The charm of spy wars lies in the tricks of life

Chapter 16: Being named

A hint of surprise flashed across Liu Xiong's eyes. Li Xun, this name was something he had not expected.

He couldn't report this to his direct superiors. Stationmaster Wang Xinheng said, "Your secretary was tied up in a room after having supper with a female member of the Red Party. I want to investigate."

He couldn't, and didn't dare, even though Wang Xinheng was a fellow villager and classmate.

Liu Xiong and Wang Xinheng were classmates and both were fellow Zhejiang natives of Dai Li.

“Some relationships cannot afford to go bad; once a rift occurs, it’s hard to mend the situation.

"My ability to hold the position of Director of the National Bureau of Statistics is entirely due to my careful maintenance of relationships with senior leaders over the years.

"To be an official, one doesn't necessarily need to be talented, but one must know what to do and what not to do.

"Bosses hate bad news the most. One piece of bad news will make their leaders lose trust in them and their position will be shaken.

"Zhou Lisheng is Liu Xiong's favorite. He is unrivalled in talent, but he doesn't know how to flatter an official."

The conference room fell silent again, and everyone was waiting for the director's reply.

Zhou Lisheng's face was as calm as well water.

Wang Zhaohuai looked at Zhou Lisheng, who was five years younger than him, and his heart was filled with disgust, jealousy, and a bit of admiration.

He took away the prestige that Wang Zhaohuai had accumulated over the years, and even now many elite agents wanted to follow Zhou Lisheng.

Miao Yu had a cold look on his face, without any expression on his face, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking. Tang Jia, who was sitting against the opposite wall, also looked the same.

As expected, they were from a special training class, where disguise was a compulsory course, making it impossible for people to tell what they were thinking.

Most of the other section chiefs kept their heads down and waited patiently, with no one stepping forward to show off their abilities.

Shen Liushu suddenly felt: "People during the revolutionary period of the Republic of China were wiser than people in 2024.

"Behave in a restrained manner, express fewer opinions, and always observe the leadership's image. These section chiefs do this like a person looking in the mirror, naturally and casually!"

In a world where human life is worthless, we can learn a lot more.

Liu Xiong pondered for a moment and said, "Let's put Li Xun's matter aside for now. I have two important tasks today. Qin Jing will tell everyone about them."

Liu Xiong, director of the National Bureau of Statistics, ended the conversation with just four words, "Let's put it aside for now," and began this meeting with two core tasks.

Liu Xiong's goal has been achieved. The rest depends on how Wang Zhaohuai can report it to the higher authorities.

He glanced at Qin Jing and made a gesture.

Qin Jing, who was standing at the back and looked handsome, took two steps forward and said: "On March 3, the Japanese economic delegation arrived in Shanghai.

"On March 3, the president of Hengshe, Du Yuesheng, accompanied the delegation to Nanjing.

"On March 3, the Chairman met with the Japanese delegation.

"First, we emphasized the principle of 'Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you' and clearly demanded that Japan cease its activities in North China with a firm attitude.

"Kodama Kenji and Fujiyama Aiichiro returned to Shanghai to discuss economic activities.

"Du Yuesheng, a standing committee member of the China-Japan Trade Association, will lead the negotiations, assisted by two section chiefs from our Statistics Bureau."

Having said that, Qin Jing bowed and returned to his original position. His expression was calm and natural, his voice was crisp and clear, and his movements were graceful.

The beauty returned to her original place. Shen Liushu couldn't help but praise in his heart: "It's really pleasing to the eyes."

He pondered, "How could this negotiation matter fall on the shoulders of the Statistics Bureau?"

My mind was filtering out future records of this matter.

"After the Xi'an Incident, that is, on December 12 of last year, the Chairman, under the threat of military remonstration and the dire situation, was forced to declare that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party should jointly resist Japan.

"However, in his heart, he still adhered to the policy of 'pacifying the country before resisting foreign aggression', and the threat from the Red Party was like a needle stuck in his heart.

"For this reason, we shout out loudly: Never give up peace until it is completely hopeless; never speak lightly of sacrifice until the last moment!

"The Chairman's idea is exactly in line with the Japanese conspiracy. It's a perfect match!"
"At the beginning of the year, Japan's new Foreign Minister Sato reiterated Japan's "Hirota Three Principles" on China policy.

"On the issue of wiping out the Red Party, the Generalissimo and the Japanese were highly consistent, so China and Japan had an "economic cooperation" platform.

"This economic delegation is quite strong, and its leader is Kenji Kodama, President of the Bank of Japan." The chairman also welcomed this. Before the arrival of the delegation, the Chinese and Japanese governments had agreed that Chinese financial and business people would cooperate with the Japanese economic delegation to establish an organization (the China-Japan Trade Association).

"The association has two leaders, Du Yuesheng and Zhou Zuomin.

"The Japanese economic delegation arrived in Shanghai on March 1937, 3.

"Before they arrived, from January to early March 1937, Japan had clearly accelerated its invasion of China, and the Generalissimo's attitude had also changed.

"The Chinese people's enthusiasm for resisting Japan is growing, and the change in the Nationalist government's attitude is becoming more and more obvious!

"After that, local wars between China and Japan continued, and a wave of anti-Japanese resistance swept across China!

"So this negotiation must end in a breakdown."

Thinking of this, Shen Liushu tapped his thigh with his fingers.

"As for economic negotiations, why is the National Bureau of Statistics involved?
"It was probably because of the relationship between Dai Li and Du Yuesheng. They were close friends. Because of the Xi'an Incident, Dai Li was highly valued by the Chairman.

"Du Yuesheng gave Dai Li face by putting his name on the Statistics Bureau to show his merit."

"The crux of this task is that sending two section chiefs only represents an attitude. Sino-Japanese economic cooperation is simply impossible to negotiate, so there is no need to accept this task.

“Because even if it is completed, it is not a great achievement, it is just a natural result, a small achievement.

"It all depends on what Zhou Lisheng and Wang Zhaohuai choose.

“Taking on this mission is a meritorious service, a steady and solid one, but it is by no means a great achievement.

"Judging from Director Liu's attitude just now, there is definitely a big task ahead.

"Big tasks are hugely difficult, but they can be accomplished, and we can go even further.

"Both directors are now colonels. If you can advance further and become major generals, you will have a chance..."

Shen Liushu was lost in thought until this point, his expression unchanged, still pretending to enjoy the flowers and acting like his original self.

Zhou Lisheng took the lead and said, "Director, our second division is quite specialized and good at arresting and detecting Japanese spies and red bandits. We don't have any talent in economic development cooperation.

"Director Wang of the First Division has a wealth of talented people under him, and there are elites in various fields.

"I think it would be better to complete the negotiations on a larger scale that will affect the economic prosperity of China and Japan in one place."

Zhou Lisheng said a few words and pushed the matter, which was indeed a small merit, to Wang Zhaohuai.

Wang Zhaohuai gritted his teeth and looked at Zhou Lisheng's dull face, with a gloom in his eyes!

I couldn't help but feel extremely angry, cursing in my heart: "What a Zhou Lisheng, damn it...

“Second Division is specialized, which means that everyone in Second Division has a clean background and no undercover spies.

"Speaking of a place with many talented people under it, there are elites in every field.

"It means there are so many things going on, and they're not good at keeping secrets.

"The next major event will require someone with a clean background to handle it, so it would be best if you two handle it!
"Hold!!
"What a barrage of attacks, innuendos, and veiled accusations!
"On the surface, he's all sweet talk, but secretly, he's all ruthless. Zhou Lisheng is vicious, cruel, and decisive."

Wang Zhaohuai pondered this and said, "Director, although we have several talented writers in our department, we don't have anyone suitable to conduct research in the financial sector.

"I'm not trying to shirk responsibility, but I know full well that professional matters should be handled by professionals to avoid incomplete completion. Chairman, I have entrusted you with a heavy responsibility.

"Here, we recommend talented people without betrayal, the General Affairs Section Chief of the Second Department—Shen Liushu!

"He's a top graduate of a Japanese financial school, so he's the right person for this."

In his heart, Shen Liushu was resisting the temptation of beauty from the four beauties in the conference room.

Sometimes he looked at Miao Yu, sometimes he glanced at Tang Jia, sometimes he looked at Li Caidan, and sometimes he observed Qin Jing.

I heard Wang Zhaohuai suddenly mention my name.

Confused!

How come while I was chatting, the ice knife stabbed me!
"Ouch, damn,
"When a man lies in bed, disaster strikes from the sky!"

(End of this chapter)