Spy Wars: Red Shopkeeper

Chapter 101 Change
"I've only been away for a few days, and Shanghai's economy has already run into such serious problems. Vice Mayor Su, you are responsible!"

Fu Xiaoan walked and talked loudly, and immediately put the blame on Su Xiwen.

He looked so full of energy that he didn't look like a patient forced out by the situation. He was even more energetic than everyone else present.

Su Xiwen didn't say a word in rebuttal when he was scolded. He didn't know that Fu Xiaoan and Sheng Wenyi had known each other for a long time. Judging from the situation alone, it was indeed his problem. The economy had deteriorated and that was the fact.

Fu Xiaoan sat down in his main seat, glanced at everyone with a cold eye, raised his head and knocked the table: "I asked you to handle the military bills issue and you can't handle it properly. The establishment of the Economic Department is like a joke, it has no effect at all. Foreign and domestic businessmen have no confidence in Shanghai's economy, and it is reflected in the stock market. Investors are crying out for help.

Not to mention the environment in Shanghai. On the way from the hospital, I saw at least three groups of people smashing, looting and looting. I walked around the gate of the Japanese consulate and saw it was surrounded by reporters, blocking the gate of the consulate. Even the Japanese did not dare to go out.

Parades and protests, is this the scene after the new government's reconstruction? If you don't know, you would think it's still the period of the Restoration Government!

The previous government headed by Su Xiwen was once again brought out for criticism.

"Deputy Mayor Su, you are the director. How far has the implementation of military notes progressed?"

Su Xiwen was called upon and lowered his head slightly as he spoke in a low voice, "The promotion of military notes is currently showing some success. Hundreds of companies have already agreed to use them. Once they are officially issued, these companies will collaborate with each other, and combined with the salary payments for their employees, I believe this will encourage a large number of people to start using military notes."

"Believe? Start? Is this the answer you've given after being the Director of the Economic Department for so many days?" Fu Xiaoan didn't give Su Xiwen any face at all and scolded him mercilessly.

"The Military Police Command requires that all companies use it within one month. If you continue with this method and speed, can you complete this task?"

Fu Xiaoan glanced at everyone and said, "From today on, the strategy has changed, Finance Bureau."

"Yes."

"Contact the Military Police Headquarters. First, we need a batch of military notes to be released to the market. The amount is 50 million initially."

"Ok."

"Police station."

"arrive."

"Contact the military police and deploy additional police to every vegetable market, every street grocery store, every cigarette shop, every dock worker's gathering point, and all places where ordinary residents frequently gather on a daily basis. Police officers must be deployed to urge them to use military coupons, and only military coupons, to buy groceries!
As for the citizens, leave them alone, but as for the vendors, if they dare not use military notes, they will be threatened the first time, and arrested the second time! "

"Yes."

"The tax bureau."

"arrive."

"We visited every business in Shanghai, from large to small, and conducted strict tax checks. Those who exchanged for military notes on the spot were forced to leave immediately. We used a few examples to let others know the benefits of exchanging for military notes."

"clear."

"Finance Bureau."

"arrive."

"Go to all the locations I just mentioned and set up stations one by one to exchange money on the spot. Anyone who brings in French currency will be given the exchange price on the spot. No embarrassment or deductions are allowed. Ensure that everything goes smoothly."

"Yes."

"Use your brains. How long will it take for you to push for military bills and beg businesses to use them?
Do ordinary people need to buy groceries? Do they need to buy cigarettes? Do they need to take the bus? If you grasp these points, and the military notes are in their hands, then you still worry about the military notes not being able to circulate widely.
If he bought groceries with military bills, could he just throw them away as toilet paper? He still had to spend the money, didn't he?
Is it difficult?

They all cry and beg for mercy, thinking things are hard to do. Is it hard to do? "

All the directors nodded after hearing this. Although Fu Xiaoan had a bad temper, he did have experience in business. This method sounded feasible and would liberate them all, so they wouldn't be under so much pressure.

"Everyone go to work, Director Gu stay for a while."

The directors left, and only Fu Xiaoan and Gu Yansheng were left in the meeting room.

Fu Xiaoan stared at Gu Yansheng and was silent for a moment before he spoke: "Director Gu is really a good tactician. It's just that I bought it from you a little later. You almost made me bankrupt."

Gu Yansheng leaned back in his chair and sneered, "You've already said you've lost everything. Ultimately, you caused this all yourself. Business is business. If you don't follow the rules of business, someone will retaliate against you in ways that aren't business. I've already warned you that I'm not the only one involved in this deal. There are other people behind it."

"Li Shiqun, right?" Fu Xiaoan withdrew his troops from the secret service headquarters, and Li Shiqun guessed something without any explanation.

Gu Yansheng nodded. "I can't control it. His money accounts for the majority of his income. He fled from Nanjing to Shanghai and risked being punished by the family law for desertion. Mayor Fu should know how much money this kind of person values."

Fu Xiaoan said with a stern face, "I'll give you the money later. Just give me the things and stop causing trouble."

"I never take the initiative to offend others. This incident was not initiated by me."

"Yes or no, tell me the truth."

Gu Yansheng was very generous in accepting the money. "No problem. I'll just ask for 120. Anything more will be considered compensation."

"Cotton yarn is not even worth 60 yuan now, and you want 120?!" Fu Xiaoan became furious when he heard this.

Gu Yansheng shook his head: "I have no choice, Li Shiqun wants this price."

Fu Xiaoan glared, but after thinking about it, he decided to endure it. For the greater good, he took a deep breath and said, "Alright! 120!"

An hour later, the money was delivered to Gu Yansheng's office.

"What do you mean you have no money? Isn't this quite rich?"

Gu Yansheng looked at the gold and US dollars in the box. The 72 ocean-worth of bills looked really dazzling.

I called Li Shiqun and said, "I've received the money. Director Li, would you consider helping others clean up their messes?"

Li Shiqun laughed when he heard this: "Helping his son? How is he going to clean up his mess? I don't even know if he stole any bank cash. At most, I can give some money to the newspaper and ask them to say something good about him."

"Forget about spending money. It's too expensive. Our mayor will probably figure it out himself. I'll send the money to you shortly."

Send it directly to Li Shiqun. If you keep it with you and lose it, you can't afford the compensation.

Arriving at the secret service headquarters, Ye Jiqing was already waiting eagerly.

"Director Gu, have some tea."

"There's no rush to drink tea."

Gu Yansheng put the box on the table and opened it in front of them.

This box of real gold and silver immediately attracted all their attention.

"Haha, what a good stuff." Wu Sibao grabbed a big yellow croaker and squeezed it hard. Finally, he got the return payment from Gu Yansheng. It was not easy and he was quite emotional.

Although Ye Jiqing's eyes were filled with desire, he was still able to maintain some restraint. He said angrily, "Sibao, why are you so anxious? Director Gu, please calculate this money and tell us how much is ours."

Gu Yansheng chuckled and said, "What's there to calculate? Fu Xiaoan and I didn't calculate it that carefully. We said 6000 bags at the time, but in reality there may be dozens more. I'll just consider it a gift for him.

You guys can take 80% here. Captain Wu, you take one and leave 20% for me."

"I love this job." Wu Sibao immediately started counting the money.

"I love gold. Leave the gold to me."

"I'll give it all to you. Money is money."

"Sibao, count out 30% to Director Gu. We should not forget the people who dug the well when we drink water." Ye Jiqing smiled at Gu Yansheng.

Gu Yansheng didn't refuse and smiled, "Sister-in-law, you're so polite. Anyway, we've been doing this for a long time. I'll bring you along next time if there's a good opportunity."

What Ye Jiqing wanted was what Gu Yansheng said: "Drink tea, drink tea."

After a while, the gold and money belonging to Gu Yansheng arrived, 30% of which was a total of 216,000 yuan, which made up the total to 220,000 yuan.

"That's amazing! Now the cotton yarn futures price is less than 60 yuan, but it can still be sold for 120 yuan. Hahaha." Wu Sibao laughed.

"How is the stock market going now?" Gu Yansheng asked.

After talking about this, Wu Sibao's good mood disappeared.

"Don't mention it. My mother wouldn't recognize me because the price has dropped. I'm wondering if Fu Xiaoan is any good. Can the price still go up? I've lost a lot of money."

"Then you'd have to ask him. I don't know. Is the market really that bad?"

"It's terrible! Everything's falling. When the military bond issue came out, everyone said foreign capital was fleeing. No one's trying to prop up the stock price, so it can only fall."

After dividing the money and having a meal, Gu Yansheng did not stay with them for long.

He still had 1800 bales of cotton yarn that he hadn't dealt with, but there was no need to rush. It was certain that the price of cotton yarn would recover, the only difference being how much it would increase. But if the price leaked out, he would have to share the profits with Ye Jiqing and the others, so there was no need to sell it now.

Instead, he was more concerned about what Fu Xiaoan was going to do next.

The strategies Fu Xiaoan proposed at the municipal government meeting could indeed quickly promote the implementation of military notes, but there was a big problem here.

It's order.

The drug thing is one thing.

The economy itself is another matter.

The current situation in SH city has actually been thrown into chaos by the Green Gang. Foreign investors are protesting, stock prices have plummeted, and the daily lives of citizens have been greatly affected.

The current order in Shanghai can be said to be precarious.

This is the situation Gu Yansheng hopes to see. As long as the situation is chaotic enough, to a certain extent, the Japanese will naturally know whose plan is better. He doesn't have to do anything, and the Japanese will come to ask him to come forward and regain control of the situation.

But Fu Xiaoan shouldn't.

If Fu Xiaoan forced the military notes at this time, it would cause further panic in the market, leading to a sell-off and cashing out.

Fu Xiaoan is a stock market manipulator. If he takes this move, his stock will fall further.

The loss is real money, and as a businessman, this behavior is not reasonable.

Even if you want to break down and then rebuild, and raise the stock price again, you need good news to support it.

Gu Yansheng didn't see any good news coming out recently. As long as the Qing Gang didn't stop, the environment in SH city would not improve.

Gu Yansheng had a hard time figuring out what Fu Xiaoan wanted to do, but until now, he could still just watch and wait, and be patient.

Mayor's Office.

Fu Xiaoan squinted his eyes and leaned back in his chair. After thinking for a long time, he asked, "How much did you lose?"

Secretary Wu Maiding reported: "So far, the book loss is over 1300 million."

Last time, there was panic caused by the Japanese army's forced requisition of assets that became zero. This time, it was just the depreciation of assets due to pessimistic expectations after the switch to military notes, so the paper loss was not as much as last time.

But the mood was completely different both times.

Last time they knew clearly that the forced requisition was fake news, and they could reverse the market in an instant.

But this time the loss may be a real loss, because there is no reversal signal, or in other words, the decision of whether to reverse or not is not in their hands, but depends on whether the chaos in Shanghai can be stopped and whether there is hope for Shanghai's economy itself.

"If you don't listen to me, then there's nothing I can do."

Fu Xiaoan opened his eyes, stood up, picked up the phone on the table and called the military police headquarters.

As soon as the call was connected, he said in a serious tone, "Commander Iwasa, Shanghai's economy is on the verge of collapse! All of this is because of Sheng Wenyi's misdeeds. He must be removed from his post immediately, otherwise Shanghai's economy will completely collapse within a month!
By then, forget about the extra military funds gained from drugs, the Empire won't even be able to get Shanghai's own tax revenue!"

(End of this chapter)