Spy Wars: Red Shopkeeper

Chapter 4: Mixing
The situation is a bit bad.

Now he is just a lonely ghost in Shanghai, with no power and no one he knows.

If you don’t do well in the next step, you will be in a desperate situation, but you haven’t left yet, so it is definitely not a desperate situation.

According to the training experience organized for them in Yan'an, it is impossible for France and Japan to form a situation of advancing and retreating together at this stage. This is a conclusion drawn based on the calculation of interests.

This is also consistent with Gu Yansheng's own later experience. Although it is still unknown what the reasons for the cooperation between the two are, one thing that can be confirmed is that Japan and France are by no means of the same mind.

Assuming that Shanghai’s interests are a huge cake, then all the forces in Shanghai now want to take a bite of this cake again and again.

As the most powerful country today, France has an independent French Concession in Shanghai, even though Britain and the United States can only obtain one concession together. This is quite impressive.

As long as France is prevented from transferring these captured people to Japan, Gu Yansheng himself will have the space and time to maneuver.

"Hey, report?

I can provide you with a piece of information. The French consul and the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs reached an agreement to privately transfer the law enforcement power within the concession to the Japanese headquarters in Shanghai in exchange for the French merchants' business operations in Shanghai being unregulated.

Yes, it has been implemented, and everyone has cooperated in arresting people. They are in the police station."

"Hello, is this the American Evening News?

Insider information on today's arrests in the French Concession: The operation was carried out by members of the Japanese Special High Police. The French Consul and the Japanese Headquarters in Shanghai have reached an agreement that law enforcement authority in the French Concession will be transferred privately to the Japanese Headquarters in Shanghai without signing an agreement. They will also remain silent on the legitimacy of Japan's law enforcement authority in the British and American Concessions. Yes, it's already been implemented, and everyone has cooperated in the arrests. They're currently at the police station."

"Hey, is this the German Newspaper?

Insider information about the arrests that took place in the French Concession today. Yes, that's the reason the Japanese are arresting people in the French Concession. The reason behind this is that Japan and France have reached an agreement. Germany is causing major changes in Europe. Japan will notify France before Germany attacks France, and they intend to form an alliance with France in exchange for French support for Japan's military operations in China. Yes, it's already been implemented, and everyone has cooperated in the arrests. They're at the police station."

"Hey, is this the daily news?

"Taijun, did our Great Japanese Empire arrest someone in the French Concession this afternoon? They're currently being held in the French Concession police station. I need a tip-off. I overheard two people talking in an alley. They're planning to raid the police station in an hour. It's absolutely true! Where can I get the reward? What? Okay, I'll be right there to explain the details."

declare.

The content editor who answered the phone frowned and hung up. The content of the phone revelations was quite explosive. On the surface, it was just about Japan arresting people in the French Concession, but it was actually related to the change in France's attitude.

At a time when the world situation is turbulent and China is under foreign invasion, any change in the attitude of a major country will determine whether China's future situation will be difficult or easy.

If France really sides with Japan, even if it is only in Shanghai, it will undoubtedly be a further blow to China!
As one of the oldest and most influential newspapers, Shenbao must not miss out if this is true news.

But now the person who called is unwilling to show up and unwilling to explain the source of the information, so the accuracy of the information cannot be confirmed. The source of this information must be a senior official. His unwillingness to show up is understandable emotionally, but it also poses a problem for him.

What if it’s fake news?
After thinking about it, he went to the editor-in-chief's office and threw this difficult problem to the editor-in-chief.

"Editor-in-Chief, I received an anonymous tip. Could you please take a look? If it's true, I think it deserves a front-page headline."

I thought the editor-in-chief would hesitate, but he looked so confident: "It's very likely!
I have received the news that the Japanese did arrest people in the French Concession an hour and a half ago, and there were a lot of people seen!
There's also news: Today, a French cruise ship, whose destination was Shiliupu Wharf in the French Concession, unexpectedly changed its destination and docked at the Japanese wharf in Hongkou. This shows that the Japanese and the French have at least reached an agreement to a certain extent!

"Then it's true!"

"Nine times out of ten!"

"Send it or not?"

"hair."

"Okay! But will the Japanese allow us to distribute this thing? What if they seize it?"

The editor raised his hand to stop him from talking.

The editor-in-chief knows what the content editor is hesitating about.

Despite the pressure from the Japanese invaders, Shenbao still tried its best to boost morale through editorials and other forms of articles, emphasizing the importance of national resistance and advocating unity in resisting foreign enemies.

But since Shanghai fell into the hands of the Japanese, Shenbao, even as the largest newspaper, could not maintain its independence.

The Japanese have requirements for the content of their newspapers.

These editors and staff had to survive in Shanghai and sell newspapers to the occupied areas, so they couldn't stay out of it.

Some things, especially negative news, cannot be published and are strictly controlled.

Even if they wanted to publish, the newspaper would not pass the review and could not enter the occupied areas.

However, for every policy from the top, there is a countermeasure from the bottom.

The editor-in-chief thought about it, his eyes expressing something, "Of course it's not okay to criticize the Japanese, but there's a solution to this issue. If we say they're colluding with the French to persecute the Chinese, that's called negative news.

But if we change the tone and stand from a neutral perspective and say that France surrendered to Japan's East Asian Co-Prosperity Theory and therefore chose to cooperate, wouldn't that be positive news? " "Wouldn't the Frenchman's mouth be twisted with anger? The editor-in-chief is the editor-in-chief. This is really a cheap trick to shift the blame to someone else."

"What did you say?"

"I said my admiration for you is like a surging river, endless."

Damei Evening News.

The American editor hung up the phone and immediately exclaimed in his office, "Oh my God! I received a tip saying that the French and Japanese are collaborating and that the law enforcement power of the concession will be transferred to Japan. Moreover, France supports Japan in obtaining law enforcement power in our American concession."

"Is this true?"

"impossible?"

"Stupid French."

"I received news that the Japanese did arrest people in the French Concession today, and the police did not stop them."

"Really? Oh my God, has France fallen to this point? Or have they felt the pressure of Germany in Europe and are desperately seeking foreign aid?"

A relaxed and lively discussion broke out in the office, but there were doubts about the authenticity of the matter, mainly because the French had no need to submit to Japan unless it was because of the situation in Europe.

Of course, whether it is true or false is not important. They are just employees working in the Chinese region. For newspapers, the most important thing is sales, which means bonuses.

"Mary, this is not important. You should ask the editor-in-chief for the front page headline. If you are any later, the printing press will start working."

"Yeah."

"Remember to treat us when you get the prize. Oh, I'm so jealous of this damn luck."

"Hahahaha, okay, okay."

Daily News.

"You mean you received information that Chinese agents were planning a prison break?"

"Hey! It's absolutely true. He not only told me the time when the Chinese agents broke into the prison, but I also asked him to come to the newspaper office and tell me in person."

"who?"

"It must be a Chinese man who wants the bounty."

The editor-in-chief frowned and nodded slightly. After a moment's thought, he picked up the phone and said, "Please prepare to meet the whistleblower and confirm the source. I'll call the Military Police Headquarters right away and have them investigate this matter! If they catch him at the police station, I'll commend you for your contribution!"

Bang, in the public telephone booth in the concession, Gu Yansheng hung up the phone, took his hand away from his throat and coughed twice, picked up the newspaper on the table, and walked out of the phone booth.

As long as you buy the newspapers of each company, you will find the phone numbers of the editors of each company inside the newspapers.

Calling various editors was just to slap the French in the face. As for the result, of course they had to pick up the face after it was lost. That is the aristocratic France.

The incident became known to the whole world, and he didn't believe that the French would dare to send people to Japan. As long as the people were not transferred, it would be none of his business how the French got angry next.

In other words, he was going to die, so why would he care about the flood?

The first step is completed, and the next step is the second step, saving people.

Today is a long day, but it is already afternoon, so Gu Yansheng needs to make the most of his time.

Gu Yansheng looked at the newspaper in his hand.

It has been an hour and a half since the Japanese arrested people in the French Concession.

It is unknown how long it had been since the Japanese actually targeted the contact person.

What happened during this period and why it happened can only be guessed at present.

If you want to know the real inside story, you have to get close to it.

He had to contact the Japanese directly to understand the case, but he had to have a suitable reason, otherwise if he failed to rescue the person, he would be targeted by the Japanese.

Gu Yansheng looked at the recruitment section in the newspaper in his hand. There was an entry on it that said Danwen Law Firm was recruiting a lawyer.

After walking a street further, Gu Yansheng waved.

"Rickshaw, Danwen Law Firm."

(End of this chapter)