contribution to China's participation in the Olympic Games, and it also reflects the Chinese people's yearning for the Olympic Games for many years, and has been working hard to integrate into the Olympic Games and go abroad to realize the Olympic dream of the Chinese people.

As for why he sent it, Tang Yi was considerate, the last time he had dinner with Gu Junqiao, Gu Junqiao mentioned the Berlin Olympics, which made Tang Yi at that time very busy, so Tang Yi planned to put it out openly instead of hiding it and appearing to have a problem, so that everyone would not have doubts.

Looking at it, I don't know if it's because the business is unfamiliar, or if it's the first time I've seen this kind of scene, Fang Hu is in a hurry.

Tang Yi couldn't help but think of Captain Dogleg, Xiang Jie, thinking in his heart, "Alas, Xiaojie is swollen ......"

In fact, this can't be blamed on Xiang Jie, since he became the captain of the intelligence bureau's action team, Xiang Jie is also busy with affairs, if he hadn't accompanied the telecommunications team for a routine inspection today, he must have been driving, after all, the leader of today's patrol telecommunications team is not there, and no one will be responsible if the captain of the action team is not present.

Tang Yi entered the banquet hall and found that the businessmen and government personnel were obviously distinct, and Panasonic Staff Officer, Kitamura Ichiro, the second person in charge of the Shanghai Temporary Special High School, and Zu Guangping, the captain of the Shanghai Police Corps, were sitting together.

After greeting each other, Tang Yi found a place to sit down, took the whiskey from the waiter, and drank it without a pair, but Zu Guangping was very interested in Tang Yi and came to Tang Yi to sit down and said, "Deputy Director Tang, I have admired my name for a long time." ”

Tang Yi said modestly: "Where, where, in the entire Shanghai Beach, who doesn't know that your ancestral captain is a well-known figure, I just have a false name." ”

After the Japanese occupied Shanghai, Zu Guangping immediately led part of the French Concession patrol police to take refuge in the Japanese, and was entrusted with important tasks by the Japanese, which can be described as the first batch of traitors, Zu Guangping also has some ability, and has done a good job in maintaining law and order in Shanghai.

Recently, the Japanese want to establish a puppet Shanghai special city government in Shanghai, and this position of police chief Zu Guangping will be firmly taken.

When the two were hypocritically polite, Zhou Mingrui also arrived, and after greeting everyone, he sat between Panasonic Staff Officer and Kitamura Ichiro, it seems that Zhou Mingrui recognized the conversation with Tang Yi last time.

It didn't take long for Tang Yi's ears to hear the happy laughter of Matsushita Staff Officer and Kitamura Ichiro, and it seemed that Zhou Mingrui's ass was very comfortable.

Seeing that Zhou Mingrui's sycophant shooting was very effective, Zu Guangping obviously intended to join in, and found an excuse to end the conversation with Tang Yi and joined the sycophant sequence.

After a while, Gu Hongliang came over with his daughter Gu Junqiao, and everyone ended their sycophants, Gu Junqiao came directly to talk to Tang Yi, and everyone looked at it and felt that the talented woman was a good match, and even Gu Hongliang nodded at Lian Lian.

Gu Hongliang raised his glass and said to Matsushita Staff Officer and Kitamura Ichiro: "Thank you two for coming to participate in the banquet of the old man in his busy schedule, the old man is very honored, and I will invite the two of you to come to the stage to say something in a while, so as to reassure these businessmen." ”

Matsushita nodded in agreement with Ichiro Kitamura.

Gu Hongliang turned to Zhou Mingrui and Zu Guangping politely: "The old man wants to thank Director Zhou and Captain Zu, thanks to the two of them who have worked tirelessly for the security of Shanghai on weekdays, so that we businessmen can do business in peace." ”

Zhou Mingrui and Zu Guangping also practiced and waved their hands and said: "Thanks to Mr. Gu to stabilize Shanghai's economy, everyone has a good life." ”

After touting each other with Zhou and Zu, Gu Hongliang walked up to Tang Yi and looked at Tang Yi and Gu Junqiao with a smile and said, "Thank you Deputy Director Tang for taking care of the little girl at work, if the little girl does anything wrong on weekdays, please ask Deputy Director Tang Duoduo Haihan." ”

Tang Yi hurriedly said: "What did Uncle Gu say, you and my father have been old friends for many years, how can you be so raw, just call me Tang Yi, Jun Qiao does a good job on weekdays, and he is impeccable and doesn't need to take care of anything at all." ”

After some greetings, Gu Hongliang, Panasonic, and Kitamura Ichiro were all on stage to prepare to speak, and Gu Junqiao hurried to help his father.

On the stage, Gu Hongliang cleared his throat and said: "You are all here today, you are all concerned about my economy in Shanghai, I specially invited the military police headquarters Panasonic staff officer and senior police chief Kitamura Ichiro to speak to you today, everyone is welcome!" ”

The audience applauded, and Matsushita stepped forward first and said: "You are all the pillars of our Shanghai economy, and you have contributed to the common prosperity of Greater East Asia, and our Great Japanese Empire will remember your contributions today. ”

Next is Kitamura Ichiro, compared with Panasonic staff officer, Kitamura Ichiro seems to have more confidence, he said confidently: "Because the front line has suffered some small setbacks temporarily, Chongqing has sent people to Shanghai to spread rumors, causing you to be unstable, here I solemnly promise you that there will be changes in the form in a few days, and Chongqing will not be able to support it immediately!" ”

Tang Yi in the audience was stunned, he and Zhou Mingrui glanced at each other, it seemed that both of them had doubts about Kitamura Ichiro's words, why did Kitamura Ichiro dare to be so sure?

Tang Yi thought in his heart: "There must be a big problem here!" ”