Shadow Spy

Chapter 52 The final glory of Shanghai

On April 4th, Monday, after breakfast, Li Junhao was about to go to work, but he turned around and saw Linda next to him. He slapped his forehead and realized that his current task was to protect and accompany this young lady, so he didn’t have to go to work!
"Hee hee!" Seeing him putting on his suit and taking off his suit, and then sitting back on the sofa, Linda understood instantly and couldn't help but laugh.

"You're still laughing, because of you, I don't even have to go to class now!" Li Junhao said angrily.

"That's not good. You can go shopping with me and see the scenery, so that you don't have to be so tired from work." Linda said.

"Okay! I'll accompany you wherever you want to go." Li Junhao said, "Well, Xiaoyu will go too, to relax!"

Unexpectedly, Xiao Yu said: "Brother Jun, I won't go. I have something to do today..."

When Li Junhao heard this, he looked up at Xiao Yu and found that her expression was very serious. He judged that she really had something to do, so he said: "That's okay, you go do your own thing today, and we will play together later. "As he said that, he took out his wallet from his pocket, took out a stack of French currency and handed it over, "Xiaoyu, take it, just use it when you need money!"

"Oh." Xiao Yu would not refuse the money given by Brother Jun. She had already regarded herself as his.

After getting along for more than a day, Linda found out that she liked Xiaoyu, a Chinese girl, who was only one year older than her. She was sincere and generous, and cooked delicious food. She had qualities that American girls of the same age did not have. When she heard that she was going to do something, Thinking of what he had experienced yesterday afternoon, he said, "Xiaoyu, you have to go do something, so take my bodyguard with you to avoid any danger."

In the past two days, Li Junhao and Xiao Yu discovered that there was a car parked outside the gate. There were two big black men in the car - there was one before, and after what happened yesterday afternoon, there was another one in the evening.

"No, Linda, I won't go to dangerous places." Xiao Yu refused and took a black bodyguard to Phoenix Village. Are you kidding me?
Although Xiao Yu said so, when he went out, Li Junhao asked Linda to call two bodyguards in black and arranged for one of them to drive Xiao Yu out. Seeing that Xiao Yu was still a little reluctant, he said: "Xiao Yu, I Knowing that you are going back to Phoenix Village, letting him send you off can save you a lot of trouble, just listen to me!"

Xiaoyu nodded obediently, knowing that Brother Jun was right. Since the Japanese army occupied Shanghai, it was still very dangerous for a single woman to go out. She had a car with foreigners, and she was not afraid of being inspected by the Japanese and puppet troops.
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At nine o'clock, the three of them went out separately. One bodyguard drove the two of them shopping in Li Junhao's car, and the other took Xiao Yu to Fenghuang Village.For the two bodyguards, although one was separated to do seemingly unrelated things, the other bodyguard was able to follow the young lady. He no longer had to wait outside the house as before, which was also an improvement in treatment. .After getting in the car, Linda introduced to Li Junhao that these two bodyguards were warriors trained by the family since childhood. The previous two generations had served the family. Not only did they have strong combat power, but they also had absolutely no loyalty. question.

Li Junhao was secretly stunned. No matter how you evaluate the quality of these large consortiums, you must admit that at this point, compared with the nouveau riche who have made their fortunes in the past ten or twenty years, Rockefeller, a large capital company that started in more than 70 years, is The family still has a strong foundation.Although in terms of culture, the Rockefeller family is far inferior to China's thousand-year-old families, in terms of money, they have benefited from the big capital countries and have enough strength and influence. In today's troubled times, they are like a fish in water. .

He was thinking at this time, should he also train some loyal subordinates?In this era, the old saying is more appropriate, "One hero has three gangs"!He kept this in mind.
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On the other side, nearly a hundred cars filed out of the U.S. Consulate General. Members of the business delegation, accompanied by consulate staff and escorted by Marines, went to visit various places in Shanghai and Shanghai. Of course, the focus is on the concession, but they will also go to the Japanese Concession and the Chinese Concession!
Even the arrogant Japanese invaders did not dare to neglect the representatives of the American business community - without American scrap steel, oil, rubber, machine tools, electronics, chemicals and other products, they would not be able to support the war at all!

Therefore, after learning that the U.S. trade delegation arrived in Shanghai, the Consulate General of Japan, the No. 13 Military Headquarters of the Chinese Expeditionary Forces, the Military Police Headquarters in Shanghai, the Marine Special Marine Corps and various agencies stationed in Shanghai all issued strict orders. We must pay attention to the movements of the U.S. delegation and never allow anyone to undermine Japan-U.S. diplomatic relations.

The Wang puppet government's office in Shanghai, the Shanghai Municipal Government, the police station, the secret service headquarters and other agencies also received clear orders from their Japanese masters to ensure that the Americans did not cause problems on their territory.The police station and the secret service headquarters even directly issued instructions to their subordinates: Whenever Westerners appear, they must pay attention to their attitude. While ensuring the safety of foreigners, they must also maintain the "good image" of the Japanese army and the Wang Puppet Government!
Business people from various countries in Shanghai also focused their attention on the delegation. Although no one knew what the American delegation was here to do, since it was in the commercial field, business opportunities would definitely arise. I don’t know how many people there were. They are all thinking about contacting American representatives to obtain business opportunities.

Prompted by various factors, this U.S. trade delegation received extraordinary courtesy in Shanghai. Because the U.S. Consulate General did not have enough luxury cars, the consulates of Britain, France, Japan, the Netherlands, Belgium and other countries all provided support. A large number of cars, as well as many foreign companies and businesses from various countries, also took the initiative to sponsor, fully ensuring the delegation's travel and security work...

Thanks to the current Shanghai-sea environment, Li Junhao and Linda's trip went very smoothly, starting from the Bund by the Huangpu River, along the main road in the public concession and the French Concession's main road, all the way to Jing'an Temple, the length of About ten miles, also commonly known as Shili Foreign Market, there are rows of high-rise buildings, shopping malls, banks, theaters, etc., which even Linda from the United States was amazed.

Linda also discovered that you can buy all kinds of the latest cheap products from the United States and Europe here, which surprised her!You know, whether it is from the United States or Europe, at this time, goods exported to China have to cross the ocean by boat, which can take as little as 20 days or as long as one and a half months. According to her knowledge, these stingy products The styles are at most one month behind those in the United States. You can imagine what kind of efficiency this is!
However, Li Junhao knew that this was Shanghai's last glory, and as the war progressed, everything would change.

(End of this chapter)