Espionage, codenamed Ant, moving expert

Yang Lou was carried away, still grinning even though he was unconscious.

Chen Zheng and Boss Du became fellow apprentices, and their relationship took another step forward.

Boss Du immediately demanded the return of half of the territory that Boss Zhang had originally owned, but Chen Zheng refused.

"Brother Du, I'm taking over Yang Lou not to join a gang. You can keep the territory without worry."

I'm a businessman, only interested in making money. I'm thinking of buying some cargo ships to get into ocean freight. Would you be interested in investing?

Boss Du became interested:

"Ocean freight is difficult to manage without connections with foreigners, but I'll definitely support you. You have to get a stake in it, no matter if you make a profit or a loss."

Becoming fellow disciples makes all the difference.

"Don't worry, Brother Du, I guarantee we won't lose money. Once I've planned everything out, I'll ask you for your investment."

"Okay, just name your price when the time comes, and I'll sell everything I own to make sure it's right."

"We don't need that much..."

After chatting briefly, Chen Zheng took his leave.

Boss Du immediately took a car to the Huang residence and said upon meeting him:

"Boss Huang, it's done!"

When Boss Huang heard that things had gone well, he was overjoyed.

"Good, very good. With Chen Zheng joining us, our future will be more secure. That son of a bitch surnamed Zhang, we must change his generation name from Tong to Wu. We will never allow it."

Fine, you should at least work hard in the Tong generation. Instead, you've betrayed us and joined the Japanese pirates. Aren't you just dragging us down with you?

If someone hadn't acted first and killed him, we would have really ended up killing each other!

Boss Du smiled and said:

"Boss Huang, if I told you that Boss Zhang's death is inextricably linked to Chen Zheng, and might even be his doing, would you believe me?"

"How is that possible? You two went to the Paramount together. How could he be an assassin? The timing doesn't match up."

"Boss Huang, even if it's not Chen Zheng himself, we can't rule out the possibility that he's one of his subordinates."

But none of that matters now. As long as he joins the gang and becomes a member of the "Wu" generation, with a little help from the two of us, he'll be one of the three tycoons.

Boss Huang took out a thin sandalwood box from his pocket, less than two fingers thick, and carefully opened it.

Inside was a piece of paper with a few lines of text written on it:

The golden toad of Shanghai meets the river mouth.

To reach the pinnacle of power.

One word of understanding and enlightenment per day.

Sweet at first, then bitter for several years.

If you wish for lasting wealth and prosperity,

The road to enlightenment is long and arduous.

Transcending the Five Elements and Three Realms

Only among a single maple leaf.

"Old Du, the previous few lines have all come true, but this enlightenment we've come to seem a bit too far-fetched."

"Boss Huang, we're just going with the flow, not forcing anything."

Look around, in the whole of Shanghai, who is more suitable than Chen Zheng?

He had just become my fellow apprentice when he immediately invited me to get involved in ocean freight.

Ocean freight, a business that makes a fortune every day, is something I simply can't do.

Boss Huang said:

"If you can't do it, I certainly can't."

"Yeah, neither of us can do it. Chen Zheng has already started planning. He seems to be born to do business."

A small trading company called Miki Trading Company controls 30% of the daily transaction volume in Japan's commercial districts, and the Japanese have not caused it any trouble!

"Buying a wooden boat to go to sea is probably to pave the way for ocean freight. We need to prepare the money. As soon as Chen Zheng gives the order, we should immediately put the money in. Only when the three of us are bound together can we truly break free from the cage and soar high, just as the prophecy says."

Boss Huang carefully put the paper away and placed it in a sandalwood box.

"Okay, we'll do it your way."

When Chen Zheng returned home, Gu Ping nestled in his arms like a little bird, expressing her longing and sorrow.

Just as the temperature began to rise slightly, a walkie-talkie kept ringing in the space, interrupting Chen Zheng's spellcasting.

Gu Ping was becoming increasingly confused when Chen Zheng suddenly snapped, feeling both angry and bitter.

"Brother Zheng, have you been seeing another woman these past few days?"

No! You're the only one I have, don't overthink it.

"Then why did you suddenly stop?"

Chen Zheng flipped his wrist, took out a walkie-talkie, and waved it:

"I have important business to attend to, you should leave now."

Seeing this, Gu Ping breathed a sigh of relief, pecked Chen Zheng on the cheek, and swayed out.

Chen Zheng watched her retreating figure, licked his lips, and heard a call coming from the walkie-talkie:

"Ants, ants, this is White Dove, a reply has been received."

"White dove, white dove, ants received, please speak."

"Come to Safe House No. 8 immediately, there's something important that needs to be discussed in person."

"Ants received it, will arrive in an hour."

It wasn't that Chen Zheng didn't want to go there immediately, but the No. 8 safe house was quite far away, and it would take forty or fifty minutes to get there by car.

Song Ruoqing contacted him at this time, so she must know he was at home. If he went there immediately, it's hard to guarantee that she wouldn't become suspicious.

Besides, Gu Ping just stirred up his anger; how could she not put it out?

"Ping'er, come in quickly. We've finished our business. Let your brother check if you've gained any weight recently..."

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An hour later, Chen Zheng appeared at safe house number eight on time.

This distance can be reached in a single spatial journey.

Uncle Fu was genuinely surprised by Chen Zheng's sudden appearance.

With his skills, it's truly despicable that he didn't even realize someone had sneaked into his room next door.

And what about those idiots outside? How are they doing their jobs?

A grown man sneaks into the inner quarters in broad daylight without being discovered by anyone, and he even has the nerve to claim he's received professional training.

What a bunch of useless trash!

Chen Zheng didn't notice the expression on Uncle Fu's face and asked him directly:

"Uncle Fu, where's the stationmaster?"

Uncle Fu suppressed his anger:

"Deputy Station Chief Chen, please wait a moment while I go and inform Miss."

Chen Zheng shrugged and told him to go in and report.

Wealthy families have so many rules and regulations.

Once inside, Zhang Ma stood close to Song Ruoqing, and Uncle Fu didn't leave either, but stood at the door.

Seeing that Song Ruoqing showed no intention of getting up, Chen Zheng sat down opposite her.

"Stationmaster, why did you call me over so urgently? Is there something important?"

Song Ruoqing said:

"Headquarters called to say that Japan used poison gas on the front lines, causing heavy losses to Chinese soldiers."

Headquarters ordered us to launch a retaliatory operation against Japan in Shanghai.

At the same time, they disseminated information about the Japanese using poison gas through international media to gain public support.

Chen Zheng thought it was something:

"That's it? Don't worry, stationmaster. Even without orders from headquarters, the Shanghai station will still take action against the Japanese pirates."

"Deputy Station Chief Chen, this operation is different from the past. We need to make a big splash and let the Japanese know that the Chinese people will not submit to them!"

Chen Zheng didn't understand:

"How big of a commotion is the stationmaster talking about?"

Song Ruoqing said:

"At the very least, it can't be less disruptive than the Peace Hotel incident."

Chen Zheng's heart skipped a beat, and as if remembering something, he asked directly:

"Is this the headquarters' decision, or the station chief's?"

"Is there any difference?"

"The difference is huge! If it's an order from headquarters, you'll definitely get a promotion and a fortune after completing the mission."

If it's just an order from the station manager alone, I'll have to think it over.

Uncle Fu said angrily:

"Chen Zheng, do you dare disobey orders?"

Chen Zheng pointed at Uncle Fu and said:

"What right do you, a mere servant, have to interrupt a conversation between high-ranking officials of the Military Intelligence Bureau's Shanghai station? Get out!"

Uncle Fu was furious and was about to attack. Zhang Ma said:

"Ah Fu, get out of here, don't delay Miss's important business."

Uncle Fu angrily shook his hand, pushed open the door, and stood outside without saying a word.