Lido Dance Hall.

One of the four major dance halls in Shanghai, the other three are Paramount, Xianlus and Metropolitan (there are other rankings).

Lido ranked low in the past. After Gao Xinbao died, he was once a big drop, but later Chen Miao took over and reopened.

The business is better than ever.

Moreover, Lidu is known as the cleanest dance hall on Shanghai.

In addition to dancing and other entertainment activities, Chen Miao is strictly prohibited from having anything else in the dance hall, especially opium and D products.

As for the love between the guests and the dancer, there is no way to strictly stipulate this, but if you want to be favored by the dance hall, you cannot have those messy things.

Moreover, the dancers in the Lido Dance Hall are protected and no one can force them to do things they are unwilling to do. Their descendants are Chen Sanshui, the director of the No. 76 Inspection Office.

Therefore, many dancers who go into the market are willing to come to Lido. After all, this guarantee is not available in other dance halls. Moreover, Lido is the most open-minded about dancers, and comes and goes freely. In addition to the commissions drawn by the industry rules, there will be no additional exploitation.

Chen Miao doesn't care how much money Lidu makes, as long as it doesn't lose money, it's not his idea to open a dance hall, so he can't do anything to follow.

It's a pity to turn it off. It's a pity to make money from those who don't know their family, country and nation at all, and secretly send funds to the anti-Japanese war. Why not do this?

“Agen…”

"I understand, third brother." Agen nodded. He is not only the manager of Lido, but also a shareholder, and he is more concerned about his business.

Of course, he is more loyal to Chen Miao than Gao Xinbao in the past. Although Gao Xinbao treats him well, Gao Xinbao still has many habits in the world. After all, he beats and scolds his opponents at every turn, so Chen Miao is different. He always convinces people with reason. This makes Agen devoted himself and convinces him.

"Third brother, here we come!"

At eight o'clock, it was very punctual. Agen went down in person, took someone to the back door, then came up from the stairs, knocked on the door, and pushed the office open.

"Secretary Zheng." Chen Miao saw Zheng Jiayuan, his expression slightly condensed and walked slowly over.

"I am no longer the secretary-general of the Shanghai District of the Military Control Commission."

"Sir Zheng, don't be fine."

"It's okay." Zheng Jiayuan nodded slightly and removed the pullover cloak from his body.

"Please!" Chen Miao, "I have prepared a few side dishes, and we will talk while eating."

"Okay." Zheng Jiayuan did not refuse, but walked straight over and sat down.

"This is a flower decor from Shaoxing. It's thirty years old. I remember Chief Zheng likes this." Chen Miao personally poured wine for Zheng Jiayuan.

"Thank you for remembering these." Zheng Jiayuan nodded slightly.

"General Zheng took great care of Sanshui during his tenure, otherwise I would have been secretly dealt with by someone." Chen Miao raised his glass and said, "I have always remembered this favor."

"I won't say it anymore. With your current power and status, I'm afraid no one can do anything to you." Zheng Jiayuan smiled.

"I thank Director Lin for his respect and entrusted him with an important task." Chen Miao smiled faintly.

"Yeah?"

"certainly."

"I won't say anything polite. I'll ask Mr. Xu Caichen to meet you. In addition to reminiscing about the old relationship, I would like to ask you for help?" Zheng Jiayuan said straight to the point.

"Please speak, I will definitely not refuse if I can help within my power." Chen Miao said seriously.

"Wu Xin is in your hands, right?"

"Sir Zheng, just say it, what do you want to do?" Chen Miao picked up the wine glass, stared slightly, then put it down gently, raised his head slightly, and looked at Zheng Jiayuan.

"For you, Wu Xin has no value for use. Let's exchange it?"

"exchange?"

Chen Miao knew what Zheng Jiayuan meant, and the Military Control Commission and No. 76 also exchanged secret transactions for "captives" in private, which is not uncommon.

If both sides have people being captured during operation, the best way is to exchange "captives". This kind of thing is very common. Even if you fight to death on the battlefield at the last moment and exchange prisoners of war on both sides in the next second, this happens from time to time.

"Yes, exchange hostages."

"Sir Zheng, Miss Wu Xin is a criminal offender, and she was arrested by the Special High School, so I don't have the right to deal with it." Chen Miao shook his head slightly.

"But you have the right to suggest, and the weight is quite large, especially in front of Sakurako Ikenai." Zheng Jiayuan said, while looking at the door of the small office lounge behind Chen Miao with a profound meaning.

"Well, who do you want to change?"

"Su Qing."

"Sir Zheng, you are just kidding. Su Qing is yours. You use your people to exchange for the criminals we arrested. Isn't this ridiculous?" Chen Miao sneered.

"Su Qing was instigated by you, he betrayed and became your insider. She is yours now. If you don't save her, she will be executed soon." Zheng Jiayuan said, "You know the rules of the Military Control Commission, what will happen to the traitors?"

"Even so, what does her death have to do with me?"

"You can ignore Su Qing's life or death, but if this matter is spread, will anyone be willing to work hard for you?" Zheng Jiayuan asked.

"Captain Zheng, isn't Wu Xin a traitor to you? Even if she goes back, according to the rules of the Military Control Commission, wouldn't she still be executed?" Chen Miao asked back.

"Then should you change it or not?" Zheng Jiayuan picked up the wine glass and took a sip, picked up a bite of the dish, put it into his mouth, and chewed it in big mouthfuls.

"I can't make the decision on this, can I give me some time?" Chen Miao pondered for a while.

"Yes, three days are enough?" Zheng Jiayuan asked.

Chen Miao nodded.

"I heard that Boss Qin gave birth to a pair of twins for you?" Zheng Jiayuan did not treat Chen Miao as an enemy at all and started eating and drinking in front of him.

"Um."

"Congratulations, I didn't bring any gifts today, so I have the chance to make up for it in the future." Zheng Jiayuan smiled.

"I'm interested."

"Sir Zheng, is the batch of opium thrown by Eryu Foreign Company in your hands, right?" Chen Miao asked.

"You have guessed it, why bother asking?"

"Even if you have robbed you, you will not be able to get out. Why don't we make another deal?" Chen Miao said slowly.

"Why, you want to do this business, too?"

"No, I'm just a matchmaker. Mr. Eryu wants to spend some money to buy this batch of opium from you. What do you think?" Chen Miao said.

"This is a good deal. I have saved the risk. Moreover, the loss and management points along the way may not be less profitable than selling it to you directly." Zheng Jiayuan smiled.

"Two hundred thousand oceans are converted into US dollars."

"I'll think about it." Zheng Jiayuan did not agree immediately and took a bite of the dish on his own.

It’s a big deal, so I’ll think about it seriously. If Zheng Jiayuan agreed immediately, I’m afraid that he would not be able to believe it after he made a comment before.

The next time I kept it simple to chat, basically the truth is lies, and the false feelings are just false.

"Thank you for your kind hospitality, it's time for me to say goodbye." After eating and drinking, Zheng Jiayuan stood up and said.

"I welcome Chief Zheng to come here at any time."

"Well, I will definitely come when I have time." Zheng Jiayuan did not refuse, or rather, he was just perfunctory and said some polite words.

"please."

Chen Miao just sent the person to the door and then ordered Agen to take him downstairs in person.

...

A creaking sound!

The side door of the office lounge opened from the inside, and a slender figure walked out from the inside. Who wasn't Sakurako Ikenai?

"Miss Sakurako heard it?" Chen Miao took out a bottle of red wine from the wine cabinet, poured two glasses of wine, handed it to Sakurako Ikenai, and held the one in his hand.

"Sanshuijun, it seems that Wu Xin is very important to him."

"But the one in our hands is not real." Chen Miao said, "It's easy to deceive Su Qing. After all, they haven't said it before, but Zheng Jiayuan is different. Their relationship is very close."

"Yes, Zheng Jiayuan may not believe in Wu Xin in our hands. She exchanged Su Qing for the exchange. This is a test." Sakurako Ikenai judged.

"My judgment is consistent with Miss Sakurako." Chen Miao nodded, "The problem is that he has kicked the ball into our hands now."

"Yes." Sakurako Ikenai said, "Can we find the real Wu Xin within three days?"

Chen Miao shook his head.

Not to mention three days, it’s only three months, and you won’t be able to find it for three years. People are not in Shanghai at all, how can you find it?

"You can put forward one or two harsh conditions and delay it a little, and you can treat the symptoms but not the root cause. Unless we find the real Wu Xin and exchange it with him, we can only take a risk." Chen Miao said.

"If we were to catch people just now?" Sakurako Ikenai suddenly changed her tone and looked at Chen Miao with a burning look.

"If we had such an idea, he probably wouldn't have appeared here tonight." Chen Miao said, "Based on my understanding of him, he wouldn't do things that I don't know."

Sakurako Ikenai nodded. This is the concession, and although it was the place chosen by Zheng Jiayuan and Chen Miao's territory, people of his identity would never come here rashly.

We will definitely make all arrangements in advance, and even arrange people to enter Lido in advance.

"Sanshuijun, let me go back and think about it, wait for my phone call." Sakurako Ikenai put down her wine glass and bowed slightly.

"OK."
To be continued...