mesbooks Chapter 166 The Son of a Wealthy Family
Chapter 166 The Son of a Wealthy Family
166 The Son of a Chaebol Family
In this case, Ye Qingshan decided to add fuel to the fire.
Ye Qingshan handed Alice several rolls of film and told her, "These rolls of film all contain evidence of the Japanese killing civilians inside and outside the city.
I thought about publishing the evidence of the Japanese' crimes in the newspapers in the Shanghai Concession.
I need your help.”
"Oumaga!"
Alice took the film, looked at a few pictures at random, and also covered her mouth and exclaimed.
"Don't worry, Ye, I will definitely help you.
I know many editors-in-chief at newspapers in the United States and the Shanghai Concession.
Later, I will use the radio to send them a message in my name.
When the time comes, ask them to help print these photos.
I want not only the newspapers in the Shanghai Concession, but also our domestic newspapers to publish these photos.
Let the world know how cruel and bloodthirsty the Japanese are!
This is not right.”
Alice's eyes were determined, as if she had found the faith she had when she first decided to become a journalist.
"Thank you, Alice."
Ye Qingshan said with some gratitude.
Alice really helped him a lot, both with the shelter and in other aspects.
"Hey, Ye!
I can help with this, too.”
At this time, Pete, who followed behind, also interrupted.
At this moment, Pete no longer looked like the rich young man he had when he met Ye Qingshan in Shanghai.
I don't know where my original jacket went.
Now he is wearing a dirty grey cotton jacket. If it weren't for his blond hair and blue eyes, he would look like a local.
However, Ye Qingshan now dares not underestimate this rich American second generation.
Because, after Ye Qingshan found out.
This Pitt really comes from a wealthy family, so calling him a rich second generation is a bit insulting.
His family is a well-known conglomerate family in the United States, controlling more than half of the shipping companies on the west coast of the United States.
In addition, it also involves various profitable industries such as energy, arms, and finance.
It is said that Pitt's family has marriage ties with the famous Rockefeller family in the United States.
As expected, since Pete could be a family friend of Alice's father, the American Minister, his identity must be extraordinary.
Ye Qingshan had anticipated this.
But even so, Ye Qingshan was still shocked when he learned about Pete's true family background.
Later, the reason why Ye Qingshan was able to purchase Thompson submachine guns from the United States so easily was because of this.
Although Joseph played a role in this, Pete also contributed a lot.
At least with Pete's guarantee, Ye Qingshan's price for purchasing those Thompson submachine guns was not only lower, but most importantly, he hasn't paid for it yet.
There's not even any collateral.
This was only possible because of the identity of this rich young man, who served as a guarantee.
Otherwise, not even Joseph can do it.
"Peter, how can you help?"
Ye Qingshan asked with a smile.
"Huh, this isn't that simple.
Over in Japan, many companies purchase various scrap steel from our country, and all of them are shipped back to their country through my shipping company.
This time, these damn Japanese guys almost blew up Alice and me.
I can't swallow this.
Later, I will borrow your radio to send a telegram to my sister.
Just say that his brother was almost killed by the Japanese.
Let her decide.
My sister loves me the most and is now in charge of the operations of my family's shipping company. She will definitely stand up for me when the time comes.
By then, it won’t be easy to cause some trouble to the Japanese.”
Pete also said with a look of resentment.
The Japanese bombing and the aerial bombs dropped just now scared Pete a lot.
When Ye Qingshan heard what Pete said, his eyes suddenly lit up.
Unexpectedly, the Pitt family’s shipping company was actually used to transport scrap steel for the Japanese.
This is simply the father of the devil at this time.
You know, as an island country, Japan has scarce resources.
At this time, the Japanese would purchase large amounts of scrap steel from the United States every year and ship it back to their country, then make it into weapons and ammunition to launch wars.
This is also the main reason why the Japanese high-ranking officials did not dare to offend the Americans at this time.
Then, Ye Qingshan said to Peter, "Can you ask your sister to stop shipping scrap steel to the devils?"
"Ah? This..."
When Pete heard Ye Qingshan ask this, he felt a little embarrassed.
“This…is not likely.
The Japanese are now our big customers. My family can make a lot of money from them every year.
If I ask my father and others to give up transporting scrap steel to the Japanese, they will definitely not do it.
Ye, your request is too high.
I don’t have the ability to be the master of the house right now.”
Pete said awkwardly.
"Yes, I was greedy."
Ye Qingshan smiled bitterly.
“But, Ye, don’t worry.
Even though my family cannot stop doing business with the Japanese, what we say can still be of some use to them.
When the time comes, let my sister find the Japanese to protest.
Tell them not to drop aerial bombs and bomb the civilians here.
There is no need to massacre civilians at will, which is simply inhumane behavior.
If they don’t listen, then… just give them more shipping fees.”
After hearing this, Ye Qingshan smiled and thought this was a good idea.
Perhaps it can really make the Japanese high-ranking officials fearful, and even what the Pitt family says may be more useful than what Minister Joseph says.
After all, if the Pitt family really increased the shipping costs, it would be a real loss of interests for the Japanese.
"Okay, Pete, thank you for taking care of this matter.
Leave the telegram to me."
Not long after, Joseph received Alice's telegram in the Shanghai Concession.
"Damn Japanese, they dared to bomb the shelter organized by my daughter?
Are they crazy!
Didn’t you see our national flag hanging on it? "
When Joseph heard that Alice was nearly killed by the Japanese aerial bomb in the shelter, he immediately turned into a crazy protector of his daughter.
He immediately found the Japanese envoy in anger and almost started a fight with him.
Then, they bombarded the Japanese envoy and finally threatened him.
If they dare to bomb the shelter in Jinling City with their national flag flying again, it would be tantamount to provoking the dignity of their country.
That would be a diplomatic incident.
The old man Joseph was abusing his power for personal gain. He prevented the Japanese from bombing the shelter just to protect his daughter.
The Japanese envoy was very depressed because Joseph sprayed saliva in his face.
Turns out, this isn’t the end.
That night, all the Japanese companies in the country that purchased scrap steel from the United States.
Surprisingly, we all received notifications from major shipping companies on the west coast of the United States at the same time that they were increasing their freight rates.
And the price increase is not small.
This means the Japanese will spend a lot more money.
Immediately, the Japanese protested.
Previously, shipping companies in the United States had also proposed raising freight rates, but the Japanese were very dissatisfied.
Later, the proposal to increase freight rates was temporarily shelved.
But this time, the shipping companies in the United States collectively notified the Japanese to increase freight rates.
And it’s not a discussion, it’s a notification.
(Thanks to the book friend 'Zhao Zhizhan who loves to eat Platycodon pickles' for the generous reward. There will be another update in the evening!)