When Tan Jing reappeared in the public eye, it was very much in line with the public's impression of a traitor who betrayed the country and sought glory. He wore an expensive custom suit, his hair was carefully groomed with imported hair oil, and he was specially sprayed with cologne. His pocket watch was German, and he had a Marlboro gold pen in his suit pocket—a gift from Sukawa Shun when he was the vice president of the Chaosheng Daily.

This outfit was much more magnificent than the cotton robe he used to wear, but it did not have the vulgar and shallow atmosphere of the nouveau riche, which only made people think that this dress should have been his. When he was a reporter before, Tan Jing left the impression to the public that he was a Geng Jie, a slightly cold literati image, but now he has changed his identity, just like a different person, he has become friendly and easy-going, and there is a bit of arrogance and arrogance of a superior.

There are many people who flatter him, but behind this flattery there is inevitably contempt and jealousy, thinking that he relied on opportunism to get to the position, so he chewed his tongue behind his back, saying that this kind of villain who betrayed his division commander, Consul Qichuan dared to use it.

Qi Chuanshun deliberately raised the value of the competition, and the audience praised him on and off the stage, giving him enough face. So he was never called a reporter anymore, and his current title is President Tan, President Tan, and some ingenious people will call him Mr. Xijiang in order to show their intimacy. At the inaugural dinner of the Sino-Japanese Co-Prosperity Association and the "Co-prosperity Newsletter", these three titles came and went, and Tan Jing also behaved with ease, as if he was born to be in a high position.

Ono stood up to Tan Jing with a glass of wine, smiled and asked him, "How do you feel?" ”

Tan Jing tilted his head in the direction she was standing, and a gentle smile appeared on his lips: "What do you think?" ”

"There's a reason to love you and hate you," Midai Ono turned to look at him, "you're really born to do this." ”

"Which one?" Tan Jing asked rhetorically, "Traitor? ”

"Yes, traitor." Midai Ono laughed, "You seem to be very emotional, and you seem to be very ruthless, sometimes I can't tell if your feelings are true or false." ”

"My teacher once told me that to do my job, you should not have any other feelings except loyalty and love for the motherland, so you just need to know that my feelings for the motherland are real." After he finished speaking, he paused, and then turned to look at her, "It's true for you too." ”

Medai Ono made eye contact with him, and the exaggerated crystal chandelier on the ceiling poured thousands of lights and shadows into his eyes, making it seem as if there was a galaxy flowing slowly in those eyes, and in an instant the whole audience became a foil, and the band played their own music, applause and vague admiration came from unknown places, and she smelled a dark fragrance of elegance coming from him, as if there was nothing, like the aroma of ink when binding a scroll, or like the smell of gunpowder after a bullet was discharged.

It's almost ...... Exciting.

"You're a comrade I can show my back." He added.

Ono couldn't laugh or cry, the starlight was annihilated, the Milky Way was cut off, and the exaggerated crystal lamp was cheesy and cumbersome. Silently, she touched him with her glass, drank it down, and turned away.

Tan Jing didn't know what he had just done, and after Ono was gone, the next person with the cup immediately took over where she had been standing. Tan Jing's smile became cordial and polite, and he listened to the person's self-introduction with some respect: "President Tan, under Zhao Xiu." ”

Tan Jing nodded at him: "Mr. Zhao." ”

"A small gift, not a tribute, congratulations to President Tan on his appointment." Zhao Xiu smiled and took out a small box, which was less than the size of half a palm. Tan Jing didn't answer, so he put the cup in his hand aside and opened the box.

Inside is a pair of sparkling diamond cuffs, sleek and bright, set in a gold-tone buckle. Since the news spread that he would be appointed president of the China-Japan Co-Prosperity Association, Tan Jing has received a lot of gifts, among which there are many valuables, but such a generous gift still scared him.

"Mr. Zhao, you are too polite." Tan Jing held the cup in one hand and hung down beside him with the other, "This gift is too expensive for me to accept." ”

Zhao Xiu looked at him, his smile unchanged: "How can this be considered precious?" This pair of cufflinks is just right for you. As he spoke, he took out one of them and motioned for Tan Jing to take a closer look: "There is also your initials in the button, which I specially ordered, pure gold."

Tan Jing squinted his eyes for a while before he saw the small letter "T" on the buckle on the surface of the diamond.

He straightened up quietly and looked at Zhao Xiu. Such a valuable gift was not given for nothing, he must have waited for a reward of the same quality, or a more generous one, to give such a generous gift.

"What do you want?" Tan Jing didn't go around the bend with him, and went straight to the point when he came up.

Zhao Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, and the smile on his face deepened: "The president is a cheerful person, so I don't want to play with you, I have a batch of goods that I want to send to Chongqing." ”

Tan Jing's heart jumped suddenly, he was very sensitive to the word "Chongqing", and even subconsciously felt that Zhao Xiu was sent by Qi Chuan Xun or someone else to test him.

"You just took office, and I won't make trouble for you at this time," Zhao Xiu closed the lid of the box and sent the box to Tan Jing, "This time I came to make friends with you, I, Zhao Xiu, dare not say anything else, treat friends, it is really a knife in the ribs." ”

Tan Jing still didn't move, didn't answer, and didn't refuse. Zhao Xiu put the box into Tan Jing's pocket: "To be a friend, the most important thing is the word 'righteousness', I am asking you to do something, but that matter is definitely beneficial and harmless to you, okay, I'm embarrassed to open my mouth to open this mouth to you, right?" He flattered and said, "I've shaken it to you, and I'm talking about your own people." ”

Tan Jing turned sideways, asked him to put the generous gift into his pocket, and shook the cup reservedly: "What are your batch of goods?" ”

"Medicine, food, ......and supplies," Zhao Xiu said, "are all in short supply during the war, and Chongqing is lacking that thing." ”

Tan Jing was furious: "Deliver supplies to Chongqing, you are collaborating with the enemy and treason!" ”

"You calm down, calm down!" Zhao Xiu looked around in a panic, wanting to rush up and cover his mouth, but he didn't dare, so he could only hurriedly make gestures, "Where is the enemy treasonous, look at what you said...... It's just a matter of making some national fortunes, not to, not to. ”

Tan Jing still glared at him angrily: "When the war is tight, you send things to Chongqing, you don't make a fortune, you don't want your head anymore." ”

"There is only a thin line between making a fortune and losing your head." Zhao Xiu approached him and patted his slightly bulging suit pocket softly, reminding him of the existence of this generous gift, "The ancients have said that those who steal the hook will be punished, and those who steal the country will be punished." ”

Tan Jing was about to laugh angrily at his quote from the scriptures, he looked around, as if he had calmed his emotions, and looked at him with a smile: "Okay, then tell me, what are you going to do with this Hou?" ”

Zhao Xiu saw his hope of relenting, his eyes lit up, he moved closer to the negotiation competition, and his voice was lowered: "You must have also gotten the news, the expulsion of fiat currency in the Japanese-occupied area has begun." ”

Tan Jing nodded, this is no longer news, a long time ago, Binhai has begun to deliberately increase the circulation of military tickets.

"Xingyayuan sent a group of people to Chongqing, smuggled their materials, and transported them to the occupied areas to buy them at a high price. Elder, if you think about it, when the news spreads, it is not only the merchants in the occupied areas who are tempted, but I am afraid that even the people of Chongqing will not be able to sit still. But how big is Chongqing, and how many supplies can there be? It's just such a reselling method, it won't last long, and the rear will be empty, do you say? ”

Tan Jing was horrified, he had never heard of this before. In a flash of light, he suddenly remembered the Japanese who were peddling tobacco at the gate of the relief station, they were Japanese, but they were selling tobacco from Chongqing.

Cold sweat began to break out on his back, and he felt a biting chill in the warm room. The war is fought with money, and to go deeper, it is actually about material reserves, and the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression has already exhausted China's material resources, and the Japanese are simply drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle.

He set off a storm in his heart, but he didn't show anything on his face, just a salty "um", and showed a boring expression: "I know all this." ”

Zhao Xiu observed his words and felt that he was a little impatient, so he simply revealed his old bottom: "Because of this, I have to go the opposite way, transport the materials into Chongqing, and sell them at a high price." ”

He showed a greedy and cunning smile and attached it to Tan Jing's ear: "Only gold and US dollars will be accepted." ”