Although he didn't know why the North Korean named Cui Jiyuan opposite him wanted to inquire about information related to the Military Police Headquarters, Charles had already concluded that the North Korean man opposite him was probably related to the Korean National Salvation Army. Charles is a cold-blooded intelligence dealer who recognizes money but not people. He doesn't care who Cui Jiyuan is. Even if Cui Jiyuan is a member of the Korean National Salvation Army, so what? As long as you want information from yourself, you have to pay.
Charles thought he had seen through Cui Jiyuan's identity, but he didn't know that Cui Jiyuan sitting in front of him was not a real Korean. Hashimoto Nijo, whose pseudonym was Cui Jiyuan, was actually a member of the Shanghai Special High School. Shanghai Special High School has been tracking down the Korean National Salvation Army for a while. Although Charles has a bad reputation among many intelligence dealers, many people know that Charles is indeed a man of great powers. Especially there are rumors in the black market that Charles knows whether There is little news about the Korean National Salvation Army.
Cui Jiyuan came to Charles with the purpose of exploring information about the Korean National Salvation Army. When Charles secretly observed Cui Jiyuan, Hashimoto Nijo, whose pseudonym was Cui Jiyuan, was also paying attention to Charles. After bargaining with Charles, Cui Jiyuan took out a stack of banknotes and put them in Charles' hand, "Mr. Charles, this is half. According to industry regulations, as long as I confirm the authenticity of the news, the remaining half will be given to you immediately."
Cui Jiyuan put down half of the money. Although Charles was impatient, he didn't say much because this was a common practice in the intelligence market. Fortunately, Charles just asked for a high price, and all Cui Jiyuan took out were US dollars. The impatience in Charles's heart quickly dissipated. When Charles accepted the money with a face of joy, Tang Cheng had already appeared outside the cafe. Through the street window of the cafe, Tang Cheng could clearly see Charles and Hashimoto Nijo.
Unlike the people under Hans, Tang Cheng could tell at a glance that the Asian man sitting opposite Charles was Japanese. In later generations of the Internet, a very interesting topic once appeared, asking how to distinguish Koreans, Japanese and Chinese? In the eyes of Westerners, people from these three countries look almost the same. In some photos of Asians that appear on the Internet, even Koreans and Japanese cannot tell their exact nationality. But Chinese people can always accurately distinguish those photos that are not of Chinese people, which seems amazing to Westerners.
The first time Tang Cheng saw Hashimoto Nijo, he could tell that this guy was not Chinese. Hashimoto Nijo, whose expression was vulgar and cruel, was immediately judged by Tang Cheng to be a Japanese. The person sitting with Charles was a Japanese, and Tang Cheng couldn't help but immediately think of the news he heard in Hans' office. It seemed that what Hans told him was right. This intelligence dealer named Charles did know the information about the Korean National Salvation Army, otherwise the Japanese would not take the initiative to find him.
Tang Cheng, who discovered that Charles had been in contact with the Japanese, did not immediately enter the cafe. Instead, he pretended to buy something from a street vendor to delay time and hide himself, while secretly paying attention to the situation in the cafe. Charles and Hashimoto Nijo, who were still in the cafe, didn't know that their meeting had been watched. Charles, who had just collected the money, was in a good mood, and then slowly pushed the envelope containing the information from the table to Hashimoto. Two items.
"Mr. Cui, I guarantee that the information contained in this envelope is the only one! You can open this envelope here now, but we have to agree first. An hour ago, my people went to confirm the identity of the person in the information. situation. If you do not arrest anyone at this address, but as long as the situation at the scene proves the existence of the target, you cannot refuse to pay the rest of my intelligence fee on the grounds that the target has escaped." Charles is really a man who has fallen into the eyes of money. The guy, Charles, who only cares about money, reached out and pressed the envelope and made his last request to Hashimoto Nijo.
"Mr. Charles, I have just said that as long as I confirm the authenticity of the information, the remaining money will be given to you immediately." Hashimoto Nijo's entire attention has been focused on this thing on the table at this moment. On the envelope, he just said a casual and perfunctory sentence, then reached out and took the envelope from Charles' hand. After opening the envelope and just glancing at it, Hashimoto Nijo's expression instantly turned serious, because the address specified in the information provided by Charles was not within the control of the Special High School.
"Mr. Charles, are you sure the target is at this address?" Hashimoto Nijo, who had already seen the specific address in the intelligence in the envelope, was suspicious. Because the address he saw was on the same street as the French Concession patrol house, and next door to this address was the famous Rose Bar in the French Concession. Faced with Hashimoto Nijo's questioning, Charles just shrugged innocently, saying that the information was accurate.
"Of course, I'm sure!" Charles assured seriously. "The Rose Bar is famous in the French Concession because it is a place where all kinds of black marketeers and intelligence dealers communicate! I will pay attention to the target because I happen to hear the conversation between the target and the person in the Rose Bar. As long as After a little analysis, the identity of the target will be revealed." At this time, Charles naturally could not say that he was just guessing at first. After subsequent investigation, he finally confirmed the identity of the target.
Charles' explanation could not dispel all the doubts in Hashimoto Nijo's heart, so he got up and walked to the counter of the cafe, borrowed the cafe's phone and arranged for someone to verify the address immediately. Tang Cheng, who was still outside the cafe, could only see Hashimoto Nijo getting up to make a phone call, but he did not know the content of the call. In fact, even if Tang Cheng was in the cafe at the moment and heard the content of Hashimoto Nijo's call, there was nothing he could do to stop the development of the situation.
Tang Cheng's biggest self-knowledge is that when he can't figure out the development of the situation, he only concentrates on the matter in front of him, so now he only stares at Charles. About a quarter of an hour later, Hashimoto Nijo waited for a call. The subordinate on the other end of the phone told him that they had confirmed the address in the intelligence, but that the target was out and not at the residence. Hashimoto Nijo, who had confirmed the authenticity of the information, was quite satisfied. Before leaving the cafe, he gave Charles the remaining half of the money.
"Don't move, otherwise the knife will pierce your body!" Hashimoto Nijo left not long ago, and Charles, who had a thick stack of bills in his pocket, also left the cafe. But he didn't expect that in the French Concession, which had always had good security, there were now gangsters who dared to commit robberies in broad daylight. When a hard object hit his lower back, Charles knew something was wrong, but he didn't dare to resist, for fear that the gangster behind him would really kill him.
With a look of fear on his face, Charles was pushed into the alley next to the cafe. It seemed that the other party really just wanted to rob property. After searching several of his pockets, the robber who got the money just put the handkerchief into his mouth, but did not He didn't use any force on himself. Just when Charles was secretly relieved, the gangster who was pressing a hard object against his lower back suddenly asked a question in his ear. Charles was so horrified that he almost jumped on the spot.
"You just met the Japanese in the cafe. What did you hand over to the Japanese? Is it related to the Korean National Salvation Army?" The person behind him spoke fluent English. Although he did not look back, Charles knew The man behind this is definitely not a Westerner. Because Westerners have thick hair and large pores and are prone to sweating, the Westerners Charles met in Shanghai, regardless of whether they were men or women, could smell the mild or severe body odor of each other as long as they got close.
Although the person behind Charles's abduction could speak fluent English, Charles never smelled any body odor from the beginning. But no matter who the other party is, Charles knows that his life is in the hands of the other party, so Charles does not dare to gamble with his own life. He can only choose to answer questions honestly. Tang Cheng, who was holding a dagger against Charles's waist, naturally did not expect that the other party would be so cooperative.
Tang Cheng, who originally wanted to use system skills, saw the other party's cooperation and saved a lot of trouble. Charles told everything about what happened in the cafe. When he learned that the person who met Charles already knew the address of the contact person of the Korean National Salvation Army, Tang Cheng immediately remembered that the Japanese had made a phone call in the cafe. out. "Kneel down here and count honestly. When you count from one to a thousand, you can go out from here."
Tang Cheng, who had already learned the address from Charles, did not want to waste time here anymore. He used a dagger to force Charles to squat facing the wall and count, and then he immediately turned around and walked out of the alley. The street where the cafe is located is not far from the Rose Bar, but it is not too close either. It might be too late for Tang Cheng to rush there at this time. After leaving the alley, Tang Cheng did not return to Hans' restaurant. Instead, he turned left from the intersection on the east side of the street and entered another street.
After walking through two intersections in a row, Tang Cheng suddenly stopped. At the intersection where he was at the moment, he only had to walk one more block to the east to see the Rose Bar on the same street as the French Concession Patrol House. The location of the patrol room has the best security environment in the entire French Concession. Therefore, Tangcheng judged that the Japanese would never dare to cause trouble here.
But the Japanese spent a lot of money to get relevant information from Charles, and they would never do nothing. The location of Tangcheng at the moment is the only way to enter and exit the street where Rose Bar is located. Tangcheng plans to wait Here, let's sit back and wait. There happened to be a phone booth at the street entrance, so Tang Cheng pretended to make a call while secretly observing the pedestrians at the street entrance.
