funbook-pk Chapter 580 1 hour
Chapter 580 1 hour
"Director Wu, please stay..."
When talking about it, Mr. Du can remain silent, but if one party is about to leave, Mr. Du must make necessary efforts to retain the other party.
It is not a good thing for the French Concession Police Station to continue to be surrounded like this. Now, thanks to Mr. Du's prestige, the major gangs dare not act recklessly, and the people's livelihood issues in the French Concession are still okay. But if for a long time, the police station fails to perform its duties, once the major gangs see the loopholes in their interests, they will not listen to anyone.
So this problem must be solved tonight!
"Mr. Du, it's not that I don't give you face, but handing over the assailant is our bottom line. If you can't even do this, then why did we deploy so many weapons and equipment? Isn't gas money money?"
Wu Zhenkui's words were apparently addressed to Mr. Du, but in fact he was telling these people that we will never stop until we achieve our goal.
"Director Wu, your actions are an offense to the authority of our Gallic Empire. If our top leaders issue an order, our two countries will be at war..."
"what?"
Wu Zhenkui put his hands on his ears, enlarged his auricles, and made an exaggerated gesture.
"You're threatening us with war again. I'm afraid that doesn't make sense. What's the current situation in your Gallic Empire? We didn't know before, but now we all know. You've built a line of defense on your eastern border. What's it called? It's said that a full million troops are stationed there to prevent the Junkers from breaking through this line. Some time ago, in Annan, Indochina, a local rebel army of 5,000 people maintained their rule for a full four months. If their supplies hadn't been insufficient at the end, could you have wiped them out now?"
Wu Zhenkui naturally didn't know about these things. Including Mr. Du standing next to him, they always believed that the European powers were still powerful. But since Li Shaoyi dared to let him say this on this occasion, it meant that he had investigated it thoroughly.
After hearing Wu Zhenkui's words, Portman and his entourage's faces changed drastically. They believed that the Dragon Kingdom was isolated from information at that time. Even if it had newspapers from various countries, as long as the Gaul Empire blocked the news, it would not appear in the newspapers, and these Pujiang people would not know about it.
Therefore, these diplomats can still rely on the glory of the empire to continue to fool the Pujiang people and scare them with war.
But now that my lungs have been punctured, I no longer know the situation of your Gallic Empire as clearly as before.
Since the economic crisis of 1929, the finances of the Gallic Empire have indeed not been very good. All regions are in a state of cutting military spending. The situation in the French Concession is not bad and has not been affected by the economic crisis. But the problem is that other places are in terrible shape and the funds here have also been divided equally.
Now that Li Shaoyi is unwilling to compromise, they are the only ones who have to compromise. If other countries unite, they may be able to force Li Shaoyi to back down. But now other countries are simply ignoring the demands of the French Concession high-level officials. They are all thinking about the affairs of the Northern Rakshasa. Even if it means sacrificing the French Concession, they will never fall out with Li Shaoyi at this time. Those people know very well what is more important.
What's more, the decline in the status of the Gallic Empire is not without benefits to them, especially the Americans.
"Let me reiterate that our current actions are only the first phase. We'll give you some more time. I'm not sure how long it will take, but it could be half a month or half an hour. Our commander-in-chief has given me the order, and I'm going in to arrest people. You'll decide how many people die during the conflict. It's also possible that we'll simply take back the French Concession during the conflict. As for whether your country will declare war, and how many people you'll send after that, you know better than I do."
The last sentence was a bit provocative, and Mr. Du was sweating coldly. In the past, when foreigners talked about declaring war, we would give in. Now they don’t even mention the word, and you are actually leading them to say, it seems that the Gallic Empire has really declined?
"Please wait for Director Wu..."
After Wu Zhenkui finished speaking, he walked towards the door, but before he reached the door, Mr. Portman lowered his voice and no longer had the arrogance he had just had. Wu Zhenkui also breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that what the Marshal said was absolutely right. These people in the High-rise Empire were just taking advantage of the power of others.
No, they don't have any power at all.
"I will hand over the assailants, but the handover must be done secretly, and you must also claim that you caught these people somewhere else."
Mr. Portman thought for a while and said that in order to maintain the dignity of the French Concession Police Station and satisfy the people in front of him, he had to conduct some private transactions as before to make both parties as satisfied as possible.
"No, no, no, Mr. Portman, you still don't understand what I mean. I want you to order your men to lay down their weapons so that my men can enter the French Concession Police Station and arrest these people one by one. The previous secret transactions will no longer be allowed."
Wu Zhenkui sneered. "Do you think it's the same as the last time Li Shaoyi came to Pujiang? Back then, we weren't strong enough, so we had to make private deals with you guys. Now you're the fish and I'm the knife. Do we still need such a deal?"
"Director Wu, please don't go too far!"
Mr. Portman clenched his fists and pounded them hard on the table to support his body.
"Whether it's excessive or not, the order I received is this: you only have one hour to consider. If you don't allow my people in after that hour, then this matter will be difficult to resolve. You should understand one thing: once your cards are seen by others, all your efforts will be in vain."
After saying this, Wu Zhenkui strode out of the house.
Mr. Du did not stop him. It was because he did not explain it clearly just now, so he should have been stopped. Now that it has been explained so clearly, why are you stopping him?
The Central Navy's welcome banquet was almost over, and Li Shaoyi would be arriving at the command post in an hour. Just how big a conflict would erupt? Mr. Du couldn't imagine, so he picked up his hat and nodded slightly to the French Concession's high-ranking officials. "Our mission is accomplished. The rest is your business..."