Shadow Spy

Chapter 267 Establish an Ethnic Affairs Committee to take action first

Glancing around the people attending the meeting, Li Junhao said solemnly: "In this case, as the management of the concession, we have only two options. One is to admit defeat and compromise and let them get what they want. The other is to take measures to control them." get rid of the delusion and let the market supply return to normal.

"As an American soldier and defender of order in the concession, I choose the latter, what about you?"

After hearing his words, all the directors looked at each other, but Hua Director Zheng Yue immediately started to applaud, followed by American Director Willis, Hua Director He Fengmin, Si Wenhua, and Liu Haifeng all followed suit!

Thain was about to say something, but Consul General Ayres also raised his hands and clapped. The remaining Cultural Counselor Barrett, Citibank Fudges and UBS Greco followed suit, leaving him completely speechless. fire!
Subsequently, Ayers decided to establish a special "Concession People's Livelihood Committee" in the Board of Directors of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce to guide the work of the Market Management Office, Grain Management Office, and Grain Management Office. The chairman of the committee is concurrently served by Mr. Pan Sen, who is fully responsible for responding to the market. In a crisis, other departments must cooperate unconditionally.

At this time, except for Thain, the other directors were happy. Someone was responsible for solving the difficulties, so everyone didn't have to worry about it. It was definitely a good thing!
But this was another heavy blow to Thain. Once the People's Livelihood Committee was established, he, the commercial counselor and the director of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Bureau, basically had no say in the economic affairs of the concession!This time, he lost everything. Not only was his little plan defeated, most of his own rights were also taken away. It was a huge loss!
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The next day, Li Junhao formally established the Concession People's Livelihood Committee in the Ministry of Industry Bureau building, brought the Market Management Office under his jurisdiction, and then convened a meeting with everyone from the Grain Management Office and the Coal Management Office.

Before the meeting, he went through all the participants and singled out seven or eight hostile staff members and kicked them out.After purifying the team, he directly started assigning tasks.

In fact, for him, rice, coal and cotton yarn are all problems that can be directly solved by the system mall. It would not be so laborious in the first place, but because of the population, the amount of gold coins required is too much, and he cannot bear it alone. He must have A suitable return - at least enough to make up for his investment.

Now with the establishment of the Ethnic Affairs Committee, he is fully responsible and many things can be implemented. With the support of the system, let’s see if he doesn’t beat these Japanese and black-hearted Chinese businessmen to tears! ——
Subsequently, in the "Shanghai Communiqué" that day, the Ministry of Industry and Industry announced the establishment of the Concession People's Livelihood Committee (referred to as the People's Committee), which consists of the Market Management Office, the Grain Management Office, and the Coal Management Office, and is fully responsible for market supervision in the concession.

At 24 noon, the Ethnic Affairs Committee issued Announcement No. [-]: "All coal merchants within the concession area must go to the Market Management Office of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Bureau for re-examination and registration within [-] hours, and can only open for business after receiving a new license. Overdue registration will not be carried out. , it is prohibited to open for business, and violators will be seized and illegal gains recovered."

Announcement No. [-] was published by the "Shanghai Gazette" and distributed free of charge, and was simultaneously broadcast on major radio stations to publicize its content.

Li Junhao believes that it is still winter and there is a huge demand for coal for heating, cooking and other domestic purposes, so the coal supply problem needs to be solved first.While he was arranging to issue the announcement, he ordered Hailu 327 to send a company of troops to take over Jinliyuan Wharf and all warehouses to prepare for him to take out large quantities of coal.

On the other side, on his order, the Public Security Department of the police station sealed off [-] jointly owned cargo yards of the Coal Industry Association, and detained [-] tons of coal and [-] tons of finished briquettes to prevent Japanese merchants from transferring these coals.His successive actions caused an uproar in Shanghai and Shanghai businesses. The biggest reaction was from the Coal Industry Association and other Japanese companies. They all spoke out to criticize the No. [-] Proclamation of the Ethnic Affairs Committee!
The Japanese-owned Mitsubishi Gas Co., Ltd., the leading company of the Coal Industry Association, took the lead in clamoring, refusing to re-examine registration and stop all coal supply in Shanghai. All of this was caused by the Concession People's Livelihood Committee...

The Ethnic Affairs Committee did not speak out again, but waited for the 24 hours to pass.
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Coal is an extremely important daily necessity for the citizens of Shanghai and Shanghai, because life here has been completely urbanized. Without coal, it is simply impossible to use firewood as fuel like life in the suburbs or rural areas.

The price of briquettes on the market has been rising steadily before, which has caused complaints from the residents of the concession. However, now the newly established People's Livelihood Committee requires the coal companies to re-examine, but the Coal Industry Association refuses to register. In the stalemate between the two, all coal stores are closed. What will happen next? What should I do?

This situation made the residents of the concession begin to panic.

Fortunately, in the past period of time, the new measures introduced by the concession authorities were very wise, which gave many citizens a certain degree of confidence in the authorities. At this time, they felt that they could still wait 24 hours and nothing went too far.

Everyone in Shanghai wanted to see what would happen to the Ethnic Affairs Committee one day later. ——
At 2 noon on Saturday, February 3, the Ethnic Affairs Commission’s Announcement No. [-] was released:
"In view of the fact that the 48 distributors affiliated to the Shanghai Coal Industry Association have not registered with the market management office on time, all their coal wholesale and retail businesses are suspended. This ban includes 210 four retail stores affiliated to the above-mentioned merchants. This announcement is hereby made.

"In addition, in order not to affect the daily life of citizens, the Coal Management Office under the Ethnic Affairs Committee will temporarily take over the above-mentioned four stores in 210 and sell finished briquettes at a price of eight yuan/ton. The sales time will start at [-] noon tomorrow. We hope that the general public Tell each other.”

Seeing that the citizens of the concession were in joy after hearing this announcement, they all praised the decision of the Ethnic Affairs Committee of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce!
You know, the price of briquettes in the concession has previously risen to 15 yuan/ton, which is already half of the monthly salary of ordinary citizens; but now the Ethnic Affairs Committee has suddenly lowered the price by nearly half, which is very important to the ordinary people. .

That afternoon, more than 800 sales staff temporarily recruited by the Coal Management Office, with the cooperation of a thousand police officers, took over 214 stores of the Coal Industry Association, counted inventory, sealed accounts, and made preparations for reopening; while the original The shopkeepers and clerks were temporarily "leaved" home.

During this period, many shopkeepers and clerks who were guarding the store were dissatisfied and clashed with the reception staff. After repeated persuasion, a group of them were arrested, many of whom were Japanese. There was nothing to say about this. Just handle it. That's it - the current police department is least afraid of the Japanese!
(End of this chapter)