Chapter 257: The Second Meeting
The nature of intelligence work is not only all-pervasive, but also pervasive, and on the surface it seems that the businessmen who buy and sell coal have nothing to do with intelligence, but this is by no means the case.
Humble coal, in fact, can bring huge benefits, and this thing depends on quantity. As long as the two sides are involved in interests, the relationship will naturally grow by leaps and bounds, and the next leak is not surprising.
It is not that if you have interests, you will definitely be bought by Japanese spies, but while you have interests, you will lower your own vigilance, and you will not be able to control your own mouth when you should say what you should not say.
Jinyun Building on the banks of the Qinhuai River.
Han Lin drove to the front of the building and got out of the car unhurriedly.
In the private room on the second floor, there is a table of sumptuous meals, and the delicacies of the mountains and seas that can be seen on the market can basically be eaten, and Lan Haiquan and Xu Wanyue are already waiting for him here. At this moment, the two of them stood in front of the window, watching Han Lin get out of the car and walk towards the restaurant.
"Mr. Lan, I see that Han Lin doesn't seem to be in a hurry at all about the operation of coal, this time when I come back from Shanghai, if I hadn't called him continuously to urge him to meet, it is estimated that it would take at least three or five days to make an appointment with him!" Saori Murakami said with a smile.
She knew that Kazuki Watanabe was having a hard time during this time, so she was very happy.
Captain Kazuki Takashima had a strong dissatisfaction with this guy's work during his time in Jinling, especially after Han Lin and the Imperial Consulate in Shanghai got online, Kazuki Takashima even sent her a secret telegram, asking her to supervise Watanabe Kazuki's rebellion against Han Lin, and be sure to seek to complete the task in a short time.
Kazuki Takashima instructed her that if Han Lin and Watanabe Kazuki had differences and disputes in communication, she could report to the secret service in Shanghai alone, which was equivalent to saying that she and Watanabe Kazuki were now on an equal footing, and there was no such thing as who was leading whom.
"The Chinese pay attention to the safety of the bag, and the huge benefits brought by the coal business have not been enjoyed by him for the time being, and he has not participated in it, so of course he is not so anxious. When you look at his attitude after you make money from trading, you must be very attentive and proactive, which is also human nature. ”
"Moreover, if you want to operate coal into the Jinling market, this matter is not so simple, the relationship between the Jinling Coal Federation in Jinling is complicated, and a monopoly pattern can be formed, which involves the big figures of the Jinling government, and it is very difficult to find an entry point."
"When Han Lin was in Shanghai, he went online with the consulate's shadow Zuo Zhen Zhao Zhongzuo, and got a set of the best garden villa in the French Concession, a high-end residence on Fukaisen Road, I also felt very curious, how did he come into contact with the consulate in Shanghai after working in Jinling for a long time?" Kazuki Watanabe said with a frown.
This is a mistake made by Kazuki Takashima himself, and of course he will not be told about it.
When Han Lin first came into contact with Shadow Zuo Zhenzhao, Takashima and Hui were also present, and they always regarded Han Lin as the bag of the secret service agency in Shanghai, because the first person to contact Han Lin was the hidden organization of the secret agency in Jinling, and he never thought that Shadow Zuo Zhenzhao would not talk about martial arts and could cut off Hu in private.
Things have come to this point, and there is no need to say it, Kagesa Zhenzhao came to cut first and then play, and the cooperative relationship became a foregone conclusion, Takashima and Hui could only knock out their teeth and swallow blood.
Kazuki Takashima wanted to save face and didn't want to show his mistakes in front of his subordinates, but it caused Watanabe Kazuki's information to be unsmooth, and he died a lot of brain cells without thinking of the reason.
"Director Han, you're here, please come in!"
At the top of the stairs, Kazuki Watanabe stood aside and bowed down to greet him, with a very low posture. Kazuki Takashima didn't give a gift because they didn't give a gift when they met last time, so he sent a message to reprimand him sternly, saying that for the mission of the empire, he should pay attention to details and behave in line with his identity.
"Boss Lan, don't be so polite, everyone is a friend!" Han Lin said with a smile.
After the guests and hosts sat down, they first went through the motions of polite words, drank two glasses of wine, and tasted the famous dishes of Jinyun Building, and the topic opened.
"Last time I came to Jinling, I was a little hasty, and I didn't have any preparations, it was really rude, this is my little heart, and I ask Director Han to smile!" Kazuki Watanabe took out the gift he had prepared.
This time he really vomited blood, two carefully carved rosewood boxes, an extremely precious Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain vase, and the other is a Qing Dynasty pastel hollow porcelain vase, the value in the Republic of China period is also quite high, and want to search for such ancient cultural relics, it must take a lot of effort.
In addition, in another small suitcase, there are twenty golden yellow croakers. This is a greeting gift in his mouth, not included in the cost of the event, but simply given to Han Lin himself.
"I deserve these things, but fortunately, I haven't lived up to Boss Lan's expectations, and there can be an explanation for the matter of coal." Han Lin said with a smile.
That's what it's all about! How can you do things without giving gifts?
"Han Lin, do you mean to say that you already have eyebrows on your side about coal sales?" Saori Murakami asked hurriedly.
"You think things too simply, the information you inquire about is completely inaccurate, behind this coal federation, there is the support of Kong Xiangxi, the Minister of Finance and the president of the Central Bank, this is the imperial relative of our Jinling government, and if you are someone else, you rashly intervened in the coal market, which provoked Kong Xiangxi, and it is estimated that you can spit in the face of Boss Lan." Han Lin said lightly.
"Didn't Kong Xiangxi, the former Minister of Industry, leave the Ministry of Industry and take up a post in the Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance? Could it be that he is still secretly controlling the coal market in Jinling? Watanabe Kazuki was a little dumbfounded, he really didn't understand how mixed the water in this pool was.
He did make a mistake in his intelligence this time, believing that Chen Gongbo, the Minister of Industry, could play a key role, and that the Mining Department of the Ministry of Industry, which is the highest administrative department in charge of the country's minerals, has the power to supervise, manage, and administratively intervene in the market.
What I didn't expect was that behind the Coal Federation was not the Ministry of Industry and the Mining Department, but it was Kong Xiangxi who supported him, and he knew too well how powerful this person was.
There are not many people in the Jinling government who can afford to provoke Kong Xiangxi, and some of the big warlords in various places and the bigwigs of the Jinling government army do not buy it, but being able to afford it and taking the initiative to provoke it are two different things, and it does not involve major interests, and this determination is not easy to make, and the share of the coal market is obviously far from enough.
"Naive, that is, when you meet me, I will tell you about the doorway. What is Kong Xiangxi's status in the Jinling government? What he meddled in, did anyone say that tea was cool? The people of the Coal Federation dare not give him benefits because of his resignation? ”
"He served in the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank, and he held the financial and financial power of the government with one hand, and he was more authoritative than the previous Minister of Industry. I don't even understand this reason, and you dare to come to the capital to wade into troubled waters, I think you are beyond your strength! Han Lin reprimanded unceremoniously.
(End of chapter)