Chapter 18 Section Eighteen

Du Yuesheng's position in the French Concession was unprecedentedly consolidated, and all the members of the Youth Gang in Shanghai Bund began to get acquainted with him through their relationship and talk about "brotherhood". Soon, an incident involving foreigners for many days made Du Yuesheng's reputation even higher. After the workers' strike ended and the governor of the French Concession, Favory, was dismissed, Lieutenant Colonel Faberson was ordered to replace him.This person is more upright and clean, and has the arrogance of the French nation. At the same time, he also learned the lesson of Favory's dismissal from the gangsters in Shanghai.

But Du Yuesheng didn't care about this. On the beach, if he doesn't want to give it to you, you can't exchange it with your life; if he wants to give it to you, you have to give it to you if you don't want it. It was a sunny day. In a beautiful bungalow in the French Concession, Lieutenant Colonel Faberson, who was quite military, welcomed three guests.They placed a delicate mahogany disc on the desk, like a miniature round table.On the small round table, they lined up golden bowls, plates, spoons and two pairs of chopsticks. "Dear Lieutenant Colonel Faberson, this is what Mr. Du meant." The visitor said.

Faberson was expressionless, he paced around the desk.Suddenly, he stopped, leaned back on the chair by the desk, and said, "Listen, I don't like this, take back the things on the table! Also, tell your master to explain clearly , What does this mean, and then publish a statement in the newspaper to guarantee that similar incidents will not happen again in the future. Otherwise, I will issue an order to evict you, and you are not allowed to stay in the French Concession! Send off!" The person who gave the gift returned to Du's mansion, and when he told the situation, Du Yuesheng smiled and said nothing.Gao Xinbao happened to be at the side, and said angrily: "Damn it, a strong dragon does not overwhelm a local snake, this little thief and new official took office three times and burned us. We have to show him some color."

"Why bother? Brother," Du Yuesheng said slowly, "everyone has his own aspirations, so don't force them." Three days later, all the workers of the French Commercial Tramway Company went on strike.The workers put forward a series of demands such as opposing oppression and improving treatment. The leaders of the strike were Zhao Ziying and Shen Jingyi. They encouraged every worker, making the strike more and more powerful, and all tram traffic in the French Concession was paralyzed. Faberson encountered such a situation not long after he took office, and he was very embarrassed. However, he was more worried that his boss would not know the inside story and think him incompetent, so he really wanted to calm down the situation as soon as possible.However, despite repeated negotiations with the workers, an agreement was never reached.

Two months later, someone told Faberson that Zhao Ziying and Shen Jingyi, who took the lead in the strike, were both Du Yuesheng's apprentices.Faberson was embarrassed to deal with Du Yuesheng because of his arrogant attitude towards Du Yuesheng's gift last time.But when the matter came to an end, even though Faberson could not help but be overwhelmed, he still called for Du Yuesheng's subordinates and said: "Forget about Mr. Du's public statement in the newspaper, but please write a written guarantee that you will never see me again next time." Nothing like this will ever happen.”

"Yes, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel. However, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel is welcome to accept this trivial point. There is a saying in China that is 'respect is worse than obedience. Come on." The visitor said bluntly. Lieutenant Colonel Faberson had no choice but to accept all the goldware that had been returned to Du Yuesheng. The next day, all the workers of the French Commercial Tramway Company returned to work. Of course, Du Yuesheng did not write any guarantee letter.