Chapter 70: The Right of Agency (5)

  Shanghai Villa, inside a villa.

  Du Zifeng, with a bitter expression, said to another young man: "Brother, I've lost face this time, you have to help me take revenge!"

  That young man was none other than Du Ziming, the helmsman of the younger generation of the Du family. Du Ziming looked at his brother with a hint of disgust and said: "Zifeng, you're not getting any younger, stop hanging out with those riffraff every day. You should learn more about helping to manage some of the family's business. In the future, the Du family's business will still rely on us to support it."

  Du Zifeng heard this and said with a smile: "Brother, our Du family only needs one person like you, I don't know what your abilities are yet. From now on, I'll just follow you and run errands, that's enough."

  Du Ziming was very satisfied with Du Zifeng's words and smiled, saying: "Zifeng, what's going on this time?"

  Du Zifeng said with a sigh: "That Qin Rengu, I went to his hospital today and was bumped by a little girl. I thought of asking her to pay some medical expenses, but unexpectedly I was scolded by Qin Rengu until my face was covered in dog blood. Brother, you know that there is a slight gap between me and him, so I naturally didn't want to see him. But he still said..."

  Du Ziming heard this and indignantly said: "What are you talking about? You're being so ambiguous!"

  "He said we Dus are all useless, and also said 'brother you'"

  "Hum, what did he say about me?"

  "You're also a slightly better waste."

  Du Ziming's face turned red with rage, and the teacup in his hand instantly became a pile of shattered porcelain on the ground. Du Zifeng was secretly delighted to have successfully provoked Du Ziming, but he still spoke calmly, adding fuel to the fire.

  Actually, Du Ziming is not an easy person to get angry, but Qin Rengu seems to be his psychological shadow. From childhood to adulthood, Qin Rengu has always been one step ahead of him. Although Du Ziming's achievements are still very good, when compared with Qin Rengu, there is a slight gap. Although the gap is not big, it is obvious at first glance who is higher and who is lower. This is something he cannot tolerate. In the past, the two men were relatively strong, but they were still quite polite. However, now that they are competing for the agency rights of penicillin, the contradictions between them have rapidly intensified, and neither side will let go of any opportunity to strike at their opponent. And Du Ziming's younger brother, Du Zipeng, has given Qin Rengu an opportunity to strike back.

  Du Ziming didn't resent Du Zifeng, although he couldn't stand the fact that Du Zifeng was always indulging in wine and women. After all, he was his own younger brother, so even if he disliked him, it was still his own younger brother. All his anger was redirected towards Qin Renguang instead.

  At this time, a servant outside transmitted a message saying: "Young master, Mr. Kawai has arrived and is waiting for you in the living room!"

  Du Ziming took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and then said to Du Zifeng: "Don't worry about this matter for now. Once our family gets the agency rights for penicillin, it will be the beginning of the Qin family's downfall. Qin Rengu, humph!" Du Zifeng nodded repeatedly, somewhat fawningly making way for Du Ziming.

  Kawashima sat alone in the Dou's living room, sipping tea from a cup. He had been in China for five years now, and this time his mission from the Empire was to obtain the Chinese agency rights for penicillin at all costs. His superior had already told him about the importance of this mission, and the lives of countless brave warriors of the Empire were in Kawashima's hands. This made Kawashima feel honored and he nodded repeatedly, saying that there would be absolutely no problem.

  Kawai is not a big talker either. He has a good understanding of China and many wealthy Chinese are afraid of the Japanese due to Japan's current strong national power. As a result, there are also many pro-Japanese friends. This time with the agency rights for penicillin, Kawai's idea was that as long as he united with powerful families and supported them secretly, it would definitely be no problem. The object of Kawai's cooperation is one of the two major kingpin families in Shanghai's pharmaceutical industry - the Du family.

  The cooperation with the Du family was not very smooth. There were a few stubborn people in the high-level of the Du family, and Kawahigashi also knew that the Empire's occupation of China's three northeastern provinces would naturally lead to resentment from most Chinese people. However, Kawahigashi believed that intimidation was the only way to succeed. In the end, Kawahigashi used his military backing and a large amount of gold and silver coins to persuade Du Kuiyuan, the head of the Du family, despite internal disagreements within the family being suppressed by Du Kuiyuan's personal prestige.

  Du Kuiyuan himself thought that he was just a businessman and not a warrior. His cooperation with the Japanese could also better help the Chinese people. Businessmen seeking profit is an eternal truth, and Du Kuiyuan had no reason to give up this big cake. He left this matter entirely to his grandson Du Ziming to handle. He believed in Du Ziming's ability, and the Du family was developing very well under this young man's hands. He was also delighted that he had such a grandson.

  Du Ziming can completely ignore the issue of patriotism or not. Du Ziming's two greatest wishes in his heart are: first, to marry Sun Xue; second, to thoroughly defeat Qin Rengu and prove his own ability. Now that the first wish has been fulfilled, he is ready to fully realize his second wish.

  Du Ziming still remembers the feeling of elation when he beat up Sun Xue's ex-boyfriend two days ago. When Du Ziming was pursuing Sun Xue, she initially couldn't forget that man, but later, under his prolonged flower attack and with some heroic rescues, Sun Xue began to lean towards him. Moreover, her ex-boyfriend hadn't visited or sent any messages for a whole year, so Du Ziming took advantage of the opportunity and finally got what he wanted. However, just as he had resolved the issue with Sun Xue, he was provoked by Qin Renguang, which made him feel extremely displeased. He wants to take revenge on Qin Renguang and fulfill his own desires, but his inner self has become somewhat distorted, and he now wants Qin Renguang to suffer a fate worse than death.

  Du Ziming walked quickly into the living room and greeted: "Mr. Kawai, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long!"

  Kawata looked up and saw that Toshiaki had entered, so he immediately stood up and bowed, saying: "Lord Toshiaki is too polite, I just arrived too!"

  Du Ziming smiled and said, "Is there some good news this time you've come, Kawahigashi?"

  Kawata Koudou: "Yes, Mr. Tu, we just received the news that Karl Jeffersen, CEO of Zhongsheng Pharmaceutical, has arrived in Shanghai and is currently staying at the International Hotel."

  Du Ziming's eyes lit up and he said, "Mr. Kawai's information is indeed accurate! So what should we do next?"

  Kawai Shodou: "It's just a matter of having a good talk with Mr. Jefferson, but we shouldn't show our faces and it's better not to mention that we're working together. They just want money, so let's give them a suitable price that will move their hearts!"

  Du Ziming said: "This is natural, in an unavoidable situation, we will not publicly disclose our cooperative relationship after all this is China"

  Kawai and Du Ziming looked at each other and smiled. Kawai said, "Du, this proxy right is very important for the Great Japanese Empire. I hope you will do your best, otherwise I won't be able to explain it back there."

  Du Ziming said: "This is natural, the agency right is also very important to us, I will do my best, with your help, I think this agency right should be no problem, now I only worry about one competitor."

  Kawai's curious inquiry was: "You're referring to the Qin family?"

  Du Ziming shook his head and said: "The strength of the Qin family was originally about the same as ours. Now that we have your support, the Qin family is no longer to be feared. Our biggest opponent now is the Kong family. The relationship between the Kong family and Mr. Chiang of the National Government, I think you all understand without me saying it?"

  Kawata's expression changed, previously he had actually overlooked the Kong family, mainly because the Kong family rarely intervened in medical business, but this time the medicine belonged to strategic materials, the National Government could not give up, so there was a new variable.

  Kawata Akira said, "Since the Kōn family is involved, I think this matter has become a bit tricky. After all, they are the real local snakes."

  Du Ziming waved his hand and said: "Not necessarily, Mr. Kawai, Zhongsheng Pharmaceutical is an American company, their greatest interest is profit, as long as we can afford the price, we still have hope. Although the Kong family has money and has the support of the National Government, don't we also have the support of your Japanese government? I now think there's another possibility, this agency right shouldn't be given to just one household."

  Kawai's curious inquiry: "Not just one house? How?"

  "You see, the Kong family is just a representative of the National Government's procurement, this is already a big chunk, they naturally have difficulty swallowing it, and there is another large market share that they cannot swallow, so it will be divided among us Du and Qin families to fight for. I think we should fight for this part." Du Ziming analyzed. Chuan Jing smiled and nodded: "Wow, Mr. Du, your analysis makes sense, although we can't get the full agency rights, getting half of the agency rights is already satisfying."

  Du Ziming and Kawahigashi exchanged pleasantries again, then Du Ziming stood up to see Kawahigashi off. As he was leaving, Kawahigashi left behind a check for two million US dollars. The implication was clear: the activity funds had been provided, now it's up to you, Lord Du, to perform.

  Although Du Ziming said so, he was still a little worried in his heart, because he knew the strength of the Kong family. To say nothing of one Du family, even ten Du families couldn't catch up with them. Fortunately, according to the information obtained this time, the Kong family only wanted to get the military procurement of the National Government, and did not plan to take all the agency rights. After all, they didn't want to be the target of public criticism either.

  After drinking, Wang Mingyu and Qin Renguojun went to the Qin Mansion at Qin Renguojun's invitation to discuss the details of the matter.