Cai Xuefei's banquet tonight is all the leading figures in Shanghai's business community.

Li Ge, the old president of the Shanghai Business Association, Qiang Cangyuan, the new president, Dong Kuangzhao, the secretary general, and so on.

And the chairman of this company, the general manager of that trading house.

Some people have been running industries in Shanghai since the Qing Dynasty, and several generations have gone through all the historical processes of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the fall of the Qing Dynasty, and the establishment of the Republic of China, and finally have the current situation.

Some people, in the past, were prosperous, but under the impact of more and more foreign goods, although they are famous in Shanghai, but now they are just struggling to support there.

There are also people who are trying to sell their property there, and want to go to Hong Kong or Nanyang.

If it weren't for Lady Rose's face, it would have been impossible to want so many people to gather together.

The dinner was in the form of the most fashionable buffet of the moment, which was brought to Shanghai by the American businessman Groot more than 20 years ago, and it quickly became popular.

These people all knew each other, and after meeting, they chatted lively, but if anyone talked about the current situation, they couldn't help but sigh and sigh for a long time.

When it comes to Huang Jingxuan and Lu Jianping, who were killed, they are all worried.

"This factory run by Lu Jianping, although it is true that the Japanese cooperate there, but he is really ......"

"Shhhh As soon as he said this, someone immediately interrupted: "The wall has ears, and those people in the military command have great powers, don't spread it to their ears......

The man who said it first shuddered and quickly shut up.

"Actually, the military commander is not so terrible."

At this time, some people still talked about military command, but as soon as this person spoke, not only did no one stop him, but they all had a smile on his face.

Cai Xuefei.

Except for Lady Rose, who has such a face?

"The military commander did kill a lot of people." Cai Xuefei said slowly: "But as far as I know, the vast majority of the people they killed were Japanese and traitors. Japan occupies Shanghai, and there is nothing wrong with the military commanders. ”

"Madame is very right." Qiang Cangyuan, president of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said: "The Japanese can kill the traitors, but Lu Jianping can be killed, which is very debatable." Lu Jianping was confused for a while, but he didn't sin to death, he also did bad things. There is also Huang Jingxuan, of course he deserves it, but in a short period of time, my Shanghai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has killed two people in a row, and they all died at the hands of the military commander, which inevitably makes me and others panic. ”

These are the worries of the people present, and there is another layer of meaning in Qiang Cangyuan's words, who knows if the next bullet of the military commander will be aimed at his head.

"I understand your concerns." Cai Xuefei smiled: "So I specially invited an important guest today to answer these questions for everyone." ”

Special guests?

The dinner was held in the garden of the Rose Mansion, and everyone saw a person slowly appear.

He wears a gray gown, gray hair, black-rimmed round-rimmed glasses, and a long beard, most of which is gray.

It seems that there are always people in their early sixties, but they are still personable and elegant.

As soon as she saw this person, a smile appeared on the corner of Cai Xuefei's mouth.

Was this what he looked like when he was old?

Meng Shaoyuan!

It took Meng Shaoyuan more than two hours to put on makeup.

Although Meng Shao's original name is all over Shanghai, there are really not many people who have seen his true face.

"Who is this?" Secretary-General Dong Kuozhao couldn't help but ask.

"The surname is Meng." Meng Shaoyuan had already introduced himself there: "You gentlemen, some of you may have heard my name, Meng Shaoyuan. ”

Meng Shaoyuan?

Dong Kuozhao was stunned: "You are the ......"

Of course, Meng Shaoyuan knew what he was going to ask: "Exactly, the contemptible person is the military commander Meng Shaoyuan." ”

Military commander Meng Shaoyuan!

For a moment, the audience fell silent.

God, Meng Shaoyuan actually appeared here.

Something was starting to grow in everyone's hearts.

Who is he here to kill today?

Who would be the unlucky guy today?

There are still many people who are curious.

This is Meng Shaoyuan?

Legend has it that Meng Shaoyuan was murderous and looked fierce, why does it look like a professor teaching at a university now?

"Don't be afraid, I'm not here today to trouble you." Meng Shaoyuan seemed to see the thoughts of these people: "Today, I came just to chat with you. I know that you are all business elites, time is very tight, and I am a hideous and hateful person, and everyone is disgusted, so I will say a few things, if you have any questions, you can also ask me, when the time comes, I will immediately pat my ass and leave, so as not to delay your drinking interest. ”

As soon as these words came out, many people had smiles on their faces.

Meng Shaoyuan knew the mentality of these people too well, and they were all afraid of themselves, with fearful emotions, afraid that it would not be effective, and the important thing was to let them relax.

Sure enough, when these words came out, many people felt that in fact, Meng Shaoyuan was not as terrible as rumored.

"After the Japanese occupied Shanghai, our army was ordered to continue the war of resistance, and many people were killed." Meng Shaoyuan hit the iron while it was hot: "There are Japanese, there are Chinese." More than ninety percent of them are conclusive evidence, and there are more than innocent deaths. Was there a wrongful killing? Frankly, yes, how much? Seldom. ”

"Mr. Meng." It was Li Ge, the old president of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce and Commerce, who spoke: "I'm old, and I'm not afraid of anything." If there is anything that offends Mr. Meng and the military commander, kill me if you want to, but I still have to ask the doubts in the hearts of our people. ”

"Chairman Lee, huh? Please speak. ”

"Huang Jingxuan agreed to be the president of the Sino-Japanese Goodwill Association, which is despised by my Shanghai business community. We have no objection to this. But Lu Jianping's death was a little unjust. Li Ge really didn't seem to be afraid at all:

"In the past, the Sino-British cotton yarn war, the Sino-American flour war, the Sino-Japanese grey cloth war, his Lu family people have participated, in Shanghai that is done vigorously, especially the Sino-Japanese grey cloth war, Lu Jianping is to help him with all his wealth, although he won the battle in the end, but it was only a tragic victory, but this victory retained the dignity of our Chinese businessmen.

The Japanese occupy our Shanghai, and all our people should rise up to resist, and we all know this. But in the end, we are nothing more than businessmen who can't carry guns and can't go to the battlefield. Trembling is nothing more than protecting the factory companies and doing what we can for the Anti-Japanese War.

The Japanese found Lu Jianping and threatened him that if he didn't cooperate, then he would be the first to hit his factory, and the Lu family had worked hard for six generations, how could he bear to give up? He was forced to cooperate with the Japanese, just to preserve the factory. But I believe that his heart is still always towards China. ”

Meng Shaoyuan listened patiently: "What does President Li mean, that we killed him by mistake?" ”

"That's exactly what it means." For the sake of the future of Shanghai's business community, Li Ge also looked at it: "Such a meritorious man, killing it is chilling." ”

"I admit that the Lu family has indeed contributed to the national industry." Meng Shaoyuan said lightly: "But have you thought about a question, why did Lu Jianping help him in the Sino-Japanese grey cloth war, even if he was bankrupt?" Because he knows that even if he really goes bankrupt, the Shanghai business community will not watch it, and you will all raise funds to help him make a comeback. He has no worries, and secondly, he has won a very good reputation, why not? ”

This is the first time that those present have heard of this statement.

Just to make a name for yourself?

Meng Shaoyuan continued: "What about this time? Let's think about it the other way, if we don't cooperate with the Japanese, the worst result is nothing more than bankruptcy, Lu Jianping was not afraid last time, is he afraid this time? Because he is very smart, he knows that the environment of this time is different from the last Sino-Japanese grey cloth battle, the Japanese have occupied Shanghai, and you are still too busy to protect yourself, where is there time to care about him? He is going bankrupt this time, that is the real bankruptcy, and there is no day to turn over. ”

If you think about it, it seems that this is really the case.

"His patriotism depends on the environment." Meng Shaoyuan smiled: "You can imagine that from the Sino-British cotton yarn war, to the Sino-American flour war, and then to the Sino-Japanese grey cloth war, which battle was later, the Lu family did not gain a lot, and later, the money earned and the reputation was gained, such a 'patriotic' move, it would not hurt to do it a few more times." ”

Speaking of this, he paused slightly, and asked someone to bring a dossier and handed it to Li Ge: "President Li has no problem taking a look at it, this is the cooperation signed between Lu Jianping and the Japanese, and their gauze is all provided to the Japanese, and Shanghai can't buy an inch." Where does this gauze end up? The Japanese are there!

He was doing things for the Japanese and supplying supplies to the Japanese. Helping the Japanese fight with our China, occupying our country's territory, and killing our people, he still seems to have some patriotism, but it is nothing more than a deeper concealment. This person is no different from a traitor, I won't kill him, heaven will not tolerate it! ”

Li Ge cautiously opened the file, took a cursory look at it, his face changed slightly, and then handed the file to Qiang Cangyuan beside him, and let him pass it on one by one.

Meng Shaoyuan sneered: "If you kill such a person and make the Shanghai business community feel cold, then I will admit it, such a scum, I will not only continue to kill in the future, but also kill more." Among the monarchs here, most of them are patriots, and there are very few traitors. In the autumn of the country's survival, it is necessary for you to join hands with the country to advance and retreat, rather than withdraw.

I know a lot of you want to sell your assets and get out of Shanghai, but I just want to ask, where can you go? Did you leave so easily? Will the Japanese let you go? Will the Ministry of Industry make it so easy for you to leave? Our military commander welcomes everyone to Chongqing, but you have many worries and look forward to the future. ”

Once again, there was silence.

Yes, it's not that easy to leave Shanghai.