Volume 2: The crown and the hat are all over the capital, and the spirit is full of energy and enter the foggy city Chapter 17 Unrestricted Warfare
Subtitle of this chapter: Learn the advanced experience of the Saint Seiya!
When it came to small money, the two Japanese soldiers immediately showed embarrassed expressions.
It's not that they are not as generous as Akashi Motojiro, a senior in the military intelligence field, but that they have no money.
At that time, in order to carry out the mission, Motojiro Akashi proposed a working fund budget of one million yen to the General Staff Headquarters. This was a huge amount of funds. You have to know that at that time even the salary of provincial military cadres in Japan was only a little over 100 yen per month!
The General Staff was temporarily intimidated, but the then Deputy Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Oka Toshifumi, completely trusted him and not only gave him the money, but also said he would not ask how the money was spent.
Now this Chinese man has made a huge request for three million US dollars. From what he means, we need to put out at least three hundred thousand US dollars as "start-up capital".
It is hard to say whether Minister Kishigero Shidehara had an annual diplomatic budget of US$300,000.
So naturally, the two of them were speechless and didn't know how to respond.
However, our Master Yuan did not ask them to invest in "Orphans of Famine". Just kidding, he doesn't know how popular this movie will be, but it will definitely make a lot of money. Involving the Japanese for no reason is not extortion but giving them money.
Isn't it crazy to do this? If you want to give money, you should give it to those vampires on Wall Street.
He was laying the groundwork for the following incident and raising his own value at the same time.
So Yuan Yan suddenly changed the subject and asked Ba Maoqian, "Mr. Yamamoto, how is the matter I mentioned to you last time?"
That thing, naturally, was to jointly establish a shipping company.
Master Yuan had some doubts about this plan. It was not that this plan could not make money, but that it was too troublesome. Another factor was that this shipping company was too dependent on the Japanese, and he could not manage it personally. Well, even if he really wanted to manage it, he might not be able to manage it well, so in the end, he might really lose both the wife and the army.
However, ever since he got engaged to Miss Wei Mingzhu and re-examined the situation in Southeast Asia, he immediately made up his mind to open up this international arms smuggling route as soon as possible.
Yamamoto Isoroku took a thousand US dollars for travel expenses and actually contacted his colleagues with whom he had a good relationship. His best friend and classmate, Lieutenant Colonel Hori Teikichi, who was also from the 32nd class of Etajima, praised the plan highly, urged Yamamoto to implement it as soon as possible, and was willing to fully support it in the country.
The reason why this gentleman was so supportive was that he was working in the Military Affairs Bureau of the Navy Ministry at the time and was very familiar with the domestic situation.
In 1918, the rice riots broke out across Japan and led to the resignation of the Terauchi Masatake cabinet.
In 1919, 25,000 workers from the Tokyo Artillery Factory and other arsenals held a 20-day general strike. In 1920, workers at the Yawata Steel Works went on strike for the first time. In the same year, even at the Manchuria Railway's Shahekou Factory in China, Chinese and Japanese workers held a joint strike...
The list is very long. At that time, class contradictions within Japan were extremely sharp. Small-scale workers' strikes and peasant riots occurred one after another, and even the navy and the army showed signs of instability.
Hori Teikichi wrote to Yamamoto Isoroku that Japan was facing a "storm of trouble".", so he strongly supports this kind of "business behavior" that can create jobs.
Of course, this matter could not be avoided by Nomura Yoshisaburo, who was present at the meeting. After thinking about it, this navy colonel, who was more of a diplomat than a military strategist, decided to support it. His main purpose was to win over "pro-Japanese forces" like Master Yuan .
Yamamoto Fifty-roku glanced at Nomura Yoshisaburo, and when he saw the latter nod slightly, he spoke up, "Speaking of shipping companies, since Mr. Yuan is interested in this, we will naturally support him."
He paused and continued, "We can provide retired naval personnel to serve as seamen, and we can also provide second-hand ocean-going vessels at a low price. Um... we can also provide some conveniences in certain ports."
"Yoshi!" Yuan Yan nodded with satisfaction, then shook her head and said, "Mr. Yamamoto, this is not enough ."
"Not enough?!" Ba Maoqian said unhappily, "Mr. Yuan, this is the condition we agreed upon at the time, how can it be not enough?"
Our Master Yuan said calmly: "Gentlemen, I am not going back on my word. What we said at the time did not include this film and the propaganda that followed. This is a major project to sow discord between Britain and the United States. I am afraid that a shipping company is not enough."
Nomura Kichisaburo coughed and asked, "So, Mr. Yuan, what other conditions do you have?"
Yuan Yanshu did not answer, but stood up, walked to the door of the living room, looked out and then closed the door.
He sat back in his original seat, leaned close to the two men and whispered, "Gentlemen, I would also like to ask you to help me find some military instructors."
The two Neon Golds looked at each other, and Ba Maoqian lowered his voice and asked, "Mr. Yuan, may I ask what you are looking for a military instructor for?"
Master Yuan said calmly: "Oh, you also know that I got engaged recently, right? And my fiancée is the daughter of the Wei family in Nanyang. I want to hire some military instructors for my Taishan side, but they need instructors from the Marine Corps!"
"By the way, I also want to hire a Ninja from your country!" Yuan Yan suddenly showed a very expectant expression and said, "It's the Ninja like Hattori Hanzo, Sarutobi Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto, or Hatake Kakashi."
They had heard of Hattori Hanzo and Sarutobi Sasuke, the two Japanese golds, but they were too ignorant .
Nomura Kichisaburo said somewhat awkwardly: "Mr. Yuan may have some misunderstanding. Our country does have ninjas, but in this day and age, they are of little use."
"Oh, is that so..." Our Master Yuan was very disappointed.
What a pity, this is indeed a plane that is not so unfriendly, even ninjas are useless. I also want to hire a few female ninjas to warm my bed... well, as bodyguards.
Now, for him, making money by smuggling arms into the country is a small matter. The real focus is to allow the Chinese in Southeast Asia to have their own armed forces, not only land forces but also sea forces.
It would be fine if it was Britain, which dominated the world, but now even the Netherlands, which can only grow tulips, is shitting and pissing on the heads of the Chinese in Southeast Asia. This is really something that the uncles can only tolerate, but the aunts cannot.
Since it is not possible to fight a conventional war in Southeast Asia at the moment, then let’s go to the Netherlands to fight an unrestricted war!
