On New Year's Day last year, in order to adapt to the changes in the situation and to cover up the huge wealth he had obtained from smuggling transactions, monopoly operations, and commercial activities, so as not to be remembered by others, Chen Mingxiang carried out a large-scale condolence activity in the name of deepening relations.

The major secret service organs, gendarmerie units, and high-ranking generals of the garrison under the three major forces of the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army, the North China Front Command, and the General Headquarters of the Kwantung Army will receive a dividend of $2 million.

Needless to say, the headquarters of the military police stationed in Shanghai and the headquarters of the Marine Corps stationed in Shanghai, the various intelligence agencies of the Japanese army stationed in Shanghai, the headquarters of the 13th Army, the divisions and regiments of the Japanese army stationed in Shanghai, and the headquarters of the Third Fleet also had very generous condolences and red envelopes, which were again millions of dollars in expenses.

In addition, one million US dollars were sent to the three giants of the bureau headquarters, and a total of more than 4 million US dollars were spent from New Year's Day to the Spring Festival in the 32nd year of the Republic of China, which scared Boss Dai to disbelief.

"Huatong Trading Company's trading in the entire 32 years of the Republic of China, compared with last year, the gap is more than half of the share, then this New Year's Day condolences in the 33rd year of the Republic of China, I will cut two-thirds of the expenditure, I believe that no one has any objections to this."

"Everyone knows that I haven't made much money this year, even the textile factories in Suzhou have closed two, and their eyes are not blind, I am a businessman, and I don't do anything to lose money and make money." Chen Mingxiang said.

Is this really the case?

Everyone's eyes are basically fixed on the Huatong Trading Company, and everyone understands that this is the main source of Chen Mingxiang's income, but because of the reduction of orders by the General Headquarters of the Kwantung Army, coupled with the impact of the war, the transportation between the Guotong Region and Shanghai is not smooth, and the situation of Huatong Trading Company is indeed not strong, and it is far worse than last year's.

But Wang Zhen knows that there is actually a lot of money to be made this year, all of which come from his own family's industry, and these have not received much attention.

First of all, there are two cigarette factories, which are simply two cash cows, and the production is not enough to sell, and the second is the coal company and the salt company, which are both monopoly enterprises, especially the sale of salt, which is equivalent to sitting at home and collecting money.

Then there are tea factories and silk weaving factories, tea sales and silk sales, which occupy more than 30% of the supply of goods in big cities, although there is only one textile factory, basically there is no shutdown, looking at the more and more coupons on the books, Wang Zhen doesn't know how to spend it.

"You write a quantitative standard for me, such as how to send it to the military police and marines, how to send it to the leaders of the secret service agencies, how to send it to the Japanese army headquarters and the general headquarters, in addition to preparing red envelopes, I also have to make an expedited production plan."

"It's not long before New Year's Day, the factory must work overtime to produce, otherwise it will delay the condolence activities, as long as the Japanese are not driven out of China, the relationship must be maintained, and spending more is also to provide convenience for work. You should also note that the foreign nationals in the concentration camps also have to send some condolences, which is a resource that we will rely on in the future. Wang Zhen said.

As long as she spends her money on the blade, she is not the kind of miser, but she is worried that Chen Mingxiang's reluctance will affect the relationship with those Japanese generals.

In the Chen family, Chen Mingxiang basically doesn't care about money, he only has a general idea of the family's money, that is, a large amount of input and expenditure, and the scattered income and expenses are not remembered at all, all of which are managed by Wang Zhen.

What he is most relieved about is that Wang Zhen doesn't take money too seriously, and he never says half a word when he needs to use it.

In fact, he also knows Wang Zhen's thoughts, the key is that there are so many sources of income in the family, as long as he can't touch the dollar gold at the bottom of the box, and his future life is still guaranteed, Wang Zhen won't care too much.

"Zhou Gaohai promised me that from the Central Reserve Bank to exchange a batch of gold and yen, this time we will change the tricks, except for a few generals and adjutants with a good relationship, the rest of the people will send yen in red envelopes, they can send them home to subsidize the family, it must be very popular."

"Keep a small part of the large gold bars exchanged, and find those old gold and silversmiths to remelt them and make one or two gold bars, with the name of our Huatong Trading Company on them." Chen Mingxiang said.

"I know that you have a lot of ghosts, and you know that you can use the resources of Wang's puppet government to reap benefits for yourself, but I am working part-time at the Shanghai branch of the China Reserve Bank, and the currency reserves of the China Reserve Bank alone contain more than 500,000 taels of gold and more than 7 million taels of silver, and nearly 400,000 silver dollars and more than 27 million yen have been confiscated." Wang Zhen said with a smile.

With Chen Mingxiang's instructions, whether it was a tobacco factory, a tea factory, or a silk weaving factory, they all began to be busy with the production tasks on New Year's Day, and they also had to purchase some local specialties, and truckloads of materials were transported to the warehouse of Huatong Trading Company day and night.

The goods on the car were all affixed with the seals of condolences and the checkpoints of the gendarmerie, puppet army and police in various places were immediately released when they saw it, and everyone knew that Chen Mingxiang had the habit of condolences on New Year's Day, and he did not dare to stop such things, and he did not even do the most basic inspection.

Chen Mingxiang gathered a batch of China Reserve Bills, pulled them to the vault of the Shanghai Branch of the China Reserve Bank, and exchanged them for a batch of large gold bars and yen with the approval of Zhou Gaohai and the acquiescence of the Japanese.

Of course, this matter naturally attracted the attention of the Japanese intelligence agencies, because Chen Mingxiang was doing it openly and honestly, and he did not think of concealing it at all.

For example, Kitazawa Ping reported to Shibayama Kaneshiro on this issue, and Chen Mingxiang used this way to win over and corrupt the warriors of the empire!

"Your Excellency General, I heard that Chen Mingxiang has been very busy recently, he has prepared two warehouses for the condolence materials of the imperial army alone, and has also exchanged hundreds of gold bars and hundreds of thousands of yen with the Shanghai branch of the Central Reserve Bank, and he is exploiting the loopholes of the Jinling government for his own benefit." Kitazawa said.

"Even the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army knows about this matter, it is a special project specially applied by Chen Mingxiang and signed and approved by Zhou Gaohai, it is said that the yen is used to give red envelopes to the officers and generals of our imperial army, and the large gold strips are to be used to make commemorative gold bars."

"There are many vital interests involved, let's not speak on this issue, whoever is against it is unlucky! This wealth flowed into the hands of the imperial army, and everyone turned a blind eye to this, and the rare collective became dumb. ”

"I can warn you, don't make any small moves against Chen Mingxiang, there are many people staring at Chen Mingxiang's New Year's Day condolences, their necks are stretched out, and they must not do anything that makes them angry!"

"If it weren't for the fact that you targeted Chen Mingxiang many times, Mei would have been able to enjoy this kind of treatment, and when Chen Mingxiang began to condole, you don't know how many complaints you have to suffer." Kanshiro Shibayama said.