Chapter 132: Trouble in the Battle of Shanghai (2)

In order to ensure safety, Qiao Zhen specially arranged for Chen Xiuwen to set off at night, and asked Chen Yi to take a guard platoon to escort him. Chen Zui, who had just rushed back from Shanghai, took Chen Xiuwen's ride-sharing to Nanjing together.

Although Chen Zui has been transferred from the Shanghai Office of the Military Commission's Secret Service, he still maintains a close relationship with it. This is also what Chen Xiuwen means. After all, the Secret Service has a relatively mature network in Shanghai. The people who are immersed in the other side are familiar with it, so you can learn from it in many aspects of intelligence.

"Brother, this time, Wen Qiang, the new Shanghai Office Director, wants to hold a radio training class. He originally planned to run it in Shanghai, but now the situation in Shanghai can only be placed in Nanjing. Today, when I visited Director Wen, I specially won three places." Chen Zui sat in the car and reported to Chen Xiu Wenhui. Chen Zui still called Chen Xiuwen in private.

"Why are there only three places? It's too few, right?" Chen Xiuwen said with some dissatisfaction.

Now the 20th Independent Brigade has equipped all radio stations to the first level of the battalion, and the brigade department has even established a communications camp, but there are too few people who can operate radios. It is only a few people who Shen Xiuwen dug up from Shanghai commercial radio stations. Now the student soldiers assigned to the communications camp are fine to do wired communications, but radio communications must undergo system training.

"Brother, just be content. There are only 40 places in this training class, all of which are to train lurking personnel who will fall in the future. I finally won three places. And the requirements are very high, not only are I required to have a high school degree or above, but my family background must be innocent." He said with wide eyes widened.

"Time doesn't wait for anyone." Chen Xiuwen leaned against the back seat of the car and sighed.

"By the way, Shuyi, can you get these talents from your secret service?" Chen Xiuwen pondered for a moment and suddenly asked again.

"Brother, do you dare to use the people from the Secret Service?" Chen Zui said in surprise.

Although the secret service has not reached the scale of the establishment of the Military Control Commission in the future, the secret service has begun to infiltrate the army. Others are afraid of it, but Chen Xiuwen will take the initiative to propose to absorb the personnel of the secret service.

"What are you afraid to use? It's all for the sake of fighting against Japan. I think Director Dai puts fighting against Japan first now." Chen Xiuwen said lightly.

Based on the later understanding of the Military Control Commission, direct troops like myself will definitely have military intelligence personnel infiltrated and monitored. Instead of letting them sneak in secret, it is better to make it openly and ask for some useful talents. After all, the Military Control Commission is still extremely determined to fight against Japan.

Chen Zui looked at Chen Xiuwen and nodded silently.

After a bumpy ride in the middle of the night, after arriving in Nanjing, I took a break and went to the Radio Training Institute to register. Chen Xiuwen went directly to the Ministry of Military Affairs to ask for a meeting with He Yingqin.

Chen Xiuwen's original idea was to invest in the mainland of China in the name of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, but firstly, there was a lack of professional talents, and secondly, the attention paid to things like penicillin is too high. Given the domestic and international situation, Chen Xiuwen finally gave up this idea. Besides, penicillin, as a drug, is not like weapons and ammunition, and is small in size and easy to transport, so there is no way to go to air transport in the future.

Without finding a suitable agent, and the Qixing Company had already smelled the fishy smell, and came to the door with the initiative. Chen Xiuwen simply decided to ask the Ministry of Military Affairs to buy it directly from Pfizer and use it directly for the military. This would save those greedy guys who had finally made it difficult to make the penicillin that they had in their hands and held in their hands in order to make huge profits.

When he came to the Ministry of Military Affairs, Minister He was surprised and happy when he heard that Chen Xiuwen came to see him on his own initiative. He even postponed a less important ministry meeting and immediately received Chen Xiuwen. This was a very special courtesy for a general at the National Government to receive a colonel in this way.

After Chen Xiuwen met Minister He with standard military etiquette, he first expressed his gratitude to Minister He for his care for the 20th Independent Brigade and himself. Then he told Minister He about his purpose.

"What? You said you could have Pfizer Pharmaceuticals in the United States supply penicillin directly to us?" Minister He said in surprise.

No wonder Minister He is so out of control. Postoperative infection has always been the biggest factor in the death and disability of injured soldiers. Every time the war comes, the death and disability rate of seriously injured soldiers often reaches 40 to 50%, or even 60%. Moreover, the government has to pay high disability and death pensions for this. Penicillin, as a new drug to control postoperative infection, currently only has a small amount of smuggled goods on the market, and the price is extremely high. As for importing directly to the United States, European countries are now competing for each other. According to general circumstances, China cannot import such a shortage of new drugs from the country.

"Yes, Minister He. Mr. James, the owner of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals in the United States, is good friends with me. First, he lived in China for a long time and had a lot of affection for China. Second, when he came to Shanghai to see me last year, penicillin had just been released. The Japanese once kidnapped him for penicillin. For this reason, James had no good feelings for Japan and issued a statement that he would never sell a penicillin to Japan. This time Japan openly invaded our country, and Mr. James sympathized with our country. He specially entrusted me to express to Minister He that if penicillin is needed, the Ministry of Military Affairs can directly purchase it from Pfizer Pharmaceutical." Chen Xiuwen explained to He Yingqin with a smile.

"It's necessary, of course." He Yingqin said quickly. In fact, he was not allowed to believe it. This time, the 20th Independent Brigade generously sent thousands of penicillin to several divisions. He had heard of it for a long time. Originally, he thought the Shen family was rich and powerful, but he didn't expect that there was such a relationship. Now, the more He Yingqin looked at Chen Xiuwen, the more satisfied he was. At the same time, he secretly glad that he showed kindness to him from the beginning, but he didn't expect the reward to come so soon.

"But I still don't understand. If Mr. James intends to help our country, why would he not choose to find an agent in China? And since he is so close to you, can you find your Shen family as an agent?" He Yingqin asked in confusion.

Chen Xiuwen sighed in his heart that He Yingqin and Jiang were still old and smiled bitterly, and said, "Minister He, every man is innocent and a treasure is guilty. To be honest, this is what Mr. James proposed to me. You see, our Shen family was still considering it. This time I sent some thanks to our friendly army for their support for our 20th Independent Brigade, and at the same time I also wanted to save more of the lives of my brothers. Seven Star Company came to the door yesterday and asked me to help them match Mr. James."

Hearing the Seven Star Company, He Yingqin couldn't help frowning and sighed: "Now that the country is in danger, some people still remember to fill their own pockets and make a fortune in the country and the people, and they have no concern for the country and the people." As he said, He Yingqin praised again: "Luan, you do not care about personal gains and losses, and you are not afraid of offending the powerful and powerful. You have done a very good job. I will report to the Chairman immediately to commend your achievements."

Chen Xiuwen hurriedly said, "Minister He is too proud. Xiuwen, on the one hand, does not want to betray Mr. James' trust. If these penicillin fall into the greedy people, it will inevitably not flow into the hands of the Japanese. This will go against Mr. James' original intention. Secondly, he also wants to save the lives of those anti-Japanese soldiers as much as possible."

After being modest, Chen Xiuwen introduced to He Yingqin: "Minister He, the current production of penicillin is not too high, and it can export up to about 10,000 pieces to China every month. In addition, the current price of penicillin in the United States is five US dollars per piece. Even if the freight is added, it is estimated that it will be only about 30 yuan of legal currency."

He Yingqin was even more happy when he heard this. Not only was the quantity sufficient, but the price was less than one-third of the current black market price. He quickly said happily: "Okay, okay, liberation, just wait here for me, and I will report to the Chairman immediately. Maybe the Chairman will also meet you in person."

"Bang!" As soon as Kong Xiangxi walked into the door, he saw his wife smashing the teacup on the ground angrily. She was still gritting her teeth and cursing: "It's too much, it's too much. She's lawless and actually treats us as suckers."

"What's wrong, so what's wrong? My wife." Kong Xiangxi stepped forward to comfort him.

"What's wrong? Look, look at the newspaper today." As Song Ailing said that, he slapped a grand communique in his hand on the table.

Kong Xiangxi picked up the newspaper on the table with a novel look on his face, "Seven Stars Company generously donated 100,000 French currency to support the War of Resistance." Kong Xiangxi was thinking about the headlines of the front page of the Ta Kung Pao. He was also puzzled and said, "You Seven Stars Company made a big deal this time, and actually donated 100,000 yuan at once. Finally, there was a positive news. Hey, have you told my younger sister this report, so she won't let her talk to you with the Seven Stars Company in the future."

"You still have the intention to tell me sarcastic words here. Do you know that we were cheated out of this 100,000 French currency. My face and the face of you, the President, have been thrown away. Also, take a closer look. The 100,000 French currency was donated to the 20th Independent Brigade by the Seven Star Company. There are so many troops on the battlefield of the Songhu battlefield, and they are all direct subordinates of the Central Army. Donating the 20th Independent Brigade and not donating others is obviously an offense." Song Ailing said angrily.

Kong Xiangxi read in surprise, and couldn't help but frown and asked, "Tell me what's going on?"

Song Ailing suppressed his anger and told Kong Xiangxi what happened. Finally, he said with anger: "Yongzhi, what do you think of him, Chen Xiuwen, doesn't he take us seriously at all? Do you think of the Seven Star Company as a monkey? No, I want to go to Jieshi and find my little sister. I will get this anger no matter what." As he said that, he directly ordered the servant to prepare the car.

"No, you can't go. And that's it." Kong Xiangxi hurriedly called his wife and said with a frown.

"Why? What happened?" Song Ailing stopped and asked in surprise.

"You don't think about penicillin anymore." Kong Xiangxi sighed, sat down on the sofa and said, "This morning, Jieshi specially found me and asked me to allocate special funds to the Ministry of Military Affairs to specifically purchase penicillin."

"What? Is the Ministry of Military Affairs and the United States going to negotiate? This is impossible. If it were Japan, He Jingzhi might have some solutions. The United States has never heard of him as anything?" Song Ailing looked surprised.

"Don't guess it, it's the one you mentioned that Chen Xiuwen took the initiative to help the Ministry of Military Affairs and Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, a fiat currency of 30 yuan per month, with a monthly supply of 10,000 yuan."

"Thirty yuan, ten thousand yuan? Well, you Chen Xiuwen, you don't want to make such a big profit, but He Jingzhi is really good, really?" When she heard this quantity and price, Song Ailing was so angry that she couldn't speak. If such a price and supply were in the hands of Qixing Company, it would mean that there would be a profit of 700,000 yuan per month. How could this make Miss Song, who is obsessed with money, not feel sorry for her?

"Okay, don't be angry, it's useless to be angry. This afternoon, the US telegram has arrived and has confirmed this matter. The Central Daily News will report this news tomorrow. Now Jieshi is also in the mood. Do you think it is useful to go to Jieshi and your younger sister now?" Kong Xiangxi patiently persuaded his wife who was so angry that she couldn't say it.

"But it's not me who said you, you have done some things over the years. I remember that in the past few years, you had several conflicts with the Shen family in the cotton yarn and flour business, and each time they caused a lot of losses. And this time, your behavior was too reckless. Since Chen Xiuwen could send out thousands or even tens of thousands of penicillin for favors with one move, would he still like this only 100,000 French currency? I have told you a long time ago that when doing business, you should sometimes talk about the worldly style and not be determined to do it alone. Look, people are holding their anger in their hearts and deliberately causing trouble for you. You can't just send it to your door." Kong Xiangxi shook his head as he said.

"Can you just let it go? No, I can't swallow this." Song Ailing said as if he was still angry.
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