"This is our stationmaster Zhu. Don't be afraid. We have no ill intentions in inviting you here, and we won't hurt you. Our stationmaster has something to ask you. After you tell us, you can go wherever you want.
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Zhu Youde said with a friendly face:
"I'm here to say sorry to you. We invited you here in this way and you were frightened. We invited you here today for no other reason than to fight the Japanese. I am now
I have a few things I want to ask you, can you tell me the truth?"
Mrs. Liu was still a little scared:
"But I'm just a tea pourer. I don't know anything. If I know what you're asking, I will tell you."
"Okay, as long as you have this attitude. The first thing I want to ask now is, what is your name? What do everyone call you in the club?"
"My name is Liu Cuihua, and people usually call me Mrs. Liu."
"Very good, you can answer our questions like this. The things we want to ask will be finished soon. The second thing I want to ask now is, have you ever heard anyone say that your Shanxi Guild Hall has an underground road?
Is the secret passage connected to the Jinling Hotel? Do you people in the guild hall know about this?"
At this time, Mrs. Liu was no longer so timid. She said simply:
"I have never heard that there is a secret passage between the Shanxi Guild Hall and the Jinling Hotel. No one who works in the Guild Hall knows about it."
"Then have you ever heard anyone say that there is any relationship between Shanxi Guild Hall and Jinling Hotel? For example, money, business, and personnel?" Zhu Youde asked again.
"I don't know anything about money or business. I only know that before the Japanese occupied Nanjing, our Shanxi Chamber of Commerce had big businessmen from other places come to discuss business, and they stayed at the Jinling Hotel for meals and accommodation."
"So, Mr. Ma from your Chamber of Commerce is very familiar with the people from Jinling Hotel?"
"We, Mr. Ma, are not familiar with the average person in their hotel, but we are very close to their general manager. Because our Shanxi Chamber of Commerce has shares in Jinling Hotel, the two of them have frequent contacts. If there are guests who want to eat or stay in the hotel, they will
Butler An is making the arrangements, Mr. Ma doesn't care about these little things."
"What did you just say? Your Shanxi Guild Hall has shares in the Jinling Hotel? Who did you hear this from? Do all of you who work in the Guild Hall know about this?"
"Most people don't know about this. I know about it because one time the general manager of the Jinling Hotel was discussing something with Mr. Ma Sanye in his study. I went to pour tea and overheard it. They were discussing the Chamber of Commerce and the
The hotel’s share dividend issue. I heard at that time that our chamber of commerce’s shares were 10%, and we should share a lot more. I have not told anyone about this matter.”
"Did you hear about it later? How did your chamber of commerce get shares in the Jinling Hotel?"
"I don't know about this. Because I can't inquire about this kind of thing. Besides, it's of no use to me whether I know about this kind of thing, so I won't inquire about it."
"Then why did you tell us about this matter again?"
"Because you just said that the thing you asked me was to fight the Japanese, so I told you."
Then I want to ask you one more thing. Isn't your club a good place? Why did you close the door? There are no more staff members. You left there again today with a suitcase. I think you are also going to leave.