Espionage, codenamed Ant, moving expert

The big head is readily available, Director Nan Tian.

After explaining his thoughts to him, Nantian didn't ask anything else, only cared about one thing:

"Mr. Chen, what benefit do I get from doing this?"

Chen Zheng slapped his thigh, startling Nan Tian:

"Of course there are benefits! Xiao Nan, let me tell you, the benefits are huge!"

Nan Tian was startled. He was displeased to hear Chen Zheng call him "Little Nan," but upon hearing about the great benefits, he disregarded the form of address and eagerly asked:

"Mr. Chen, tell me, what are the benefits?"

Chen Zheng recounted the story in a rapid-fire manner, and Nan Tian's eyes grew brighter and brighter as he excitedly rubbed his hands together.

If what Chen Sang said is true, then he will have endless money in the future, which is equivalent to finding him a money printing machine.

What else is there to say?

Do as Chen Sang said.

Over the next two days, Nantian acquired a plot of land at the intersection of the Japanese-occupied area and the French Concession, intending to build an office building for the Shanghai Construction and Renovation Project.

The money is readily available; all you need to do is get a receipt from the temple's general.

Every time a receipt is issued and money is received, the temple always takes a 10% commission.

The latest Japanese grant has been sitting in the account for several days, but Chen Zheng hasn't made a move on it. The temple can't get the processing fee, and he's feeling incredibly anxious.

Upon seeing that Nantian wanted to build a building, he immediately approved it and transferred 10% of the handling fee to his account first.

This is the money he actually earned!

However, it won't stay in the account for long before it's taken away by the Miki Trading Company.

The business was growing larger and larger, with increasing investment. As a shareholder, they hadn't even raised enough initial capital yet, and the temple was in a hurry.

Although the Mitsui and Ii families do not live in Shanghai, their accounts are checked every month.

They would always ask about the temple's equity investment.

The two families had already pooled their capital and transferred it all to the trading company's account, leaving only him with the remaining shares.

Terauchi was afraid that the two companies would reduce their shares because his capital was insufficient.

What Chen was doing at the business was similar to pyramid schemes in later generations, but also different.

Pyramid schemes require constantly recruiting new members, and Chen Zheng's scheme involved continuously adding more shares.

When the Mitsui and Ii families had invested half of their equity, the trading company distributed profits in the name of profit.

That's exactly about five percent of the investment.

The two companies were overjoyed and immediately continued to invest capital.

A month later, the bank distributed dividends again, still five percent of the invested amount.

Upon seeing how profitable the business was, the two companies immediately made up the remaining share capital.

Sure enough, a month later, I received another dividend, which was still around five percent.

Along with receiving the third dividend, Miki Trading Company sent someone to deliver a development plan for the next ten years.

The plan is linked to the renovation of Shanghai, with detailed data and accurate arguments, and the profits ten years from now are very considerable.

However, at the same time, the investment of commercial banks must continue to increase.

Because what we did before was simple trading, buying low and selling high to make a profit from the price difference.

They receive dividends every month.

After being linked to the Shanghai renovation project, there was basically no profit in the early stages, but the profit exploded in the later stages, earning back hundreds or thousands of times the initial investment.

However, the trading of Miki Trading Company cannot be affected; the shareholders must continue to invest more.

Chen Zheng asked in an inquiring tone if a few more shareholders could be brought in, fearing that the two companies' funds might not be enough to meet the demand in Shanghai.

As a long-established family in Japan, how could they tolerate being questioned by others?

Both companies immediately stated that they would continue to increase their investment in accordance with the progress of the Shanghai renovation project.

It was also stated that the profit sharing of Miki Trading Company would remain the same as before, with monthly dividends.

The trading company naturally agreed and would remit the money to Japan on time every month.

The Shanghai renovation project, spearheaded by Sanmu Trading Company, yielded substantial profits.

The two companies would add two to three million in investment every three months.

For example, this time, the shantytown renovation project.

The two companies invested 2.5 million yuan at once, enough for Sanmu Trading Company to pay dividends for two or three years.

Each time dividends were distributed, Chen Zheng would also give separate money to the liaisons of the two companies, euphemistically called "travel expenses."

Therefore, no matter how the contact persons of the two companies and the business changed, they were all very satisfied with Chen Zheng.

They did whatever Chen Zheng told them to do.

Knowing that the two families had made additional investments, the temple naturally followed suit.

But where would he get the substantial funds of two powerful families? If it weren't for Chen Zheng, he would have been kicked out long ago.

So every time money was obtained from the government allocation, it would be deposited into Chen Zheng's personal space within three days.

Every transaction was settled in cash, so there was no way to trace it afterward.

Because Oda is still the legal representative of Miki Trading Company.

After the Shanghai renovation project began, Oda stopped asking about buying the ship.

Because Chen Zheng promised him another big deal: after the Shanghai renovation project was completed, a fleet of no fewer than ten of the newest, largest, and fastest ironclad cargo ships would be assembled.

With Oda as the main leader, the era of ocean freight was ushered in.

Oda ate with great relish, and every day he would take the original few ronin with him, representing the Miki Trading Company, and travel to various construction sites.

The main purpose was to have the Miki Trading Company's employees loudly reprimand the workers in front of them.

To enhance the prestige of the Miki Trading Company and give the workers confidence.

For the sake of money, Oda and the other ronin gladly endured the scolding of the Miki Trading Company's employees.

Anyone can endure being scolded if the money is right.

Any renovation project in Shanghai will always cost 30% more than other projects.

Ten percent of it went into the temple's pocket, and ten percent went into the Sanmu Trading Company. In the end, Chen Zheng withdrew it all in cash.

Of the remaining 10%, 30% went to Nantian, but most of it ended up in Chen Zheng's pocket.

Another 20% will be used to pay Oda and other Japanese ronin their wages.

The final 5% is used to reward workers and contractors who finish their work quickly and well.

Everyone, from top to bottom, was delighted.

Just as the location for Nantian was finalized, Marcus and his group returned to the Chen residence.

I was turned away again.

The doorman said to go to the office building if you want to see the boss.

They even thoughtfully gave directions, and told Chen Zheng via walkie-talkie as soon as they closed the door.

Following the directions, the three quickly arrived at the office building and saw dozens of people busily working in the distance.

I quickly got out of the car and walked towards the man in the colonel's uniform.

The highest-ranking officer present must be with Boss Chen.

Chen Zheng already knew they were coming, and said to Nan Tian:

"Xiao Nan, the foreign devils are here. Whether we can make a fortune depends on you!"

Nan Tian was already used to being called "Xiao Nan," and glancing at him out of the corner of her eye, she whispered:

"Don't worry, Mr. Chen. You're kind enough to let me make money. If I still mess this up, I might as well quit this job as soon as possible."

Chen Zheng smiled and suddenly shouted to the workers laying out the lines in the distance:

"Wait a minute, you guys, I think there's something wrong here."

He left while saying those words.

Marcus quickly called him:

"Mr. Chen, please don't leave yet, let's talk some more."

Chen Zheng didn't even turn his head:

"With Director Nan here, he has the final say. You should talk to him; I can't make the decision."

Nan Tian deliberately gave a cold snort to show his presence.

Marcus immediately changed direction:

"Colonel, you must be Director Nan? I'm Marcus, and these two beside me are..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the Japanese pirate lackeys beside Nantian:

"How dare you! This is Colonel Nantian, the director of the Shanghai Renovation and Construction Project Office, a proper Japanese nobleman."

Please use your full name and honorifics, otherwise you will be kicked out immediately.