While the Japanese side was preparing to collect fiat currency, the Nanjing side also began to move. Yang Yibing personally instructed that it should be done as soon as possible. The Reserve Cadres Department immediately issued an order to the intelligence department in Singapore to immediately contact Su Zirong and make sure to get the three-tree pulp.

Two days after the order was issued, a short-haul passenger liner from Singapore docked at the port of Manila in the Philippines, and the passenger ship sounded a whistle and waved to each other.

A young man in a simple suit disembarked from the passenger ship with the crowd. After crossing the landing ladder to the ground, he put down the rattan box in his hand, lifted the sunhat on his head, glanced at a watch on his right wrist, and then looked up and forward.

"Sir, you are finally here, I was sent by Boss Su to pick you up." A native Filipino wearing a hat walked over.

"Ali Ya Duo!" As soon as the young man spoke, the people around him realized that it was a Japanese, but although they were a little disgusted, they were still a little afraid, and everyone avoided him.

The Filipino took the box in his hand and led him towards a Ford car in front of him. When he got into the car, the native spoke almost to him in Japanese, which he was not fluent in, but the young man did not seem to be interested, and the journey was too tiring, so he put his sunhat over his face, and after a while he fell asleep groggy.

After the Japanese occupied Manila without blood, they imposed a high-pressure rule. They ransacked banks and estates, burned churches where refugees were hiding, and then massacre many Chinese and Filipinos in Manila.

As the Pacific War progressed, Japan wanted to build it into a military base, so it naturally adopted some soft policies. They supported the puppet government and formed various maintenance chambers of commerce, and Su Zirong was "reused" at this time.

The car drove for more than half an hour and arrived at Su Zirong's residence, he is no longer the tycoon with a lot of money and a rich armor, and the property under his hands has basically been expropriated by the Japanese in various names, and even his villa by the sea has been confiscated by a unit of the Japanese army.

Although Su Zirong was angry, he dared not speak out, but he also gave the Japanese a smile on his face, saying that he was willing to give everything to him.

Su Zirong's very cooperative attitude naturally attracted the attention of the Japanese, because the war in China and the Pacific Theater was urgent, and they did not have too many troops stationed in the Philippines, and the Philippine police and the military police supported by Japan were still patrolling the streets.

In order to support the war on the front line, Japan needed the cooperation of capitalists like Su Zirong, and not long ago they also returned some of their industries to Su Zirong for Su Zirong to operate.

But all this is in name, and Su Zirong's factory is also in the service of the war fought by Japan.

Su Zirong received the young man in front of his newly completed mobile European-style building, and the two had a Japanese conversation throughout the whole process, looking as intimate as a mother. A few servants at the door and the like are not surprised, and there are often some Japanese people in the master's house, and there are mostly businessmen and officials, so naturally there is nothing strange.

After the two of them went to the office upstairs, Su Zirong closed the doors and windows, and then said to a few servants: "I have important things to talk about upstairs, don't come up if you don't have anything." ”

The servants nodded in resignation, and then they all went downstairs.

After entering the office on the second floor, the young man who came took off the visor on his head and replaced it with a fluent Chinese smile: "Boss Su, you are not bad here." It seems that the Japanese still trust you very much. ”

Su Zirong stepped forward and said with a sneer: "Mr. Duff, don't laugh at me." Come, please take a seat. ”

The young man in front of him is none other than Yu Dafu, a well-known young writer in the Chinese literary circle, the then head of the wartime work group of Xinghua cultural circles, and the executive member of the "Singapore Overseas Chinese Anti-Enemy Mobilization Association".

This time, he was ordered by Nanjing to come to meet Su Zirong and convey to him the instructions of the central authorities.

"Boss Su, I'm not polite, this time I'm here to convey a ......task in Nanjing," Yu Dafu said straight to the point that the central government was going to ask him to get the three-tree book pulp paper. He did not specify the specific purpose of the paper, but even if he did not say a word, it was clear to everyone that the paper of the three-bark tree was clearly intended to imitate the yen.

Hearing these words, Su Zirong picked his chin with the middle finger of his right hand, his eyes kept rolling, and after thinking for a moment, he asked, "When do you want it?" How much? ”

Yu Dafu said: "Nanjing has considered your difficulties and has not given a specific time and quantity, but naturally the more the better, the sooner the better." ”

Su Zirong nodded, and shook his head after a while.

Yu Dafu asked, "What?" Having difficulties? ”

"Not really." Su Zirong smiled professionally again, "That's it...... Let me put it this way, paper is not very hard to come by. As you know, our Chinese Chamber of Commerce has done this in Japan, and it is not difficult to get more high-grade three-bark tree paper, but the difficulty is how to ship these out? My own boat can only run to Manila and Japan, and the Japanese are not allowed to go anywhere else. Now there are Japanese ships from here to Malacca, and they can't be shipped out at all. ”

Su Zirong's words made some sense, but Yu Dafu couldn't show that there was a problem, he waved his hand and said: "You just have to transport it to Manila, and I will report to Nanjing for other things, and they will be in charge." By the way, when are you going to ship it over? ”

Su Zirong thought for a while and said, "I have to do this matter myself." Well, tomorrow I have a ship to leave for Japan, and I'll be back in a week when it's done. ”

Yu Dafu nodded, "Okay, just follow what Boss Su said." We met in Manila a week later. ”

After negotiating, Yu Dafu picked up the sunhat on the table and was about to go out, but Su Zirong stopped him.

"Mr. Duff, I'm afraid it's suspicious to leave now, so you might as well stay for lunch before leaving." Su Zirong stepped forward and said.

Yu Dafu felt suspicious in his heart, but when he thought about it, he put down his hat and said, "Okay, then bother." ”

Naturally, the serious matter has been negotiated, and the next step is small talk. Su Zirong is extremely good at dealing with people, he asked Yu Dafu if he drank coffee or tea, Yu Dafu said he wanted coffee, Su Zirong said it was great, he just had the best civet coffee here, so he asked the maid to make coffee and bring it up. The two of them held fragrant coffee and talked about it.

"I don't mean to flatter, in fact, I have already read my master's masterpiece. I especially like my husband's prose. Saying that, Su Zirong also deliberately recited the game fragments in Yu Dafu's "Sinking".

This trick really worked, Yu Dafu didn't say it, but his heart was beautiful, and his face showed a little bit of triumph. In fact, he didn't know that this was Su Zirong's temporary study and sale yesterday, and after he knew that the person who contacted him was Yu Dafu, he took the initiative to buy it and memorize it, and the book "Sinking" is still in front of his desk.

However, this increased the distance between him and Yu Dafu a lot, and the two talked about their respective families and other situations. Speaking of Su Hui, Yu Dafu exclaimed: "Tiger fathers have no dog girls. Miss Su Hui is well-known in China and has made a lot of contributions to the Anti-Japanese War. ”

"Where, where......" Su Zirong sighed when he talked about his son again, saying that he had sent him to the United States before the war, but he ran back not long after. Now in Manila, I mingle with Japanese people all day long, eating, drinking and having fun all day long, what a loser! ”

The two chatted a few more words about the international situation, and Yu Dafu said without hesitation: "Boss Su is a smart person, so he naturally knows the situation. The enemy has no troops at home, and there is no goods to gather abroad, and the final victory is, of course, ours. ”

"Yes, yes......" Su Zirong also smiled and responded.

More than an hour passed while he spoke. Su Zirong raised his hand and looked at his watch and said, "It's almost time, Mr. Duff, please come down with me for a light meal." ”

Yu Dafu picked up his sunhat and went happily.

As the two were going downstairs, there was a burst of laughter at the door, and it turned out to be their son and a man with a small head walking in.

Seeing that there were guests at home, the eldest son of the Su family stepped forward and said, "Daddy, there are guests here today?" ”

Su Zirong glared at him and said, "Don't be rude, this is Mr. Iwasaki from Japan." ”

As soon as he heard that it was Japanese, the son of the Su family took a step back, he took off his hat and sunglasses on his head, made a slight bow, and then greeted him in broken Japanese.

Yu Dafu also replied coldly, he saw that the son of the Su family had returned, and knew that he should not stay for a long time, so he said in Japanese: "Su Sang, I'll go first." ”

The Japanese who came with the son of the Su family stepped forward after hearing Yu Dafu's Japanese: "The seniors are from Tokyo?" ”

Yu Dafu glanced back at him and said, "Yes, I'm from Tokyo." "He studied in Tokyo, and he spoke Japanese with a Tokyo accent, which made the Japanese mistakenly think that he was a native from Tokyo.

"Senior, what are you doing here? It's not easy to meet someone from Tokyo......" the Japanese man ran to Yu Dafu and talked nonsense.

Yu Dafu was worried that he would lose too many words, so he replied coldly: "I naturally have something important here, and it is inconvenient to disclose this to Your Excellency. ”

With that, he brushed his sleeves away. The Japanese man couldn't help but sigh in the back: "What an arrogant and rude guy!" ”