Spy Wars: Red Shopkeeper

Chapter 238 Personnel
"In Shanghai, only the three of us will know about this plan."

I designed and directed the initial operations; you don't need to worry about that. Until one day I was arrested and taken to No. 76, the initial work was over.

Gu Yansheng, you and I will work together on the mid-term tasks, and we will act according to circumstances. I will definitely be monitored and suspected before I gain the trust of the Japanese, so there will be no communication between you and me. Everything will depend on our own efforts.

Chen Mo, your Iron-Blooded Assassination Squad is to cease all assassination operations, and these random assassination operations must also be stopped in the future. When we conduct early and mid-stage operations, you must check your team to ensure that there are no hidden dangers that could lead to you being implicated.

Of the three of us, you are the most likely to make a mistake, so please make sure you are safe.

Once my preliminary work is complete, you need to be on standby, ready to eliminate any potential problems as needed, until we have complete control of 76.

any questions? "

"No."

"No."

"My code name is Luo Yi. I don't need to be equipped with a radio at the moment. If there is any news, it should come from your radio, Chen Mo. Only the code name is allowed. No information related to my identity is allowed."

"no problem."

"Alright." Wang Tianmu looked at the two men. "Gentlemen, either you succeed, or you die for your country. We'll meet again on the day the War of Resistance is won!"

Chen Mo and Gu Yansheng came out of the room and hurried towards their house in the concession.

Chen Mo still felt uneasy. "Giving up hundreds of people in the Shanghai region, don't you think that's a bit much?"

Although many of these people could survive by joining 76 after being arrested, there would certainly be many who resisted and many who were killed.

Of course it's over. It wasn't Wang Tianmu himself who died. The fate of these people in the Shanghai district has already been decided today. Those who can escape are lucky, and those who can't escape will either die or become traitors.

Becoming a traitor means that, in a sense, even if you survive the war, you'll never be able to turn your life around. The fate of your family and generations will be decided today.

However, this was irrelevant to Gu Yansheng.

"We can't change Boss Dai's decision. All we can do is try our best to get this done." Gu Yansheng also sighed, having done his job of putting on a good show.

If Chen Mo feels annoyed, he can talk to his superiors. Having witnessed the cruelty of the Military Intelligence Bureau towards its own people, he might want to see Gu Yansheng's reaction and try to persuade Gu Yansheng to join the Red Party. That's not out of the question.

After they parted ways, Gu Yansheng returned to western Shanghai.

Arresting them was a simple matter; all that was needed was to intensify the attack. Therefore, Wang Tianmu's initial plans did not require informing them.

However, Wang Tianmu and Boss Dai had already prepared to implement this plan, which explains why the Shanghai region is not ruling out any risks and is fighting against Li Shiqun's pursuit.

For several days in a row, attacks in western Shanghai began to increase, since the main residence of the delegates attending the puppet Sixth Congress was in western Shanghai.

Not only were there gunfights, but an operation to blow up an entire building also began, collapsing one house and killing several people.

On the other side, the Wang Mansion.

Negotiations between Wang Jingwei's faction and the Japanese have been ongoing and progressing quite rapidly. This is mainly due to the compromises made during their time in Japan, which have broken down their psychological defenses. Therefore, they feel they are getting a good deal if the terms are offered even better.

We need to confirm the final list of the new government officials with the Japanese immediately, since the Sixth Congress is about to convene, and these are all things that need to be clarified at the Sixth Congress.

Inside the room, Wang Ni suddenly heard a name that was about to be appointed as a minister.

"I disagree! Anyone can be the minister, but not him!"

Minister Zhou paused and frowned upon seeing this, saying, "But Gao Zhongwu used to be the Director of the Asian Affairs Department, and now he's in charge of the entire negotiation process. It's not appropriate for you not to give him even a ministerial position."

"What's wrong with it? Even sending a dog wouldn't have resulted in such poor negotiations!"

Wang Jingwei could forgive anyone, but he couldn't forgive Gao Zhongwu. "He didn't discover any of the Japanese's intentions. How dare he be a minister? He even called himself a negotiation expert. If it weren't for his boastful talk, we wouldn't have gone to Hanoi. We'd still be in Chongqing!"

Anyone could be the minister, but not him!

At this moment, Chen Bijun saw an opportunity and said, "I think Gao Zhongwu does have a responsibility. Why not arrange for him to be a deputy minister? It wouldn't be a bad thing for him. He probably understands that too."

The executive vice minister still has power. As for the vacancy left for the minister, I think it's best to give it to Li Shengwu. His position as Minister of Justice and Administration was taken by Gu Yansheng, so we can't discourage the veteran. He hasn't done anything wrong, right?

“Yes, just give it to him!” Wang Ni slammed his hand on the table, no problem at all.

Minister Zhou frowned and thought for a moment. It was a bit unethical for the person who did the work to take the blame. In the end, the Japanese had kept this a secret for too long, and it wasn't entirely the negotiators' responsibility.

But Mr. Wang didn't like it, so he singled out this particular point for emphasis, and there was no need for him to insist on doing it.

"Alright, I respect your opinions. Let's move Gao Zhongwu's position to vice minister."

"Even a vice minister shouldn't have been given to him. This good-for-nothing is worse than a pig or a dog," Wang Ni continued to curse.

"Don't be angry." Minister Zhou thought for a moment and said, "Chu Minyi, what arrangements have you decided?"

This person is Mr. Wang's brother-in-law, so Minister Zhou couldn't make the decision himself.

Wang Ni looked at Chen Bijun, "Bijun, what do you think your family member is capable of?"

Chen Bijun had long been prepared: "I think we should put our own people in key positions. We feel more at ease if we control some positions ourselves. I think we should make him the Minister of the Navy. We can't give the military to others."

"What? The Minister of the Navy?" Minister Zhou thought he was hallucinating, and his mind went blank.

I originally thought that someone with a medical background would be content with a position like Secretary-General or Minister of the Interior or Health, but it turns out he actually wants the Navy? Chen Bijun's appetite is truly enormous.

"That's absolutely unacceptable!"

The navy needs professional officers to lead operations. Chu Minyi's loyalty is not a problem, but he has never served in the navy. He has never even been a soldier. How can he be the Minister of the Navy?

He gets seasick as soon as he gets on a ship. If he went to the police station, and a wave came crashing down on the deck, he'd probably throw up right there on the deck. Wouldn't that be a joke?

"If he hasn't done it before, he can practice. If he doesn't know how, he can just find someone who does to be the vice minister, right?"

Chen Bijun drew an analogy: "A general is mainly in charge of personnel management, but he doesn't need to fight at sea. Fo Hai, you used to be in charge of propaganda in Chongqing. Now I'm saying that you can't manage finances or the economy of so many places across the country. Do you think you can just quit being a minister?"

Minister Zhou was displeased and retorted, "How can that be the same? The most important job of the Minister of Finance is to find money! I've secured 300 million yen in funding from the Japanese every month. If I can find that money, others can't."

The most important job of the Minister of the Navy is to find ships. Can Chu Minyi get an aircraft carrier from the Japanese? Even just one, and I'll accept him as Minister of the Navy.

"Isn't an aircraft carrier a bit too much to ask?" Chen Bijun wasn't stupid; she wouldn't agree to such a far-fetched request.

"Fine, Minister Zhou, if he can get three destroyers for the sake of our naval development, I'll accept him as the Minister of the Navy."

“Three ships? Isn’t that asking the impossible?” Chen Bijun frowned. “It’s wartime now. The Japanese themselves are short of ships. How can they give us several at a time?”

"Then what makes him qualified to be the minister! If a few small sampans were all it takes to become the Minister of the Navy, there are plenty of people like that on the Huangpu River. If you give them the positions, they could bring their own boats to work!"

Chen Bijun was very unhappy to hear this. "Fo Hai, what's wrong with you? If you don't let Chu Minyi be the minister, who else can be the Minister of the Navy? We don't have a single person with naval expertise among our people. Can we trust anyone else to take our place?"

"If you're not comfortable with that, then leave it vacant. How can the Secretary of the Navy be appointed so casually!"

"Since there's no one else, you can let him take the position for now."

"No way! This is the first ministerial term, and it's crucial to the development of the entire team. If word gets out that the Minister of the Navy used to be a school teacher, wouldn't it be incredibly embarrassing for Chongqing to find out?"

Chen Bijun retorted angrily, "You should at least have a limit to how much you want a position! You took the Ministry of Finance, you went to Nanjing to take the position of Director of the Army, and you recommended the candidates for the Special Operations Headquarters. Now you want to take the Navy position too? You want all the military and financial power? You might as well become the chairman!"

"I am acting out of public interest, not for personal gain!" Minister Zhou's anger was ignited, but he still tried his best to suppress it. "Every candidate I gave could provide an impeccable reason, and they are the most suitable people."

I have no objection to appointing Chu Minyi as Minister of Health!
But if you make him a naval officer, what else can he do besides setting up more checkpoints on the Yangtze River and collecting more tolls under the guise of epidemic prevention?
You need to at least make him convince me, and everyone else, on one point, right?
Even if it's just one point, or even just a single point, does he have it?

“He’s reliable!” Chen Bijun pointed out on the spot. “If you don’t even trust your own people, who can you trust? Trust is the most important thing for military commanders.”

Minister Zhou frowned. When women start arguing, they really are unreasonable and troublesome.

(End of this chapter)