Ning Zhiheng put down the phone and turned to Si Guangyuan, saying, "Mr. Si, you can rest assured now!"

Si Guangyuan nodded repeatedly, stood up and stepped forward, bowed to Ning Zhiheng, and said respectfully, "Sir, your noble character is truly admirable. Please rest assured, I will go back and arrange everything immediately, and I will not make things difficult for you."

After talking for a long time, Si Guangyuan got up to say goodbye and leave.

Li Zhiqun also hung up the phone, feeling uneasy. He wondered if it was the effect of having Luo Xingchao deliver the gift. He knew that when Luo Xingchao returned, he told him that Chairman Fujiwara was very satisfied with the gift he had sent. This showed that the powerful figure's impression of him had greatly changed. So why was he being called over this time?

After much deliberation, he still felt uncertain and decided to bring Luo Xingchao along so they could discuss things together. The two of them then traveled quickly and soon arrived at the Fujiwara Company.

Kimura Maki led them into the company. The two times Li Zhiqun had come before, they had been seated in the reception room. But this time, he had specifically followed Ning Zhiheng's instructions and led them directly to the chairman's office.

Kimura Maki knocked on the door and led them into the office. The two men quickly bowed, and Li Zhiqun spoke first: "Sir, what brings you here?"

Ning Zhiheng smiled slightly, said nothing, but gestured for the two to sit down. At this moment, a servant served hot tea, bowed, and withdrew.

This time, Li Zhiqun felt relieved. He could clearly feel the goodwill expressed by the other party, and he couldn't help but feel secretly happy. It seemed that his guess was correct. Chairman Fujiwara was obviously much more friendly to him.

Only then did Ning Zhiheng put on a pleasant smile and say, "Mr. Li, Mr. Luo, please don't be so formal. I'm very satisfied with the gifts you brought. Thank you!"

"It's our duty, it's our duty, it's all what we should do!" Li Zhiqun and Luo Xingchao agreed repeatedly.

"Alright, you're all busy, so I won't take up any more of your time. I called you here today because there's something I need to tell you. I heard that Li Jun arrested two hundred bank employees of the Central Bank!"

Li Zhiqun was taken aback and glanced at Luo Xingchao. Luo Xingchao was also somewhat surprised and exchanged a look with Li Zhiqun.

Li Zhiqun coughed lightly and carefully replied, "Yes, that's true! Recently, Chongqing agents have launched repeated attacks on the Central Reserve Bank, and my men have suffered heavy losses. So I simply arrested all the employees of the Central Bank and used them as hostages. So far, the Chongqing agents have not dared to start a war lightly. The effect has been very good!"

"Release him now!" Ning Zhiheng said calmly.

"ah?"

"ah?"

Li Zhiqun and Luo Xingchao were both surprised to hear this, but Luo Xingchao was naturally prepared and was just putting on an act.

But Li Zhiqun was truly caught off guard. He wanted to refute, but in the end he didn't dare, and hurriedly gave Luo Xingchao a wink.

Luo Xingchao understood and cautiously asked, "Sir, these people are being used to control the Chongqing agents. If we release them, those Chongqing agents will definitely become active again and continue their retaliatory actions against us... "

"This matter has been resolved!" Ning Zhiheng waved his hand, interrupting him.

"Resolved?" Li Zhiqun was even more baffled.

Ning Zhiheng stopped beating around the bush and said directly, "The Chongqing government has made its stance clear: it is willing to recognize the implementation of the Central Reserve Bank of China (CRBC) currency and has agreed to take the lead in receiving and exchanging CRBC currency. As long as these four major banks stop obstructing the process, the other banks will not have any major problems, and your task will be considered complete."

Furthermore, the Chongqing agents promised not to attack the facilities and personnel of the Central Reserve Bank of China again; with both sides backing down, the matter was dropped!

Upon hearing this, Li Zhiqun's face immediately fell. He hadn't expected that being summoned would lead to this outcome.

You see, he was ambitious and wanted to make a big splash. He didn't want to stop at the implementation of the Central Reserve Bank currency. He wanted to take this opportunity to go further and directly squeeze the four major banks out of Shanghai, dealing a heavy blow to the Kuomintang's financial system.

However, somehow the Chongqing government managed to get through to Fujiwara Tomohito and agreed to a ceasefire, thus completely thwarting his plans.

He was still unwilling to give up, so he mustered his courage and explained, "Sir, we paid a heavy price this time to suppress the four major Kuomintang banks. This opportunity is truly rare..."

But at this moment, Ning Zhiheng's face darkened, his gaze became sharp and piercing, he slammed his teacup on the table, and said coldly, "I've said it before, this is the end of it!"

The room fell silent instantly. Li Zhiqun and Luo Xingchao were terrified and dared not utter another word. Fujiwara Tomohito's aura was too strong; just one oppressive glance was enough to make Li Zhiqun dare not have any thoughts of disobeying him.

After a long pause, Ning Zhiheng continued, "Mr. Li, the task assigned to you by the Nanjing government was simply to get the financial sector to accept the Central Reserve Coin. Now that the objective has been achieved, there's no need for any further action."

"For the past few months, you've been fighting amongst yourselves, causing countless deaths and injuries, disrupting the financial world, creating a market slump, and generating widespread discontent. This has also caused significant losses to the Fujiwara Company. However, for the sake of the bigger picture, I've allowed you to do as you pleased. But now that your objective has been achieved and the other side has agreed to all your conditions, there's absolutely no need for you to continue fighting."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhiqun hurriedly and respectfully replied, "It's all because this humble servant is greedy for credit and foolish; I will naturally follow your orders!"

Even though he was extremely unwilling at this moment, he dared not utter a word of dissent. He knew that in Shanghai, if he dared to go against Fujiwara Tomohito's wishes, not only would he be unable to move an inch, but the military police would probably rush into No. 76 the next second, and his life would be in immediate danger. Under such circumstances, he could not afford to have the slightest disobedience.

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