Ma Mingyu is used to seeing blood, killing, and mutilation, all of which are treated by Western medicine, and he doesn't recognize Chinese medicine very much, and he also feels that Su Mengyu is not right.

"I see that you are also very familiar with some Western medicine treatment techniques, and you must have learned it, right?" Ma Mingyu couldn't say it directly, so he was a little tactful.

Su Mengyu nodded and said, "When Nanshi was hit by the war, I helped rescue the citizens, and I felt that Western medicine did have merit in terms of surgical emergencies, so I took the time to learn some. ”

After a pause, Su Mengyu continued: "But injuries and illnesses are different, and the treatment of internal medicine in traditional Chinese medicine is far better than that of Western medicine. For example......

Anyone who talks about their specialty or profession will have a feeling of being unable to hold back, and Su Mengyu is no exception.

Ma Mingyu didn't expect that he was just talking casually, but it attracted this lady's tirade, so he had to listen patiently, nodding from time to time to indicate that he was listening carefully.

Finally waited for Su Mengyu to stop talking, Ma Mingyu hurriedly changed the topic and said, "The book I asked Miss Chu to take is not this one, if she comes, I happen to fall asleep, can you please wake me up?" ”

Su Mengyu agreed, and after such a break, her interest in talking was also reduced by half.

Ma Mingyu got up again, supported by Su Mengyu, and went to the bathroom for convenience, and the long exposition on Chinese and Western medicine was finally over.

In the afternoon, Chu Jiao arranged the car repair shop and drove away in advance. Anyway, she is the boss, and no one cares if she arrives late or leaves early.

went to the restaurant and ordered a few dishes, two light ones for Ma Mingyu to eat, and the rest of the dishes for Su Mengyu and Zhao Youcai, Chu Jiao went to visit Ma Mingyu again.

Entering the building, Su Mengyu greeted him, and after the two said a few words, Ma Mingyu heard it, opened his eyes and waited.

After a while, Chu Jiao walked in, and when she saw Ma Mingyu with her eyes open, she teased: "It seems that you can't die, or you can't die." ”

"You guy, you can't say good things." Ma Mingyu rolled his eyes.

Chu Jiao waved her hand nonchalantly and said, "Are you still taboo about this?" If you want to live a long life, you don't do this dangerous business. ”

Ma Mingyu patted the book next to his pillow and said, "What kind of book did you give me, it's written in a mess." ”

"It's not a study, just look at it to relieve boredom!" Chu Jiao moved a chair, sat down, looked at Ma Mingyu and said, "What about your subordinates, don't you contact them?" ”

Ma Mingyu pondered for a moment and said, "They each have their own hiding places, and except for me, everyone else knows very little. If someone doesn't escape, the stakes won't be great. ”

Chu Jiao nodded and said, "To be honest, the quality of your operatives is really not high. Even compared to me, it's much worse. ”

Ma Mingyu smiled and teased: "Of course Miss Chu is a master. Don't say it's my subordinate, even if it's your former teacher, I'm ashamed of myself now! ”

Chu Jiao was not modest, nodded thoughtfully, and said: "You don't have to be arrogant, although I am already a little stronger than you, it is not so easy to defeat you." ”

Hey, this guy is crazy.

Ma Mingyu wanted to roll his eyes, but he still held back and asked, "What did you do with a needle piercing rice grains that day?" ”

"You see?!" Chu Jiao asked, and knew that she didn't need to answer, so she explained: "A small way to exercise patience." I'm going to put in a little bit more effort to save him from telling me that I'm impatient. ”

"Who says you're impatient?" Ma Mingyu asked.

Chu Jiao shrugged her shoulders, didn't answer the question, and said, "I feel much better now, and I can calm down for a long time, which was simply not possible before." ”

Ma Mingyu nodded and said, "I can see that being able to sit down and wear rice without being in a hurry is indeed much calmer than before." ”

Chu Jiao smiled, a little proud, and said, "If you practice for a while, I will be a top master!" How's it going, aren't you looking forward to it? ”

Ma Mingyu couldn't cry or laugh, nodded again and again, and said: "Looking forward to it, I'm looking forward to seeing the demeanor of the top masters, I hope it will be soon, in my lifetime ......"

"Don't say nice things." Chu Jiao stretched out her hand and nodded at Ma Mingyu, "What is my lifetime, do I need so long?" ”

As he was talking, Su Mengyu came over to take his temperature, and asked Ma Mingyu if he was hungry.

Chu Jiao looked at her watch, got up and said, "Seeing that you are fine, I am relieved." I also have to go to Jiaotong University to meet with the students I sponsored. ”

"Did you sponsor Jiao Tong University?" Ma Mingyu was a little reluctant, but he didn't stop him, and said: "It's quite rich, it's not a good way, but it's a good thing to use it on the right path." ”

"What's not good, the money I make doesn't smell like a thief." Chu Jiao opened her eyes and said nonsense, but she was still arrogant, waved her hand and said, "You have a good rest and recuperate, and you will be alive in two days." Don't stay here then, someone has to take care of you. ”

Ma Mingyu snorted, and also waved his hand, signaling Chu Jiao to leave quickly.

Su Mengyu looked at Chu Jiao and then at Ma Mingyu, and felt that these two people were really interesting. The relationship is not ordinary, but it is not very polite to speak.

……………

Shen Chen was very busy, because it was soon April 10th and 11th. It was the day that the Japanese were looking forward to, the day of the election of the board of directors of the Ministry of Industry.

The Japanese are full of confidence, because as of April 1, the number of Japanese in Shanghai has increased by more than 26,000 over the previous year, an increase of 60 percent.

The number of Japanese is already the highest among foreigners in Shanghai. As a result, this election has not only attracted attention in the local area, but also in newspapers in Japan and has been paying attention to the election results.

Moreover, the election was held shortly after the formation of Wang's puppet government (March 30). If the election is successful, it will greatly benefit the cooperation between Japan and Wang's puppet government.

In the list published by the Ministry of Industry Bureau on 26 March, there are more than 8,000 people with the right to meet the regulations and register, of which 3,200 are Japanese, and more than 900 Japanese are in the process of registering with the Ministry of Industry Bureau.

In other words, the number of Japanese at that time had already exceeded half of all the people in power, and the situation seemed to be quite favorable for Japan.

By 8 April, the number of votes on the Japanese side was roughly the same as the number of votes held by the Anglo-American United Front.

Japan is looking forward to the votes of Italy and Spain, while Britain and the United States are trying to win the support of third people such as Germany, Jews, and Poles.

However, on the day of the election, the actual number of votes cast reached more than 13,000, which was more than 4,600 votes from the previous count of more than 8,500.

These more than 4,600 votes were unpredictable to the Japanese, and they made the balance of votes suddenly tilt in favor of Britain and the United States, and decided the defeat of the Japanese.

In fact, as early as March, Britain and the United States had already joined forces.

First, newspapers and broadcasts were mobilized, and a public opinion offensive was created, declaring that "if the Japanese win the election, the concession will become a Japanese concession, and the rights and interests of whites in the concession will be expelled completely." ”

In addition to using public opinion to prevent third-country people from supporting the Japanese, the British and American companies also intimidated third-country people who worked, "If you vote for the Japanese, you will be squid."

Of course, the flip side of intimidation is bribery. For example, cards are distributed to those who are eligible; Free pick-up and drop-off of voters to the polling location; free gasoline ration; Take the initiative to reduce or exempt the rent tax on temporary arrears; General mobilization of idle ladies, prevention of abstention by women in power, etc.

These means of increasing the number of those in power were numerous and succeeded in a short period of time.

As a result, the Japanese could only accept the result of defeat. They also hated the fact that the British and Americans attached property restrictions to the elections, as well as their cunning and sophisticated electoral skills.

The British and American sides, on the other hand, took all means to repel the Japanese offensive, and they could celebrate with their crowns.

"Cheers to victory!" Alcott's face was already red, but he raised his glass in great interest.

Shen Chen smiled and raised his glass, but drank very little wine.

"It's just a temporary victory, the Japanese will take other methods, the concession" Shen Chen shook his head lightly at Spielberg, who came over, indicating that he was not optimistic about the prospects of the concession.

"What?! Shanghai will live forever. Spielberg had a different attitude, "a free city-state, like Florence and Venice." ”

"The Japanese," Spielberg frowned, "they may want to conquer China, or they may want to dominate East Asia, but they will never challenge Britain and the United States." ”

Shen Chen did not agree with this optimism, nor did he want to make a long speech, but just smiled and turned to business in Macau.

"Very good, kind of a good start." Spielberg's eyes lit up again, and he said, "That girlfriend of yours will be a shrewd businessman in time." And that little one, who is also very smart. ”

"Just make enough money for them to live." Shen Chen relaxed a little, after all, relying on his remittances alone was not a long-term solution, although his money was enough for Lu Shuang and them to spend a long time.

"I'll go to Hong Kong in a while, do you want to" Spielberg's hand unconsciously scratched in the air, asking Shen Chen.

Shen Chen nodded noncommittally, he hadn't made up his mind yet. Of course, if he had time, he wanted to go. Jewelry and diamonds are not easy to sell in Shanghai, but they can be sold at a good price in Hong Kong.

"I found a girl." Spielberg suddenly lowered his voice and said to Shen Chen: "Very beautiful, a Cantonese from Macau, nineteen years old. You must meet her, this is my family to reorganize. ”

Shen Chen looked at Spielberg with a different expression, this is almost fifty, looking for a nineteen?

Spielberg understood what Shen Chen meant, but there was still a sparkle in his eyes, "She really looks like a peugeot." I studied a lot of magazines, and it doesn't matter how old my father is, it mainly depends on my mother's age. Well, you look at Abraham, he's still having children at the age of eighty. But no woman is willing to have children after the age of thirty. ”

Spielberg seemed very excited about this new theory, and got closer and closer to Shen Chen, "Seventeen to thirty years old is the time when fertility is the strongest, you know, seventeen to thirty years old." ”

"How did you meet this girl?" Shen Chen thought of the human market, that is, the market for selling people.

"Through a surrogate, I paid the woman that surrogate, and that's it." Spielberg was a little distracted and looked away.

A large hand landed on Spielberg's shoulder, and the two turned their heads almost simultaneously.

It's Mike, the doctor. His cheeks flushed, and his breath filled with the smell of whiskey.

"I didn't expect to see you here." Mike stepped over his chair with astonishing agility and sat down next to Spielberg, "I don't often attend drinks like this, and I don't know a few people. ”

Spielberg looked at Mike with scrutinizing eyes.

"Oh, maybe you're thinking about my situation, thinking I've only had a few years better?" Mike's eyes seemed clouded, but they were still sharp.

Spielberg smiled a little awkwardly and said, "No, you're a doctor, do you have to pay for your own examination?" ”

It seems that Mike is not a generous doctor, and if you think that if you are his friend, you can take advantage of it, you are wrong.

Mike didn't care, and said to Shen Chen through Spielberg: "This victory is also very important to Mr. Shen, right?" If the Japanese win, I'm afraid you'll be the first to be fired. ”

"So they lost." Shen Chen is actually not worried at all, and now he is also not happy about it, there is still more than a year, and the concession will fall into the hands of the Japanese, others must not think of it, right?

Mike reached out and took a glass of whiskey from the waiter's tray, motioned to Shen Chen and Spielberg, and drank it himself.

At this point, Alcott walked over, visibly drunk.

"According to me, we defeated the Japanese today, do you say?" Alcott was triumphant, after all, some of the little tricks in the election also had his ideas.

"Of course, the Japanese don't even know how they were defeated?" Spielberg was in the same mood, the same excitement.

Shen Chen smiled and nodded, agreeing on the surface, but said in his heart: The only language that the Japanese know is force. You foreign devils, in fact, are only temporarily safe, although this peace is also very important to him.

Of course, this defeat also caused the Japanese to find no better way to control the public concession for a while, and could only seek cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and Bureau within a limited scope.

Moreover, the Japanese vaguely realized that in order to control the power of the concession without deteriorating relations with Britain and the United States, it was better for the Chinese to come forward and recover the concession.

Therefore, they began to spare no effort to clamor and support the so-called "repossession of the concession" action of the Wang puppet government.

But at the time, this was not possible.

Because the British and American governments did not recognize the legitimacy of Wang's puppet regime, nor did they regard it as a diplomatic object, pinning their hopes on a puppet government to regain the concession, the Japanese were indeed a little exhausted.