The final mastermind was Huangshan Official Residence!

When things have reached this point, there is no way to investigate anymore, and even investigation is impossible.

After learning the truth of the matter, Hu Shi was like an eggplant beaten with frost. His temperament became decayed instantly. It can be seen that this incident had a great blow to him.

Although Chen Qiang was a little surprised, he was not surprised. After all, there were many records and evidence in later generations, which proved that the four major families monopolized various materials in the Kuomintang-controlled areas during the War of Resistance Against Japan and made great money in the national crisis. Although the people could not afford to eat and sold their children to survive, the soldiers could not pay military salaries, and they relied on their passion to fight the Japanese, but the dignitaries still lived a luxurious life.

At the end of 1938, the Huangshan official residence once hosted a banquet for the patriotic overseas Chinese leader Mr. Chen Jiageng. At that time, the boss of the Huangshan official residence told Chen directly that the government's finances had gone bankrupt, and the prices rose so that even a lieutenant colonel could not afford to support his family. He hoped that Chen Jiageng could donate more money to support the War of Resistance. Chen Jiageng's tears flowed down the spot. As a result, when it was time to eat, the table was full of delicacies, and it was extremely extravagant and wasted, and there was no financial bankruptcy. Mr. Chen Jiageng was so angry that he slapped the table.

Some people in later generations believed that the four major families began to make a fortune after the War of Resistance. In fact, before the War of Resistance, they had already begun to plunder the people's wealth. In 1937, the State Government successively established the Agricultural Product Adjustment Member Association and the Industrial and Mining Adjustment Committee, which directly controlled the agriculture and mining industry. There were also the financial industry. The four major banks at that time, behind the central bank was the Huangshan official residence, behind the Bank of China was Minister Song, behind the Bank of Communications was Minister Kong, behind the Bank of Communications was the Chen brothers.

In 1939, the Japanese secret service agency secretly investigated foreign banks in Shanghai. Later, the investigation report was deposited at Stanford University in the United States. The report showed that the richest man in China at that time was the boss of the Huangshan official residence. The deposit was about 8.09 million US dollars. The boss's wife, the first lady of China at that time, had a personal deposit of up to 3.77 million US dollars. The money they had in foreign banks alone was close to 12 million US dollars.

The second place is Minister Song, who has a deposit of 6.37 million US dollars, and the third place is Minister Kong, with 6.35 million US dollars. The Chen brothers each have less than 3 million US dollars in deposits, but the two people combined will surpass Minister Kong and Minister Song. Even Chief Yan from Shanxi has a deposit of 3.41 million US dollars in foreign banks in Shanghai.

This is just their deposits in foreign banks in Shanghai. If other assets are included, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are rich and can compete with the country.

Of course, some people in later generations have defended this, saying that this was the Japanese deliberately spreading rumors to crack down on China, and the real four major families can only be considered ordinary rich people.

However, these data were not released during the War of Resistance Against Japan, but were found in the archives of Stanford University in later generations. If the Japanese spread rumors to crack down on China, they would have been released at that time. Why should these data be kept in archive management for decades?

So many things don’t need to be deliberately washed, and you will know the truth after thinking about them.

...

Back to the topic, Hu Shi was silent for a long time and finally said to Chen Qiang: "Chen Qiang, I hope you keep this matter secret and never make any comments. This is also for the sake of a big deal. Now that the country is so difficult, it can no longer withstand the slightest blow."

"Sir, I understand." Chen Qiang nodded.

Not to mention the respect of the Huangshan official residence, killing these people in the embassy is easy to get rid of. Just talking about the head of a country who has gained personal pockets during the war, reselled supplies, and made a fortune in the national crisis. If such a thing is exposed, I don’t know how many Chinese people will lose their will to resist, and the consequences may be more serious than losing a major battle. If you know that the senior leaders are enjoying personal pockets in the rear, maybe there is no need to fight the battle, and the desperate soldiers on the front line will collapse first!

Hu Shi sighed and continued, "You all go out first, I want to be alone."

Everyone nodded and turned around and left. Everyone also knew that such a thing was indeed necessary to give Hu Shi some private space.

Chen Qiang did not continue to stay in the embassy. Since the truth has been revealed and the mastermind behind Chen Qiang is still the one who cannot afford to offend, there is no need for Chen Qiang to stay. Anyway, if he stays in the embassy, ​​he will not return the 500 US dollars to Chen Qiang.

As the saying goes, people are bound to be strong. No matter how powerful Chen Qiang is, he will not dare to compete with the one in the Huangshan official residence. He punished Chen Qiang and felt that his life was not long enough. Chen Qiang all regarded it as his unlucky, and helped a fool, and was extorted 500 US dollars.

However, what Chen Qiang did not expect was that the people from the embassy really returned the 500 US dollars and gave Chen Qiang an extra 500 US dollars.

...

Five days later, Chen Qiang met the Commissioner Wang again, but this time, Commissioner Wang came to New York from Washington to find Chen Qiang.

Chen Qiang looked down on this Commissioner Wang from the bottom of his heart, so he was too lazy to greet him. He asked straightforwardly: "Company Wang, what's wrong with you coming to me?"

Commissioner Wang took out a bank note from his briefcase and handed it to Chen Qiang with both hands.

Chen Qiang took the bank note, looked down at the numbers on it, and his expression was slightly surprised.

This is a bank note worth $1,000. Although it is not from the New York Savings and Credit Center, it is also issued by another well-known financial institution and can also be used directly as money.

"Commissioner Wang, what do you mean?" Chen Qiang asked.

"Mr. Chen, I am really sorry for the last donation of $500. I also received the order from Shangfeng and I couldn't help but do such a thing that goes against my conscience. Please don't blame Mr. Chen. I will refund Mr. Chen the 500 donation of $500 now." Commissioner Wang said.

"Then I have to ask you for $500." Chen Qiang pointed to the bank note and continued: "This is $1,000."

"The extra 500 US dollars is regarded as a plea for Mr. Chen." Commissioner Wang said with a smile.

"I dare not take it for apologizing." Chen Qiang shook his head.

Commissioner Wang continued: "Mr. Chen, it's not to be hiding it. The 500 US dollars was issued by Xiangji Company. Xiangji Company hopes that Mr. Chen will not continue to pursue this matter."

Chen Qiang immediately understood that the additional 500 US dollars was the hush fee from the Kong family to himself!

Xiangji Company is the property of the Kong family, and this time the reselling supplies from the United States was also the Kong family's specific operations behind it. Perhaps this Commissioner Wang reported the purchase of whiskey to the domestic Xiangji Company. Xiangji Company was worried that Chen Qiang would talk nonsense and expand the situation, so he not only returned the 500 US dollars to Chen Qiang, but also gave Chen Qiang an additional US$500 as a hush fee.

This is also thanks to Chen Qiang's special identity. If Chen Qiang was just an ordinary person, what he might have been waiting for might not be a 500 USD hush fee, but a bullet flying to his head!

The money from Xiangji Company is basically the people's money and ointment that they have plundered. They even dare to ask for money from the national crisis. The money must be unclear, and maybe every bill of money will be stained with blood. Of course, Chen Qiang is unwilling to ask for such black-hearted money.

But Chen Qiang thought about it again and again that he had to accept the money, and he couldn't help but think about it.

Xiangji Company paid Chen Qiang the ban fee, so naturally hoped that Chen Qiang could keep his mouth shut. If Chen Qiang didn't want this money, Xiangji Company might not be at ease. Even if Chen Qiang promised that he would not disclose this matter, Xiangji Company might not believe Chen Qiang. If Xiangji Company had a shady move against Chen Qiang, then the matter would be troublesome.

On the contrary, if Chen Qiang takes the money for a short mouth and has short hands, even if he doesn't join Xiangji Company, Xiangji Company believes that Chen Qiang will collect money and do things, and will feel more at ease with Chen Qiang.

For his own safety and to make Xiangji Company feel at ease, Chen Qiang had to accept the money against his conscience.

Although Chen Qiang took back the 500 US dollars and made a net profit of 500 US dollars, Chen Qiang was not happy. He originally planned to donate the money to China for anti-Japanese war, but he did not donate it.

Now that this kind of thing happens, Chen Qiang dares not donate it anymore. Now he is just finding out a Xiangji company. Who knows if there are other senior officials who are filling their pockets? Even if the money is really replaced by a hemostatic bandage and is transported to China, who can guarantee that it will not be resold by those who make money from the national crisis?

Chen Qiang thought for a long time and decided to keep the money first. As for the donation, I will wait two years before talking about it.

Nowadays, the supplies that support domestic are purchased by the embassy, ​​so domestic dignitaries will intervene and buy materials such as whiskey, cigars, stockings, etc. for reselling. But two years later, when the Pacific War breaks out, the Americans will start to support China. The materials shipped to China are what the Americans say, at least the procurement is done by the American government, and the domestic bigwigs cannot get involved. The Americans will pay for their own money to buy things, so they will naturally track the use of the materials. If they donate money at that time, the materials can be truly delivered to the frontline military and civilians.

...

The material matter hit Hu Shi a big blow, but as the Chinese ambassador to the United States, he still had to do what he should do. The invaders were still acting recklessly on China's land, and Hu Shi was also trying hard to seek US support.

God pays off on those who are determined. With Hu Shi's efforts, the US government finally made a policy to consolidate Sino-US relations. In terms of the international similarity at that time, China's situation was so bad that the United States was still willing to consolidate Sino-US relations. It can be said that this policy is second only to the direct alliance between the two countries.

Japan naturally expressed strong protests, but knowledgeable people in the US government have obviously realized that Japan will pose a threat to the United States, and Japan's protests are obviously ineffective.

While the US has achieved fruitful diplomacy, bad news is frequent in China.

Port cities such as Guangzhou and Hainan successively fell, and China's maritime transportation was basically cut off. Zhanjiang became the only port in China that could trade freely at that time. All the materials needed by the mainland needed to be transported from Zhanjiang to Liuzhou, Guangxi by road, and then transported to other places.

After all, China and Europe and the United States still had trade. The Japanese were afraid of the pressure from European and American countries, so they did not dare to completely block China, so they left Zhanjiang, a port. After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Japanese and Britain and the United States completely broke up, Zhanjiang would be occupied by Japan, and the entire China was completely blocked by the Japanese.

In addition to the unfavorable situation of the war, the former President Wang of the Executive Yuan defected at this time. As the second-ranked figure in China at that time, his defection was undoubtedly a bombshell, which put a shadow on China's war of resistance. China's war of resistance against Japan was finally about to enter the most difficult period.

At this time, the smell of gunpowder in Europe became stronger and stronger. Italy asked France to give Tunisia, Corsica and French Somaliland to Italy. This behavior of directly seeking a colony with France was undoubtedly cutting off the French. Italy did this torn the face apart from the French.

France was bullied by Italy. The whole world thought France was going to take on a strong sensation, but France was afraid again. When German Foreign Minister Ribentrop visited France, the two countries reached an agreement, and France once again compromised with Germany, admitting that Eastern Europe belonged to Germany's sphere of influence.

It was also at this time that the Netherlands announced the closure of the border for refugees, and the Jewish refugees who originally planned to escape to the Netherlands had lost another way of life. The Netherlands' behavior was obviously showing kindness to Germany. After all, the Germans are now crazily purges Jews. If the Netherlands accepts Jews, wouldn't it be contrary to the German prime minister? In order to please Germany, the Netherlands does not care about internationalism, and even more so on.

Unfortunately, when the dog licked the dog could not chase the goddess, the Netherlands did not bring peace to please Germany. There was news in Europe that Germany planned to invade the Netherlands in February 1939 with the goal of using the Dutch airport to launch strategic bombing on Britain.

The Dutch were immediately frightened. The whole Netherlands was worried about the German attack, which caused the Netherlands to panic.

The British were also frightened and worried that Germany's bombing was also worried. Churchill and others had realized that war was inevitable. However, the British rulers were still thinking about how to lead the disaster to the east and let Germany fight the Soviet Union by giving Germany some concessions.

In fact, anyone familiar with Germany knows that Germany most often used "blitzkrieg" in World War II. It used the fast advantages of aircraft and tanks to directly launch a sudden attack. The opponents who attacked instantly could not take care of themselves. Before the attacked countries could react, the German army had already reached the door.

So if the Germans really want to fight the Netherlands, how could they spread the news and make the whole of Europe know about it! Obviously, this plan to attack the Netherlands is not only a temptation, but also a war blackmail. As long as Britain is cowardly, Germany's goal will be achieved. As a result, the British are really cowardly!

At this time, the United States is still in a state of peace.

For Americans, wars in Europe mean that countless wealth will follow.

The First World War more than 20 years ago made Americans profitable, and the United States also leaped into the world's number one industrial power. If Britain had not still had colonies all over the world, even the title of the world's largest power would have been taken away by the United States.

Now that Europe is facing war again, Americans naturally hope to reuse the same trick and then make another fortune in the war. It is also for this reason that the United States remained neutral in the early days of World War II. If it were not a neutral country, how could it be sold on both sides?

At the end of 1938, American capitalists had already smelled the smell of war. At this time, many factories had begun to consciously expand their scale and recruit skilled workers to wait until the war broke out and could produce more goods and sell them to Europe.

It is also for this reason that the unemployment rate in the United States is unprecedentedly low at this time. Factory owners need a large number of workers. As long as you are willing to work hard, you will not have to worry about not being able to find a job. Even if you don’t have a skill, it doesn’t matter. The factory is willing to train you.

In this environment, Chen Qiang spent his first Christmas in the United States.

...

After Christmas, Chen Qiang was still playing tennis with wealthy people at the tennis club, but the entire tennis club was discussing the Australian Tennis Championships.

This Australian Tennis Championship is the predecessor of the future Australian Open. At this time, the Australian Open has little influence. Basically, only Australians play by themselves, relying on high bonuses to attract players from other countries to participate.

"Have you heard that the prize money for this year's Australian Tennis Championship is 30% lower than last year!"

"The travel fee to Australia is already relatively high, but now it's easy to cut off 30% of the bonus. Who is willing to go?"

"As far as I know, no one of the American players signed up to participate in this year's Australian Open. I don't know if anyone in Europe participated!"

"There is a war in Europe soon, and there is probably no one going to Australia to participate in the competition."

"Don't the British go? After all, Australia was a British colony before!"

While people in the club were discussing, some people even asked Chen Qiang if he wanted to attend this year's Australian Open.

"If there is no appearance fee, I will definitely not participate. It is too far away. Not only is it wasteful money, but also time. If you have that skill, it is better to teach a few more gentlemen to play basketball." Chen Qiang replied with a smile.

Nowadays, Chen Qiang teaches rich people to play football business is getting better and better. Sometimes he even has to make an appointment to queue up. Chen Qiang has made some money because of this, at least he can live a rich life in New York. For him, he went to Australia to participate in the competition and went back and forth for several months and could not make money. It is really not worth the money.

Several other colleagues were still discussing the Australian Open, while Chen Qiang casually looked through the newspaper in his hand.

Christmas has just passed, and most sports competitions have not started yet, so there is not much news about sports.

In the technology sector, a piece of news attracted Chen Qiang's attention.

German scientist Alto Hahn completed an experiment on December 17. When he used a slow neutron to bombard the uranium nucleus, an unusual situation unexpectedly occurred: not only did the reaction be quick and strong, it released very high energy, but the uranium nucleus also split into some atomic sequences and lighter components.

"It turns out that the first person to discover nuclear fission was the Germans, but the result was the atomic bomb that was first created by the Americans. Einstein is really amazing. But Einstein seems to be a German, right? I have to admit that Germany does have world-class scientists, but unfortunately, Alto Hahn's research on nuclear fission ended up being cheaper for the Americans."

Chen Qiang thought that after Germany was defeated, the United States gathered a large number of top scientists from Germany. It can be said that Germany's investment in scientific research over the years was ultimately just borrowed chickens and laid eggs by the Americans, and all of them became the research results of the United States.

Suddenly, Chen Qiang's mind flashed, and he also thought of a business of laying eggs with chickens.
Chapter completed!