Watching Wang Yan and others leave, Minglou turned around and entered the office building at No. 76. He went to Wang Manchun's office and knocked on the door. After receiving a response, he opened the door and walked in.
"Brother, why are you here?"
Wang Manchun's eyes widened at the right time, with three parts surprise, three parts confusion, and the remaining four parts surprise. She pretended not to know, which showed her love for Minglou very well.
But her artificial look made Minglou want to vomit. How could there be such a shameless woman in the world? You're messing with Wang Yan over there, but you're still flirting with him here? Disgusting, so disgusting!
But he still covered it up very well. Maybe it couldn't be said to be a cover-up, but it was just natural. His smile didn't even pause when he came in, and there was still a little bit of emotion in his eyes, a kind of ambiguity that belonged to the pull between men and women.
"Mr. Wang is the richest man in Shanghai. He has business dealings with both political parties, Japanese, and foreigners. Now thousands of military police have been dispatched to surround his warehouse and arrested two of his best men. If something happens to him, , Shanghai’s economy will suffer a huge blow. In this case, how could I, the Director of the Economic Department, who serves as the deputy director of the Special Committee, not come over?”
"Don't worry, nothing will happen." Wang Manchun smiled and walked to the side to pour water: "Brother, sit down, I'm sorry, I only have boiled water."
"There's nothing embarrassing about it, it's actually very good. It's much better than those people who put expensive red wine and foreign wine in the office to show off."
"You say that, but you include Minister Zhou and Chairman Wang. Be careful if I file a lawsuit against you."
"Hey, this is exactly what Minister Zhou said to me. He said that many people can't judge the quality of red wine or foreign wine, but they just treat foreign products as good. That's why he didn't set up a wine cabinet in the office. It’s just like something is missing, and Minister Zhou is also very helpless.”
Minglou sat on the sofa and asked naturally: "When will the lockdown at the factory be lifted?"
"There are so many people to screen, and the goods have to be searched. It's midnight anyway."
"I don't think it's all about searching the red party lurking in the warehouse, right? Are you suspicious of Mr. Wang?"
"How is it possible? It's not like you don't know how big his business is and how many contacts he has. He has been investigated eight times if not ten times. From childhood to adulthood, the investigation has been clear and his business is basically under control. . It’s just because he has too many contacts with people from both parties and sells materials in large quantities. Even he himself knows that there are many people from both parties under him.
These people not only monitor the operation of his company, but also use his name to facilitate work in Shanghai, so the purpose this time is to use this matter to conduct a thorough search. When he catches people from both parties, he will still thank us. "
Wang Manchun was telling the truth, and indeed he had no doubts about it, but their intentions were not that kind. It is nothing more than checking carefully whether there is any problem. After all, it has not been checked before. Now that the red party has emerged, it is just a matter of course. Doubting everything is the behavior of the Japanese and these Chinese women of the puppet government. Even if there is nothing wrong with Wang Yan, we must be careful that he does, because he is so close to the two parties.
Therefore, the Red Party wants to arrest him, and Wang Yan wants to investigate even more.
Minglou certainly understands this truth: "It's better not to cause too much trouble for him. Even if he is found out, don't deliberately implicate him. The new government is still in the preparation stage, and there is no room for chaos at this time."
Seeing Wang Manchun nodding, he continued: "By the way, I came in a hurry, and things happened suddenly. I just briefly asked Director Li. He was in a hurry to see Mr. Wang, so he didn't say much to me. On the other hand, I was accompanying Wang Yan. When we were chatting, he said he was unlucky and gave me a rough idea. He said that a red man in the confidential department was caught peeking at information in the archives, and finally the deputy of Yonghua Industrial was implicated. General manager, what’s going on?”
Wang Manchun turned around and walked over politely, put the cup on the coffee table, pushed it in front of Minglou, and then sat on the single sofa next to her: "That's it, the red party lurking in a confidential place, listen He said that we would recently secretly arrest and deal with a group of Shanghai intellectuals who fiercely opposed the establishment of the new government and openly insulted Chairman Wang. As usual, the action documents must be kept in the archives for future reference.
Because the red party couldn't access the list elsewhere, he tried his best to go to the archives to look for it. "
"You can't be careless in your work. Mr. Wang is right when he says that No. 76 is like a sieve, anything can be spread. What happened this time just shows that your confidentiality work is not good enough. The rumor spreads When we go out and those people take their seats, won’t they all run away in advance?”
"Brother, it's just the two of us, so don't talk to me in an official tone." Wang Manchun crossed her legs and said with a sweet smile, "We actually spread the news on purpose, in order to scare those people away from chewing. Tongue. Otherwise, no matter how secretive our actions are, we will always leave traces. Those people are very prestigious and influential. If Chairman Wang gets a bad reputation, we will be the unlucky ones. This matter is not the same. Why is it important, so Director Li didn’t tell you. But Senior Brother, the red party member in the confidential office did see a more important document."
Minglou drank hot water calmly and said nothing. He just looked at Wang Manchun and waited for her to continue.
"It's a deciphered archived message from the Juntong side. Last time, the Intelligence Section Chief of the Juntong Shanghai Station, code-named Poisonous Bee, whose real name was Wang Tianfeng, organized and led the failed assassination of Chairman Wang. We caught the tail and basically wiped out the Juntong. One-third of the strength of the Shanghai Station, and later Chongqing sent Chen Gongshu as the Operations Section Chief, and Wu Qiren as the Secretary of the Unification Committee behind Enemy Lines. This time they had another action, and they still wanted to assassinate Chairman Wang.
We also got information that the military commander also secretly dispatched a new intelligence section chief to take over Wang Tianfeng's work. According to reliable sources, this new intelligence section chief is codenamed Viper and is likely to be lurking within our ranks.
This deciphered message talks about exactly this. At the same time, one of their contact points was exposed. We are monitoring it, so I won’t tell you the specific location. In addition, we have also locked the location of the military secret radio station and are conducting detailed investigations. In less than two days, we will be able to locate the specific location. "
"Oh? Well, then you have to make great contributions again. When the time comes, I will definitely ask Minister Zhou for your merits and commend you for your outstanding contributions to the new government."
"Brother, please don't laugh at me. It's you who have made the real outstanding contributions. Otherwise, what do we, the people below, eat, drink, and work for?" Wang Manchun shook his head and smiled, "Okay, senior brother, stop talking after all. Are we still so hypocritical in this situation? By the way, I heard from Cheng that you found a foreigner abroad before? Tell me?"
"This Acheng, I will tell you everything. I will deal with him later. In fact, there is nothing to say. At that time, she was..."
I don't know what happened to Wang Manchun, but Minglou definitely didn't like dealing with Wang Manchun, but he had to talk to this bitch about everything, and even flirt a little ambiguously.
After talking for a while, the conversation finally ended. With Wang Manchun's reluctant farewell, Minglou got into the car driven by Mingcheng and left in the heavy snow.
Of course they both knew the question that Qi Si could react to, so they remained silent along the way.
It snowed heavily, the roads were poor, and some phone lines were even damaged due to the weather, making it impossible to carry out much work. Besides, it was already afternoon, and it would be time to get off work in less than a few hours, so I went straight back to the Ming Mansion in the French Concession. It was better to have a hot meal early than anything else.
When they arrived at home, Minglou went to deal with Mingjing first, while Mingcheng checked everything inside and outside the car before entering the house and going to Minglou's study.
"Brother, how is the situation?"
"Not very good." Minglou frowned, "Wang Manchun said that the person lurking in the secret place was because of a list of intellectuals who opposed the establishment of Wang's puppet government and cursed Wang Zhaoming... Later, he said that the person saw it The more important document is the message they deciphered, which is about the assassination of Wang Zhaoming. They also say that they have reliable information that they know that the new intelligence section chief of the Shanghai Station is codenamed "Viper" and is lurking within the puppet government. In addition, they have also found a contact point and are monitoring it, and a secret radio station has locked the direction and is investigating. "
"Didn't you mention the specific location?"
"Nonsense, can she say it?"
Mingcheng also frowned: "
Then should I hurry up and inform our people to evacuate, keep quiet, and then report to the higher ups? "
"You can't believe everything Wang Manchun said. She still has doubts about me. What she said may not be a test of me. What she said revealed a message, that is, we have female cadres inside, not in Chongqing. It's at Shanghai Station. Without accurate information, we can't confirm whether this is true or whether it is false information deliberately released to me.
And that's not all. Nightingale was lurking in the telecommunications office, intercepting messages and deciphering code books. She should be aware of this kind of thing, but she didn't tell us. If the information is true, what does it mean? It shows that Li Shiqun also has a secret telecommunications group. He doesn't trust the Japanese nor the rebellious Chinese like us.
If we act rashly and let Wang Manchun get the news, we two brothers will die without a burial place. "
"Looking for Liang Zhongchun?" Mingcheng thought for a while and said, "If there is such an operation, the Intelligence Department will definitely not have enough manpower. Although Wang Manchun despises Liang Zhongchun, he must borrow manpower from him. He should know some specific situations. .”
Minglou pondered for a moment and nodded: "You have told him from the side that we have some connections with Chongqing. He likes money more. You can tell him briefly that we have established a relatively good relationship with Wang Yan. The relationship may allow him to get some benefits from Wang Yan."
Seeing Mingcheng's hesitation, he continued: "Wang Manchun was on guard against me. Li Shiqun wanted to kick me out of the Special Committee. Fortunately, I got Zhou Fuhai's approval, and he didn't want to let Li Shiqun have too much power. This time I borrowed Wang Yan's story, otherwise it would be impossible to know the news. If it's false, it doesn't matter. If it's true, then we'll be passive.
During the months of preparations for the establishment of the new government, Wang Yan directly roped in Wang Zhaoming, Chen Gongbo, Zhou Fuhai and others to do business together in the face of pressure from the new government. Several factories in Wusongkou were joint ventures with them. Newly built. Wang Yan is a man who knows how to give up. Before I even opened my mouth, he gave me a benefit of 20,000 US dollars.
If I hinted that although I have a low status, I am still in charge of industrial and commercial matters, he would definitely not refuse, and he would not even have an objection to me. Because to him, those who make money together are trustworthy. In this way, we can push Liang Zhongchun out and let him hitch a ride on Wang Yan's car. This is something that benefits everyone.
Also, since it’s snowing so heavily, I estimate that if any action is taken, it will be delayed, but to be on the safe side, you should contact our people tonight and ask them to act carefully. In addition, I told Chen Gongshu to hold his troops for the time being and never let the past happen again. "
"Okay, I'll go out right now."
"Be careful and don't expose any flaws."
"yes, Sir."
Seeing Mingcheng driving out without even taking a bite of his meal, Minglou let out a sigh of relief, opened the door and went out with a smile to deal with his eldest sister Mingjing...
Wang Yan doesn't worry about intelligence, even if it may cause great damage to Shanghai's underground party organization, because he really has no way to obtain information.
It was impossible for him to ask Wang Manchun, let alone Nantian Yoko or anything like that. What he had shown was that he had never taken the initiative to ask for information. It was all his words that led him there unintentionally. Even if he did, it was only in a simple way. After two sentences, he took the initiative to change the topic. It makes people think that he said a few more words himself.
After all, in the field of intelligence, apart from actually grasping specific information, the rest is to listen and see. He is a gangster, not involved in politics, he just tied up a group of people with interests, so it is good if he can listen and see.
And the people he came into contact with, no matter whether they were friends or foes, one thing he had to admit was that they were all the leaders of this era. Who can reach a high position, and which one is simple? If he had not had the previous experience and had come to this era when he first received the favor of the Living Father, he would have died very quickly. Nothing else, just the mediocrity of incompetence, the stupidity of taking things for granted, the unwillingness of the heart, and the blood that cannot be cold.
In these days, no matter what you do, as long as you make a mistake, it will be difficult to die. Some farmers bullied them, others imposed heavy taxes, prices were extremely high, and they had little food, clothing or warmth. Those who do business have a backer behind them. They are pigs who let their backers eat their meat. Without a backer,
It is a pig that lets others eat its meat.
How many people are in the forefront of politics and government? Not all of them are trembling passers-by. Shangguan was unhappy and didn't dare to say anything. Being an official is not much better. Being a junior official comes with all kinds of pressure from above, and there are also all kinds of overt and covert struggles among the middle and high-level officials. When you are at the top, if you don't do well, you will be assassinated.
As for being a soldier, let alone that. There is a war on the front line, and people die one after another.
As for defecting to Yan'an, being able to get there alive is a problem. Even if he gets lucky, based on his ability back then, most of it would be superficial. Without a systematic knowledge system, he would not be able to provide much help to Yan'an. It was probably where I could do some general work based on my ability to write and do calculations.
This was not over yet. In 1946, the Liberation War started. The Red Party was once in a weak position and was driven out of Yan'an. Will he follow? Everyone knows that the Red Party will definitely win, but can he survive to win? These are all problems.
That is to say, if he has lived longer and experienced more, he, Wang, will be able to make ends meet in Shanghai, a city of overt and covert fights and turmoil, and live a very nourishing life. Otherwise, he will die on the streets...
At midnight that day, the Japanese military police who surrounded the North Station warehouse and the special agents from the Special High School Section and No. 76 who assisted in the search left.
It can be said that this large-scale search has no blind spots, and even the account books of the financial office have been investigated. Some firearms and ammunition from European and American countries during World War I, as well as some illegal drugs hidden in the factory were found. This is all normal and not a big problem. The problem is that No. 76 took away three workers from the warehouse.
At midnight that day, after Wang Yan finished his report, he received calls from Shi Changxing and Wang Manchun to the prince's mansion, telling him that the three people were two military commanders and one a red party member.
Wang Yan didn't believe that they left anything behind in the factory. There are so many people in the warehouse and there is a lot of liquidity. It is impossible for anyone to leave something that exposes their identity in the warehouse. And his working hours are relatively relaxed, and he doesn't need to carry anything with him. Of course, this factor cannot be ruled out, it is still possible.
But in comparison, what Wang Yan is more willing to believe is that the quality of these three people is somewhat inferior, and they did not hide it when faced with the interrogation by enemy agents. But they were smart. When they were tortured in public, they tenaciously withstood the first wave and did not immediately betray other lurkers who knew about it, giving them one night to escape.
The reason for making such a judgment is that in such a large warehouse with so many people coming and going, it is impossible for there to be only three people from two parties. Not talking about ***, just talking about the Red Party, Gu Yongcheng worked until the general manager became Wang Yan's right-hand man. There can't be only one person in such a convenient and safe place for Tibetans.
Regardless of whether there will be fewer employees whose names he doesn't know in the future, let alone how many more employees he doesn't know the names of, Wang Yan must first solve his own troubles.
Of course, it's not really a problem. Because of his high position and the chaotic situation, he didn't even know the names of his subordinates, let alone control each one of them accurately. Even the Japanese themselves have a bunch of lurking agents under their command. But the Japanese don't care about this, they have guns in their hands, so the only way to solve all problems is to use money.
Perhaps it was because Minami Yoko was a woman, and there was another reason why she was not keen on things between men and women, that this Japanese woman refused Wang Yan's private banquet, and further refused Wang Yan's plan to organize The Japanese and Wang Puppet Group's friends gathered at a banquet, but they accepted the $50,000 that Wang Yan asked Wang Manchun to hand over.
In order to reassure Wang Yan, she later personally called the prince's mansion and had a cordial conversation with Wang Yan for more than ten minutes.
Compared to Yoko Minami, a Japanese girl, Eiichi Iwai, a short and stocky kid, is easy to date. However, he did not agree when Wang Yan made the appointment. Instead, he changed the date to the third day, saying that he had important matters to deal with recently, and that he would introduce him to a new friend then...
