The Spy

Chapter 327 The last chance

There aren't many directions the Japanese can target, and after the process of elimination, this is indeed the most likely one.

Everyone has different interests. For example, women naturally love beauty and have weak resistance to some cosmetics and skin care products.

Men have a wider range of hobbies. Some like fishing and playing chess, some like listening to operas, some like dancing and watching movies, and some even like eating and drinking, etc., all of which may become targets of the Japanese.

The reason why Kang Yunzhou was targeted was because of his love of wine.

Yang Gouzi was his best friend and they often drank together, so the Japanese attacked Yang Gouzi.

"Webmaster, the scope is a bit wide. I suggest we first conduct a survey to find out which points are most likely to be targeted."

Dai Jieying took the initiative to say that with so many people at the Shanghai station, everyone has their own interests and hobbies, but not every interest and hobby is easily targeted.

The Shanghai station is very strict now. The Japanese will not act blindly. They will definitely be very cautious.

"Jieying is right. We should first find out the situation of everyone in the station before making any arrangements."

Xu Qingyun nodded, and several people followed the order.

"Besides hobbies and interests, what other areas might the Japanese target?"

Xu Qingyun continued to ask, he would not just focus on one point, prevention should be taken in any place that might be targeted.

When it comes to safety, Xu Qingyun is never afraid of trouble. He treats this time as a drill to eliminate all hidden dangers in advance. Otherwise, once the war breaks out, these hidden dangers may cause them huge losses.

Just like soldiers’ training, they work hard and sweat now just to reduce bloodshed and sacrifice on the battlefield.

"Stationmaster, as for the telephone lines, I will ask the telecommunications team to closely monitor them, increase the number of inspections, and strengthen control over the telephone exchange."

Dai Jieying said again that there were many telephones in Shanghai Station and the Japanese could not eavesdrop internally, but they could incite people in the telephone office to defect or make arrangements for external lines to achieve the purpose of eavesdropping.

"Yes, take more precautions."

Xu Qingyun nodded again. It was not so easy to tamper with the telephone lines. The intelligence department had always paid attention to the confidentiality of the telephones and had always taken precautions.

Now that Ishida has lost to him once, he must pay attention to any place where the opponent may be setting up a trap.

The Japanese could no longer obtain intelligence from their station, and even if their telephones were monitored, they could not hear important intelligence. They sent telegrams for many important matters, especially long-distance communications. When Xu Qingyun contacted Nanjing, he rarely used the phone.

Telegrams have a higher level of confidentiality.

"Webmaster, they may also target the departments that we normally contact."

Fang Laiba immediately said that Shanghai Station had a lot of official exchanges with other departments. Since they were checking places where the Japanese might attack, they had to pay attention here as well.

It is absolutely possible that the Japanese spies first instigated people from other departments to collect intelligence on the Shanghai Station during normal official hours, or deliberately targeted the Shanghai Station.

“You can arrange it first.”

Xu Qingyun encouraged them to brainstorm and think of all the things the Japanese could do and make arrangements in advance.

I have taken your path first, leaving you with no way to go.

This is just a small meeting. Let them do the preliminary work first, and then make detailed arrangements after Xu Qingyun returns from Xi'an.

The current arrangement is just a precaution, but pure prevention is not Xu Qingyun's character.

What he likes most is to take the initiative.

"Yes, stationmaster."

Several people took the order, and the meeting ended quickly. Xu Qingyun went back to continue handling official business.

In addition to official business, I also have a lot of personal matters to deal with now.

Each of the ten agents has great power. The goods they want are supplied in batches. Last year, a batch was supplied in batches, but this year the supply will be delayed.

Delaying delivery means that they will earn less money, so these people will definitely push for it.

Xu Qingyun had already explained to them that the Xi'an Pharmaceutical Factory was about to start production and the goods they wanted would definitely be needed.

Secondly, we need to understand clearly the various arrangements in the United States and the people he supports.

Spend money when it is time to spend money, and help them smooth out relationships when it is time to do so without any delay.

There are also products from American pharmaceutical companies.

This year's goods, worth $1.5 million, must all be received before the war.

The production of American pharmaceutical companies is also limited. Due to Xu Qingyun's large-scale purchases, sulfa drugs have seen different price increases in the United States and some other places.

On the contrary, the price of sulfa drugs in China has become stable due to the previous release of goods.

Xu Qingyun's business was not limited to sulfa. After he became rich, Xu Qingyun bought several factories and started to produce some products himself. All the factories were located abroad, and the products sent to China were still high-end imported goods.

There is no need to build these factories in the country, as it would be more troublesome if they were built there.

It’s good to be abroad, Xu Qingyun can be the boss behind the scenes.

"Qingyun, I'm back."

At noon, Chen Changcun entered Xu Qingyun's residence. The good thing about living in the station is that he can get back the fastest from get off work at noon.

Xu Qingyun didn't go to the cafeteria to eat today, waiting for Chen Changcun to come back.

"Brother Changcun, eat first."

Xu Qingyun smiled. Chen Changcun was actually very busy now. The Singapore Pharmaceutical Factory strictly followed Mr. Chen's instructions and only released 30% of the goods.

Recently, they began to ship their inventory back to China and temporarily handed it over to Xu Qingyun for safekeeping.

These goods will be placed in Chongqing first. Xu Qingyun built a secret warehouse in the mountains, and only people in the Xu family know the location.

There are not many guards, but they are all members of the Xu family who have followed them for generations.

These people have also been trained, but they are not as professionally trained as the Chen family guards.

But it's no problem to deal with some petty thieves.

The warehouse is in the cave. If the situation goes wrong, the entrance can be blown up at any time. No one can clear the entrance and exit within a few days. This batch of medicines belongs to war reserve medicines. Once the war starts, they will be sold soon.

"it is good."

Chen Changcun sat down, and the two of them still ate and chatted.

Shanghai is very prosperous and has a large population. It is much larger than Singapore, but Chen Changcun doesn’t feel it is better here than Singapore.

Regardless of whether inside or outside the concession, foreigners are still respected.

When he was young, he didn't understand why his father had such deep feelings for his country even though they had been away for so many years.

But when he saw his compatriots who were half-naked, his heart ached and he realized that this was due to the national sense deep in their bones. They have Chinese blood in their veins and will be Chinese all their lives.

If a country is not strong, not only will its people suffer at home, but also those abroad.

Most Chinese people are looked down upon.

The hateful Chinese Exclusion Act still exists in the United States today.

After so many contacts with Xu Qingyun, he already knew that Xu Qingyun, his father and himself were the same kind of people.

They are concerned about the country and the people. They have made a lot of money, but they want the motherland to be strong and the people to be healthy.

Moreover, Xu Qingyun did better than them. Not only did he make precautions in advance, he also fought the Japanese on the front line.

The intelligence war was even more brutal. Xu Qingyun's ability to capture so many Japanese spies dealt a real blow to the Japanese.

For the domestic situation, the biggest threat at present is Japan.

A tiny country dreams of invading China. Can a snake swallow an elephant?
Sadly, even Chen Changcun had to admit that this possibility really existed and that the Chinese nation was really at a critical moment of life and death.

Two days later, Xi'an.

The plane landed steadily. After buying the plane, Xu Qingyun always took his own plane when going out. This plane was basically shared by the Xu and Chen families.

Chen Changcun also took this plane from Singapore to Shanghai.

The two pilots were very happy because the more the plane was used, the higher their salary would be.

"Young Master, Young Master Chen."

At the airport, Xu Erxi was already waiting. He left the police station and went to Xi'an to be in charge of this pharmaceutical factory.

Xu Qingshi had a long talk with him before coming.

Although the two failed to recognize the organization, they were deeply aware of the difficulties the organization was facing at this time. Sulfonamide is a life-saving drug and the organization must be short of it. When Xu Erxi was here, he must pay attention to see if he could find anyone from the organization.

If discovered, you can refuse to recognize him/her at first, but you must find a way to help the organization.

Xu Qingshi is not a professional agent, but his younger brother is the best agent in the country. Through learning from his younger brother, he has a deeper understanding of agents.

What's more, he knew that his identity was not to be revealed and he had to protect himself at all times.

His biggest wish before was to recognize and return to the organization, but now he has a more important task, to try his best to help the organization. Sulfonamide is very important, and they have convenient conditions, so they must create convenience for the organization.

This is also the reason why Xu Qingshi did not object to Xu Erxi coming to Xi'an.

This position is too important.

Xu Erxi controls the pharmaceutical factory, so they will be able to make the distribution of drugs more convenient in the future. Even if they cannot have complete control over it, it will be no problem if some drugs leak through their fingers.

However, if the organization needs them, they can return at any time.

Now it is more convenient for organizations.

Moreover, Xu Qingshi believed that knowing that such drugs were available in Xi'an, the organization would definitely find a way to obtain them.

Yanzhou is not too far from Xi'an.

"Brother Erxi, thank you for your hard work."

Xu Qingyun nodded. He said that Chen Changcun was not familiar with Xu Erxi, but he knew that Chen Changcun was a person that the Xu family trusted very much, and he was even as close as a brother to Xu Qingshi, the head of the Xu family, and his attitude was very polite.

"I'm not tired at all. I'm not as tired as when I'm handling cases."

Xu Erxi invited them to get in the car. After arriving in Xi'an, Xu Erxi immediately purchased several cars.

The factory here, like the one in Chongqing, was built in a place that can be protected from air attacks.

The difference is that they dug air-raid shelters instead of directly covering them with mountains, so it took longer than the one in Chongqing.

"Two young masters, this is our factory."

When they arrived at the factory, Xu Erxi immediately began to introduce the factory. He knew that the pharmaceutical factory was jointly established by the Chen and Xu families, and that the Xu family held a larger share.

He was the factory director and a person that the Xu family absolutely trusted, so Xu Qingyun did not hide anything from him.

The workers in the factory are already in place, including technicians sent by pharmaceutical factories in Chongqing and Singapore. After the start of production, full production will be possible. During this period, Xu Qingyun has been storing raw materials, with a lot stored in Chongqing and Xi'an.

The same is true for Singapore, but it is still mainly domestic-focused.

The current raw materials are enough for them to use for three years.

Three years is not enough. During these three years, Xu Qingyun will also purchase a large amount of various raw materials. It is not easy to reserve raw materials, and due to the bombing by Japan during the war, there is a possibility that the raw materials will be damaged.

Xu Qingyun would consider all kinds of unfavorable conditions in advance.

"This place is great. We will officially start production tomorrow."

After the visit, Xu Qingyun and Chen Changcun were both very satisfied with the place. In addition to Xu Erxi, there was also a deputy factory director who was from the Chen family.

This was Xu Qingyun's request, and the Chen family had not originally planned to send anyone.

Since it is a joint business, what needs to be done must be done properly. The Chen family sent someone to be in charge of the finances.

Xu Erxi is responsible for the production, sales and management of the factory.

The Chen family was very satisfied with this.

The Xi'an Pharmaceutical Factory opened. It was the simplest of the three pharmaceutical factories, but it was also the largest one.

In addition to sulfonamides, the pharmaceutical factory also produces some other commonly used drugs.

The licensing prices of these drugs are not expensive, and they are all old drugs. Xu Qingyun took them all together. The reason why he put them here was mainly because of his consideration for the organization.

The drugs produced by Xi'an Pharmaceutical Factory are easiest to deliver to the organization.

In the future, the types of goods here will be increased, even including the production of surgical equipment and medicines.

Among the three pharmaceutical factories, the one in Xi'an is the largest.

Xu Qingyun stayed in Xi'an for five days.

In addition to the pharmaceutical factory, he also visited several bigwigs here, mainly to maintain good relationships and protect the existence of the pharmaceutical factory.

When Xu Qingyun returned to Shanghai, it was already the end of March.

Chen Changcun returned to Singapore the day after he arrived in Shanghai. There were a lot of things to do there and he couldn't leave forever. The pharmaceutical factory had become an indispensable part of the Chen family's business and he was the person in charge. He couldn't let his father and brother help him manage it for a long time.

In the conference room of Shanghai Station, after seeing Chen Changcun off, Xu Qingyun immediately called a meeting of all the team leaders.

"Stationmaster, there are currently no abnormalities in the various departments we are in contact with."

Fang Laibao first reported that they had contacted a small number of departments and mainly investigated their usual contacts. This task was not difficult and he completed the investigation in just three days.

"Stationmaster, our telecommunications team has carefully checked the telephone lines, and the telephone company has also investigated the people involved. So far, no abnormalities have been found."

Dai Jieying went on to say that there were no abnormalities, which proved that the Japanese had not taken any action in this regard for the time being, but it did not mean that they could rest easy in the future.

Ishida did not do so because there was not much point in doing so.

The intelligence department had always conducted regular inspections of the telephone lines. When Yu Hongyu was there, the inspections at the Shanghai station were a little lax, but after Xu Qingyun came, such inspections have never stopped.

Moreover, the inspection has been increased from once a month to once a week.

Even if the arrangement is made, the effect it can have is limited and it is easy to be discovered.

Secondly, it is easy to cross-wire when eavesdropping on telephone lines, causing telephone noise.

As for the telephone bureau, Ishida did think about it, but he hadn't had time to do it.

The telephone company mainly transfers long-distance calls, and everyone knows that anything that needs to be kept confidential will not be said directly over the phone.

Xu Qingyun is not an ordinary person. He will not make such a mistake. Moreover, high-level transfers have dedicated personnel and dedicated lines, so it is not so easy to instigate rebellion.

"Webmaster, we have counted the hobbies of everyone on the site, but they haven't done much of these things recently. They are all thinking about performing so that they can get a rank in the evaluation."

Yan Ming smiled and said that he originally thought that this was the easiest place for Japanese spies to attack. However, as soon as they started to investigate, they found that the Japanese spies had no idea where to start.

The people inside the station were too active, leaving the Japanese spies no chance to take advantage.

"Should we let them continue and see if they can lure out the Japanese spies?"

Fang Laibao continued to say that if they didn't move, the Japanese spies would have no target and would not be able to take any action. If they wanted to continue catching Japanese spies, they had to lure them out.

Otherwise, these Japanese spies would hide in the Japanese Concession like turtles, and they would have no way to deal with them.

"Yes, we will arrange it in a targeted manner. Don't have too many people at a time."

Xu Qingyun nodded, wanting to get Ishida to take the bait, and at least give him some bait. Without bait, how could the fish come near?

It would be better if they could control the arrangement themselves, so that once the Japanese spies show up, they can find them immediately. "Yes."

Fang Laibao and Yan Ming received the order together. Xu Qingyun added: "Tell them that this is a mission and they can still be evaluated for excellence, but there is one thing, it must be kept secret."

Let these people do what they like, and it is their job. If they do a good job, they can get a rank in the evaluation. I guess those guys will be grinning from ear to ear.

This isn't work; it's pure enjoyment.

"Stationmaster, rest assured, these guys won't dare to say anything now."

Fang Laibao smiled and said that the atmosphere in the station is currently good, basically the same as in Wuhan. Once everyone becomes more familiar with this system, the work will only be more active in the future.

"Stationmaster, we have almost finished discussing the training base. If possible, we can sign the contract at any time."

Zheng Jiming then reported that the Shanghai Station did not have as much foreign output as the Wuhan Station, and the extra reward given by Xu Qingyun could be reimbursed by the headquarters. After all, it was an achievement and a Japanese spy was caught.

But he has to get the bonuses under the normal system himself.

The director won't give it to him, otherwise every station would do the same. Go to the director to ask for money, how can he give so much?

Xu Qingyun had reported to the director before, and the director fully supported the system of Shanghai Station, but he was not so supportive of selling off some of the assets of Shanghai Station.

After all, it is a military intelligence industry.

Finally, Xu Qingyun assured the director that the Shanghai station would make new achievements, and he would expand the scale of the business so that the director could earn more. Finally, the director agreed.

As for the real reason for agreeing, whether it is to make a contribution or to make money, only Virgo himself knows.

"Sign immediately."

Xu Qingyun replied, and the training team leader Yi Yongxiang opened his mouth but said nothing in the end.

The training group had few people to begin with, and only the training base was still worth some money. The stationmaster sold the training base, and the training group had nothing left except a bunch of equipment.

However, Yi Yongxiang understood that the site was short of money and the site manager was doing this to prepare more bonuses for everyone. He could not stop the sale for his own selfish interests.

Otherwise, everyone on the site will look down on them.

Zheng Jiming continued to ask: "Webmaster, should we do some business with the money from the sale so that we can make more money?"

"I'll leave the money with you first, and I'll figure out how to make money."

Xu Qingyun shook his head. He didn't have enough time to do business, but there were many ways to make money, not just opening a factory or a business.

Shanghai is the largest city in China, so if you have money you don’t have to worry about not being able to make money here.

But Xu Qingyun needs quick money, slow money won’t work.

The war in the north will start in less than four months, and there are only more than four months in Shanghai. There is no time for them to operate for a long time.

Even if we really want to do it, we have to wait until after the war.

"Yes."

Zheng Jiming responded that he knew the webmaster had plenty of ways to do it, and as long as the webmaster was willing, he would definitely be able to make a lot of money.

There are indeed many ways to make money, such as lending money at high interest rates, which makes money quickly without having to invest in any industry.

However, Xu Qingyun would not do such an unscrupulous business.

"Laibao, Yanming, you guys make arrangements right away. Everyone in the station will cooperate with you. Tell them that if they can catch the Japanese spy this time, they will be rewarded with 200 French francs each."

Previously, catching a Japanese spy would earn two hundred yuan each, which greatly increased their enthusiasm, and it was a separate reward.

The other rewards still belong to them.

"Yes."

The two of them received the order together, and one could imagine how enthusiastic and happy the next person to be chosen would be.

Shanghai Special High Police, Chiba stood in front of Ishida with his head lowered.

After continuous investigations, he gained nothing. Now he was not even as good as Suzuki, and he had no way to explain to the section chief.

Chiba didn't even find out the reason, and Ishida was indeed disappointed, but he understood that Chiba's intelligence ability was inferior to Suzuki's, and Suzuki must be punished for his mistakes. He could only use Chiba now.

Fortunately, the chief agreed to let him select his own members. In the end, he selected 20 new members from the Special High Section and the General Staff Headquarters to add to the intelligence team.

The people coming from the General Staff Headquarters are his people, and he will have more and more people in the future.

The Special High Police are staffed by trained professional agents with strong professional capabilities.

Tsuchihara agreed to his request, but also told Ishida to be careful with the way he works in the future, as Xu Qingyun is not that easy to deal with and he must not underestimate the enemy.

If Ishida had not underestimated the enemy this time, he would not have been so passive, and Xu Qingyun would not have seized the opportunity to capture so many of them.

Ultimately, all the responsibility lies with Ishida, because it was his fault that he did not do a good job.

"Give me all the information provided by the informant before."

Ishida said calmly that his subordinates were not capable enough, so he came in person. All kinds of information provided by the informant before were in the intelligence group.

The main reason is that the value of this information is not too high. Only high-value information will be sent to confidential files for preservation through him.

"Hay."

Chiba immediately bent down, went out quickly, and delivered all the information provided by the previous informants to Ishida's office.

Ishida took advantage of the fact that Xu Qingyun did not have complete control over the Shanghai Station to recruit a number of spies and provided them with a lot of information about the internal situation of the Shanghai Station.

The number is quite large, more than two hundred copies.

Put them together in a thick pile.

Ishita picked up one and read it slowly.

He had never seen these things before. Suzuki read them all and summarized and reported to him. Now Ishida remembered Suzuki's kindness, but unfortunately Suzuki had been punished by him and sent to the logistics team. It was impossible for him to change his order overnight and transfer Suzuki back to the intelligence team.

If he really did that, his prestige would be completely lost, and Ishida would never accept that.

Ishida was not in a hurry and looked through the pages slowly. The front part was full of trivial matters, which made Ishida shake his head constantly.

After reading for an hour, a piece of information finally caught Ishida's attention.

The intelligence said that the Shanghai station implemented the same system as the Wuhan station, and some people wanted to perform better and strive to get bonuses.

Wuhan’s system?
Ishida's eyes lit up. When Xu Qingyun was in Wuhan, he also did some research and knew that Wuhan Station had an internal incentive system, which was mainly based on performance appraisal.

After being evaluated for excellence, you will not only receive monetary rewards, but will also be given priority for promotion.

Therefore, the combat effectiveness of Wuhan Station is very strong.

Ishida understood why the people at the Shanghai station did not continue to go to the opera. They, like the people at the Wuhan station, were all competing to perform and had no time.

Unfortunately, he was deceived by the illusion that he had obtained intelligence one after another and did not pay attention to this point.

If this is true, it means that Xu Qingyun has completely taken control of the Shanghai Station. No wonder they can't get any internal information about the Shanghai Station.

This Xu Qingyun is truly terrifying. He was able to achieve complete control in such a short time.

The general manager is right to pay attention to him, and the same is true for the previous loss of Suzuki. If there is unity within the Shanghai station, they only need to instruct the people around them and it will be difficult to instigate a rebellion.

Anyone who finds them will be rewarded.

Ishida was indeed smart and guessed the truth.

Unfortunately, it was too late to regret. After what happened to Yang Gouzi, he shouldn't have continued to carry out this mission.

However, at that time, he was put in a passive position by Xu Qingyun's series of tactics and ignored these things, resulting in the loss of eighteen elite imperial agents.

Strictly speaking, Suzuki was responsible for the last loss, but the biggest responsibility lies with him.

He gave all the orders and Suzuki was just the executor.

It's a pity that Ishida will not publicly admit his mistakes. If he really admits it, I'm afraid Suzuki will not live long.

"Qianye, come to my office."

After looking through all the information, Ishida found several pieces of information about the system. He became more convinced of his guess and immediately asked Chiba to come over.

If Xu Qingyun has such great control over the site and all the people in the Shanghai site cooperate, it will be difficult for them to succeed in pursuing their interests and hobbies, and they may even continue to fall into traps.

Fortunately, he reviewed the information in time and had the opportunity to make adjustments and make up for it.

"Professor."

Chiba came quickly, still with his head lowered.

"I have found out the reason."

In front of his subordinates, Ishida likes to act mysterious and speak in a cold tone.

"Section Chief, what's the reason?" Qianye was slightly stunned and asked immediately.

"We underestimated our opponents..."

Ishida sighed and repeated his guess. Chiba's eyes widened immediately. He was worthy of being the section chief. He found the reason just by looking through the past intelligence.

"Section Chief, you are still amazing."

Chiba was flattering someone, but the flattery was sincere.

"We need to change our actions. I suspect Xu Qingyun will guess the direction of our attack. If that's true, we will make a reverse arrangement..."

Ishida said slowly that the previous plan had been scrapped, but it was not without use.

The purpose must be changed from inciting rebellion to creating trouble for Xu Qingyun.

It is not Ishida's nature to passively take a beating. He must fight back and this time let Xu Qingyun know how powerful he is.

However, he has already admitted in his heart that Xu Qingyun is definitely not inferior to him and is a very tough opponent.

That's all. There's no way he could admit that Xu Qingyun is stronger than him.

Ishida is a proud man, and that has never changed.

"The section chief is wise. Xu Qingyun will definitely fall into the trap this time."

After hearing that the plan was too difficult, Chiba started to flatter him again, and Ishida finally smiled.

He will definitely win this time.

Even if it just creates a little trouble for Xu Qingyun, it would still be a victory.

"Go ahead and do your job carefully according to my instructions. We will soon be able to reap victory."

Ishida waved his hand. The core of his plan was that the Chinese would definitely make arrangements to address these loopholes.

Without the arrangement, his plan would be useless.

Would Xu Qingyun do this?

Ishida fully believed that Xu Qingyun would definitely do that. He was very smart and would definitely be able to see that he would continue to attack the Shanghai station. There was no other way and there were very few options left.

This time, Ishida will be the hunter, waiting for Xu Qingyun to take the bait.

Outside the city, Zheng Jiming signed a contract with a wealthy businessman in the concession.

The training base was sold to the wealthy businessman for 30,000 French francs, and then they rented the venue for 2,000 French francs a year for a period of one year.

The rent is paid every six months.

When the rich businessman pays, he can deduct 750 yuan in rent, and the property rights of the training base will belong to the rich businessman in the future.

Although the training base is a bit remote, it is big enough.

The wealthy businessman wants to transform this place into a horse farm, as many wealthy people in the city like horses.

After the renovation, he will definitely make a lot of money.

In fact, he did not agree to rent it to Shanghai Station at the beginning, but Shanghai Station insisted on this point and would not sell it unless they gave it to them.

There are people training inside right now, and this training cannot stop.

Xu Qingyun trained peripheral operations personnel to prepare for wartime.

Before the war, Xu Qingyun planned to train at least three hundred people so that these people could be useful even in wartime.

They are not trained in the normal way of the military, this is purely special training.

Specially designed to respond to special situations.

In early April, ten team members of the Shanghai station received the task and continued to do what they love.

What they do is different, and each of them has intelligence agents around them to investigate anyone they can come into contact with.

If the Japanese want to take action against them, they can only do so through these people.

"Stationmaster, telegram."

Zhao San came to the office with a secret telegram from William.

After paying a lot of price, William finally contacted Osaka. Osaka agreed to continue selling them intelligence, but made a request.

He should be given sixty gold bars as compensation for the last information leak.

Osaka's actual asking price was thirty, but William doubled it.

Sixty gold bars, given by Xu Qingyun. The information about Osaka is very important. He doesn't need to pay for this. Chu Zuo will give it.

Virgo also needs Osaka.

Xu Qingyun guessed correctly. After reconnecting with Osaka, he immediately sent a telegram to the director. After reading the telegram, the director agreed without even thinking about it.

It was difficult for them to obtain intelligence on the Japanese, especially intelligence on the Japanese military, which was more valuable.

A lot of intelligence can help them recover huge losses.

For example, the last piece of information Osaka provided before was that the head of the regiment was turned against by the Japanese.

If they were not aware of the situation, let alone if the leader suddenly led his men to defect during the war, even if they created some chaos, their losses would be more than 60 gold bars, perhaps more than 600.

Another thing is that the old man also needs intelligence from Japan.

Now that the old man has openly given up targeting the Red Party, the biggest enemy in the open is the Japanese.

Whether for the sake of the people's hearts or for the stability of his own rule, he has to keep up appearances.

Intelligence is particularly critical at this time.

"Thanks."

In the International Settlement, Osaka smiled slightly after receiving the money.

After Xu Qingyun sent the money to William, he immediately sent a signal to Osaka. Re-contacting Osaka was also an expansion of his business. Although he had not yet obtained the intelligence, he had already earned thirty gold bars. William was very satisfied.

"Happy cooperation in the future."

William took the initiative to extend his hand, and Osaka shook it with him: "Please tell the Chinese that this is the last chance."

(End of this chapter)