Lost and Spy

Chapter 609 Trying to figure out

"Damn it, an actor will come to me if he loses his things?"

Meng Shaoyuan looked a little annoyed.

This is a telegram from Dai Li himself.

The reason is also very simple:
Fifteen suitcases belonging to the famous movie star Ms. Hu Die were lost.

It is Hu Die who is famous for making movies.

After the fall of Shanghai in 1937, Hu Die and her husband Pan Yousheng avoided disaster in Hong Kong.
Then, at the end of December, she asked someone to pack fifteen boxes of the family property that was too late to take away in Shanghai, and prepared to transport it to Hong Kong.

The problem is, all the fifteen boxes were robbed.

After Hu Die heard about it, she fell seriously ill.

Later, she asked many people and got to know Dai Li.

This butterfly is the goddess in Mr. Dai's mind.

Since the goddess was in trouble, Mr. Dai patted his chest and promised to help her find fifteen boxes.

For this task, Mr. Dai naturally thought of his number one favorite general in Shanghai:

Meng Shaoyuan!
But the problem is that Meng Shaoyuan can't do such a thing at all.

The situation in Shanghai is so tense, and I am at odds with the Japanese.

It's not military intelligence if an actor loses something, so it's none of his business?

"Yes, the situation is difficult, and Shanghai is in dire straits." Wu Jingyi rarely stood by Meng Shaoyuan's side: "It's true that Hu Die is an influential movie star, but if she loses something, she can hand it over to the police station. Let us To tell the truth, it would be a bit overkill for the military commander to solve this matter."

"I can't help it, who made our Mr. Dai..." Meng Shaoyuan kept silent up to this point.

Wu Jingyi glanced at him, the meaning in that eye couldn't be more obvious:

If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam is crooked.

Meng Shaoyuan knew what she was thinking, but just pretended not to know.

"You deal with this matter."

Meng Shaoyuan thought for a while: "It would be best to find it, but Shanghai Beach is so big, and it takes a long time to lose it. It's like finding a needle in a haystack. I don't think so."

"Then if you really can't find it, explain the truth to Director Dai directly?"

"The truth? Do you know what the truth is?" Meng Shaoyuan smiled: "The truth is that Mr. Dai also knows that time has passed and it is impossible to find it. Also, how big is the box? What is in it? Everything No information. There is no information, where can we find it? But we still have to find it.”

Wu Jingyi is also a smart person, she suddenly realized when she heard it: "That means, let us pay for it ourselves?"

"That's right, that's the reason." Meng Shaoyuan smiled wryly: "Don't worry about whether the fifteen boxes can be found, don't care about what is in these boxes, in short, we will fill up the full fifteen boxes by then. Give it back to the big star."

Now, Wu Jingyi finally understood why Meng Shaoyuan was so favored by Director Dai.

Strong business ability is of course one of the important reasons, and another aspect is that he can figure out the mind of his boss too much.

Director Dai only had a simple telegram, and he immediately understood what to do and how to do it.

"Director Dai knows that you are rich." Wu Jingyi smiled: "Your Boss Meng has a lot of money and a big family. It's nothing to make up for it with your own pocket."

"No, no, you are wrong again." Meng Shaoyuan immediately said: "Mr. Dai, since he uses you, will definitely convince you. How can you convince the public?"

Wu Jingyi didn't really understand: "Then the meaning of this telegram..."

"Just wait." Meng Shaoyuan lit a cigarette: "There will be new telegrams."

As soon as the words fell, a radio operator came in with a telegram in his hand: "The secret message from Wuhan. It is specially for Director Meng."

"read."

"Yes. Investigate Cheng Lanxing, a Shanghai businessman who colluded with Japanese pirates and made money from the country's calamity... He can still be saved, so he should be punished and make a modest contribution to the country..."

"Understood, let's go out."

Meng Shaoyuan asked the operator to go out: "Assistant Wu, do you understand now?"

Everything was given by him, and Wu Jingyi was really impressed. This person's character is still open to question, but there is no one who can figure out the boss's mind accurately.

Director Dai meant that this Shanghai businessman, Cheng Lanxing, was responsible for all the property lost by Die Die.

"Cheng Lanxing, a veteran businessman in Shanghai." Wu Jingyi is familiar with these information: "I used to make a fortune by making toothpaste, and later I specialized in women's business, and the business doubled. I specialized in toothpaste, mosquito coils, and soap, and made a lot of money...Daily The bandits occupied Shanghai, and he donated some supplies to the Japanese bandits in order to protect himself, but he did not commit any serious crimes.”

"It's unlucky for him." Meng Shaoyuan said lightly.

"The question is, how much money should he pay? After all, Director Dai didn't say exactly how much property Di Die lost."

"Actually, it's easy to calculate." Meng Shaoyuan smiled and said: "In the 17th year of the Republic of China, Butterfly got the highest monthly salary that a movie star could get at that time, 2000 yuan per month. The star film company gave her a total of one year, that is two 1 yuan. Before leaving, it seemed that she still owed her 4000 yuan. Round up, 1000 yuan.

Later, her monthly salary was 1000 yuan, and we couldn’t control the extra money. Even if she got 1937 yuan a month until 1000, in eight years, it would be 6000 yuan. Let’s make a round number, 10 yuan.The sum of the two is 12 yuan.Don't worry about the interest and so on, it's calculated at 5000.

What's in her box, we don't know, whether it's a necklace, gold, silver or jewelry, it doesn't matter to us, but since Mr. Dai has a heart to befriend Ms. Butterfly, the things in this box should be more than less.Let's combine these fifteen boxes into one box, don't bother thinking about it, and return a total of 20. "

This account is a muddled account, but it is also a clear account.

Meng Shaoyuan mocked: "This butterfly has brought at least half of her family property to Hong Kong, and it is estimated that there is not even half of it left in Shanghai. Now she is given 20 yuan, which is more than what she earned as a movie star in ten years. She will definitely love Dai. Thank you Dade, sir."

"Director Meng." Wu Jingyi said suddenly: "If you have been an official for ten years, this official must be very powerful."

"Don't flatter me, I'm a dignified senior intelligence officer, and I actually do this kind of thing." Meng Shaoyuan sighed: "It's difficult to be an official, how can I be a good one? Assistant Wu, I'll go to Cheng Lanxing's place, You know what to do when you get the money?"

"know."

Wu Jingyi didn't have time to think and blurted out: "We tried our best to collect clues, and finally found the robbers, but the belongings in the fifteen boxes were sold off by the robbers. We found the backers of these robbers. They heard that they robbed the famous Ms. Hu Die regretted it, so she is willing to take the initiative to compensate 20 yuan."

"Yes, take the initiative to compensate." Meng Shaoyuan stood up and stretched his waist: "The most unlucky thing is Cheng Lanxing. This really makes people sit at home, and the disaster comes from heaven."

"Director Dai specially selected him." Wu Jingyi said calmly: "If he hadn't cooperated with the Japanese, naturally such a disaster would not have happened."

Meng Shaoyuan nodded: "This man, let me say no matter what time it is, he should be more upright and selfless!"

(End of this chapter)