You were allowed to marry into No. 76 family, and you were promoted to director?

Chapter 403 Giving Gifts
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Zhao Xuan was invited over by Yamao Kazuo tonight, but since Zhao Xuan was going to visit Sheng Manyi anyway, he accepted Yamao Kazuo's invitation.

Accompanying Zhao Xuan was, naturally, his wife, Dao Yan.

Dao Yan didn't really like places like the Paramount Ballroom, especially since she was there to drink with Japanese people.

"Oh my, it's rare for Commander Zhao to come here. This is the latest wine delivered. Gentlemen, please have a taste!"

Dao Yan noticed that Sheng Manyi's gaze kept glancing at Zhao Xuan, and felt a little annoyed. She secretly reached out and pinched Zhao Xuan's waist.

Zhao Xuan, who was talking to Sheng Manyi, gasped. Seeing Dao Yan's glare, Zhao Xuan gave an awkward smile.
"Boss Sheng, thank you so much for your trouble. Don't worry, this wine won't be drunk for nothing."

Sheng Manyi smiled sweetly:

"Commander Zhao, what are you saying? You are a great hero of Shanghai. If I, a mere citizen, were to offer our great hero a drink and then charge him, I'd be afraid the people of Shanghai would gossip about me!"

"Gentlemen, don't you agree?"

Yamayu Kazuo laughed heartily, nodding repeatedly, and said to Zhao Xuan in a teasing tone:
"Mr. Zhao, the proprietress is being very kind, so please don't refuse."

Zhao Xuan smiled helplessly, asked Sheng Manyi to put down the wine, chatted with her for a few words, and then Sheng Manyi said goodbye and left.

However, the message between the two was conveyed through the wine and the coded language of their conversation.

In her coded message, Sheng Manyi said that the penicillin had been successfully transported out, and that the Director was very satisfied with Zhao Xuan. She also asked Zhao Xuan if it was possible to recruit Dao Ya into his ranks.

Zhao Xuan's coded reply was that it was worth a try, but success could not be guaranteed.

Among those present were Yamayu Kazuo, who had invited Zhao Xuan and Dao Yan, as well as Sakai Michiko, Uchiyama Mizuki, Murakami Yua, and Sasaki.

It was because of these three women that Dao Yan came along.

"Come on, let's raise a glass to celebrate the completion of the Zhao Sang supervisory team!"

That's right, Yamayu Kazuo, Murakami Yua, Uchiyama Mizuki, Sakai Michiko, and Sasaki are all members of the epidemic prevention supervision team.

Although Zhao Xuan was not yet clear on why so many departments had drawn them into the supervisory team, he certainly did not think that the epidemic prevention supervisory team was simply cleaning up the sanitation environment of Shanghai.

After finishing his drink, Yamayu Kazuo started talking, which was the reason he had organized this gathering today.

"Zhao Sang, I heard that the Mei Agency has already started preparing for a large-scale crackdown?"

Although Yamayu Kazuo said this to Zhao Xuan, he was actually asking Sasaki, who was sitting next to him.

Sasaki was extremely reluctant to attend this party; he hadn't forgotten that Suzuki Haruko was killed by Zhao Xuan's sister-in-law.

Moreover, the murderer, Miao Xue, was a staunch supporter of Zhao Xuan.

If it weren't for the fact that Kagesa has now reconciled with Toa and they've started doing business together, and Kagesa specifically instructed Sasaki not to let things get too tense, Sasaki would never have come.

Unexpectedly, after only two drinks at the Paramount, Zhao Xuan revealed his true colors.

Sasaki thought that Yamakazu asked the question at Zhao Xuan's behest.

Zhao Xuan was also surprised that Yamao Kazuo would ask such a question.

Dao Yan instantly perked up, and everyone's attention turned to Sasaki.

Sasaki's face was unusually grim. Was this kind of confidential topic something that could be brought up so casually?
Seeing that no one present was willing to speak up for him, Sasaki realized that he seemed to have been led astray tonight!

Sasaki lowered his head and let out a muffled groan.

Seeing that he didn't intend to answer, Yamayu Kazuo laughed:
"Chief Dao of Unit 76 is the wife of our supervisory team leader. What, Chief Sasaki? We're all on the same side. Don't you even trust your own people?"

Sasaki looked at the eloquent Yamayu Kazuo with a gloomy expression. If Zhao Xuan hadn't instructed him to do this, he would have eaten the glass table in front of him.

However, Zhao Xuan really didn't know, and he didn't expect that Yamayu Kazuo would ask about the large-scale sweep in front of so many people.

Even if Sasaki hadn't said anything, Zhao Xuan already had a pretty good idea of ​​what was going on.

Through Ding Moqun, Yingzuo has obtained intelligence on the border guerrilla forces and several anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines.

After Ding Moqun contacted the hunter, Xia Gong informed Zhao Xuan of the situation.

Within the next day or two, the Mei Agency will likely send someone to verify the authenticity of the intelligence.

At this point, how could Sasaki possibly talk about this? If he did, and Kagesa found out, Sasaki's future would be completely ruined.

However, Sasaki is now in a predicament where he feels trapped.

If he doesn't say anything today, he'll probably be marginalized in the supervisory team, and he won't even be included in any missions.

This is a supervisory team directly under the Cabinet, and Sasaki doesn't want to give up this opportunity.

After letting out a helpless sigh, Sasaki looked at Zhao Xuan and Dao Yan and said:
"I don't know the specifics either. How Chief Kagesa plans to arrange things is not something a lowly intelligence section chief like me could possibly know."

"However, Commander Kagesa will probably make specific arrangements tomorrow, and this task will most likely be assigned to 76."

Since things have come to this point, Sasaki didn't mind saying a little more:
"Of course, this mission is also closely related to Section Chief Zhao and Section Chief Dao. I overheard Director Ding chatting with Commander Yingzuo a couple of days ago. They mentioned that after this mission is successful, Director Ding is likely to be promoted to Director of No. 76. At that time, the vacant director position will most likely be filled by Section Chief Dao."

After hearing this, Yamayu Kazuo laughed heartily, patted Sasaki on the shoulder, and said:

"See, you know quite a bit. We're all in the supervisory team, and we should try to get along well when we work together. Everyone knows that Miss Daoya had a very unpleasant falling out with the Mei Agency a while ago. Well, Sasaki, you've made your stance clear tonight. I won't make things difficult for you in the future!"

It was Zhao Xuan who suggested that Yamayu Kazuo join the supervisory group this time, so he was very grateful to Zhao Xuan. Most importantly, he could get credit with Zhao Xuan again!

Sasaki gave an awkward smile, and Uchiyama Mizuki and the others also gave Sasaki a friendly smile.

Dao Yan was filled with emotion; her man had once again predicted everything correctly.

As expected, Yingzuo put the 76th Division at the forefront. However, if Ding Moqun could truly be promoted to Director of the 76th Division, it would be a good thing. At least then, Ding Moqun would have access to more classified information, and Dao Yan's situation within the 76th Division would be better. If Dao Yan could advance further, that would be something Zhao Xuan would also want to see. He couldn't just keep rising through the ranks himself, now a colonel in the Japanese army, while Dao Yan, his wife, remained stagnant.

Although being in the enemy camp, no matter how high your rank is, it won't be of any use in the future. But now that you've risen to a high rank, if you win the war and return to the Military Intelligence Bureau, Boss Dai will have to consider many factors and give Dao Yan a rank that matches his status in the 76th Division!
If Dao Yan really became the chief of the 76th Special Agent Unit, after the victory of the War of Resistance against Japan and returned to the Military Intelligence Bureau, he would at least be a section chief, and he would have to be a section chief of one of the three major divisions.

The three departments were the most important departments of the Military Intelligence Bureau: the Operations Department, the Intelligence Department, and the Telecommunications Department.

After discussing this topic, Mizuki Uchiyama finally brought the purpose of tonight's dinner back on track.

"Team leader, the epidemic prevention supervision team has been officially established. In principle, we need to complete a task to test the operation of the supervision team."

"So, team leader, what tasks do you plan to assign to everyone next?"

Hearing this, Dao Yan smiled somewhat awkwardly:
"Everyone, I'm not part of the supervision team. It's not appropriate for me to listen to this conversation. I'll go outside and take a walk by myself."

Before Zhao Xuan could reply, Yamayu Kazuo waved his hand and said:
"Section Chief Dao, you're being too polite. We're all on the same side. Would you really harm Zhao Sang?"

Although Michiko Sakai secretly wanted Touko to leave, since Kazuo Yamayu had already said so, she still smiled and said:

"That's right, Section Chief Dao, don't be shy. Besides, the work of the supervisory team isn't exactly a secret, and you're Zhao Sang's wife, so it doesn't matter if you listen."

Mizuki Uchiyama and Sasaki nodded slightly. In any case, Zhao Xuan was the team leader. If they asked Dao Yan to avoid suspicion, wouldn't that be putting the team leader in a bad light? Wouldn't that be just asking for trouble?
With a smile on his face, Zhao Xuan reached out and grasped Dao Yan's soft hand, nodded to Dao Yan, and then looked at everyone and said:

"In that case, let's get down to business."

"Honestly, I think everyone should start thinking about themselves now. What do you think?"

Everyone's expression changed. Some lowered their heads as if deep in thought, while others, like Yamao Kazuo, looked at Zhao Xuan with curiosity, their eyes as clear as a husky's!

Before anyone could answer, Zhao Xuan smiled and continued:

"The war has now reached a stalemate. This troop movement in various locations is probably the Empire's attempt to break the deadlock. At this time, the rear must not be compromised."

"As the epidemic prevention and control supervision team, after the Sheshan virus incident, we don't need to worry about the specific reasons for this incident. But now all the cabinet members are paying great attention to epidemic prevention and control. So, our first task is to clean up all the potential problems in Shanghai."

“In this process, everyone will face all kinds of temptations, so we have to find the right balance.”

Yamayu Kazuo blinked, looking puzzled, and asked:

"Zhao Sang, are you saying that when we're carrying out health inspections, people give us gifts?"

Mizuki Uchiyama, Sasaki, and Michiko all twitched their lips in unison. Zhao Xuan hadn't even explained the situation clearly, but you just blurted it out. So, what are we supposed to do if we encounter this situation again? Should we accept it or not?
No one has trouble with money.

Especially Sasaki.

After the conflict between the Mei Agency and Toa, Sasaki, as the deputy head of the intelligence section of the Mei Agency, conducted an in-depth investigation.

He discovered that the people Toyoda Jiro, Iitaro, and others that Toya had contacted previously held some power in the Navy, but not much.

However, as they came into contact with Toa, Iitaro and the others received a great deal of financial assistance from her.

With money, Iitaro and Toyoda Jiro were able to pull strings and rise through the ranks in just two months, now both holding high-ranking naval officer positions.

This is also why the Navy stood firmly in support of Daoya after she had a conflict with the Mei Agency.

Since then, Sasaki has been particularly eager for money. In his view, it seems that with money, his official career will be smooth sailing.

But it was no longer feasible with Daoya. Now that he had finally gotten into the epidemic prevention supervision team, and judging from what the team leader Zhao Xuan said, he didn't object to accepting gifts, this made Sasaki's mind start to wander.

So when Yamayuu asked that question, Sasaki really wanted to punch that idiot twice.

Zhao Xuan could only smile at this:
“Mr. Yamaka, I know you’re not short of money, but if you ask someone for a favor and don’t take their money, they won’t feel at ease. If they’re not at ease, it could hinder us from carrying out our official duties. Do you understand that?”

Yamayu Kazuo felt his brain was a little slow to catch up.

I feel there's something wrong with what Zhao Xuan said, a really big problem!

Why should someone ask you to do something without giving a gift yourself, or else you expect them to give a gift? It sounds like the other way around.

Michiko Sakai's eyes lit up, and her admiration for Zhao Xuan grew even stronger.

Mizuki Uchiyama looked at Zhao Xuan with considerable surprise. She had previously thought that Zhao Xuan was just trying to make a quick buck by using his position as the head of the epidemic prevention supervision team, but now it seemed that Zhao Xuan had a very clear understanding of people's hearts.

You should know that the epidemic prevention supervision team they belong to is directly under the Cabinet!

To put it bluntly, their every move represents the presence of the cabinet.

Moreover, most of the tasks they perform involve dealing with various departments, especially special places like hospitals and prisons.

If they go and the other party doesn't offer gifts, any member of the supervisory team can easily use some underhanded tactics to cause them trouble.

Even if they didn't mean it that way, there's never a shortage of people in this world who fill in the blanks with their own imaginations. Others will prepare things for you that you haven't even thought of.

Therefore, if you don't accept the gift, people will think you're looking for trouble, and they'll try their best to hinder your work progress.

Mizuki Uchiyama and Michiko Sakai naturally thought of this, but Sasaki didn't think that far ahead; he just wanted to receive gifts.

Dao Yan, who was sitting close to Zhao Xuan, almost couldn't help but laugh.

She knew Zhao Xuan just wanted to make a quick buck.

After all, there's a whole family to support!

Moreover, the more Dao Yan thought about it, the brighter her eyes became!
If everyone present tonight establishes a deep-rooted relationship of mutual benefit with Zhao Xuan, then these people will all become part of Zhao Xuan's network, and a network of people who share both glory and hardship.

Keep in mind that they all come from major intelligence agencies in Shanghai, and the lowest level is section chief.

Once these section chiefs are bound to Zhao Xuan, it's as if Zhao Xuan, sitting in the Special Higher Police, can mobilize the entire intelligence agency in Shanghai to a certain extent!
hiss!
My husband is quite ambitious!
(End of this chapter)