Chapter 1361 Cai Hari
The Nantian Hotel was built in 1927 and is six stories high. It is the tallest building in Chinatown on Temasek Chinese Street and is also a gathering place for the upper class of Chinese in South China.
That morning, more than a dozen Chinese came into the veranda on the top floor of Nantian Hotel. These people were all heads of the Temasek Chinese family and were quite prestigious locally.
With so many big shots present together, the waiters sent tea and pastries tremblingly, and then left backwards.
One of the old men glanced at the stairs and said to one of the people in the crowd: "Brother Cai, I heard that the noble son Harry (Harry) passed the Japanese language exam. Will he join the Yomiuri Shimbun Branch in Japan next month?"
Hearing this question, the man named Brother Cai yawned and said a little dissatisfied: "The young man doesn't know the importance of it. If he offends the Locust Army, the Cai family will be unlucky at that time."
The people present laughed secretly, "Who doesn't know that the person who is the real leader of the Cai family is the eldest son who is just over 20 years old. Brother Cai in front of them is addicted to gambling and is not favored by the clan, but is just the head of the family on the surface."
As he was speaking, a young man in full English dress walked out from the stairs. The person who came was Cai Harry. Everyone present spoke to him and several people even stood up to greet him.
"Harry."
"Mr. Cai."
Amid the messy greetings, Harry Cai sat down with a smile, but didn't look at his father. It was obvious that the relationship between the two was not harmonious.
Cai Hari glanced at the Chinese green tea on the table, frowned slightly, and called the waiter to give the other party a cup of Indian black tea.
When he noticed this scene, the interested person laughed silently. Mr. Cai’s temperament was exactly the same as his grandfather. He admired Western culture very much and did not look like a Chinese at all.
It is said that no matter how hot the weather is, Mr. Cai’s grandfather must wear a suit and a bow tie for dinner, and Western-style knives and forks and plates must be neatly placed on the dining table.
Moreover, unlike the average Chinese family sending their children to Chinese schools, the other party insists on sending Cai Harry to English school, and the whole communication at home is in English.
Facing the deep gazes of everyone, Cai Hari remained calm and said lightly: "Gentlemen, who do you know the background of that Young Master Mei? What is the purpose of summoning us here?"
Upon hearing this, everyone talked about the news they received, and the content was very complicated.
"Mr. Mei is the cousin of the fiancé of the eldest daughter of the Cheng family in Nanyang, and her family has a lot of family resources."
"Yes, as early as the previous dynasty, Mr. Mei was the comprador of foreign companies such as Swire and Jardine Mahjong, and in recent years, he has invested a large number of industries in Europe and the United States."
"What you are talking about is the old Huangsheng. The Mei family has become German nationality and is very close to the top German executives, and even has involved in South America."
"How did I hear that the Mei family has a better relationship with the Americans?"
"Your information is inaccurate, and the Mei family fleet undertakes a large number of transportation operations of the Japanese Navy."
As they were talking, these people started to argue, but one thing was certain, that is, the Mei family is well-intentioned and has strong strength overseas.
Later, someone revealed that the Mei family’s factory in South America urgently needed workers, and Mr. Mei came to Temasek this time to absorb local overseas Chinese.
A trace of gloom flashed in Cai Harry's eyes. Overseas Chinese are the foundation of the Chinese family. Without Chinese people, the Chinese family will lose the bargaining chips to bargain with the colonists and can only be slaughtered.
He was about to say something, when several men in short shirts walked into the veranda and occupied key positions such as the corners of the wall and the window.
Not long after, a young Chinese man of similar age to Cai Harry appeared at the entrance of the stairs.
Zuo Jun, who was named Mr. Mei, glanced around, his eyes stopped on Cai Hari, and bowed to the representatives of the Chinese forces and said hello.
No matter what I thought in my heart, everyone, including Harry Cai, stood up and returned the gift, and the atmosphere was peaceful.
After everyone sat down again, Zuo Jun understood his intention. As the person said just now, he did come for overseas Chinese this time, but the reason was not all because of the lack of workers from the Mei family.
"Dear seniors, what do you think of the Japanese's purge action?"
The so-called purge operation is a planned persecution of Temasek and the Chinese in Southeast Asia.
So far, nearly 40,000 Chinese have been killed, and countless people have been detained.
When most of the Chinese representatives looked ugly when they heard the question asked by Zuo Jun, they also didn't care, such as Cai Harry and his son.
Cai's father was a little disgusted with Mr. Mei's behavior and spoke first: "This is all because of the Dajun. If they hadn't followed the British to guard the Malayan Peninsula, how could the Japanese attack the Chinese?"
In the early days of the outbreak of the Pacific War, about 2,000 to 4,000 Chinese people were recruited to join the operation to defend the Malay Peninsula.
This unit was named after its commander, Lieutenant Colonel John Dali, called the "Da Army", or "Xinghua Volunteer Army".
After the Japanese occupied Nanyang, they used the Da army to resist the Japanese army as a reason to suppress the local Chinese, but is this really the case?
Zuo Jun did not speak, but took out a Japanese document and a Chinese-English translation and handed it to everyone for circulation.
This document describes the Japanese army's specific arrangements for the purge operation, and the date at the end of the article was clearly before the war began.
After seeing this, Cai's father shut up. The Chinese representative who had the same thoughts as him stopped talking. Only Cai Harry still had the indifferent attitude.
After taking a deep look at this peer, Zuo Jun said to everyone: "We are bleeding the same blood. We cannot watch the Chinese suffer. The Mei family is willing to open up the joints of the Japanese and rescue these compatriots. What do you think?"
It is said that they are all Chinese, and the Chinese representatives should agree immediately, but the opposite was true, and the scene fell into a dead silence.
Cai Harry's lips curled slightly. This young master Mei is really a nerd. He wants the Chinese family to risk helping him without any benefit. They are not a good family.
Zuo Jun sighed and took out some photos again, which were scenes of the Japanese executing the Chinese.
Dozens of Chinese were tied into groups by ropes, and the Japanese army killed the victims one by one with machine guns or bayonets. The situation was terrible.
Some Chinese children were thrown into the sea and drowned alive, and the onlookers laughed. This is why Zuo Jun came to Temasek. He must come this time whether for post-war political influence or to save his compatriots.
Perhaps the blood connection overcame the fear of death. After a long time, two people raised their hands with red eyes and spoke, expressing their willingness to help the Mei family save the arrested Chinese.
But that's all, other Chinese representatives remained silent. After all, those patriotic overseas Chinese had fled before the Japanese army occupied Temasek, such as Mr. Chen and the Cheng family who donated money to the government.
The Chinese families currently staying in the Japanese-occupied area either have business dealings with the Japanese or defecting to the Japanese. It is not easy to have two people stand up.
Zuo Jun was a little disappointed, but he still bowed to everyone and thanked everyone. After chatting for a while, he took the guard to say goodbye.
Back in the car, the spy in charge of protection asked, "Mr. Mei, will they really help?"
"I don't know, let me leave my destiny."
Zuo Jun shook his head and looked out the car window. Several Chinese people were kneeling on the ground on the side of the road, and a team of Japanese soldiers stood behind these people with rifles and laughed wildly.
The car drove for a distance, and a few gunshots suddenly rang out from the place where he had just passed. Zuo Jun closed his eyes in pain, and his fingernails dug out several deep blood marks in his palms, but he was unaware of it.
On the other side, inside the Nantian Hotel.
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The Chinese representatives walked away cleanly, only Cai Hari sat alone in the veranda, and a servant of the Cai family bent down and asked for instructions.
"Young Master, do you want to send someone to see the color of the surname Mei?"
Cai Harry read the English newspaper seriously. The servant didn't get a response and dared not get up. He had to continue bent over. I don't know how long it took, Cai Harry spoke slowly.
"Don't use our people to let those indigenous people take action. The Cai family has raised them for so many years. It's time for them to repay the Cai family."
"Go and send a box of gold to the Japanese military police again and ask them to go out late tonight."
The servant replied yes and bowed to leave.
The veranda returned to silence, and Cai Hari put down the newspaper, his raised face full of sinisterness.
For some reason, in the dark, the young master Mei gave him a deep sense of threat. Since that is the case, we can only take action first.
As for the relationship between the Mei family and foreigners and Japanese, Cai Hari feels that there is no big problem. As long as the Cai family can provide enough benefits, the other party will not turn against a Chinese.
The British needed the Cai family to occupy Temasek, and the Japanese were the same, because killing alone could not gain benefits.
Using the colonists to develop and strengthen themselves is the long-term plan of the Cai family.
In the future, at the right time, the Cai family will have the opportunity to occupy the nest.
In short, no one can destroy the Cai family's plan and threaten the Cai family's rule over the Temasek Chinese. Cai Harry threw the newspaper on the table with his sharp eyes.
That night.
Zuo Jun was in the room to count the accounts of Zuo's shops in various parts of Nanyang, and it suddenly became noisy outside the window.
The little spy who was accompanying him pushed the door and pulled him out anxiously, giving an explanation.
"Mr. Mei, there are natives outside making trouble. Please follow us to the safe house."
"Indigenous people are causing trouble?"
This sentence made Zuo Jun excited and immediately realized that someone was attacking him.
The natives did not cause trouble early and did not cause trouble later, but he caused trouble when he arrived in Temasek, and there must be problems.
He subconsciously thought of Mr. Cai. Although there was no evidence, Zuo Jun was convinced that the person behind the natives was the other party.
Zuo Jun followed the spy out of the back door of the hotel. Just as he was about to get into the car, a glass bottle flew from a distance and just hit his head.
With a thud, the glass fragments smashed Zuo Jun's forehead, and the blood instantly dyed his forehead and collar red.
Seeing this, the little spy who was about to drive pushed Zuo Jun into the car, took out the gun with his backhand, and pulled the trigger at the culprit.
“Bao~”
A gunshot pierced the night sky in Temasek.
A native child slowly fell down while covering his chest. The surrounding natives became even more crazy and rushed over in a rush, trying to surround the car.
The little spy ignored it and stepped on the accelerator hard, directly knocked away the crowd blocking the front, and quickly escaped from the siege.
Looking at the rear lights of the car gradually fading away, the natives were furious and turned to grab nearby shops.
The riot lasted for more than half an hour and did not end until the Japanese military police arrived.
When Cai Hari received the news that Mr. Mei was missing, he suddenly felt a little regretful. He was not regretting targeting Mr. Mei, but regret not doing it himself.
There is a saying that if you don’t die when you beat a snake, you will suffer endless troubles. Cai Harry pondered for a moment and called his confidant.
A few hours later, a servant of the Cai family died of illness, and several leaders died among the natives.
Temasek returned to peace, as if everything was normal, but in the invisible place, the Military Control Commission began to act.
