In the Fujiwara Company office, Takeshi Ishikawa was reporting to Ning Zhiheng on the secret transactions and financial dealings between the Fujiwara Company and various military forces over the past month.
These tasks were all handled by Takeshi Ishikawa, who received funds from the Fujiwara Company and distributed them to the heads of various military departments. Therefore, he has always been the representative of the Fujiwara Company in the military.
After finishing his report, Takeshi Ishikawa added, "Ten days ago, on Commander Tada's fiftieth birthday, I sent him a gift of $30,000 on behalf of the Fujiwara Company and expressed my apologies. General Tada was very pleased and said that he would personally visit you to express his gratitude when you return!"
Ning Zhiheng frowned upon hearing this, looked up at Ishikawa Takeshi, and after thinking for a moment, said, "Lieutenant General Tada's fiftieth birthday? Isn't thirty thousand US dollars too stingy!"
Takeshi Ishikawa was taken aback upon hearing this. He looked at Ning Zhiheng with surprise and said, "This is no small amount! General Tada's annual kickbacks alone are already substantial, and adding this $30,000 on top of that, and besides, none of the guests present can compare to us..."
“We are the Fujiwara Company!” Ning Zhiheng raised his hand to interrupt him, knowing that Ishikawa Takeshi was still somewhat short-sighted. In Ning Zhiheng’s eyes, money was nothing more than a tool for doing things, his most powerful weapon. As long as he could achieve his goal, he didn’t care how much money it cost!
“Takeshi, Lieutenant General Naoya Tada is different from others. The generals in the military these days are just passing through, who knows when they will be sent to the front lines, so we can just deal with them casually. But Lieutenant General Naoya Tada is the commander of the garrison in Shanghai, chosen by the General Headquarters. He is a real bodhisattva, and he is also our main target for befriending. It is only right to spend more effort on him!”
Upon hearing this, Takeshi Ishikawa had no choice but to nod and say, "Alright, I'll prepare another generous gift and find an opportunity to send it to him!"
His tone was clearly somewhat helpless, and Ning Zhiheng could tell that Ishikawa Takeshi was still unwilling.
In fact, he was well aware that since he became a direct descendant of the Fujiwara family, his status had risen, and Ishikawa Takeshi's arrogance had also increased. When dealing with various military departments on behalf of the Fujiwara Company, he was no longer as cautious as before, and his actions inevitably became somewhat flamboyant and domineering.
Ning Zhiheng could understand his feelings. After all, his status was different now, and he didn't need to rely solely on money to pave the way as he used to. He had to treat people according to the level he was in.
In Shanghai, no one could be more prestigious than himself, a direct descendant of the Fujiwara family. There was no need to be too low-key about some things. However, Ning Zhiheng had always made a point of befriending Lieutenant General Tada Naoya, who held military power.
He stepped forward and said gently to Takeshi Ishikawa, "Takeshi, we've expanded too much. We have branches in cities around Shanghai. It's inevitable that we'll have to deal with local military forces, and sometimes even have conflicts, like what happened in Suzhou. We can't always use our power to intimidate people. These military forces are all under Lieutenant General Tada's jurisdiction. Spending a little more money to make him willingly work for us is definitely a worthwhile deal."
Takeshi Ishikawa knew that Ning Zhiheng's words made sense, so he nodded solemnly and said, "I understand. I will pay special attention to General Tada from now on!"
Ning Zhiheng smiled and comforted him, "You don't need to worry about the gift anymore. I'll prepare it. Lieutenant General Tada likes jade, and I happen to have a fine piece here. I'll visit him tomorrow; there are some things I need to discuss with him!"
Takeshi Ishikawa nodded in agreement, then suddenly remembered something and said, "There's something else. Just two days ago, the Kagesa Agency sent us an official letter asking the Military Police Headquarters to cooperate in investigating the incident more than a year ago when the Chinese caravan was detained at the Kagamizu Bridge."
Ning Zhiheng looked at Ishikawa Takeshi with some confusion and asked blankly, "Kyomizu Bridge? Detaining the Chinese caravan? What's going on?"
Takeshi Ishikawa could tell at a glance that Ning Zhiheng had no recollection of the matter. And it made sense; someone of Fujiwara Tomohito's status would never take such a trivial matter to heart.
So he reminded him again, and Ning Zhiheng then pretended to suddenly realize something and asked casually, "Right, I remember now. The Chinese businessmen who were trading with us asked me for help, so I asked you to release them. However, I don't know if these Chinese businessmen have any official background. Besides, we are doing business with the Chongqing government, so this kind of thing is unavoidable. How did you answer them?"
Takeshi Ishikawa curled his lip and said with disdain, "Of course we just threw it aside and ignored it. I even specifically warned them not to let the Kagesa Agency interfere in military affairs. I don't think they would dare to bypass our Military Police Headquarters and investigate directly."
Ning Zhiheng nodded in satisfaction. In fact, he had long expected this to be the case. Ishikawa Takeshi was his henchman, and over the years he had been tied to the Fujiwara Company and had no intention of getting off. So at first, Ning Zhiheng did not care too much about this matter.
At 3 p.m., in the equipment section of the No. 76 Special Agent Headquarters, Yu Pu was talking with Pu Liangjun, the head of the equipment section.
Pu Liangjun was at the No. 76 Special Agent Headquarters. Although he was considered one of Li Zhiqun's men, he had always had a good relationship with Yu Pu, so the two got along quite well in private.
"Old Pu, do you have any 2.5-inch caliber alloy bullets here?"
Yu Pu got a good gun today and was really itching to fire a few shots to try it out. However, this Browning micro pistol only had three bullets, and every shot fired would be one less. He really couldn't bear to use it. So, as soon as he got to work in the afternoon, he rushed to the equipment department to see if he could find bullets of that caliber.
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