In the following time, Ding Wei opened several other small boxes in succession, which were all filled with golden gold bars.
If it weren't for the fact that this was a prisoner's den, Qiu Chan would have screamed in surprise. Although she was trying her best to control her emotions, the excitement in her eyes was still hard to conceal.
In times of war and chaos, compared to those currencies, the golden yellow croaker was considered hard currency.
If you just take out a box of gold bars, you don't know how much armaments and food you can buy.
Some sellers of in-demand supplies and hot-selling items also like to use gold bars to trade, which can also greatly improve the efficiency of purchasing items.
Without digging for any more information, Ding Wei could already guess that this vault was Taro Genji's secret vault.
All the money he earned was stored here, because Ding Wei not only found money but also some land deeds, house deeds and other objects, recording his properties in various places.
It is easy to count these items, because there are numbers on the boxes, which can be matched one-to-one with the records on the documents.
Except for some antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and gems, the rest are gold bars.
The original owner seemed to have an almost fanatical obsession with gold.
According to the contract that Ding Wei could find, he would regularly exchange the oceans he earned into gold bars and store them in a bank vault.
Ding Wei even doubted that if it weren't for the inconvenience of using gold when going out to buy things, this guy would use gold particles to buy a pack of cigarettes.
And according to the records on his account, this guy also has an account in the bank, and there is a considerable amount of assets in it.
As for whether he has other small vaults, Ding Wei no longer cares. This vault alone is enough to make Ding Wei and the others salivate.
Except for antiques and other items that are difficult to cash in, the vault of Mr. Genji is full of things that can be directly used as trading currency.
Ding Wei doesn't care about this now.
Why go after those treasures when you have gold? Wouldn't it be better to trade gold bars directly? If not, you can use some property as collateral.
Besides, there is a safe here, and the Japanese are there to help keep an eye on it, so you don’t have to worry about safety issues yourself, which saves you worry and effort.
If you really take it out, not only will it be cashed out quickly, but if it gets bumped along the way, it will be enough to make Ding Wei feel distressed for a while.
So Ding Wei decided not to move these things for the time being and counted all the items in the vault.
Ding Wei also knows how much money this guy has. If the value of all the items is added together, the total value is at least 70 to 80 million US dollars.
A proper multi-millionaire.
But all this money now belongs to Ding Wei and the others.
Ding Wei's face was full of excitement. He knew very well that it was easier to do things if he had money. With money, he could buy better equipment and more food to equip the troops.
In short, in one sentence, with so much money, I feel confident in fighting the war, and can better build base areas.
Even if the little devils want to play some dirty trick behind them, Ding Wei and the others still have a large blood bank in Shanghai, which can continuously transfuse blood for the troops.
Regarding the money, Ding Wei also had a bold idea in his mind.
…
While Ding Wei and the others were counting the loot in the vault.
Several more pieces of news were published in Shanghai newspapers.
Probably because several disfigured corpses were found along the way, they were suspected of being robbers, and citizens who had recently traveled were reminded to pay attention to their safety when going out.
Because his face was unrecognizable and he had nothing on him to prove his identity.
After these corpses were discovered, no one came to claim them two or three days after the announcement was made. They were thrown into mass graves and buried early.
No one would care about these corpses. There were countless unknown corpses on the roadside during the war. If the identity of each one had to be identified, it would be useless for all the police in the patrol room.
No one could have imagined that these corpses were all Japanese, and one of them was a young master from the Genji family.
These secrets disappear with their death, and no one will know them except themselves.
…
Just after Ding Wei and the others came to Shanghai and showed up in the banquet hall, they also attracted the attention of many people, especially those who had not yet come forward.
Everything was as Ding Wei expected.
Just as they were leaving for the bank, many people brought gifts and delivered them to the room where Ding Wei and the others lived.
And they are all gifts for three people, respectively given to Ding Wei, Qiu Chan, and Xu Hu.
They had the same idea as Toushan Manman, and wanted to take the opportunity to win over Ding Wei and others.
But they couldn't figure out Ding Wei's identity, so they wanted to take the opportunity of giving gifts to get in touch with Ding Wei to find out more about him.
But they got the news that Ding Wei and the others had left early, so in the end they could only leave the gifts and prepare to come back to socialize with Ding Wei in the evening.
Tou Shanman's attitude towards Ding Wei made them detect a very dangerous signal.
At this time, you must be cautious. If you are not careful, you will lose everything, and you may even have to involve yourself.
Ding Wei still doesn't know that because of his appearance, changes are quietly taking place within the Black Dragon Society. Small groups with different stocks are all putting their own plans on the agenda.
As for attacking Ding Wei.
They are not stupid enough to know who they can provoke and who they cannot provoke.
How can a person who makes everyone bow to show their good will be someone they can easily offend?
If something goes wrong and the dirty water is not poured out, it will all rain on themselves, but there is no one to protect them.
No one doubts that Toushan is all just putting on a show. Firstly, it’s not worthwhile, and secondly, it’s unnecessary.
Everyone in the Black Dragon Club understands that tonight's banquet may be quite exciting, and there will be one more protagonist tonight.
…
Qiu Chan casually picked up a beautifully crafted box, put it in her hands and started playing with it. When she opened the drawer, she saw that it was empty and there was nothing.
"Um?"
Qiu Chan immediately became interested. She opened many boxes, and this was the first time she saw an empty box.
It is impossible to say that it was accidental. How could an empty box appear so unexpectedly in a warehouse where many treasures are stored?
This is not common sense at all.
If it were anyone else, they would definitely throw this box aside and not bother to study it again.
However, Qiu Chan, who had worked in the enemy camp for many years, subconsciously felt that there was something strange about this box, and immediately began to study it carefully.
"What are you looking at, so serious?" Ding Wei couldn't help but ask when he saw Qiu Chan holding a box and studying it.
Seeing how beautiful the box was, Ding Wei thought Qiu Chan liked this thing, so he immediately smiled and said: "If you like it, just take it away and don't look at it here.
You said you are the same, if you don’t look at the gold, what kind of flowers can you see in this box?”
Qiu Chan shook her head and said, "What are you talking about? I just feel a little strange."
"Strange?" Ding Wei knew Qiu Chan very well and knew what she found, so he asked: "What's strange? Tell me."
"There's nothing in this box." Qiu Chan muttered, "Don't you think it's very eye-catching to have an empty box in such a treasure house?"
Ding Wei thought about it carefully and felt that Qiu Chan's words indeed made sense.
If you open a box at random, it contains treasures such as gold or gems. How come there is suddenly an empty box?
Ding Wei took the box and checked it carefully. From the surface, there was nothing unusual about the box, just like an ordinary box.
But the strange thing is that Ding Wei found no trace of the existence of this thing from the records.
Ding Wei does not think that banks under this management model will have problems without records.
What is certain is that the existence of this box cannot be known to others, so it is deliberately concealed, which also illustrates a problem from the side. The things inside are very important.
Because there is no record of existence, there is naturally no record of extraction. Looking at the empty box, Ding Wei even suspected that the contents inside had been taken away.
"Hu Zi." Ding Wei shouted and called the bank manager.
"Yes!" Xu Hu responded, waving to the bank manager as if calling a dog, and shouted: "Hey, our young master is looking for you, come here quickly!"
The president trotted up to Ding Wei and asked cautiously: "Master, what's wrong? Do you have any questions?"
"Has anyone been to this vault recently?" Ding Wei asked.
The president shook his head and said: "No, young master, except for you, the last time anyone came was a month ago."
As he said that, the president pointed to the folder and said, "If you don't believe me, you can look at the records. The most recent record above was just a month ago. Your subordinates put a box in the vault."
The president pointed to a box in the corner and said, "The box is right there."
"If you still don't believe it, I can show you the bank's archived records. It is absolutely impossible for our bank to misappropriate customers' belongings. We will not do such things that damage our credibility."
The president looked at Ding Wei again and explained hurriedly.
Seeing that Ding Wei was silent, the bank manager asked again: "Master, you don't suspect that someone has stolen your things, do you? You are overthinking this. To open this safe, you need my autograph."
It also requires the key I have to cooperate with two managers to open it, and the password will be changed regularly, so no one will use the old password to open the vault!"
"Don't worry, I don't suspect you of stealing my things." Ding Wei waved his hand to signal the bank manager to quiet down.
The president carefully looked at Ding Wei's expression and did not dare to ask any more questions.
Ding Wei and Qiuchan looked at each other.
The bank manager didn't look like he was lying again, especially when he explained, his panic didn't look like he was pretending.
He was very afraid that he could not explain the matter and thus lose his life.
"You can go down now." Ding Wei waved his hand.
"Yes, young master, please call me if you need anything." The president walked out quickly.
Ding Wei and Qiu Chan looked at each other.
There are three situations now.
One is that the thing has been taken away at a certain time.
The other way is that there is nothing in the box at all, but it is not recorded.
The last result is that the box is the secret itself. As long as the secret of the box is solved, their doubts can be solved.
However, apart from its exquisite shape, there is nothing special about this box.
"Old Ding, maybe the things inside have been taken away," Qiu Chan said.
Ding Wei did not respond.
This is actually true, but if you think about it carefully, something is wrong.
Now that it has been taken away, why not just take away the box as well? Take away the contents and leave an empty box that attracts attention.
This behavior is either looking for trouble or telling others that something is missing.
There is nothing recorded in the documents. You can take the box and the things with you without anyone noticing anyway.
"No, no, there must be something wrong." Ding Wei muttered.
Ding Wei didn't give up and studied the box again.
After opening and closing the box several times, he seemed to realize something, and a meaningful smile appeared on his lips.
So that’s it!
"Why are you laughing?" Qiu Chan asked confused.
Ding Wei said confidently: "I think I already know the secret in this box."
"?" Qiu Chan gave Ding Wei a confused look: "This is just an empty box, what secrets can it have?"
"Here's the secret." Ding Wei said, opening the box again.
This time the box was no longer empty. When the box was opened again, the contents were revealed.
Not jewelry or gems, but a letter.
Qiu Chan suddenly opened her eyes wide, stared at the contents of the box, and said dumbly: "What's going on? Wasn't this box empty just now?"
"Look again." Ding Wei smiled slightly, closed the box again, and then opened it again.
It was empty inside.
"!"
Qiu Chan was completely shocked and said: "How did you do it? Where is the thing in the box? Wasn't there a letter in it just now?"
"Yeah, where's the letter?" Ding Wei said with a smile.
"Look, don't blink."
"The letter is right here."
Ding Wei opened the box again, and the envelope reappeared in front of Qiu Chan.
Qiu Chan was confused and asked: "What's going on? Why are there things in the box and then not?"
Ding Wei snorted coldly and said, "It's just a simple trick, and I almost got fooled by that kid."
Just one step away, Ding Wei will capsize in the gutter.
"A trick?" Qiu Chan was puzzled.
It is indeed a bit difficult for Qiu Chan to understand this kind of thing. Ding Wei explained: "There is a mechanism at the end of the box. Only when you open the mechanism and then open the box can you see the real thing.
If you close the switch, no matter how you open it, you won't be able to see what's inside."
Ding Wei briefly explained the principle, and their eyes fell on the letter in the box.
"This seems to be a letter." Qiu Chan picked up the envelope and said.
Ding Wei said: "I'm not stupid, of course I can see that this is a letter."
"But what kind of letter is this, that it should be protected in this way?" Qiu Chan asked.
"No matter what the letter is, if he does this, it must be because the content of this letter is very important and cannot be leaked at all," Ding Wei said.
A letter placed in a safe is enough security.
As a result, Taro Genji added another cover-up to protect his safety. He must not have wanted anyone else to discover the secret of the letter.
To put it bluntly, what he was thinking about was that if someone got the token, he would successfully open the vault.
They found the box from the vault, but if they didn't know the mechanism of the box, they wouldn't find any valuable clues even if they got the box.
After seeing the empty box, maybe the person will leave, thinking that the letter is hidden somewhere else, and give up on tracing the whereabouts of the letter.
Things are getting more and more interesting. I thought I just found this little devil's little treasury, but I didn't expect there would be an additional surprise.
Ding Wei opened the envelope directly.
When he saw the content of the letter, Ding Wei finally understood why this guy wanted to protect this letter so much.
Because the content of this letter is none other than the suicide note of the leader of the Genji clan!