Chapter XXVII
Hansen asked Hoffmanga to send people to continue to monitor Lu Yuan's movements, but Lu Yuan, who had already stepped out of the Rose Bar at this time, did not return to his residence immediately as usual, but after going around in a circle, he went straight into a café opposite the Rose Bar, and through the floor-to-ceiling windows facing the café, he could just see the door of the Rose Bar. Lu Yuan had long known that Hansen had sent people to keep an eye on him, and the reason why he had just blended in with the crowd and walked around the street was to get rid of the people sent by Hoffman to keep an eye on him first.
The night was getting darker, and the person Lu Yuan had been waiting for finally walked out of the door of the rose bar, Lu Yuan immediately left the café and followed far away, after Lu Yuan's secret observation, this guy who was inadvertently noticed by himself should not be a simple person. Schuchmann, who had been walking with his head down, didn't seem to know that someone was following him, and Lu Yuan didn't expect what would happen next to be so sudden, walking through two streets in a row, Schuchmann seemed to be casually turning into an alley on the side of the street.
Seeing that Shu Heman turned into the alley in front of him, Lu Yuan immediately quickened his pace and followed, but just a few meters after Lu Yuan got into the alley, he was firmly locked by a strong and powerful arm. "Who are you? Why follow me? After Lu Yuan shouted in his heart, the arm that locked his neck loosened slightly, and a deep voice appeared in Lu Yuan's ears, only listening to the other party's Chinese, Lu Yuan had already guessed who ambushed him.
Lu Yuan did not answer Schuchmann's inquiry immediately, but first slowly spread his hands to show that he had no malicious intent, and then replied with a smile. "Mr. Schuchmann, I am not your enemy, and I will not be against you, if you can, please let me go first, my throat seems to be a little sore." Lu Yuan thought that the other party would let go of himself, but he didn't want to make Schuchman, who was already full of doubts, even more so because of his calmness.
"Damn, how do you know my name? Who the hell are you? Instead of letting go of his arm, Schuchmann tightened his arm again after continuing to ask questions. The tall and tall Schuchman is more than 1.9 meters tall and weighs more than 95 kilograms, while Lu Yuan's height is only 1.75 meters and his weight is less than 75 kilograms.
It seems that there is no way, Lu Yuan, who was firmly strangled by Schuchman's neck, can only find another way, and when his heart moves at will, a Browning pistol has suddenly appeared in Lu Yuan's right hand, and the muzzle of the gun has been pressed under Schuchman's ribs. The barrel of the gun was pressed against his ribs, and Schuchman's body couldn't help but freeze in place, but Lu Yuan smiled at this time. "Mr. Schuchmann, you are a very strong man, but I wonder if you are better than the Browning pistol at close range?"
I couldn't understand how the Browning pistol in Lu Yuan's hand came from, but Shu Heman slowly let go of his arm, and Lu Yuan, who was finally freed, did not continue to point the pistol at Shu Heman, but after his breath stabilized, he inserted the pistol back into his waist. "Mr. Schuchmann, you should be able to believe that I have no ill will towards you, right?" Lu Yuan, who withdrew the pistol, spread his hands to Shu Heman again, releasing his kindness to the other party.
Shuchman quietly took a step back and nodded at Lu Yuan, "I don't know how you did it just now, but I can apologize to you for what happened just now, but I don't think there's anything to say between us, especially since I don't know who you really are." Schuchman was very vigilant, and his words clearly revealed that he did not want to continue to entangle with Lu Yuan, but Lu Yuan did not give up so easily.
"Mr. Schuchmann, it's still early, and if you can, I'd like to invite you to a drink." Seeing that Schuhman seemed to have the intention of refusing, Lu Yuan immediately continued. "Mr. Schuchmann, I know that your wife is Jewish, and that may be why you left Germany. Shanghai is a big city, it is very prosperous, and there are a lot of Jews living here, but Shanghai is very expensive, and if you don't have enough money, I'm afraid you will have no way to move around in Shanghai or even make ends meet. ”
Schuchmann did want to refuse Lu Yuan's invitation, but the words that Lu Yuan said later accurately said Schuchman's current embarrassment, Schuchmann, who fled Germany with his family, was originally born in the army, and has long been seriously out of touch with social life, and he has been in Shanghai for less than three months, and he is facing the situation of being called to pay rent by the landlord. The hesitation on Schuchman's face was seen by Lu Yuan, and Lu Yuan, who was secretly happy in his heart, smiled and said, "Mr. Schuchman, if I said that I could offer you a job, would you accept my invitation?" ”
"You're going to offer me a job?" Schuchman looked at the black-haired young man in front of him with suspicion on his face, this person is so young, I am afraid that he has just come of age, how credible can such a young man's words be, Schuchmann's heart is full of doubts. After coming to Shanghai, Schuhmann did not look for a job, but his personality had already made him seriously out of touch with social life, and after changing many jobs in a row, the Jews in the entire concession already knew that Schuhman was a man with low eyes, and it was difficult for Schuhman to find a suitable job in the concession.
Facing Shu Heman's questioning, Lu Yuan nodded affirmatively, "Of course, I have just said that I can offer you a job, but I don't know if you have the idea of accepting this job." The skeptical Schuhman still followed Lu Yuan to a café on the street, and Lu Yuan didn't seem to have any intention of hiding Schuhman's meaning, after the two sat down in the café, Lu Yuan went straight to the point and told Shuchman what he meant.
"Mr. Schuchmann, I don't know what you've been through in Shanghai, but I can tell now that you're very depressed, and seem to be a little decadent. To be able to come to Shanghai from Germany, thousands of miles away, for the sake of your wife and children, I have to say that you are a man with a strong sense of family, and at the same time a responsible husband and father, which is very good, and I value your quality of daring to take responsibility. Picking up the coffee cup in his hand and signaling to Shu Heman, Lu Yuan saw a wry smile on Shu Heman's face.
"Mr. Schuhmann, the current difficulties may only be temporary difficulties, as long as the persistence in our hearts remains, I believe that everything will be fine. I need not doubt that I will do you any favors, in fact, I only found out about you today, and in Mr. Hansen's Rose Bar. It seemed that he wanted to see the look of surprise on Schuchmann's face, but Lu Yuan paused for a moment before continuing, "Maybe you won't believe that Mr. Hansen and I are partners in some kind of business, or that Mr. Hansen and I are dependent on each other for survival. ”
As soon as Lu Yuan said this, Schuchman, who knew some of Hansen's details, could already understand that this young man in front of him was doing the same business as Hansen. The look in Schuchman's eyes that already knew everything made Lu Yuan can't help but smile slightly at the corners of his mouth, "Mr. Schuchman, you may have thought of something, but I have to say, maybe things are not what you imagined. Mr. Hansen is a black marketeer, and I am not, I am just the one who preempts the benefits of others at the right time and according to the information provided by Mr. Hansen. ”
Lu Yuan's explanation made Schuchman's brows furrow, if at this moment, he still didn't understand Lu Yuan's identity, then he was really a fool. "Mr. Schuchmann, you may not look down on people like Mr. Hansen and me, but I will say that it is very profitable to do this business. And I can see that you seem to be very short of money now, since you are very short of money and have good skills, why can't you accept my invitation? Imagine your family. ”
At this time, Shu Heman's heart was already in turmoil, he didn't expect Lu Yuan to be a black market business, Shu Heman wanted to reject Lu Yuan very hard, but Lu Yuan's last words were extremely powerful, which made Shu Heman's heart extremely conflicted. If you want to continue to stick to your heart, or should you accept Lu Yuan's invitation for the sake of your family, Schuchmann, who is calm on the surface, has actually fallen into a dilemma. Perhaps seeing the vacillation in Schuchman's heart, Lu Yuan grinned, took out a roll of banknotes from his pocket and handed it to Schuchman.
"Mr. Schuchmann, you are a respectable person, although this little money is not much, but at least it can improve the life of you and your family a little, I hope you will not refuse my kindness." The bill was pushed to Schuchmann's hand, and Lu Yuan asked the waiter at the café for a pen and paper. "Mr. Schuchmann, this is the address of my residence, I can give you two days to fully consider it, and if you agree to accept my invitation, please go to this address to find me, I have no arrangements to go out for three days from now."
Leaving a roll of banknotes and an address for Schuchman, Lu Yuan got up and left, from standing up until he walked out of the café, Lu Yuan didn't look at Schuchman again, but he knew that Schuchman had been staring at his back. Whether he can get Schuchmann's consent, Lu Yuan actually doesn't care very much, this kind of thing is completely a collision of luck, no one will rashly reach some kind of agreement with a stranger, especially a once proud German soldier like Schuchmann.
There was no positive answer from Schuchman, Lu Yuanjing continued the boring training after returning to his residence, and in the two days he waited for Schuchman, Lu Yuan made a modified rifle without a barrel, and as long as the original barrel with the thread drawn out was installed, Lu Yuan had two qualified modified rifles that could fire Tomosaka rifle rounds, so that he also had a spare rifle that could be replaced.