Dreaming back to 1949, the great powers were there to deceive us

Morris and Carter found Descartes, one played the good guy and the other played the bad guy.

Carter threatened Dekar that if the industrial zone failed, the consequences would be extremely serious.

Morris, on the other hand, talked about how bright the prospects would be after becoming a shareholder of the steel plant.

The two of them sang the same tune and soon fooled Descartes.

To put pressure on Descartes, Morris, the sixth brother, approached Charlie and told him that Hu Zhenhua's conflict with US Steel was likely to spread to Shanghai. Under his persuasion, Hu Zhenhua had already made some concessions. Now, all he had to do was convince Descartes, and Shanghai would remain prosperous.

In order to win over Charlie, Morris even said that 2 million of the 5,000 million US dollars deposit would be deposited in Huifeng Bank.

Under pressure from the American and British financial groups, Descartes responded by reducing the deposit to $1 million. The steel mill's transfer of shares must be increased by 10%. Furthermore, US Steel would invest another $1000 for another 10% stake.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, after five rounds of extreme tug-of-war, the two sides finally reached an agreement.

After the agreement was signed, Descartes was a little dazed.

As an old Chinese saying goes, for a bushel of rice, you lose half a year's food!

This time, the US Steel Corporation suffered a setback and suffered huge losses.

The agreement had just been signed, and the ink hadn't even dried yet, when Carter couldn't wait to say,

"Hu, now that everyone's reconciled, can you start working on resolving the issue of the demonstrations?"

Zhenhua looked at his watch, yawned, and said helplessly,

"Can't we take a night off and figure it out tomorrow?"

Carter was in a hurry. Telegrams of concern came one after another from home. If the distance was not too far, those officials would have wished they could grow wings and come to communicate with the people in person.

"Hu, it's better to solve this problem as soon as possible, otherwise the people will make a lot of noise and you won't be able to sleep well at night."

At this time in Chongming, the parade was no longer limited to the docks, but had spread to various places. The mere mention of the Japanese would cause the crowd to become indignant.

As a result, many white people also suffered undeserved disasters.

Hu Zhenhua twisted his aching neck and said helplessly,

"Okay, let's go to the dock now."

Chongming at night. The river breeze blows away the heat from the workers.

High-powered light bulbs were hung from tall bamboo poles, one every hundred meters. They were like little suns, illuminating the pier as bright as day.

At Chongnan Wharf, Carter witnessed an unforgettable scene: workers worked tirelessly, unloading ships, their backs drenched in sweat. Yet, under the guidance of the students, they shouted slogans.

At the northeast corner of the pier, a man wearing sunglasses was playing clappers and muttering to himself.

The rich three northeastern provinces

Picturesque

128 million square kilometers

Three times bigger than Japan

1931

September 18

The invaders' evil ambitions

Finally exposed

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In the open space in the center of the dock, more than 50 students from the School of Foreign Languages ​​were lined up in an orderly manner and were performing the Yellow River Cantata.

In other places, people were carrying out anti-Japanese propaganda through various actions.

Some people tell stories from their own experience, recount the brutal invasion of Japan, tell stories, and recite anti-Japanese slogans.

The entire dock was filled with propaganda calling for a boycott of Japanese blast furnaces.

Hu Zhenhua and Carter walked at the front of the team.

As Lao Hu walked, he whispered,

"My friend, you see the people's anger towards the devils, don't you? Wasn't it a wise decision for me to put the Snake Demon and the Scorpion Demon on the same level?"

He was talking about the comic book Calabash Brothers.

Carter nodded subconsciously. According to the information he had received, this comic book had only been out for two issues and it was already selling like hotcakes. The most common question the peddlers in Jiangbei were asked was: "Do you have a third issue of Calabash Brothers?"

Carter is very much looking forward to it. If this comic is made into an animation, what kind of ratings will it get?

Morris, who was at the back of the team, whispered to Decartes,

"My friend, now you know what a stupid thing your company did."

Descartes blushed. They had only considered the issue from an economic perspective, never considering that this move would anger the Chinese people. Public opinion was the most difficult to control, and Descartes was very curious. He wanted to know how Hu Zhenhua could reverse public opinion.

Old Hu waved to the workers as he walked. He often hung out at the docks and was familiar with the workers.

Ten minutes later, Hu Zhenhua picked up the microphone that had been prepared long ago and shouted loudly,

"My fellow countrymen, my name is Hu Zhenhua, the boss of TA Company. Please put down your work. I have important news to announce!"

As soon as the words fell, a student asked loudly

"Are you going to refuse to accept the blast furnace?"

Hu Zhenhua waved at him and said,

"The news to be announced this time is exactly related to the blast furnace!"

After he shouted loudly to the busy workers a few more times, everyone stopped what they were doing and stood there looking at him curiously.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Hu Zhenhua immediately shouted loudly,

"I'm very happy today because after everyone discovered Japan's blast furnaces, they immediately united and promoted a boycott. What does this show? It shows everyone's patriotism. I feel the same way as everyone else: I hate the Japanese devils to the core. Their brutality is beyond imagination. Let me give you a simple example. The human body is 72% water. Do you know how they came up with this conclusion? In Northeast China, the devils set up Unit 731 to study viruses. One of their tasks was to study the water content of the human body. They captured many innocent people and put them one by one in boilers to dry them out. That's how we got the 72% figure. This number is just common sense to other countries, but to us, it's blood and tears!"

This case was told to the Westerners in the industrial zone. Whenever Hu Zhenhua got the chance, he would put eye drops on the little Japanese pig.

There are thousands of white people in the industrial area, and these are thousands of small loudspeakers!

"Do you know how many innocent people the Japanese invaders massacred during the entire War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression?"

Hu Zhenhua paused and shouted hysterically,

"3,500 million! A full 3,500 million people. I assure you that this data is accurate, because I funded an anti-Japanese war investigation team, and they are conducting relevant statistical and evidence collection work. If you have any clues or evidence, you can also provide them!"

Hu Zhenhua wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and continued,

"Now, let's get back to the topic. Let's talk about the blast furnaces. I want to tell you that not only will we put these blast furnaces into operation, but we'll also be inviting the Japanese to visit in the future!"

As soon as Lao Hu finished speaking, the whole dock erupted in an uproar. A student shouted,

"Hu Zhenhua, do you want to be a traitor?"

His words were echoed by many people.

Hu Zhenhua just looked at them quietly for a long time before he picked up the microphone again and shouted,

"quiet!"

Only after he scolded them more than ten times did the crowd quiet down.

"Please listen carefully to me. If after I've finished, you still think we shouldn't use these blast furnaces, I will sink these equipment to the bottom of the river in front of you!"

Hu Zhenhua cleared his throat and said loudly,

"During their invasion of China, the Japanese invaders plundered vast quantities of our resources, including steel, coal, and grain. These resources were transported back to Japan and used by their own companies to manufacture weapons. They were once again thrown into the war, slaughtering our own people! It can be said that Japanese companies were accomplices in the war! They were executioners! They handed the knife to the invasion! After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, under pressure from our allies, these companies, responsible for numerous crimes, were dismantled. The equipment on the freighter was dismantled from the Bafan Iron and Steel Works. By dismantling this equipment, we are weakening Japan, but by using it, we can strengthen ourselves. Please tell me: should the steel mills use this equipment?"

Hu Zhenhua looked around and asked loudly

"Please tell me, should I?"

Seeing that everyone was still confused, he continued to ask,

"If you were on the battlefield and captured a Type 38 rifle from the Japanese, would you use it?"

Lan Shian immediately cooperated and shouted loudly,

"Use it! We're going to use it to fight the Japs!"

Hu Zhenhua asked again,

"If you captured the Japanese devils' cars, would you use them?"

Lan Shian also shouted loudly,

"Yes! We're going to use it to transport supplies."

"What if you captured the Japanese devils' machine tools? Would you use them?"

"Use it! We will use it to produce weapons to fight the Japanese!"

Hu Zhenhua shouted loudly,

"By the same token, we've dismantled Japan's blast furnaces. We can use them to produce steel to build houses and cars, bringing benefits to the people. Equipment isn't good or bad; only the people who use it can tell good from bad. Not only will I put this equipment into production, but if possible, I'll go to Japan and dismantle more equipment. They owe us this."

In fact, it is no longer possible to dismantle the equipment because the United States has begun to support Japan.

Hu Zhenhua gripped the microphone and shouted,

"Fellow villagers, please tell me loudly, should we use these blast furnaces?"

This time, everyone understood Hu Zhenhua's meaning. One student shouted loudly,

"use!"

Hu Zhenhua laughed and said,

"I also want to go to Japan to dismantle the equipment. Do you agree?"

"agree!"

Hu Zhenhua continued to shout,

"These blast furnaces originally belonged to us, but were stolen by the Japanese. Now we have them back. They are Chinese property, so why can't we use them? Now please shout with me: Welcome home, blast furnaces!"

“Welcome home, Blast Furnace!”

“Welcome home, Blast Furnace!”

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Morris looked at the angry crowd and said with emotion,

"If Hu Zhenhua enters politics, he will surely achieve great success!"

Descartes was stunned. He hadn't expected public opinion to be so easily reversed. He was still in a daze when he suddenly heard Hu Zhenhua shout, "I want to especially thank US Steel for its assistance in returning these blast furnaces to the motherland. Let's give a warm round of applause to Descartes and the team behind him."

Amidst prolonged applause, Descartes was pulled over by Hu Zhenhua.

Hu Zhenhua held his hands in the air, and waited until everyone was quiet before speaking.

"Mr. Descartes, thank you for your help to Tong'an, thank you!"

After saying that, Hu Zhenhua bowed deeply, and the people around him followed suit and bowed to express their gratitude.

Descartes grabbed the microphone and said excitedly,

"I'm unworthy of this. I'm unworthy of this. American Steel has reached a cooperation agreement with TA. In the future, we will also contribute to China's development!"

Hu Zhenhua chuckled and said,

"Thank you!"

Lao Hu took the microphone and continued,

"For this batch of equipment to be returned to us, I would like to thank one person, Mr. Carter, the US Consul!"

Carter, a veteran politician, walked straight to the microphone. Hu Zhenhua was tactful and gave him his seat.

"Our two countries once fought side by side in the war against fascism. May this friendship last forever..."

Carter spoke about the friendship between the two countries for more than ten minutes, and then reluctantly handed the microphone to Hu Zhenhua.

Lao Hu was in a very good mood and announced loudly,

"Thank you all for your hard work today, both in your work and your outreach. I've decided to give you an extra day's pay as a token of encouragement for your patriotism!"

Thunderous cheers immediately erupted at the dock!

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