usatvline Chapter 1407 A Little Trick (asking for monthly ticket)
Chapter 1407 A Little Trick (asking for monthly ticket)
Chapter 1407 A Little Trick (asking for monthly ticket)
Cheng Qianfan put his hands in the pockets of his windbreaker. A cool breeze blew away the smoke in front of him.
Just this morning, Itagaki Seishirō came to the Guest House to visit Wang Tianhai.
Wang attached great importance to Itagaki Seishirō's visit and personally led all the colleagues in the negotiation team to welcome him in the auditorium of the Guest House.
This was also the first time Cheng Qianfan met this notorious Japanese general.
Wang Tianhai and his wife, together with Chen Nanhai, Zhou Liang, Chu Mingyu and other "important officials" held a closed-door meeting with Japanese personnel represented by Itagaki Seishirō.
Afterwards, Cheng Qianfan received news from Chu Mingyu that the "Big Three" meeting would be officially held at the Guest House tomorrow.
This is very important information.
Before this, Cheng Qianfan had been speculating where the Japanese would arrange the venue for the "Big Three" meeting, whether it would be the Guest House where Wang Tianhai was staying, or the Taiping Road Hotel where Liang Hongzhi and Wang Keming were staying, or the Shaoguan Road Toyo Hotel where Japanese generals such as Itagaki Seishirō were staying, or whether the Japanese would arrange some other venue.
Now, through Chu Mingyu's casual remarks, he had obtained this secret information.
Although he had no contact with Qingdao Station, Cheng Qianfan knew that Qingdao Station must be carrying out a secret operation to disrupt the meeting and punish the traitors.
The determination of the venue for the "Big Three" meeting is obviously the most important information for Qingdao Station.
Cheng Qianfan shook his head. He had no way to send this information out.
He now urgently felt the disadvantages of the lack of necessary connections with other Military Control Commission stations.
The most important thing is that he is now trapped in the Guest House and cannot go out. Otherwise, he would have a way to report this key information to the Chongqing Bureau headquarters through Zhou Ru in Shanghai.
"Mr. Cheng, the newspaper you requested."
A waiter brought in a stack of newspapers.
Along with the newspaper came a cup of steaming hot coffee.
"Thank you." Cheng Qianfan nodded politely.
He just sat on the small sofa by the window, sipping coffee and casually reading the newspaper.
The newspapers that could be delivered to the Guest House were naturally pro-Japanese newspapers.
This is also the reason why Cheng Qianfan had previously told Taozi that after arriving in Qingdao, she must buy a missing person advertisement in a major pro-Japanese newspaper.
Cheng Qianfan keenly noticed a detail. It seemed that in order to create an atmosphere of respect for Wang Tianhai, pro-Japanese newspapers in Qingdao had recently begun to extensively report on and praise Wang Tianhai's peace policy. What is most noteworthy is that when these newspapers mentioned Wang Tianhai, they changed the previous name "Wang Zhaoming" to "Mr. Wang Tianhai" to show respect.
A sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. The Japanese are very good at paying attention to such details. No wonder Wang Tianhai seems to be in a very good mood these past two days.
Suddenly, Cheng Qianfan's eyes stopped on the Qingdao Peace Daily.
Among the many advertisements on the advertising page of today's Qingdao Peace Daily, in an inconspicuous corner, he saw a missing person advertisement.
"Mr. Cui Lu from Hangzhou is looking for his fourth cousin Mr. Shi Kaiyi from Jimo. If Mr. Shi sees this advertisement, please come to the Xiankai Hotel at No. 4196 Yokosuka-cho to meet him. The hotel's phone number is ."
Cheng Qianfan was overjoyed:
The peaches have arrived!
At No. 25 Yokosuka-cho, after arriving in Qingdao, Cheng Qianfan asked the staff to help him find travel notes about Qingdao and a map of Qingdao on the pretext of killing time out of boredom.
He immediately knew where Yokosuka Town was. This place was called "Kiel Street" during the German occupation. After the Japanese occupied Qingdao, they renamed the road "Yokosuka Town".
Cheng Qianfan's fingers tapped lightly on the coffee table. He was thinking about how to create an opportunity to go out and contact Taozi.
……
"Where's Qianfan? He hasn't left the room. Could he not have recovered from seasickness?" Chu Mingyu put down the newspaper in his hand and asked Liu Xia who came up to pour tea.
"He said he lost his appetite due to seasickness and now he wants to make up for it." Liu Xia said with a smile, "I went to his place this morning and saw him researching Qingdao's cuisine."
"Qingdao's delicacies?" Chu Mingyu became interested immediately after hearing this.
He is a joyful person by nature and is good at and likes fine wine, beautiful women, luxury cars, delicious food, chess and cards, and entertainment.
Especially when it comes to food, Chu Mingyu is a gourmet.
Hearing Liu Xia say that Cheng Qianfan was researching Qingdao cuisine, he couldn't help but laugh, "I didn't expect this kid to be such a glutton. I want to see what he has researched behind closed doors."
Having said that, he couldn't wait to put down the newspaper and go find Cheng Qianfan.
……
Hearing a knock on the door, Cheng Qianfan took out a travel note that he had prepared long ago from the drawer, turned to the carefully prepared page, placed the travel note on the coffee table, and then walked over to open the door.
"Uncle Chu."
"I heard from Liu Xia that you were studying some delicious food by yourself in the room." Chu Mingyu said with a smile.
"Sister Xia is just exaggerating." Cheng Qianfan pretended to glare at Liu Xia and said embarrassedly.
"Delicious food needs to be tasted in person. What can you learn by studying it behind closed doors?" Chu Mingyu walked to the sofa and saw the travel book on the coffee table.
He picked it up and looked at it, then showed a surprised expression, and then frowned, "I don't understand what you mean. A foreigner knows how to make comments on Chinese food."
This travelogue was written by a German named Merkel who once lived in Qingdao. He commented on what he believed to be the top ten delicacies in Qingdao.
"I was bored, so I asked the hotel waiter to get some newspapers and magazines to read," Cheng Qianfan explained.
"Foreigners are indeed very advanced in some things, and we should learn from them. They don't understand some things passed down by our ancestors, and they talk nonsense when they don't understand." Chu Mingyu said seriously, "So, we should open our eyes and not blindly praise foreigners."
"Uncle is right." Cheng Qianfan blushed and put away the guerrilla document that he had read carefully and even marked with a pencil.
"We Chinese invented cooking methods such as stir-frying, roasting, frying, deep-frying, boiling, steaming, roasting, cold mixing, and glazing." When it comes to food, Chu Mingyu became interested and had more say. "What delicious food do the foreigners have? It's the same thing over and over again. Those are all leftovers from our ancestors."
"You don't know, when I was abroad, I would frown just by looking at the food."
"Perhaps it's because Qingdao was occupied by Germans for a long time, so people here prefer food that suits the tastes of foreigners," Liu Xia said.
Cheng Qianfan glanced at Liu Xia calmly and cheered in his heart. Liu Xia's words were simply a stroke of genius.
as predicted.
"That's not right." Chu Mingyu shook his head. "There are so many delicious foods in Qingdao. I remember that they even ranked the top ten restaurants a few years ago."
Chu Mingyu thought for a moment, and then counted on his fingers and recalled, "There are Shunxing Building, Yadong Hotel, Jufulou, Chunhe Building, Donghua Hotel, Dahua Hotel, Houdefu, Sanyang Building, Gongji Building, and Yingji Building."
“I didn’t expect that Uncle Chu, who has never been to Qingdao, can be so familiar with Qingdao’s delicacies.” Cheng Qianfan said in admiration.
"Who said I haven't been to Qingdao?" Chu Mingyu said with a smile, "I once landed in Qingdao when I returned from Europe. I still remember that time I went to Shunxinglou for a big meal and tasted our Chinese delicacies. I finally made up for the food I missed while abroad."
(Shunxing Building in the Republic of China)
When it comes to the food of Shunxinglou, Chu Mingyu was in high spirits and talked to his two nephews and nephews about the signature dishes of Shunxinglou, such as steamed bird's nest, bird's nest in broth, braised shark's fin, braised shark's fin, white fungus in broth, etc.
……
Cheng Qianfan listened attentively, even drooling, and couldn't help but sigh and said, "Just hearing uncle say this, my mouth is already watering. I wish I could grow wings and go out for a big meal."
"What are you talking about? Eat whatever you want." Chu Mingyu laughed. "As a person, you must never let your stomach go hungry. If your stomach is full, you will be full of energy and vitality."
"Secretary-General, look, Qianfan is drooling." Liu Xia chuckled.
Cheng Qianfan glanced at Liu Xia embarrassedly and said with a smile, "It's obviously Sister Xia who is greedy, and you blame me."
"I just want to try the white fungus soup at Shunxinglou." Liu Xia smiled, "Brother Fan, you look like you want to eat at all the ten famous restaurants in Qingdao."
"You two, what's there to be ashamed of being greedy?" Chu Mingyu said with a smile, "The meeting will be held tomorrow, and we will be busy later. It's a good opportunity to be free today, so go out and find something to eat."
"I'll ask someone to prepare the car right away. I'm the host today, please treat Uncle Chu and Sister Xia to a feast." Cheng Qianfan said happily.
"I won't go. You two can go by yourselves." Chu Mingyu shook his head. "I'm busy tomorrow. Mr. Xu Wang wants to see me this afternoon."
Seeing Cheng Qianfan and Liu Xia both showing hesitant expressions, he smiled and said, "You young people go by yourselves. It's a rare opportunity to come to Qingdao. Go out and try some delicious food, comfort your stomach, and go shopping."
As he spoke, he waved his hand and said, "I'll give you guys a day off today. As long as you don't spend too much, you can come back and get reimbursed."
Cheng Qianfan and Liu Xia were very happy.
"I'll go get a taxi right away." Liu Xia said happily, "I've heard about Fidelius Street for a long time. I'm going to go shopping there today."
"Can it be more prosperous than Nanjing Road in Shanghai?" Cheng Qianfan said with a smile in disbelief.
"What do you know about the places where girls hang out?" Liu Xia rolled her eyes and went out to call for a car.
Cheng Qianfan smiled awkwardly, but Chu Mingyu burst into laughter.
Cheng Qianfan pretended to touch his nose, but as he watched Liu Xia leave, he couldn't help but feel suspicious.
The accompanying personnel were not allowed to go out, and there were Japanese personnel blocking the entrance to the first floor lobby. How could Liu Xia not know this?
He estimated that Liu Xia would be back soon.
Sure enough, Liu Xia soon returned in disappointment and reported to Chu Mingyu that the Japanese side did not allow them to go out and that they needed Chu Mingyu's personal signature to apply for a pass.
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