Two o'clock in the afternoon, Jiangxi Road, Lihe Foreign Bank. ¤，←x.

At this time, Lihe & Co. was the most famous German-funded enterprise in the Far East, with its head office located in this Shiliyangchang and branches in other major cities in China. Lihe & Co. is an agent of the Hamburg Steamship Company, the German Krupp Steel Mill, the Zeiss Optical Equipment Factory and the American Guttley Automobile Tires, and is famous for importing German heavy machinery, precision instruments, railway and mining equipment, and munitions. This is also one of the important reasons why Xiao Zhenlei handed over the order to Lihe Foreign Bank, why? People are professional.

The secretary walked to the door of the manager's office and reached out to knock on the door, then pushed the door in.

Bauer, who was behind the desk, looked up and said, "What's the matter?" ”

The secretary said, "Yes, sir, there are two lawyers downstairs who claim to be Mr. Xiao Zhenlei who want to see you!" ”

Bauer already knew about Xiao Zhenlei being taken to the patrol room at noon, and he was about to go to the patrol room, but he didn't expect that Xiao Zhenlei's lawyer would come to him now, explaining that there must be something important, and he immediately said: "Invite them in!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

After a while, the secretary took Qin Liankui and Fei Xindun into the office and sat down, delivered coffee and left.

"Mr. Bauer, I am Qin Liankui, the chief general counsel of Zhenhua Company, this is my assistant lawyer Fei Xintun, we are here today for Mr. Xiao Zhenlei's affairs!" After the two sides sat down, Qin Liankui first introduced himself.

Bauer shook hands with the two of them, then sat down and said, "As a friend of Mr. Xiao, I am shocked and worried about Mr. Xiao's affairs. I was about to go to the patrol house in the afternoon, and I thought if Mr. Xiao hadn't killed anyone. The patrol room will not release people without giving me face! ”

Qin Liankui and Fei Xindun looked at each other, and Fei Xindun nodded and said, "On behalf of my boss, Mr. Xiao Zhenlei, I would like to express my gratitude to you." Mr. Xiao Zhenlei once said when chatting with us that the Germans are the most rigorous population in the world, and they are the best choice to be friends. ”

A smile appeared on Bauer's face, "Thank you Mr. Xiao for your praise of the Germans, I think his choice is not wrong, so what do you need me to do for Mr. Xiao when you come here?" ”

Qin Liankui said at this time: "If this is just a case, I don't think we need you to come forward to bail Mr. Xiao out." But the truth is that it's not that simple! ”

Bauer was surprised: "Why do you say that? ”

"Because of the huge profits involved, the Japanese are not willing to give up the order of Zhenhua Company, in fact, it is exactly the case, until now Mr. Xiao has not signed a contract with your Lihe foreign company because of the delay of some things, and the Japanese saw this, and it happened that Mitsui Shou and Suzuki Jiro were killed, so they wanted to stir up the matter, so as to coerce Mr. Xiao to compromise and hand over the order to them. You know that Mr. Xiao is an honest person, and the reason why he chose to cooperate with Lihe is because he knows that Germans in this world are worth making friends, not Japanese! Now the Japanese consulate's Miyamoto has intervened in the matter, and he has put pressure on the Ministry of Industry of the Concession. The patrol room had to take Mr. Xiao away to assist in the investigation, I think if you go to the patrol room with your current identity, Police Commissioner Bruce may not necessarily buy your face! ”

After listening to Qin Liankui's words. Bauer's face was extremely ugly, and he was not annoyed that Qin Liankui had told the truth. Rather, he was angry that the Japanese were so despicable and unscrupulous. They also wanted to snatch orders belonging to Germany through unconventional means, and this was something that the Japanese could not afford to continue to do.

"I see!" After speaking, he got up and said: "If there is nothing wrong with the two of you, I want to ask the two of you to go to the central patrol room and wait, at the latest two hours, Mr. Xiao will be released, I guarantee with my personality and reputation!" ”

Qin Liankui and Fei Xindun stood up and shook hands with Bao Er respectively when they heard this, Qin Liankui said: "Thank you very much, I think Mr. Xiao will be glad to know you and become friends with you, farewell!" ”

After sending Qin Liankui and Fei Xindun away, Bauer immediately turned around and went back to his office and rang the bell on the desk, and then put Wen Jiàn into a drawer, and the secretary came in and asked, "What can Mr. serve?" ”

"Let the coachman prepare the carriage, I'm going to Deutsche Bank!"

"Yes, sir!"

After tidying up and turning to remove the top hat and cane from the hanger, Bauer walked out of the office and closed the door.

Deutsch-Hua Bank, head office in Shanghai.

Founded 20 years ago by a joint venture of 13 major German banks, Deutsch-Hua Bank is part of the German overseas banking system and is the central institution of German capital activities in China, with a total capital of 5 million taels of silver at the beginning. It has successively set up 20 branches in various parts of China; In China, banknotes of 1 yuan, 5 yuan, 10 yuan, 25 yuan, and 50 yuan were issued, and silver bills of 1 tael, 5 taels, 10 taels, and 20 taels were issued.

The assistant knocked on Feige's office door and walked in, "Mr. Feige, Mr. Bauer has arrived!" ”

Feige, who was working, looked up and saw that Bauer had already walked in with a civilized staff, and he quickly got up with a smile and said, "Oh, my friend, aren't you busy with work today?" Why do you have time to come to me? I tell you that my wine has been drunk! ”

Bauer handed his top hat and civilization staff to Feige's assistant and said, "I'm afraid that if I don't come to you again, I'll soon roll up the cover and roll back to Germany, and maybe your life won't be easy."

After the assistant went out, he walked to the wine cabinet and took out a bottle of wine and two glasses, twisted the cork and poured two glasses, turned around and handed Bauer a glass, took one cup back to the desk and sat down to take a sip and asked, "What is the matter?" Look at your appearance, the situation is very strict? ”

Bauer took a sip of his wine glass and asked, "My friend, I just want to ask you one question, is the weight of Zhenhua's order?" ”

Fei Ge didn't know why, but he still nodded: "Of course, my friend, isn't this already settled?" It's almost a contract, isn't it? Could there be any variables? ”

Bauer said with a solemn expression: "You are right, my friend! Just this morning, Mitsui Shou of Mitsui & Co. and Jiro Suzuki of Mitsubishi & Co. and their four bodyguards were found dead in an office of Mitsui & Co., because the day before yesterday at the bidding meeting of the Licha Hotel, Mr. Xiao Zhenlei announced on the spot the fact that Mitsui Shou and Suzuki Jiro had bought him, and then ordered someone to drive them out of the venue, the people who patrolled the room thought that Mr. Xiao Zhenlei was seriously suspicious, and if a person with normal thinking would not think that this case was related to Mr. Xiao. After all, it was not Mr. Xiao who was humiliated at that time, but Mitsui Shou and Suzuki Jiro, if it was Mr. Xiao who was killed, then it is reasonable for Suzuki Jiro and Mitsui Shou to have a heavy suspicion, but the problem is not this at all!

My dear friend, you know that this order is obtained by our foreign bank, in the channel of transfer and capital circulation, of course, I mean to take the road of Dehua Bank, I believe that Mr. Xiao will not refuse my small request, but if you do not sign the contract for a day, Lihe Foreign Bank will not be able to get the order, and the funds of Zhenhua Company will not reach our Lihe Foreign Bank's account in Dehua Bank, I think you should help me as a director candidate for the next board of directors of the Ministry of Industry Bureau of the Public Concession, and also help yourself. If this piece of fat is lost, the bigwigs at the German headquarters will probably not let me go, but I'm afraid your life will not be good! ”

Feige was drinking, and he almost choked on Bauer's words, he frowned and said, "What you said is true?" ”

"Of course, do you think I'm okay and come and joke with you?" As far as I know, because of the deaths of Mitsui Shou and Suzuki Erwolf, the Miyato of the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai has intervened, and he has put pressure on the patrol room of the Ministry of Industry Bureau, otherwise how could the patrol house invite a giant businessman with millions of taels of silver to drink tea without any evidence? Although Mitsui Shou is a member of the Mitsui family in Japan, do you think Miyamoto will not hesitate to personally come forward to put pressure on the patrol room for him? Oriental people have always loved face, would he surrender his identity to do this kind of thing? ”

Feige wondered, "What do you mean?" ”

"Order!" Bauer said categorically: "For the order of Zhenhua Company, the Japanese have not given up, they can just use the death of Mitsui and others to force Mr. Xiao Zhenlei to hand over the order to the Japanese foreign firm, this is their purpose!" ”

Fei Ge suddenly realized, "So that's the case", he immediately said angrily: "Hmph, the Japanese have always liked to engage in conspiracy, and we can't let them succeed this time!" ”

Bauer immediately asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

Feige thought for a moment and said, "I think my friend, Mr. Degray, the director in charge of police affairs in the Public Concession Bureau, should have something to do, Bauer, if you are not busy, come with me to meet Mr. Degray, right?" ”

Bauer laughed: "Of course, I'm honored! ”

After the two of them drank the wine in the glass, they immediately got up and went to De Gray's residence, where Fei knew that De Gray, the general manager of Deutsch-Hua Bank in China, should still be taking a nap at home, and he could go to see him now. In fact, all the board members of the board of directors of the Ministry of Industry of the Public Concession are not full-time directors, and each of them has a serious career in Shanghai, while the directors of the board of directors of the Ministry of Industry and Bureau are just side jobs and do not receive salaries.

An hour later, accompanied by Bauer and Feige, De Gray got out of the carriage and walked into the central capture room, and Qin Liankui, Fei Xindun, Song Shijie and others, who were waiting in the lobby of the patrol room, immediately got up to greet them after seeing them.

After getting to know each other, Inspector General of the Police Department Bruce immediately rushed over when he got the news, although the General Office of the Ministry of Works, Lu Shi, is the actual person in charge of the Ministry of Works, but the director of the board of directors in charge of police affairs, De Gray, can have a great say in Bruce's position, on the contrary, Lu Shi has no right to decide whether Bruce goes or stays, after all, nominally, the General Office of the General Office and the Inspector General of the Police Department are the same level of position. (To be continued......)