Returning wealthy individuals develop their hometowns and become rich in the 1980s

"Do you know why I brought you here, Mr. Yamada?"

Yamada Inuro's expression changed slightly, but he quickly regained his composure. He sat upright in his chair, placed his hands on his knees, bowed slightly, and replied in fluent Japanese, "I'm sorry, officer, I don't understand what you're saying."

"I am a Japanese businessman who entered the country legally. I came to China to investigate the investment environment and seek business cooperation opportunities. I don't understand why you arrested me. I want to see someone from our consulate."

Luo Qiuzhen stared at Yamada Inuro for a long time, then sneered. If Chen Zaisheng hadn't informed him of his counter-espionage plan in advance, and if he hadn't known that the Japanese spy in front of him had obtained a fake blueprint, Luo Qiuzhen wouldn't have treated Yamada Inuro this way.

The National Security Bureau comrades had already discovered a miniature camera disguised as a lighter and a pen among Yamada Inuro and Watanabe Masumi's personal belongings. To avoid alerting them, Luo Qiuzhen pretended not to have found anything and took out photos of Liu Kun entering and leaving the Tuocheng Guesthouse from a file bag, placing them in front of Yamada Inuro.

"You should know this person, right?" Luo Qiuzhen asked Yamada, pointing to Liu Kun in the photo.

"I know him casually; he's a local businessman from Tuocheng who was introduced to me by my Chinese translator. Are you arresting me just because I know him, officer?"

Yamada Inuro put on a persecuted expression, which made the two police officers sitting next to him clench their fists until they were sweaty, wanting to punch his lewd face.

"This man's name is Liu Kun. As you probably know, he's not a businessman, but a former thug who engages in illegal foreign exchange trading," Luo Qiuzhen said as he walked up to Yamada Inuro, placing his hands on the table and looking down at him with an imposing air.

"I now suspect that you colluded with Liu Kun to help him transfer his illicit funds," Luo Qiuzhen said in an interrogative tone, catching Yamada Inuro off guard.

It turned out that the Chinese public security officers had not discovered his espionage activities. Yamada Inuro was secretly delighted, but he still pretended to be aggrieved and argued, "I do not agree with your accusation, officer. First of all, this is the first time I have set foot on your country's soil. I did not take the initiative to contact this person. Rather, my Chinese translator introduced me to him."

"Prior to this, I didn't know what this person did for a living, and I had met him no more than five times. During those meetings, we only discussed matters related to investing in Tuocheng, and there was no discussion of foreign exchange or fund transfers. I vouch for this with my personal integrity!"

I swear on your character, if this weren't an interrogation, Luo Qiuzhen would have scoffed and said that your character is worse than that of a roadside animal.

"Mr. Yamada, you are suspected of engaging in activities inconsistent with your identity and disrupting the security of China's foreign exchange funds. According to Chinese law, we have the right to deport you. You can meet with your consulate before leaving the country, but before that, you must cooperate with our investigation." Luo Qiuzhen did not argue with Yamada Inuro in front of him, as it was all meaningless.

When Yamada Inuro learned that he would be deported, he breathed a sigh of relief. He had already gotten the blueprints he wanted, so leaving China at this point was not impossible. Although he couldn't leave in a dignified manner, at least he wouldn't be leaving empty-handed.

That's what he thought, but Yamada Inuro still protested verbally, "Officer, I don't believe I've violated any of your Chinese laws. I'm a legitimate Japanese merchant who entered the country legally. You can't deport me on trumped-up charges!"

"I protest!"

"Hmph! Mr. Yamada, protesting to me is useless. You are on Chinese soil now, and you have already violated our country's criminal law," Luo Qiuzhen planned to scare the little Japanese man in front of him and make sure he didn't have an easy time these next few days.

"I'm only informing you verbally now that you will be deported. However, if subsequent investigations uncover deeper evidence of collusion between you and Liu Kun's group, the final criminal punishment will not be as simple as deportation; you will be imprisoned," Luo Qiuzhen said with a cold smile. "My final piece of advice is: confess and you will be treated leniently; resist and you will be punished severely!"

After saying that, Luo Qiuzhen didn't give Yamada Inuro a chance to say anything more. She opened the door and walked out to the next interrogation room where Watanabe Masumi was being held, using the same words she had used with Yamada Inuro to scare Watanabe Masumi.

Meanwhile, in Jiping Old Street, Liu Kun was happily playing mahjong with Black Pepper and the others. He had just called to check the account in Hong Kong, and that bastard Yamada had indeed transferred the remaining 500,000 US dollars to his Hong Kong account.

After telling Black Pepper about this, the two were overjoyed. Black Pepper even suggested that Liu Kun contact Liang Jianjun and ask him to bring out some other blueprints from Xiaochi Company. After tasting the sweetness of reselling blueprints, Black Pepper is no longer very interested in the foreign exchange business.

"This can't be rushed," Liu Kun casually tossed out the 'Red Center'. "The guy surnamed Liang, bring out the blueprints. He has money now, so if we go to him again, he probably won't be in such a hurry. We'll have to wait a while, until he sends his son to America and spends most of his money. Maybe then he'll come to us to sell the blueprints first."

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Blackie grabbed the "Red Center" card, played "Fortune", spat on the ground and said, "Brother Kun, what are we waiting for? Who knows how many more times we can do this business? We should take advantage of those two little bastards before they leave and make a few more bucks out of them."

"If you ask me, since that guy surnamed Liang won't agree, then we'll threaten him with the fact that he sold us the blueprints. If he still refuses to produce the blueprints, we'll say we're going to report him to Xiaochi for being a son of a bitch." Blackie is notoriously ruthless and heartless; he'll do anything for money, even things that are against his conscience.

Liu Kun glared at him like he was an idiot. "Don't push that Liang guy too far. If you scare him like this and he runs away to America with his son, our source of income will be cut off!"

"Yeah, Blackie, we can't mess around. We've made almost two hundred thousand dollars this time," Pepper said after reaching for his cards. "We just sold the blueprints to Yamada, and we're already taking them back so soon. Yamada will have to try and lower the price. If we have too many blueprints, they won't be worth much."

Blackie was about to retort when Zhou Wenbo rushed in, looking anxious. Seeing that Liu Kun and the others were still focused on repairing the Great Wall, he immediately whispered to Liu Kun, "Yamada's been arrested!"

"What?"