Lost and Spy

Chapter 543: Reporter Encounters

Meng Shaoyuan was busy making money from the traitors there, and the Japanese were busy rectifying the Shanghai secret service.

The two factions were busy in their own way, but there was a rare "tranquility" in the Shanghai International Settlement.

This is the scene that the Ministry of Industry and Commerce is most willing to see, especially for the new general manager Moyes.

Nothing could be more heart-warming.

It is best that this peace continues.

Even though he knew it was unlikely.

But it's good to be able to delay for another day.

One after another, there are traitors who have been blackmailed to pay the "life insurance fee".

Compared with money, it seems that one's own life is more important.

That young master Meng often asked for $20, which is simply astronomical.

But depending on your attitude, it can be negotiated and negotiated.

For example, there is a traitor who is in the leather goods business. His grandparents have been in business for three generations, and he has quite a lot of savings.

But after being blackmailed by Meng Shaoyuan, he sold his shop and house, took out his savings over the years, sold his wife's dowry, and managed to scrape together [-] US dollars, which is already a huge sum of money.

But it was far from the 20 US dollars that Meng Shaoyuan asked for.

He sent the money with trepidation, thinking that he would be punished, but the traitor who came to collect the money accepted the money and left him a thousand dollars.

The traitor was at a loss.

The spy said to him: "You are actively raising funds, and you have become impoverished. We are all aware of this, and we will not force your whole family to die. Take the thousand dollars and rent a house. There is more than enough to do some business. From now on, you should be more content with yourself, and if you don’t ask you to serve the country, at least don’t be a traitor.”

The fur dealer was grateful to Dade, and was still worrying about how the family would live in the future, but now it's better, now it's better.

If I knew that being a traitor would ruin my family, who would want to?
This was also Meng Shaoyuan's decision after careful consideration. First, he wanted to give these traitors a chance, and second, he really didn't want to force them to die.

None of these people had any particularly serious crimes. They were not the kind of big traitors who would never repent. If they really forced one or two to death, it would be easy to backfire.

Once the Japanese seize the opportunity to hype, it is easy to fall into a passive position.

Extortion, or to pay attention to propriety.

But after careful calculation, this time the harvest is quite rich, and besides the money given to Tang Zong, he can still make a lot of money. Things like this can be done every few months in the future.

This traitor is like weeds, if one stubble is cut off, another stubble will naturally grow again.

"Director Meng, Mr. Joey is here."

Just as Meng Shaoyuan was happily counting money, Wu Jingyi came in to report.

Joey?

If he doesn't stay well at Angus International, what is he doing here?
Meng Shaoyuan took the money he just handed in: "Let him in."

Joey's eyes were dark, and he didn't seem to sleep well last night: "Hey, Meng."

"Did you need me for something?" Seeing Joey's appearance, Meng Shaoyuan and him were old friends, so he asked straightforwardly without exchanging pleasantries.

"Yes, I'm having some trouble."

What kind of trouble can you, a foreigner, encounter?Meng Shaoyuan was very curious: "Tell me, what happened to make you so haggard?"

"Meng, I have a friend named Tian Bolie..."

Tian Bolie?Why is it so familiar?

Joey sat down opposite Meng Shaoyuan: "He was born in Australia, and later he went to settle in the UK and served as a reporter for the British 'Manchester Guardian' in Beiping. When the Sino-Japanese War broke out, he rushed to Shanghai and has always supported China. The Anti-Japanese War. After the fall of Nanjing, he arrived there as soon as possible..."

Tian Bolie!
Meng Shaoyuan suddenly remembered who this was.

Friends of the Chinese people!
Best friend!

That's the only word to describe him!

After the fall of Nanjing, Tian Bolie ventured to the capital of the National Government, collected a large number of first-hand precious materials on the Nanjing Massacre, wrote "Japanese Atrocities as Witnessed by Foreigners", and took them out of Nanjing at the risk of the second time.

When the book was published in the UK after hardships, it quickly caused a sensation.

Like those films, it is an ironclad evidence of the atrocities committed by the Japanese army.

By the way, in the future public trial, he will also bravely testify in court, angrily telling what he witnessed in Nanjing that day.

It's just that this "Japanese Atrocities Witnessed by Foreigners" has twists and turns and was lost once. The later version was rewritten based on Tian Bolie's memories.

Some of them are somewhat missing.

Meng Shaoyuan hurriedly asked, "Where is Tian Bolie now?"

"He's already arrived in Shanghai." Joey sighed: "When he arrived in Shanghai, he encountered the 'flying bag party' first, and lost all his luggage..."

"Damn it." Meng Shaoyuan couldn't help cursing.

The so-called "flying bag party" refers to thieves and robbers who specialize in stealing and robbing guests from other places.

When they see outsiders and foreigners, they will often pretend to be enthusiastic and help them guide the way, and then help them stop the rickshaw, and when you just get on, they will immediately pick up your luggage and run away.

They are familiar with the road, and they can run away without a trace in a while.Even if the victim catches up by chance, their accomplices who have been waiting there will rush up, pretend to persuade and ask, surround the victim, and take the opportunity to let the accomplices escape.

do not.

Meng Shaoyuan was stunned, that "Japanese Atrocities Witnessed by Foreigners" should not be in the lost luggage, right?
But Joey didn't finish his sentence: "Tian Bolie failed to catch the robber, and what was even more unlucky was that he met the 'Flower Arranging Party' again..."

Meng Shaoyuan could only smile wryly.

"Flower Arranging Party" sounds nice, but what I do has absolutely nothing to do with art.

Often after the "flying bag party" snatches the victim's luggage, if the victim is well dressed, the "flower arrangement party" will appear soon.

They will pretend to ask you what you lost, and then be filled with righteous indignation, saying that they must help the victim find these things.

The victim is of course very grateful. At this time, the "Flower Arranging Party" will take him to a so-called "knowledgeable" friend and ask about the luggage.

At this point, the anxious and helpless victim is completely in control.

Where did the "flower arrangement party" take them?brothel!

Once there, the victim is completely finished.

The "Flower Arranging Party" will pretend to tell you that friends with knowledge like to come to this kind of place, and they will come in a while, so that they can wait with peace of mind.

Victims are at the mercy of others.

The tortoise in the brothel will bring you tea and comfort you constantly. There is also a girl who talks to you and comforts you.When it's meal time, you don't need to order, the food will be served naturally.

Seeing that it was night, the "Flower Arranging Party" said again that the well-known friends probably won't come today, but they will definitely come tomorrow, and they politely let the other party rest here.

If you want to be called a girl, he will call you for you. If you are not in the mood, you don't have to force it.

In short, all expenses will be borne by the "flower arrangement party".

Once you’ve reached this point, you won’t be able to leave even if you want to.

After barely waiting until the next day, the "flower arrangement party" had disappeared, and people from the brothel began to collect money.

What kind of tea fee, the cost of accompanying the girl, the cost of meals, and the cost of accommodation.

After a calculation, it's a sum of money from the boss.

Even if the guest spent all his money, it would not be enough to fill the hole.

Want to find a "flower arrangement party" who swears that all expenses will be borne by the other party?Where can you find it?
The thugs of the brothel came forward and surrounded the hapless victim, stripping off all the clothes, pocket watches, and leather shoes. After calculation, it was not enough, and they had to ask family and friends to borrow money to redeem him.

Because of him, during this period, you still have to eat and drink, don’t you?Always recalculate the money.

So, you can't fill this hole no matter what.What's even more tragic is, how can you, a foreigner, fight against them?

If you have friends in Shanghai, hurry up and invite them to come, find someone to make peace with, and pay a sum of money to get out.

Those who really can't squeeze out the oil and water will be beaten and thrown out if they are lucky, and it will be hard to say if they are unlucky.

Foreigners are better. After all, these people are somewhat afraid of foreigners. They see that the other party really has no money, so they just kick you out cursing.

This Tian Bolie was unlucky.

"Where is Tian Bolie now?" Meng Shaoyuan asked.

"Diswell Road Guidance Agency."

what?
I have a headache.

The Japanese army occupied Shanghai, and the northern and eastern areas of the public concession became the Japanese area.

Later, the Japanese crossed the border and built roads in the northern district, and North Sichuan Road and Desiwei Road were also included in their sphere of influence.

In the Japanese area, they openly allowed smoking, gambling, and drugs to be sold openly, and also set up a large number of decency areas.

This so-called "guide agency" is actually a brothel.

The Bureau of the Ministry of Industry has no way to manage there.

"Meng." Joey hurriedly said to Meng Shaoyuan: "Tian Bolie asked me to borrow money by phone. I knew something was wrong when I heard it. I hurried to the guide agency he mentioned, but I didn't see anyone at all. Those people in the guide agency want me to settle his account first, but I don't know Tian Bolie's current situation, so how dare I give them money rashly?"

"Well, that's the right thing to do." Meng Shaoyuan's mind raced.

It is not too difficult to rescue Tian Bolie. The key issue is the whereabouts of his lost bag and the book "Japanese Atrocities as Witnessed by Foreigners".

Meng Shaoyuan called Wu Jingyi in: "Call Sinclair, and at the same time mobilize our manpower, and arrest all the leaders of the Flying Party in Shanghai, big and small."

"How did you get caught?" Wu Jingyi asked calmly.

"The patrol room is in charge of catching flying gangsters, and our people are in charge of catching their family members." Meng Shaoyuan sneered, "Make a special warehouse for me. Damn it, I don't have time to deal with these hooligans. They are lawless!"

Wu Jingyi was puzzled, why did the Feibao Party offend Young Master Meng?

But since Young Master Meng ordered it, there's no need to ask any more questions, just follow through.

"Joy, come with me to the guide agency." Meng Shaoyuan stood up, took something out of the drawer and stuffed it into his pocket: "I have been to all places in Shanghai, but I have never been to any guide agency!"

(End of this chapter)