Spy Wars: Red Shopkeeper

Chapter 125 House
"People change. He may have been young and loyal back then, but later he was afraid that Japan would change its mind and chose to defect to the enemy. Such examples are not uncommon."

Gu Yansheng smiled and said, "He met many Japanese people in that position, and he himself studied in Japan. He felt that Japan was powerful and could not be defeated, so he promoted his peace theory."

Don't be angry with him. People like him are a minority who would kneel down. There are many more people on this land who are tough as nails and would rather die than kneel down.

Hope is on our side.

“That’s right!” Shen Linshen sat down. “I’ll send this to the organization through special channels immediately. Do you have any messages for me?”

This really exists.

Gu Yansheng reminded him: "When you tell the organization, you must explain that I got this from the Military Intelligence Bureau. The Military Intelligence Bureau has already started delivering it to Chongqing, so if the organization wants to use it, they must be careful to avoid the risks to me."

Shen Linshen nodded: "I will bring this with me."

"And another thing," Gu Yansheng said thoughtfully, "The organization asked me to verify Chen Mo's identity. During this operation, I felt that something revealed something."

Gu Yansheng told him about the waiter's situation.

"When Chen Mo was being targeted and was likely to expose his two subordinates, he didn't choose the simplest way to silence them. I think he's not a bad person and isn't that ruthless. Otherwise, killing the waiter to silence him when he left Hongkou would have been the easiest way to deal with his team members."

He had no hesitation in resisting the Japanese. He was willing to risk his life in the Hongkou operation. I think that if the organization sent someone to contact him, even if he changed his mind and didn't want to come back to our side, he wouldn't choose to inform on us or kill someone.

Therefore, I think the organization could consider sending someone to make some contact with him and test the waters, since the sooner they bring him back, the better.

There's one more thing.

Gu Yansheng explained to Chen Mo and Boss Dai the matter of establishing smuggling routes.

"The Japanese asked me to promote the unification of the drug network. I felt that this was an opportunity to take advantage of it. In my judgment, Director Dai of Chongqing would definitely not let go of such a good opportunity."

First, he could sell drugs himself and make money from them; second, he could indeed transport contraband, which would facilitate his people's activities.

My idea was that I would push the Japanese and the Military Intelligence Bureau to build this smuggling line, and then the organization could add another layer on top of it.

If the organization can send people to establish its own channels at various nodes, this will create a comprehensive national transportation network that connects the Japanese-occupied areas and the Nationalist-controlled areas, ultimately reaching our controlled areas.

The gangs were responsible for transportation, the military police were responsible for the Japanese-occupied areas, and the Kuomintang-controlled areas were responsible for the Nationalist-controlled areas. Finally, at the junction of the Nationalist-controlled areas and our controlled areas, we received the goods that they had helped us transport.

There will be no obstacles throughout the process; the Military Intelligence Bureau, the Military Police, and other powerful agencies will help clear any obstacles.

What the organization needs to do is to integrate into their transport teams, or simply establish small gangs, and then be absorbed by the large gangs that came from Shanghai.

You don't need to be a high-level executive; you can just be a delivery person.

If Chen Mo were brought on board, things would go much more smoothly.

At that time, Chen Mo will not need to show his face. He can simply send someone to be his confidant in charge of this matter. Then, all channels from Shanghai will be virtually unobstructed.

Then it wouldn't just be mules and horses carrying goods anymore. Starting from Shanghai, Japanese military trains, cargo ships on the Yangtze River, and military trucks from the Nationalist-controlled areas could all help us transport goods, and no one dared to check.

Shen Linshen immediately understood its value, "I'll report it right away."

After completing the arrangements, Gu Yansheng returned to the judicial office.

During this period, the judicial office mainly dealt with various disputes arising from the economic turmoil, and the cases here were mainly related to money.

If we should push things forward, then since the Japanese have money, let's first let them actually spend their money in Shanghai.

Gu Yansheng wanted to pick up the phone and call Ling Xianwen to ask how much money he had received.

After thinking about it, I decided to go directly to his office to find him.

"Secretary-General, I apologize for disturbing you."

"Yan Sheng, sit down."

Gu Yansheng didn't stand on ceremony and sat on the sofa to enjoy the tea service served by Ling Xianwen's secretary.

He said to him, "The thing we talked about at the banquet that night was to ask them to contribute some money so we could improve our lives. I told those businessmen that they would pool their money and it would arrive in the next couple of days, probably around 400,000 to 500,000."

I mentioned it briefly when I was having dinner with Zhang Xiaolin and the others. It was just a matter of whether to pay first or later, a trivial matter.

“Sure.” Ling Xianwen was delighted. The secretary-general was like a general manager, and he was most happy when it came to things like distributing benefits to his subordinates.

"Eating is the important thing. Everyone should speak highly of you. I'll issue a notice later, and it must be made clear that it was Director Gu of the Narcotics Control Bureau who did the work."

"No, no, please don't, Secretary-General, I won't make a scene. Just say you went to negotiate."

Gu Yansheng readily offered a favor, saying, "Secretary-General, you are the pillar of the municipal government. Fu Xiao'an's show of power is just for show. Everyone in the office knows that you've been the one who's been working the hardest lately."

Now that there are benefits to be had, you should distribute them, and the people below will appreciate you even more.

What good is this kind of fame to me? Right?

Ling Xianwen smiled and asked, "Really don't want it?"

"No." "Really? Then can I issue it in the name of the Secretariat?"

“Okay.” Gu Yansheng didn’t delve into the topic. “I came to ask how much money the Finance Bureau received, so I can decide how much to approve for the case and how to approve it.”

“Approve it as you please.” Ling Xianwen said with a serious expression, “The Japanese are determined to establish credit and support Shanghai’s economy this time. The Finance Bureau went with Lieutenant Colonel Kobayashi to collect the money. Do you know how much the first payment was? The first payment was 20 million yen.”

"That's quite a lot."

"Yes, it's definitely enough to compensate. And Xiao Lin said that if it's not enough, we can add more. Once the military notes arrive in Shanghai in a few days and the new military notes are issued, we can exchange them at any time. That will completely open up the economy."

"Alright, then I know what to do." Gu Yansheng took a sip of tea and stood up. "Then I won't bother you any longer."

"Come on, what's the rush?" Ling Xianwen said, feigning surprise. "You come here and leave in less than two minutes, it's all business, not personal business at all?"

"Personal matters?" Gu Yansheng thought for a moment and asked, "Going to eat?"

"What do you want to eat? Sit down, sit down." Ling Xianwen gestured for them to sit. "Since you talked to those people, did you also discuss the extra money?"

"We've talked." Gu Yansheng pressed his buttocks down again after he had just lifted them up. "I'll give them a 10% raise for the small gangs. They're willing but unable to leave Shanghai, so I can't raise more. They act like they're going to die, but there's not much meat on their bones."

Those larger ones are basically 20%.

"Twenty percent, that makes a total of sixty percent?" Ling Xianwen's eyes lit up: "That's quite a lot."

"They hate me to death, they're not small-minded." Gu Yansheng sneered, "The only hope is that they're in the outside world, otherwise they would have killed me in a heartbeat."

Ling Xianwen slapped the armrest: "Hasn't this opportunity come?"

"what chance?"

"The house? The matter is settled. According to Commander Miura Jiro, you can have whatever you want. Now you want more money, offend the gang, and your life is in danger. Is it too much to ask the Japanese for protection? I think it's very reasonable."

Ling Xianwen gave a hint in the blink of an eye.

Gu Yansheng's expression froze for a moment, then he chuckled: "Secretary-General, will the Japanese agree?"

"It's just one house, and only people like us can use it. If they don't give it to us, who else can they give it to? Even if those people from Chongqing come over, they'll go to Nanjing, not Shanghai."

"That's true."

As he spoke, Ling Xianwen stood up and said boldly, "Come on, this time I'll personally take you to talk to them. I don't believe we can't get a house."

Acting swiftly and decisively, Ling Xianwen drove with Gu Yansheng to the Military Police Headquarters.

During the meeting with Jiro Miura, Ling Xianwen spoke at length, giving various reasons to show that Director Gu Yansheng was an invaluable talent for the municipal government.

Not only is his ability to handle affairs impeccable, but his professional skills have also been highly praised by various sectors of the international community.

This has set a good precedent for the city government's work, despite facing the dual security threats of the Iron-Blooded Assassination Corps and gang members.

How could the Military Police Headquarters bear to deny such a person even a comfortable living environment?

Everything he said was reasonable, well-founded, and clear. Miura Jiro was indeed much easier to talk to than Iwasa. He didn't make things difficult for him and approved it directly.

"Director Gu can focus on his work; you shouldn't waste your time on such basic issues as accommodation."

Jiro Miura picked up the phone and called the quartermaster, asking him to come up and personally resolve Gu Yansheng's housing problem.

"See, it's not difficult, is it?" Ling Xianwen raised an eyebrow and smiled as he stepped out the door. "It's just that Yan Zuo has a strange temper. If any other superior didn't give a house to someone as talented as you, who would live in that house? Would they keep it for the Military Intelligence Bureau?"

Gu Yansheng smiled and said, "It's mainly thanks to the Secretary-General. He pulled me over here directly and acted decisively. Otherwise, I wouldn't know when to speak up."

"Stop with the nice things, they won't fill your stomach. Just treat me to dinner later."

"Pick whatever you want!"

"Haha, let's go pick a house first."

The Japanese quartermaster was too lazy to go shopping with them, so he found an ordinary staff member to take them to see the houses with the keys and maps.

This area is next to a military camp, and logically, the houses in this vicinity are for the officers in the military camp.

However, the Japanese officers actually preferred the central area of ​​Hongkou, where they could eat and live together, and there were many izakayas and geisha houses, which were more suitable for their nightlife and relaxation.

So the dozen or so villas in the vicinity were all left to the city government for protection.

“That one belongs to Fu Xiao’an, this one is mine, and that one used to belong to Su Xiwen. It should be empty now, it’s gone. There aren’t many people in the city government who can live in this core villa complex.”

As Ling Xianwen drove, he explained, "In the past, Yan Zuo might have been keeping it a secret as a reward. Only those who did a good job for him would be given a villa to live in. Even bureau chiefs weren't qualified. You're the first person of your rank to be allowed to come here."

After getting out of the car, Ling Xianwen waved his hand at the villa complex, "Take whichever one you like, from the rest."

(End of this chapter)