Chapter 70: Smith
In the end, the route was decided to take San Francisco, although it would be colder on the boat to the north, so as to avoid the Pacific storm and Caribbean risk on the southern route. Tickets for the USS President Cleveland (a memorable cruise ship) of the President of the United States Presidential Steamship Company, which departed the day after tomorrow; 6 first-class and 19 second-class. It is a scheduled cruise from Hong Kong via Shanghai and Yokohama, Japan to San Francisco, USA. Although the president was relatively mediocre, the cruise ship was relatively advanced at that time.
When I arrived in Shanghai, Aunt Liu was restless and looked at me expectantly. He sighed and instructed Lao Chen to bring the company's scattered silver bills and scattered currencies of various countries, and asked Dawu to go to several banks to withdraw some scattered currencies, almost more than 10,000 oceans, and found a broken apron to wrap in front of Aunt Liu and the housekeeper's grandfather. Instructed Han Ping to throw it into the northeast corner of the courtyard wall of Aunt Liu's original residence, so as not to attract the attention of people inside and outside.
The housekeeper's grandfather and the old god were ignoring it, but Aunt Liu was excited, and when she saw Xiaoya coming in, she wanted to hug Xiaoya to vent; Xiaoya was so scared that she yelled, I was wrong! You shouldn't push an iron egg into the water. Aunt Liu turned into King Kong with her eyebrows crossed, picked up the feather duster and chased it out! Looking at the housekeeper's grandfather, he explained that the yard was too clean, and it was lively! Oh, these are Aunt Liu's words, and the housekeeper's grandfather is here again. Aunt Liu went to the bathroom with the dripping iron egg, and after a while, she heard the sound of spanking, and went to the bedroom with the bare ass iron egg.
Let's see if there's still time to contact the Japanese spy Eiichi Iwai. In the afternoon, I brought a PP gift pistol, with only a magazine and 7 bullets, this kind of bullet is relatively rare in China and Japan, and it is estimated that the pistol is also an ornament. Dawu drove to the Japanese office in Shanghai, and Iwai Eiichi was there.
Eiichi Iwai is a veteran Japanese spy in China, 45 or 6 years old. The hair is a little gray, the square face, the cheekbones are slightly higher, the Japanese rarely have thick eyebrows and big eyes, and the ears are a little bit of a ride, which is very common in the Chinese pile, and it is a good material for spies!
They greeted them at the door in person, and they smiled very kindly and enthusiastically. As soon as the two sides went to the special reception place of the institution, and enjoyed the tea ceremony performed by the Japanese maid for a while, it was the turn of the topic. I sincerely apologized for not seeing it last time, which was touching! I said that I didn't wait for Iwai to return to Shanghai and left, which is the biggest regret Yunyun, and I feel that under the influence of the Japanese, the level of hypocritical greetings has skyrocketed!
handed over the gift, Iwai Eiichi was greatly admired, and strongly invited him to his home in Qianaili at the head of North Sichuan Road. I also regretfully said that I would go to the United States in Shanghai tomorrow, and I could only wait until I returned to Shanghai to visit Yunyun. Maybe when I return to Japan next year, I will visit Mr. Takano in Japan and hand over Mr. Takano's letter!
Eiichi Iwai, who read the letter, said he would do his best to help. Began to boast about how much he contributed to the trade between China and Japan, and what efforts he made! Let me believe that he is already an international philanthropist who spares no effort for China, regardless of fame and fortune. I have to praise and thank Iwai Eiidai! Determined to learn from him, but also to do their own meager strength for the common desire!
When the two sides said goodbye, they regretted that the two sides could not communicate more deeply! Let's meet and look forward to the day of reunion!
I endured the feeling of vomiting and returned to the villa, only to find that this old guy didn't even give a copper plate in return! What is your Japanese etiquette? Where is the etiquette? Half of the angry dinner was eaten, and Xiao Ya asked what he ate secretly in the afternoon?
Accompanied Aunt Liu to make a phone call at the pier. Ask her to strictly follow the lines I compiled, no matter what the other party is saying, no matter whether the other party has changed. Aunt Liu hung up the phone and said directly, "Is the housekeeper here?" ......, well, I ,......, asked the housekeeper to arrange for someone to repair the courtyard wall in the northeast corner. ......, okay, hang up. Aunt Liu glanced at me and nodded.
25 people, 30 short guns, 6 products. The crew who watched was dizzy, and explained to the captain who heard the news that this was a sample that went to the United States for sale. Seeing the look that the captain longed to have, he said directly, it's not expensive, only $1,000! The captain had to reluctantly put it down.
Eiichi Iwai was afraid that others would not know that he was Japanese, so I said goodbye to the Japanese affectionately in front of everyone! In addition to disgusting me, I still didn't bring a copper plate! Forget it, people spend all their money on military spending, and little Japan is not rich! Let's be generous and don't care!
The first-class conditions are good, but it's empty, and there are only 6 of us in a place where fifty or sixty people can live. Seeing us coming out of the first class, most of us were reluctant to approach, and it seems that the class division was consciously formed. Organize them, arrange for them to learn English with Teacher Liu and Teacher Xiaoya, and think about some plans to make money in the United States by themselves, at least they are mentally prepared, isn't it?
There are still people who think as deeply as I am, and the one standing on the deck by the railing of the ship's side has been thinking about how to melt himself into the azure blue, and he has been thinking about a simple question for several days, trying to step first on his left leg and then on his right leg .......
I knew that it was annoying to disturb others, and they finally put both feet on the first railing, but I still couldn't hold back: "Sir, if you melt in, you won't be able to go to heaven." ”
This guy who didn't have a strong will, fell off and sat on the deck as soon as his legs went limp. He also smiled self-deprecatingly and asked, "Sir, how do you know?" ”
"I just saw a shark in the sea, and your god shouldn't live in the belly of a shark."
"You are right, sir; I don't know where God lives, and it's definitely not in the belly of the fish. ”
"Sir should be a man with a story, we might as well go to the bar and have a drink and tell your story, maybe I can write a book and tell your story to others!"
I have to thank Roosevelt for lifting Prohibition, otherwise I wouldn't have drunk alcohol on American ships. People are like this, if they don't die once, it's hard to decide to die a second time, and of course there are exceptions if they are really sick. Wine is a good thing, and two glasses of belly will calm down. As he spoke, it became known that his name was Smith Lloyd Wright, and that he had gray hair like a man of fifty, and that he was not yet forty; Look at the pointed nose should be of British descent, there is only one nose left, and the face is full of bad luck.
He lives in Los Angeles, has an apartment in the city, and a manor in the country. Inheriting his father's inheritance is quite rich, a small oil field and a small refinery, shareholders of two small banks, and a bunch of stocks, he is considered a person who is richer than the middle class. The Great Depression in the United States did not spare him, watching gasoline sell for water, banks go bankrupt and collapse, stocks turned into paper, wealth turned to ashes, people also became irritable, drunk and beat people, and caused a family crisis, and the wife who couldn't stand it ran away with her son.
They sold everything that someone was willing to buy, and threw there what they couldn't! I remitted some of the money to my wife and took the money to China to try my luck. A rich son, whose business methods are still a lot worse, and he has lost some money, he can't think about it, and he buys a second-class ticket with the only money, ready to melt in the sea of the United States, and can't endure such a long period of suffering, where the sea is not the sea?
It was an accident to meet this nasty person of mine.
"Sir, there is no problem with writing a synopsis of your story, it's just not exciting enough, it is estimated that no one will want to read it when you write it, how about not letting you live a few more years and enrich your story?"
Listening to what I said funny, I also laughed: "Sir, call me Smith!" At that time, in order to strengthen his determination, there was no way back, and now there is not a penny, and if he can't get to the United States, he will starve to death! ”