Spy Wars: Red Shopkeeper

Chapter 117 Questions
"Nanjing, it can't be Shanghai." Wu Sibao blurted out.

Gu Yansheng smiled. "Will Nanjing have to establish many departments by then? Will many officials be sent there? Where do you think they'll live? Will housing be in high demand?"

Ye Jiqing was indeed a woman who loved money. She patted the table lightly, her eyes sparkling. "I understand. By then, Nanjing will also have a core area where city government officials will live. The price of housing there will definitely increase! And people from Chongqing have money, so the price will increase significantly!"

"Hey." Gu Yansheng raised his glass and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law is extremely wise."

"Sure, it's a sure-win business. I've tried stock trading, but I haven't tried real estate speculation yet." Wu Sibao was excited. "So what should we do now? Buy a house in Nanjing?"

"Of course we have to buy it. By the time others realize what's going on, we won't have any chance of getting involved. But we have to investigate the market first. Are you familiar with Nanjing?" Gu Yansheng glanced at him and rolled his eyes. "Find some people for me to use and have them go to Nanjing to investigate. The people in my office don't have as many tricks as yours. When the time comes, you can have them be more careful. If they buy the wrong house, they'll end up in trouble."

"Don't worry, how dare they not be attentive? Besides, I'm not familiar with Nanjing, but my brother is." Wu Sibao looked at Li Shiqun: "Brother, isn't Nanjing your territory?"

Li Shiqun smiled and said to Gu Yansheng, "I did work in Nanjing before, and I'm familiar with Nanjing. The most luxurious real estate in Nanjing is still Yihe Road. It used to be the residence of high-ranking officials, but now it should be occupied by the Japanese.

I suspect that the officials who go to Nanjing will still live near this area, but buying a house would cost a lot of money. Should we wait until Wang has finished his negotiations with them and decided where to build the new government building before buying one?

"It's too late." Ye Jiqing scolded Gu Yansheng before he even had to say anything. "By the time the whole world knows about this, the Japanese businessmen over there will have already taken action. How can they wait until we can get the meat? Don't say anything about business matters. Listen to Mr. Gu."

Li Shiqun's mouth twitched, and he laughed: "Okay, okay, Director Gu has the final say."

Director Gu has the final say, so Director Gu started to speak, holding up his wine glass and going to the next table. A bunch of kids were very happy to be able to have a delicious meal today.

"Everyone, you heard what I just said to your director. When buying a house in Nanjing, the first thing to consider is the location, and the second is a good house type. Don't buy any shabby houses. They will be sold to high-ranking officials. You should know that we want villas.

Scout out the locations, record the prices of the houses, and who the owners are. Keep a record of everything. Save money is king. If they're too expensive, don't buy them. Do you understand?"

"clear."

"Also, bring a radio with you so we can communicate at any time if anything happens. Who will be the leader?" Gu Yansheng looked at Wu Sibao.

"He, he, he, Liu San." Wu Sibao pointed.

Gu Yansheng nodded, looked at Liu San and said, "It will probably take a few days. I will ask more people and get some information. You should first get the brothers settled at home. The trip may take a little while, definitely ten days or half a month."

"Ok."

"Come, come out." Gu Yansheng called Liu San out openly.

Liu San glanced at the door and asked in surprise, "I went to Nanjing, what should I do here?"

"It's okay, I'll be back in a few days. I'll manage my time." Gu Yansheng said calmly, "Whether you buy it or not is in my hands. If there's anything, we can contact each other by telegram. I can ask you to come back at any time.

After this contact, it will be much easier for me to find you in the future."

Liu San nodded in understanding. Indeed, this was very familiar. "You can ask me about Nanjing and the house later."

"Oh right." Gu Yansheng took out a piece of paper and handed it over. "I got the address. It's on the seventh floor, in the innermost room. There's a crack in the window. You can take a look and see if you can sneak in. The rest of the information is on the paper. Write it down and burn it."

"I know about it too." Liu San smiled and said quickly, "I didn't have time to inform you, so I thought you didn't know yet. Wait, did you say the seventh floor?"

"correct."

"But why do I remember it was on the 8th floor?"

"8th floor? It can't be, it must be the 7th floor." Gu Yansheng couldn't have remembered it wrong.

Liu San frowned. "It's the 8th floor. I can't be wrong. Where did you get the information?"

"I went to the scene and met the special envoy, Gao Zhongwu, the director of the Asia Department."

"I also went to the scene and met the special envoy, Gao Zhongwu, the director of the Asian Department."

"Broadway Building?"

"The Ritz Hotel?" "There's a ghost."

The two looked at each other and frowned.

Gu Yansheng reached out to take the note back and put it back in his pocket. "Why were you called in? Security?"

"No." Liu San shook his head slightly: "It means that if the Wang government is established, the agent headquarters will be placed under the power of the Wang government. All people above the level of section chief were called over and asked about our stance and whether we are willing to follow Chairman Wang.

I was wondering, for such a big topic, only two directors would be needed, so why did they invite us section chiefs? At most, a director would be enough. It seems like they are setting a trap for us.

Is this a deliberate attempt to let us know where you live?"

Gu Yansheng nodded, "It's very likely. Don't do anything about this matter for now. When Li Shiqun asks about it later, just say that I called you out to give you two tasks. The first is to go to Nanjing and find a way to contact people from the Japanese Construction Department and the Finance Department. Find a way to establish a relationship, or even give them some money, to see if there is any inside information about the establishment of the Wang government.

Secondly, regarding the Shanghai matter, I'm asking you to keep an eye on Fu Xiaoan these few days and see what his subordinates and the head of the Chamber of Commerce have been doing recently. It's mainly about business matters. I won't say much else, so let them guess for themselves. But you can't tell your subordinates the real reason, and you can't say it was my order. Do you understand?"

"understood."

"Okay, let's go in."

Gu Yansheng brought Liu San in.

Wu Sibao snorted, "What are you whispering about? Why can't we listen?"

"Don't ask. I'll definitely call you if something good happens."

After dinner, Gu Yansheng went home.

Now this matter is very strange. The Japanese are deliberately testing them, and testing them separately, as if they are trying to determine whether there is any problem among them.

Or it could be said that they judged that there must be something wrong with one of them, but they just didn't know who it was, so they played this multiple-choice question to see where the accident would happen.

Hiss, this matter is a bit troublesome now. The name should be real, but it’s hard to be sure whether the person is real.

There is no way to tell whether the Gao Zhongwu who appeared today is actually Gao Zhongwu.

If not, where is the real Gao Zhongwu?

The next day, Liu San could come to see Gu Yansheng openly.

"You guessed right. As soon as you left, they asked me what you said to me. I told them what you said. They guessed that you might be trying to take advantage of me. They knew that you and Fu Xiaoan were not getting along."

"What a pit to fall into, what a stone to throw, what a hopeless outcome." Gu Yansheng sneered, "Shanghai's economy is in such bad shape, this is of course a good time to buy assets at the bottom. The Japanese can't let the economy continue to be bad. Forget it, this matter is not important, just investigate it when you have time. I think with Fu Xiaoan's level, it's impossible for him to be so depressed. There will definitely be opportunities to make money by then, and make some money for Director Dai as well."

Liu San clasped his fists and said, "I admire you."

Gu Yansheng took a sip of coffee and said, "I checked the hotels in Hongkou. There are three. We tried two. I'm wondering if this person is in the last one, Kaifu Hotel."

Liu San frowned and said, "It's possible. The Secret Service Headquarters was not involved in the security this time. The Japanese probably felt that the Shanghai Military Control Commission had been doing too much recently, and someone in the Secret Service Headquarters had been bribed, so they wanted to give it a try. I guess those two places are heavily guarded.

I'll think of a way to have the team leader go to the Kaifu Hotel to scout out the area. If it's really there, we should be able to see if there are any guards or mysterious people coming in and out.

"Just scouting the area won't reveal the whole situation. Doesn't he have members of the Qing Gang under his wing?" Gu Yansheng reminded him, "Is there any way to find information about the hotel staff? We can get information much faster by using them or their families as an entry point. We can also find out where they are staying, how many people are there, and what kind of guards they have."

Liu San nodded: "Okay, I'll let him try."

Gu Yansheng thought for a moment and said, "This alone may not be enough. Since the Japanese suspect that the secret service headquarters and the city government are not clean, then deepen their suspicion. When you ask Chen Mo to investigate, it would be best if he could also design a plan to attack these two locations.

If the Japanese don't trust us, we will confirm it, and if we do the opposite, we will make them suspicious."

(End of this chapter)