After receiving the order from Kenji Doihara, Yoshiko Kawashima once again proposed to meet with Xu Rui.
However, the only person who came to meet Kawashima Yoshiko was Wang Husheng.
Xu Rui was in Shanghai at this time, but he did not participate in the attack on No. 76 Jisi Feier Road. The only ones who attacked No. 76 Jisi Feier Road were Han Feng, Zuan Shanbao, Mo Zichen, and Lei Xiang. As well as the five Wu Han, to ordinary people, No. 76 Jisi Feier Road is no less terrifying than the Demon Cave, but to Langya it is nothing.
Therefore, Xu Rui is not worried about the safety of Zuanshan Bao and the others at all.
When the Diamond Mountain Leopard led Han Feng and others to launch an attack on No. 76, Jisi Feier Road, Xu Rui was taking Sai Hongfu and Xiao Taohong to negotiate with Sir Edwards in the office building of Far East Bank on the Bund.
Edwards is a typical British man who has a sense of superiority as a white man from the bottom of his heart. However, among white people, there are stupid fools, and there are also wise men with keen eyesight. The fools will wear their superiority on their faces and want to tell everyone. He is the noblest white man in the world, and a wise man will hide his pride under the appearance of humility.
Edwards is undoubtedly the latter. He appears polite on the surface, but he is arrogant in his heart.
The negotiation had just begun, and Xu Rui immediately sensed Edwards' implicit arrogance. The British guy's asking price was twice as high as the base price Stilwell revealed to him! Stilwell said that the equipment in Edwards' hands was now worth at most US$20,000, but Edwards' asking price was a full US$40,000!
Obviously, this is not because Edwards is so open-minded, but because Edwards thinks that Xu Rui only deserves this price!
To put it more bluntly, if a white man like Stilwell buys the equipment, Edwards will sell it for 20,000 US dollars, but if an Asian like Xu Rui buys his equipment, it will cost 40,000 US dollars. Edwards believes that , a Western face is worth at least 20,000 US dollars.
Sai Hongfu frowned and said: "Sir Edward Ci, I want to remind you that if we don't buy this batch of equipment from you, your equipment will always be backlogged in the warehouse, or it will become a pile of waste in a few years. Tie, let alone 40,000 US dollars, I’m afraid no one will want even 400 US dollars.”
Edwards took the pipe out of his mouth and said calmly: "Beautiful madam, if you really think so, then just let this batch of equipment rot in the warehouse. Without this batch of equipment, I will only lose four Ten thousand US dollars, if the precious party cannot obtain this batch of equipment, it will lose industrial capacity.”
Xu Rui's pupils shrank when he heard this. Obviously, Edwards knew more than he expected. Stilwell probably told Edwards in detail about his origins and the purpose of purchasing these equipment. However, Xu Rui didn't think so. Edwards is raising prices from the ground. This British guy simply looks down on Orientals.
Xu Rui was worried that Edwards would leak the news to the Japanese.
If Edwards leaks the news to the Japanese, then his entire action plan will definitely fail. After all, Shanghai is in the Japanese-occupied area. It is absolutely impossible to transport so much machinery and equipment out of the heavy siege of the Japanese!
Edwards is indeed a smart man. Xu Rui just frowned slightly and he realized it immediately.
At that moment, Edwards said: "You don't have to worry about confidentiality. We British are honest. A businessman who does not abide by the contract will not be able to survive in the British Empire."
After a pause, Edwards added: "But as for the price, I'm afraid there is no room for discussion. It's just forty thousand US dollars, or you can pay one thousand two hundred taels of gold. If you are willing to buy it, you can make a contract now. If If you don't want to buy this batch of equipment, please do it yourself."
After finishing speaking, Edwards went to smoke alone and stopped talking.
Xu Rui secretly hated him in his heart, but hate brought about hatred, he had to bow his head when he should!
Who made China have no industry at that time? If you don't have a strong industry, you deserve to be bullied by others. This is an unbreakable truth at any time.
For example, in the era when Xu Rui traveled through time, China no longer had to look at the West because of its strong industrial manufacturing capabilities. However, another so-called big country, India, was completely cheated by Western countries. The French sold a batch of three-generation products to India. aircraft, but the unit price is higher than the fourth-generation stealth aircraft. Russia said it was sending an aircraft carrier to India, but it turned out that the modification cost was enough to buy two aircraft carriers and dozens of carrier-based aircraft.
If you fall behind, you will be beaten; if you don’t have industry, you will be slaughtered! This has always been the case!
Xu Rui gritted his teeth and said, "If it works, it's only one thousand two hundred taels of gold! But I have one more request."
Seeing that Xu Rui agreed to the deal, Edwards immediately changed his expression and said with a smile: "It's easy to say, as long as our Far East Bank can do it, you can just offer it."
Xu Rui said: "All equipment must be wrapped in cotton gauze and disguised as cotton gauze bags. If the equipment is too large, it will be dismantled into parts and then disguised as cotton bales, and then sent to the storage yard at Shiliupu Pier!"
Edwards said: "There is no problem transporting the equipment to Shiliupu Pier, but why wrap the equipment in cotton gauze and disguise it as a cotton gauze bag?"
"You don't have to worry about it." Xu Rui said, "Just tell me, can it be done?"
"Sure, of course it's done." Edwards said happily, "It's just a trivial matter, not worth mentioning."
After a pause, Edwards added: "So Mist Xu, do you want to sign now or later?"
As he spoke, Edwards glanced at the box in Xiao Taohong's hand. When he entered the door just now, Edwards didn't think much about it, but now, he suspected that most of it contained gold.
Sure enough, with a wave of Xu Rui's hand, Xiao Taohong put the suitcase in her hand on the round table and opened it. As soon as the light shone, the entire living room was immediately filled with dazzling gold. The suitcase contained gold bars as expected. Looking at the whole suitcase Edwards's eyes immediately became eager. There is no one in the world who doesn't like gold.
Xu Rui raised his hands and said: "Sir Edward Ci, here is two hundred taels of gold, which is considered an advance payment. As soon as the contract is signed, the gold will be yours. As for the remaining one thousand taels of gold, we will wait until the equipment arrives at Shiliupu Pier. , I will send someone to pay it off immediately, and I will never be short of you by one tael of gold."
Edwards smiled and said: "Mist, you are serious, I can trust you."
Only if you can trust me will there be a ghost! Xu Rui cursed, and then said, "Can we sign the contract now?"
The Western powers have no integrity at the political level. Politicians talk like farts and fall out when they say they will. However, at the business level, Western businessmen are quite honest, so as long as Edwards signs the contract, Xu Rui will not have to. Worrying that he would break his promise and gain weight, half of the whole plan would be completed.
"Of course, of course," Edwards said. "You can sign it now."
After Edwards finished speaking, he waved his hand, and a beautiful Belarusian woman walked in with the document, divided into two parts, and handed them into the hands of Xu Rui and Edwards respectively. Xu Rui glanced at the Belarusian woman, who looked very charming. Especially those long, snow-white legs are very eye-catching. It seems that the old guy Edwards is also an expert.
Xu Rui rustled his name on the text, and then exchanged it with Edwards.
After the signing was completed, Edwards became even more enthusiastic about Xu Rui. He extended an invitation and said, "Mist Xu, and two beautiful ladies, the dance in the ballroom on the top floor of the East Asia Hotel has almost begun. I wonder if you three are willing to show off? I The best wine and the most perfect dancing partners will be prepared at the dance.”
Sai Hongfu was a little moved. The key was that the foreign devil's "Madam" was very helpful to her.
However, Xu Rui was still thinking about Zhuanshanbao and the others, so Xu Rui declined Edwards' invitation. Edwards shrugged and did not hold back any more.
Xu Rui and the others returned to the hotel, only to find that Zhuan Shanbao and the others had returned.
Zhuanshan Leopard said carelessly: "Captain, the people from Shanghai Teco described No. 76 Jisi Feier Road as being like a devil's cave. I thought it was so powerful, but it turned out to be the same thing. Although there are a lot of people, they are all a bunch of Shanghai bastards who can barely do anything to bully the common people, but they are not enough under our hands."
"This is really incomparable. You Langya are not human beings." Wu Han said.
Wu Han had actually heard of Langya's name a long time ago, but before seeing was believing, Wu Han always thought that it was just rumors. However, after participating in two of Langya's operations, Wu Han discovered that Langya In fact, it is much scarier than the rumors. The marksmanship, skills and combat experience of these guys are simply impeccable!
"What are you talking about? Are you saying that we, Langya, are not human beings?" Zhuanshan Bao immediately glared upon hearing this.
Wu Han quickly explained: "No, I don't mean what you think, I mean..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhuanshan Bao immediately changed his smile, hugged Wu Han's shoulders affectionately and said: "Okay, Old Wu, you are still talking about us, your soul-reviving needle is pretty good. How about this, when this operation is over, you can just go back to Dameishan with us, it would be boring to stay in Shanghai, right?"
"Going to Damei Mountain with you?" Wu Han's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.
If asked directly, Wu Han would certainly be happy to join the Spike Force.
Xu Rui did not stop the Mountain Leopard from blatantly poaching the Shanghai Special Committee, because he was also very optimistic about Wu Han. This guy was not only good at concealed weapons, but also a surgeon. Their Wolf Fangs had everything they needed now. The only thing missing is a special soldier who is proficient in medical skills, and Wu Han can fill this gap.
But now, it is not the time to consider these things.
While talking, Xiao Taohong hurried over with a telegram and reported: "Uncle, a telegram just came from home, saying that Kenji Doihara has admitted defeat!" (To be continued.)