Shanghai Public Concession, the Metropolis Hotel at the northeast corner of Jiangxi Road and Fuzhou Road intersections.

The hotel was invested and built by Chinachem Real Estate Company, a subsidiary of New Sassoon & Co., built in the 23rd year of the Republic of China, and opened after a year of renovation to welcome guests. The hotel is 14 storeys high and 65 meters high, belonging to the typical Art Deco movement style, and is currently one of the most luxurious hotels in Shanghai.

It took nine days for Wu Ming to inspect the Songhu defense fortifications in Liuhe, Luodian, Liuxiang, and Dachang to Zhabei and the soil conditions in the area, and then followed the Songhu Railway to observe whether Jiangwan, Zhanghuabang, Wusong, Baoshan, and other places adjacent to the Huangpu River and the Yangtze River were likely to be held in danger.

On the day of the spring equinox on March 21, Wu Ming, who had confidence in his heart, finally ordered that the inspection work be temporarily ended, and everyone went to Shanghai to have a good rest.

When the convoy entered Zhabei City and passed through the intersection of Zhongshan Road and Hongxing Road, most of the convoy remained, and the personnel who stayed in Huajie were responsible for keeping the guns and ammunition carried on the trip, while the rest of the people took a car and three trucks with the logo of a Belgian foreign company, and went south along Beihe South Road, and after being inspected by the Indian patrol at the intersection of Xinmin East Road, they officially entered the northern area of the public concession. After more than 20 minutes of driving, they crossed the Suzhou Creek at the Tianhou Temple Bridge and came to the British Concession, and the group stayed at the Capital Hotel behind the Bund China Merchants Bureau.

In order to facilitate the development of security work, Zhang Dongning, who had rushed to Shanghai in advance after being separated from Songjiang County nine days ago, took down the entire eighth floor of the Capital Hotel, and Wu Ming's adjutant Sun Chengyuan and all 36 members of the guard moved in

The rest, led by Zhang Dongning, Shi Steve, and Du Pingzhang, lived in a Shikumen compound bought in the name of the Quzhou Chamber of Commerce near the intersection of Zhongshan Road and Huiguan Road, four blocks from Zhabei Railway Station.

As for the personnel led by Lu Kuiyuan and Ye Zhuhan, they had dispersed into the concession as early as half a month ago, lurking in various capacities, and with the arrival of Wu Ming, an invisible net was slowly opening.

Due to the rainy weather in Shanghai for several days, the weather in Shanghai was slightly cold, Wu Ming, who had been running around for a day, took a hot shower comfortably, and just walked out of the bathroom, when a knock sounded on the door.

Wu Ming was wearing loose pajamas, and opened the door while wiping his head with a towel, Sun Chengyuan sneaked in, looked around, and said with some disappointment: "The senior suite is not much different from the general guest room, that is, the space is larger, and the living room and guest room are separated...... Hey, the bed seems to be bigger, and there seem to be more than one balcony."

Wu Ming couldn't laugh at Sun Chengyuan's innocence, and scolded with a smile: "What are you thinking about all day long? It's supposed to be a place to sleep, and you can sleep until dawn with your eyes closed, and pay attention to those useless things. By the way, what's the matter with me? ”

Sun Chengyuan remembered at this time, and hurriedly said: "Fang Zhibin just called, and he will accompany Zhang Xiaolin's henchmen to visit in half an hour." Deputy Chief of Staff Fang said that the person is called Wu Jingguan, who is Zhang Xiaolin's protégé, and is responsible for taking care of several lottery companies under Zhang Xiaolin's name, casinos and 'Changsan Shuyu,Can be Zhang Xiaolin's half master, what business do we need to cooperate with Shanghai,You can talk to Wu Jingguan in person

Here is an explanation, Changsan Shuyu is a relatively elegant saying in Shanghai, in fact, it is a high-end brothel, but the level is much more upscale than the middle and lower brothel such as "Unit Er".

The "girl" and "miss" in the book apartment are pampered, and the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are all refined, which can meet the all-round needs of the guests, and make the guests fall into it little by little through various methods, and lose their souls, so that they are willing to go bankrupt.

Wu Ming didn't expect that Fang Zhibin was the first to contact Zhang Xiaolin's people.

It is important to know that among the three tycoons in Shanghai, Huang Jinrong was the first to open the Xiangtang to accept disciples, independent of the "Green Gang" system and organized his own "Rong Ji", the first time he accepted the disciples of ninety-nine people, and at the same time, in order to collect some prestigious people in the society, Huang Jinrong also divided the gang into disciples and protégés, the disciples are naturally Du Yuesheng and Zhang Xiaolin such as the Green Gang, and the protégés are those who do not go through the ceremony of opening the Xiangtang, only through the introduction of people to build bridges, cast a red post, and seal a gift of entry, For example, Chiang Kai-shek also handed over the post to worship under the Golden Rong Gate.

Later, in order to justify his identity in the Green Gang, Huang Jinrong invited Zhang Renkui, a veteran of the "big" generation of the Green Gang, from Suzhou, and worshipped him as a teacher with Zhang Xiaolin and Du Yuesheng, and since then Huang Jinrong has been commensurate with Zhang Xiaolin and Du Yuesheng as brothers.

As for Du Yuesheng, who is now the most famous, he is the best at being a man, and after making a fortune, he is very respectful to the former Qing Dynasty relics, warlords and politicians, high-level party-state officials, celebrities, and even financial and industrial tycoons.

Du Yuesheng's subordinates are full of talents, and the old brothers of the small eight-share party, Jin Tingsun, Gu Jiarong, Ye Zhuotang, Gao Xinbao, Rui Qingrong, Yang Qitang, etc., dare to fight, and later recruited Chen Guitang, Wan Molin, Ma Xiangsheng, Zhao Tingxuan, Che Junan, Liu Qingfu, Qi Baoting, etc.

As for Zhang Xiaolin, it is different, this person forgets the righteousness when he sees small profits, is stingy by nature, and is unwilling to take part of the huge profits earned to reward his subordinates, resulting in not many people willing to follow him. Almost all of the disciples recruited by Zhang Xiaolin are the characters of the turtle king, such as "Liuxiang Courtyard", "Yihong Courtyard", "Spring Flower Courtyard", "Anle Courtyard", "Xiangze Courtyard" and other Changsan Shuyu and the bosses of the second hall are all his senior disciples.

There are only a few people under Zhang Xiaolin who are more adept, one of which is Wu Jingguan, who has some economic talent, who is responsible for managing many brothels under Zhang Xiaolin's name and casinos and lottery companies that are responsible for cheating, in addition to Cheng Xiaoxin, the general manager of the wooden store, Shi Shaotang, the manager of the Yangtze Hotel on Jiujiang Road, the leader of the flower donation squad in the Baxian Bridge lot of the French Concession, "Living Impermanence" Amin, and the "rotten foot" Debao who manages the Yiyuan dog run.

You can meet Wu Jingguan, and by the way, put Zhang Xiaolin's old bottom from his mouth...... It seems that Dai Li's secret service really has a close relationship with the people of the Green Gang, and we only separated from Fang Zhibin when we arrived at Shanghai Jiangwan Station, and now it has not been long since he found someone...... Although it is not Zhang Xiaolin himself, at least it shows that Fang Zhibin is attentive," Wu Ming said thoughtfully.

Sun Chengyuan has improved rapidly in all aspects in the past two years, in addition to the leap and bounds in military skills, he is basically familiar with the intelligence system under Wu Ming's command. He knew very well that in addition to the obvious reasons for Wu Mingxing's division to come to Shanghai this time, the main purpose was to get rid of Zhang Xiaolin, a guy who was so bad that the soles of his feet were bleeding pus, that the intelligence department could practice his hands, and at the same time make a lot of money.

That's right, Sun Chengyuan didn't have any sympathy for Zhang Xiaolin

Zhang Xiaolin sells opium, forces good people to become prostitutes, cheats people out of money, and is tyrannical, it can be said that he does all kinds of evil, if it weren't for his sensitive identity, Sun Chengyuan, who knows many insiders of Lu Dao, may have come to Shanghai Beach in person to do the right thing for Tianxing. Of course, Cheng Yuan is full of expectations for the hoe and treachery plan designed by Wu Ming himself, this guy who is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, wants to see with his own eyes what the long-quiet concession will be like when the time comes.