Spy Wars: Red Shopkeeper

Chapter 16: Withered
After giving the instructions, Liaoshan went straight upstairs back to the office.

I picked up the phone and made a call: "Hello, it's me. I want to release the person. You don't have to say anything. I'm under a lot of pressure here. The consul is putting pressure on me personally. I can't bear it. Do you understand?
You can't let me lose my hat for a few suspects, right? Besides, it's not like I didn't give you time, it's just that you couldn't get anything out of me.

What do you mean? I arrested him for you, and I let you conduct the trial. It's your own fault, and you still want to cut off my supply? Just try it!
If a tiger doesn't show its might, you think I'm a sick cat, Wu Sibao! I'm warning you, unless your people don't want to enter the French Concession anymore!
Okay, that's it. Oh, and let me tell you one more thing. This matter isn't just pressure from me, the Japanese consulate is also putting pressure on us. You better understand this clearly.

"Oh shit."

This Wu Sibao, relying on his seniority in the Qing Gang, actually dared to speak to him like this?
When he was hanging out in Shanghai, this Wu Sibao was still living in the mud and eating mud!

Thirteen o'clock, instead of being a big boss of the Green Gang, he becomes a younger brother of a traitor. He is simply sick in the brain and can't think straight!
"Oh shit."

No. 67, Daxi Road.

Wu Sibao just hung up the phone. What an attitude!

With a gloomy face, he went to the second floor of the villa and knocked on Li Shiqun's office door anxiously.

"Brother, something happened. Liaoshan called and said he wants to release everyone. There's no room for negotiation. What should I do?"

"Knock before you come in next time."

Li Shiqun, who was standing behind his desk, yelled angrily and crumpled the calligraphy on the table into a ball. "I've told you so many times that you should stay calm when encountering problems. You ruined a good piece of calligraphy. Now tell me what happened."

Wu Sibao told his younger brother what Liaoshan had said and what he had seen at the door.

Li Shiqun walked out with his hands behind his back. "You mean a lawyer came, and then Liao Shan came back specifically, and then his attitude changed."

"Yes, they stayed upstairs for quite a while. I asked someone to check the license plate. It belongs to a law firm called Danwen. The owner is British, but the person who came down was Chinese."

"Interesting." Li Shiqun stood casually, silent, obviously thinking.

Wu Sibao was anxious, "Brother, do you think this person gave something good to that jerk Liaoshan? Otherwise, why did this jerk suddenly change his attitude?

Brother, I feel uncomfortable just looking at this jerk. If it weren't for Mr. Huang's relationship, he wouldn't have become the Chief Chinese Constable. He really thinks he's someone important and even threatens me. Brother, why don't we seize his goods? At worst, we can just say it was the Japanese who seized them. I feel so bad for him."

Li Shiqun looked at him and chuckled. "It's all just talk, but are you really going to seize his goods and then let him fight you? That half shipload of longevity cream is enough for him to hire 100 assassins to hunt you down. We still have to enter the French Concession, don't make enemies for yourself."

"But I just feel unhappy."

"Then just stall for time at customs and make his passage slower. It's a little revenge on your part, but that's all."

"Fuck, it's better not to do it. It's all for nothing. Forget it, he gets a bargain. But what about those people? We worked for nothing."

“It won’t be in vain.”

Li Shiqun said calmly: "Originally, they were meeting in the French Concession, so we had no choice but to arrest them. It's not easy to interrogate them on someone else's territory, and once the newspaper exposed it, even if there were any fish to catch later, they would have been scared away.

If they want to release the people, let them go, but you have to send people to monitor them and see where they go and who comes into contact with them. If they are rats, they will eventually reveal their tails."

"I understand. I'll do it right away."

"Oh, by the way, you mean that lawyer is Chinese, right? Find a way to contact that lawyer and see if anyone else, besides the consulate, has approached him to help with this case."

"Row."

Wu Sibao went downstairs and immediately ordered people to keep an eye on the French Concession. After giving the order, he became angrier the more he thought about it.

"Damn it, I've been busy for so many days for nothing."

The thought of having to keep an eye on him day and night and spending a lot of money made me feel uncomfortable.

He doesn't need to keep an eye on them personally day and night, but his brothers still need money for eating, riding, smoking and drinking, otherwise who would work with him?

"I've been so exhausted lately, thinking about whether there's any way to make money and give it a try."

"There's a way to make money, bro. You never know, it really exists."

Liu San, the usually mean-spirited younger brother, stepped forward with a smile and said, "Brother, I've been thinking about this for many days. Isn't there a lot of traffic in Shanghai now?

But there's a shortage outside of town. Isn't there a car repair shop across the street from us?

Let's buy it, and then, hey, I've already picked our first target. Doesn't that lawyer have a car? It's a luxury car. I checked, it's worth over ten thousand dollars. We'll take it, paint it a different color, get a brand, and sell it! Tsk, the money we paid for the car will be reimbursed on the spot, and there's even more. Much more."

Wu Sibao's eyes lit up, "You can do it, kid!"

Central capture room.

Wang Defa politely invited Gu Yansheng to the conference room.

"Mr. Gu, what do you think of this room? If possible, I'll go and bring someone up now."

A prison is such a filthy place, of course, it is not suitable for a lawyer like Mr. Gu. When Gu Yansheng asked to meet the arrested people one by one, Wang Defa immediately arranged this place.

Gu Yansheng looked around and nodded, "Okay, then I'll trouble Captain Wang. Could you please bring me their original confessions?"

"Hey, okay, couples come together, and individuals come alone, right?"

"Correct."

"Okay, take a seat, I'll make arrangements right away."

With the support of Liao Shan, Wang Defa cooperated closely, sent in his confession immediately, and then turned around to pick up the person.

Wen Yan, who was standing by, smiled shyly as he saw the man leave. "I heard that Mr. Gu had just arrived in Shanghai, and I was worried that you weren't familiar with the local scene, so I took the initiative to investigate your background. I didn't expect that in just one day, you'd already dealt with the police station. It's my fault for being nosy with the information I collected."

Wen Yan was really surprised. He had been in Shanghai for so many years and knew exactly what kind of person Liao Shan was. This new boss looked young, but his methods were truly amazing.

Can't see through.

"It's not meddlesome. You did a great job." Gu Yansheng praised sincerely, "Everyone has different ways of thinking. As an assistant, you took the initiative to help me open up another way of thinking and let me choose. How can it be meddlesome? My approach may succeed this time, but it may not work next time. There is a world of difference between having something and not using it and not having it at all."

"Thank you, Mr. Gu. I will continue to work hard." Wen Yan bowed his head.

"Yeah." Gu Yansheng looked around the conference room, thinking about the person he would meet later. Lu Bowen and He Yun didn't know he was coming. If he couldn't control his emotions well when he saw him later, it would be easy for people to make assumptions, especially a seasoned lawyer like Wen Yan.

You still have to take out the insurance first.

"Wen Yan, there is something you need to do now."

"Your command."

"Go back to the law firm and draft a contract with the following gist.

The parties involved and the Municipal Council have reached an agreement that regarding the entire incident of the arrest, including the arrest process, interrogation process, reasons for release, etc., no information can be disclosed to the outside world without the consent of the Municipal Council, including relatives, newspapers, and public officials who are aware of the situation without the express consent of the Municipal Council, as the deeper case is still under investigation.

Otherwise, the Municipal Council will file a criminal complaint with the French Concession Court for leaking secrets and will pursue all economic losses caused thereby.

You have the list, one for each person. Please fill in the details so that they don't dare to speak out. Go now and send it back when you're done."

Wen Yan understood immediately and didn't ask why. "Got it. I'll try to get it done in an hour."

"Don't worry, it will take time for me to talk to so many people. There's still time."

After Gu Yansheng sent Wen Yan away, he was alone in the room. He lowered his head to check under the table, the telephone, and patrolled the room to see if there was any monitoring equipment.

It's better to be careful and be ready to receive customers.

It must be very difficult for the two of you in there.

It would probably be a surprise to see him.

After a while, Wang Defa sent someone over.

When I opened the door, I saw that the first group was Lu Bowen and He Yun.

(End of this chapter)