The last item of the meeting was to announce the work schedule for this week, which was announced by Consul General Nelson Ayers himself, with three main points: first, to continue the previous policy of maintaining the stability of the public concession and protecting the lives and property of American expatriates; The second is to strengthen intelligence work on Japan, find out its next military movements, and provide a basis for domestic strategic decision-making; Third, we should do our best to promote the economic activities of American businessmen in the concession areas, and give key assistance in the fields of machinery, electronics, munitions, and chemical industry, so as to strive for a larger market share.

For the boss's words, everyone in the audience listened, no matter what they thought in their hearts, they had to make a serious gesture at this time, but in fact, everyone had already heard these contents in their ears, and only a junior brother like Li Junhao felt that it made sense.

For Li Junhao personally, the first content has no substantive significance, but the second content, his historical knowledge, can be decisive! Whether and when to speak up is a matter of timing! The third content is that he sees the opportunity to make a fortune, and the next step is to think about how to make "money"!

What everyone didn't expect was that near the end of the meeting, Consul General Ayers actually opened his mouth to ask who the new colleague was, and Li Junhao, who didn't react for a while, was picked up by Hanpri next to him, and he hurriedly said: "Your Excellency Ayers, I'm Ognyan Ayers. Lee Panson, a native of Pennsylvania, has just joined the Commercial Division, First Class Attaché, and is currently getting acquainted with the work under the leadership of Miss Hampley......"

"Well, well, I know you, you're a good boy!" Surprisingly, Ayres actually said, "Good job, little Oge, I am very optimistic about you, if you have any difficulties, you can come to me directly!" ”

Hearing the consul general's words, everyone in the conference room was a little surprised-the consul general's tone was not only to know this new first-class attaché, but also to have a special personal relationship, so he would call him by his nickname.

Li Junhao was even more surprised, and hurriedly said respectfully: "Thank you for your kindness, I will work hard to live up to your expectations......"

"Well, I'll take some time to sit at home in two days." Ailes nodded, stood up and walked out, "Do a good job, I'll watch you." As he got up, all the people stood up and saw him off.

Waiting for the consul general to step out of the door, everyone's eyes were on Li Junhao, whether they knew each other before or not, they all knew each other at this time, and the most obvious thing in all kinds of eyes was envy, jealousy and hatred!

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When the meeting was over, and as he was leaving, Hampley pulled him again, and he could only follow to see what the immediate boss had to say.

After reaching the office, Hampley's secretary brought two cups of coffee that had already been brewed and gently closed the office door.

"Mr. Panson, I didn't expect it! Do you have a special relationship with Lord Ayers? Hampley said in a dissatisfied tone, with anger in his heart: This guy has such a relationship, and he actually conceals it, isn't it trying to harm himself?

"Miss Hampley, no, sister! I don't know! Li Junhao shouted, "I never wanted to hide anything, I just ...... Why would Your Excellency the Consul General say that, I really don't know! ”

Hampley stared at his eyes for a long time, and didn't know if he saw anything, lowered his head and took a sip of coffee, and was silent before saying, "Okay, I believe in you." But I have a piece of advice for you: no matter what kind of high-level relationship you have, if you don't do your job well, you won't be able to get along in the Far East! At this point, not to mention that your relationship is the consul general in Shanghai, even the president! ”

Li Junhao really feels very wronged, his current identity is due to the identity card given by the system, and it is not clear what the cause and effect are; Consul General Ayers' performance today surprised him, and he couldn't understand why he said that. At this time, he didn't know what to answer in the face of Hampley's words.

At ten o'clock, Li Junhao returned to his office, and when he saw the expressions of Brown and Miria, he knew that the things in the conference room had reached their ears, so there was something wrong with his eyes!

Li Junhao waved his hand helplessly and said, "Okay, let's work!" My affairs are not so mysterious, everyone will know in the future, now there is no need to guess! ”

"Oh, okay, boss." The two replied in unison, with a lot of respect and sincerity in their tones.

Because he has just started work, there is no specific work arrangement, and he is still in the stage of familiarizing himself with the job responsibilities, mainly to understand the work content of the commercial department, which includes the local business situation in Shanghai, especially the supply and demand of American goods in Shanghai and even Asia, and is also responsible for investigating and monitoring the market competition of goods in other countries, and assisting domestic enterprises and businessmen when necessary.

Now what he is studying is the current business situation in Shanghai, which can be said to be deeply touched.

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During this period of April 1939, because of the relative "calm" in the concession, countless commercial capital, speculators, and people who longed for a peaceful environment flocked to the concession, resulting in a deformed prosperity here.

In the concessions, the powerful big Chinese businessmen were mainly engaged in large-scale production such as banking, shipping, and grain, while the medium-sized ones were mainly engaged in machinery, textiles, papermaking, cigarettes, matches, hardware, and other industries, while the small businessmen were engaged in trade and logistics, relying on the circulation of commodities at home and abroad.

The number of hundreds of foreign banks is mainly engaged in import and export trade, large and small, from the world to import goods to Shanghai, large to aircraft, ships, automobiles and other means of sea, land and air transportation, to all kinds of machinery, power equipment, fuel oil and other bulk industrial products, small to paper, ink, stationery, daily necessities, cosmetics and so on. However, sales of these products have declined greatly due to the impact of the war, affecting the interests of all countries.

Originally, among the main trade products of foreign companies, there was also the major item of arms, but after the Sino-Japanese war was fully developed, the bulk arms trade was greatly restricted, especially from the outside of the concession to the outside of the transmission channels, the Japanese army in the outer occupied areas of the weapons and ammunition inventory was extremely strict; Therefore, as the sales of arms to foreign countries have dropped sharply, foreign banks have carried out more retail business in the concessions on the one hand, and on the other hand, they have developed more local agents of various types to sell arms and weapons through Chinese businessmen.

In the report of the Commercial Office, there are letters of request for help from Springfield Company and Colt Company in the United States, hoping to obtain the help of the Consulate General to increase product sales.