Chapter 49: Foreigners’ Shock
Shanghai Japanese Spy Hidden Workstation, inside a Japanese Restaurant.
“Are you all pigs? You searched the entire night, yet failed to find the agent who killed our empire’s people, and the murderer from the China businessman who sided with us?”
“How do you all conduct intelligence work?”
“I’ll give you three days. If you still can’t give me a satisfactory explanation, then you can all be demoted, starting from the bottom intelligence officer!”
After dawn, all Japanese group leaders were uneasy. After returning to report with no gains at all,
Japanese Spy Chief Major Ryūkichi Tanaka immediately became ferocious and roared repeatedly.
“Hai!”
“Hai!”
“Hai!”
All Japanese agents hurriedly agreed loudly.
They also felt a sense of relief as if they had been granted amnesty, like their great sins had suddenly been forgiven, welling up inside them.
Looking at these completely useless Japanese agent group leaders,
Japanese Spy Chief Major Ryūkichi Tanaka became even more furious and exasperated as if with iron not forging into steel.
And the person whose mood was opposite to Japanese Spy Chief Major Ryūkichi Tanaka,
was Yoshiko Kawashima,
She had, early this morning, taken control of all the business of Shanghai traitor Zhang Yiliang, including his ‘Anda’ Freight Company and its more than 35 cargo ships.
So at this moment, Yoshiko Kawashima was still full of smug delight,
and had also fished a sum for herself from this traitor’s wealth.
The reason it was her taking over Shanghai traitor Zhang Yiliang’s business, instead of Major Ryūkichi Tanaka, was Iwane Matsui’s instruction.
So when Major Ryūkichi Tanaka learned of this matter completely beyond his expectations,
his anger burned even more fiercely, but he didn’t dare vent at Iwane Matsui, so he could only endure it silently, waiting for the day he rose to take revenge.
However, there were still quite a few people as furious as Major Ryūkichi Tanaka this early morning,
And among them were the founders of various Foreigner automotive companies, including the founder of the Japanese automotive company.
Shanghai Foreign Concession,
Mercedes-Benz Company.
“Is this new heir of the Zhou Family, Zhou Wenhua, a madman?”
“He actually fully publicly teaches the manufacturing methods of all car engines and parts to those agents?”
“Simply wanting to fight us to the death?”
“Originally I thought that as long as we imposed a technology blockade and parts import blockade on him, it would be impossible for him to continue producing and manufacturing cars!”
“Then he would have to kneel and apologize to beg us, begging us to lift the technology blockade and the blockade on parts and other car components!”
“But this kid! Actually really knows self-produced and self-sold cars, and the steel manufacturing method to create his so-called Domestic Car brand!”
“Really exceeded our original expectations! This young guy actually has such technical ability, truly incredulous!”
Collaborator Carl Benz was the first with an incredulous expression, chattering endlessly to his two partners Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach.
Originally, the three of them had only planned to vacation for a while in Shanghai Foreign Concession to observe the development situation of their car business here,
But unexpectedly, they hadn’t been here long,
when Zhou Wenhua suddenly appeared, this completely unexpected weirdo, messing up the entire automotive industry chain.
And messing it up more and more.
This had cost them quite a bit of car business income and profits.
So early this morning, they gathered again to discuss how to deal with Zhou Wenhua’s marketing that didn’t play by the rules at all, and the public teaching of various automotive manufacturing technologies.
“If not for Zhou Wenhua really knowing all the technologies for self-produced and self-sold cars, our original technology blockade against him, and parts, and all car components import-export blockade methods, would absolutely cripple his business!”
“But he doesn’t act as we expected, so now we’re having headaches!”
“So his current car manufacturing output isn’t very large, unable to match the many cars produced by our engine nations’ domestic production lines!”
“But according to our investigation, this Zhou Wenhua actually imitated Henry Ford’s automotive production line, so this isn’t good. Once he scales up to produce batches of cars, it will definitely seriously affect our car sales volume in this backward country!”
“It might even give these barbarians with zero industrial foundation a sign of rising in industrial technology!”
“So we must stop the development of Zhou Wenhua’s automotive industry chain, absolutely not allowing this backward country to have self-produced and self-sold car capabilities, or any industrial capabilities!”
Wilhelm Maybach also nodded gravely in agreement.
“So what do we do next?”
Collaborator Carl Benz also asked gravely, pressing for an answer.
“Leave it to those Nissan Motor Company people to solve this problem!”
“We are respectable people, can’t do things that are too bad, so leave it to those Nissan Motor Company people who dare to do any bad things!”
“We now need to properly build our brand, penetrate into the hearts of citizens in these backward countries, let them know our cars are the world’s best, most excellent cars, not their so-called Domestic Cars!”
“Facing competition, we’ve never been afraid. Even if Zhou Wenhua gets an automotive production line and self-produced and self-sold car capabilities, so what?”
“In car technology, we’re absolutely more advanced than his car technology and design! Though I don’t know where this young Zhou Wenhua learned these automotive manufacturing skills from, I believe he absolutely can’t surpass our automotive manufacturing technology!”
“Because he’s from a backward country, fundamentally without innate industrial technology knowledge to learn well and build a foundation!”
Wilhelm Maybach responded with a face full of firm resolve and full confidence.
“Well said, I agree with you!”
Collaborator Carl Benz immediately clapped and praised.
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Partner Gottlieb Daimler.
He had been silently listening to the conversation of these two partners.
“Have you two both driven Zhou Wenhua’s self-produced and self-sold new model car?”
After a long while, he posed a question.
“No!”
“Can someone from this backward country really manufacture any good cars?”
“So I simply had no time to drive his car!”
Collaborator Carl Benz said arrogantly, disdainful of Zhou Wenhua’s Domestic Car.
“Me neither, because I don’t think much of his automotive manufacturing technology either!”
Wilhelm Maybach also nodded in agreement, chiming in.
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Partner Gottlieb Daimler.
“But I personally bought two and tried them. Zhou Wenhua is a once-in-a-century genius. The car technology he manufactures is even newer and better-looking than ours!”
“So I’ve decided to meet him and discuss with him cooperating on R&D for even newer automotive manufacturing technology and design!”
“As long as there’s sufficient profit, I feel so-called enemies can change into friends, not to mention we’re car enthusiasts, technology pursuers, and businessmen!”
But after being silent again for a moment,
Partner Gottlieb Daimler said something shocking.
“What!”
Hearing this,
Wilhelm Maybach and partner Gottlieb Daimler immediately had incredulous expressions, exclaiming.
Because they had never dreamed their old friend partner would praise Zhou Wenhua’s automotive manufacturing technology and exterior design so much, and even want to cooperate with him on R&D for even newer cars.
This was simply a pipedream,
When did their arrogant old friend partner become so good-tempered as to praise their rival?
How superb would the opponent’s manufacturing technology have to be?
