Spy Wars: Red Shopkeeper

Chapter 92 Being a Gun
"Boycott the military note system!"

"This is a plunder of the wealth of SH citizens!"

"We don't want military notes! We have dollars! We have legal tender! We have US dollars!"

"Mayor, come out and speak!"

"Don't be a running dog of the Japanese!"

"Fu Xiaoan! Come out and answer the questions!"

When Gu Yansheng returned from prison, he saw that the entrance to the city government was blocked by a large number of people and the crowd was very excited.

Some held banners, some waved their fists. Not a single official from the city government showed up. The excited crowd wanted to rush into the government office and smash things, but were stopped by the guards at the door. So they simply threw rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs.

There were also a bunch of reporters following behind taking pictures, and it was obvious that they were preparing materials for tomorrow's news.

The news spread quickly, and it seems that everyone who needs to know knows it.

Gu Yansheng beeped twice, and the guard looked at the license plate and forcefully opened a passage for Gu Yansheng to enter.

Inside the building, each clerk was secretly looking outside and talking to each other.

When they saw Gu Yansheng, they greeted him one by one and then left quickly.

Gu Yansheng went upstairs, and Liu Xiaolou reported, "Director, Secretary Ling called when you were away. I told him you were out on business, and he said he'd let you come over when you come back."

"Judging from his tone, he seems to be in a bad mood." Liu Xiaolou added secretly.

"okay, I get it."

Gu Yansheng turned over and went to look for Ling Xianwen.

Before he even reached the door, he heard Ling Xianwen yelling, "Aren't you all usually quite capable? Think of a way? Are you speechless?"

People in the corridor walked quickly, and people in the office shivered with fear. Ling Xianwen stood by the window, looking downstairs through the window.

"Secretary-General, what's wrong?" Gu Yansheng called out and walked in. There were some people standing in the office, probably from the secretariat.

"A mouth is like a cotton trouser waistband; news can spread faster than diarrhea! There's no need to wait for the next day's newspapers; the whole world knows that the Japanese are going to introduce military notes! Get out!"

Ling Xianwen finished speaking angrily, then watched his men leave. He took a deep breath, frowned, and said, "Look at these people downstairs, blocking the way here. It's okay if they're just foreign businessmen, but those people in tattered clothes are obviously hired by businessmen to show off their skills.

The people in the Foreign Affairs Office and the Propaganda Department are completely useless. They're scolded for saying just a few words and can't even speak. They're just useless!"

"It's normal for citizens to have complaints. This is just the beginning. The whole world will know about it tomorrow. I expect bigger things to come. Secretary-General, why are you so anxious? There are people who should be anxious. Don't get angry."

"But they are blocking us here, how can we get off work?" Ling Xianwen was still furious.

"Su Xiwen is being asked to handle this?" Gu Yansheng didn't understand. "He's the director. He took the job. Why should we do it?"

"He ran away!"

Ling Xianwen's eyes were filled with anger, and he shouted, "I asked people, he was still in the office when the crowd first arrived, but as soon as he heard about the protest, he got in a car and ran away without even saying hello!
Now Fu Xiaoan is lying in the hospital, and if Su Xiwen runs away again, I'm the highest-ranking officer here! This matter has become my responsibility!

How to deal with this? Can this matter be handled? Even a fool knows that they don’t want to change, and I don’t want to change either! Whoever comes forward will be hated! "

Gu Yansheng finally understood what was going on. It felt like he was being tricked. No wonder he was so angry.

Ling Xianwen said bitterly, "I inherited this mess. I've got the power, but I don't want to do anything. I'm slipping away faster than a rabbit. I'm only half an hour away from closing time. Look at this door. How can the city government close? What am I going to say when the various departments ask about this?"

"Have you ever called the Japanese? What did the Japanese say?" Gu Yansheng asked.

"Of course we did. The Japanese said they didn't care because it was the city government that took the initiative to propose a unified currency and switch to military notes for the sake of economic stability for the new government. Also, there were foreign businessmen on the scene, so they couldn't send military police to intervene for fear of causing a conflict and an international dispute.

The Japanese want to maintain their image, so let us be the bad guys and explain ourselves!"

"Where's Lu Ying? Let his police come to maintain order?"

"I couldn't get through on the phone. His people said he was out negotiating with a company. I asked the person who answered the phone to send someone over, but he only sent a few people. He said he couldn't mobilize anyone without the director's order. That's all the people the office could mobilize. Look, those guys at the door. They're clearly trying to avoid anything."

"Okay, you all have great potential. Since you're all playing like this, why are you in such a hurry? Let me tell you, Secretary General, you're just worrying for nothing this time." Gu Yansheng made coffee and drank it by himself.

"Why are you so anxious? I'm the one with the biggest responsibility right now. Aren't so many people counting on me after get off work? What should I say when they call me later?" Ling Xianwen asked Gu Yansheng.

Gu Yansheng smiled and said, holding the cup, "Isn't this simple? In the name of Director Su, send a document to all departments, stating that time is tight and the task is heavy. Everyone must write down the companies or individuals they think they can convince. Everyone in every department must write, and everyone must get off work all night tonight to write."

Ling Xianwen's eyes widened in shock, "What kind of awful idea did you come up with? Won't there be a huge uproar if this document is distributed?"

How can it be justified that people are not allowed to go home?

Gu Yansheng smiled calmly and raised his head: "Is that why the Secretary General issued it in the name of Director Su?"

Ling Xianwen paused, thought for a moment, and then laughed: "Trick him? Anyway, he's not here, so I can't explain it. If anyone asks, I'll just say he said it. There's nothing I can do about it."

"Ah." Gu Yansheng smiled and nodded. "That's not all. The heads of the departments below don't know about his absence. Anyone with grievances will immediately ask him. Once they ask, they find out that Su Xiwen asked them to stay, but his own people ran away. Secretary-General, what do you think those heads think when they know this?"

"Great, if he does it on the first day, then don't blame us for doing it on the fifteenth."

Ling Xianwen's eyes lit up. If they played like this, they could ruin Su Xiwen's reputation.

He immediately picked up the phone and ordered the document to be distributed to all departments, and then told the secretariat how to answer the call from the person in charge later.

Then he very considerately instructed the canteen to prepare more dishes, as there might be too many people eating tonight.

Of course, he didn't forget to pick out the best dishes, as he and Director Gu wanted to prepare a special meal.

As the Secretary-General, you have a very good memory.

After he hung up the phone, Gu Yansheng jokingly said, "No more rush, right?"

"No, why should I be anxious? I just hope he doesn't come back."

Ling Xianwen sat down leisurely on the sofa, shaking his legs as he said, "If he doesn't want to take responsibility, then let him lose the support of the people. The longer he delays, the less he can hold his head up in the city government. I don't believe he won't come back."

"It's fine if he doesn't come back." Gu Yansheng said indifferently: "If he really doesn't come back, then the director of the Economic Department will have to be named Ling, right?"

Ling Xianwen smiled when he heard this. The Economic Department was a lucrative position, so this was a good idea.

"Yansheng, you're really reliable. Come sit down and chat. You're free anyway, why not?" "No, I can't sit still. I have a lot of problems with drugs, otherwise I wouldn't come back, so I don't end up being locked up and unable to go home at night."

Ling Xianwen laughed: "You're shooting yourself in the foot. So take some coffee back with you. I'll make it up to you, brother."

As he spoke, he went to get something from his locker and asked, "Do you have any ideas about the drugs?"

"I went to the prison. I knew nothing about drugs. There was someone in the prison who knew something, so I went to ask someone who knew. I couldn't be fooled."

"This job is a bit tricky. Those opium sellers are tough guys, and they're not easy to talk to." Ling Xianwen handed over two cans of imported opium and asked, "Do you have any ideas? I'll see if I can help you."

"Not for now. I need to sort out my thoughts first. I need to find out what the drug situation is like in Shanghai. Right now, apart from knowing a few names, I know nothing else."

Gu Yansheng took the coffee, thought for a moment, and said, "There is one thing the Secretary-General can help me with. The Zhang Xiaolin you told me about at the last banquet is one of the drug dealers in Shanghai.

You asked me to find a chance to meet him last time, but then he got poisoned by the explosion and missed out. Why don't you get him to come over so I can talk to him?

He wasn't poisoned, was he?"

"Hmm, he's been smoking opium for so many years that he's immune to all poisons." Ling Xianwen teased and picked up the phone and called directly, "Hello, Xiaolin, it's Ling Xianwen."

"Okay, he'll be here soon. Go wait in the office. When he arrives, I'll have someone bring him to you."

"Okay." Gu Yansheng pointed the phone to his ear and said with a smile, "If our Director Su gets angry, please let me know. I love to hear it."

"Hahahaha, okay."

Gu Yansheng returned to the office, and an hour later, Zhang Xiaolin arrived.

Director Gu

"Mr. Zhang, I've long heard of your name."

Gu Yansheng shook hands with him and said, "Please."

"The Secretary-General asked me to invite Mr. Zhang here today because I need your help with something. The Military Police Headquarters is planning to consolidate the drug market in Shanghai. Has Mr. Zhang heard about this?"

Zhang Xiaolin nodded slightly. "I heard about it, but I don't know how Director Gu plans to integrate it."

"Who told you that? Director Lu?" Gu Yansheng smiled tentatively.

Zhang Xiaolin felt like he was being tricked, but his expression remained expressionless. "Perhaps. The Military Police Headquarters is also a possibility. If Director Gu wants to know who it is, there's no need. It's pointless."

"It seems most people don't know about this. I'm just curious." Gu Yansheng smiled and said, "The Military Police Headquarters wants to take back all the drug profits in Shanghai. I wonder what Mr. Zhang thinks about this?"

Zhang Xiaolin raised his eyebrows and said, "Since Director Gu asked, I will tell you the truth. No matter who does it, it can't be done."

"Why?" Gu Yansheng was very friendly and did not hesitate to ask.

"Because it's not just the Military Police Headquarters that needs to eat. So many people in Shanghai also need to eat. I also need to eat, and I eat quite a lot."

Zhang Xiaolin remained calm. "Besides, I can also tell Director Gu that there's a portion of the Expeditionary Forces Headquarters' food in my meal. Can the Military Police Headquarters take it away?"

It is said that if you don’t investigate, you have no right to speak. If you do this recklessly, won’t you offend people?

"Of the three Green Gang bosses, one hid at home, and the other fled to Hong Kong. Rumor has it that Mr. Zhang defected to the Japanese at the time, and it seems that what they said is true." Gu Yansheng nodded seriously.

"Then why don't you give me some advice, Mr. Zhang? How do you think I should tell the Military Police Headquarters about this matter so that Mr. Zhang's business won't be affected by this integration?" Gu Yansheng asked and smiled. "Actually, I don't even want to take this job. If you could tell me, it would save me a lot of trouble."

Zhang Xiaolin hadn't expected Gu Yansheng to throw the question at him, but since it was his business, he couldn't avoid it. After thinking it over, he said, "Since the Military Police Headquarters has spoken, I'm not someone who doesn't know how to handle things. As long as they don't interfere with my business, I'm willing to pay them 10,000 yuan a month and give you, Director Gu, 1,000 yuan. How do you do that?"

"Haha, there's one for me too, Mr. Zhang, you're so polite." Gu Yansheng's smile wasn't entirely satisfactory. "That's fine by me. I'll pass it on as you say. But ten thousand dollars, do you think that's enough to satisfy the Military Police Headquarters?"

"Then let them go to the Expeditionary Force Headquarters." Zhang Xiaolin was not afraid of the threat. "This is already the salary I squeezed out. I can't afford any more."

Gu Yansheng stood up and said, "Wait for me to make a call and ask you right now."

I love watching the killing spree between the Expeditionary Force Headquarters and the Military Police Headquarters, so Gu Yansheng has to act as a middleman.

He walked out of the room and called Hasegawa Inchuan using Liu Xiaolou's phone outside.

"Hey, Mr. Hase, there's something very important that I need to report to you.

Regarding the drug issue, at the city government meeting, Su Xiwen handed the matter over to me, saying that it was a judicial matter.

I had a face-to-face interview with Zhang Xiaolin of the Green Gang. He was very tough. He said he had already submitted a copy to the Expeditionary Force Headquarters and had no money to submit to the Military Police Commander.

"The Expeditionary Force Headquarters?" Hasegawa paused. "Have you asked who it is and how much they pay each month?"

"I didn't dare ask. I was afraid I'd find out something I shouldn't know if I asked too much. Mr. Hase, Su Xiwen is from the Military Police Headquarters. I now feel that he handed this matter to me. Did the Military Police Headquarters know about this for a long time and now want to take money and use our consulate as a pawn?"

Hasegawa suddenly became alert and didn't think much about it at first, but after Gu Yansheng's analysis, he also felt that something was unusual.

There is something wrong with this matter.

The person sent to negotiate with Zhang Xiaolin at that time was indeed from the Shanghai Expeditionary Force Headquarters, so what Zhang Xiaolin said is very likely true.

If the Military Police Headquarters still wanted Zhang Xiaolin to pay, it would most likely be using them to take advantage of the Expeditionary Force Headquarters.

However, the entire structure of the Shanghai Expeditionary Force had been disbanded more than a month ago, the commanders were transferred back to Japan, and the army was incorporated into the Nanjing Central China Expeditionary Force Headquarters and no longer existed.

In other words, if the person Zhang Xiaolin originally paid the money to was the commander, this person would now be in Japan.

If it wasn't the commander, then the Shanghai Military Police Headquarters was actually stealing meat from the bowls of those who had already arrived in Nanjing.

Then there is no problem at all. Nanjing wants to control Shanghai, but it is thinking too much.

Of course, Shanghai’s money should stay in Shanghai.

So he said, "Mr. Gu, don't worry. Just follow the instructions of the Military Police Headquarters. The Shanghai Expeditionary Force has been disbanded, and all the money must remain in Shanghai. However, there is one thing: all the money must first be handed over to the Judicial Department and cannot be handed directly to the Military Police Headquarters. Do you understand what I mean?"

Gu Yansheng didn't understand. He was a complete novice. "Because the consulate also needs daily expenses, is that what you mean?"

Hasegawa said seriously, "We are being used as pawns. Don't we need the military police headquarters to provide us with funds for our activities?"

(End of this chapter)