Spy Wars: Red Shopkeeper

Chapter 240 Opening

Arrest and release, release and arrest, arrange for agents to impersonate Kuomintang secret agents to carry out assassinations, then have another surprise attack to save the damsel in distress. The method is not bad, and Li Shiqun's approach will definitely be effective in normal times.

But if Boss Dai were to be so ruthless as to sell the entire Shanghai region and give it to him, Li Shiqun would probably widen his eyes and mutter, "I wouldn't even dare to dream of that."

Wang Tianmu quickly betrayed the regime, revealing the various strongholds of the Shanghai district within the concessions, and a large-scale crackdown ensued.

As a prelude to the start of the pseudo-Sixth Congress, the fall of Shanghai perfectly suited the needs of Wang Jingwei's faction and the Japanese, and the situation looked very promising.

However, Chen Mo was speechless after Wang Tianmu's next move. He only learned from the Japanese newspapers that Wang Tianmu had not only sold the Shanghai area, but also the entire Tianjin station of the Military Intelligence Bureau.

The Tianjin Station was founded by Wang Tianmu. Even though the war had taken place and the station's location had changed, and the personnel had changed several times, Wang Tianmu's seniority in the Military Intelligence Bureau was too high. If he wanted to find two high-ranking former members, he could always find some trace of them.

The entire Tianjin Railway Station was sold off in exchange for the Japanese's trust; Boss Dai was truly ruthless.

Chen Mo came to find Gu Yansheng and asked him one question: "If the war is won one day, do you think Boss Dai will let us live?"

"No." Gu Yansheng said directly, "People like us have no connections in the Military Intelligence Bureau or in Chongqing. After the war, what happens to us depends entirely on what Boss Dai says. If he's happy, we're heroes; if he's unhappy, we're traitors."

Moreover, now that we know about Boss Dai's dirty secrets, if this gets out after the war, won't Boss Dai's reputation be ruined?

Gu Yansheng smiled. "If I were him, I would never need two people like that to live. The war is over, it's such a waste of food to keep them alive, right?"

"This is fucking insane!"

Chen Mo was really provoked by the sale of Tianjin Station. He even dared to curse Boss Dai in front of Gu Yansheng, who had his own radio station.

Now that Gu Yansheng can send letters to the organization, the possibility of Chen Mo turning to the Military Intelligence Bureau is gone.

Gu Yansheng poured him a cup of tea to comfort him, "Don't think too much. Although Boss Dai won't let us live after the war, the war isn't over yet, so Boss Dai definitely won't kill us."

Chen Mo didn't drink the tea, and his expression was unusually distressed. He could only show this to Gu Yansheng, who was the only person in Shanghai who could express his disappointment with the Military Intelligence Bureau.

Once upon a time, Boss Dai was probably the spiritual pillar of the Kuomintang agents, but now it is discovered that this pillar, if it wanted to fall and crush people, would show no mercy.

Chen Mo tilted his head back, drank the tea in one gulp, stood up and said, "I'm leaving."

Gu Yansheng nodded and smiled, "Smile. You can't come to see Director Gu without smiling."

Chen Mo chuckled lightly, "Don't worry, after drinking this cup of tea, the matter is over."

While No. 76 was making arrests, the opening of the pseudo-Sixth Party Congress was also on the fast track.

The number of Kuomintang representatives arriving in Shanghai was increasing, and Gu Yansheng didn't know which of them were sent by the organization and which were actually Kuomintang members.

Minister Zhou assigned reception duties to a group of high-ranking members of the Wang faction. According to the duty order, each person was responsible for one day, and so on. When it was someone's turn to come to Shanghai, they could decide whether or not to recruit them as their subordinates.

Wang Jingwei's faction in Shanghai is isolated; rather than trusting the original Nanjing Reform Government, it would be better to recruit people from other places and bring them to Nanjing.

Gu Yansheng generously gave them this opportunity to recruit.

Since we're all comrades from the same party, I won't compete with them for this task of recruiting Red Party members.

Anyway, as a local Shanghainese, he has no shortage of people, so it's perfectly reasonable that he doesn't want to recruit others.

By the end of August, the meeting was officially convened.

Considering that the regime needed to distinguish itself from the Japanese, the meeting could not be held in Hongkou, and other locations were at risk of being attacked by escaped agents of the Military Intelligence Bureau in Shanghai. Therefore, the meeting was held at the Special Agent Headquarters to ensure absolute security.

Early in the morning, Gu Yansheng went to the Special Agent Headquarters.

A long queue formed at the entrance, where team member number 76 was verifying the identities and conducting body searches of attendees. Prohibited items were strictly prohibited from being brought into the venue.

Gu Yansheng doesn't need to be searched; who would dare to search him? Just let the driver drive in directly; the license plate is his pass.

"Hey, Yansheng, you're here," Ding Mocun greeted.

Ding Mocun, the protagonist of this story, is now here, wearing a smiling face as a doorman.

"Director Ding personally greeted these representatives, isn't that giving them a lot of face?" Gu Yansheng got out of the car and went up to tease him.

Ding Mocun laughed heartily, "Since they're coming to my place, I definitely have to take good care of them. There can't be any mistakes today, or I'll lose face big time."

Gu Yansheng scoffed, "The Shanghai district has been wiped out, and the representatives' identities have been verified. What could be wrong? How come you're the only one? Where's Li Shiqun?"

Ding Mocun snorted coldly, "The sycophant is busy flattering me. Minister Zhou is upstairs, he's keeping me company, why would he come down to do these little chores?"

"Then I won't do it either, I'm leaving." Gu Yansheng raised his hand in farewell.

Ding Mocun looked at Gu Yansheng with a blank and helpless expression, "Can't you chat with me for a while?"

"There are so many people with you, you don't need me. What are you doing standing here? Don't stand here, it's so hot this morning, you might as well go upstairs and have some coffee."

"Mr. Wang hasn't arrived yet, we have to wait, right?"

"No wonder, I was saying you looked like a door god."

Gu Yansheng understood, and decided to chat with Ding Mocun for a while.

He asked in a low voice, "Did the people arrested in Shanghai reveal any smuggling routes or anything like that?"

“Of course there are.” Ding Mocun said in a low voice, “Mainly Du Yuesheng’s line. After interrogation, it was found that not only the Green Gang members were involved, but also our own people, and even Japanese people in charge of port inspections.”

How did the Japanese handle it?

"The military police took them away."

Gu Yansheng nodded. "The Military Intelligence Bureau's network has suffered a major blow. It seems they won't be able to recover anytime soon. Do you think the prices of scarce goods in Chongqing will rise?"

Ding Mocun immediately understood, his eyes gleaming with the prospect of making money. "Prices will definitely go up. Shall we go through the trouble of making a few more trips to get some stuff to sell?"

Gu Yansheng smiled and said, "What the Military Intelligence Bureau can't do, the CC can. It's all the same. Who sells it doesn't matter. The key is that you keep a close eye on it and don't let Li Shiqun find any fault with it."

Ding Mocun scoffed, "You think he sold little? Where did Huang Jinrong's goods all go? Nobody's clean hands. Even if Li Shiqun knew, he wouldn't dare say anything."

Gu Yansheng nodded. "Just look at their statements. It turns out they smuggled the same things we smuggled. They know Chongqing's needs better than we do. Hey, what happens to these people after they're arrested? Are they executed or what?"

Ding Mocun shook his head. "Now is the time when we need manpower. We won't kill those who are willing to defect and help us. Minister Zhou's intention is not to kill Wang Tianmu, who defected. He has confessed so thoroughly. He is still a useful person. He is an old spy, a rare find."

Chongqing will definitely rebuild the Shanghai district. Li Shiqun and I both came from the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (CBIS), while Wang Tianmu is from the Military Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (MBIS) and is familiar with the MBIS. Therefore, Minister Zhou asked him to stay and give him the people from the original Shanghai district.

The issue now is his job assignment. It hasn't been decided yet. If we give him too little, his qualifications won't be suitable; if we give him too much, it seems there aren't any positions available for him. Besides, we need to observe him for a while longer.

Gu Yansheng nodded. With such a large sales volume, it would be hard for people not to believe it was real.

After chatting with Ding Mocun for a while, Wang Ni's car arrived. Ding Mocun no longer needed to maintain his friendly demeanor. No one cared about the group of representatives who had appeared out of nowhere, so everyone went upstairs to chat.

"Minister Zhou."

"Mr. Wang."

Everyone greeted each other and sat down to chat.

After so much planning, it was finally time to go on stage. The group was in high spirits, discussing things with great enthusiasm, and laughing out loud from time to time.

It's almost time; it's time for the important figures to make their final appearance.

Mr. Wang stood up and said, "Let's go then, don't keep them waiting."

The group went downstairs to the auditorium. After waiting for so long, there were hardly any people left on the internal roads of No. 76. Anyone who arrived late didn't need to come. The entire process was arranged by the staff below, and some female employees of the SH Municipal Government were called in to act as greeters.

Chu Minyi was in charge of it. After all, he had been the dean and professor of a medical school, so he was doing a decent job arranging seats.

The hostess contacted him, and then the venue fell silent as the senior executives entered.

The newly renovated auditorium at the Secret Service headquarters is now adorned with the flag of the Republic of China and a portrait of President Sun Yat-sen.

"Mr. Wang!"

"Mr. Wang!"

The hall erupted in enthusiastic cheers.

Wang Ni waved his arms and greeted everyone with a smile.

Minister Zhou and Gu Yansheng followed behind, maintaining a faint smile.

The audience burst into warm applause.

The hostess waved for them to sit in the first row.

Minister Zhou, on the other hand, needs to go on stage. He is the host of today's conference and will give the opening introduction in his capacity as the Secretary-General of the Sixth Conference.

As the former propaganda minister, Minister Zhou's eloquence goes without saying, and he had no problem controlling the entire situation.

After a brief introduction, Wang Ni was invited to the stage to give a speech.

"Comrades, our gathering today at a time of crisis is truly a heroic act to save the country and the people!"
Since the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, more than two years of war have ravaged the country, leaving the land devastated and the people in dire straits. Some people have sung the praises of resisting Japan to the end, but given China's weakness, resisting Japan's strength is tantamount to throwing an egg against a rock!

We have thought deeply that the only way to preserve the nation's vitality is through peaceful anti-communism!
One must endure temporary humiliation to uphold the greater cause of saving the nation; only then can one truly be a patriot!

The late Premier's admonition, "Peaceful struggle to save China," is now perfectly timed!

There was warm applause from the audience.

Gu Yansheng clapped loudly, and when he turned his head slightly to look at the meeting room behind him, he saw that everyone was clapping enthusiastically, with many Communists joining in the fun, each one acting like a movie star.

If we arrest the few who applauded the most enthusiastically—not many, maybe ten—we could at least find one Communist Party member.

The rhetoric boils down to nothing more than peaceful anti-communism and working with Japan to build a Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.

Wang Ni's current status is merely that of a member of the Kuomintang, not its president.

When Minister Zhou, the secretary-general of the meeting, took the stage again, the real business began.

The meeting directly announced the establishment of the Central Party Headquarters.

A committee was formed, and then elections and vote counting began.

Democracy is all about people being elected.

Of course, how the delegates vote is their business, but how the votes are counted is our business.

Anyway, the result won't change no matter who you vote for.

Once the Standing Committee is elected, these representatives will no longer have any influence.

For the other positions, the Standing Committee will vote on them; we just need to wait and hear the appointments.

After a series of procedures, the appointment was announced.

Wang Jingwei was elected chairman without a doubt.

Then he announced it himself.

"The Standing Committee voted to appoint..."
Chu Minyi served as the Party Secretary-General and concurrently as the Minister of the Navy.

Gu Yansheng, a member of the Executive Committee, is the Minister of Justice and Administration.

Ding Mocun, a standing member of the Special Affairs Committee, serves as the Minister of Social Affairs and Director of the Special Operations Headquarters.

Li Shih-Chun, a member of the Special Affairs Committee, served as the Vice Minister of Police and Deputy Director of the Special Operations Headquarters.

Mei Siping was appointed as the Minister of the Organization Department.

Gao Zhongwu is the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs.

"

The sight of a list read aloud caused several people to turn pale.

Upon noticing the anomalies in the list, Gu Yansheng subtly glanced at the individuals whose names had been flagged as problematic.

Gao Zhongwu was one of the people who clearly changed color. When his name was announced, his clapping hand paused, and he couldn't force a smile.

Someone who was in charge of the entire negotiation and worked tirelessly behind the scenes only received a deputy position. Wang Ni knew very well what that meant to him.

Gu Yansheng wasn't the only one who thought this way; even those who had defected from Chongqing with him looked at Gao Zhongwu with a strange expression. The director of the Asian Affairs Department in Chongqing had only been promoted to vice minister, while Li Shengwu, an outsider, had been promoted to minister. It was simply ridiculous.

Another person who changed his tune was Li Shiqun.

Gu Yansheng was also paying attention to him. At that time, Minister Zhou was holding a small meeting in room 76 and clearly said that it was for him, the Minister of Police.

Of course, the statement wasn't so definitive; it simply said that they were finalizing the selection of the Minister of Police and hoped everyone would work hard.

This means that as long as Li Shiqun made meritorious contributions, he would be given the position of Minister of Police. However, now that the Shanghai district has been cracked with such great merit, Li Shiqun has only been given the position of deputy.

really interesting.

The Minister of Police had jurisdiction over all the police in the Japanese-occupied areas. If word got out, even Lu Ying, the police chief of Shanghai, would have to listen to Li Shiqun.

But a deputy minister is so insignificant that even Lu Ying can't control him.

It's because Minister Zhou himself took on the role of Minister of Police.

"Congratulations, Minister Gu."

After the meeting, Ding Mocun came over and jokingly offered his congratulations with a cupped hand.

Gu Yansheng returned the greeting, "Congratulations, Minister Ding."

"Hahahaha." Ding Mocun suddenly burst into laughter, laughing so wildly that no one else could understand what he was laughing about.

Ding Mocun's smile faded slightly, and he said with a chuckle that was almost painful, "Do you know what made me happiest today?"

Gu Yansheng gave him a look, "Li Shiqun?"

“That’s right.” Ding Mocun made no attempt to hide it. “Hahahaha, Li Shiqun has been a deputy for so long, and he’s always dreamed of being called a minister. But the minister is still a deputy. Hahahaha.”

Vice Minister Li, hahaha!

"If you laugh again, be careful Li Shiqun hears you and poisons your bowl."

"Go for it, hahaha~"

(End of this chapter)