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The meeting had to continue. After all, no one wanted to take responsibility, except that Kagesawa was directly demoted from the position of general and became a real colonel.

Although others were criticized, even though Doihara was only demoted one level in name, he was still a lieutenant general in reality. After all, it was just a punishment.

However, the general was sitting at the top, and his expression was not very good from the beginning.

"Okay, I will prepare a report for this meeting. All of this is the fault of that bastard Saito Koji. He must have been caught by other countries and reported the matter. As a result, many of the original workers' owners are worried that their factories will be robbed or closed!"

"In the end, they just stopped playing and blew up their own factory!"

At this time, Sakamoto on the side also realized that this matter could not end here, so he could only come up with a new solution, at least to fool the higher-ups.

As for how to solve the problem next, it is not something he can solve. It requires various spy agencies to investigate one by one, and this investigation may use various means.

……

At an intersection near Jing'an Temple, there is a notice board.

At this time, there were quite a few people gathered there watching. After reading the big-character posters posted there, they dispersed one by one, but more people came.

Although there is only one such place in the whole of Shanghai, given the gossipy nature of Shanghainese, it is estimated that the news will spread throughout the city before noon.

"I never thought that so many factories were bombed. It turned out that the Japanese wanted to seize other people's industries. And they only paid a penny. For such a big factory, what difference would it make if they only paid a penny or nothing?"

"Yes, this person is too evil, so evil that he is boundless. He is no different from Mingqiang at all. I heard that the villas, cars, and houses of those foreigners are gone. They are all occupied by the Japanese!"

"They didn't pay, and now they can't even afford to eat. It's terrible."

"Well, I can understand why they want to blow up their own factory. They have no money anyway, so even if they sell the machines for scrap metal, they can still be worth a few cents. Are you kidding me?"

"If we had the ability, I would not stay in Shanghai. It's too hateful, really too hateful."

"Stop talking, let's go, before the dogs hear us and take us in again."

After watching it, a few people left immediately and found a place where no one was around to discuss it in a low voice.

After all, many factories in Shanghai are not operating today, and many people have to stay at home or wander around the streets, looking for a job.

……

"You don't know, this is all a conspiracy by the Japanese. They are so hateful that they are planning to rob all the machines in the factory."

A middle-aged man was quietly sharing the news he had heard with his good friend in a corner of the teahouse.

"You don't know, these factories are designated by the Japanese, and they are going to move to Pudong. One cent is really rich. What can you buy with one cent? I guess you can't even buy a sip of water."

"Ah, I heard about it too. A large construction site was built over there. It turned out that they were planning to move all the factories there. I guess they didn't want to, so they just blew up their own factories. After all, they were their own factories, and no one could say anything!"

"That's true. I can only say that the Japanese are really frustrated this time. The construction site over there has probably almost stopped. I heard that it's full of people from the prisoner-of-war camp."

"You've just pushed them into a corner. If you don't push them into a corner, who would be willing to give up their own hen that lays eggs?"

"Yes, this world is really ..."

The middle-aged people also hesitated to talk. After all, they didn't dare to discuss too much now.

The two of them simply lowered their heads and drank their tea in silence, while listening to what others were saying.

Something happened that made them speechless. Most of the tea drinkers here gathered in groups of three or four to discuss the explosion in a low voice. Except for a few tables who occasionally had something to talk about, they would bring up the topic of the explosion.

"I never thought that the Japanese were so shameless. Not only did they force people to pay money, but now they are trying to rob their factories. They really don't allow them to survive at all!"

"If we give others a way to live, are we still Japanese? Haven't you seen that those foreigners in the former concessions have trouble even getting food? What do you mean by building a Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Belt? It's all bullshit."

"Yes, I saw a Japanese devil forcing a girl yesterday. It was so infuriating. Fortunately, someone saved the girl, otherwise she would have been ruined."

"Keep your voice down, there's someone outside!"

……

In a villa in the concession, several factory owners were sitting in the lobby, but the lobby was filled with smoke and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.

And this atmosphere had already lasted for more than half an hour, and no one spoke.

After all, they knew their own situation. The factory was bombed for no reason in the early morning, and then something like this happened again. Some people spread the news that the Japanese wanted to force them to hand over the factory.

This kind of thing has happened before, it's just that whoever encounters it is unlucky.

But there has never been such a large-scale preparation to strengthen the factory, and they have also heard about the construction of a new factory in Pudong.

But they never thought that this was prepared to rob their factory.

"Everyone, tell me, what do you think about the factory explosion last night?"

“Brother, isn’t there a rumor out there that we blew it up ourselves?” A middle-aged man straightened himself and said seriously.

"Bullshit, we'll blow it up ourselves, are you stupid? Or we have more money, so let's blow up the factory!"

"We didn't blow it up. Someone might have changed the target. I don't know who did it, but I asked around and found out that the factory this time was basically related to metal or something like that."

"It's related to metal. I don't know if what's said outside is true?"

"Who knows? After all, there are so many rumors out there, but some of them are true, and some are false, so we have to be careful. Now that the factory is gone, we can only save our capital. Today, I want to discuss with you what we should do next."

"Yeah, we can't just sit back and do nothing."

"The question now is what we should do. The Japanese will definitely investigate the explosion in our factory. This time, we can say that we have done nothing wrong, right..."

"Okay, stop saying that. We really have no way out now. Should we admit that we blew it up, or deny it? If we admit that we blew it up, no one can say anything. After all, it's our own factory. If we deny it, it means that someone attacked our factory."

"It's just business competition. Or we can say that we offended someone and they retaliated against us. Which one do you think we should choose?"

"Someone is taking revenge on us, and it's those river bandits on the river!"

"Well, I'll blow it up myself first. The factory is not making any money now. I'll go back and do the accounts. If it's always losing money on paper, I might as well not open the factory."

"Well, the factory I opened in the past two years has been getting worse year by year. Today is the fourth quarter, and my factory has really started to lose money. In addition to various arrangements, my family's assets are almost being drained out."

"Yes, it doesn't matter if it explodes. I won't have to worry too much. I'll pay the workers' wages tomorrow. After all, the factory can't open, so the workers can just go home."

"It's a pity that even the factory of the Japanese Jingping Jiichiro was closed. How can our Chinese factories get the same treatment? Forget it."

"Okay, I'll go and pay the wages later. We'll reopen the factory once it's sorted out." (End of this chapter)