Lost and Spy

Chapter 1558 My ally
After all, Moyes and Sinclair left Shanghai, the city where they had lived for a long time.

They'll miss this city, and they'll miss one person here even more:

Meng Shaoyuan!
King of Shanghai!
They actually didn't want to leave.

A city that left them with countless fond memories.

And Shanghai, with their departure, also began to change.

With the approval of the board of directors of the Shanghai International Settlement, Mr. Kai Ziwei, the general manager, appointed Philip Philip, an Englishman, as the president of the Ministry of Industry.

An American Wan Kewen was appointed as the special director of the police force.

At the same time, the police force has newly established two inspector-general positions, which are held by Japanese Yuta Sakazaki and Yosuke Okami respectively.

This means that the Japanese began to invade the Bureau of Industry and Commerce on a large scale, desperately developing their own power.

Wan Kewen's special chief of the police force has also been decentralized.

Meng Shaoyuan was able to roam freely in Shanghai, and the police department has always been his closest and most reliable partner.

But now the situation has clearly changed.

On this basis, Meng Shaoyuan and Wan Kewen held a secret meeting on the eve of the Spring Festival.

During the meeting, Meng Shaoyuan had a check in front of him, but he didn't say anything.

Wan Kewen glanced at the check.

That's a big number.

He heard what his predecessor, Mr. Sinclair, told him before leaving:
"Meng is a wonderful and straightforward person. He is very good and loyal to his friends, and the most direct way for him to make friends is money."

Americans will never think that giving you money is an insult to you, but Wan Kewen still asked: "What if I refuse to accept it?"

"Then he won't regard you as a friend." Sinclair said solemnly: "I tried, and I failed. He will cause you all troubles, even kidnap foreigners, causing great harm to the police department. troubles. He will also drop a bomb on your residence, and even throw a few bombs on the door of the Ministry of Industry.”

"Is that a threat to us?" Wan Kewen looked a little angry: "I will arrest him and give him severe legal punishment."

"The current concession is no longer the concession of the past."

Sinclair is very clear that every newly appointed police chief will always be a little arrogant: "We are gradually losing, or have lost control of the concession, and the current concession is dominated by the Chinese and Japanese.

Do you know how many agents are active in the concession?How many gun battles will happen on average every day, and how many people will die?Do you want to capture him?Then I suggest you use the army.

By his side, there are a large number of people protecting him. If necessary, he can also transfer a large number of armed personnel from neighboring cities to Shanghai. The concession will be reduced to a battlefield!
Mr. Wan Kewen, out of colleagues, I must remind you that the Japanese are oppressing and intimidating the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. We need an assistant, and he is our best assistant. Compared with the Japanese, the Chinese are less threatening. "

On this point, Wan Kewen fully agrees.

He was originally a Chinese sympathizer, and he was probably the most embarrassing police chief in the history of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. He was assigned two Japanese chief inspectors to divide his rights!
The Chinese are less of a threat than the Japanese.

Wan Kewen has lived in China for many years and is a China hand. He even gave himself a Chinese name of Wan Kewen.

Of course he knew Shanghai and the International Settlement.

He had also heard the name "Shanghai King" Meng Shaoyuan more than once!

All the arrogance he put on was to test Sinclair's attitude.

This will help him determine what course to take in the future.

He doesn't want to be a puppet.

Especially puppets under Japanese surveillance.

That's what really hurt his ego.

"I need an ally to help me get out of the current embarrassing situation, and it seems that I should choose the Chinese as my ally more than the Japanese."

Facing the check in front of him, Wan Kewen happily took it:
"My living environment is being compressed a little bit. Those damn Japanese monkeys are a group of greedy vampires who never know how to be satisfied."

Then, he carefully collected the check: "I heard that I am your friend after receiving your money, so we are friends now?"

Meng Shaoyuan corrected his statement: "It's an ally, not a friend."

"Is there any difference?" Wan Kewen asked curiously.

"Of course there is a difference, and it's very different." Meng Shaoyuan replied very seriously: "My friend is the kind of person who is very caring and can be entrusted with his life. You are not yet, and we are just using each other.

Admit it, you want to use my hand to eliminate the two Japanese chief inspectors, and firmly hold the power of the police department in your hands.and I?It is to use you to continue to stabilize my position in the International Settlement! "

Wan Kewen laughed.

He liked this man, even though it was the first time they had met each other.

Wan Kewen said with a smile: "The Germans are attacking Britain. The Americans did not participate in the war, but they have always regarded Britain as their ally, so they are doing their best to help Britain.

I think, this may be the relationship between us?I refuse to be an enemy of the Japanese, but I think there will be many places where you and I can cooperate. "

"Yes, we can discuss business happily." Meng Shaoyuan said calmly: "As an ally, of course I need to give you some gifts."

"You've given me a check."

"This is not a gift, it's just an appetizer." Meng Shaoyuan said in an interface: "The real gift is this. You will arrest some of my agents for the crime of disturbing the security of the public concession."

"What?" Wan Kewen suspected that he had heard wrong.

"Listen to me patiently, Mr. Police Commissioner." Meng Shaoyuan said calmly: "Of course, after a few days of detention, they will be quietly released.

Then, you will strictly investigate some previous cases related to the military command, fully expressing your attitude.Next, you will delineate some restricted areas, and any actions related to spy work are strictly prohibited, including assassination bombings and so on. "

Wan Kewen seemed to understand a bit: "Do you want to use these to paralyze those Japanese monkeys?"

"Yes, but this is still a prelude." Meng Shaoyuan said patiently: "You need to convince those Japanese monkeys that your attitude towards us is much stricter than your predecessor."

"Then?"

"Afterwards, you can leave it to me to operate." Meng Shaoyuan looked very happy: "You always have to give the other party some sweetness first, and then you can give them a fatal blow."

Wan Kewen understood the general meaning.

Meng Shaoyuan then said: "You still need to do a little thing for me, make an appointment with Okaman Yosuke!"

(End of this chapter)