Wei Ruolai pointed out to his face that Shen Tunan was lying. The bankers who built the treasury bonds were not Japanese. Yu Shiqing, Zhang Mingquan and Kang Shaojie were the real culprits behind the stock market crash. When he and Shen Jinzhen stole the list of large transactions, they saw Yu Zhiying with their own eyes. Destroying all the remaining transaction lists, he asked Shen Tunan to make the truth public.
Instead, Shen Tunan reminded Wei Ruolai not to have his own way, otherwise the country would be damaged in the end. Wei Ruolai just wanted to give the people an explanation. He and Shen Tunan each insisted on their own opinions and refused to give in to each other. In the end, they had a heated argument. Shen Tunan was angry and wanted to He severed the master-disciple relationship with Wei Ruolai, and the two of them broke off their friendship from then on.
Shen Jinzhen told Xu Nuo about this. Xu Nuo hated the Kuomintang government's shameless practices and wanted to disclose the settlement list compiled by Wei Ruolai and Shen Jinzhen to the public so that they could see the true face of the Nanjing government. Xu Nuo came to see the editor-in-chief of the newspaper overnight. The editor was worried that the Nanjing government would close down the newspaper. He gave Xu Nuo an idea to hold a press conference and invite hundreds of media outlets to collectively break the news.
Wei Ruolai took the initiative to come to Xu Nuo for help and asked the media to expose that the Nanjing government and wealthy Shanghai businessmen had jointly shorted construction bonds and made a profit of up to 15 million. Xu Nuo made various excuses to shirk the blame. Wei Ruolai wanted to go to the newspaper himself. Xu Nuo hurriedly shouted He stopped him and told him his thoughts. Wei Ruolai drafted a plan on the spot. Xu Nuo felt that Wei Ruolai was a good revolutionary candidate. He and Shen Jinzhen discussed developing Wei Ruolai to join the party.
Wei Ruolai came to the printing factory overnight and secretly printed a large number of leaflets, calling on people to come to the press conference. At the same time, Xu Nuo wrote letters to major media outlets in Shanghai, inviting them to attend the press conference. Lin Qiaosong heard about this and asked Wen Biao to find an ax to help suppress it. Wei Ruolai brought Niu Chunmiao to worship Awen at the grave, and then rushed to the press conference.
The press conference was about to begin, and reporters and people arrived at the scene. Wen Biao and the Ax Gang were ambushing nearby. The truth about the construction bonds was broadcast through the loudspeaker. Wen Biao immediately led people to search everywhere. Wei Ruolai and Shen Jinzhen hid aside to see clearly. They tied a box of newspapers to a large ball of balloons. The leaflets in the box were scattered on the ground, and people rushed to pass them around.
Lin Qiaosong took people to investigate in person. Major newspapers sent people to the streets to distribute to the people. They published the truth about the construction bond scam on the front page. The people were in an uproar. Wei Ruolai and Niu Chunmiao took the newspapers to Awen's grave. , came to comfort his soul, Wei Ruolai wanted to see the mastermind behind the scenes brought to justice.
The broad masses of people took to the streets to march together, demanding severe punishment for those behind the scenes. Lin Qiaosong brought people to the scene and threatened and intimidated the marchers. They refused to surrender. Yu Zhiying ordered a suppression of them, and the police beat and kicked them. Kang Shaojie sent people to seal down several newspapers, but still could not suppress the people's resistance. Yu Shiqing called and ordered Kang Shaojie to kill the troublemakers.
Xu Nuolai was very optimistic about Wei Ruolai and went to see him at home overnight to persuade him to work in the Soviet Area. Wei Ruolai didn't know much about the Communist Party, but he had given up on the corrupt and dark Nanjing government. He wanted to help Shen Tunan complete the investigation report on the Soviet Area Bank. Before leaving, Xu Nuo asked him to make the Industrial and Agricultural Bank of the Soviet Area weaker in order to paralyze the Kuomintang, and Wei Ruolai agreed wholeheartedly.
Wei Ruolai came to the Central Bank early in the morning to find Shen Tunan. Huang Congyun threw the report into the trash can and asked him to leave as soon as possible. Shen Tunan happened to come to work and picked up the report. Wei Ruolai admitted that he did not know the Industrial and Agricultural Bank of the Soviet Area, but he knew the Communist Party's bank. Not wanting to harm the common people, Huang Congyun sneered at Wei Ruolai, suspecting that he wanted to join the Communist Party. Wei Ruolai sneered at him, and Wei Ruolai reminded Shen Tunan to take care of himself.
Lin Qiaosong took Wen Biao to suppress the demonstrators. In order to seek psychological comfort, he regarded those people as premeditated thugs. Lin Qiaosong rushed into the central bank and wanted to take Shen Tunan back for questioning. Shen Tunan refused flatly because he was busy at work. Lin Qiaosong threatened to move out of the security headquarters and ordered the arrest of Shen Tunan. Huang Congyun desperately protected Shen Tunan.
Wei Ruolai stood up and took all the blame. He admitted that he stole the transaction list. This matter had nothing to do with Shen Tunan. Shen Tunan tried his best to defend Wei Ruolai. Lin Qiaosong wanted to arrest them both in anger. Wei Ruolai admitted that he did all this. To clear Shen Tunan's responsibility, Lin Qiaosong ordered Wei Ruolai to be arrested.
When Niu Chunmiao saw Wei Ruolai being arrested, she immediately went to Shen Jinzhen for help and gave Shen Jinzhen all the money she had to save him. Shen Jinzhen listened to the direction she said and guessed that Wei Ruolai was taken to the execution ground. When Shen Tunan saw Wei Ruolai being taken away, he rushed directly into Yu Shiqing's house and asked Yu Shiqing to plead for Wei Ruolai. Yu Shiqing was in a difficult position, but he couldn't stand Shen Tunan's insistence. Yu Shiqing had no choice but to call Sister Song. Sister Song promised to give Shen Tunan face, and Yu Shiqing called Kang Shaojie to let Wei Ruolai go. Unexpectedly, Lin Qiaosong escorted Wei Ruolai directly to the execution ground.