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

"Based on my understanding of him, he might be more interested in jade articles, calligraphy and paintings!"

When Cui Hongzhe's voice became a little louder, he also knew that it was unlikely to get some jade articles, calligraphy and paintings at this time.

The people in front of me are a group of Americans. How could they know anything about calligraphy and jade from East Asia?

"Jade?"

Dunn stroked his chin and thought for a while. It seemed that when he came here, someone in the military camp gave him something, but he didn't know if it could be used.

"Wait a moment!"

After saying that, Dunn turned and left Cui Hongzhe's room and went to his own room.

Then he found out from his suitcase the magatama that Anderson had given him in the military camp.

Dunn carefully examined the magatama in his hand and felt that it should be worth this much money. Although he did not know much about jade, at least at first glance this jade was really pleasing to the eye.

So Dunn took the magatama to Cui Hongzhe's room and placed the magatama in front of Cui Hongzhe.

"What do you think of this jade?"

"This……"

He was coaxed into picking up the jade that Dunn handed over, examined it carefully, and then revealed an expression of surprise.

"The material of this jade piece looks very good. It should be worn by Japanese nobles. Although this piece of jade is not too big, I think it should be acceptable to my boss. I can't tell the details. He needs to appreciate it first!"

Cui Hongzhe is obviously also a novice, but he seems to know more than Dunn. He probably did some research to please his boss.

"Okay, then you can give him another try. You can tell him some more stories and tell your boss that the symbolic meaning of this magatama is greater than its practical significance!"

Dunn nodded and said, but after he finished speaking, both Cui Hongzhe and the agents behind him showed puzzled expressions at the same time.

"Symbolic meaning, practical meaning?"

Cui Hongzhe repeated these two words over and over again, but he still couldn't understand the meaning after several times. However, he was too embarrassed to ask at this time.

"Simply speaking, antiques are something that are genuine, but to be honest, they rely more on stories!"

Seeing Cui Hongzhe still had a puzzled expression, Dunn continued to explain helplessly. There was no other way. For people with poor comprehension, he could only persuade them with earnest words.

"Since you said that this piece of magatama is often worn by Japanese nobles, then make up a story for your boss! For example, this piece of magatama was originally worn by a Japanese noble officer.

If your boss has been to the battlefield before, you can tell him to make up a story that he fought on the battlefield and finally seized this thing. If your boss has never been to the battlefield, you can make up a story that he fought wits and courage with a Japanese noble official during the Japanese colonial era and finally won this magatama.

By then, the value of the jade will not matter. What is important is its symbolic meaning, or face. Think about it, every time your boss takes out this jade to show his friends, he tells the story behind it. Isn't that a very face-saving thing?"

After Dunn finished speaking, he could clearly see a gleam in Cui Hongzhe's eyes.

"So you can play it this way! Mr. Stellas, I understand!"

The other agents in the room also showed expressions of sudden enlightenment on their faces, and looked at Dunn with a bit of admiration.

However, their perspectives and ideas are different from Cui Hongzhe's. In their opinion, the magatama that Deng Enda mentioned is too small and should not be worth much money. Therefore, considering its symbolic meaning, they can give it to Cui Hongzhe's boss, which can save a lot of money and allow them to purchase antiques in the south.

However, now that the matter has been settled, the heavy agent breathed a sigh of relief. If this can be accomplished tomorrow, their mission this time will basically be completed.

In comparison, this is what everyone values.

On the second day, Dunn still followed the diplomatic mission to the negotiation hall, but still did not enter the negotiation venue. Although it would be a bit boring to wait in the lounge, if he entered the negotiation venue, it would not only be boring, but also a headache. Comparing the two, Dunn chose simple boredom.

However, Dun En did not see Jiang Yousheng again that day. Perhaps the old man was also avoiding Dun En under some excuse.

It was not until the end of the day's work that Dunn found Cui Hongzhe again and asked him about the progress of his work.

"Mr. Steyas, my boss did give me a time this time, but it's a very vague time. He said it will definitely start in the second half of the year!"

Cui Hongzhe said somewhat embarrassedly that in the second half of this year, the scope is so large that it can almost be said that war may break out from June to December at the end of the year.

However, Dunn knew clearly that the war would definitely break out in June.

"Can't you narrow it down a bit?"

Dunn didn't say anything, but Jimmy was a little unhappy. Although it was a success to determine the specific time this year, if they had to keep a close eye on this time, the workload would be very heavy for almost half a year, which would be too much pressure for both the southern army and the CIA's South Korean branch.

"What did you tell your boss?"

Dunn knew what was going on, so he wasn't in a hurry to ask Cui Hongzhe to narrow the time frame further.

"Mr. Steyas, my boss is not so clean. I lied to him and told him that I would take the information about the start of the war to the southern affected area to get some benefits, and then buy some antiques for him. He gave me this time period!"

Cui Hongzhe looked at Jimmy on the side and said that in fact, they had already made this plan a long time ago, but Dunn had never asked about it.

This also surprised Cui Hongzhe. Wasn't it said that Dunn was the person in charge of this operation? Didn't Jimmy tell him?

"Sir, based on the information Cui gave us, I learned that his boss is not a clean man and is greedy for money. That's why we made up a story based on this to make Cui's boss believe that this information can be exchanged for a large sum of money!"

Jimmy was also a little embarrassed. He had indeed not reported the specific matters to Dunn. Dunn was transferred from outside, and he instinctively did not trust Dunn. And most importantly, Dunn had never asked him about it.

"Since you have already done a detailed investigation, why didn't you prepare more thoroughly? Didn't you know that Cui's boss likes antiques?"

Dunn frowned. He felt that the CIA's South Korean branch agents were too amateur.