The special plane of the U.S. business delegation arrived at the airport at ten o'clock, and at half past nine, all members of the Chinese delegation arrived at the airport to greet it.
The head of the delegation is Gong Hanzhang, Vice President of the Executive Yuan and Minister of Finance. The deputy heads are Wang Qun, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Zong Yuwen, Minister of Industry and Commerce, and Zhu Daoshan, Minister of Propaganda. Members include Zhong Yuhan, Senior Counselor of the Government Affairs Council, and experts in finance, agriculture, mining, and business. Of course,
, as the representative of Meihua Company, Min Tuo is also among them.
Gong Shi also appeared in the welcoming team, but he participated as the special secretary of the Ministry of Finance. Standing with him was Qian Boli, an acquaintance of Lin Chuang.
The welcoming crowd was divided into three small groups. Gong Hanzhang and other dignitaries gathered together, Zhong Yuhan and the experts were together, and business people such as Min Tuo gathered together.
Lin Chuang stood not far behind Zhu Daoshan, very nervous.
He knew that the Japanese spies must be among these people. He looked at them one by one and found that except for those important officials, the smiles on the faces of everyone else were very fake, and they might all be the targets he was looking for.
"Who is it?" Lin Chuang asked himself over and over again.
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At the same time, Baba Koji met the leader of the crane group "White-necked Crane" at a teahouse called "Zhiyin".
"Section Chief, the red-crowned crane has successfully entered the Chinese delegation. According to the information he sent back this morning, the security measures at the Central Hotel are very strict. It can be said that there is no leakage. The kitchen cannot be entered at all and there is no way to tamper with the food." Bai
The necked crane whispered.
"Polot loves drinking coffee and playing chess. If that doesn't work, let's start with these two hobbies," said Baba Koji.
He used Yu to successfully avoid the inspection at the train station, won Yu's heart, and moved into Yu's home. Not only was he accompanied by a woman, but he also avoided the spy agency's eyes and ears in the hotel. It can be said that he is now in a very safe situation.
.
Today he came out to meet the white-necked crane on the pretext of discussing business.
"Yes, section chief. Red-crowned Crane is a veteran agent and very experienced. He will definitely complete the mission." White-necked Crane said.
"One more thing, after the 'Xiao Lin' group was exposed, the Shanghai side sent an order to the Skylark Group, ordering them to find the culprit. The result was that he was the chief of the investigation section of the Police Inspectorate, and the Shanghai side ordered him to be killed, but he didn't
A few days later, the Skylark group was wiped out again. This shows that it was not the chief of the investigation section who investigated the Xiaolin group at the beginning. It is possible that the wrong person was killed. You should use all your strength immediately to find out who investigated the two cases.
.I brought a sniper this time. Once I find out who that person is, I will kill him and avenge the Hibari Group!" Baba Koji said fiercely.
"Yes, I'll do it right away," the white-necked crane replied.
"Okay, this is that ** person's phone number. If you have any news, just call and ask for Mr. Ma. If I ask you, just say you are a businessman and want to discuss a business with me." Baba Koji handed the white-necked crane to the white-necked crane.
A piece of paper with a phone number written on it.
"Okay." The white-necked crane glanced at it and handed the note back to Baba Koji. Baba Koji took out a match and burned the note.
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The special plane of the American delegation landed, and Poirot was the first to step down the gangway.
Gong Hanzhang came up to greet Polot, hugged him, said hello in English, and then each introduced the members of the delegation.
Lin Chuang saw that Poirot was very tall and arrogant in his movements. Only when he saw Zhong Yuhan, the expression on his face was truly happy.
"Bah! Mad, what are you so proud of? It's like giving alms to us." Lin Chuang heard someone behind him curse in a low voice.
The voice was very low, but Lin Chuang had very good hearing and could hear clearly. He quietly turned around and saw that the speaker was a man in his thirties. Lin Chuang remembered that this was Wang Hongjing, Zong Yuwen's secretary.
Wang Hongjing and Lin Chuang didn't know each other. When he was waiting for the plane, he asked Gong Shi, and Gong Shi told him quietly.
Although he didn't know him, Lin Chuang still had an impression of this name. When he was investigating Yuan Zuocai, he was also a section chief of the Commerce Department. He didn't expect that in less than a month, this guy would become a
He became Zong Yuwen’s secretary.
"Did he purposely let me hear his complaint?" Lin Chuang was moved in his heart and thought to himself, "Did Yuan Zuocai's case really have nothing to do with him?"
After the meeting between the delegation members of both sides, the welcoming team headed towards the Central Hotel in a mighty manner.
Let Polot take a short rest, and the two sides began the first round of negotiations in the conference room on the second floor.
Lin Chuang and the secretaries of other important officials were sitting behind their respective officers. Next to Lin Chuang happened to be Wang Hongjing.
Since he couldn't talk now, Lin Chuangchong nodded to Wang Hongjing as a greeting, and Wang Hongjing also nodded as a return gift.
"My respected Chinese friends, today our American delegation came to China, bringing a loan of 25 million US dollars and the sincere friendship of the American people."
After the opening remarks, Poirot began to get down to business.
"Thank you, thank you to the people of the United States for extending a helping hand. The great friendship between the people of China and the United States has a long history and will surely be carried forward with the implementation of this loan to China." Chief negotiator Gong Hanzhang continued.
"Dear Vice President Gong, you are an old friend of the American people and a personal friend of mine. However, there is a saying in China that 'bridges return to bridges and roads return to roads'. Friendship is friendship and official business is official business. There are some words
I have to start with the beginning. The annual interest rate of this loan is 1.25%, which is very low. As compensation, we hope that China will provide us with 500,000 barrels of tung oil free of charge. Vice President Gong, is this no problem?"
Poirot's speech got straight to the point and was very candid as a Westerner's. However, to Lin Chuang's ears, this was an extremely hypocritical candor.
Lin Chuang was very clear about the attitude of the United States towards China in World War II. While they provided loans to China, they also provided arms raw materials to Japan. According to later statistics, 70% of the bullets fired by the Japanese at China
It is made of steel sold by the Americans to the Japanese, and the amount of their aid to China is less than 10% of their trade with Japan.
They put on a hypocritical face. They neither wanted China to lose the war nor wanted China to win. They just wanted the war to last longer and drag the Japanese into the quagmire of the war, unable to move, so that they could make a lot of money from the war.
It wasn't until the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and severely wounded them that the United States completely changed its attitude.
Let’s go back to this loan to aid China. A loan of US$25 million is a lot, but not only the interest is paid, but also 500,000 barrels of free tung oil will be taken away from China. Is this considered aid? It’s almost like robbery.
Therefore, the so-called great friendship between the Chinese and American peoples that Poirot calls is nonsense!
However, China's current economic situation is very bad. Although we understand the sinister intentions of the Americans, we cannot refuse to eat this poisonous fruit.