The Spy

Chapter 240 Like a Loach
"Team leader, we found out that his wife is not him."

Zhao San came to report to Yan Ming, and Yan Ming looked at him in surprise. This guy is not bad. He found out that there is something wrong with Yu Heming’s wife in such a short time.

Unexpectedly, he was not a good candidate for an action team member, but a good candidate for intelligence work.

"Well done. I will ask the stationmaster for credit for you."

Yan Ming nodded and said, Xu Qingyun was looking for something at the moment, Leng Wenxuan lowered his head and stood beside him.

Someone at Xu Qingyun's level can be assigned a secretary.

Although he did not formally appoint a secretary, Leng Wenxuan did the work of a secretary.

It's a pity that Leng Wenxuan is very good at martial arts, but he is not good at other aspects, so he can't find anything.

"You go out first."

After Xu Qingyun found the thing, he gave instructions, while Leng Wenxuan lowered his head and went to the next office.

"Stationmaster, it has been confirmed that there is a problem with the identity of Yu Heming's wife."

As soon as Xu Qingyun opened the file, Yan Ming came running to report. There were only a few people in Xu Qingyun's office who could come in directly without notifying, and Yan Ming was the first one.

Next are Zheng Jiming, Dai Jieying, and Leng Wenxuan.

"So fast?"

Yan Ming did a good job. He actually completed the task assigned to him yesterday today.

"It was Zhao San. He found it out."

Yan Ming did not steal the credit from his subordinates. Zhao San did a good job this time. He found out the situation in such a short time and he deserves credit.

Yan Ming has made enough contributions, so he doesn't care about this.

"Zhao San?"

Xu Qingyun was a little surprised. This kid had so many problems, but he didn't expect him to be so talented in intelligence.

"He said that when verifying Yu Heming's identity, he found many people from Northeast China. Yu Heming's wife is also from Northeast China, and he had his wife's hometown name. He found people from the same village and confirmed that this person did not exist."

The fact that Zhao San was able to find someone so quickly was related to the work he had done before.

But that was also his credit. When ordinary people conducted an investigation, they would not ask so many detailed questions and pay attention to so many things.

"Okay, not bad, he's a talented person."

Xu Qingyun nodded slightly. His wife's identity was questionable and she might be a Japanese spy. The key was whether the child was their biological child.

If it wasn't their biological child, these two people would have randomly found a child to impersonate and they probably wouldn't be too nice to the child.

Xu Qingyun guessed that the possibility of it being a biological child was low. Japanese spies had rules that they could not bring children with them during undercover work, as children would become their weakness and could easily make them confess.

Even if there are children, they must be left behind to serve as hostages.

This way, they would not dare to confess anything after something happens, otherwise their children would die.

"Stationmaster, he hasn't made any moves recently. I guess he may have been warned by our arrival and is lying dormant for the time being."

Yan Ming went on to say that it was no longer a secret that Xu Qingyun was in Wuhan. Yu Wenyi had paid with his life because of Ni Shoulin's matter, and the Japanese knew Xu Qingyun's abilities, so they might have put him in hiding now.

If they lie dormant, there is no point in their surveillance and they run the risk of being discovered by the other side.

We must never be careless during tracking and surveillance. Once any flaw is revealed, all previous efforts may be wasted.

"Keep an eye on it for another three days. If there's no movement, arrest him."

After thinking for a while, Xu Qingyun instructed that what Yan Ming said made sense. If there was no point in keeping an eye on him, it would be better to catch him as soon as possible.

"Yes, I'll go to his house first and take a look."

Yan Ming immediately responded that sneaking into his house was to make the final confirmation, and no matter whether he was the real one or not, he had to be arrested.

The net will be closed in three days at the latest.

After Yan Ming left, Xu Qingyun opened the file. This was the process of the last case. Xu Qingyun had already written the case closing report and had it sent to Nanjing.

He is now seeing if he can find other clues from it.

It is impossible to find the Japanese spy directly, but according to his experience, it is impossible for the Japanese Special High Police to have only one group in a city.

In addition, there was a Japanese concession in Wuhan, and there must have been people engaged in espionage work in the Japanese concession.

Even if they are diplomats, we can still get something out of them after catching them.

Diplomats cannot be killed, but they can be expelled.

What Xu Qingyun wanted was the list of their undercover personnel. Since he had come to Wuhan, he had to completely eliminate the Japanese spies in Wuhan.

It is not easy to find clues in old case materials. Xu Qingyun looked very carefully, mainly looking for patterns.

After capturing so many Japanese spies, especially those from the Special High Section, Xu Qingyun had already mastered some of their hiding habits.

Their hidden identities vary, but generally speaking, they are mainly businessmen, general employees, or working in companies.

These jobs must have a prerequisite, which is to be able to get in touch with the people they want.

They are very good at recruiting people to defect, and they are selective in recruiting people. Those who are recruited all have weaknesses, and once they are recruited by them, they have no chance of escape.

These people at least have access to intelligence, but if they can't get access to the people they want the intelligence from, it's of no value.

"Stationmaster."

Zheng Jiming walked in. He was still in the General Affairs Group. Today he brought a few people with him, all of whom were managers of outside industries.

They are here to settle accounts.

These managers are not Yu Wenyi's confidants, but were hired by him with high salaries. Yu Wenyi is not stupid. The outside industries cannot be handed over to the people in the station, otherwise they will make more money and eventually go bankrupt.

Only by hiring professionals to help him do things can he make money.

Yu Wenyi was a spy, and people were most afraid of spies. He had threatened these managers, often checked their accounts, and even planted spies in the industry. The managers did not dare to do anything else behind his back, otherwise he would really dare to kill people.

It's a turbulent time now, Yu Wenyi is powerful, and killing a few ordinary people is no big deal, no one will investigate his responsibility.

"Boss, this is this month's surplus, a total of 1,833 dollars."

The oldest one came to report first. In the past, Yu Wenyi would collect such things secretly and never at the station.

They knew this place, but it was their first time here and they were a little worried.

"Good job, have you received your salary?"

Xu Qingyun asked. He was selling goods in the mall. The mall had a good location and Yu Wenyi had managed to get the stall with great difficulty.

With nearly two thousand dollars a month, it is already a very profitable business.

"It's all been sent."

The manager hurriedly replied that Xu Qingyun understood and the pay would not be too much. Yu Wenyi was greedy for money and would not be too nice to his employees.

But he couldn't change the situation of his employees directly, so he had to take it slow and help them when he had the chance. As for business, he was much better than Yu Wenyi. In his eyes, these industries were all good, and the profits they made now were not much at all.

"Okay, hand the money over to the General Affairs Office and you can go back."

Xu Qingyun didn't say much to him. Change must come slowly and one cannot become fat in one bite.

"Yes."

The manager left first, and the others reported in turn. They earned a total of almost five thousand dollars this month.

More than 5,000 yuan a month, more than 60,000 yuan a year, all of which went into Yu Wenyi's pocket.

Yu Wenyi is really greedy, earning so much and using the money from the station to subsidize himself from time to time.

"Give some money to the canteen to improve the food, make more, and allow those from families in financial difficulty to take some home."

After all the managers left, Xu Qingyun told Zheng Jiming that he was not Yu Wenyi and he did not need to make any money.

When the station has money, we will give some benefits to everyone to stimulate their enthusiasm for work in the future.

"Yes, I'll make arrangements right away."

Zheng Jiming nodded, and Xu Qingyun knew from his expression that he didn't understand what he meant.

"We need to improve today. From now on, the daily meals must also be changed. Who can stand not having meat every day? Tell the canteen that from now on, there must be meat every day. Chicken, fish, pork and beef should be rotated. The daily servings must not be less than 50 kilograms of meat, and each person must have at least one egg a day."

Fifty kilograms of pork actually costs only more than 40 yuan, and beef and chicken are even cheaper.

On average, one thousand dollars a month is enough, and Wuhan Station has its own food expenses, which is about one thousand dollars a month. But even with these food expenses, Yu Wenyi and others will deduct some from it.

Xu Qingyun would not want this money. According to the calculation, only a subsidy of a few hundred yuan per month would be enough for them to eat well.

"I see. I'll do it right away."

Zheng Jiming was a little surprised, but not surprised. Their stationmaster had always been very good to his own people, and he had received a lot of rewards.

I believe that after the food changes, people in the station will change their views of the stationmaster again.

Zheng Jiming was not wrong. When the people in the station went to the cafeteria for lunch at noon, they unexpectedly found that the meal time was half an hour late today. They were told that there would be meat today, lots of meat, and they would be full.

Not only today, but every day there will be 50 kilograms of meat and an egg for each person.

This is the arrangement of the new webmaster.

Many people were so happy that they drooled. The food had changed? There was meat every day?
Doesn’t that mean we are celebrating Chinese New Year every day?

Fifty kilograms of meat. There are less than two hundred of them now, so each person can have four ounces of meat on average.

It was enough and there were eggs.

The key is that it will be like this every day in the future, and I feel happy just thinking about it.

Soon they received good news again. There was enough food for the day, and everyone could take some home. Those whose families were in real difficulty could go to the headquarters and write an application, and in the future they could be allowed to bring more food home every day.

But there is a prerequisite, the person must be in real difficulty and have children.

No for singles.

Children are in the growing period, so it is not good for them to eat poorly. Eating some meat and eggs every day can help them grow faster.

Xu Qingyun cannot help all the Chinese people now, so he will help those around him first to the best of his ability.

It is true that they are a secret service, but there are also poor people among them.

Those who can make money are officials, with only the intelligence and operations teams doing slightly better. Ordinary staff in the general affairs, telecommunications, security, and technology groups all rely on fixed salaries.

It is indeed difficult when there is only one earning money in the family and there are many children.

However, the Military Intelligence Department is a good unit, and there are not many people like this in it. Some employees in cold-water offices often have a shortage of family resources.

They can only eat coarse grains, or find ways to do some work, otherwise there is not enough to eat. Some people live worse than street vendors.

Everyone was waiting anxiously, and finally it was time for dinner.

Fragrant braised pork, large roast chicken, a large fish weighing more than three pounds, and beef were served in pots.

Except for the lack of alcohol, the food is definitely as good as that during Chinese New Year. For some people, they can't even eat such delicious food during Chinese New Year.

And it’s not over yet.

While eating, Zheng Jiming came over to make the announcement.

The industry in the station can make money, and in the future, we will set aside a fixed number of rewards for those who work hard. No matter what position you are in, as long as you do better than others, you may get a reward. The reward is not much, 30 yuan for the best person in each group, and the reward is based on the number of people. The larger the group, the more people there are, the more people can get the reward.

For example, the action team has six people who can receive rewards, two from the general affairs team, and two from the intelligence team.

For smaller groups, two groups are assessed together, and the system is basically based on choosing one out of twenty.

Thirty dollars is much higher than their salary. Getting this reward will greatly improve their family's life.

The best one gets thirty dollars, the second one, who is a little bit worse, gets twenty dollars, the third one gets ten dollars, and the rest get nothing.

The webmaster will come up with an assessment system to determine who does the best job.

Zheng Jiming did not mention how to do it specifically or how to prevent fraud. The assessment system has not started yet, he just notified them first.

There are now two hundred people in the Wuhan station, and the three of them receive a total reward of sixty yuan, which is only six hundred yuan per month.

This amount of money is not much, but it can motivate everyone, including the sentries.

Xu Qingyun will not take out all the money he earns. This is their future expenses. A portion of it must be kept. If anyone is injured in the operation, the money can be used to help them with treatment. If they die, their families will receive more compensation.

There are also various rewards after the action, and you can pay for them from here.

Even though they didn't know how the assessment would be conducted, everyone was still very excited. This time it wasn't just intelligence that the two operations groups had, it was something that everyone had.

In other words, as long as you do your job better than others, you will definitely be rewarded.

Fu Wenzhen was also there and heard everything.

The new webmaster was indeed extraordinary. He looked at things differently from others. With just a meal and a system that had not yet been established, Xu Qingyun won the hearts of everyone in the site.

He must be more careful in the future. Under the incentivization, many people on the site are no longer trustworthy. If there is any flaw, they will report him.

In the afternoon, the situation at the station was different.

Many people took the initiative to clean up, and some even fought over brooms.

They don't know how to evaluate, but it's always a good idea to be positive.

"Stationmaster, this is a great move."

In the afternoon, Yan Ming returned from outside and brought Zhao San back.

Xu Qingyun specifically instructed the two of them to come back for the meeting.

In addition to the two of them, there are Zheng Jiming, Dai Jieying, Lu Gaowa and Fang Gaoyuan.

"No need to flatter me. I asked you to come back so that we can discuss how to set up this assessment system."

Xu Qingyun glared at him. The system is the key. If there is no suitable system to motivate everyone that can convince everyone, the system is worse than not existing. Someone will definitely take advantage of loopholes in the future.

Human nature is greedy, don't think too highly of them.

"I understand. The difficulty of your system is how to treat everyone equally and make others agree that those people are indeed doing the best."

Yan Ming sat up straight. They were in the conference room and were having a meeting. They should get the business done first.

"Any more?"

Xu Qingyun continued to look at him. Yan Ming was his right-hand man and the most important person. Moreover, Yan Ming was the smartest and had many clever ideas.

"The main reason is that they have different jobs. If we only look at their daily performance, it would be a bit ridiculous."

Yan Ming added, and Xu Qingyun looked at Lu Gaowa.

"Stationmaster, I think what Team Leader Yan said is right."

Lu Gaowa hurriedly replied that he was an operations officer and was not good at these things, so he didn't know what to say.

"Me too, Station Master."

Seeing Xu Qingyun looking at him, Zheng Jiming hurriedly replied. Xu Qingyun shook his head slightly and said that he should not have called these two people here today. It was of no use.

"Fang Gaoyuan, you go ahead."

He did not make things difficult for Lu Gaowa and Zheng Jiming, as the two of them really could not say anything that satisfied him.

"Yes, stationmaster."

Fang Gaoyuan sat up straight and said slowly: "Stationmaster, it is really good that you motivate them in this way. I don't know about the other groups, just the interrogation group..."

Fang Gaoyuan said a lot, mainly about how to evaluate the interrogation team.

The interrogation team has fewer members, so they have to be evaluated together with other teams. However, within their team, they can be judged based on the hygiene of the cells and interrogation rooms, normal working hours, and work attitude.

What bothered Fang Gaoyuan the most was the hygiene in the cell, which was full of stench.

He had said this several times before, but the people above him didn't care, and the people below him didn't take it seriously. He couldn't beat anyone for such a small matter, and he couldn't force them to do it.

Otherwise, if everyone unites together, they can completely undermine his position as team leader.

"Well said, write all this down."

There were people taking notes nearby, and their suggestions were all written down.

"Dai Jieying, what about you?"

"Let me talk about the telecommunications team first..."

Dai Jieying has been in the telecommunications team these days. There are not even 20 people in the Wuhan station telecommunications team, only a dozen or so. Although there are only a few people, there aren't many problems.

The telecommunications group is in charge of communications and is very important. The people in it can be said that all of them are intellectuals and technicians.

They have a sense of pride in their hearts.

They don't work seriously and just chat every day. Some girls like to put on makeup. Unless they have a task, they don't care at all.

First of all, the assessment can be based on working hours. How long does each person have to stay in front of the radio station every day? Those who exceed the time will naturally be considered to have excellent performance. The other aspects include confidentiality and monitoring.

Regardless of whether they can be deciphered or not, the more telegrams we intercept, the better, so that we can filter out illegal radio stations from them and see if we can find Japanese spies.

If we can't find the Japanese spies, the Red Party will do.

If you don’t have any, then find illegal dealers and you can still make some money after catching them.

In short, whoever does more, the better his performance.

"Stationmaster, I'm done."

"Yes, I'll write it down."

Xu Qingyun nodded. Dai Jieying's suggestion was indeed very good, but there was one thing: they must not look for a truly organized radio station.

Fortunately, he was clear about the current situation of the organization. The number of telegrams sent by the organization was very small, not even one percent, let alone one thousandth.

The majority are still business and the Fruit Party.

There are many telegrams sent from within the Fruit Party to all parts of the country every day.

These radio stations also have to record, not decipher, and they cannot decipher these messages without permission.

But knowing their transmission frequency and finding out the sender and receiver can still provide important intelligence.

"Zhao San, tell me."

Xu Qingyun looked at Zhao San who was sitting at the back.

Zhao San himself did not expect that the site manager would ask him to attend the meeting today.

"Stationmaster, what our team leader said is very good."

Zhao San stood up and spoke carefully. Xu Qingyun glared at him and said, "Shout, just tell me when I ask you. If you tell me well, I will reward you. Your team leader will not care. He is not the kind of person like Shi Shangyan and Bu Mengwen."

"Yes, stationmaster."

Zhao San was startled and stood up straight immediately.

"Sit down and talk."

Everyone else was sitting, but Zhao San, who had the lowest rank, stood up awkwardly.

"Yes."

Zhao San sat down, sorted out his thoughts, and began to say: "Stationmaster, your idea is really good. It can be seen that you have a heart for doing things and you have us in your heart."

It was another flattery, but Xu Qingyun did not stop him.

"Actually, what the team leaders said just now is very good. Let me add one more thing. Some teams don't have enough people. Can we distribute the bonuses? For example, the interrogation team has only eight people, and the telecommunications team has exactly twelve. In that case, we can distribute the bonuses to them."

The interrogation team is small, with only eight people, accounting for 40% of the bonus, while the telecommunications team accounts for 60%.

In other words, the interrogation team can select the person with the best performance and get a reward of twelve dollars, while the telecommunications team can get eighteen dollars.

And so on.

This way, comparison is only within one's own group, which is more intuitive and less likely to cause dissatisfaction among others.

In addition, Zhao San raised several points.

For example, they can take the initiative to pay attention to the situation of Japanese spies and military police. If they find valuable intelligence, they can be credited with outstanding performance, which can increase their enthusiasm.

Secondly, supervise the people around you. Zhao San knows very well that the stationmaster is very disgusted with people who take bribes and harm the people, and those who had been driven away before were people of this kind.

He was not surprised by this. After all, the webmaster was so young and a recent graduate. Many students had such enthusiasm.

If we supervise each other, we can avoid many unscrupulous acts of making money in the future.

In addition, in addition to the top three, there is also an improvement award.

For those who have previously performed poorly but suddenly perform well, you can give them more rewards, but it doesn’t have to be a lot. For example, if the person at the bottom gets the best result, just give him a few more dollars.

"That's all I have to say."

After Zhao San finished speaking, he found that everyone was looking at him, especially the webmaster, who had a smile on his face.

This kid is indeed smart, but he is too smooth. He doesn't dare to show up and hides at the back all day long. No wonder he was inconspicuous before and was able to stay in Wuhan Station.

Others were shocked, including Yan Ming.

Zhao San's supplement was very appropriate and well said. In this way, their system will be more perfect and can fully mobilize the enthusiasm of everyone.

"Zhao San, if I ask you to be responsible for supervising the assessment, do you have the confidence?"

Xu Qingyun suddenly asked, and the others were stunned again. They immediately understood that Zhao San had caught the webmaster's eye.

"I can't, Station Master. I think our team leader is the most suitable person to supervise and evaluate us. He can definitely do it."

Zhao San was startled and shook his head hurriedly. The power of supervision and assessment was great, but he was too small to bear it.

"You are so slippery and you only know how to hide like a loach. If I say you can do it, then you can do it. Your team leader has more important tasks, he doesn't have that much time."

Xu Qingyun shook his head. Yan Ming had a heavy responsibility. The intelligence team would be the busiest next, and Yan Ming definitely did not have the time to be responsible for internal supervision.

Today he specially asked Zhao San to come over just to see his performance.

As expected, he did not disappoint me, but he was too timid and too smooth. However, that was just his personality.

Zhao San was almost kicked out of Wuhan Station. He is cautious and has concerns, which is understandable.

Six thousand words, to make up for the four thousand words I owed yesterday.

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(End of this chapter)