Situ Meitang has been in the United States for many years, and he immediately understood the value of stockings after just touching them, and asked excitedly, "I don't know how much these stockings are worth?" ”

Jiang Cheng was really not sure about this price, so he asked, "I brought more than 2 million pairs, which is this quarter's goods, I don't know how much you think it should be priced?" ”

Situ Meitang said with a smile, "Although the economy in the United States is in difficulty now, it is not as exaggerated as in 31 years, Americans still have a lot of savings in recent years, I see that these stockings are transparent and smooth, you must know that foreigners are different from us, they have more hair and rough skin, I know that there are many American women who often pluck hair and make their legs smoother, and your stockings are simply their savior." I think it can be priced at two dollars. What is this made of? ”

Jiang Cheng thought it was acceptable when he heard that it could be priced at two dollars, after all, it would be decided when the time came to see the sales situation. When I asked about the material, he said, "The main material is nylon, and we should be the only ones in the world now, but I heard that DuPont is already working on this, and it should be ready to be produced immediately." ”

Situ Meitang asked, "So, have you applied for this patent?" ”

Jiang Cheng shook his head and said, "I haven't applied yet, and when the time comes, I will trouble Premier Situ to help, so it shouldn't be a big problem." ”

Situ Meitang seemed to think of something and said, "There is another question, Xiao Jiang, you said that DuPont is also researching this product, so where have they been researching, do you know?" ”

Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "If nothing is wrong, they have discovered nylon and are now studying the issue of industrialization." ”

Situ Meitang frowned and said, "Then it's troublesome, this DuPont company, it should be called the DuPont consortium to be precise, he has become the sixth largest consortium in the United States in just over a hundred years, except that their family's business methods are really first-class." They have a lot of black methods, if they just want to study and have not yet studied, or in the early stage of research, things are still easy to do, but now they also have this nylon in their hands, and once we sell it to the outside world, DuPont will definitely understand the value of this nylon, no, maybe DuPont already knows the value of this stockings. Then we will become a thorn in their side, not to mention our small Chinese gang, even Mr. Roosevelt can only retreat under the wrath of the consortium. ”

Although Jiang Cheng knew in later generations that the U.S. government was manipulating it by several consortia, would it be bloody to sell his own stockings? I couldn't help but be a little incredulous, and said, "If we want a patent in hand, is there a problem?" ”

Situ Meitang saw Jiang Cheng's appearance and knew that he was a little unconvinced, so he said, "You should know Edison." ”

Jiang Cheng nodded suddenly, then who doesn't know, the great inventor.

Situ Meitang shook his head and smiled, "You probably think he is a great inventor like ordinary people, but he was an excellent businessman before the inventor, the so-called stories and legends of Luomon Park are just a group of inventors who have made up in order to better promote their products, Tesla and Makqin These two people should also have heard of them, these two genius scientists were squeezed out of the American scientific community by Edison by all dirty means, that's all, everyone still says that he is a kind person." Also, after all, these two people are still alive.

Edison's General Electric Company is a small soldier under the Morgan Consortium, and if the DuPont Consortium, which is at the same level as the Morgan Consortium, does it, hehe, their company is a company that makes explosives. In order to monopolize the explosives business, many people were confused about the explosion of the factory. As for patents, you don't really think that the United States is a country that respects patents, do you? ”

Jiang Chengqi said, "Isn't it? After all, in later generations, respect for patents in the United States was advocated by countless public figures. Situ Meitang laughed and said, "When Dickens, who wrote A Tale of Two Cities, visited the United States, he complained to the Americans that his novels were sold all over the streets in the United States, but he never brought him even a penny for manuscript fees. The U.S. Congress retorted with a straight face: 'The country is not yet there, and the poor people should be allowed to obtain knowledge or entertainment at a lower price, and besides, if the publisher does not pay royalties to foreign authors, it can reduce the price of books, so that it can attract more readers, so it will increase the popularity and long-term income of authors in the long run...... He only respects patents that are beneficial to him. What Jiang Cheng didn't know was that 8o% of the aspirin on the world market in the fifties and sixties of the twentieth century came from the United States, but less than one-tenth of them were patented. Angry with Bayer, which owns the patent, half to death. Jiang Cheng listened to Situ Meitang's words, and also felt that he might have thought a little simpler, and he also remembered a novel he had read, and the protagonist in it was not because of the stockings that DuPont was finally doused on the road. Then he said, "Then according to Premier Situ's intentions, we won't do this stockings business?" ”

Situ Meitang smiled and said, "Then where is it, people die for money, birds die for food, and this rich business is not dared to do it because of a little risk, then we don't have to mix it up anymore, just go home and farm, Xiao Jiang, you are our key." Since your organization is only willing to push you to the forefront, then you are our dead end, and your safety is the most important thing, but there are not many people who know you, so just pay more attention, if we want to do this stockings business, then we have to sum it up and come up with a foolproof solution. ”

Jiang Cheng nodded in agreement, and thought of Tesla, a genius, other well-known scientists are either proud of the spring breeze now, or still growing, and they are not easy to dig, only this person can be said to be poor and asked, "I don't know how Tesla is now?" ”

Situ Meitang sighed, "He is indeed a genius, but because he offended Edison, he was banned by the Morgan chaebol." He now lives in seclusion, living alone in a hotel in New York City, occasionally making unusual statements to the press. Because of his strange behavior, he is also called a madman.

Jiang Cheng asked, "Then why didn't he leave the United States?" ”

Situ Meitang said with a smile, "Where did he go, there are people watching him all the time, for fear that he will make a comeback in Europe like Mark Core." ”

Jiang Cheng thought for a while and said, "I want to meet him, is that okay?" ”

Situ Meitang thought for a while, nodded and said, "It's not difficult to see him, but if you want to take him away, it's really difficult." ”

Jiang Cheng remembered a story in later generations and said with a smile: "I have a way, okay, let's discuss how our stockings can break through DuPont's blockade." ”

After discussing all night, Jiang Cheng and Situ Meitang felt that all the details had been considered, so they went their separate ways and started to act.

Jiang Cheng went to visit Roosevelt the next day, and Roosevelt was still very interested in this young Chinese man, so he asked Jiang Cheng to have dinner with him.

At dinner, Jiang Cheng told Roosevelt about his desire to send international students to the United States.

Roosevelt thought about it for a moment, and thought that a large number of international students who received higher education in the United States would definitely get close to the United States in the future and have an American worldview.

Roosevelt smiled and raised his glass and said, "Regarding education, our US government has always been a strong supporter, and I will coordinate with various schools in the United States, as long as the students of your country pass the test of our school, then they can come to our country to study." ”

Jiang Cheng said gratefully, "The American people have always been our good friends, by the way, I brought our company's latest products as a gift from Mrs. Anna." As he spoke, Jiang Cheng handed over a gift box.

Anna was curious and wanted to open it, Roosevelt knew some Chinese customs and said, "Anna, in China, it is rude to open a gift in person, you better bear with it." ”

Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "President Roosevelt is very interested in China's culture, and I hope to have the opportunity to invite President Roosevelt to be a guest in China." ”

What Jiang Cheng didn't know was that the night before his visit to Roosevelt, the Roosevelt administration had received a note from the Japanese government.

In the half month since Jiang Cheng left China, several far-reaching events have occurred.

Zhou Guansheng, who went to Lushan, after hard bargaining with Jiang Mediation, still did not get the result he wanted, although he was not depressed when he already knew the general trend of the later generations, but saw that Jiang Intermediary was not even willing to give the Red Army the establishment of a few divisions, and also saw clearly that although Jiang Intermediary agreed to join hands with the Red Party to fight against Japan, but the fear of the Red Party in his bones made him unable to make any substantive moves, after all, in the eyes of Jiang Mediation, the war was still far away, and there was no burning eyebrows, and he still had time to slowly concoct the Red Party, Although the Red Party still has a lot of territory and tens of thousands of troops, they are all extremely poor places, and you can see from the people who joined the Red Army; when they were in Jiangxi, most of the people who joined the Red Army brought clothes and bedding with them, while they were in Shaanxi. There were few chopsticks with him, and Jiang Zheng firmly believed that as long as he dragged it out, the Red Party would definitely succumb to his own conditions.

On June 4, 1937, the Konoe Cabinet was finally formally formed. As early as 1935, this person served as the foreign minister of Okada's cabinet, and put forward the famous Hirota Three Principles - that is, first, China was required to recognize Manchukuo, and North China and Manchuria were required to carry out a high degree of economic and cultural exchanges. Second: China stopped all anti-Japanese activities, abandoned Britain and the United States, and relied on Japan. Third: defend against Russia, prevent the red, and strangle the red party.

After the 226 Mutiny in 1936, with the support of the Ministry of War, Hirota Hiroki became Prime Minister and appointed himself as Foreign Minister, and at the same time established the fascist system of the Japanese Military Department.

This time, the Konoe cabinet reappointed him as foreign minister, which is nothing more than a clear political signal to the outside world -- the original Sato diplomacy has ended, the policy of softness toward China has ended, and Japan's foreign policy will become tough again.

In his first statement, Konoe also pointed out that it would be extremely difficult to meet the three demands of the Ministry of Military Affairs for the strengthening of defense spending and the government's demand for "balancing material supplies, balancing international revenues, and developing productive forces" at the same time, as a manifestation of the immediate financial and economic problems in the country.

At that time, some officers said that internal deficiencies could be obtained from outside, and such remarks spread throughout the Japanese military circles at great speed, and everyone looked to North China, where they had everything they needed -- military merit and wealth.

As if in response to Konoe's first statement, Hirota Hiroki also quickly issued a statement, saying that the original Hirota Three Principles are no longer suitable for the current international situation, and that there should be a greater change in foreign policy in order to fundamentally improve Sino-Japanese relations.

As if they had smelled the smell, the Japanese officers stationed in China flocked to write books stating their views.

At this time, it coincided with the outbreak of anti-Japanese uprisings in Zhangbei, Baokang and other places, and the puppet army in many places was defeated.

Xiangyue Siqing was the first to send a telegram saying that the situation in North China was tense and asked for reinforcements again.

Seeing this, Shibayama Kaneshiro, chief of the Military Affairs Division of the Japanese Army Ministry, immediately sent a report to the country, saying that the anti-Japanese propaganda in North China was fierce, the middle and lower ranks of the 29th Army had strong hostility towards Japan, and the garrison was often harassed by guerrillas, and that the only way to alleviate it was to increase the number of garrisons and the degree of suppression.

At this time, Hideki Tojo, who was still the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, put forward a strategic opinion: "The threat of Soviet Russia to Manchuria is extremely great, and Japan and the Soviet Union are a feud, so there will be a war in the future, if this war breaks out, although our Kwantung Army is brave and invincible, it is difficult to say whether it will win or lose, and the Nanjing government will be like the Song Dynasty in the past, and the Soviet Union will attack our army, and the situation will be the same as that of Mongolia, Jin, and Southern Song in those years. This is the best policy. ”

It can be said that within a week of Konoe coming to power, the thinking of the Japanese army was quickly unified, and the war between China and Japan was no longer a question of whether to fight, but when to fight.

After receiving the telegram from the troops stationed in China, the guards quickly reacted, secretly increased their troops to the northeast region by 20,000 again, and moved their troops to Shanhaiguan, ready to go out of the customs at any time to fight.

Japan's intelligence organizations began to recruit and train agents in China, and Dai finally noticed something was wrong.

June 15, 1937 -- Lushan Jiang intermediary is in a good mood these days, Zhou Guansheng of the Red Party has retreated step by step, and the establishment of Yan'an has changed from the original five divisions to three divisions, I believe that the current Yan'an is almost out of food, hmph, without that Zhang Xiaoliu to fund you, I want to see how you can feed your tens of thousands of troops in that barren northern Shaanxi. On the contrary, the guerrillas of the Red Party in the South are really annoying, but everyone has selfish motives, and now that the Red Party in the South has no connection with the Red Party in the North, we can find some way to absorb the Red Party in the South.

Jiang Agent, who was thinking about beautiful things, saw Chen Bui with a happy face walking by. Knowing that there was probably some good news again, he said, "What's wrong?" Is there any news from you? ”

Chen Bui nodded and said, "Commission, great joy, Liu Xiang is here on behalf of Lu Zuofu to discuss the reorganization of the Sichuan Army, I heard that the Sichuan Army has actually begun to be reorganized according to our requirements, this Liu Xiang is very sincere." ”

Jiang Zhong smiled and said, "Look, our central government is indeed what everyone wants, is there anything else?" ”

Chen Bui handed over another piece of paper and said, "Hong Kong call, the ordnance given to us by Germany has arrived, this time it is said that the German armory has been emptied, ten divisions of equipment have come at once, and five divisions have just left Europe, General Falkenhausen said that because according to Lieutenant Colonel Jiang's opinion, let people wait for weapons, and do not let weapons wait for people, and now several people are training with one weapon." Therefore, as long as the weapons are in hand, the combat effectiveness of six divisions can be formed at once. However, there will still be a bit of a gap between these divisions and the three old divisions. ”

Jiang Zhong smiled excitedly, "Wow, if I have thirty German mechanics, why should I be afraid that the Japanese will not be destroyed?" ”

At this time, Dai Li knocked on the door and asked to see him.

Jiang Intermediary saw Dai Li's serious face, knew what was going on, and asked, "Yunong, what happened?" ”

Dai Li nodded and said, "Headmaster, according to reliable information, the Japanese invaders have suddenly recruited and trained a large number of agents in North China, and the rats we have mastered have also been very powerful recently, and the students suspect that the Japanese invaders are about to do it." ”

Jiang Intermediary couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this, and asked, "Why is it so fast?" Is the information reliable? ”

Dai Li nodded and did not speak.

Jiang Zheng walked around a few times on crutches and sighed, "Why don't you give me more time, as long as you give me another two years, no, one year, our situation will be very different." ”

Chen Bui deserves to be a think tank, and said at the first time, "Lugou Bridge, war will definitely break out in Lugou Bridge." ”

Jiang Zhong and Dai Li both looked at Chen Bui, Chen Bui continued, "Recently, the situation in North China has been very tense, it is said that a few days ago, the officers of the 29th Army were invited to participate in the banquet of the Japanese army, and they all fought on the spot, if it is really about to start a war recently, then it must be in Beiping, Beiping has been surrounded on several sides, and the only exit is Lugou Bridge." ”

Jiang Intermediary nodded and said, "Yunong, send more people to supervise the movements in Beiping, and where is Jiang Cheng?" Isn't their intelligence organization also very powerful? Do they have any news? ”

Dai Li looked at Jiang Intermediary and said, "Principal, since the last commission drove him away, he has not done anything back to Shanghai, but recently he has suddenly made efforts to organize the relocation of machinery in small and medium-sized factories in Shanghai. ”

When Jiang Intermediary heard this, he immediately understood that Jiang Cheng must have known something, and sighed, "This Jiang Guquan, just talk about him, just be angry like this, it's really immature, and I owe it to the word I gave him." In this way, Yan Ji (Chen Bui's words), you go to the next commendation order, promote him to the rank of colonel, and tell him by the way that the party and the state need him, and you can't take care of national affairs for the sake of a moment. In addition, send a telegram to Song Zheyuan to give him a wake-up call. ”

Chen Bui nodded and said that he was retreating.

Chiang looked to the north, and felt great regret in his heart -- the great opportunity was about to be lost again, and he just hoped that this war would be a little later.