50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 246 Selection
This advisory position is unpaid, but the benefits are comparable to those of a division commander, and these benefits are distributed by the naval compound in Beijing.

The Jeep 212 that he and Xiang Yi left in Beijing at the beginning of the year was also assigned to Sun Zhiwei as his vehicle.

This wasn't something Sun Zhiwei asked the Qingdao base for, nor was it something Tong Guodong helped him out of personal favoritism; rather, it was something the submarine captains actively requested from the base.

He figured these captains were afraid he'd make empty promises and then run away.

So, after discussing it, everyone decided to use this unpaid position to keep Sun Zhiwei at a distance and maintain a certain relationship with him.

Actually, there's no need for that, given that his father-in-law is in charge at the Qingdao base.

In the future, if he gets his hands on equipment that the navy can use, he will definitely give it to Qingdao first, since the other two fleets are not familiar with him.

However, to put their minds at ease, he accepted the position anyway, since he didn't receive a salary and having a car for daily use was quite nice.

Upon returning to Beijing on April 23, Sun Zhiwei first went to the ministry to hand over the mission to Xu Yimin, thus completing the training process for the special agent.

He will be responsible for forming an action team so that when action is needed, the action team can take action, instead of him having to do everything himself.

Originally, Xu Yimin's idea was to recall the undercover agents from various places in batches and train them to improve their professional skills and combat effectiveness.

Sun Zhiwei disagreed with this approach.

It's not that veteran employees aren't important, but rather that they've been lying low for so long without causing any problems.

That means they all have their own set of methods, and hastily recalling them at this point could easily backfire.

Therefore, if we want to form an action team now, it would be best to select a group of candidates from within the military.

He thought Xu Yimin was a fool.

The military is currently selecting 'special forces' soldiers, and elite soldiers from all over the country are gathering in Beijing for the final round of selection.

With Xu's connections, couldn't he snatch a few people from the candidate list? Sun Zhiwei was incredibly disappointed.

Upon receiving the news, he rushed to Xu Yimin's office: "Boss, why didn't you take such a great opportunity?"

"What are you going to do? Go and snatch people from the 'special forces'?" Xu Yimin rolled his eyes at him.

"Do you really think that with my old bones and limbs, I can still hold my own against those burly men?"

Sun Zhiwei was a little surprised to hear him say that: "What, did you have no influence at all in the past? You had to fight with them to get people?"

Xu Yimin also came from the military, and he had many connections and friends there.

However, he has never told his current subordinates that back when they were a large group of people, he was the younger brother who was often the one being bullied and humiliated.

When the higher-ups wanted to establish foreign affairs departments, they started transferring people from all over the country.

Xu Yimin was the most educated among that group, and he even had a nickname, "Scholar." So he was selected to join the army, while the others naturally stayed in the military to develop their careers.

Meanwhile, among the leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was the one with the strongest military force, so naturally he was appointed as the head of the intelligence department.

"How could that be? They would definitely give me face if I went there."

"But everyone has a mission this time, and they need to form their own teams. How can I poach people from them?"

Sun Zhiwei didn't know he was putting on a brave face, but he said with some difficulty, "Then our manpower will be in trouble."

"No rush, Zhiwei. How many people are you planning to recruit for the first training session?"

"Three to five people, that's the manpower we need. The requirements are completely different from other units." "First, they need to be educated. After all, we'll be going out on missions frequently. If they can't even understand a foreign language, how can they accomplish any missions?"

"Second, you need to be versatile. We often act alone, so you need to know a little about everything, or at least not be completely ignorant."

"Many of our training programs are actually designed to cultivate versatile individuals."

"Third, the appearance should be ordinary. Ideally, the kind of person you wouldn't recognize in a crowd."

"As for combat ability, it's not a requirement. It's best if you can fight, but it's okay if you can't. Killing doesn't necessarily require physical force."

After listening to Sun Zhiwei's words, Xu Yimin understood a little.

"In that case, it's not that we can't pick a few. How about I authorize you to select people?"

"Ah, I choose?"

"That's right. Only you know your own thoughts best, so it's perfect for you to choose the first batch of people."

Sun Zhiwei thought about it and realized that it was indeed the case. Others didn't understand his ideas, so he wouldn't make any mistakes if he selected the talent himself.

"Alright, I'll choose. I also want to see what kind of agents will be produced after this kind of comprehensive training."

So Sun Zhiwei obtained a written authorization from Xu Yimin. Then he hurried to the secret base in the suburbs to select people.

When he arrived at the secret base, it was much more lively than when he had come to train. Hundreds of elite soldiers from all over the country were gathered there, waiting for the next round of selection.

Sun Zhiwei didn't go directly to select people, because those who were selected would all be combat-oriented, which wasn't what he wanted.

He first took the authorization letter to the regimental headquarters, found Regiment Commander An, and then, under Regiment Commander An's arrangement, began to review everyone's information.

This group of over a hundred people is quite large, but finding the specific personnel he needs is actually quite difficult.

Many elite soldiers are only good at fighting, but special agents don't engage in direct combat, so they aren't required to be extremely good at fighting.

After much deliberation, he found two that barely met his requirements.

One is from Guangdong Province, and the other is from Chaoshan. Currently, many people overseas speak the dialects of these two places. Just having one place of birth can reduce the need to learn a language.

Looking at their educational backgrounds, both of them enlisted in the army after graduating from high school, and their academic performance in school was also excellent.

As for foreign languages, none of these 100-plus people know any.

There's nothing we can do about it. Schools don't teach it, and unless they have a family tradition of learning it, they have nowhere else to learn it.

After reviewing the information one last time, he confirmed that only these two people met the requirements. So, he approached Commander An, hoping to speak with these two individuals privately.

Commander An is in charge of this base and is also the host of this selection. He will definitely be one of them in the future, so he cherishes every soldier who has the potential to be selected.

Although he had already agreed to come and select people for Xu Yimin, there were some elites he had his eye on that he wouldn't let go of.

He took the information of the two people Sun Zhiwei had selected and looked at it, only to find that they were not the elites he had his eye on.

Those soldiers he had his eye on were the strongest in every aspect among the hundred-plus men, and their files were much thicker than the others'. There was no way Sun Zhiwei couldn't see that.

Commander An thought that perhaps they were giving him face, so they deliberately avoided the best ones.

Although he felt a little embarrassed, he wasn't going to be pretentious. Only the best seedlings can be trained into the best soldiers. Sun Zhiwei gave up, but he wouldn't.

(End of this chapter)