Period drama: Old Cao's carefree life

Chapter 286 Why don't you dare to fight the chief?
"Yes, yes, Team Leader Wen is absolutely right," Guang Yuhua agreed, but inwardly he was secretly smiling bitterly.

She didn't know what would happen to Cao Weida in the future, but for now, they were at Cao Weida's mercy.

Actually, he wanted to 'report' to Cao Weida, since Cao Weida's performance was too strong, and he, with his small frame, really didn't have the confidence to withstand it.

But he was also afraid that if Ji Hongxin found out about this after he got out, it would make things difficult for him.

While he was hesitating, Wen Yongwang approached him and told him to pretend he didn't know anything about it.

Now look what's happened! They've been summoned by just the two of them alone. Even a fool knows it's not a good thing.

"I wonder if Director Ji can handle it. This Director Cao is no pushover."

He was filled with worries, but having already offended the other party, there was no point in saying anything more.

There was another concern he didn't voice: based on his understanding, it was highly unlikely that the Japanese would appoint Ji Hongxin as the head of this district office.

He felt that even if Cao Wei Da hadn't been parachuted in as director this time, someone else would most likely have been parachuted in.

As mentioned before, the puppet government and the Japanese side were not as harmonious as they appeared on the surface. When it came to the struggle for interests and rights, the two sides would often argue fiercely.

There is a mutual penetration of rights between the two sides.

For example, Ji Hongxin and his group were ostensibly under the control of the Japanese police, but in reality, they were already working for the puppet government.

He suspected that Cao Weida was able to become the director because he had rendered meritorious service to the Japanese and had connections with Ono Oda and his group.

Secondly, the Japanese side did not want someone from the puppet government to take this position.

Ji Hongxin, however, showed a determination to get the position of director, so conflict was inevitable.

When the gods fight, it's always the lowly minions who suffer in the end.
With their own thoughts, the two arrived at the director's office door, and Guang Yuhua knocked on the door.

A voice came from inside the door: "Come in."

The two men pushed open the door and entered, standing at attention and saying, "Chief, you wanted to see us?"

"Yes, I do have something to discuss with you." Cao Weida grunted without looking up and then fell silent, scribbling on a document as if he had forgotten about the two men's arrival.

Seeing that Cao Weida showed no intention of raising his head to speak, the two men had different expressions: Guang Yuhua wore a smirk, while Wen Yongwang looked angry.

They knew that Cao Wei was trying to intimidate them!

After an unknown amount of time, just as Wen Yongwang was growing impatient, Cao Weida finally put down the documents in his hand, leaned back in his executive chair, and said with a faint smile:
"I had an important document to process, so I kept you waiting."

Guang Yuhua chuckled dryly, "The matter is important, it's alright if we wait a little longer."

Wen Yongwang was much more direct: "Director, is there something you need from us?"

His tone lacked any respect and even carried a hint of impatience.

He scoffed inwardly, but his words were all sweet talk. He'd been in there for so long without saying a word, offering no seat, and not even a glass of water.

"It seems Deputy Team Leader Wen has a rather impatient nature," Cao Weida said with a smile, showing no sign of anger at Wen's attitude.
“Those of us who do this kind of work need the same drive as Deputy Team Leader Wen.”

"It's good to have this intention, but we also have to do the job well."

He pulled out a document from a pile, opened it, and scanned it, saying as he read:
"Your communications team's mission is not only to ensure smooth communication within the police station and the local area, but also to monitor communications of anti-war or resistance forces within the jurisdiction."

"But!"

His eyes turned cold as he stared directly into the other person's eyes, then slammed the documents in his hand down at them.

He used some throwing techniques, and the folder hit Wen Yongwang on the forehead with a 'thud,' then bounced to the ground. Ignoring Wen Yongwang's screams of pain, he said sternly:
"Pick up the file! I told you to pick up the file!!"

Wen Yongwang clutched his forehead, which had been bruised from being hit, his face flushed with anger. He wanted to lash out, but Guang Yuhua, who was startled, secretly held him back, shaking his head repeatedly in a subtle and diplomatic manner.

Brother, don't you even know where you are?!

The guy on the other end is a ruthless character who dared to shoot a police chief in the police station!

Are you out of your mind?! You actually dared to yell at him?!
Wen Yongwang was seething with anger, but he wasn't completely stupid. He had just reacted because he hadn't expected the other party to be so unethical.

After realizing what had happened, although he was still furious, he could only reluctantly bend down and pick up the document that still had some of his bloodstains on it.

"Look at yourself! Look at what you've been doing all this time?!"

Seemingly finding sitting and cursing unsatisfying, Cao Weida simply stood up, spittle flying onto the other man's blue police uniform with his angry roar:

"Three months, a full three months!!"

"Are your men deaf or blind?!"

"Take a look at what's recorded up there!"

"It's all just idle gossip and idle chatter!"

"The secret radio station at night is always making noise, but you can't even pick up a frequency!!"

"Are you a piece of trash?! Even trash has some value that can be recycled, but what about you?! You're not even worth as much as trash!!"

Wen Yongwang's face darkened. Being pointed at and criticized to one's face would make anyone unhappy.

What's more, the insults were so vile!
He's just a deputy team leader!

Even if you're going to yell at someone, shouldn't you yell at the team leader?!
At the very least, they should both be called in to share the blame!

Why am I the only one getting scolded?!
He wanted to refute it, but he didn't have any reasonable arguments.

After all, he was one of the people in charge of this matter. Even if he wasn't the team leader, he was the deputy team leader!

If his boss's boss wants to pin the blame on him, he won't be able to refute it at all, even if he wants to.

That damned bastard, in the end, he just wanted to take this opportunity to make things difficult for him!
He opened his mouth, then squeezed out, "Chief, you can't entirely blame me. The resistance forces have been silent lately, and even when they do send messages, the time is very short; we simply can't lock onto them."

"Don't give me excuses!" Cao Weida slammed his fist on the table, making the bronze paperweight on it bounce. "The Imperial Army pays you salaries, spends money and food to support you, not to support useless people, much less to let you shirk responsibility!"

"The assassination attempt at the Tokyo Hotel, the bombing of the arms depot, the shootings at the Bamboo Agency and the East Asian Academic Research Association—tell me, which of these incidents were prevented in advance?!"

"If you had intercepted the telegram in time, would this have happened?!"

Upon hearing this, Wen Yongwang's eyes widened immediately. "What the hell?! They're blaming me for all this?!"

Are you trying to mess with me because I'm Japanese?!

If even the Japanese intelligence agencies and the government agents of the East Asian Studies Association couldn't intercept or prevent it, what am I, a deputy head of a communications group, supposed to do?!

I'm just a district police chief, not a god!
Guang Yuhua, who was standing to the side, looked at Wen Yongwang with a pity in his eyes. As the saying goes, if you want to find fault, you can always find a reason. If someone wants to find fault with you, they can find something to criticize you for.

Sigh, this is the price of not giving the new director face. Brother, you'd better take it.

Then I realized something was wrong. Oh my god, I'm also a target for being punished and made to suffer!

His heart skipped a beat. "Oh no, am I going to get yelled at like that too?"
Cao Wei Da didn't care about their feelings. "I'm the head of the department now, can't I even show off a little?"

What's more, these are subordinates who don't give him any face. If he doesn't give them a good scolding, then he'll have wasted his time as an official!
So he continued firing:

"Open your dog eyes and look carefully. What does 'no abnormalities' mean in the report from the night before last?"

"The night before last, there was clearly a shortwave signal over Chenzhuang Street, which the military police detected. How come it's considered normal in your case?!"

Wen Yongwang's hands, hidden beneath the documents, clenched tightly. Two buttons on his dark blue uniform collar were undone. His face turned ashen. After enduring so much, he finally couldn't help but retort:
"Chief, how can this be our fault? You can't put all the blame on us!"

"The signal the night before last was so weak and intermittent, like the buzzing of mosquitoes. Our old listening equipment is an old thing that was replaced by the military police two years ago. The frequency band is no longer accurate. How can it be compared with the advanced equipment of the military police!"

"Also, those cases you mentioned before, even the Japanese and professional intelligence organizations didn't receive them. You want me to intercept them with that old machine?!"

"Old machine?" Seeing that he dared to talk back, Cao Weida, who was already dissatisfied with him, became even more dissatisfied.

Wow, that's really something! You've got some nerve!

Cao Weida's voice was low, yet filled with a fierce determination. He took out a document and pointed his finger sharply at a certain spot:
"This clearly shows that your listening device had its vacuum tubes replaced at the beginning of last month. You're telling me it's an old machine?!"

"You'll have to talk to Team Leader Qiu about this. The vacuum tubes are new and there's nothing wrong with them, but the person using them is incompetent."

Upon hearing this, Cao Weida couldn't help but smile, his eyes narrowing: "So you mean all the blame lies with Team Leader Qiu?"

"Do you think your team leader Qiu is a brainless idiot who, as the communications team leader, can't even use a listening device?"

Wen Yongwang's face immediately stiffened. Damn it, he actually caught a loophole in my words and set a trap for me!

Although he and Qiu Mingjie didn't get along very well, they weren't at all hostile.

But if these words reached Qiu Mingjie's ears, wouldn't the other party fight him to the death?!

"No, no, no, Director, please don't talk nonsense. I didn't mean that. What I meant was that the people in charge of the listening devices were all Team Leader Qiu's men!"

"Xiao Wu stayed up half the night, but he kept hearing 450kHz as 480kHz. By the time I realized it, the signal was long gone."

"I scolded him a couple of times, and he still wouldn't listen, saying he was so tired of hearing it that he couldn't take it anymore."

"Don't give me any excuses!" Cao Weida interrupted rudely. He thought, "I'm not actually hoping you guys achieve anything; I just want to make things difficult for you!"
He walked away from the chair and stood in front of Wen Yongwang, his gaze as sharp as a knife scraping across his face:
"If you can't even manage your subordinates, it just means you're useless!"

"A deputy team leader who can't even get his subordinates to respect him, what kind of team leader are you!"

"Why not just step down and let someone more capable take the position?"

"Let me tell you, the Empire pays you salaries to support you so that you can do things!"

"If you can't even do this simple thing right, then what's the point of keeping you around?!"

"It's like raising a pig, which you can slaughter and eat for meat during the New Year! What about you?!"

Wen Yongwang's face turned red from the scolding, the veins on his forehead bulged, and his hands clenched so tightly they cracked.

Cao Wei Da saw this and sneered, "What, you want to beat me up?!"

I was overjoyed. Hurry up and do it! If you dare to make a move, I'll make sure you never leave this office and become part of my KPIs!
Unfortunately, Wen Yongwang endured it again and again, and in the end, he actually managed to put up with it.

He gasped for breath, but ultimately didn't dare to make a move. His anger dissipated instantly, and he loosened his fists, bowing his head in remorse:

"Yes, Director, I was wrong."

Cao Wei Da was somewhat disappointed that they didn't even make a move.

Seeing that he couldn't provoke him, Cao Wei Da lost interest and impatiently waved his hand, saying, "Get lost! I'll give you three more days. If there's still no news, you can go to the military police station to explain yourself!"

Three days! ?
Wen Yongwang suddenly looked up, about to say something, but Cao Weida glared at him and shut him up: "What, you have a problem with that?!"

"I wouldn't dare." Wen Yongwang lowered his head again. He didn't know if it was just his imagination, but as he was about to make a move, a chill suddenly rose up on his back, as if it could freeze him into an icicle.

The feeling was like that of prey being targeted by a natural enemy, which made him unable to muster any courage at all.

He turned to leave, but just as he reached the door, Cao Weida called out to him, "Wait! Don't use excuses like your subordinates not listening to you anymore. If I hear you doing that again, you'll see!"

Wen Yongwang paused, not daring to turn around, and only gave a vague reply before quickly walking out of the office.

After he went outside, he suddenly realized that his clothes were soaked with cold sweat and stuck to his body, feeling sticky and uncomfortable.

Guang Yuhua, standing to one side, secretly grieved. "It's over. Wen Yong has looked out. Am I going to be next?"

Seeing how badly Wen Yongwang was being scolded, he felt as if he were seeing his own future self reflected in him.
At the same time, he felt a sense of disdain.

Hmph, weren't you quite arrogant when you came? That disdainful look and confident tone, where did they go?
If you're so brave, then stand up straight! Why don't you dare to fight the director?

Now look what's happened, I'm going to have to make things difficult for you too!

Damn it!!
This is truly harmful!
(End of this chapter)