Thor's decision to return home really caught him off guard, but on the other hand, it was only a matter of time before the outbreak of the European war.

At present, Britain, the United States and France are all feeling tremendous pressure. Needless to say, Germany, Europe also has an increasingly powerful Red Soviet Union.

Perhaps the Soviet Union had a greater risk factor in their minds, and the ideological contradictions were irreconcilable.

The West morally condemned Japan in the war of aggression against China, but the transportation of material trade with Japan did not stop behind the scenes.

Britain and the United States are actually raising tigers to cause trouble and drinking poison to quench thirst.

If Britain, the United States and France secretly collude with Japan and sell off China's national rights and interests, the situation of the War of Resistance would be really very dangerous.

...

"Xiyan, what's wrong? It's up to you. What did Mr. Thor say to you?" Seeing Lu Xiyan coming down from the building, Meng Fanxing walked over with concern. (In public, Meng Fanxing usually calls her name, and only occasionally calls her Brother Anzi when two people are together.)

"It's okay, the cocktail party is almost over. Let's go back first." Lu Xiyan smiled and nodded.

"good."

"Sir." Ma Xiaowu saw Lu Xiyan and Meng Fanxing come out, hurriedly got out of the car and opened the car door for Lu Xiyan and Meng Fanxing.

"Xiao Wu, drive home."

"Okay, sir."

"You were inside just now, you can't speak. Now you can say it. What's the matter?" Meng Fanxing asked with concern.

"Mr. Saul may be able to return to China. He wants to reduce his business in Shanghai and sell or replace most of the industries, but he is reluctant to end it like this and wants me to take over." Lu Xiyan sighed.

"Mr. Thor is going back to his country, why?"

"I don't know either. Maybe it's because of the difficulties in operation. He is not optimistic about Shanghai's future economic trend and wants to return to China to develop." Lu Xiyan said vaguely.

Although Ma Xiaowu is his own person, he cannot say some words in front of him.

"Oh." How could Meng Fanxing not hear it? This is a perfunctory word and a deep-seated reason. Lu Xiyan is hard to say in the car.

When he got home, it was Xiao He who came out to open the door for them.

"Where is Yan Lei?"

"Mr. Yan answered a phone call and just went out and said he would be back soon." Xiao He reported.

"What's he going out for the big night?" Lu Xiyan was a little surprised. Today is New Year's Day. In Shanghai, Yan Lei had stopped interacting with those people in the past except for Tan Si.

Under the arrangement of Lu Xiyan and Tan Si, Yan Lei was basically broken with the past.

"Meimei, are you hungry?"

"It's a little bit." Meng Fanxing nodded. Although there are a lot of food for such a cocktail party, which one of them went to eat?

"Sir, I'll go out to buy wontons for you?" Ma Xiaowu said.

"No need, there is no leftover food at home at noon." Lu Xiyan said, "Xiao He, thank you for your hard work, heat us up and eat something."

"Listen to sir." Meng Fanxing also echoed.

"Not hard work, it's ready-made, just heat it up." Xiao He nodded.

In just ten minutes, He Xiaofen picked a few light dishes and heated them up, served them, and cooked some noodles, just one bowl for each person.

I will have to rest in a while. I can’t eat too much. The noodles are easy to digest. A bowl of them is just right.

"Xiao He, stop cleaning up. Let's talk about it tomorrow and have a break early."

...

"Mr. Thor is not optimistic about the situation in Europe. He believes that the European war may break out at any time." Going upstairs, entering the study room, and closing the door, Lu Xiyan said to Meng Fanxing.

"Last month, didn't France just issued a declaration that there would never be war between the two countries?" Meng Fanxing asked in surprise.

"This kind of declaration is not an agreement. Even if it is an agreement, it can be torn down at any time. Germany has not yet made any equipment for a full-scale war. The French are too self-righteous." Lu Xiyan commented.

He stayed in France for five years. Unlike many international students, he had a wide range of contacts, ranging from high-ranking officials to ordinary people.

French people are optimistic and confident, which is a good thing, but sometimes when they are too optimistic and confident, they become blind and stupid.

The words of our ancestors are right. You must not have the intention to harm others, and you must be guarded against others. Since Adolf came to power, Germany's internal and external policies have become more and more radical. If we want to break through the various restrictions on him after World War I, we will inevitably move towards the path of external expansion.

You don’t know how to be careful about your old enemy. Isn’t this a brain problem?

"Britain and France have compromised and made concessions with Germany in Europe. Next, I am afraid that they will have new actions in Asia." Lu Xiyan said.

"Sor's family has some connections within the French government, so he should know a lot of inside information, but he won't tell me too much." Lu Xiyan sighed.

Although Europe is thousands of miles away and Germany is not bordered by China, the appeasement policy of Britain and France inevitably had a significant impact on the war between China and Japan.

Japan and Germany are allies. Britain and France compromise with Germany, and the next step is that it is possible to compromise with Japan. China's anti-Japanese war is already insufficient and needs international assistance.

Once international aid is cut off, how much impact will it be? This is a problem that must be faced.

Wang Zhaoming's departure was not determined from the beginning. This person's short-sightedness is certain, but the situation of war and international situation are also objective to China.

Britain, the United States, France and other countries are now fellow Taoists. The mentality of not dying is that the most aid to China in the War of Resistance against China was the Soviet Union, which was hit hard in the past.

"Mr. Thor is going to return to China, and a large number of French merchants may leave next, so that France's control over the concession will become weaker and weaker." Lu Xiyan said, "The French concession authorities may continue to compromise with Japan, and the same is true for the public concession."

"Then should we also consider planning ahead?"

"Of course, we maintain our current business scale in Shanghai, expand prudently, and focus on opening up the Hong Kong market. If our medicines come ashore from Hong Kong, they will be safer." Lu Xiyan said.

"Well, the problem is that in Hong Kong, we do not have a reliable person responsible?" Meng Fanxing said.

"Look for it again, you can always find it." Lu Xiyan said, "Sol will not give me too long. He asked me to take over Lai'an Foreign Company, which really made me embarrassed."

"The business conditions of Lai'an Foreign Company have not been very good in the past year, and many layoffs have been laid off." Meng Fanxing said, "However, its trading companies have good business and imports are very large. If, together with the trading companies, we will not lose money in general."

"I'm afraid this is impossible. Butler Oberman is responsible for the trade." Lu Xiyan smiled bitterly. Thor is not a boy with money. If there is no support from the trading company, can Thor maintain his current status in the French Concession?

"That's a waste of money. It's a pity to eat it." Meng Fanxing said.

"Yes." Lu Xiyan didn't know.

But since Thor spoke, no matter what the reason was, he was able to hand over the foreign company he had worked hard to establish to himself, and this trust touched him.

The sound of the door opening came from outside the window.

It was Yan Lei who was back.

"Brother Lei is back?" It was the door opened by Ma Xiaowu for Yan Lei.

"Have you fallen asleep by sir?" Yan Lei asked directly at the door.

"Not yet, the gentleman and his wife are talking in the study." Ma Xiaowu said.

"Please help me park the car in the garage. I'll go up and report something to the gentleman." Yan Lei threw the car key to Ma Xiaowu and pushed the door open and went in.

"Meimei, Yan Lei is back. You should have something to do with me. You can go back to your room first." Lu Xiyan ordered.

"Yes." Meng Fanxing nodded.

...

"Sir." Meng Fanxing just left the study room when the knock on the door rang.

"Come in."

Yan Lei pushed the door open, turned around quickly, closed the study door, then walked to Lu Xiyan in three steps, lowered his voice and said anxiously: "Sir, something happened."

"What happened? Don't worry, just talk slowly." Lu Xiyan said steadily.

"Just just now, my fifth brother called me and said that the Shanghai-Western Intelligence Team did not obey the orders and acted without authorization, assassinating the traitor Xie Xiaochu. Unexpectedly, it was a trap. Now two have died, one seriously injured and three are slightly injured." Yan Lei reported.

"Didn't I give an order to say that this might be the enemy's trap? Why do you dare to act without authorization?" A hint of anger appeared on Lu Xiyan's face.

"The Shanghai-Western Intelligence Team did not find any abnormalities, and was eager to make contributions. I felt that if I missed this opportunity, it would be difficult for me to have the next time."

"Damn it!" Lu Xiyan really wanted to curse.

"Fu Yue, the leader of the Shanghai-Western Intelligence Group, was slightly injured, and the deputy leader Lu Haiyang was seriously injured, and more than half of the entire intelligence team lost their personnel." Yan Lei reported.

"Have you got rid of the police station and the Japanese's pursuit?" Lu Xiyan was concerned about this.

"They have formulated a retreat plan. At present, they are still safe. Deputy Team Leader Lu Haiyang is seriously injured and needs surgery. However, we dare not take him to the hospital and the clinic is not safe. But if it takes a long time, I'm afraid that people will not do it." Yan Lei said.

"Where are people?"

“In the basement of the Triumph Cabaret.”

"Prepare first aid equipment and we'll go right away." Lu Xiyan said.

"Sir, now?"

"Yes, go now. If you can have surgery, you can do surgery immediately. Wait a minute, I'll call Tang Jin." Lu Xiyan said.

"Hey, Brother Tang, something happened. Tan Si sent someone to come to me..."

After putting down the phone, Tang Jin rubbed his sore temples, and was also confused.

"Let's go, no one will know that I'm going out with you tonight." Lu Xiyan said to Yan Lei. Since Tang Jin wants to establish a cooperative relationship with the "Iron Blood Anti-Traits Group", this relationship is not in vain.

"Meimei, I have something urgent to go out with Yan Lei, and I will tell you in detail when I come back." Lu Xiyan told Meng Fanxing that he took the medical box and left through the back door with Yan Lei!

It’s New Year’s Day, and the curfew has been temporarily cancelled. Otherwise, they would be really troublesome if they clicked it out.
Chapter completed!