Insufficient balance

  The Japanese who made trouble at the pharmacy in Fuzhou this time was Uchida Takashi, the president of "Uchida" Trading Company. Uchida Trading Company has been operating Western and Chinese medicines in Fuzhou for several years, relying on its relationship with the "Genyosha", it has been selling expensive Chinese medicines such as ginseng and deer antler at low prices from Northeast China and Korea, making a lot of money. This time, going to "Jinxiang Pharmacy" to make trouble, mainly in order to use his shares to figure out the origin and formula of the recently popular "anti-inflammatory tablets".

  "The Genyosha" may not be a familiar name to everyone, but its founder, Toyama Mitsuru, is known to those who have some knowledge of Sino-Japanese history. This was a right-wing organization in Japan that was established in Fukuoka, Kyushu in 1881 and advocated for loyalty to the Emperor and expansion abroad. At the time, 30-year-old Hakoishi Kuzuo, 29-year-old Hirayama Tojiro, and 25-year-old Toyama Mitsuru founded "Genyosha" under the banner of "Illuminating the Imperial Court", "Revering the Empire", and "Defending People's Rights". This secret society had close ties with the Japanese military and sent many members to countries around the world under the guise of studying or doing business, where they gathered intelligence and mapped out territories. China, Korea, and Russia were their main targets, and the organization's slogan was "Conquer Qing, defeat Russia, and annex Korea".

  Actually, the miraculous life-saving drug "Rheuma Tablet" had already caught the attention of businessmen from various countries. However, news from Europe made businessmen from Europe and America lose interest in investigating further, as it turned out that a similar drug was also available in Europe, sold by a small aristocratic family business in the UK. As everyone assumed that the inventor and manufacturer of this Western medicine must be British, and "Jinxiang Pharmacy" in China was merely a British agent in Asia, the focus of collecting commercial intelligence on "Rheuma Tablet" shifted to Europe.

  But the Japanese did not have the convenient conditions of European businessmen, allowing them to run amok in China. Some were barely manageable, but if they were sent to Europe to stir up trouble and steal business intelligence, it wouldn't be so easy. Therefore, the Japanese military entrusted "Genyosha" to use their connections in China to further investigate the origins of "Aspirin", and it would be best if they could steal the formula. If they couldn't steal it, investing in a large pharmacy would also work. As long as they got involved, they would eventually be able to steal it. The old saying goes: I'm not afraid of thieves stealing, but I'm afraid of thieves keeping an eye on me; only by being a thief for a thousand days can you prevent thievery for a thousand days.

  Who knew that this "Golden Elephant Pharmacy" was so tough, not only did it have the protection of the Fuzhou governor, but there were also British doctors sitting in the shop. The tactic of framing and intimidating the local government would definitely not work. So Inada changed his strategy and decided to buy shares at a high price. Who knew that the owner of the pharmacy didn't even ask Inada how much money he was willing to invest, and directly refused him? It almost made Inada choke with anger. Since neither soft nor hard tactics worked, then let's try being troublesome. Inada gathered a few Japanese ronin and every now and then they would go to the Golden Elephant Pharmacy to cause trouble, in order to force the owner of the pharmacy to come out and negotiate. No matter what the outcome was, as long as they could find out who the owner of the pharmacy was, it would be considered a success for the "Genyosha".

  What Uchida didn't expect was that the owner of this large pharmacy was even more cunning than him. After causing trouble for a few days, one noon, the Japanese ronin who went to cause trouble rushed back to report to Uchida that the pharmacy had closed down. The pharmacy hadn't opened its doors since morning, no matter how much the ronins shouted and cursed, nobody came out. It wasn't until the last few ronins kicked open the door of the pharmacy that they discovered it was empty, not even a scrap of paper was left behind. When the ronins asked around at the surrounding shops, everyone said they didn't know anything. They ran to the docks to ask, but nobody had seen anyone from the pharmacy either. It seemed as though they had all vanished into thin air from Fuzhou.

  Uchida is so depressed, the negotiation content he prepared for several days was all in vain, and it's estimated that he would be scolded if he reported back to "Genyosha" like this. With a glimmer of hope, he sent the ronin out again to search the whole city, but still got nothing, and finally had to retreat.

  This is also the blessing of backward communication means. In fact, when Uchida was running around with Ronin in the city, "Golden Elephant Pharmacy" had already opened quietly in the British Concession of Shanghai and Tianjin. If it were modern times, a phone call would have saved Uchida several days of running around.

  Let's put aside the internal affairs and talk about Liu Ye's side. After handling the big pharmacy issue, Liu Ye also realized that his plan might have loopholes elsewhere. After all, he is not a staff officer or a development and reform commission, such a large plan was made by one person and implemented by one person, it is inevitable that there will be omissions, the hardest part is that this matter cannot be discussed with others, even if it's his own father.

  Think about it, if you were the governor of Hainan Province, one day your son comes to you with a laser gun and says: Dad, I'm from 2222, I'm actually a lunar sanitation worker. I know that next year is the Third World War, our country will be invaded by South Korea, and Shandong will be devastated. So, I've decided to stand up and save the people from the disaster, and establish a laser weapon production line on Hainan Island, but I need you to use your governor's identity to cover for me. What would you do after hearing this? Would you immediately lock your son at home and not let him contact those friends anymore, then find experts to check if your son has gone crazy; or would you kick him in anger; or as a doting parent, take out 500,000 yuan and let your son buy a car to relax?

  Since no one is helping to come up with ideas or fill in the gaps, I can only rely on myself to carefully and meticulously deliberate every step of the plan, considering problems from various angles, striving to make it seamless. However, even the most airtight plan will have loopholes, or uncontrollable factors.