Let's go back and talk about Qin Di and Yan Xue, after leaving Jiuzhaigou, they arrived in the magic capital on October 10.

Subsequently, he gave instructions to several enterprises: Mingzhou Home Textiles, Guotai Pharmaceutical Factory, Shenlong Bicycle Factory, Wanguo Watch Factory, Qin's Grain and Magic Capital Branch, these five enterprises were all suspended, high-level personnel were paid three years' wages, middle-level personnel were paid two years' wages, and low-level personnel were issued a year's salary.

After the factory received the instruction, from top to bottom, many people were confused: "What's going on? Why did a good factory suddenly shut down?"

"Who's making this decision? It's a big thing here, you have to give an explanation, right?"

"It is said that it was Qin Dashao's personal order, I don't know what illness he committed. ”

"No, isn't he an upgraded father?

"It's over, Mingzhou Home Textiles is 100% controlled by the Qin family, and Qin Hancheng has retired, and the Qin family is currently controlled by Qin Dashao, what he says is bound to be executed, and there is no way to flip it!"

Some people are worried: "I have been working in the yarn warehouse for ten years, and I can't do anything else!

Someone was very happy: "Haha, if you don't go to work, you still have a year's salary to get!

Many people have mixed feelings and sorrows: "It's good to get a year's salary, but what about a year later? Do you want to find a new job? You must find it! The Qin family gives a high salary, and there is a bonus at the end of the year...... Alas, I really don't want to leave......"

If you don't leave, you can't leave, and when the workers get their severance pay, all these factories will be closed!

There are more than 5,000 people in Mingzhou Home Textiles, and suddenly they closed their doors, which caused a great impact, and even appeared in several newspapers.

In the days that followed, there was a lot of talk.

"I heard that the Qin family closed five enterprises at once, causing tens of thousands of people to lose their jobs! This is a big deal!"

"According to my observation, the Qin family is a weather vane, and Qin Da rarely has shit luck. Does the closure of Mingzhou Home Textiles mean the recession of the magic capital's economy?"

"What kind of recession? You go out and see, the streets are crowded with people, and the department stores are full of customers! This is the best of times, the most prosperous city, and it will never decline......

"I always feel terrified, what's going on? Qin Dashao is a lieutenant general of the national army appointed by Mr. Qing, if he is a fool, doesn't he say that Mr. Qing is also a fool?"

"You're so crazy to tell you that Mr. Qing is a fool! Beware of being shot in the head!"

"However, the Qin family is still benevolent and righteous, and even gave a year's severance pay, which can be said to be unprecedented in the history of the Demon Capital!"

"One year is just a low-level worker, if it is a high-level manager, each person will be paid three years' salary! You say, why haven't I encountered such a good thing?"

"In this way, Qin Dashao is not optimistic about the next three years? We also have to take precautions!"

There are really such vigilant characters, seeing the Qin family dismissing the workers, they hurriedly went to the street to buy a few bags of flour, or dug a pit in the yard to bury the treasure.

Half a month later, another article appeared: "Mingzhou Home Textiles Only Has an Empty Shell Left! Qin's Grain Store Has Not a Grain of Rice Left!" The reporter said that he had quietly interviewed the gatekeepers of these two enterprises, saying that the valuable equipment in the factory was gone, and only an empty shell remained; Qin's Grain Store originally had 100,000 tons of grain reserves, but it was also quietly transferred, and not even a single bag of grain was left; and the porridge shed that gave soup all the year round outside had also been removed!

As soon as the newspaper came out, it immediately attracted the attention of many people.

Some gasped and hurried to buy food!

There are many people hula at the door of some grain stores, scrambling to buy food.

Of course, most people are still relatively numb and do not react in particular. They felt that the Demon Capital was calm and calm, so how could it be that just because the Qin family had transferred the grain reserves, it meant that the Demon Capital was short of food? The Demon Capital was a big city in the Far East, and there were ships carrying it from all over the world at any time! As long as everyone had a month's worth of grain at home, they would not have to worry about being cut off in the future!

At this moment, some endless notices suddenly appeared on the street, on which a sentence was written in scarlet paint: "The Japanese army will enter the concession"!

Seeing those notices, the rich people in the magic capital panicked!

"What kind of scare is this? Do you want to let people live? I finally escaped from Wuxi, and it has only been a few years since I lived in peace, do I want to flee again?"

"This time, you can't escape if you want to! The outside is blocked by the Japanese!"

"If even the concession can't stop the Japanese soldiers, where else can the huge China escape?"

Anyway, in the next few days, the number of people fleeing from the country began to increase.

But if people can escape, how can property escape?

Therefore, many rich people can only stay in the magic capital and hide their treasures in Tibet.

Among the companies under Qin Di's name, Baidai Company and Phoenix City Casino are still open, but only second- and third-rate singers are working, and those singers who have signed long-term contracts, after each getting a sum of money, have already gone to Chongqing, if they are not willing to go to Chongqing, they are also required to take a temporary vacation and leave the magic capital to hide for a while.

Zhou Tianlin, the general manager of Baidai Company, is still in the magic capital, but Zhang Qimin, the vice president, has already gone to Chongqing.

Qin Di opened a branch of Baidai Company in Chongqing and is mobilizing manpower to produce new records.

In addition to these companies, Qin Di also notified familiar people to evacuate, including Qin Jian, Qin Bo, Zhang Congyu, Pang Laichen, Zheng Zhenze and so on. As for the two uncles, the eldest uncle Zhu Zeduan went to Chongqing, the second uncle Zhu Zeming went to the United States, and the two aunts, Zhu Min followed Zhang He to Chongqing, and Zhu Ling fled from Suzhou to the magic capital, and had no contact with the Qin family, and Qin Di did not care about her life or death. The Du family sisters were not in the magic capital, Du Rong went to Nanyang, and Du Lan went to the United States.

December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

At 4 o'clock in the morning, the Japanese army took an offensive action and sank the British gunboat "Haiyan" anchored in the Huangpu River, the American gunboat "Wick" surrendered, and the Japanese navy went ashore from the Bund and gradually advanced inward. In the morning, all the bridges on the Suzhou Creek were blocked, and only the Japanese troops were allowed to drive through these bridges from Hongkou into the public concession. The central area (east of Xizang Road) is under the jurisdiction of the navy, and the western area (east of Xizang Road) is under the jurisdiction of the army. By noon, the Japanese army removed the sentry posts and opened the bridges over the Suzhou River to the Chinese, but forbade Japanese expatriates to cross the bridge to the south, and also forbade Western expatriates to cross the bridge.

In order to maintain the image of the Modu International City, the Japanese army let the Modu Public Concession Ministry of Industry and Bureau operate as usual. After that, the British and American and other enemy nationals were arrested in concentration camps, and the Ministry of Industry was completely controlled by Japan. For Chinese citizens, a protection system was implemented to strengthen control. When the situation stabilized, the Japanese army disbanded the International Merchant Group.