After the Japanese army occupied the Modu Concession, they "took over" all British and American factories in Shanghai, or ordered them to close down as "hostile enterprises". On December 17, 1941, the major warehouses were closed, the movement of materials was prohibited, and it was stipulated that grain, edible oil, automobiles, hardware, rubber, chemical raw materials, and medicines must be registered within a time limit. At the end of the declaration period, some materials were confiscated at a cost of 15 per cent of the market price. At the same time, the Japanese army also "received" all large enterprises, including the Modu Electric Power Company, the Modu Gas Company, and the Anglo-American Tobacco Factory, as well as 15 British, American, and Dutch banks, including HSBC, Macquarie, Citigroup, Sassoon, Chubb, and the Netherlands.

But after the Japanese army took over the bank, it was found that the bank vault was empty!

How is it possible that there is not a single ounce of gold or silver left in 15 banks, and only a small part of the paper money remains?

Kagesa Zhenzhao called a bank manager and asked what was going on?

The bank manager, who was originally an Englishman, had suddenly become a prisoner, and he was furious when he heard this: "You robbers have robbed me of gold, silver, and cash, and asked me what was the matter!

Kagesa's heart became even more angry, and led him to the outside of the vault, pointing to a big hole in the wall, and said, "How can there be a hole here, could it be that our people dug it? Since we have taken over the bank, why should we dig this hole? Isn't that a fart by taking off our pants?"

The bank manager was indignant and said, "You are called covering your ears and stealing the bell! There are no three hundred taels of silver here!"

Shadow Zuo was furious: "Yaga, drag it down, put it in a concentration camp!"

He interrogated one security guard after another, and after a meticulous investigation, it was discovered that all 15 banks had been stolen on the same night! Some of the security guards had lost their memories and could not remember what had happened.

He also interrogated all the bank managers and came to the conclusion that these 15 banks lost 230 tons of gold, 110 million taels of silver, 76 million US dollars, 37 million pounds, a number of bearer bonds, and 290 million yuan in fiat currency overnight!

This is an astonishing fortune, which made the Japanese army confused and carried the black cauldron!

Moreover, this pot is tightly buckled, and the Japanese army can't get rid of it if they want to!

Because the bank vaults were fine the first day, how could they all be stolen overnight? How many people had to be hired to remove so much gold and silver, so many banknotes and banknotes? Who else but the Japanese army could do this?

Ying Zuo and a series of high-ranking officers of the Japanese army were shocked and angry, not knowing who could accomplish such an impossible task, they thought that this might be the secret agents of the Qingbai Party hiding in the concession, the people of the Central Command and the Military Commander, and even the intervention of the Green Gang, only they had such strength.

However, how did these people choose such a coincidental time? Not sooner or later, on the same night that the Japanese army entered the concession, they stole the money from the vault?

Immediately, it occurred to Kagezo that the Americans might have intervened, because the Pearl Harbor attack occurred on the first day, and the Americans might have spread the news quickly, so the banks here took action......

So on the one hand, he ordered the capture of foreigners, military commanders, central commanders, leaders of the Youth Gang, and members of the Great Red Party in the concession, and on the other hand, intensified interrogation of bank staff, but there were no results of the examination here, and suddenly another shocking news came: Nine banks in Hong Kong were also robbed, losing 150 tons of gold, 90 million taels of silver, 57 million US dollars, and 33 million pounds......

This was because on the second day of the Pearl Harbor incident, the Japanese army simultaneously captured the Modu Concession, the Tianjin Concession, and Hong Kong Island! Of these three places, only the banks in the Tianjin Concession remained intact, and both the Magic City and Hong Kong Island had accidents, and these two incidents happened next to each other.

Kagesa couldn't explain the reason behind this, so he had to report the matter to the base camp.

The generals in the base camp felt distressed and angry, and they didn't want to be blacked out, so they ordered someone to publish the results of the bank theft and interrogation, and then offered a reward of 500,000 yen to follow up the relevant clues.

But whether it is the British, the Americans, the Dutch, the Blue and White Party, or the Great Red Party, they all unanimously believe that it was the Japanese army that seized the bank assets, and then the thief shouted to catch the thief!

After the Japanese army entered the concession, more than 6,000 British and Americans were imprisoned in 20 concentration camps!

They exercised military control over important industrial raw materials and their products, as well as rice, wheat, flour, and coal; they dismantled machinery and equipment, looted all kinds of machine tools, yarn, and cloth, and transferred some of them to Japan; and cut down the supply of electricity, so that the night in the magic capital turned into darkness.

In the name of "economic cooperation," the Japanese army occupied Chinese commercial and industrial enterprises by means of "military management," "entrusted management," "Sino-Japanese joint venture," and "lend-lease." Due to the severance of sea traffic, the source of raw materials and the sales of industrial products were difficult, and the industry of Modu was in serious decline.

In just one year, two-thirds of the Chinese factories were closed, 90 percent of the spindles in the textile industry were idle, and the operating rate of the flour mills was less than 10 percent. Industry has shrunk severely, most of the civilian goods factories have shut down, and more than 300,000 workers have lost their jobs.

The Japanese army began to use military stamps on a large scale in the magic capital, and there was no preparation for the issuance of military stamps, no issuing bank, and no government funds were used, and only printing and transportation costs were borne. In addition to the shameless plundering of military tickets, the Japanese also issued counterfeit money and directly plundered the assets of depositors. led to the accumulation and rise of prices in the magic capital, and in the following four years, the price rose by 5,490 times, and the people's lives were unsustainable.

Those workers who retired from Mingzhou Home Textiles and Qin's Grain Store originally received a year's salary, but because of the rise in prices, the Japanese army implemented officers on food, etc., so more than half of them fled the magic capital. They went to Sichuan, Kunming or Shaanxi to find new jobs at the Dukou Iron and Steel Factory, the Cathay Pacific Pharmaceutical Factory, Qin's Grain Store, Ci'an Hospital, and Mingzhou Home Textiles in Chongqing.

Recalling Qin Di's move to shut down the factory, they all sighed with emotion: "Mr. Qin was far-sighted and discerning, and even closed the factory in time less than a month before the Japanese army entered the concession, and transferred key equipment...... Otherwise, the equipment would have been dismantled by the Japanese and shipped overseas...... If 100,000 tons of grain fall into the hands of the Japanese army, wouldn't it become an aider and abettor?"

"It's just that in this way, the people of the magic capital are even more sad!"

"The saddest thing is not the common people, but the foreigners who used to be high up, who were actually imprisoned in concentration camps, and I don't know when they will be released......"

"In my opinion, the Japanese army will not let them go easily! Because Japan has officially declared war with the United States and Britain, these people have become hostages and are detained in the magic capital, which can make the US military throw a ...... of rats."

"It's useless! Great powers have never been bound by hostages, and the flames of war have already been ignited, so how can they be easily extinguished?"

People talked a lot about the evolution of the war situation, and no one remembered the theft of 15 banks in the magic capital, because in everyone's mind, they thought that the Japanese had seized the property of the banks, and then the thieves shouted to catch the thieves and divert their attention! There was absolutely no room for justification in this matter! It must have been done by the Japanese!