Kingsman Agent in Film and Television

Chapter 785: Jiang Sian is being called upon to be killed
In the morning in Chongqing, as the sky brightens, people walk out of their homes and start another day of busy work for life.

Day after day, every day is like this.

Today seemed to be just like any other day, but it was changed by the newsboy's shouting.

[Read the newspaper! Read the newspaper! The real identity of Japanese Okamoto Heiji, the biggest smuggling boss in Shanghai, is revealed! ]

[Shocking news! Okamoto Heiji is not Japanese! 】

[Okamoto Heiji, who died in the explosion, unexpectedly appeared in Chongqing! 】

In this special era, there are some special people who often appear in newspapers for special reasons.

For example, Shanghai tycoons such as Du Yuesheng and Huang Jingrong;
For example, Okamoto Heiji is known as the conscience of the Japanese Navy.

Of course, the reason why Okamoto Heiji appeared in the National Government’s newspaper was because he was dead - the Military Control Commission was responsible for his death.

People are forgetful, but some special people are not easy to disappear from our memory, such as Okamoto Heiji.

Jiang Sian, who was about to go to the bureau headquarters with his breakfast, was startled by the sound of a newsboy selling newspapers.

Okamoto Heiji, why does this name sound so familiar?
He called the newsboy, handed over the money and asked for a newspaper.

I quickly opened it and saw the headline news:

The true identity of Okamoto Heiji is revealed!

Subtitle: The Great Military Control Commission!

The most annoying thing is that right below the title are two photos.

Although the photos printed in the newspaper were somewhat distorted, Jiang Sian still recognized the people in the two photos at a glance. It was indeed himself.

One is a recent photo of himself in the archives room of the Military Intelligence Bureau headquarters, and the other is a photo of him during his time in Shanghai, dressed in standard Japanese style.

Jiang Sian was very low-key when he was acting as Okamoto Heiji, and no photos of him were circulated at all. The photo above should be the negative he left in the secret agency.

There is no doubt that it can be confirmed from the photos that the news was leaked from within the Military Control Commission.

"Are you coming for me?"

"No, it should be directed at 'him'!"

Jiang Sian made a judgment at the first moment, then suppressed the throbbing in his heart and read the report carefully.

Jiang Sian knew very well that his pseudonym Okamoto Heiji could not be made public.

The reason is very simple. He provided a large amount of funds for the Japanese Navy. In this world, it is not the case that you will be praised if you do things with a clear conscience, nor will you be rewarded if you do things that benefit the country and the people.

Once his alias Okamoto Heiji was exposed, people would only ask why he provided a steady stream of funds to the Japanese Navy and why he called on the Japanese to sell everything they had to support the Japanese Navy.

As for his achievements, people don't care about them.

This report was very "objective". It did not mention that Okamoto Heiji called on the Japanese people to donate money nationwide to build a navy. Instead, it simply praised Jiang Sian for his outstanding abilities. Undercover in the upper echelons of the Japanese army stationed in Shanghai under the false identity of Okamoto Heiji, he "praised" and "showed off" the capabilities of the Military Control Commission.

Faced with these compliments, Jiang Sian easily smelled coldness and viciousness.

Taking a deep breath, Jiang Sian put away the newspaper, lowered the brim of his top hat, and hurriedly boarded the oncoming charcoal bus.

……

As the news spread, the whole of Chongqing was in an uproar.

Okamoto Heiji, the famous Okamoto Heiji, was actually an agent of the Military Control Commission!
This is truly mysterious!

Normal-minded people would only marvel at the magic of Zhang Shihao. His agents were able to occupy high positions by posing as Japanese. Tsk, I wonder how much intelligence flowed into the hands of the National Government through this "Okamoto Heiji" during the War of Resistance.

Great!

But in the eyes of some people, greed and surprise appeared.

Okamoto Heiji was the biggest smuggling lord during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai. It is said that he made at least tens of millions of dollars in profits during the time he controlled the smuggling network - this number may be even higher!
"No wonder Zhang Shihao is so rich!"

"Chance!"

"This is an opportunity!"

"Okamoto Heiji is one of the financial backers of the Japanese Navy. He has taken the lead in donating to the Japanese Navy more than twenty times! This is a fatal stain!"

"Do it! We must do it! Send someone to Shanghai to find out what Okamoto Heiji did for the Japanese. Oh, right, aren't there a lot of Japanese advisers in the hands of the Nationalist government? Send someone to contact them and collect more evidence. These are all 'ammunition'!"

……

After Jiang Sian arrived at the bureau headquarters, he felt countless strange looks. Several agents who had a good relationship with him specifically approached Jiang Sian to ask about the truth of the report. Facing the inquiries of his colleagues, Jiang Sian neither denied nor confirmed it, but this also indirectly proved the authenticity of the report.

Jiang Sian was able to achieve this as a Japanese, which is excellent for an agent, extremely excellent.

However, it is difficult to predict how public opinion will develop when such a confidential matter is published in the newspaper - and the fact that this matter was published in the newspaper already shows that there is a high probability that things will change in a bad direction.

So the colleague comforted him: "Don't worry too much, Commander Zhang will protect you."

"With Commander Zhang here, they can't cause any trouble."

Jiang Sian smiled and did not answer.

An agent rushed to Jiang Sian's office at this time: "Chief Jiang, Chief An, Chief Zhang wants to see you."

Jiang Sian said goodbye to several worried colleagues, sorted out his thoughts, and went upstairs to Zhang Anping's office.

Zhang Anping was writing and drawing at his desk. Jiang Sian came in and greeted him. Zhang Anping waved his hand, motioning him to wait a moment.

This wait lasted more than ten minutes.

After finally finishing, Zhang Anping put down his pen, looked at Jiang Sian with a smile, and asked:

"Are you scared?"

Jiang Sian held his head high and said, "Teacher, I am not afraid!"

Jiang Sian was not talking nonsense, he was really not afraid - as Okamoto Heiji had entered the tiger's den, he had no intention of coming back alive.

Zhang Anping valued him and let him fake his death to escape, which was a pleasant surprise.

Now, every day alive is earned.

Zhang Anping smiled and said in a relaxed tone:
"If I can't protect you, there's no need for me to be the deputy director."

"If I can't even save my own students, what's the point of doing this job!"

"Here - take a look at this outline. It will be useful in a few days."

Zhang Anping pushed the things he was busy with to Jiang Sian.

Jiang Sian walked forward, took it and began to read it, his expression gradually becoming solemn.

This was an outline of a set of rhetoric for the press conference - it was obvious that Zhang Anping's sense of smell was still as sharp as ever, and after the news came out, he realized the evil intentions hidden behind the so-called "praise".

This set of rhetoric begins with a hurdle that cannot be circumvented:
Yoko Minami.

The love between Okamoto Heiji and Minami Yoko was highly praised by some literary youths even in the National Army. After Minami Yoko's death, Okamoto Heiji refused to be attracted to women, and the literary youths praised this kind of thing.

But this is exactly what Jiang Sian doesn't want to mention the most.

Zhang Anping saw through Jiang Si'an's complex feelings and counseled him, "There are some things you can't avoid. If that's the case, then just get it over with."

In the speech outline prepared by Zhang Anping, there was no mention of love at all.

Zhang Anping did this to protect Jiang Sian - when Jiang Sian returns to the organization in the future, this will also be the final answer.

Jiang Sian was silent for a moment: "Thank you for your concern, teacher."

"Go ahead, perfect it."

Zhang Anping "drove people away".

After Jiang Sian left, Zhang Anping shook his head and sighed gently. In the future, Jiang Sian will definitely be praised by people and even deserve the title of "Ace Agent", but at the moment, the pressure he faces is probably not small.

As a teacher, he can protect Jiang Sian's safety, but Jiang Sian will ultimately have to bear the pressure of public opinion on his own.

[There is no bottom line, no bottom line at all. It would be strange if such a party-state does not perish! ]

……

The Military Control Commission's reorganization meeting was supposed to continue today, but Mao Renfeng was on a "business trip."

Since the director is not here, there is no point in opening the meeting, so it will naturally be suspended for a day.

The next day, Mao Renfeng was still on a "business trip".

At this point, even the dumbest person would realize that the matter about Jiang Sian was spread by Mao Renfeng, and that Mao Renfeng was now on a "business trip" with the purpose of allowing public opinion to ferment.

And public opinion is indeed fermenting.

On the first day, newspapers praised the Military Control Commission's great power.

But on the second day, the style of painting suddenly changed because someone raised a question:

Since Okamoto Heiji is my military intelligence agent, why would he tighten his belt to support the Japanese Navy? This is aiding the enemy!

After the first doubt arose, various doubts began to emerge one after another - the once praised love story of Okamoto Heiji and Minami Yoko became a weapon of doubt.

On the third day, the fourth day, and the fifth day, there were more and more doubts, to the point where the doubts turned into criticisms, and the criticisms turned into real evidence.

Everyone shouts to beat him!

It only took Jiang Sian five days to go from being praised to being condemned by everyone.

Didn’t the Military Control Commission take any action in these five days?

Of course there are.

Mao Renfeng instructed the Military Control Commission's propaganda agency:

We must fight against the unfavorable public opinion environment, we must maintain the reputation of the Military Control Commission agents, and we must not let agents like Jiang Sian shed blood and tears.

Therefore, the Military Control Commission stated in the newspaper with righteous words:

The agents of the Military Intelligence Bureau must perform their duties conscientiously while carrying out undercover missions. Please do not doubt their ethics.

It is obvious that this so-called gesture is nothing more than providing opponents with excellent weapons and ammunition.

If it weren't for this statement, it would probably take several days for public opinion to brew for Jiang Sian to be condemned by everyone.

This kind of public opinion indeed met the psychological expectations of the manipulators. As public opinion fermented, Zhang Anping naturally could not escape the accusations of public opinion - countless old things were dug up again, and the public opinion that was originally directed at Jiang Sian began to shift to Zhang Anping very smoothly.

The "insider" then began to reveal:

Zhang Anping took advantage of Jiang Sian's undercover period to reap huge profits. Now he has a large amount of funds. The Nationalist government wants to reorganize the Military Control Commission, but Zhang Anping wants to use the huge amount of funds in his hands to buy people's hearts and go against the Nationalist government!
Since ancient times, those who have wronged you always know how wronged you are better than you do.

Just like the masterminds behind the scenes knew that the huge amount of funds in Zhang Anping's hands were obtained from "selling" the Loyalty Rescue Army and from the liquidation of traitors' property.

But, is this important?
unimportant!
As long as they are the first to fish in troubled waters and the first to call a horse a zebra, Zhang Anping will not even have room to argue under the public opinion that has already been brewing.

When an "insider" revealed the severance pay plan that Zhang Anping provided to members of the Military Control Commission, the warlords who had been watching the show also joined in.

This is a good opportunity to make trouble for the Nationalist government!
So, they used their power to publicize a "fact":
The Nationalist government treated them differently, giving the warlord troops a severance pay of 1 and giving "its own people" a severance pay of 3.

Everything was going according to the script of Tang Zong and Mao Renfeng.

……

Zhang Anping would naturally not surrender. Faced with the surging public opinion, he sat in the Propaganda Department of the Military Control Commission and launched various counterattacks. However, the trend of public opinion had already been established, and Zhang Anping's counterattacks were easily drowned out - people would only believe that the evildoers are more evil, so why would they care about the evildoers' self-defense?
Under such circumstances, Zhang Anping decided to hold a press conference and let Jiang Sian personally respond to the condemnation in the newspaper.

The location chosen was the Family Planning Commission Auditorium, which was more than 800 meters away from the bureau headquarters.

……

Ming Lou asked Mao Renfeng on the phone: "Director, Zhang Anping is going to hold a press conference in the auditorium. Should we do something small?"

"No need. The situation is irreversible. No matter how hard Zhang Anping struggles, he is just like a mantis trying to stop a chariot."

Mao Renfeng on the phone was very "indifferent", as if he was confident of winning.

Ming Lou was overjoyed: "Okay, then I'm relieved - Director, isn't it time for you to end your business trip? The bureau has been in a state of uncertainty lately, and many people seem to be shaken."

Mao Renfeng has been on a "business trip" while Zhang Anping is in charge of the bureau headquarters. Many people began to regret their decision - they had joined Mao Renfeng before for the sake of establishment, but Zhang Anping could provide generous severance pay, which was also fair to their subordinates. Considering the fact that Zhang Anping had crushed Mao Renfeng many times, it was natural for them to waver.

"Wave? Ha!"

Mao Renfeng laughed: "Don't worry, Zhang Anping will soon execute Ma Su with tears!"

"When the time comes, all those who waver on the fence will have to kneel down and come to me!"

"Well, I'll also come to tomorrow's press conference. You and I can't miss this big show."

Ming Lou's eyes became solemn, but his voice was still full of joy: "I will definitely accompany the director to see how Zhang Shihao ends up!"

……

Jiang Sian was being condemned and wanted to be killed in the newspapers, and this incident had a huge impact on the members of the Military Control Commission.

From the agents' perspective, when the country was in danger, Jiang Sian took orders and went deep into the tiger's den as a Japanese - compared to going undercover as a traitor, it was obviously more difficult for a Chinese to go undercover as a Japanese.

But Jiang Sian was not afraid of difficulties. Instead, he made a name for himself in Shanghai under the identity of Okamoto Heiji.

Deserves the title of hero!
After Jiang Sian returned to the Military Intelligence Bureau, the matter was hidden in the mist. If it had not been suddenly exposed in the newspaper, no one in the Military Intelligence Bureau would have known about it, let alone any reward.

This is almost the limit of what an agent can do!

However, it is such a person who is now being hunted down and killed in the newspapers, just as if Grandpa Yue was killed for no reason.

This impact is really not small.

And before that, their proud Commander Zhang was harassed by a lucky villain while on a plane. Although the other party was finally transferred, the agents who were well versed in the Kuomintang government's routines, how could they not know what the transfer meant?
In addition, now that they have lost their usefulness and are about to be "dismissed", they feel too many emotions such as grievance and loss.

It was in this context that Zhang Anping was going to hold a press conference in the auditorium of the National Government's Family Planning Commission. The KMT agents who received the mission put on their rarely worn military uniforms at the bureau headquarters, and performed their duties solemnly, showing their best side.

They can be dismissed, they can be kicked out, but they want people to acknowledge the blood they have shed and recognize the sacrifices they have made.

Instead of allowing people to slander unscrupulously in newspapers.

Great Hall.

The auditorium, which could accommodate 300 people, was filled with at least 100 reporters, who came from various newspapers, not only from the Kuomintang-controlled areas but also from the Soviet areas. In addition, there were reporters from several overseas newspapers. This incident caused such a sensation that even foreigners were attracted.

These reporters were able to enter with temporary passes issued by the Military Intelligence Bureau. More reporters were blocked outside by the Military Intelligence Bureau agents who were on high alert and were unable to enter at all.

At this time, the Military Control Commission representative had not yet appeared on the stage, and the reporters were whispering below:

"Why didn't the Military Control Commission let other people in? Even if the stools here are not removed, there is more than enough space to accommodate our colleagues outside."

A temporary pass is required to enter here. They were able to come in because they obtained the temporary pass, but their colleagues outside did not seem to have obtained it from the Military Control Commission.

"I know this - those guys outside were spraying too harshly, so Zhang Shihao has been keeping an eye on them."

"what?"

"I can't believe it!"

"How petty."

"I'm not being petty. I think Zhang Shihao did the right thing. Many of Jiang Sian's affairs were just hearsay. What about our colleagues? They showed no mercy at all and dared to put the blame on anyone! They even exposed him as a double agent!"

A reporter interjected: "The Japanese are not stupid. They may not have discovered Jiang Si'an's identity. Maybe this is not just speculation."

"Hey, you're the one who published that newspaper. I remember you guys shouted it out. It's weird. How could you let such a shameless newspaper like yours in here?"

The reporter who interrupted smiled but said nothing, thinking that I was not the only one who came in.

Amid the noise, a group of people filed in from the side door of the auditorium. The noise immediately died down and the spotlights began to flash continuously.

A reporter took a photo and rushed towards the crowd, but was blocked by the agents on duty before he could get close. The reporter had no choice but to shout at the top of his voice: "General Zhang, General Zhang, I'm a reporter from the gossip newspaper, can I do an exclusive interview with you?"

Zhang Anping, who was walking in the second position, glanced at this "friend" and nodded:

"Okay!"

The other reporters went crazy, it turned out that this person was Zhang Shihao!

The spotlights flashed madly.

After quickly taking a close-up photo of Zhang Anping, the reporters rushed in. After being stopped by the agents on duty, they all shouted that they wanted to do an exclusive interview, but Zhang Anping ignored them and followed the team leader Mao Renfeng to the podium in the auditorium.

Behind the rostrum hung a photo of Chiang Kai-shek in military uniform, with the seven large characters "Loyalty and bravery are the foundation of patriotism" particularly eye-catching. The members of the Military Control Commission sat down with this as the background, looking like loyal and brave men.

"Everyone, I am Mao Renfeng, the director of the Military Intelligence Bureau. I am grateful for your participation in this press conference. Jiang Si'an is a model of loyalty and bravery in our Military Intelligence Bureau. It is regrettable that he is now being criticized and insulted by the public. After discussion, our bureau decided to hold this press conference to answer questions of concern to all sectors of society."

"I hope all journalists will abide by the rules of the venue."

Mao Renfeng made his opening remarks in a serious manner, as if he was defending Jiang Sian, but who would have thought that some of the crooked reporters excluded by Zhang Anping were the ones he let in through Minglou!

After saying this, Mao Renfeng winked at the people below, and a reporter understood and immediately stood up:

"Director Mao, can I ask first?"

"This reporter is taking the initiative. Well, let him ask first!" Mao Renfeng agreed.

The reporter who stood up immediately asked:
"Chief Jiang, according to my investigation, when you were active in Shanghai as [Okamoto Heiji], you were commended by the Japanese Emperor several times, and even had a close relationship with the Fujiwara family, a noble family in Japan. Chief Jiang, how did you receive the commendation from the Japanese Emperor and gain the friendship of the Fujiwara family?"

After the question was asked, the whole audience fell silent.

Heart-breaking!

This question is really heartbreaking.

Mao Renfeng sat down with a calm expression on his face, but the smile at the corner of his mouth was very obvious.

Zhang Anping glanced at Mao Renfeng, then looked at the reporter standing below the stage and asking questions, revealing a hint of disdain.

Lao Mao, Lao Mao, don't be so petty when doing things!
He gestured to Jiang Sian, who slowly stood up and prepared to answer.

(End of this chapter)