Kingsman Agent in Film and Television

The secret agents from the Second Bureau of Chen's mansion fled immediately after the director left, leaving no trace behind, fearing that if they were too slow, Zhang Anping, who had escaped, would pick them up and deal with them one by one.

The one who left the fastest was Zheng Yaoquan—Zhang Anping didn't bother him this time, but Zheng Yaoquan was extremely guilty. In addition, he saw the director's "sincerity" towards Zhang Anping, and he had completely extinguished the idea of ​​competing with Zhang Anping.

Can't beat it, really can't beat it!
In terms of strategic planning, he knew he was no match for Zhang Anping. He had previously harbored thoughts of competing with him, mainly because of his extraordinary relationship with the director, and because Zhang Anping was very aloof and repeatedly refused the director's kindness.

But now Zhang Anping has added a golden persona, plus all the buffs he had before, he'd be crazy to fight Zhang Anping. Now he has to find a way to avoid Zhang Anping so that Zhang Anping won't hold a grudge this time.

Although in this "game", he was ultimately just a pawn.

Looks like I'll have to help Mao Renfeng out.

Zheng Yaoquan sighed inwardly. Mao Renfeng's good fortune all came from being a pawn to keep Zhang Anping in check—he even had to temporarily put aside his hatred for Mao Renfeng and find a way to secretly help him. It was truly outrageous.

Zhang Anping had a rough idea about Zheng Yaoquan's ulterior motives, but what he was most concerned about now was the director's "sabotage" of his plans—he needed to find out the director's response immediately.

Although he was anxious, Zhang Anping had to remain calm in the "central command tent" until Zheng Yi and his driver arrived at Chen's mansion.

Zheng Yi looked at Zhang Anping, who was sitting motionless on the sofa, and her eyes inexplicably reddened.

This time, when Zhang Anping was arrested and his family's property was confiscated, outsiders only saw Zhang Anping's integrity, but Zheng Yi saw the cruelty of Zhang Anping's sincerity being brutally cut away with a knife.

This man, who dedicated all his loyalty to the Party and the state, was instead...

She took a deep breath, suppressed her inner softness, and said softly, "Chief Qu."

Zhang Anping smiled:

"It seems you don't need to resign."

One sentence made Zheng Yi want to cry.

Zheng Yi realized her loss of composure. Unwilling to show her vulnerable side to Zhang Anping, she secretly clenched her fist to suppress her emotions and whispered:

"Ever since you were taken away by Zheng Yaoquan, the bureau..."

She wanted to report on everything that had happened in the past twenty hours, but Zhang Anping waved his hand:
"I don't want to hear anything about the bureau right now—"

As he spoke, Zhang Anping stood up, turned around and looked around. A fleeting sadness crossed his eyes before he said:
"Take me home first, and have the driver leave the car with you temporarily. You should take a good rest during this time. These past few years with me have been endless trouble, and I haven't even been able to take care of your own marriage. I've really held you back. It would be best if you could find someone to settle down during this time, haha..."

Zhang Anping laughed as he spoke. A pale expression flashed across Zheng Yi's face before quickly disappearing. She then nodded slightly. After Zhang Anping got up and left, she silently followed in his footsteps. Watching Zhang Anping's back, she felt a mix of emotions.

This time, the district head... must be feeling disheartened.

Before getting into the car, Zhang Anping glanced back at the deserted Chen mansion and inexplicably uttered a sentence:

"It seems that many people are quite wary of this villa—it's just sitting there unused, which is a waste."

Zheng Yi, who was following behind him, was stunned for a moment. After getting into the car with Zhang Anping, she silently pondered Zhang Anping's words. After a long time, she couldn't help but secretly look at Zhang Anping through the rearview mirror. Zhang Anping's face was expressionless, but she, who knew Zhang Anping well, instinctively felt that the district seat had changed.

As the car turned the corner, the Chen mansion was no longer visible in the rearview mirror, but Zheng Yi felt that perhaps soon, he would come here often.

……

As the car was heading towards the Zhang family's house, another car followed it halfway. When they were driving side by side, the curtain on the left rear door of that car was pulled open, revealing a face in a fleeting glimpse.

Upon seeing the face, Zhang Anping immediately said:
"Stop the car—you take Secretary Zheng home, leave the car with Secretary Zheng, and you can drive it away when Secretary Zheng's vacation is over."

The driver was taken aback: "Director, then you?"

"I'm taking a vacation too."

The driver nodded upon seeing this, and didn't ask any other questions.

Seeing Zhang Anping about to get out of the car, Zheng Yi, who had also seen the face in the car alongside, said cryptically:
“District Chief, you should go home first.”

"He won't contact me unless it's something important—you should go back now."

Zheng Yi nodded helplessly, and as his gaze inadvertently swept over the car parked next to him, a hint of disgust flashed across his face.

The only person Zheng Yi could despise was Wang Tianfeng.

Objectively speaking, Zheng Yi admired Wang Tianfeng's character, but she hated his unscrupulous methods, lack of empathy, and disregard for the big picture. Zhang Anping tried her best to tolerate Wang Tianfeng, but Wang Tianfeng never considered Zhang Anping's feelings when he did things, and repeatedly caused trouble for Zhang Anping. She loathed him to the extreme.

Faced with the secretary's subtle displeasure, Zhang Anping shook his head helplessly, but didn't know what to say. After getting out of the car, he got into Wang Tianfeng's vehicle, and his own car stopped for about ten seconds before leaving—the driver wouldn't be so slow, it must have been Zheng Yi using this method to express his "giving a hard time" to Wang Tianfeng for bothering Zhang Anping at all times.

Yesterday, the Zhang family was thoroughly searched by the investigation team. How much surprise must they have felt? At this time, District Chief, you should be heading home. Do you, Wang Tianfeng, have even a shred of conscience?!

Wang Tianfeng wasn't ignorant of social etiquette; rather, he was too lazy to care about such things. It wasn't that he didn't understand them. Faced with Zheng Yi's way of expressing his dissatisfaction, he blushed, a rare occurrence for him.
"I was abrupt."

Zhang Anping, unusually, did not comfort Wang Tianfeng, but instead said strangely:

"Why wasn't Guo Qiyun driving?"

Some people need a driver, like Zhang Anping.

But some people never need a driver, like Wang Tianfeng—he either drives himself or Guo Qiyun drives.

Wang Tianfeng had changed drivers, which prevented Zhang Anping from recognizing Wang Tianfeng in the car immediately.

In response to Zhang Anping's question, Wang Tianfeng went straight to the driver and said:

"You go back first, I'll drive myself."

Seeing this, the driver didn't say anything and quickly got out of the car. Wang Tianfeng then squeezed from the back seat into the driver's seat, and after starting the car, he dropped a "bomb":
"It's Mao Renfeng."

Zhang Anping's expression hardened: "Hmm?"

"It was Mao Zhongxing who secretly went to Shanghai to meet with the heads of those banks and provided them with ideas."

This person is Mao Renfeng's nephew, and is naturally a staunch member of Mao's faction.

His actions could only be the will of Mao Renfeng—of course, Zhang Anping actually knew this better than Wang Tianfeng, after all, even the ideas were provided to Mao Renfeng by Zhang Anping.

A chilling murderous intent flashed across Zhang Anping's face. After a long silence, he said softly:
"Let's punish him."

Zhang Anping rarely uses the word "sanctions," but when he does, the implications are self-evident.

Wang Tianfeng said without changing his expression:
"Ah."

He knew that Zhang Anping kept a very tight rein on things during internal power struggles, but Mao Renfeng's actions this time clearly challenged Zhang Anping's bottom line, so it was expected that Zhang Anping would choose to take drastic measures.

After a moment of silence, Wang Tianfeng suddenly spoke: "I will have Guo Qiyun handle this matter." Zhang Anping frowned and quietly looked at Wang Tianfeng.

Clearly, he was waiting for Wang Tianfeng's explanation—Guo Qiyun was Wang Tianfeng's adjutant. Although Wang Tianfeng was now "dead," Guo Qiyun still held an important position in the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, and the Mao faction had not raised any objections to Guo Qiyun's position.

Mao Renfeng naturally understood that Wang Tianfeng's choice to "ignore" him after faking his death was actually a way of keeping Wang Tianfeng under his watchful eye as much as possible.

Sanctioning Mao Zhongxing was Zhang Anping's will. With Mao Zhongxing dead, Mao Renfeng would surely understand that this was Zhang Anping's will as well. But even if he understood, Zhang Anping could not leave any obvious loose ends. How could Wang Tianfeng not know how high the risk was of letting a cadre in the public eye participate in such an operation?

There's only one explanation: Wang Tianfeng wants to get rid of Guo Qiyun!
Wang Tianfeng didn't turn around, but he still felt Zhang Anping's calm, focused gaze. He said in a vacant tone:
His fiancée's name is Li Xiaofeng.

"He's a Communist."

Zhang Anping frowned, and after a moment of silence, he said:
“Tell him the truth and let him choose for himself—if I remember correctly, he's your nephew?”

Wang Tianfeng's tone remained vague: "Li Xiaofeng ran away."

The words sounded ambiguous, but the unspoken meaning was actually quite clear:

I gave him a chance, but Li Xiaofeng ran away.

Of course, given Wang Tianfeng's character, it was clearly impossible for him to give Guo Qiyun a clear and straightforward choice.

In fact, even if Guo Qiyun had chosen a dark path and gone down a dangerous road, even if he had harmed his fiancée for Wang Tianfeng, Zhang Anping would not have let him succeed. It was just that Guo Qiyun had made an emotional choice that many people tend to make when faced with a decision.

Having said all that, Zhang Anping naturally wouldn't say anything more, but simply asked, "Are you sure he's not an undercover agent?"

Wang Tianfeng shook his head.

Li Xiaofeng had actually "disappeared" more than a month ago, and he had been holding back his actions in order to ascertain Guo Qiyun's true identity.

Whether Guo Qiyun is an undercover agent or not is extremely important to Wang Tianfeng.

"You decide what to do," Zhang Anping said, his tone inexplicably listless.

The car continued on its way, but the two people inside remained silent. After circling around a few times, Wang Tianfeng turned the steering wheel and drove towards the Zhang family's house.

As they drew closer to home, Zhang Anping suddenly said:

"I want to take some time off. From now on... unless it's something important, don't contact me."

Wang Tianfeng was clearly taken aback by Zhang Anping's sudden "strike." In his memory, Zhang Anping was someone who was indestructible and unyielding; as long as the sky didn't fall, he would never give up his work.

But when he thought about what Zhang Anping had gone through, he could only sigh silently.

Suppressing his negative emotions, he said in a low voice, "Su Mosheng from the Ministry of Economic Affairs met with me not long ago."

He originally didn't want to report this to Zhang Anping for the time being, but since Zhang Anping was going on strike, he had no choice but to tell him first.

“Su Mosheng?” Zhang Anping immediately retorted, “Is it about the ‘Green Pine’ incident?”

"Yes, when I was conducting my secret investigation, I discovered that Su Mosheng was also secretly investigating. He noticed that a third party was conducting a secret investigation, so he set a trap—the group from the Party Affairs Bureau was too careless and fell into Su Mosheng's trap, so I had no choice but to meet with him."

"The investigation into Qingsong is now a joint effort between him and me."

Zhang Anping asked astutely, "You mean the pine trees that were evacuated aren't necessarily the real pine trees?"

"Ah."

"Then investigate. We can't let this Communist mole get away with it."

Zhang Anping talked about going on strike, but when it came to this kind of thing, his sharp reaction made Wang Tianfeng secretly shake his head - once you've been in this line of work, how can you just walk away?
Like Zhang Anping, who had the idea of ​​leaving more than once, but what was the result?
They are still struggling in this quagmire, and even though they are shouting for a strike, they can't help but become more sensitive when it comes to the Communist Party.

As they spoke, the car arrived at a place not far from the Zhang family's house. Wang Tianfeng didn't drive over, but instead pointed to a person "strolling" nearby and said:
"You should consider moving to another place."

Zhang Anping glanced in the direction Wang Tianfeng was pointing and frowned slightly. It must be a reporter. Although he had hidden his camera, the bulge under his clothes was very obvious.

As for why reporters were loitering outside the Zhang family's house, the reason is obvious.

Zhang Anping withdrew his displeased gaze and abruptly asked:

What do you think of the Chen Mansion?

Wang Tianfeng was slightly taken aback: "This is not in line with your usual style."

After the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics moved to Nanjing, the Zhang family didn't need to live here—given Zhang Anping's status, living in such a place was clearly a "condescension."

"Maybe I've figured it out," Zhang Anping said absentmindedly. "I always feel like I've let my parents, wife, and children down."

Wang Tianfeng silently watched Zhang Anping, as if watching a dazzling star fall.

After a long silence, he said in a dry voice:

"The Chen mansion... is quite nice."

Zhang Anping nodded slightly: "I think it's pretty good too."

After saying that, he opened the car door and walked straight to his home, which was not far away.

Wang Tianfeng silently watched Zhang Anping's retreating figure, his gaze becoming unfocused.

Some people change because they cannot resist the corruption of the environment.
Some people change, not because they can't resist the corruption of the environment, but because... they are heartbroken.

He couldn't possibly pry into Zhang Anping's private affairs, nor could he question Zhang Anping's choices; that was just his nature.

"The Party-State..."

Wang Tianfeng sighed abruptly, inexplicably doubting his own actions—was eliminating Guo Qiyun really... worth it?
Zhang Anping walked quietly, his steps seemingly a little heavy, but in his mind he was rapidly calculating how to use Guo Qiyun to gain the greatest benefit.

Wang Tianfeng's decisiveness and ruthlessness were not unexpected. From the moment he intentionally exposed Li Xiaofeng to Wang Tianfeng's sight, he had considered several possibilities:

After Guo Qiyun concealed Li Xiaofeng's identity, there was a 20% chance that Wang Tianfeng would not pursue the matter, and an 80% chance that he would take action against Guo Qiyun.

Wang Tianfeng's decision to take action against Guo Qiyun was exactly what he expected.

But in the current situation, how can we use Guo Qiyun to make plans?

[To protect Guo Qiyun and expose Zhang Shihou's retaliatory actions?]

Zhang Anping's eyes flickered slightly. (End of Chapter)