Nanjing Railway Station, which had just been baptized by the war, had not yet been repaired, and it was a dilapidated and depressed scene.

Before dawn, a black Chevrolet sedan stopped in the square in front of the station.

Lei Yuan and Du Yulong each carried a suitcase and walked out of the car. They were about to take the six o'clock train to Shanghai.

In the empty square, it was cold and desolate, and there were almost no figures.

In front of the waiting hall, a large number of Japanese soldiers were on guard. In addition to checking passengers' passes, they also checked the suspicious luggage carried by passengers.

At this time, every train traveling is still under the control of the Japanese military, so those who choose to travel like a train must have a pass issued by the Japanese, and those who can obtain a pass permit are almost inextricably linked to the Japanese.

After Lei Yuan and Du Yulong showed their pass, they were quickly released.

When we arrived at the waiting hall, the passengers were sparse.

The number of train passenger trains in Shanghai and Nanjing has resumed in two days, two flights a day, one in the morning and noon. And only the direction between Ning and Shanghai has been opened. It is said that there will be a time between Beijing and Shanghai. It is still early, and the passengers seem bored, chatting, reading, or thinking. Each passenger has different expressions, but one thing is the same, that is, they are all dressed properly and seem to have a noble identity.

The train let out a heavy breath, like an old cow, and began to slowly drive away from Nanjing Railway Station.

Eight hours later, they arrived at Shanghai North Railway Station.

The city of Shanghai is also deeply engraved with the mark of war. The railway station was obviously bombed by bombs. The Renaissance-style arches poked out in front of the ticket office on the ground floor were already broken, and the large glass windows on the exterior wall were still fragmented under the shock of artillery fire.

When he stepped onto the land of Shanghai, Lei Yuan felt aroused. This was his first time returning to his hometown in five years. Five years ago, Lei Yuan was still a childish student, a scholar who greedily absorbed knowledge in the school, and a big boy who enjoyed strong family care. However, that sudden change teared all the beauty and peace apart, and what left in his heart was an indelible pain!

Time has changed, and five years later, Lei Yuan has transformed from an unarmed student to a warrior who defended the country. He has no longing in his heart, and what remains is full of passion and deep-sea hatred!

Each of them called a rickshaw and went straight to the Sihai Hotel on Raulden Road.

This hotel is reserved for the seller of photography equipment.

According to Du Yulong, he had agreed with the other party's boss that he would discuss the specific matters of comprador with the seller tomorrow.

Lei Yuan asked for the room key at the front desk of the hotel. The room was on the second floor and entered.     208     The two beds were cleaned up. Lei Yuan opened the curtains and a ray of warm sunlight poured in from outside the window.

"The room is too small, I'll go and open another one." Du Yulong looked around the room, frowned deeply, and said with dissatisfaction.

Lei Yuan did not answer. From Du Yulong's words and deeds, we can see that he should be in a high position in the Longmenghui. Lei Yuan, who was just a newcomer, naturally could not be compared with him. Perhaps, he was unwilling to live in the same room with others.

After Du Yulong went out, Lei Yuan put down his luggage and immediately remembered the task assigned by Lin Xueyi. When he looked at the watch, it was past three o'clock in the afternoon, and it was still some time before dark. Lei Yuan decided to go and do it immediately.

When I went down to the first floor, I met Du Yulong who had completed the check-in procedures.

"Brother Lei, my room is on the first floor. If you have any questions, you can come to 105 to find me." Du Yulong lit up the room key in Liang's hand and said to Lei Yuan.

"Okay, Brother Du, it's still early, I'll be an old friend when I go out."

"You go, I'll sleep for a while. You haven't been back for a long time, so it's okay to walk around." Du Yulong said with a smile.

After leaving the hotel, Lei Yuan finally waited for a rickshaw on the side of the road. Lei Yuan waved, got on the rickshaw and said to the driver: "Go to the application hall No. 09, Hankou Road."

"Yes, sir." The rickshaw driver ran away with the car.

At the intersection of Hankou Road and Shandong Road, a five-story reinforced concrete building suddenly appeared in front of you. There were two big words written on it: declaration.

After paying the car, Lei Yuan entered the first floor. A middle-aged woman knitting yarn sat at an office desk near the door of the lobby, without raising her head: "What's wrong with sir?"

“I want to advertise.”

"Doing an advertisement?" The middle-aged woman raised her head and looked at Lei Yuan, but her hands were not idle, and she was still flying up and down quickly.

Lei Yuan nodded affirmatively.

The middle-aged woman slowly said: "Let's go directly to the fifth floor and look for Director Lu of the Advertising and Sales Department."

Climbing up to the fifth floor in one breath, Lei Yuan found the advertising sales department and pushed the door in. A man in his fifties in his glasses was holding a pen and writing something on the paper. Hearing the sound, he raised his head slightly, and his eyes flashed over the top of the lens and threw himself at Lei Yuan: "Who are you looking for, sir?"

“Is this an advertising and sales department?”

"yes."

"I'll ask Director Lu to publish an advertisement." Lei Yuan said.

"I am Lu Mingxuan and please come in quickly." Director Lu stood up enthusiastically and welcomed Lei Yuan in. "What kind of advertisement do you want to publish in sir? Our charges for different types of advertisements are different."

Director Lu almost never let Lei Yuan interrupt and professionally promotes the newspaper's advertising business.

"Product advertising costs two yuan per word, and classified advertising is cheap..."

Lei Yuan interrupted him and asked, "What is a classified ad?"

"Like marriage proposals, loss, search for people, wedding and funeral notices, and housewarming are all classified advertisements." Director Lu took out an advertisement list from the drawer and pushed it to Lei Yuan.

“How to charge for classified ads?”

"This is cheap, only one dollar per word." Director Lu continued, "What kind of advertisement do you want to do?"

"I think it should be classified." Lei Yuan said confidently, "It's just a good news. A friend's daughter is going to get married. Please ask me to help him publish a newspaper and notify his relatives and friends in Shanghai."

"Yes, this is a classified advertisement, one dollar a word." Director Lu closed the quotation, "Have you brought the manuscript by sir?" "No, but I can write it down."

Lu Mingxuan handed Lei Yuan a thick piece of letter paper, "Sir, please write the content on it."

Lei Yuan grabbed a pen and wrote the content of the advertisement on it: Good news - the little girl Hongxia, I am scheduled to celebrate the wedding ceremony on the 28th of next month. I would like to inform all relatives and friends in Shanghai! Cheng Guigeng, Confucius Temple in Nanjing.

After Lei Yuan finished writing the manuscript and gave it to Director Lu.

Director Lu looked at the manuscript carefully, then sat down, took out a lattice paper from the drawer, and while copying it carefully, he said, "Sir, your surname is good?"

"Thunder, thundering thunder."

"See that the sir doesn't seem to be a local? Where does the sir come from?"

"Nanjing."

"Nanjing?" Director Lu turned his eyes from the lens on Lei Yuan, "I heard that Nanjing is not peaceful, the Japanese killed many civilians... Of course, this is also heard, heard."

Lei Yuan refused to comment.

"When will Mr. Lei be on his way to the newspaper?"

"Of course, the sooner the better, the better, I will be in the newspaper tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?" Director Lu quickly turned his head and looked at the wall clock on the wall, "Fortunately, there is still a quarter of an hour before the deadline, I will do it now!"

As he said that, he grabbed the copied manuscript in his hand, got up and opened the door, turned around and said hurriedly to Lei Yuan, "Mr. Lei, I will arrange it for you quickly." Before he finished speaking, the person had arrived outside the door. He shouted in the corridor: "Xiaofen, come to my office quickly."

There was a faint sound of the door opening in the distance, and a young woman replied in a voice: "Come!"

Director Lu entered the room, and soon a woman of twenty-five or six years old also came in.

"Director Lu is looking for me?" The woman tied her ponytail.

"Xiaofen, please send this classified ad to the layout department as soon as possible. This customer requested to be reported tomorrow."

"Okay." Xiaofen glanced at Lei Yuan and went with the manuscript.

Director Lu sat down again, took a sip of tea, and looked at Lei Yuan for a while, "Who is you who is on the advertisement?"

"My uncle is here." Lei Yuan blurted out, "My cousin gets married next month. My uncle is very busy and specially sent his juniors to handle this matter."

"So that's it." Director Lu seemed to be chatting with Lei Yuan, "Is it easy to go all the way?"

"Fortunately, the train is now controlled by the Japanese military, and the Japanese military needs to issue a certificate when traveling by car..." Lei Yuan replied lightly.

"Oh." Director Lu thoughtfully and said in silence for a while, "I'll calculate the money." He said that, and began to look at Lei Yuan's manuscript numbers.

"Don't count, thirty-five words." Lei Yuan almost thought without hesitation.

Director Lu did not stop, counted it carefully, and said, "The advertising fee is 38 yuan in total."

"Thirty-five words, how to collect thirty-eight?" Lei Yuan looked puzzled.

Director Lu couldn't help laughing: "Mr. Lei is really a careful person. The number of words is indeed thirty-five, but the newspaper's rule is that punctuation marks must be calculated as money. Isn't there still three punctuation marks!"

Lei Yuan stopped arguing, took out the money, took out a fiat currency worth twenty-five, a ten yuan and a five yuan and handed it to Director Lu.

"We should have handed the money to the finance office, but at this time they should get off work, so I'll collect it." Director Lu took the money and said inadvertently: "Mr. Lei has a good memory!"

"Where is it? I'm afraid that the notes I wrote are easy to get rid of, so I recited them hard."

As he said that, the door was pushed open again. Xiaofen walked in and said to Director Lu: "Director has done it, don't worry!" While saying that, he kept his eyes on Lei Yuan for a moment, and said to Director Lu: "Didn't you say that you will not accept the manuscript half an hour before the deadline? What's the matter today..."

Lu Mingxuan smiled and said, "It's urgent to follow the power. Mr. Lei came from Nanjing from a long distance. If he delayed one day, he would have to spend a day. Besides, the business of the newspaper is not good now, and the advertising has been reduced by 60% compared with the same period. You can't be seen if there are business delivered to you."

"By the way, Xiaofen, do you have two yuan of change around you? I still have to find change from this gentleman," Director Lu suddenly remembered that he still owed two yuan to choose this Mr. Lin.

Xiaofen pulled out his pocket and shook his head: "It turns out there are some, I went out to have a bowl of noodles at noon."

"That's it, just think it's an expedited fee." Lei Yuan said quickly.

Xiaofen glanced at Lei Yuan and said dissatisfiedly: "Is there a two-yuan expedited fee?"

Lei Yuan was a little embarrassed and had to say, "Why do you have the chance to invite two of you to have a cup of coffee next time?"

"This is almost the same." Xiaofen immediately became happy.

"Then this matter is finished?" Lei Yuan asked.

"Well, yes, your good news will be reported on time tomorrow morning, and you can leave." Director Lu said as he stood up and acted like seeing off guests.
Chapter completed!