Chapter 50 Chapter fifty

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, prices in Shanghai gradually rose, and the New Fourth Army of the Communist Party fought fiercely for years, and the source of food was greatly reduced. In the spring of 1946, the price of rice in Shanghai skyrocketed to 5 million a liter, and the citizens were all complaining.At this time, Wan Molin was opening a rice store, and the Wanchang Rice Shop he opened was so large that it could be called the largest in Shanghai.In the 8th year of the Anti-Japanese War, because of his meritorious service on the ground and being the manager of Dumen, he was very famous. During Wu Kaixian's tenure as the director of the Shanghai Social Bureau, Wan Molin was elected as the chairman of the Shanghai Farmers' Association and concurrently the chairman of the Shanghai Rice Industry Association. Chairman.

In order to solve the food shortage in Shanghai, the Shanghai municipal government took emergency measures and lent a huge sum of money to the Rice Industry Association, asking the Shanghai rice merchants to find ways to go to various places to purchase a large amount of rice.This important event was handled by Wan Molin, the chairman of the rice industry association. Of course, such a huge business cannot be handled by his Wanchang Rice Company alone.Wan Molin urged the rice merchants to go to the four townships to purchase. "Things are rare and expensive", the rural people have rice in their hands, but they see the price soaring, showing signs of inflation, so they all make a request to the rice merchants that they don't need money to buy rice, and they insist on the barter system. And the specified exchange items are limited to "five oceans", that is, cotton yarn, cloth, sugar, cigarettes and soap.

As a result, the rice merchants had to go back to Shanghai to purchase the "Wuyang" goods first, and then transport them to the countryside to exchange grain. This approach immediately caused several problems: first, the time was delayed, and the price continued to rise; Wuyang itself is also out of stock in Shanghai, because these are daily necessities, and the price is as high as rice, which is hard to find, and the market changes rapidly every day.It was Wan Molin's first time to undertake such a big task, and because of his lack of experience, he seemed to be in a hurry everywhere. In addition, there were many rice merchants who took advantage of the opportunity to make profits, and the price of rice and goods kept rising.As a result, the citizens were boiling, and the voices of accusations and complaints hit the head of "Chairman Wan".

In Shanghai, there is Xiao Happy who sings funny plays. Aiming at the fact that the price of rice keeps rising, and catering to the resentment of Shanghai citizens, he points out his name on the radio every day and makes up a set of funny plays to slam Wan Molin.His show was immediately popular and all the rage because it just vented the anguish of the public.Xiao Happy's cursing can also bring out new ideas, which is very pleasing to people's hearts. For a while, Happy Chopsticks became famous, and the comedy show was unprecedentedly grand and reached its peak. After scolding enough, Xiao Happy simply gave Wan Molin the nickname "rice moth".

When Wan Molin had to be scolded several times a day, because he accompanied Du Yuesheng every day, he knew that even "uncle" was keeping a low profile and keeping quiet, so he also had to swallow his anger, neither defending nor answering.However, Wan Molin also has a group of good friends in Shanghai. Hearing that Fu Xingkuai was so "bold and reckless, scolding Brother Molin all day long", he deeply felt "is it tolerable, which one is unbearable"?This group of friends, with "sights and hands", didn't care about a mere comedian at all, and resorted to their temperament of beating and killing people as commonplace, and first gave Xiao Kailai a serious warning:

"Nong dare to scold Brother Mo Ling again, Ala wants to treat Nong to a living!" Xiao Happy scolded the "rice moth" for being famous, the box office value is at its peak, and he can win the general support of the general public, so he doesn't pay attention to some actions of such "white-faced people". "White Xiangren" warning, as far as he is concerned, "comes at just the right time", just to supplement his new material for scolding "rice moth". As soon as Xiao Happy broadcast the news that he was "warned about eating and living" on the radio, he immediately won the sympathy and support of the audience, and at the same time, he was almost killed.Some of Wan Molin's friends were furious and couldn't bear it anymore. That night, more than a dozen big men rushed into Xiao Happy's house, starting from the front door and going all the way to the back door. Fortunately, Happy Xiao was not at home, his wife was injured, and all the furniture was destroyed.

Xiao Happy's home was completely destroyed, and the news spread widely and quickly.Du Yuesheng heard that he knew that this was a disaster, and he didn't blame Wan Lin, because he knew that this matter had nothing to do with Wan Molin.However, he was so angry that he couldn't push it away, so Du Yuesheng had no choice but to order people to go to comfort the Xiao happy family, responsible for the medical expenses of the injured, and compensate for all losses. But the matter did not end there. Xuan Tiewu, the commander of Songhu Police, issued a warrant for arresting Wan Molin based on the broadcast by Xiaokuaikuai on the charges of operating smuggling, monopolizing the market, and manipulating the "rising rice price".

The members of Du's family became angry and raised their voices against injustices. They all shouted, "Wan Molin himself did not break the law, and all the loans he handled are accountable. Friends from Daxiao Happy's family are eager to come forward. It proves that their voluntary behavior was definitely not instigated by Wan Molin." Since Du Yuesheng established a door in Tongfu Road and Tongfuli in the French Concession of Shanghai in 1915, for more than 30 years, no matter whether it is the patrol room, police station, general headquarters or headquarters, there has always been only Du Guan as a guarantor, and he has never heard of Du Mansion. Someone here was caught.As the saying goes: "If you don't look at the monk's face, look at the Buddha's face", "If you can run away, you can't run away from the temple".If Wan Molin really has a case, Mr. Du should personally send him to the government.Now Commander Xuan wants to arrest the people in Du Mansion, especially Du Yuesheng's close relatives and managers. If this case is opened, won't Mr. Du's platform be destroyed?

At this time, Du Yuesheng was still on the sick bed. He coughed and coughed from time to time, and there was a whimper in his throat, but he resisted all opinions and ordered Wan Molin to surrender himself to the Songhu Security Command. Du Yuesheng said: "True gold is not afraid of fire. Commander Xuan is a good official. He will never wrong Mo Lin. Besides, the air outside is not good for Mo Lin at the moment. It is too difficult for Mo Lin to defend himself. Why don't you take this opportunity to surrender yourself?" , Right and wrong, after a legal trial, I just want to get to the bottom of it.”

So Wan Molin felt dejected, and smiled wryly: "Since Grandpa said so, I have no choice but to go." So, Wan Molin went home, packed up his belongings, went to the Songhu Police Headquarters to voluntarily surrender, and was imprisoned for the third time in his life. Du Yuesheng resolutely ordered Wan Molin to voluntarily surrender to prison, which not only surprised the 5 million citizens on Huangpu Beach and rushed to tell them, but also caused a big surprise for Xuan Tiewu, the commander of Songhu garrison and chief of Shanghai police, and began to look at Du Yuesheng with admiration and awe. Respect.Xuan Tiewu issued Wan Molin's arrest warrant, which can be said to be a challenge to Du Yuesheng. With Du Yuesheng's favorable timing, favorable location and harmonious people in Shanghai, Xuan Tiewu has no certainty of winning this challenge. He didn't expect Du Yuesheng to be so "resigned" and praised him as the chief of public security in Shanghai, and he couldn't have imagined that Wan Molin was willing to surrender to the case just to obey the order of his "uncle".

The price of rice in Shanghai continued to rise, and the grievances of the 5 million citizens subsided quickly. Xiao Happy’s popular radio program dropped rapidly from the boiling point. Wan Molin, the general manager, the Rice Industry Association, and the chairman of the Shanghai Farmers Association, has also voluntarily surrendered and has been in prison for weeks.The prestige of Commander Xuan Tiewu Xuan thus reached the highest point.Du Yuesheng made another good friend --- Commander Xuan and the director.As a result, Wan Molin was charged with unsubstantiated charges and was quickly released. Xuan Tiewu was very grateful to Du Yuesheng for his kindness. He sent an enlarged photo to Du Yuesheng, inscribed it himself, and stamped it with an official seal.Du Yuesheng framed this photo and placed it in an eye-catching place.Du and Xuan have a good friendship, which makes the old Shanghainese feel good about each other, and Du Yuesheng successfully made friends with another powerful figure in Shanghai.