The Security Committee is located on Longgang Road, right next to the military camp of the Armed Police Brigade. It looks inconspicuous, with a gray three-story building in a blue brick courtyard.
On the other side of the compound is Kunlun Radio and Television Company, whose tall transmission tower is very eye-catching.
At this time, in Lu Ming's office on the third floor, sat a middle-aged Western man named Carl Liver, a well-known manager in the East China Sea investment circle. He was originally a senior investment consultant at Hua Xia Investment Company and was now employed as the general manager of Black Mountain Investment Company.
At this time, Leavell was losing his temper because the assistant assigned to him was completely uncooperative with his work, and Leavell demanded that the assistant be fired.
Liver's assistant was a minor official in charge of the economy in a county under Montenegro. His name was Li Zhaoji, and he was a bit of a stutterer.
This was the Li Zhaoji that Lu Ming met when he first arrived in Longgang.
Listening to Livermore's complaints, Lu Ming frowned slightly, "Carl, Assistant Li recorded the disagreement between you and him in the form of a memo. Take a look and see if there are any mistakes in the record of what you said?" He pushed a booklet over from the coffee table.
Livre gritted his teeth, picked up the booklet, flipped through it, and threw it on the coffee table. "Chairman, I think..."
Lu Ming waved his hand. "You are an expert in investment, but this is not Montenegro, let alone the East China Sea. So, you can't just consider economic factors. Cooperating with Zhongyitang? Are you sure they have a spirit of contract? Will they act completely in accordance with the contract?"
Zhongyi Tang is a gangster in Northern Xinjiang. Basically, any goods from the Free Trade Zone that want to enter Northern Xinjiang will pass through Zhongyi Tang.
Today, Zhongyitang has taken the initiative to approach Heishan Investment Company, hoping to cooperate with the two parties to jointly invest in establishing a trading company. By utilizing Heishan Company's connections and status in Jiangnan, they will import goods from Jiangnan and sell them to Northern Xinjiang by Zhongyitang.
It does seem to be mutually beneficial, but Lu Ming is still observing the major forces in Shengjing and does not want to act rashly.
The relationship between Haixi and Beijiang is bad. In Shengjing, the Zhongyitang gang in Beijiang district and the Jintanhui gang in Haixi district are fighting the most fiercely.
In the past, when there was barbed wire separation, the two sides had fought several times during trade.
A few days after the barriers in the entire Shengjing area were no longer set up, a fierce war broke out between Zhongyitang and Jintanhui, attacking each other's lairs. It can indeed be described as a war, because both sides used a large number of firearms.
These two are said to be gangsters, but in fact, they probably both have military backgrounds.
They are all tools used by military elders to make money with the tacit approval of the provincial governor.
Both want to get as many quotas as possible in the Central District, such as quotas for building construction workers in the Central District, quotas for in-demand commodities, quotas for projects of Western investors in the Central District, and so on.
The fight between the two sides became more and more intense.
There is no benefit in rushing in now.
Over there, Liver was about to speak, but Lu Ming waved his hand and said, "I've said that our current investment should focus on the construction of the concession area. There will be rich returns in the future." In fact, if he were "Lu Ming", Liver would be like an honest lackey. In Donghai, he dared not breathe in front of him. Apart from marveling at his investment direction and singing praises, he dared not have any objections, because too many of his unpopular investments had turned out to be great successes.
Looking at Livre, Lu Ming said again: "We have more than 10,000 workers here. You need to make use of them in your investment direction and provide them with jobs. Our investment is not only about efficiency, but also about the overall situation and the long-term!"
Indeed, many buildings were built in the Heishan Concession in just a few months, all thanks to the recruitment of more than 10,000 men and women from Heishan, Nanping and Wanzhou as construction workers.
Internally, they were organized into an engineering brigade and settled in the concession area, becoming the first batch of immigrants.
Moreover, the team leaders of each team in the brigade were issued firearms, and most of the young and strong men had received training such as the Farm Guards and Militia.
Therefore, once organized, it is an armed force that cannot be underestimated.
Livre was about to say something, but suddenly he was stunned, so he stopped talking and nodded, "Okay, I understand."
Perhaps, the tone and demeanor of Commissioner Zhang's words reminded him of someone and what that person had said, so he dared not say anything more.
Not long after Livermore left, Wang Ding, chief member of the Public Affairs Committee, came for a secret talk and left.
At around five o'clock, when Lu Ming was about to leave, the red phone rang.
There are two red telephones on the table. The one that is ringing is a direct line to the Special Work Department.
The terminal on the other end of the phone was naturally not in the Mosuo Building, but a secret contact point in the Black Mountain Concession.
"Commissioner, Liu Kui has replied. He wants ten thousand dollars." The voice was Bai Yumeng.
In the four provinces of the Northern Territory, some provinces once issued paper money, but they all disrupted the economy and ended in disaster. The hard currency in the four provinces is naturally the silver dollar and the imperial dollar. Among the people, silver dollars are more recognized.
Ten thousand silver dollars is almost one hundred thousand imperial coins.
Liu Kui was the commander of the security brigade of the Minjiang Road in Haixi, which was close to Shengjing, and was also the chief supervisor of the land customs for goods entering Haixi from Shengjing.
Bai Yumeng's informant is a real businessman, but he works for the Bureau of Secrets. He is close to Liu Kui and wants to open up connections for a land route.
Now, there’s an opening offer.
Lu Ming smiled slightly, but in fact, he just wanted to see his price range.
Of course, the contact with Liu Kui is not just to transport goods to Haixi.
The subordinates of these warlords felt that the saying really came true: everyone has a price, and whether they can be bribed or not depends on whether they can afford the price.
"Give it to him!" Lu Ming said with a smile.
The 100,000 yuan budget from the Bureau of Secrets is not so easy to get. Liu Kui will find out slowly.
"Okay, then I'll ask Lao Sun to continue contacting him." Bai Yumeng agreed, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Does Bai Hailong really ignore him?"
Lu Ming hummed, "Ignore it."
The White Sea is an inland sea between the Northern Frontier Province and the Haixi Province. In fact, it is a very large lake, but it has many reefs and islands of all sizes. The terrain is extremely complex, and some areas have electromagnetic storms that will affect the electronic equipment of ships. There are also inexplicable whirlpools that swallow all ships. Therefore, the White Sea has become a paradise for bandits to hide. Bai Hailong is the largest water bandit gang in the White Sea. Neither Northern Frontier nor Haixi can do anything to him.
Bai Yumeng had a way to get in touch with him, and thought it would be a good idea to support Bai Hailong and oppose Liu Bangchang, the governor of Haixi.
However, Lu Ming would never support any gang. Even if it was temporarily beneficial to his side, it was still too despicable. The more powerful the gangs became, the more the common people would suffer.
Seeing Commissioner Zhang's firm attitude, Bai Yumeng stopped talking, agreed, and hung up the phone.
Lu Ming had just put down the red phone when another phone rang. Lu Ming picked it up and was surprised. "Okay, I'll be right back."