These banknotes and printing presses will be arriving in Shanghai soon. You need to be prepared to receive them and maintain secrecy. Quickly find a printing facility and make all necessary preparations. That's all I need to do!
"Yes, sir!" Kitaoka Ryoko bowed and answered loudly.
Two days later, on the north bank of the Suzhou Creek, the Nanwu Library was rebuilt according to the original blueprints.
Accompanied by Fukui Yuzuru, Ning Zhiheng toured the interior of the entire Nanya Academy and nodded repeatedly in approval.
"Mr. Fukui, you did a fantastic job. The entire library is exactly as I remember it, even the decorative vases have the same patterns. You really put your heart into it," Ning Zhiheng praised with a smile.
This was Ning Zhiheng's first visit to Nanwu Bookstore since it was built and opened for business. The entire bookstore building perfectly and accurately replicated the original appearance, and of course, it was much newer than before.
"President, you flatter me. What I have done is insignificant. Without your strong support, how could Nanwu Library have been rebuilt?" Fukui Yuzuru was naturally overjoyed to hear Lin Zhiheng's praise. With these words from the president, all his hard work had not been in vain.
At this moment, Harada Ryuta, an employee standing nearby, quickly spoke up, "If Mr. Kuroki can return here, it will definitely be a big surprise for him. I really hope he can come back soon!"
Ryuta Harada was also one of the former employees of the Minamiya Bookstore. After the Battle of Shanghai broke out, he was conscripted into the reserve force. Fortunately, he only suffered minor injuries and survived until after the war. Later, like Yuma Fukui, he found a job at a company to make a living. When Yuma Fukui found him and told him that the Minamiya Bookstore had been rebuilt, he returned to the Minamiya Bookstore without hesitation and started the restoration and renovation work of the bookstore with Yuma Fukui.
"Harada-kun, are there any other former employees returning to work?" Ning Zhiheng asked. Only Fukui Yuuma and Harada Ryuta had returned to the library; the other employees were all new faces.
Harada Ryuta's face darkened as he replied, "Fukaya and Ohara both died in the last great battle. We haven't found the others, and we don't know where they are now."
In the early stages of the Battle of Shanghai, the Japanese suffered heavy losses due to insufficient manpower and the deployment of a large number of reserve troops to the front lines. In addition, several Japanese evacuations resulted in many personnel changes, and only two of the former employees of Nanwu Bookstore returned.
Ning Zhiheng didn't say anything more. He stepped up the stairs and came to the office on the second floor. The office in the middle was the former director's office of Kuroki Yueyi, and his own office was not far away.
Ning Zhiheng pushed open the door, looked around, and nodded repeatedly. Fukui Yuzuru and Harada Ryuta were very meticulous in their work, and the various arrangements in Kuroki Gaku's room perfectly restored the old appearance.
Ning Zhiheng went to his office, sat down, looked around, let out a satisfied sigh, and said, "Alright, you can all go out now. I'll rest here for a bit."
"Yes, sir." Fukui Yuma and Harada Ryuta bowed and withdrew.
Ning Zhiheng quietly closed his eyes to rest. After a while, he came to his desk, spread a sheet of Xuan paper on the table, took out a brush, dipped it in thick ink, thought for a moment, concentrated his mind, and wrote with sharp strokes.
"Tranquility leads to far-reaching goals"
The four large characters were written with vigorous strokes and a powerful momentum, which made Ning Zhiheng quite satisfied. He felt that his calligraphy skills had improved somewhat compared to two years ago.
Then he began writing some Japanese verses and practicing Japanese calligraphy until he lost interest and put down his brush.
At this moment, he checked the time and estimated that He Siming should have arrived by now, so he left the room and went down to the business hall.
The library is set up the same as before, and there are already quite a few readers in the reading area, reading and selecting books.
Ning Zhiheng spotted He Siming quietly reading a book at a glance. It seemed he had been there for a while. When the staff saw Ning Zhiheng come downstairs, they quickly stepped forward to bow and greet him. Ning Zhiheng waved them off, then walked into the reading area as if nothing had happened, and soon arrived in front of He Siming.
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