Chapter 703
In the 1980s, the popularity of Dayang is not very good at Wen Jianzhou. The city has begun a new day, and there are more and more pedestrians on the streets.
A very ordinary Western four-wheeled carriage turned from the corner of the Baidao. There was no sign to determine the identity of the owner of the carriage. Even the coachman was dressed very ordinary. Generally speaking, people who owned this kind of carriage were usually small compradors of foreign companies and small bank managers.
But in fact, the owner of this carriage was not a comprador or a manager. In the Qing Dynasty, the owner of this carriage was "covered with one hand." After the Republic, he could only helplessly fall.
Sitting in this carriage with almost no decoration, Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang were both surprised by the low-key curtain of the carriage. In their opinion, Yizhu, as the former prince of the Qing Dynasty, can now "hidden in the city" without showing any signs of mountains and water, and this seems to explain why Yili was able to call the wind and rain in the court back then, because Yizhu was a smart person, and he knew when to keep a low profile.
As a symbol of low-key life, this very ordinary four-wheeled carriage is Yisu's usual means of transportation, and is now lent to Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang for use. Moreover, since Yisu only owns this carriage, once Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang go out to work on business, Yisu can only use a rickshaw as a means of transportation. In fact, he did the same. Early this morning, when Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang borrowed this carriage to meet Takao Yuki, the peace envoy of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, Yisuke ordered the housekeeper to call a rickshaw that was often packaged. He went to the Chinese world to listen to the opera under the protection of two British policemen. His expression was natural when he left. It was impossible to tell that he was a powerful prince at the time.
Bu Tingbi and Liu Renxiang were both very moved. The former prince became the concession residence today. These things are impermanent and unpredictable, and people's hearts are indeed mixed with emotion. Many times, being low-key may be a wise choice.
Now, Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang must also act in a low-key manner. They go to negotiate with the Japanese Chamber of Commerce on Sino-Japanese peace talks. This is a top secret. They cannot be told to anyone or do it with great fanfare. They can only carry out quietly. At least before the top political leaders of the two countries officially make a statement, the secret contacts between China and Japan must be kept confidential.
It is precisely because of this that today we went to Tianjin Japanese Concession to meet with the peace representatives of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce. Tingbi and Liu Renxiang did not bring too many people, but only brought two assistants sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They disguised themselves as servants of the two. At this moment, they were also sitting in this ordinary four-wheeled carriage to provide advice for Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang and formulate negotiation tactics.
The president's telegram made it clear, one word: drag.
"Drag" is the negotiation strategy that Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang must implement now. As for how to delay and how to delay, it requires the assistance of the two foreign affairs assistants, and the specific negotiation tactics will be formulated by them.
After leaving Yili Mansion, Tingbi, Liu Renxiang and the two assistants from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs began to formulate today's negotiation tactics, and now detailed tactical details have been formulated.
Since the outbreak of the war, the Chinese team not only forcibly took over the Japanese concession in Hankou and Chongqing, but also surrounded the Japanese concessions in other places, but did not block the road. Therefore, the carriage drove smoothly into the Japanese concession in Tianjin and stopped in front of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce.
Tingbi and Liu Renxiang got off the carriage, but there was no sign at the door. Both of them were a little strange because the day before yesterday, the Japanese peace talks representative Takao Yukio promised that as long as the two rushed to the Japanese Chamber of Commerce for negotiations, he would personally lead the Japanese Chamber of Commerce staff to stand at the door of the mall to welcome the Chinese peace talks representatives to show their appearance.
"This Japanese is just unreliable. He speaks like farts."
Bu Tingbi and Liu Renxiang didn't say anything, but the two foreign affairs assistants who followed behind them expressed dissatisfaction with this. No wonder they were angry. In the past, they dealt with formal diplomatic occasions. Unlike now, if they don't say it secretly, the other party is actually the representative of Japanese businessmen, not the government representative.
Bu Tingbi and Liu Renxianghu laughed at it. The two came here to negotiate, not to show off, and being low-key is always their motto.
He led his assistant to the Japanese Chamber of Commerce Hall. Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang took Takao Yuki's business card and found an assistant. The assistant brought them to the reception room and waited there. It took almost half an hour to wait. As the meeting time was about to come, he saw Takao Yuki walked into the reception room with a pale face.
"I'm sorry, today's talks were cancelled by the Chamber of Commerce. Please go back. If you need to change the talks time, I will notify you again."
As soon as Takao Yuki walked into the reception room, he issued an order to expel the guests to Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang. Li Xuan angered the two diplomatic aides sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and they immediately protested to Takao Tei.
"You said that you are here to negotiate today, and now you are backfiring. You are so capricious, how can you win the trust of others? Don't forget that you made a request for talks in the first place.
An assistant to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stood up and verbally protested to Takaotei with righteousness.
Takao Yuki shook his head, obviously not accepting the other party's protest.
“It’s a pity,
I decided not to be able to control you. If you want to know why the Japanese businessman soldier changed his mind, please go to the German concession to see what happened."
After saying that, Takao Yukio bowed a little, then left the reception room, pretending to ask the assistants to serve tea for the guests before leaving.
Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang naturally would not sit in a Japanese store to drink tea. Both of them were both surprised. I don’t know why the Japanese suddenly decided not to hold negotiations. Takao Yukihiro asked them to go to the German concession just now, but they were also confused and didn’t know what happened.
"Brother Gao, why don't we go to the German Concession?"
After leaving the Japanese shopping mall and boarding the carriage, Liu Renxiang suggested to Gao Tingbi.
Bu Tingbi shook his head and said, "He told us to go, so let's go? Wouldn't that be too proud of them? We, if we don't go to the German concession, we will go back to the mansion and return the carriage. Then we will go to the hotel and shoot a telegram to the north."
Seeing that Gao Tingbi was firm in his attitude, Liu Renxiang did not insist anymore. Anyway, the instructions given to them were just a "drag" method. Now the Japanese don't talk about it themselves, so they were happy and happy. However, the longer they stayed in Tianjin, the more delayed the business matters. But I don't know if the president has greeted the United States, and whether the real estate transactions in Manila are gone?
Bu Tingbi and Liu Renxiang returned to Yizhu Mansion with their assistants in a carriage. They originally planned to return the carriage to the housekeeper and leave. But to their surprise, Yipu, who had originally gone to the Chinese world to listen to opera, actually rushed back first and was sitting in the living room to enjoy tea.
Out of politeness, Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang naturally couldn't pat their butts and left. They sat in the living room for a while and told Yizhu about the scene of being born in a Japanese shopping mall.
Unexpectedly, Yiwa, listening to this, Liwei stood up with his thighs.
"Hey! Feelings are for this matter. You two don't know. Just now, I heard from the theater that the German Concession will hold a founding ceremony today, and the Koreans organized the "Gory Independence Country. It will be announced in the German Concession. Maybe it is because of this that the Japanese are unhappy. If you want to say that, it is because of the Japanese that are unhappy. We Chinese are happy. Now, I didn't listen to my play today, because several famous actors in the theater also went to the German Concession to watch the fun. I had to come back."
After hearing these words from Yipu, Bu Tingbi and Liu Renxiang were both stunned.
"What does this Korean country have to do with us Chinese? Even if the Japanese are angry, they will not be annoyed by us Chinese." Gao Tingbi said twice.
"Goryeo Independence? This matter has not been published in the newspaper. I'm afraid it's fake news, right?" Liu Renxiang was also a little puzzled.
Yisuke narrowed his eyes and played with the jade ring in his hand. He said, "The Japanese are of course angry that they suspect that China supports North Korea's independence. As for the fact that they have not appeared in the newspaper, I am afraid that the Japanese will destroy it, so they did not appear in the newspaper in advance. The news will spread today when the founding of the Koryo Independence State is held."
Only then did Bu Tingbi and Liu Renxiang figure out why the Japanese Chamber of Commerce cancelled today's negotiations, and they couldn't sit still, so they stood up and said goodbye, left the mansion with their assistants, called a few rickshaws, and rushed directly to the German concession.
The German Concession in Tianjin is just south of the British Concession, and the two concessions are close together. Not long after, Bu Tingbi and Liu Renxiang rushed to the German Concession and relied on the special passport received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and entered the German ancestral territory without much trouble. After inquiring, I found out that the "Kory Independence State Founding Conference" organized by the Koreans was on the edge of the Haihe River.
So Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang rushed to the scene. When they arrived, they saw that although they were not crowded, they were lively at the scene. The Chinese and foreigners were watching the fun one after another. Many people who looked like journalists were shaking around with their cameras. As for the more North Koreans wearing Korean national costumes, many of them looked excited and cried and screamed at the venue.
When Bu Tingbi and Liu Renxiang arrived at the venue, the founding meeting was basically coming to an end. The protagonist also took Kujiao to leave the conference site, and the whereabouts were unknown, but there were still some flyers on the scene. Bu Tingbi and Liu Renxiang got some flyers.
According to the content on the leaflet, the "Goryeo Independence Country" was not only officially established today, but also elected the president and cabinet members. The first president of this Goryeo Independence Country was no one else. It was the assassin An Zhonggen who assassinated Japanese political veteran Hirofumi Ito.
After An Chonggen was arrested, he was imprisoned in prison. Later, he was sentenced to a "death penalty suspended" by the special court of the United Front Government. He was in prison until the Sino-Japanese War broke out and the Chinese President Zhao Beibu was released. After that, he was missing. Unexpectedly, after his appearance again, he became the president of the Independence State of Goryeo after his reappearance. At the inauguration ceremony, the President called on the Yimin of North Korea, who lived all over the world to return to North Korea, participate in the war of independence against the hunchbacks, and strive to win the independence of the motherland.
Chapter completed!