Two days later, a car was parked on a street in the southern part of Shanghai. A young man in the back seat was frowning as he looked at a house not far away.
The building has an ancient and simple appearance, and the walls are high and long, clearly indicating that it is the mansion of a wealthy family. However, the vermilion gate is locked with a large padlock and sealed with two crossed strips.
A short while later, a young man walked over from the street corner, opened the front door of the car, and got in.
"Well? Have you found out?" Gan Mingxuan asked quickly from the back of the car.
He waited in the French Concession for the past two days until Wang Hanmin sent someone to deliver the forged good citizen certificate to him. Only then did he dare to enter downtown Shanghai and arrive at the Lian family's old house. However, to his surprise, the house was uninhabited, and the gate was locked and sealed with a seal that clearly stated that it was sealed by the Japanese Military Police Headquarters.
This situation immediately took Gan Mingxuan by surprise. This house originally belonged to Lian Liangchou, a trusted confidant of the Gan family. Later, Lian Liangchou was killed by Japanese planes, leaving behind a pair of elderly servants to look after the house. He originally planned to be able to take out the gold directly after arriving, but the current situation caught him off guard.
Gan Mingxuan quickly dispatched his personal bodyguards to gather information.
Accompanying him to downtown Shanghai this time were four action team members specially assigned to him by Wang Hanmin.
Ever since he was beaten up at the Da Dong Palace Ballroom last time, Wang Hanmin was afraid that something might happen to this young master Gan on his turf, so he specially assigned four action team members to protect him.
“Young Master Gan, we inquired with the locals and learned that the original owner of this house was a merchant surnamed Lian. After the Battle of Shanghai, an elderly couple lived in the house. Many Japanese returned to Shanghai and looted houses everywhere. A Japanese merchant drove the elderly couple away and occupied this house. But just two days ago, a group of Japanese soldiers suddenly broke in, arrested the Japanese merchant, and sealed the house.”
The team member told Gan Mingxuan everything he had learned.
Gan Mingxuan was suddenly at a loss. This matter involved the Japanese Military Police Headquarters. What exactly had happened? Had this Japanese businessman discovered the gold and treasure hidden in the house? Or was there some other reason?
However, in such a hurry, he couldn't get any specific information. It seemed that this matter still had to be handled by Wang Hanmin. His only reliance in Shanghai was the manpower of the Military Intelligence Bureau.
"Let's go back and discuss it with Station Chief Wang!" Gan Mingxuan instructed, and then the car turned around and quickly left.
Shortly after they left, two cars arrived at the gate of the mansion, and five or six young men in suits got out. The one in the lead was Hirao Daichi, the manager of the Fujiwara Company.
Hirao Daichi looked at the large mansion and nodded in satisfaction. In Shanghai, a metropolis where land is incredibly valuable, such a large detached mansion is definitely worth a fortune. He had just secured another property for the Fujiwara Company.
It turns out that this residence belongs to Hiroshi Imagawa, the president of Imagawa Trading Company. Two days ago, Hiroshi Imagawa was arrested by the Japanese military police and taken to the military police headquarters. He was quickly subjected to severe torture, which not only revealed where he was hiding steel, but also led to the transfer of all of Imagawa Trading Company's businesses to Fujiwara Company. This mansion was no exception and now belongs to Fujiwara Company.
As for Hiroshi Imagawa, the president of the Imagawa Trading Company, he was naturally imprisoned and interrogated on multiple charges, including smuggling military-controlled items and betraying the interests of the Empire. Last night, he could not withstand the torture and died in the prison of the Military Police Headquarters.
Thus, the Fujiwara Company once again used ruthless means to complete a brutal takeover of capital, proving once again that weakness is the original sin!
This was also the result of Ning Zhiheng's deliberate actions. He wanted to gradually unify the underground smuggling kingdom in Shanghai and completely control the discourse power of the smuggling market.
Hirao Daichi waved his hand, and a bodyguard stepped forward to tear off the seal. Hirao Daichi then took out a key and unlocked the door.
The group entered the large mansion, and Hirao Daichi turned around and instructed, "Find out anything valuable in this house and move it to our company's warehouse."
"Yes!" The bodyguards replied and began searching around. Imagawa Hiroshi had indeed left behind a lot of valuables in the mansion, which were quickly looted by Hirao Daichi.
When he returned to the Fujiwara Company, he gave a detailed report to Ning Zhiheng. Ning Zhiheng instructed him: "Hand over the fixed assets of these two trading companies to Akagi. Your next task is to transport the steel you have found out as soon as possible. Our buyers are very anxious and we can't delay any longer."
"Yes, I'll arrange transportation right away. I promise there won't be any delays in delivery," Hirao Daichi hurriedly replied.
He knew that his chairman must have deep connections in the Kuomintang-controlled areas of China. No matter how much goods he transported, they would be quickly sold out, and a large sum of money would appear in Fujiwara Company's bank account. There was never a single time the money was owed, and the profits were astonishing.
Ning Zhiheng continued, "There's one more thing. In the next few days, go and talk to those trading companies again and convey my message to them: from now on, they can only sell their goods to us and cannot distribute them privately in Shanghai. They also need to hand over their downstream distribution channels. Do you understand?"
Hirao Daichi knew that he, as the chairman, wanted to use this opportunity to make an example of them and put pressure on the Japanese businessmen again, to completely bring them under the Fujiwara Company's banner, seize their resources, and use them for the Fujiwara Company's purposes.
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