Liu Ze owned a trading company that had powerful transportation capabilities, whether it was by river or sea.
Currently, a large number of ships under the trading company were idle at the river dock.
This was a resource that the Japanese would never let go of.
Just like the invitation sent by the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce, after Liu Ze destroyed a large number of Japanese transport ships in the sea near Shanghai, someone quickly contacted Liu Ze.
This person was none other than President Liu of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce.
This was because at the current few ports in Shanghai, any ship flying the Fusang flag would be destroyed before it entered the port.
This made the Japanese very anxious. A large amount of supplies could only be unloaded at the small docks controlled by them. The efficiency was too low.
Moreover, many supplies could not be shipped out. The Japanese naturally thought of the local trading companies in Shanghai.
In fact, before Liu Ze, there were already many transport ships that were controlled by a few people. They had joined the Japanese and secretly helped the Japanese transport important supplies.
As the leader of the Japanese, President Liu had already looked for Liu Ze many times, but Liu Ze had never appeared.
Liu Ze didn't reject President Liu's invitation. He went to a western restaurant near the Hongkou concession during dinner time.
Chairman Liu personally welcomed Liu Ze into a private room in the restaurant. The window of the private room on the second floor faced the Japanese's Xingya Bank.
At this moment, the nine-story-tall Xingya Bank had already turned into ruins.
That night, in order to cover up his motive as much as possible, Liu Ze naturally blew up the entire building of the StarAsia Bank when he left.
Just like the other buildings in Hongkou Settlement, a group of buildings collapsed in an orderly manner, which was pleasing to the eye.
After ten days of cleaning, the ruins of the Japanese's Xingya Bank were almost completely cleaned up.
Because the bank had a large amount of looted gold, silver, and various cultural relics and valuables, the Japanese military had to slowly dig them out themselves.
Liu Ze looked at the amount of work and realized that it would probably take two to three days for the Japanese to clean up the ruins.
President Liu, who had invited Liu Ze in, saw Liu Ze looking at the ruins of the Hongkou Settlement outside the window and said,""Boss Liu, who would have thought that one... The entire concession turned into ruins overnight. It was really scary that night.”
President Liu was a middle-aged man with a big belly. He had a fat face, two slightly narrowed eyes, and two small mustaches at the corner of his mouth, giving people a funny feeling.
However, this person was so shrewd that if he was really bewitched by his comical appearance, he would definitely die without a burial place.
The Japanese had been secretly managing their network in Shanghai. In fact, this President Liu was supported by the Japanese.
It wasn't just President Liu. There were people in all walks of life in Shanghai that the Japanese had long supported.
Liu Ze already knew about this.
"President Liu, you invited me over today. Please tell me if you have anything to say!”Liu Ze didn't exchange pleasantries with Guild Leader Liu because the two of them didn't have much interaction, so there was no need for courtesy.
When President Liu heard this, he smiled faintly and said very straightforwardly,"Today, I'm not inviting Boss Liu, but as a middleman. The one who really invited Boss Liu is Mr. Mitsui from the New Asia Institute of the Great Fusang Empire.”
As soon as President Liu finished speaking, the door of the private room was opened. The so-called Mr. Mitsui with a mustache pushed the door open and walked in.
As soon as Mitsui entered, he smiled and greeted Liu Ze,""Boss Liu, please take a seat."
Liu Ze nodded his head in gratitude and sat down. He then said to Mitsui,""Mr. Mitsui is from the Kuromon Market in Osaka. Speaking of business experience, he is famous in the entire Shanghai.”
"Boss Liu, you're too polite. I invited you here today because I want to do a long-term business with you.”Mitsui said politely and went straight to the point.
Mitsui had long understood that Boss Liu liked to go straight to the point when doing business. He hated beating around the bush the most.
Thus, he directly stated his intentions the moment they met.
Liu Ze was the boss of the trading company. Although his surname was also Liu, his name was not Liu Ze. He was not worried that the Japanese would contact the war hero, Liu Ze, who caused the Japanese to suffer heavy losses.
Moreover, very few people in the outside world knew the real name of Liu Ze, the boss of the trading company. Most people called him Boss Liu.
Of course, the Japanese must have investigated thoroughly before coming over. Otherwise, they wouldn't have met today.
"Mr. Mitsui, please go ahead. If it's profitable, then there's naturally no need to say anything more.”Liu Ze said with a smile.
"Who in Shanghai doesn't know that Boss Liu owns the largest transport fleet in Jianghai City, and he also owns an ocean voyage fleet with astonishing transportation capacity.
Moreover, we also know that many of these fleets are anchored in England, France, and Germany. They have legally registered shipping companies in all three countries and have close cooperation with local ocean-going companies.”
Mitsui couldn't help but exclaim when he talked about Liu Ze's trade fleet.
One had to know that the combined transportation capacity of all the ocean-going ships in the entire Fu Sang Empire was only five to six million tons.
On the other hand, Liu Ze's voyage fleet alone had an ocean transportation capacity of more than 600,000 tons, and it could also damage the river transportation capacity of hundreds of thousands of tons.
Liu Ze's long-distance trade fleet was equivalent to one-sixth of the total maritime transportation capacity of the Fu Sang Empire.
When the Xingya Institute investigated the background of Liu Ze's trading company, they were shocked.
What surprised them the most was that the trading company under Liu Ze was an international ocean shipping company that spanned many countries.
They also had strong connections in the western world and the M Nation.
To put it bluntly, no matter how domineering Fusang was now and looked down on the Chinese, they had to maintain a humble attitude after knowing the true background of this Shenzhou Trading Company.
Most importantly, the Xingya Institute realized that if the Empire's army wanted to fight in China more smoothly, they needed to get the help of the China Trading Company's leader.
This was because the China Trading Company had fleets with legal identities from many countries. The people they hired were also foreigners. These were enough for the China Trading Company's ships to sail on Chinese soil without restrictions.
Whether it was Fusang or China, at this time, they would not provoke the fleet that was flying the flag of the British, French, American, and German empires.
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