Chapter 76: Fighting
Chen Hong himself did not believe what he said. When the Brunner Mond company came to visit Wynn, they also invited them to the boiler room.
Explanation is tantamount to cover-up, which makes the Japanese even more suspicious!
I kept talking to the translator, and the translator could only tell me the most important things.
"That's what this lowly Chinese soldier said!"
Following the Japanese translator's finger, Chen Hong turned and looked at Zhou Xiaoshan.
"Director Chen, Yongli is the pride of our national industry. I was just ordered to hand over the handwritten letter from our Marshal Liu to Mr. Fan. Today, you were insulted by the Japanese by calling you a lowly Chinese soldier. Is this the way your Yongli Soda Factory treats guests or the way Tianjin people treat guests?"
In Zhou Xiaoshan's eyes, the Japanese are not even human. If you get bitten by a dog, it would be too undignified for you to bite back. So you take over the fight without being impatient or anxious. Then you change the subject and continue?
"Or does Yongli feel a sense of accomplishment in humiliating us, the low-ranking officers of the Sichuan Army?"
Chen Hong took a breath of cold air.
The Japanese occupied the three northeastern provinces, and Japanese trading companies became increasingly arrogant and difficult to deal with.
This is the adjutant of the Sichuan Army, and he seems to be no easy target.
Mr. Fan has given himself a hot potato.
No matter what, for today’s incident, we need to persuade both sides to separate!
"You are all here together to wait for President Fan. I arranged this because you are different from other merchants. They want goods, but you want to meet people! Yongli Soda Factory has no other intentions. Since you feel it is inappropriate to be together, just separate. Mr. Iwasaki, please stay. Adjutant Zhou, follow me!"
They were all here to do business. For the sake of money, the people from the special forces camp and the Japanese looked at each other fiercely and followed Chen Hong out!
In the reception room, you can still hear the angry voices in Japanese!
I don’t know whether it is directed at the Yongli factory or Zhou Xiaoshan and others!
As soon as they walked out of the corridor, Chen Hong said to Zhou Xiaoshan very seriously!
"Adjutant Zhou, to tell you the truth, the staff officer you sent last time knew what our General Fan meant. He will not meet with your people, nor will he accept this handwritten letter, unless one day Liu Xiang can give up his warlord separatism and return all the military and administrative power to the central government!"
"This is not very realistic. Mr. Fan is overthinking it."
"Tell Liu Xiang that Mr. Fan will not help the Sichuan Army manufacture ammunition and massacre our own compatriots!"
"Hehe, you won't help the Sichuan Army to massacre your compatriots, you will only help the Japanese make explosives and ammunition to massacre your compatriots!"
Zhou Xiaoshan was a little angry. The people from Yongli Soda Factory were too bookish. After all, Liu Xiang was a senior member of the Kuomintang, but he didn't give him any face and spoke bluntly.
Besides, the purpose of Liu Xiang and I coming here this time was not for explosives and fulminate of mercury, but to prevent these assets of national strength from falling into the hands of the Japanese invaders!
The good heart fed the donkey.
"Yongli is a national enterprise that the people of Tianjin and the Chinese people are proud of. Please don't throw dirty water on Yongli. Adjutant Zhou, please take back what you said!"
Chen Hong was also angry. Standing in the center circle of the factory where blast furnaces stood, he glared at Zhou Xiaoshan!
"Take it back? After the September 18th Incident, the Japanese army occupied the three northeastern provinces. In 1933, they marched south and headed straight for Rehe. Tianjin and Beijing were in danger. Within three years, the Japanese army marched south with heavy troops. The Yongli Alkali Factory and the Jiuda Refined Salt Factory all became spoils of war. If you don't want to be obedient citizens under the iron hoof of the devils, you have to give up the only two factories and mines in the country's chemical industry here in Tanggu!"
"That has nothing to do with you Sichuan warlords. You Sichuan warlords have been fighting each other for years, and the people are living in poverty. Not only can merchants not do business, but even the common people suffer from the war. In the words of the Qing Dynasty, you are traitors!"
"A government that doesn't dare to go to war even after losing five provinces, do you expect all the princes to surrender their military power and pledge their loyalty? The warlords are willing to do it, but the common people are not? It's true that the Sichuan warlords have been fighting for many years, but when the Japanese came, they immediately began to extinguish the flames of war and gradually moved under one flag. But what about the chairman's party-state? They pretended not to notice the loss of such a large piece of land! I think you Yongli are the same, you think the map has been gnawed, but you still do business!"
"Bullshit! The chairman has already said that to fight against foreign aggressors, we must first stabilize the internal situation!"
"You believe the excuse of incompetence, cowardice and dictatorship!"
Chen Hong's face turned red because of the rebuke. He didn't agree with Zhou Xiaoshan's idea at all. But this kid was very eloquent and could speak more than himself who was always welcoming guests from all directions .
"I don't want to argue with you. It's meaningless. I just said that your two factories are in danger. It's from the bottom of my heart. As I said before, I don't think Yongli would be so magnanimous as to embarrass a low-level officer of the Sichuan Army. He can't even complete the task of delivering a personal letter. The Japanese can say that Mr. Fan is in Tianjin!"
Chen Hong felt that this guy was a shameless bastard. He was furious to arrange him together with the Japanese .
He uses all means to speak and act, even using provocation!
"It's useless. Mr. Fan will not change his principles!"
"Manager Chen, there is no grudge between you and me. We just have different views on the current situation! The Sichuan Army and Yongli have no grudge either. I hope you can tell Mr. Fan about our visit today and try your best to help me. It's just a handwritten letter, please!"
Seeing Zhou Xiaoshan soften and take on the attitude of asking for help, Chen Hong also sighed. The situation in Pingjin was getting more and more difficult day by day. Even though the 29th Army won the Great Wall War of Resistance, Zhou Xiaoshan's judgment was exactly the worry that no one in the factory dared to say out loud!
"Okay, Adjutant Zhou, call Mr. Fan tonight to give him a detailed report of what happened today. I can't guarantee the outcome!"
"I understand your feelings. We Sichuan Army also hate this world of warlord separatism. We feel the pain of you industrialists. There are also family members of Sichuan Army who are engaged in industry and business, and they are eager to sell their goods all over China! Here are some glass products and canned products jointly produced by several generals of our 66th Division. The one I just gave is a gift to Manager Chen. Please pass it on to Mr. Fan!"
There is no good in this world, so don’t expect others to do things for you!
"There are rules in the factory. I dare not accept gifts! I will definitely pass on the gift you sent this morning to Mr. Fan!"
"Mr. Chen, to tell you the truth, our Marshal and Commander Feng respect the team of scientists around Mr. Fan very much. We came all the way here with a truckload of gifts, including Mr. Li Shichen, Mr. Chen Diaofu, Mr. Hou Debang, and Mr. Wang Xiaoxu. We want to thank them for their contributions to this country, this nation, and China's weak chemical industry. It would be presumptuous to give gifts to such a chance meeting, so we have ten gifts in total, all for the technical experts around Mr. Fan. Please, Manager Chen!"
This time, Chen Hong looked at Zhou Xiaoshan with a new respect.
They came all the way from Sichuan to send me special products, and they didn’t ask for anything in return, so how could I refuse them?
Mr. Fan is really difficult.
"Come tomorrow, Mr. Fan will make the decision on all this!"
Zhou Xiaoshan and his colleagues unloaded the gifts into the factory and then turned and left.
Chen Hong watched the truck go away, and thought about what he had just done in the reception room, in front of the Japanese, when he said that the warlords and Mitsubishi Corporation were robbers, and he laughed to himself!
Although I didn't mean this at the time , I had this thought in my subconscious mind!
