When he got off work, Xiaohu drove out to pick up Li Xiaoyu.

During the meal, Xiaoyu talked about some things in the Consulate General now.

First of all, because of the strong action more than a week ago, the consulates general of the United States and the United Kingdom took control of the board of directors of the Ministry of Industry, and now the number of people from all over the world who come to the consulate to do business has increased significantly; In particular, the political counselor Sheehan, because he is also the deputy director, the workload has increased several times, but he is enjoying it, and the entire administrative office is busy, unlike before when he only dealt with documents from the country. However, everyone is having fun with it – because even ordinary staff members are now coming to their homes to ask for help!

However, another thing is that everyone in the consulate began to have a headache, seeing that the end of the month is approaching, but the task of purchasing strategic materials is rarely completed, and the heads of various departments are anxious.

Li Junhao is happy, just wait for this time! The supplies you bring back can be sold at a good price.

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On Thursday, May 25, Li Junhao and Li Xiaoyu went to work together. After arriving at the consulate, he first went to Hobbs, the military attaché, to report the Yangtze River cruise, but because Chongqing was being bombed by the Japanese army, he changed ships and returned to Changsha - this reason had already been reported by telegram in advance.

Colonel Hobbes smiled and asked him how he felt on the gunboat, but Li Junhao said that the boat was a little small, neither comfortable nor enjoyable! The two laughed at this.

Now that he was a lieutenant admiral, Hobbes treated him as one of his own, and became much closer.

Next, the two talked about strategic materials...... Hobbes said worriedly: "Panson, it seems that your task is according to the share of the first-class attaché before, how about it, can it be completed?" ”

"It should work." Li Junhao said.

"I really envy you!" Colonel Hobbes said, "I haven't landed here yet!" "With his status as a military attaché, the task share is more than 20 times that of Li Junhao, and it seems that he is about to hand in a blank paper!

Li Junhao asked: "Colonel, are there not many people who have not completed the material procurement task now?" ”

"A lot!" Hobbes said, "Or, except for a very few, most of my colleagues can't make it!" ”

Li Junhao pondered for a while, and after organizing the wording, he said, "Colonel, do you know what the total procurement task of our consulate is this time?" His task was 1 ton of tungsten sand, 100 quintals of tung oil, and 100 quintals of pig bristles.

Hobbes thought for a moment and said, "My task share is 20 tons of tungsten sand, 2 tons of tung oil, 2 tons of pig bristles, and the other counselors are the same, Mr. Ayers's share is five times that of us, plus the share of other personnel, it is estimated that two hundred tons of tungsten sand, more than 100 tons of tung oil and pig bristles are needed!" What's wrong, what do you think? ”

"If I can procure so many supplies, will there be a reward?" Li Junhao smiled, the amount of materials he got this time was enough.

Well? Hobbes immediately sat up straight, excited and a little nervous, and said, "Panson, do you mean it really?" ”

“Yes！ However, with such a large quantity, the price may be higher......" Li Junhao said.

"Price is not an issue!" Before he could finish speaking, Hobbes stood up, waved his hand, and said, "Let's go...... Panson, come with me to meet Mr. Ayers! You've done a great job this time, and you'll definitely be rewarded! ”

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Ten minutes later, in Ayles's office, the old man who heard the news was also happy, walked over and patted Li Junhao's head, and scolded: "You stinky boy, why didn't you say it earlier?" I've been anxious for a month! ”

"Ah......" Li Junhao was "beaten", and said aggrievedly: "Uncle, I said hello to Hampley in advance, you know!" And I thought it would be an easy task! ”

"Easy P!" Ayres relaxed, motioned for the two to sit in the reception area, beckoned the secretary to serve coffee, and notified the counselors to come over, while Li Junhao needed to make his own tea.

Hobbs used to know that Panson Ayers valued him, but he didn't expect the two to be so close, and although he didn't say anything, he kept it in his heart. You know, Ayers is a senior diplomat in domestic politics and an expert on Far Eastern issues, and it was rumored not long ago that he will soon return to China as presidential adviser and deputy secretary of state! In this respect, this Pan Sen's background is certainly not simple!

After a while, Political Counselor Sheehan, Commercial Counselor Sain, Cultural Counselor Barrett, and Deputy Military Attache Kelton all arrived, filling the reception area to the brim, and the young Li Junhao was very sensible to give up the sofa and drag a chair to sit aside, so that everyone was satisfied.

The next moment, when Hobbes said that Pan Sen had a way to solve all the problems of the procurement of strategic materials, the others were very surprised, and after getting Li Junhao's confirmation, they all became excited! As for what I just said that the price will be higher or something, it doesn't matter at all!

All of you, except for Li Junhao, are career diplomats or soldiers, who understand the current international situation and know that the pace of war is approaching.

In fact, the U.S. government has long had a material purchase agreement with China, and its loans to the Kuomintang government are all secured by tungsten sand, tung oil, pig bristles, and other Chinese specialties! However, once the world-class war begins, no one knows how long it will last, whether the import channel will be lost, and in order to snap up some more shares during this time period, the price or anything is really not worth considering.

Mr. Ayers' secretary came in to refresh coffee for everyone, and also stayed according to the boss's request to report the total number of procurement tasks of the consulate general: 500 tons of tungsten sand, 200 tons of tung oil, and 100 tons of pig bristles.

This amount was a lot more than Colonel Hobbes had previously estimated, not that he was wrong, but that Ayers took on most of the tasks on his own initiative and did not give them orders. In fact, the old man was ready to be punished if he didn't succeed, and he didn't pass all the pressure on to his subordinates, and this way of life was of course unanimously loved by everyone.

After knowing the amount of materials required by the Consulate General, Li Junhao relieved himself, his current supplies are only a lot more, and the next thing is to make money!

The commercial department has a special person responsible for monitoring the black market in Shanghai, Sain made a phone call to the department to inquire, and soon got the latest price, tungsten sand 1500 fiat / quintal, cooked pure tung oil 300 fi / quintal, pig bristles 3800 fi / quintal, but there is no price; And it also shows that the price is still rising.