Spy Wars: Red Shopkeeper

Chapter 2 Good Citizens
The organization has made basic plans for their visit to Shanghai.

The first goal is to settle down and have a pseudo-legal identity.

This is the good citizen certificate promoted by the current SH City Special Government.

Without a good citizen certificate, you couldn't move outside the concession. If you were caught on the street, you would be beaten and kicked, and then sent to prison. If you didn't die, you would be severely extorted.

It is not difficult to simply obtain an identity. Although they came from other places, the Japanese also needed to restore Shanghai's trade after the war in order to gain profits from it, so they did not exclude outsiders from coming to Shanghai to do business and work.

However, the identity check is very strict, and the more doubts there are in your past resume, the more money you have to pay.

There is also a way that doesn't cost a lot of money. There are always indigenous people in SH City, that is, people who were in Shanghai during the time window from the end of the war to the establishment of the Japanese puppet city government. All of them have been issued good citizen certificates.

For those who fled Shanghai during the war and later returned to Shanghai, if their previous residential registration information can be found, or if they have neighbors or acquaintances who can act as guarantors, they can also be directly issued a good citizen certificate.

The person Lu Bowen and his team were going to contact was the one who returned to Shanghai and went undercover immediately after the war.

Not only could he solve the identity issues of Lu Bowen and He Yun, allowing them to become good citizens with verifiable resumes, but more importantly, this lurker also had a batch of reserve firearms and a radio.

Now that this person is withdrawing from Shanghai, these supplies will be left to them.

This is the benefit of being assigned a high-level expatriate. Minister Chen, who is in charge of organizational work, was directly assigned an expatriate position and has relatively more resources at his disposal, which can be considered a guaranteed benefit for them.

But plans cannot keep up with changes, and now the plan has become a waste of time.

According to the plan, we will disembark from the British and American concessions and enter the concessions directly, and we will get our identities by making contact in the concessions.

But now if we leave from Hongkou, we can’t get past the Japanese.

You can only spend money to avoid disaster.

As for Gu Yansheng himself, he was going to join the government and couldn't get involved in these messy things. The Japanese would definitely conduct strict inspections in the future, so it would be safest to just spend money and get a good citizen certificate with his own identity.

We lined up to get off the ship carrying our suitcases. There was some commotion at the disembarkation point. Japanese soldiers stood in two rows surrounding the dock. The passengers got off the ship one by one and were examined like prisoners.

"Open the box!"

"Why? You have no right to search my trunk."

"idiot!"

A burst of spears hit his face.

"Don't make a fuss. Foreigners should leave from here. Chinese should line up over here for inspection. If you dare to disobey, don't blame us for being ruthless."

Bang! A gunshot rang out into the air.

A man in a Zhongshan suit walked out of the passage with a gun in hand, scanning everyone present with a cold gaze, and behind him followed a few foreigners.

The deterrent effect of guns is still very great, and the few foreigners behind are obviously from the British, American and French Concessions. They directly opened the door to convenience for people from their own country. They gave face to the cruise ship docking and search, but their own people must not be searched, and this face must be taken back.

"Line up, get checked, all the Chinese come here to register."

Some Japanese and puppet personnel set up a table to take shorthand notes, and the man in the Zhongshan suit who fired the shot stood next to him, his eyes still fixed on the Chinese faces in the scene.

"Name, place of origin, have you been to Shanghai before?"

“I’ve been here.”

"The box is open and you can go. Next."

"Name, place of origin, have you been to Shanghai before?"

"Gu Yansheng, from Hangzhou, has never been to Shanghai before."

The Japanese should be looking for someone. At this time, the closer you move forward, the safer it will be. Gu Yansheng leaned very forward to show his openness, and opened the box on his own initiative. It was full of clothes.

"From Hangzhou?"

Who knew that the person recording the incident would immediately look up when he heard the word Hangzhou, suddenly staring at Gu Yansheng and asking, "Have you ever participated in police training in Hangzhou?"

"No." Gu Yansheng shook his head.

The person who recorded the information was still suspicious. He stood up and searched Gu Yansheng's suitcase carefully, but there were only some spare clothes and a few law books in Gu Yansheng's suitcase.

"What are you bringing these books for?"

"Look, I'm studying law. Here's my student ID."

"I study law at Peking University."

The person who was recording the records flipped through the book but found nothing, so he asked, "What are you doing in Shanghai?"

"look for a job."

"Do you have any relatives in Shanghai looking for a job?"

"No."

"No. Come, search me."

The person who was recording the search searched Gu Yansheng's body and rummaged through his suitcase. He found nothing suspicious and glanced at the man in the Zhongshan suit standing beside him.

The man stared into Gu Yansheng's eyes, and when he met his innocent gaze, he asked, "What are you going to Hong Kong for?"

Gu Yansheng paused deliberately, puzzled, "Hong Kong implements British law, which is different from our country. I studied law, so I wanted to go to the place where the law is implemented. Going to the UK is too expensive, and Shanghai has always been unstable, so I went to Hong Kong to study. What's wrong?"

The man didn't say anything, but suddenly walked forward and grabbed Gu Yansheng's hand, rubbing his thumb slowly across his palm, then shook his head and lost interest.

Gu Yansheng only received twenty days of training for all his projects. If he wanted the cocoon to grow, he would probably be disappointed.

"You can go now. Go there and pay the money to get a good citizen certificate."

Seeing that the superior had no objection, the person who took note let him go directly.

Gu Yansheng nodded, closed his suitcase, and walked through the aisle to the counter ahead, where he handed in his student ID to apply for a good citizen certificate. Given the previous inspection, the female clerk at the counter didn't give him much trouble, lazily quoting the price directly: "Five dollars or one hundred French francs."

"So expensive?" Gu Yansheng felt a pang of pain.

A small yellow croaker can be exchanged for 100 oceans at the current market price. This broken certificate has lost one twentieth of a small yellow croaker, which is about 1.5 grams of gold.

"Do it or not!"

".manage."

Gu Yansheng took out the money with a depressed expression, counted out 100 French francs and gave them to him, leaving him with more than 80 French francs.

The female clerk smiled and said, "Since you're a student, I'm reminding you to keep it safe. If you get caught entering Shanghai without a permit, you won't be charged that much."

The service was prompt and quick. I took out a blank notebook and filled in my name, hometown, age, and other information. The female clerk tapped my ID on the counter and said, "Take your ID and turn left. There's a photo studio. Give it to them and they'll take your photo. Go ahead."

Shit, is this going to get ripped off again?

Gu Yansheng nodded in thanks and walked away quickly.

At this moment, a high-pitched cry suddenly sounded behind him, followed by exclamations and a woman's scream.

"catch him!"

popping.

Gu Yansheng looked back and saw a man in a green robe breaking away from the queue and running rapidly towards the beach. The pistol in his hand and the two Japanese lying in a pool of blood on the ground showed his bravery.

The Japanese soldier drew his gun and fired back. The man in the Zhongshan suit shouted anxiously: "Don't shoot! We need him alive!"

But the Japanese soldiers didn't listen to him at all. Seeing that the man in the gown didn't stop, they shot him with their rifles.

The man in the long gown wanted to jump into the river, but the distance was too far and he was hit by a bullet and fell to the ground immediately.

Seeing this, the man in the Mao suit who rushed over couldn't help but curse under his breath, and immediately shouted, "Quick, take him to the hospital. Where's his luggage? Bring it, bring it. Call the captain over and have his men identify him. Let's see who on the ship spoke to him."

The scene was in chaos and there were screams everywhere.

Gu Yansheng looked away after a short while, silently mourned for this stranger in his heart, and then continued on his way.

I turned left and looked for a photo studio. The owner took my ID and said nothing, but reminded me, "Taking photos is quick, but developing them takes a long time. See the people at the door? They're all lined up. If you're willing to wait, you can. They'll be developed in three to five days. But I remind you, you can't enter Shanghai without this ID. Of course, if you have money, you can live in the concession. For three to five days, you can probably find a room with one or two hundred French francs."

"What if I want to hurry?"

"You're quite sensible, kid. Think fast. Hehe, then I'll let the guy who's off work overtime. I'll definitely give him the 50 yuan salary."

"I understand. I'd appreciate it if your friend could help me."

Without saying anything, Gu Yansheng took out the money.

"Just wait, it will definitely be done in half an hour."

While waiting, the fake couple Lu Bowen and He Yun also came out. Lu Bowen had a gloomy face, and it was obvious that he had been blackmailed many times.

After all, he is 33 years old this year and a businessman. If he says that he has never done business or socialized with people from the Kuomintang before, the Japanese will never believe it.

Then I had the photos developed and was blackmailed.

Twenty minutes later, Gu Yansheng got the certificate of good conduct handed to him by his boss.

The boss even said hello with a forced smile: "Congratulations, you are a Shanghainese now."

"Thank you."

Gu Yansheng opened the certificate of good conduct and took a look at it. It was okay, and the seal had been stamped. He didn't know which big official's business these two companies were collecting the money from.

Although I lost a lot of money, fortunately I got it done. With this certificate of good citizenship, I have an official identity in Shanghai.

After giving a wink to Lu Bowen and the other man, Gu Yansheng left on his own.

"Rickshaw Xinxin Cafe."

According to the prior agreement, Lu Bowen and He Yun were to go to the meeting, and Gu Yansheng was to wait at Xinxin Cafe until the phone rang for him in the cafe, announcing that the supplies from Lu Bowen had been successfully received. Then, based on the accepted property, they would agree on a meeting place near the property in the future. Then, they would each carry out their own tasks.

Gu Yansheng ordered the cheapest coffee in the cafe, picked up an English book to read, and just spent his free time like a Shanghainese rich kid.

Fortunately, coffee can be refilled, which can save a little.

After waiting for almost two hours without receiving a call, Gu Yansheng, who was sitting by the window, caught a glimpse of He Yun across the street, who was winking at him.

Gu Yansheng's heart sank immediately when he saw that the agreement was not followed, so he paid the money and left.

When going out, don’t contact each other, pretend to pass by, and walk one foot after the other.

"Something happened to Bowen. The contact person was arrested, and he was also arrested."

"What happened? How are you okay?"

"I don't know. The Japanese seemed to know they were going to meet, so I didn't go in."

Gu Yansheng was a little surprised when he heard this. "That's the French Concession? Were they captured by the Japanese?"

"It's the Japanese."

"."

What a bad start. What a shitty day today is. He guessed that the almanac must have written two things about today: not suitable for going out and not suitable for socializing.

"Let's talk about it somewhere else."

(End of this chapter)