RNP Chapter 81 Money, money, I need money, lots and lots of money, tens of thousands of pounds are not e
Chapter 81 Money, money, I need money, lots and lots of money, tens of thousands of pounds are not e
But then a second problem arose: how to ensure the loyalty of these drivers?
He input the question into the AI on his phone again: "If I want to start a newspaper called 'Daily Fun Facts of Shanghai,' using rickshaw drivers as the main source of information, I can't possibly read through all these thousands of pieces of information every day. I need to find a few loyal middle-level managers to help me filter them. But how can I find such middle-level managers who are both loyal and won't betray me?"
Furthermore, they cannot be personnel on the intelligence front; they cannot be from the Military Intelligence Bureau, the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, the CC Clique, or the Hong'an branch. They must be ordinary people with clean family backgrounds!
AI has provided an answer again, this time more specific:
Core principle: Select key personnel, ensure their loyalty, competence, and loyalty, and ensure they are not personnel from the intelligence front.
You have presented a problem that requires extremely high computing power!
Recommendation: 1. Find individuals with a blood feud with the Japanese invaders, a strong sense of national identity, and who have not yet been confirmed as being on the intelligence front, and who have excellent character and reputation, to serve as the core management team.
2. Economic incentives (e.g., high rewards, hardship allowances).
3. Establish a covert oversight mechanism (e.g., cross-verification of information, anonymous whistleblowing system, allowing management to supervise each other).
4. Instill national righteousness and give respect and a sense of identity.
Optional personnel to be examined:
1. Zhao Bingsheng, a disciple of Gu Zhuxuan, the president of the rickshaw pullers' association: a minor leader of the Shanghai rickshaw pullers' association in the French Concession. He was generous and righteous. In February 1939, he was shot dead in the street by agents of the 76th Special Forces for organizing rickshaw pullers to fight against the traitors of the maintenance committee.
They have a strong sense of national identity and hate the Japanese and traitors. They can be recruited to manage the rickshaw drivers' association and collect information.
2. Zhou Weifu, a newspaper worker: A senior worker at the *Shen Bao* printing plant, he secretly sympathized with anti-Japanese student organizations and privately helped them print anti-Japanese leaflets. He was discovered and died in a Japanese military police prison in April 1939. His son, Zhou Xiaofu, worked as a laborer at the docks; he could be persuaded to help him.
3. Su Wenjuan (female), a Chinese language primary school teacher in the French Concession: She promoted patriotism in her classes and financially supported students in need. Because she refused to submit to the Japanese "educational supervisors," she was secretly arrested in February 1939 and disappeared (presumed dead). Her husband died early, and she lived with her elderly mother and younger sister. [The following appears to be unrelated and possibly a separate entry:] ...can be used...
4. Lin Laogen, a merchant on Jinling Road:............................
5. Li Shitou, a wounded soldier from the former 19th Route Army:.....................................
...The AI provided him with a list of 20 people. These 20 people came from different industries, all of whom had performed acts of resistance against Japan and demonstrated a spirit of sacrifice. Moreover, their families were still alive, making them easy to contact and win over. However, as later generations have confirmed, none of the above-mentioned individuals belonged to any intelligence organization!
Of course, the AI says they are "not effectively confirmed to belong to any intelligence organization," but that's not necessarily true. You'll have to investigate that yourself!
My mind is made up, and my blood is boiling!
Han Zhenhua seemed to already see thousands of rickshaw pullers becoming his eyes and ears, and an invisible yet efficient intelligence network quietly unfolding in Shanghai.
Even spurred by the high reward, if there were any real danger, he could imagine ordering thousands of taxis under his command to block all roads and cause massive traffic jams, just like Zhou Chaoxian, played by Nick Cheung in the Hong Kong movie "Black Gold" that he had seen in his previous life!
There's also the scene in the TV series "Great Expectations" where hundreds of thugs from Yongxing Company, protecting "Little A Qiao" and Zhang Xiaolin, dared to confront them head-on with wooden sticks and axes! If this force were under control, hehe...
I'm not only a "top agent," I'm also one of the "big shots" in Shanghai!
Shanghai Daily Fun Facts Report! "Didi Rickshaw" Company! Even the name carries a sense of endearing wickedness from a past life.
He excitedly took out paper and pen and began to roughly estimate the start-up capital needed.
Acquiring or integrating a coachman's guild with a certain foundation would require a settlement fee or a "transfer fee" to persuade the original leader. It would probably require a big shot like Lu Yunsheng or Feng Jingyao to step in.
Meanwhile, running a newspaper requires renting space, purchasing printing equipment, hiring editors and reporters (even if it's just for show), and paying royalties (information fees); the initial basic "information fees" paid to the drivers and the "big prizes" for important intelligence will be a continuous and huge expense; there are also the resettlement and confidentiality allowances for the selected key members and their families...
All things considered, even if it only covers the French Concession, the British Concession, and parts of the Chinese-controlled area, excluding the surrounding villages and towns, the initial investment would be at least 30,000 to 50,000 pounds, and the subsequent monthly operating costs would likely be a considerable expense!
The more than £200,000 he had made from stock trading sounded like a huge sum, enough for him to squander for decades.
However, it's simply a drop in the ocean to support such a massive and continuously burning intelligence network and such a huge power!
Moreover, he also needed to maintain his luxurious lifestyle as a "British aristocratic physics genius," which was his best camouflage and he absolutely could not skimp on it.
"Money! Money! Money! I need money, lots and lots of money!" Han Zhenhua's excitement was instantly extinguished by the cold reality. He rubbed his hair in frustration and paced around the room. "Several hundred thousand pounds is not enough!"
The money spent on personal enjoyment and on major undertakings are not even in the same league!
He once again pinned his hopes on that all-powerful mobile phone. The smiles on his parents' faces on the screensaver seemed encouraging at that moment.
"Search: How to quickly obtain a large sum of money in 1938 and 1939? Legal or gray area is fine, risks are controllable, and the initial capital is about £20." He typed the question through gritted teeth.
However, the first answer the AI gave him caused his pupils to suddenly contract and his breathing to stop!
"Highest priority (based on historical data and the host's current capital): Invest in North American oil exploration."
Historical Event: In 1954, Arctic Light Exploration, a small independent oil company in Texas, USA, discovered the supergiant Prudhoe Bay Oil Field in the North Slope of Alaska at 70.25 degrees north latitude and 148.38 degrees west longitude. It was eventually proven to have reserves of over 250 billion barrels, making it the largest oil field in North America.
Operational suggestion: The host can immediately travel to the United States and use the existing funds (approximately £22, or about $88) to acquire a reputable but troubled small oil exploration company!
Recommendation: Hope Land Exploration. Its owner, John Fred, was a man of high moral character until his death, with an excellent reputation. The risk of being double-crossed is relatively low.
Using the company's name, they acquired a large amount of land and exploration rights around Prudhoe Bay at low prices.
Then, the company's exploration team went directly to the aforementioned coordinate area to conduct preliminary drilling and data collection.
After acquiring key geological data, without the need for independent development (which is costly and time-consuming), the company, along with all exploration data and land rights, can be packaged and sold at a high price to Standard Oil (New Jersey) (later Exxon) or its competitor Rockefeller Oil Company.
Historical reference: After the discovery of the Prudhoe Bay oil field, it was immediately sold for $28 million, along with a 20% share of the subsequent 30 years of revenue. The "cumulative" transaction amount of related rights over the next 30 years eventually involved $7.7 billion.
Even if it's done several years earlier and only preliminary exploration data and partial rights are sold, the expected revenue is at least in the tens of millions of US dollars (equivalent to several million or more than ten million pounds), and there may be subsequent profit-sharing agreements.
Alaska! Oil fields! Tens of millions of dollars! Tens of millions of pounds! And there will be a share of the profits every year thereafter!
Just as Han Zhenhua's breathing became heavy and his heart was pounding so hard it felt like it was about to burst out of his chest!
The phone's AI then displayed a message, word by word, followed by another message that sounded like a joke.
Like a bucket of ice water poured over his head, Han Zhenhua's "feeling of winning ten jackpots in the Double Color Ball lottery in his past life" instantly turned cold!