Spy Wars: Red Shopkeeper

Chapter 65 Reaction
"I heard that Commander Matsui is behind Fu Xiaoan?"

"This matter has absolutely nothing to do with Commander Matsui. It was Fu Xiaoan's own decision."

Hasegawa immediately removed Matsui and said in a deep voice, "I will question him about this matter and report to Commander Matsui to punish him."

I thought you would just rush up and shoot him. Gu Yansheng sneered with a lack of interest: "Mr. Chang Gu, he won't admit it. We don't have any evidence to prove that he was the one who sold the plan.

As long as there is no evidence, do you think Commander Matsui will admit that there is something wrong with the people he sent?"

"I will investigate this matter." Hasegawa bowed to Gu Yansheng and said, "Mr. Gu, this is not your problem. I'm sorry for wasting your good plan.

I hope you can think about how to salvage the current situation."

"Let me think about it." Gu Yansheng sighed and thought.

Hasegawa bowed his head and said, "I will definitely give you an explanation for this matter. I will be leaving first. Goodbye."

"Walk slowly."

Gu Yansheng was in low spirits when seeing people off.

The person becomes full of energy as soon as he leaves.

There are still people rushing to take the blame, so even if the final result of this matter is not so perfect, it is not his problem.

If Hasegawa is angry, then let him go and make Fu Xiaoan angry. It has nothing to do with him.

Release him immediately.

"Xiaolou, notify the court to expedite the approval process. Give me at least 200 release notices today."

"Yes."

Gu Yansheng walked quickly to the table, picked up the phone and called Ma Sihai.

"Section Chief Ma, arrange for someone to go to the court and wait. When the court releases the release list, find a way to notify the family of each person who comes out to greet them at the prison gate. Make sure to make a big noise at the prison gate. I want this reported in every newspaper in Shanghai tomorrow."

"Yes."

Gu Yansheng hung up the phone and continued to call the prison.

"Warden, I'm Gu Yansheng. The court clerk will come to release the prisoners later. You must scare each one you release. Tell them not to talk about what happened in there, especially not to say bad things about the Japanese to reporters. Warn them to be careful of being arrested again. Do you understand?"
And if you spread rumors about letting them go out to work, be careful that the Japanese won't let you go."

"Remember! Make sure it's done!"

He couldn't let the person behind him go because of his spitting nonsense. Gu Yansheng didn't want any accidents to happen when he released him.

He continued with the next call, to the director of the Construction Bureau. "Director, I'm Gu Yansheng. Is Lu Bowen with you? No need to look for him. Just help me pass on a message. Tell her that the prison is about to release someone. It should be in the evening. Ask him to bring some people and go to the prison gate to recruit workers.

Yeah, tell him that he's busy tonight and I'll have lunch with him tomorrow. Ask him to meet me downstairs at the city hall. Okay, thanks. Let's get together when we're free."

Moving on to the next one, Gu Yansheng called the assistant manager of the car dealership, Ji Weiding.

"Assistant Manager Ji, I'm Gu Yansheng. Yes, the time has come for you to help. The prison will start releasing people tonight. Yes, you can help stand guard at the platform and collect a few as a token of your gratitude. There aren't many people here today, so there are other companies helping to collect. You will be the main force in the next few days. Okay, I will transfer the money for the car to you as soon as possible. Thank you."

Let’s move on to the next one, Professor Tian from Hujiang University.

But Gu Yansheng didn't have his phone number.

"Xiaolou, help me find the phone number of the Academic Affairs Office of Hujiang University."

After a short rest, Gu Yansheng picked up the phone.

I called the Academic Affairs Office and said, "I'm looking for Professor Tian from the Chemistry Department. Okay, I'll wait for Professor Tian. I'm Gu Yansheng. How's the request I made for you going? Is it done? I know Professor Tian is very capable. Can he come out this afternoon?"

The prison will probably start releasing people around five or six tonight. I need your teachers and students, wearing nurse uniforms and doctor uniforms, to examine their bodies at the prison gate and give them some treatment advice. Yes, it's that simple.

But I want to remind you that students should not comment too much on this matter, especially not to speak to reporters. Don't try to seduce the Japanese before all the prisoners are released. Professor Tian, ​​do you understand this? Okay, thank you very much."

Continue to the next one and report Liang Weimin.

"Editor Liang, you should know what happened at the meeting today. Some people were causing trouble, so I'm going to speed up the release of these people. They'll start releasing them at the prison gate this evening. Go and do a few more interviews for me. I have to present a positive image.

I have arranged for some companies to recruit workers at the prison gate, and also arranged for doctors to provide them with physical examinations. These initiatives to care for citizens are part of the reform measures of the Judicial Department. You must help me promote them more.

Okay, please."

Bang, Gu Yansheng put down the phone. All the cards were played. All the cards he had saved were thrown out at once. Tomorrow's Shanghai newspapers will have more content promoting the new regulations or more content about releasing people. Let's see who will win.

Gu Yansheng believed that ordinary citizens would definitely care more about the release of people, and would only buy newspapers with a higher proportion of news about the release of people.

There is the story of the Judicial Department, the story of being detained, the story of recruiting workers, and the story of rescuing students in school.

Whether to choose sales or regulations is up to the concession newspapers themselves.

During his rare free time, Gu Yansheng had a cup of coffee and spent the afternoon leisurely.

Apart from a few follow-up calls, nothing else happened.

As evening approached, we drove to the prison gate.

The scene at the prison gate was spectacular. Before the 200-person release team even started, there were probably thousands of people gathered at the gate.

There were cars and cameras, and a bunch of prisoners' families, some crying, some smiling and waiting eagerly.

Watching the fun is the nature of most people, and passers-by just chat and watch the show when they have nothing to do.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, Gu Yansheng did not get out of the car, but leaned in the car and watched the scene quietly.

The next day, Shanghai newspapers were in a frenzy. Chinese newspapers, led by Shenbao, devoted almost their entire pages to reporting on the release of prisoners by the Judicial Department. There was simply too much material to report.

Behind every prisoner is a family's sad story, coupled with their excitement about reuniting with their families after release and their outlook on the future. After a brief interview and repeated compression, I still feel that the newspaper can only carry too little content.

However, these simple stories are enough to make ordinary SH citizens feel a sense of involvement, a sense of identity, and an urgency to pay real money.

The reported sales volume was already the highest, and the current sales volume is even better.

As a result, Gu Yansheng's image has been rising in the minds of SH citizens.

No matter whether they understand the new regulations or not, the simple fact of releasing the people can let them know that this is an official who gets things done!
With the help of Liang Youwei, the whole text was guided by false information. Although it was not obvious, a large part of the text was actually praising Gu Yansheng and his new policies in the Department of Justice.

In comparison, the content of foreign newspapers, which are also prominently displayed on newsstands, is much more twisted today.

The power of capital is still strong. The front page of foreign newspapers still chose to report on the Ministry of Justice’s amendment of the law, and clearly explained the disadvantages if the SH City Government took back the judicial power over foreign companies.

I certainly wouldn't dare write openly that I was smuggling prohibited items, but it's okay to write that if the SH city government seized goods without reason, the prices of certain materials might increase, in an attempt to cause some panic and rejection.

But first of all, this is just empty shooting. There hasn't been any lawsuit like the last time between Jardine Matheson and the SH Municipal Government. There isn't even an anchor point.

Secondly, there was indeed too much material yesterday. The front page was to give face to the businessmen, and the other sections still had to work hard for sales, so the release of the person by the Judicial Department had to be reported extensively.

Once this event is described, it will inevitably involve two other things.

First, we need to make an editor-in-chief-level evaluation of the SH Municipal Government's measure of releasing this person.

The second is to make an editor-in-chief-level evaluation of the character of Gu Yansheng, Deputy Director of the Judicial Department.

How do you write this?
They just put it on the front page saying that the Judicial Department was extremely rebellious and dared to snatch the power of trial from them.

The next paragraph had to praise the Judicial Department for releasing the person and Gu Yansheng for being an upright person.

"Ha ha ha ha."

Gu Yansheng's office.

Hasegawa Inkawa left with a gloomy face yesterday, but today he came to visit with a smile.

"It's wonderful, really wonderful, Mr. Gu. I didn't expect your arrangement to be so ingenious." Hasegawa Inkawa came to the door with a newspaper and praised the content in the newspaper.

"Through contact with Gu Yansheng, deputy director of the Judicial Department, medical students from the concession schools strongly supported the new policy of the Judicial Department and went to the prison gate to help prisoners with physical examinations and help them return to society.

Hahahaha, all the students in the concession are standing on our side.

And this, under the leadership of the Consulate General in Shanghai, the Judicial Department and the Construction Bureau established the Released Prisoners Reintegration into Society Working Committee to solve employment problems for released prisoners, help them become part of driving Shanghai's economic recovery, and jointly build a China-Japan friendly family. This is a model for establishing China-Japan friendship!

Good, very well written.”

Seeing his own name was of course a relief. His eyes almost fell into the newspaper. Gu Yansheng smiled and made a cup of coffee for Chang Gu Renchuan: "Mr. Chang Gu, have you paid attention to the trend of the concession today?"

"Of course I'm paying attention. That's why I came here." Hasegawa put down his arms and laughed heartily:

"According to the intelligence I've gathered, the residents of the concession are responding to our new policies even better than expected. Mr. Gu's counterattack this time was very effective. He was able to come up with such a strategy in such a short period of time, which shows his wisdom."

In the past, whenever there was an issue involving the law enforcement authority of a ship, the media in the concession would definitely report on the matter extensively. However, today, under the bombardment of news arranged by Gu Yansheng, not many people cared about the issue of law enforcement authority.

"A short time? Not a short time anymore."

Gu Yansheng also sat down and leaned back on the sofa, took a sip of coffee and said, "The means were all prepared long ago, but Mayor Fu interrupted the rhythm.

According to my original idea, if I release the news bit by bit, then given the sense of superiority of Europeans and Americans, they will definitely stand on the moral high ground and praise our new policies.

Whether it is releasing people, providing medical treatment, or offering job opportunities, these are all good things that cannot be faulted.

That's enough for me to put them on the pedestal.

Then I will throw out the content of this law enforcement power, making it difficult for them to back down, as their reputation has already been established and it will be difficult for them to change their words.

Now that it has been interrupted, I might as well release it all to directly weaken the influence of their front page and make the whole of Shanghai focus on good things.

They caught me off guard, and I caught them off guard, so it was fair enough."

"It's fair indeed." Hasegawa felt relaxed. He thought that Gu Yansheng's operation idea was a bit like the fire coverage and saturation attack in war.

"It seems that this is what Mr. Gu asked me to experience on my own. Fortunately, it was not written in the plan at the time. Otherwise, if the medical students just left the rental area, they might have stopped them.

Mr. Gu, you were wary of Fu Xiaoan at the time, right? Otherwise, why wouldn't you have mentioned it in the plan?"

Gu Yansheng chuckled: "I'm not specifically on guard against Mayor Fu. The main reason is that I don't know the person I'm asking, so I can't be sure that he will be willing to help me. Take the French Consulate case, for example. Among those arrested was a professor from our school. I made the best use of everyone and used all the methods I could.

But Fu Xiaoan really didn't expect that that wasn't my entire plan."

"I see." Hasegawa nodded. "Then what do you think of the concession's reaction next?"

"There's no need to look at it. At this point, there's nothing to see. The power to seize the ship is ours. Mr. Hase focuses on public opinion. The concessions usually use public opinion to suppress us after an incident and force us to release the ship.

But now public opinion is on our side.

I said at the meeting yesterday that since it has been announced, it will be implemented. There will be a three-day buffer period, and the new policy will be implemented after three days. According to the new policy regulations, cargo ships must pay a 20% cargo deposit before they can pass through Wusongkou.

I will control the speed of their release and maintain the momentum of this new policy for a while. If they don't pay within three days and force their way into Wusongkou, we will seize their ship."

"Okay!" At this point, with public opinion protecting him, Hasegawa is not afraid. If he really misses this opportunity, he will not be able to suppress the gendarmerie headquarters, and the result will only be worse than it is now.

"I support you. We must be tough with them this time. If they don't pay, we will seize their ships!"

(End of this chapter)