"Mr. Zhang, someone is looking for you at the reception desk on the first floor!" A colleague said to Zhang Yunhe as soon as he came out of Jefferson's office.

When Zhang Yunhe arrived at the reception desk on the first floor of the foreign bank, he saw that the person who came was not Mr. Xiong, but Chen Yucai, with whom he had been cooperating.

"Boss Chen, what a rare guest! What brings you here today? Come on, come to my office and have a seat!" Zhang Yunhe greeted him warmly.

Chen Yucai smiled and said, "Let me see what Mr. Zhang has here that I need!"

Zhang Yunhe invited Chen Yucai to his office, closed the door and made two cups of tea.

"Boss Chen, how's the investigation going?" Zhang Yunhe asked as he placed a cup of tea in front of Chen Yucai.

Chen Yucai propped up his teacup and said, "I came to Mr. Zhang today to discuss this matter. The matter has been thoroughly investigated. It was my two followers who leaked the information. As Mr. Zhang said, they didn't inform the Japanese. They just discussed this matter once in a restaurant called Yipinxiang!"

"That must have been the time when someone unrelated heard it and reported it to the Japanese!"

"Now those two followers have been severely punished by me and sent to the southwest. The Japanese will never find them again!"

Zhang Yunhe heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this. "I'm relieved to hear what Boss Chen said, but I still want to remind Shopkeeper Chen that you know how brutal the Japanese are. They don't need evidence to kill people. As long as they suspect you, they will arrest and kill you at any time. If we have any more transactions in the future, I hope Boss Chen will be more reserved with his subordinates!"

"Mr. Zhang is right to remind me. After this incident, I will naturally learn my lesson!" Chen Yucai nodded and said, "I am deeply sorry for putting Mr. Zhang at such a great risk this time. So, I will treat Mr. Zhang and his wife to dinner at the Huizhong Hotel tonight!"

Zhang Yunhe smiled and politely declined: "I appreciate Boss Chen's kindness, but I have other social engagements tonight and really can't spare the time. I'll treat Boss Chen another day!"

In the three or four months since the war broke out, the Japanese have regarded arms business as smuggling, a serious crime. Not to mention that he is a comprador in a foreign company, not all foreigners in the foreign companies dare to touch this kind of business. If the Japanese really catch him, even if he is a foreign manager in a major foreign company, they will send plainclothes police to arrest him.

Of course, catching smugglers is within the jurisdiction of the Japanese gendarmerie detective team and has little to do with the Special High Technology Bureau. However, once caught, few people can get out of the gendarmerie alive.

Therefore, Zhang Yunhe had to be cautious in the arms deal with Chen Yucai.

Thinking of the large amount of cotton and foreign cloth that he had taken from Zhang Yaolin's warehouse last time, Zhang Yunhe asked, "Boss Chen, I have some cotton and foreign cloth here. Do you want them?"

In order to seize the market, the price of foreign cloth is often cheaper than that of cloth produced by domestic textile mills. Moreover, due to technical reasons, the quality of foreign cloth is more durable than that of cloth produced by domestic weaving mills. This is why Chinese people like foreign cloth.

Chen Yucai was just worrying about how to prepare a batch of cotton clothes for the winter for the army. After hearing what Zhang Yunhe said, he quickly asked, "What's the price?"

Zhang Yunhe took out a list and handed it to Chen Yucai: "We have 100 tons of cotton and three kinds of fabrics, with different prices. Take a look at this quotation!"

Chen Yucai took the quotation and took a look at it, and he was delighted. Not to mention cotton, which is a must-have for making winter cotton clothes. It has been almost a month since winter began, and there are still many soldiers in the army who don't have cotton clothes and are all wearing thin clothes.

There are three types of foreign cloth. One is ordinary thick cloth, which is suitable for making cotton clothes for ordinary soldiers and grassroots officers. The second is cotton cloth, which is suitable for making autumn clothes and autumn pants to wear inside. The third is high-end straw yellow woolen fabric, which is suitable for making woolen military coats for officers.

After taking another look at the price, Chen Yucai immediately decided to buy it. He looked up and said, "Mr. Zhang, I want this batch of cotton and cloth. The price is as quoted above!"

Since they were all old customers, Zhang Yunhe didn't quote a random price. The price was very reasonable. He immediately said, "Okay, tomorrow night at 9 o'clock, still at the Dafeng Inn. I won't show up in person this time. I will send someone to hand over the goods to you. The delivery location is Warehouse No. 3. You can pay me later!"

"Okay, it's settled! I won't tell anyone under my command in advance this time. I'll notify them at the last minute!"

Shortly after Chen Yucai left, Zhang Yunhe kept calling his acquaintances in major foreign companies in the office to arrange for goods. Except for sulfanilamide, the goods that Xiong Danian needed were not strategic materials, so it was easy to find them.

Before he finished the call, there was a knock on the office door. A staff member said to Zhang Yunhe at the door, "Mr. Zhang, someone else is looking for you at the reception desk. They called you, but the line was busy, so they asked me to come over and tell you!"

"Oh, sorry, I'm contacting business. Could you please invite my guests here?"

"Ok!"

By the time the guests were invited over, Zhang Yunhe's phone call had just ended.

He turned around and saw that it was none other than Xiong Danian. He quickly stood up and greeted him with a smile: "Mr. Xiong, thank you for your visit. I am sorry for not coming to greet you in person. Please forgive me!"

Xiong Danian looked around the office and its furnishings, and said with a smile, "Mr. Zhang, you have a very big business. Just look at this office and you'll know how important your position is in the company!"

"It's all thanks to friends like Mr. Xiong. Come, Mr. Xiong, please take a seat!"

Zhang Yunhe busied himself making a cup of tea for Xiong Danian and placed it in front of him. He then said, "Mr. Xiong, before you came, I had already arranged all the goods you needed. I'll call you before 5 p.m. to get the specific delivery time. What do you think?"

"Mr. Zhang is really efficient. There is no problem on my side!" Xiong Danian said, then took out a cash check and handed it to Zhang Yunhe.

"This is a cash check from Daosheng Bank. You can withdraw it at any time. It's 10 yuan in cash as a deposit for this cooperation. Please take a look and see if there are any problems!"

Zhang Yunhe took the check and glanced at it. He knew it was fine just by the feel of it. He smiled and said, "Although Mr. Xiong and I have only just met, we feel like we've known each other for a long time. I believe Mr. Xiong won't give me any trouble regarding the payment. To celebrate our cooperation, I'd like to treat Mr. Xiong to a simple meal today. Would you be so kind as to come?"

"I appreciate Mr. Zhang's kindness, but it's unfortunate that I have something important to do. I'm really sorry. I will invite Mr. Zhang next time!" Xiong Danian said.

After the two chatted for another ten minutes, Xiong Danian said goodbye.

It was almost noon when Zhang Yunhe left Yihua Foreign Company. He was about to go out to eat something when he walked onto the street and heard a newsboy holding up newspapers and shouting to sell them.

"Breaking News! The Japanese have established a fake city government and published a list of officials from various departments!"

"Breaking news! A fake city government has been established. Su Wenruo has been appointed mayor by the Japanese. The fake city government has twelve departments, including the General Office, Social Affairs Bureau, Police Bureau, Finance Bureau, Education Bureau, and Transportation Bureau. The names of the heads of each department have just been released!"

"Extra! Su Wenruo has been sworn in as mayor, stating his determination to eradicate the Blue Shirts Society, the Cave Dwellers, and other resistance forces. He has also announced that a group of Blue Shirts and Cave Dweller agents will be publicly executed on January 1st!"

Zhang Yunhe's face changed when he heard this, and he immediately went to buy a newspaper. He smoked a cigarette and read the headlines on the front page of the newspaper. He was afraid that there would be even greater bloodshed in this foreign land in the next period of time.

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