With the fall of Xiamen Island, the office of the Xiamen Anti-Enemy Support Association from all walks of life was moved to the primary school in Maxiang to secretly carry out fund-raising activities to support the anti-Japanese front. Hong Chengda, Minister of the Fundraising Department, took the lead in fundraising, and patriotic businessmen and patriotic overseas Chinese responded positively, and the fundraising work was quite effective.

On this day, Hong Chengda came to the office of the support association, walked into the gate, and there were some fund-raising materials, food, clothing, and boxes of medicines and other materials in the yard.

Hong Chengda walked into the office, took off the ledger on the wall, and looked through it carefully. He looked at it and couldn't help but say, "Oh, you have donated so much in just a few days, your work is amazing!" ”

The staff smiled and said: Minister Hong, you are still amazing, since you took the lead in donating money and materials that day, the businessmen, small traders, and citizens in the city have followed suit. Hong Chengda happily lit a cigar, took a hard puff, and continued to look at the ledger.

At this time, several people from the Chamber of Commerce hurriedly walked in.

The tall businessman came to Hong Chengda and said angrily: "This Li Zaixin has just become the mayor of the city, and he has blasphemed the national body, tampered with the national language, and is a complete servant, which is simply too unusual!" ”

The short businessman also scolded: in order to cater to the Japanese, he asked Hong Licheng to change the names of those time-honored businesses to Japanese names!

Hong Chengda was quite puzzled and said: This is a strange thing, Li Zaixin I understand, he is a wall grass, a wall-riding faction. And what about Hong Licheng, he promised Li Zaixin, so he is not afraid of leaving a reputation for eternity?

Tall businessman: Hong Licheng is good at seeing the wind and making the rudder, seeing Li Zaixin's power, he is now obedient to Li Zaixin's words.

Hong Chengda stood up and scolded angrily: This shameful traitor shouldn't have helped him in the first place.

The fat businessman pondered: Now it seems that Hong Licheng is determined to be a traitor, he knows a lot of our situation, but he is afraid that he will willingly reveal it to the Japanese, and ask the Japanese for merit and reward, we seem to have to plan early!

Hong Chengda pondered for a moment, and said with a serious expression: It seems that the current situation is more complicated than we expected, and we have notified the Xiamen Enemy Rear Support Association from all walks of life to temporarily suspend fund-raising activities, and the anti-Japanese war materials donated by the citizens should be transported away as soon as possible and transported to the front line of resistance against Japan, so as to achieve the purpose of losing money and saving the country, and not to disappoint the businessmen.

The tall businessman replied: "Most of the anti-Japanese war materials that have been raised have been safely shipped out, and a small number of them are still trying to find a way to transport them out, so Mr. Hong does not have to worry." ”

When the tall merchant said this, he paused again, and said with concern: Now that these materials are easy to say, they have been snatched by the Japanese, can you donate them again, and what we are most worried about now is the safety of the gentleman.

The short businessman said: Yes, Mr. is a well-known patriot in the industrial circles and a leader in the business world. After the Japanese occupied Xiamen Island, the people fled one after another, the social order was chaotic, and all industries withered, the Japanese knew your prestige and social status on Xiamen Island, and I heard that they intended to let you replace Hong Licheng and serve as the president of the Xiamen Maintenance Association.

Hong Chengda smiled slightly when he heard this, and said indifferently: I am 70 years old, and I have established my faith for decades without change, and today I will never be the obedient people of Japan, and I will be in the same stream as the Japanese gangsters, and now that the robbers are in charge, even if I risk life and death and sacrifice my life for it, I will never violate my faith and become a traitor and traitor.

The short merchant said eagerly: "Sir, since you have made up your mind, I think it is better to leave Xiamen Island as soon as possible!"

The fat merchant sighed and said: Of course, it is good to be able to leave Xiamen Island, but now that the Japanese army has blocked the coast and cut off contact with the outside world, the entire Xiamen has become a dead island, and it is difficult to get out!

Hong Chengda stopped pacing and said: "There is no endless road, there will be a way!" Don't take care of it yet, and find a way to get these donated materials out as soon as possible. ”

The tall merchant answered: Minister Hong, please rest assured, we have already applied for the pass and the certificate of good citizenship, and we can load it early tomorrow morning.

Hong Chengda listened and asked: It is not easy to apply for a pass and a good citizen certificate, who do you find to help you do it?

The tall businessman hurriedly said: I asked Hong Tongchang to do it yesterday, this Hong Tongchang has really changed a lot since he resigned as the chairman of the enemy, we really have no choice but to find him, and he actually found someone to do it.

"Oh!" Hong Chengda was surprised when he heard this.