The Bourne Counterattack

Chapter 504 Stockpiling Materials
"Mr. Cheng, this batch of medicine is being sent to Jiangbei. The quantity is a bit large. Is there any way to prevent the marine police from boarding the ship for inspection?"

"I understand. I'll arrange it." Cheng Mo nodded in agreement.

He is now secretly working for the Japanese. Drug smuggling is his business. The apparent buyers of these drugs going to Jiangbei are definitely not people from the organization, but in the end they all fall into the hands of the organization.

The Japanese, of course, also knew about his drug smuggling business, but as long as he didn't do business with the Communist Party, they turned a blind eye to everything else.

Only by holding his handle can we control him better.

Unspoken to each other.

Cheng Mo secretly stockpiled raw materials for medicines and reduced imports from Europe in favor of imports from the United States. Although imported raw materials from the United States are more expensive, after all, the freight costs are not a small amount, but the amount that can be imported at one time is much larger.

Moreover, the quality of raw materials in the United States is higher than that in Europe, and the effects are better, so his pharmaceutical packaging factory naturally earns more money.

The pharmaceutical factory has begun to expand, and in addition to importing and packaging, it has also started to produce some medical consumables.

This is also a money-making business.

There are many manufacturers of medical consumables in Shanghai, such as medical sterile cotton, sterile gauze, bandages, etc., as well as saline and glucose. Technically, they are not too difficult, but the consumption is very large. They are cheap and easy to use, so hospitals purchase them in large quantities...

This industry is very complicated and ordinary people cannot get in, but is Cheng Mo an ordinary person?
For others who want to enter these industries, it is extremely difficult to obtain production approval, let alone enter the purchasing department of major hospitals.

He is different. He has power in his hands, and production approval is just a matter of coordinating some internal matters for him.

Will the Concession Health Committee not give him face?

Even the Japanese would purchase his medicines and disinfectants when they were unable to get through.

The factory makes a lot of money, which makes people jealous, but it takes strength to do this business. What's more, the pharmaceutical factory has a factory protection team and the Russian Volunteer Corps to provide escort.

If Cheng Mo hadn't been doing legitimate business, he would have had a place among the Green Gang tycoons.

"We have stockpiled a lot of raw materials, so we don't have to worry about it for at least a year. Should we continue to stockpile?" Tang Tao asked.

"Go on. I estimate that next year will be even more difficult. We don't have the production technology and can only buy it." Cheng Mo also wanted to produce it himself, but unfortunately the technology was not good enough and he had no foundation in the most basic petrochemical industry.

If we want to do it, there is really no such external environment now.

There is no way, this is the tragedy of a weak country.

"In this case, we will use most of our profits to stockpile raw materials. How will we explain this to Mr. Androv and Mr. McCain?"

"Don't worry, I'll go talk to them." Cheng Mo said. He had his own way to convince Androv and McCain. They were not fools and could see some of the situation.

Shanghai will definitely not be a battlefield in the future, at least there will not be a major war. Even if the Japanese want to regain the concession, there will not be a big fight. Neither the French nor the British have the intention to fight the Japanese in Shanghai.

As the war continues, medicines will undoubtedly become strategic materials, and their chance to make money will come.

Will the Japanese rob and plunder?

possible.

But wealth and honor are achieved through risk, and Cheng Mo has already established a relationship with the Japanese. If the Japanese seize Cheng Mo's factory and wealth, the resulting fear effect will dominate all Chinese with assets.

It's really not worth it for a pharmaceutical factory.

The Japanese will still settle this account.

To control China with China, if the Japanese want to go to war with Europe and the United States, they cannot use cruel means against the Chinese, otherwise they would be stupid.

… “Senior Brother Wen Qiu?”

"Hey, Mr. Cheng, you're here. Come in." Wen Qiu was watering the flowers. When he saw Cheng Mo coming in, he teased in surprise.

"Brother, is it interesting?" Cheng Mo handed the snacks he bought to Wen Qiu and said, "Congratulations, brother, it's been so many years."

"Thanks to you, your sister-in-law and I felt that we could settle down this time and maybe we could really have a child. Unexpectedly, this child really came." Wen Qiu was very happy, although he knew that for people in their line of work, having children would be a burden and also dangerous.

But if they have been married for many years and have no children, it would be fine if they were not suspected. But once they are suspected, it becomes a huge point.

Most people who do underground work are afraid of being dragged down by their relatives or children, and being alone without any worries is the best.

However, in this case, once you are targeted, the suspicious points on you will be infinitely magnified.

In fact, he is not young anymore and his wife’s health is not very good. The pregnancy this time was the result of conditioning. Moreover, living conditions have improved and nutrition has been met.

"Why are you coming to my place on this weekend instead of staying at home with your wife?" Wen Qiu said as he welcomed Cheng Mo into his living room.

"My mother-in-law and sister-in-law are here. The family doesn't need me. Three women makes a big drama. I'd better stay away from them." Cheng Mo explained with a smile.

Wen Qiu said nothing, picked up the teapot on the table and poured a cup of tea for Cheng Mo: "I don't have any good tea here, so you have to make do with it."

"I'm not a person who likes to enjoy life. I can tell whether the tea is good or bad, but I can drink it whether it's good or bad. I'm not picky." Cheng Mo said.

"You sent Wu Geng back. Your boss Dai didn't blame you, right?" Wen Qiu asked.

"If I don't send him away, I'll be in trouble. If he hadn't given him Xu Baichuan's contact information, I wouldn't have bothered to care whether he lived or died."

"Cheng Mo, what you said is a bit too much. After all, Wu Geng is also fighting against the Japanese."

"Yes, I admit that he assassinated Wang for the purpose of resisting Japan, but the Kuomintang is now bent on creating friction with us. I think they will take action against us sooner or later. We have to be careful about this. They have a criminal record." Cheng Mo said half-jokingly.

"That's not your concern."

Cheng Mo shut up immediately.

"Didn't the higher-ups agree with my suggestion?" Cheng Mo asked. Last time, he proposed to assign the underground party members in the political section of the police station to their party branch group in order to enhance their combat effectiveness.

"The higher-ups are thinking that if you do this, your identity will be easily exposed, which will be detrimental to your undercover work."

"What does this have to do with me?"

"Once Lao Xu transfers the relationship, he will definitely know your identity. Lao Xu's identity can be exposed, but you can't. You are too important. In order to ensure your safety, we cannot have any cross-contact with others!" Wen Qiu said solemnly.

"Then don't you and I know Lao Xu's identity?"

"We know Lao Xu's identity because our superiors told us that, but Lao Xu doesn't know our identities. Do you understand?" Wen Qiu said heavily.

"What about Lu Le? He has a good relationship with Lao Xu. Has Lao Xu tried to recruit him?" Cheng Mo asked.

"I don't know about that yet. After all, that's not my job scope!"

"Well, Senior Brother, you must give me a definite answer. If not, I will recruit Lui Lok to join the Military Control Commission first!" Cheng Mo said, "I need someone who can help me in the political department."

"Let me think about it."

(End of this chapter)