Meng Shaoyuan simply didn't want to deal with such a troublesome and useless matter.
He also has no interest in Lucy.
However, after all, Joey and Hawes introduced this headmistress, so I couldn't help but give face to my old friend, right?
Well, so, the play still has to be performed.
For example, ask about the specific situation of the missing professor.
Then?
Then of course nothing happened.
"His name is Weinberg Oyewells."
Lucy didn't know what the other person was thinking, so she answered honestly.
"Oh, Professor Weinberg Oyewells."
Meng Shaoyuan read the name again.
Um?
Oyewells?
Why does this last name sound so familiar?
Meng Shaoyuan was there in a daze.
"Hey, my friend, what's wrong with you?" Joey asked with concern.
Oyewells, Oyewells.
Is it him?
Is it this person?
Leonard Oyewells?
In 1941, U.S. President Roosevelt established the U.S. Intelligence Coordination Bureau, with William Joseph Donovan as director.
And this is the predecessor of the famous CIA.
However, Donovan and Hoover, then the director of the FBI, had a falling out, and the conflicts between the two were irreconcilable.
It even happened that when intelligence agents were lurking in the Spanish Embassy in Washington to conduct a secret search, the FBI dispatched vehicles, turned on bright lights, and blasted sirens, and finally arrested the panicked agents.
In order to improve the chaotic intelligence situation, Roosevelt once wanted to disband the Intelligence Coordination Bureau and assign its various agencies to other intelligence departments.
Donovan fought tooth and nail to keep the idea from being implemented, and he later found an ally in the Joint Chiefs of Staff, America's top military body.
The latter firmly believed that the United States must have an agency dedicated to secret work against the enemy, and Donovan convinced them that the Intelligence Coordination Agency was the best executor.
At the joint recommendation of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Donovan, Roosevelt ordered the integration of the Intelligence Coordination Bureau and military intelligence forces to establish the Office of Strategic Services, with Donovan as director.
This was the first unified central intelligence agency in the United States and the predecessor of the CIA.
In this process, Donovan's close friend Leonard Oyewells played a huge role both in lobbying Roosevelt and during the lobbying of the Chiefs of Staff Contact Meeting.
Oyewells is not a common surname in English-speaking countries.
Is it a coincidence?
Meng Shaoyuan was not sure, so he asked tentatively: "Does Professor Weinberg have any relatives in the United States?"
"have."
"oh."
Meng Shaoyuan felt uncertain.
Well, no matter what, you have to try it first before talking about it.
If his guess was wrong, at most he would have done a good deed.
But what if I was fooled?
That's a lot of money to make.
Meng Shaoyuan immediately said seriously: "Chinese people have always loved making friends. We have a saying that when friends come from far away, it is not true.
The whole world does not accept Jews, we do. Now that I'm in Shanghai and something happened within the boundaries of Shanghai, I can't ignore it. "
"Look, as I said, Meng is a warm-hearted person." Hawes said happily: "He also has a nickname, 'Shanghai King'. There is nothing he can't do in Shanghai."
"Mr. Hawes, don't put your hat on me." Meng Shaoyuan said with a smile: "Ms. Hartwich, does that Professor Weinberg have any enemies in Shanghai? Or has he offended someone?"
"The professor has always been a warm-hearted person." Lucy thought for a moment and said, "Everyone who has interacted with him will be grateful to him. However, he has always hated one kind of person, **.
After he fled to Shanghai, he has been actively publicizing the Allied war situation and calling on people all over the world to unite against the invaders and thugs. About a few days ago, he was warned. "
That day, two people entered the Shanghai Jewish Youth Association School, met Professor Weinberg, and warned him not to promote these things in the future.
But this was righteously rejected by Professor Weinberg.
Before leaving, the two men threatened the professor again, but the professor was not moved at all.
And just yesterday, when the professor went to attend a Jewish gathering, he disappeared on the way back.
trouble.
Real trouble.
Meng Shaoyuan frowned and said, "Counting the time, I have been missing for more than ten hours. You didn't come to me until now. I'm worried that something might have happened to the professor."
Lucy swayed, but held on and said: "We have thought about such terrible things. However, we still have some hope without getting the final news."
Very slim.
The other party is not for money, and has already come to threaten him before. So once the professor is kidnapped, he will usually be executed secretly.
Maybe tomorrow, the professor's body will appear in the Huangpu River.
"Be prepared for the worst." Meng Shaoyuan did not hide anything: "I will try my best to find the professor, but I must tell you realistically, the professor is probably in danger. Do you have any photos of the professor?"
"Yes, I brought them all." Lucy hurriedly took out all the information related to the professor.
Professor Weinberg in the photo is probably sixty years old, so he is easily identifiable.
A sixty-year-old man fell into the hands of a group of kidnappers? Even if he is not killed, will his body be able to withstand repeated torture?
Meng Shaoyuan put the photo aside: "The two people who came to the school before, are they Chinese or Japanese? Do they have any obvious characteristics?"
"They should be Chinese. One of them is fluent in English." Lucy recalled, "Characteristics? Yes, one of them has a small piece of earlobe missing from his left ear. He seems to have been injured and looks very fierce."
That's it?
Shanghai is so big, where can I go to find it?
"Meng, please do it anyway." Joey Freemont said: "The professor is respected, especially by the children in the school. After the children learned that the professor was missing, they were all very happy. Worry.
In Shanghai, except you failed to help Ms. Hartwich and those poor children, for God's sake, help these poor people. "
"I try my best, I try my best."
Meng Shaoyuan can only say this now.
What else can be done?
Found a body?
Aren't those children more sad?
"You should go back first." Meng Shaoyuan said thoughtfully: "I will immediately launch an investigation. As soon as there is news, I will call you immediately."
"Thank you and God bless you," Lucy kept saying.
Better bless that professor.
At this time, even if he is not dead yet, he is still suffering terrible torture. Can the old man's body hold on?
Meng Shaoyuan already regarded the professor as a dead person!
