svetikya Chapter 87: Station Master and Lao Qiang report that they have preliminarily identified the target o
Chapter 87: Station Master and Lao Qiang report that they have preliminarily identified the target o
New York, Citibank headquarters, VIP meeting room!
At the negotiating table, Han Zhenhua, the largest shareholder and absolute controller of the "Hope Land Oil Exploration Company, a joint venture between Britain and the United States," was completely "transparent" throughout the entire process!
William Huntington Rawls, the company's second-largest shareholder, who "hadn't slept well for days and nights in preparation for the negotiations and had fully considered all factors," demonstrated the shrewdness and toughness expected of a veteran diplomat and current senior official in the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Facing pressure and probing from two major oil giants, he firmly controlled the pace of the negotiations thanks to his thorough preparation, his high-ranking official status, the accompanying officials from the "Bulk Transaction Division of the Federal Ministry of Commerce," and the protection of a large number of mercenaries.
Finally, after several rounds of arduous negotiations, a secret deal that shocked the American oil industry was reached:
Standard Oil, for $2200 million in cash plus an 18% share of the future net profits from the development of the oil field, defeated Rockefeller Corporation in exactly the same way as in the original story, and acquired Hope Land Exploration Company and all its exploration and development rights, land ownership and all geological data in the Prudhoe Bay area on the North Slope of Alaska!
After signing all the agreements, Han Zhenhua felt dizzy when he saw the long string of dizzying numbers in his Citibank account and the thick book of "Citibank Drafts" checks. Even though he was mentally prepared, he still felt dizzy.
$1760 million! At the current exchange rate, that's over £440 million! And that doesn't even include the huge future revenue sharing!
Meanwhile, while waiting for the oil field exploration results, he had already inquired about the price of American fighter jets. A single American-made Curtiss P-36 Hawk fighter jet cost only $22 to $27; with his own money, he could buy more than 80 fighter jets!
The entire Republic of China currently has less than 200 warplanes! However, it is impossible for me to "buy warplanes and donate them" for the time being. Firstly, I have no way to do so; secondly, I cannot explain it; thirdly, it would be easy for the Japanese to "have their eyes on it"; and fourthly, given the strength of the Republic of China's air force, compared to the tens of thousands of warplanes of the Japanese army, having a few dozen more or fewer planes makes little difference!
He, Han Zhenhua, went from being a "somewhat wealthy time traveler" with £22 in his pocket to becoming one of the true top billionaires of this era! And with the backing of Citibank, he will receive dividends every year from now on!
With almost unlimited wealth, they were nearly "rich enough to rival the fiscal revenue of a small country"!
Money may not be everything, but you can't do anything without it. This statement holds true everywhere!
With money no longer a concern, it's time to return to Shanghai and restart my exciting journey as a "top agent" and "new Shanghai tycoon"!
Shanghai, French Concession, Foch Road, third floor of Shanghai Bank Foch Road branch, new headquarters of the Military Intelligence Bureau Shanghai Station.
The air was filled with a faint smell of ink and tobacco, as well as a subtle sense of tension.
The newly appointed station manager, Chen Gongshu, codenamed "Ruthless Scholar," is standing in front of a huge map of Shanghai.
On the map, the military intelligence outpost markers that had been removed by the Japanese army and the Special Higher Police have been cleared away and replaced with some new, more secretive markers, with code names and personal names written in tiny characters next to them.
Compared to his "banker" image when he first arrived in Shanghai two months ago, Chen Gongshu's face now shows less of the deliberately cultivated elegance and more of the coldness and decisiveness that belong to the underworld.
He held a newly translated telegram in his hand, a commendation order from Dai Chunfeng at headquarters, praising the Shanghai Station for its rapid reconstruction efforts and for providing "accurate and timely" tactical intelligence regarding the Japanese army's allocation of supplies in Shanghai and Japan's "printing more currency" to disrupt the Republic of China's economy.
The reconstruction work progressed rapidly under his iron fist. With Wu Zhiguo, nicknamed "Old Gun," holding the important position of police chief, it was like a "hidden gun" inserted into the enemy's heart, giving Shanghai Station unprecedented convenience in its operations.
Using his position as police chief, Wu Zhiguo not only skillfully thwarted several investigations targeting suspicious individuals, but also began to quietly infiltrate personnel according to Chen Gongshu's instructions.
"Station Chief, the 'Nail' plan is progressing smoothly," the newly appointed deputy station chief, Zheng Luxian, reported in a low voice. He was now Chen Gongshu's most capable executor.
He walked to the map and pointed to several key locations:
"In the city hall of the maintenance committee, the old ghost Gu Xiaomeng has successfully gained trust and, with the help of his family's gold bars and silver dollars, has been promoted to deputy section chief!"
We're also prepared to take the position of Deputy Chief Inspector of the Chinese Police Force in the French Concession.
That old bastard Zhou Guoquan is just occupying a position without doing anything, and he's even flirting with the Japanese.
We recently observed that this lecherous old man had a habit of going to the "Night Concubine's Love Pavilion" every Wednesday to have threesomes with the sisters, Xiao Mingfei and Xiao Yefei. We devised a meticulous plan...
Zhang Niefeng and Liu Jingyun, both junior brothers of the Swallow Sect and skilled in light-footed martial arts, used the Swallow Sect's unique technique, "A Curtain of Dreams and Swallow's Bewildering Smoke," to blow smoke into the room and 'illusory' the old man and the two sisters while the old man was going berserk!
Then, administer a precisely calculated dose of "Dizziness No. 4" and a "precisely measured dose of aphrodisiac" to him, while administer "Ten Fragrant Soft Bone Powder" to the sisters Xiao Mingfei and Xiao Yefei. With the combined effects of these drugs, this old fellow will surely become "fierce and powerful" until he "dies from exhaustion"!
We conducted ten precise experiments on prisoners of war and traitors at the Qingpu base, and the success rate was 100% without a single failure. All the subjects died from impotence. In addition, this old man usually liked to take aphrodisiacs such as "tiger penis and seahorse", so no one would suspect that he was murdered!
After his death, his wife, being a notoriously jealous and shrewish woman, would certainly not allow more people to investigate. After his death, we took the opportunity to promote "Iron Boy" Tie Lin from the Mai Lan Police Station to a higher position!
"And this Shenjiang Xinbao, we are also preparing to take the position of editor-in-chief for the fourth page..." Zheng Luxian reported to Chen Gongshu in an "extremely professional" manner the progress of the recent work of planting "spies" one by one!
After Zheng Luxian finished his report, Chen Gongshu smiled and said, "Lu Xian, you did a great job. Our Shanghai Station has not only been successfully rebuilt, but is even better than before. You deserve all the credit. Of the three tasks assigned by the boss, we have successfully completed the reconstruction of Shanghai Station!"
The second task is to find the crow's superior, the harbinger of good fortune. How's Lao Qiang's progress on that?
Zheng Luxian continued, "Station Chief, Lao Qiang reports that we've preliminarily identified the target, but it's not finalized yet, which is why we haven't reported to you yet!"
Chen Gongshu's spirits lifted: "Speak!"
"After obtaining the sketches of 27 people from the recordings provided by Deputy Station Chief Wang, Lao Qiang meticulously designed several plans."
For those ordinary people with no special background on the list and sketches, he directly instructed his subordinates to "invite" them back to the police station for questioning under the pretext of "cooperating with the investigation of several recent theft cases" and "verifying household registration information."
As for the several "important" people on the list, he personally visited them under the guise of "the new director visiting dignitaries" and "discussing joint security defense," secretly recording their conversations.
The foreigners, especially the five British, one French, and one Japanese, were the most troublesome.
He dared not easily resort to police measures, so he took another approach. He had his men closely follow these targets, recording the cafes, restaurants, and clubs they frequented.
Then, he spent a lot of money to hire several young men who were fluent in English and had a clever appearance, to disguise themselves as waiters, shoeshine boys or customers sitting next to him, and to try to record the target's voice at close range.
Based on their age, status, temperament, the aura conveyed in their daily speech and behavior, and the characteristics of their voices, 24 people have been successfully eliminated. These individuals either have voices that don't match their descriptions, don't match their ages, or are simply not of a position to have access to that level of strategic intelligence.
"What about the remaining three?" Chen Gongshu pressed, his gaze sharp.
"The remaining three are highly suspicious. My subordinates and Lao Qiang both believe that Raven's superior, 'The Good News Bird,' must be one of these three!"