Fred's office is designed to be interesting, separated by a wall is a small single room, and the corners of the single room are deliberately cut out of the corner, so that you can clearly hear the voices outside, but from the office, it is completely blocked by Fred's large sofa, and nothing can be seen.

Zhang Tinglan also knew that this Jew was bubbling up again, so he also listened attentively. At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and then Fred was heard greeting the other party with a smile. As soon as Zhang Tinglan heard that the person was Miki, he immediately became interested, this guy fanned the wind everywhere and lit ghost fires, just now he was almost used by Feng Delin to calculate, Zhang Tinglan was thinking about revenge, and Miki took the initiative to deliver the goods to the door.

Before going to Beijing, Zhang Tinglan and Fred formulated a trap for Miki, it seemed that this big fish was about to be hooked, Zhang Tinglan put his ear on the wall, and listened carefully to how Fred, the old fox, fooled Miki, the villain.

Miki was actually not in a good mood, he provided Feng Delin with loans and arms in order to deal with Zhang Zuolin. finally found out the time of Zhang Zuolin's train, and Miki immediately encouraged Feng Delin to do it, it is best to shoot Lao Zhang directly, and then support Feng Delin to take the position.

However, at this time, he received a telegram from Fengtian's assistant, saying that the arms trade in Russia might be canceled, and Miki weighed it left and right, and felt that it was still important to deal with arms, after all, it involved tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of large orders, and he had to explain to the domestic shareholders, so Miki could only rush back to Mukden early.

As a result, he didn't follow Feng Delin's side, Lao Zhang came back unharmed, and after knowing the news, Miki's intestines were repentant. But he had no other way than to complain about Feng Delin,

After arriving at Fred's office, the two of them greeted each other, and Fred took the lead in asking, "Mr. Miki, you have always been a busy person, how do you have time to come to me!" ”

"Mr. Fred, I heard that there has been some change in the arms matter, and I have come here to inquire, haven't we reached a preliminary intention, how can there be a change?"

Fred shrugged his shoulders and said casually: "Mr. Miki, you said that it was a preliminary intention, but naturally it is not the final result, a little change, isn't it normal?" ”

"Of course it's not normal, this is a foreign trade agreement of hundreds of millions of yuan!" Miki knocked on the table excitedly, he had actually seen the arms trade in Russia as a lifesaver for Zuihou.

Initially, he was sent to Mukden to gain control of Mukden's commerce, and then to buy the products of the three eastern provinces and export them to Europe, helping Japanese consortia to make profits. As a result, Jihua, who was very smooth at first, was sideways by Zhang Tinglan and completely failed, and did nothing for more than three months, and the domestic dissatisfaction with him has reached the extreme.

If it weren't for Fred's timely suggestion that Russia purchase Japanese arms, which allowed Japan to see an opportunity, Miki would have been driven back to China a long time ago, but now the news suddenly came that there was a problem with the arms deal, how could he not be in a hurry.

Miki looked excited, but Fred was silent, picked up the cup, and drank the coffee slowly, as if there was no such person as Miki in his eyes.

However, the more arrogant Fred became, the more humble Miki became, and he hurriedly restrained his excited expression, and said in as gentle a voice as possible: "Mr. Fred, this trade is very important to me, please help, please!" Miki bowed his head heavily as he spoke.

Fred was still there, slowly put the cup on the table, gently tapped the mahogany table with his fingers, and then said: "Mr. Miki, the purchase of arms from Japan was proposed by me to Russia, although Daosheng Bank and your Bank of Korea are competitors, but this is a national matter, what does it have to do with a banker, I only care about my own interests, the more materials I pass through the Middle East, the more benefits I earn." ”

With a chuckle on his face, Fred leaned over and said, "Our interests are actually the same!" ”

"In that case, Mr. Fred, please help." As he spoke, Miki took out five checks from his purse, each of which was 100,000 yen, and delivered them to Fred.

This is not a small amount, but Fred is scoffing, he has long been unable to look at this money, in order to buy him, Zhang Tinglan directly took out one-tenth of the shares of the company, according to the current valuation at least fifteen million, if the company is listed and operated, Fred is a billionaire, how can he look at this money.

The Japanese are petty, Fred was disdainful, but his face did not show the slightest hint, and he gently pushed the check in front of Miki.

"There is an old Chinese saying that you are restless when you sleep and eat without merit, and I agree with it. I don't have the ability to do this for you this time, so I can't collect money, but I can tell you that Weishenme will fail. The reason is very simple, that is, the Tsar Bixia drove the expedition in person, and the country was handed over to the queen, and there is a demon monk - Rasputin! ”

As soon as Miki heard the name Rasputin, he was immediately shocked in his heart, and after preparing to trade with Russia, Miki studied the situation of the upper echelons of power in Russia. The mystic Rasputin relied on his miraculous ability to save the Tsar's precious son, and was sought after by the Russian aristocracy, and the Empress was even more obedient to him.

As a result, after the Tsar's personal conquest, the Empress took control of the domestic power, and the actual ruler was Rasputin.

Fred sighed and said: "I have nothing to say about the situation in Petrograd, Rasputin is constantly changing the heads of departments, the chairman of the Council of Ministers has been replaced by four, the Minister of Internal Affairs has been replaced by six, and the Minister of War has also been replaced by four. This is simply crazy, Russia is still at war, but their senior government officials are being changed frequently, and their policies are swaying left and right, which is just nonsense! ”

Fred is also a powerful actor, and there is a sense of resentment in his tone, as if he is complaining for Miki.

"The previous Minister of War agreed to my suggestion that the procurement of munitions from Japan was a way to save economic trouble, but the new Minister insisted that the level of Japanese industry was backward and that Russia would still use weapons provided by the United States and France."

"The weapon of the Great Japanese Empire is the most haode!" Fred inadvertently touched Miki's sore spot again, and after the Japanese defeated the Manchus and Russia, their national pride swelled unprecedentedly, even to the point of arrogance, and they could not tolerate a little bad.

After Miki shouted a word, he looked up and saw that Fred was drinking coffee in the presence of the old god again, and people didn't pay attention to him at all, I don't care if you are advanced or not, anyway, that's how the Russians see it.

Miki was on pins and needles at this time, if he could not reach trade with Russia, he came to China this time, even if it was a complete failure, he came to China with the halo of business genius, but he suffered a heavy failure, for him, it seems that there is only one way left to commit suicide by caesarean section.

"Mr. Fred, I can't fail no matter what, please help me figure it out."

Fred looked at the sincere Miki, sighed softly, and said: "The domestic political situation in Tsarist Russia is turbulent, and many nobles are prejudiced against Japan because of the Russo-Japanese War, so the trade agreement will have twists and turns. If you want to pass smoothly, there is only one way, and that is to get strong support from within Russia, and it is the Tsar's uncle, Grand Duke Nicholas, who can provide this support at present. ”

When Fred said this, he stopped again and let Miki taste it for himself, Miki kept thinking about Fred's words, and he had to admit that Fred was very reasonable, the political situation in Russia was turbulent, and the order was changing every day, so it was difficult to determine the trade deal.

Miki also knew that Grand Duke Nikolai, he had a huge influence in the Russian army, and he was a big man who could make a final decision, and Fred was not wrong, but Miki didn't know how to get on the line with Nikolai for a while.

"Dear Mr. Fred, please advise you on how to get Archduke Nikolai to agree?"

"Grand Duke Nikolai controls the Slavic Bank, and in recent times there have been minor problems, the bonds have been seriously depreciated, and financial support is urgently needed, and if anyone can help the Grand Duke through this difficult time, the Grand Duke will definitely be grateful to him. Of course, the money will not be in vain, the Slavic banks control a large number of Russian mines, as well as shipyards located on the Black Sea, which can be used as collateral. ”

"How much does it cost!"

"About 10 million, the minimum is 8 million!"

Hearing this, Miki's body was shocked, eight million was the maximum amount he could only match, if he could use this money to promote the arms trade with Russia, it would be worth it, because as long as there was a year or two, the Japanese would be able to earn more than 100 million, and this amount of money was not given away for nothing, and there were mines and shipyards as collateral, which seemed like a good idea.

"Actually, Mr. Miki, I heard that the Americans have already taken action, and several consortia such as Rockefeller, DuPont, and Ford are going to do it, and Russia is a big piece of fat!"

This hit Miki in the heart like a punch, and he blurted out, "I agree!" ”

Fred looked at him playfully, Miki seemed to feel that his decision was a little hasty, Fred smiled and said: "Mr. Miki, you can go and investigate casually, just don't fall behind the Americans!" ”

"Give me three days, I'm going to think about it!" By this time, Miki couldn't sit still any longer, and he hurried out of Fred's office.

"Old friend, your level of flickering has increased again, Miki doesn't seem to be able to escape!"

"I'm telling the truth, if Russia doesn't collapse, Miki will definitely make a lot of money, God testifies, lying is not a good habit!"

"Japan is not in God's service zone, and they are doomed!" Zhang Tinglan smiled and said, "Mr. Fred, you said you have good news to tell me, what is it?" ”

"Zhang, Miki was eaten by us for eight million at once, isn't it?"

"Now money is a number for me, it doesn't make sense, what I want is dry goods that can really improve my strength!"

"Alright! Tomorrow there will be a train carrying a batch of timber from the Far East, with you on it, and Commander Zhang's favorite thing! ”

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