The Cold War: Jumping back and forth between the two camps

"They have all been captured on camera. I asked them to stay undercover. The agents here are also very professional. When we first arrived, they were watching us almost 24 hours a day. I protested to them several times before they withdrew their people!"

At this point, Payne's face was already filled with anger.

"If their top brass weren't afraid of me investigating the whereabouts of some of their funds, I don't think they would have easily removed the people monitoring us!"

"Don't underestimate these Chinese agents. To some extent, they are more professional than us. After all, they have also been tested by war. In comparison, our agents spend most of their time in training!"

Dunn sighed and said that there were certainly experienced agents in the CIA, but Asian agents sent to East Asia were not included.

During this period, the two major unified departments also retreated to the isolated island. Although these two departments were not as combat-effective as during the War of Resistance Against Japan, they were still in a crushing state compared to the group of green hands they brought with them.

"You're right! To a certain extent, they are more experienced than us!"

Payne nodded slightly in acknowledgement.

"So after I arrived here, I followed your instructions and didn't act rashly. I just did my job!"

"Don't rush the work here, take your time, and make sure to focus on safety. Make sure to avoid the surveillance of all local agents!"

Of course, he had anticipated the current situation, so when he arranged for Payne to come, he specifically instructed Payne to act with caution.

As they were talking, the car arrived at their base. In this era when the four Asian tigers and the economy had not yet taken off, even the largest city on the island was no different from the small county town that Dunn had visited before.

The high-ranking government officials here arranged a two-story villa for Payne. There were many similar villas around. It was obvious that this was the area arranged by the government for high-ranking officials. However, from Dunn's overall point of view, it was somewhat like the new rural area he had traveled through before.

Payne arranged a special room for Kurt. After resting, he and Chen Changming took Dunn into the study mysteriously.

"I'll show you a surprise!"

Looking at Payne, his face almost smiling, Dunn guessed.

“How much money did you make this time?”

After hearing what Dunn asked, Payne's face froze.

"How did you know?"

"Take it out and let me see it first!"

Dunn did not answer Payne, his group of senior officials' style.

Payne opened it reluctantly and found the door of a safe hidden under the bookshelf, revealing a large amount of gold, some jewelry and cash, all in US dollars.

"You know what? I made enough money on this trip to earn all the money I've seen in the past 20 years!"

Payne couldn't help but sigh, but then his expression turned depressed.

"This guy Chen received more money than me!"

Chen Changming smiled awkwardly on the side, because he was a Chinese after all, so more senior officials wanted to curry favor with him and asked him to get in touch with Payne and pass on some information about Payne.

"It's not surprising. After all, you are monitoring the flow of the funds we give them. If they don't take out some real gold, how can Baiyin do anything with the money?"

Dunn's purpose in having Payne come here as an advisor on economic aid to China was to make money.

It is an indisputable fact that much of the aid funds from the United States are unaccounted for.

Even during the U.S. presidential election last year, they used this money to support the president's opponent, but ended up betting on the wrong horse, which was embarrassing.

No one can tolerate this, it's good enough that they didn't get angry on the spot.

If it were Dunn, he would probably fly to these stupid people right away and teach them a lesson personally.

In other words, the outbreak of the Cold War has saved them, and when disputes on the peninsula begin in the future, the United States will completely change its position again, and large sums of money will come to aid again.

"These politicians are so greedy. We have uncovered so many financial problems that we have no clue what is going on. There is nothing we can do to investigate!"

Payne couldn't help but complain again.

"Okay, if they weren't in chaos, why would they bribe you with so much money?"

Dunn sneered disdainfully.

"You two should each keep 1/4 of the bribe money you received, and give the rest to me! I have something to tell you clearly, I will only keep 1/4 of the money, and the rest must be given to Mr. Lloyd! He is our backer!"

Payne and Chen Changming nodded repeatedly. At the beginning, they had not thought of keeping the money for themselves. This was impossible. Without Dunn's appointment and Lloyd's support behind the scenes, they would never have been able to get so much bribes.

Being able to keep 1/4 was enough to satisfy them. Although everyone is greedy, both of them were smart and knew that they should never touch money that they shouldn't take.

Dunn closed the door of the safe. At least for now he didn't touch any of the money inside.

"The money has already been collected, how should the investigation report be written?"

Payne said with some embarrassment that, logically, after receiving the money, they should protect the people who bribed them, but the problem was that their actions were all under control. Even if they wanted to shield these people, the top management seemed to have known that this situation would occur, and even their bribe money had to be handed over.

Taking money and not doing the job seems unkind no matter how you look at it.

"Make a fake report! Anyway, the previous large amount of funds have been investigated, so don't worry about these details. If they really want to investigate thoroughly, the worst that can happen is that you two will be scapegoats. We will directly dismiss you two and send you to work in Hong Kong! Anyway, the job assigned to you is to infiltrate their internal affairs, not to investigate their corruption!"

Payne and Chen Changming then breathed a sigh of relief. What they were most worried about was that they would be used as scapegoats, so they would rather not take the money.

With Dunn's promise, the two men felt justified in accepting the money.

The few people talked a little more about the next work plan. After dinner in the villa, Dunn said goodbye and left.

On the surface, he is just a businessman from Hong Kong who comes to visit Payne to reminisce about the past, but he will not live with Payne.

Although his identity is likely to attract the attention of local agents and they will definitely be investigated, Dunn is not afraid, after all, he does have a newspaper in Hong Kong.