On 9 April 1940, Germany attacked Denmark and Norway.

On April 12, at the entrance of the Champs Elysées No. 1 store on Taiping South Road, there was a noisy city of gongs and drums, and a sea of people.

In order to celebrate the opening, Han Lin specially invited the lion dance team and gong and drum team this time, attracting a large number of onlookers.

Outside the door, there is a red carpet, two rows of eight beautiful girls wearing cheongsams, including four White Russian girls, all of whom are waiters trained in professional etiquette and sales, bringing those customers attracted by imported products into the store, and they have become the most beautiful sight.

The first and second shops of the Champs-Elysées were once very famous in Jinling City, and they came to the Champs-Elysées when they were not in the Shanghai concession, which was the slogan of the propaganda at that time.

At the end of 1937 and the beginning of 1938, Jinling City experienced a tragic massacre, and in two years, although it was far less prosperous than during the Shancheng government, it also recovered a lot of vitality, especially many traitors and lackeys moved here to live, forming a large consumer group.

Han Lin has many connections, so it is naturally impossible to be cold, so he invited Chen Gongbo, the No. 2 traitor of Wang's puppet government, to come forward and participate in the opening ribbon cutting, which of course was to shock the traitors in Jinling. Since most of the people in the Mei Agency were in Jinling, he also sent invitations, and Inuyangjian and Nishi Yoshixian accompanied Kagezo Zhenzhao to attend.

In addition, Kagesa Zhenzhao also specially came forward and invited Major General Oki Shigeru, commander of the Central China Military Police Command of Japan, and Koyama Yadasa, captain of the Jinling Military Police.

The Japanese gendarmerie is very powerful and has a very high status, don't look at the Japanese ronin and Japanese officers and soldiers on the street, bullying the common people at will, but when they encounter the gendarme, they can only obey obediently, Oki is in charge of the gendarmerie in the entire Central China region, and Koyama is the captain of the gendarmerie in Jinling, and they are all key roles.

Han Lin specially found a skilled silversmith to create a batch of commemorative gold bars from the Champs-Elysées No. 1 store and presented them to the "guests" who participated in the ceremony.

Several important people with relatively high status got a celebration suit, a silver-inlaid mahogany box, containing a commemorative gold bar, a gold watch and a gold pen, which was particularly high-grade, and was also loved and greatly welcomed by the "guests".

These people have a special status, so naturally they don't stand outside the gate and gossip, and the second is to sit and drink tea in the lounge on the first floor, where tea and cigars are served.

"Thank you Dean Chen for coming and cutting the ribbon for my small industry!" Han Lin said with a smile.

After the establishment of Wang's puppet government, Chen Gongbo served as a member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee, president of the Legislative Council, and minister of military training.

"What is the dean or not, you and I are old friends, just call me brother. Your industry has reopened in Jinling and contributed to the prosperity of the Jinling market, and I will come to participate in it both privately and publicly. Chen Gongbo said with a smile.

Han Lin's small industry is open for the second time, and even Shadow Sazhen Showa and Inuyangjian are here, which shows that his relationship with the Japanese is very close and special.

"Brother Gongbo, you have always served in the central department, and you lack experience in middle and lower-level government affairs, I feel that your current positions, such as the president of the legislative department and the minister of military training, are a bit retreating, and it is more appropriate to be the mayor of the special city below, or the provincial chairman of the provincial government." Han Lin said.

"What my brother said is the truth, and it is for my sincere consideration, but Chairman Wang does not agree with me to go to the place, and there is no suitable position, but I take my brother's golden and jade words to heart, if I have the opportunity, I will definitely do something practical." Chen Gongbo nodded and said.

Han Lin took Xiaoshan Mi aside alone, stuffed him with a thick red envelope, and asked him to take care of it, which contained a "meeting gift" of two thousand dollars, which made this gendarme Dazuo very happy.

As a military police officer, his monthly income is about 370 yen per month, more than 4,000 a year, but Han Lin's red envelope is almost more than his salary for a year and a half.

"Han Jun, you are a good friend of the Great Japanese Empire, although you can rest assured, with my care in Jinling, your property is very safe, and this is the capital of the new government, and it is also the station of the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army, which has always been in good order, fully showing the bright prospects of cooperation between the empire and the new government" Koyama Ya just boasted about this, and there was a commotion outside.

The sound of gongs and drums was instantly quiet, and there was also the screams of girls!

Han Lin hurriedly walked outside the door to take a look, it turned out to be a group of ruffians who like money, whenever the shop opens, they come to ask for a reward, and if they don't give it, they will make trouble, anyway, the police don't care about these bad things, it belongs to the relationship of a nest of snakes and rats.

It stands to reason that with so many Japanese pseudo-heavyweights present, ruffians dare to make trouble?

It's no wonder that they don't know, although the opening of the No. 1 store this time is very noisy, no one knows that he is operating, and they don't know who is sitting in the room, there are a few cowardly guys, and they also move their hands and feet to the welcome lady outside the door, which makes the girls scream repeatedly.

The Japanese invaders and traitors who came to the door after hearing the news saw this scene, their faces were a little annoyed and angry, and in front of Han Lin, they actually made such a fuss, which seemed to be a great irony for the newly established Wang puppet government.

"Bastard, you, who?"

Xiao Shan Mi felt that his face was hot, he had just received Han Lin's $2,000 red envelope plus a generous gift, and was shamelessly bragging about it, when he was slapped in the face by a group of ruffians, at this moment, he wanted to cut off the heads of these people with a saber.

"Lao Tzu is from the Anqing Society, unconvinced, unconvinced, send you to the police station or the Japanese gendarmerie, since you want to open a store in Jinling City, you have to know the rules, such a big store, pay a thousand yuan a month for protection, not a penny less!" The leading ruffian unceremoniously opened his mouth wide.

In front of me, the gendarmerie Dazuo, I opened my mouth and sent it to the gendarmerie, and the gendarmerie was opened by your family? A protection fee of 1,000 fiat dollars per month? You're poor and crazy, aren't you?

Xiaoshan was trembling all over, he was invited to participate in the opening ceremony today, he was wearing a suit, not a military uniform, the ruffian hooligan did not know his identity, and the captain of the Japanese military police in Jinling was not just a traitor and lackey who could be seen.

He was tempted to call in the plainclothes gendarmes who were guarding the area and arrest them all, but it was a bit unlucky to do so at the time of the opening ceremony.

Han Lin was a little funny in his heart, it was simply a copy of the original!

I remember that when the No. 1 store was being renovated, Jin Minggui's subordinates came to toss, asked for money in the name of Daohe, slapped themselves in the face, and slapped Xiaoshan Mi in the face today.

"Boss, what should I do?" Chen Mu asked.

Yu Hansheng, the manager of the former No. 1 store, is currently the manager of the No. 1 and No. 2 stores, and Yu Hansheng, the manager of the No. 2 store, returned to the mountain city with stockings to be the manager of the No. 3 and No. 4 stores, and the newly opened No. 5 and No. 6 stores in the Shanghai Public Concession and the French Concession, and is the newly hired manager.

In succession, new stores will be opened in Beiping and Jincheng, and then Jiangcheng.

"Today is the opening day, don't go to meet them in general, delay the auspicious time, this is not a mountain city! Give them money, let them go, give as much as you want, give as much as you want! No one has no foreign wealth and no wealth, and horses have no night grass and no fertilizer, and they rush to send me money, and I can't refuse, right? ”

"Look, if they don't kneel at the door and kowtow and admit their mistakes, without a hundredfold compensation, I will be in vain all these years, and I want to see how the Japanese and the new government deal with this matter." Han Lin said with a smile.

He persuaded Xiao Shanmi, who was extremely angry, into the store, and in full view of everyone, Chen Mu brought two thousand fiat coins.

"This is 2,000 yuan, 1,000 yuan is this month's protection fee, and the other 1,000 yuan is the happy money for the opening, you can order it yourself!" Chen Mu handed it to the ruffian.

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