Siheyuan: Back to 50 years ago, Shazhu joined the army

In response to He Yuzhu's question, a middle-aged man with a slightly rough appearance was the first to respond.

"Yes, this is the Overseas Security Branch's headquarters. I am the deputy director Tong Cheng, and the person next to me is Li Qiang, the director of Operations Division 1..."

After listening to Tong Cheng's introduction, He Yuzhu also revealed his identity.

"Deputy Director Tong, and all comrades, hello. My name is He Yuzhu, and I will be the director of the Overseas Branch from now on."

Hearing this, everyone nodded and stopped talking.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the whole room became a little awkward.

As a very outgoing person, He Yuzhu was the first to speak and break the deadlock.

"Everyone, are we the only ones in our overseas branch? Where are the other comrades?"

Facing He Yuzhu's question, Tong Cheng, the deputy director, sighed and then slowly began to explain.

"Director He, you are right. There are only five of us left in the Overseas Security Bureau."

When He Yuzhu heard the news, his jaw almost dropped in surprise.

"That shouldn't be the case, Deputy Director Tong. When I was the director of the Handong Branch in China, I had hundreds of people under me. You only have five people. Isn't that a bit exaggerated?

And when I saw your environment, I thought I was in a slum."

Before Tong Cheng could answer, Li Qiang on the side said first: "Director He, don't mention it. We are not exaggerating at all. In the past two years, our Overseas Security Branch did have more than 150 staff members, but since Huang Tianba got into trouble, our entire branch seemed to be abandoned by the organization. It has become unloved and we can't even pay salaries.

The original comrades really couldn't bear it anymore, so many of them left our branch and started other jobs."

He Yuzhu was even more confused when he heard the news.

"Director Li, what about the discipline and confidentiality of our security bureau? How could they be allowed to escape so easily?"

Facing He Yuzhu's questioning, Li Qiang replied helplessly: "Director He, every family has its own problems. They also need to survive, and we are currently doing odd jobs.

I just want to ask you, has the organization abandoned us? Why haven’t we received any salary and no one has paid attention to us?”

He Yuzhu felt a little ashamed after hearing what Li Qiang said.

He finally understood why the organization agreed so readily. At first he thought it was because he had enough connections.

It seems that this overseas branch is now in name only. Not only has its staff been drastically reduced, but there is no salary either. No wonder there are only so few people left. If someone with little ability were to be appointed as the director of this branch, it would probably be a dead end.

Fortunately, He Yuzhu is different. He lacks everything except money. With the Bo City gambling license, he can make money faster than the bank prints money.

He thought about it carefully and felt that the overseas branch situation was more beneficial to him than harmful. At least he could use money to buy people's hearts.

When he thought of this, He Yuzhu looked at Tong Cheng, the deputy director with the highest rank among the officials present.

"Deputy Director Tong, I know all your difficulties. I really didn't know your life was so miserable."

As soon as He Yuzhu finished speaking, Tong Cheng couldn't wait to ask what he was most concerned about.

"Director He, you are a new official now. Has the organization told you when to pay us the overdue salaries? We are really running out of money."

As soon as Tong Cheng said this, everyone present looked at He Yuzhu eagerly, hoping that he could bring them good news.

He Yuzhu looked at the expectant eyes of the crowd and said helplessly: "Everyone, I know it's difficult for you, but when I came to take up the post this time, the organization did not allocate the relevant funds to me, and did not inform me of this matter."

After He Yuzhu said this, everyone who had been holding out hope became like deflated balls.

My whole mood is gone.

At this time, Li Qiang, who was the most outgoing, started to complain.

"Shit! It's been half a year, and it seems the organization has completely abandoned us. In my opinion, we should just quit and go work for Nine Snakes. This job is unworkable."

Li Qiang's words seemed to resonate with the remaining three people, and they all clamored that they were ready to quit.

As the oldest and most responsible one, Tong Cheng sighed helplessly and looked at He Yuzhu helplessly.

"Director He, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. You can't blame Li Qiang and the others for complaining. Cows have to eat grass before they can plow the land. You want the horses to run faster, but there is no feed. How is that possible?

I am also an old member of our overseas branch, having been here since its establishment, but I didn’t expect it to end here.”

He Yuzhu looked at the desperate crowd and felt that the time was right, so he spoke.

"Everyone, regarding the salary issue, I can find a way to help you solve it, but..."

When everyone heard that the salary problem could be solved, their eyes lit up.

Li Qiang was the first to ask He Yuzhu,

"Director He, are you serious? Will you really help us solve this problem? If you have any requests, you can just let me know."

He Yuzhu looked around at the people present and directly explained his intentions.

"It's very simple. I can pay you this money and your future salaries in my own name, but there is no such thing as a free lunch. I just hope that our Overseas Security Bureau can be of one mind in the future."

He Yuzhu's words have undoubtedly exposed his purpose and ambition.

As an old hand, Tong Chengli immediately understood He Yuzhu's intention. He originally thought that the organization would send some kind of director to take the position. Now he realized that the man named He Yuzhu had extremely big ambitions and was not someone who could be easily dealt with.

However, at this time he did not object or reprimand, but chose to remain silent.

Li Qiang, who was the most outgoing before, expressed his opinion directly at this time.

"Director He, as long as you can solve our livelihood problem, I, Li Qiang, will follow your lead from now on!"

The remaining three people also agreed, but Tong Cheng did not say anything.

He Yuzhu smiled slightly when he saw this.

"Director Li, and all comrades, since you have said so, then I will take care of everything."

Then he looked at Tong Cheng,

"Deputy Director Tong, what do you say?"

Li Qiang and others naturally saw Tong Cheng's hesitation and struggle, and he immediately persuaded him: "Brother Tong, you have children and a 70-year-old mother to support at home, and your sister-in-law is sick again. Everything requires money. What are you still hesitating about?"