"If you serve as the financial director and review all financial statements and detailed financial books, you will be able to know the flow of every money. From the flow and scale of each money, you can roughly know what the money is used for.
"Sheng Muyi explained.
"You have the right to supervise where each money is used and whether it has been embezzled or wasted. As long as it is used in the right place, you don't have to worry about it." Sheng Youde changed the topic.
"It's so complicated, and I don't understand finance?" Lu Ming looked confused.
"What's so difficult about this? It's actually the anti-money laundering routines used by the financial departments of various countries. From this, you can know where every penny is spent." Sheng Muyi refilled Lu Ming's glass of water.
"Let me help you. I'll be your deputy financial director." Yuan Ziyuan said with a smile.
"I'm afraid this won't work. The positions of all personnel have been finalized." Lu Ming shook his head.
"What's wrong? If you hire a deputy personally, isn't it your decision? You don't have to pay them wages." Yuan Ziyuan said with a smile.
"You want to join the Blue Clothes Club so you can see Adjutant Huang often?" Lu Ming said with a smile.
"Hey, what's wrong? You're the only smart one." Yuan Ziyuan blushed and said.
Sheng Youde and Sheng Muyi both laughed, and everyone could see Yuan Ziyuan's attitude towards Huang Yanning.
Huang Yanning is tall and handsome, and at a young age he is already the lieutenant colonel adjutant of the Songhu Security Command. He is a good match for Ziyuan, but there is a big gap between their families.
"Old man, I have a question. What's the use of getting information? I don't need information." Lu Ming frowned.
"You don't need it, but we do." Sheng Muyi smiled.
"Do you need information?" Lu Ming asked doubtfully.
"Of course, doing business is the same as fighting. The first thing is capital, and the second thing is intelligence. Sometimes intelligence is more important than money." Sheng Muyi said with a smile.
"Yes, Mu Yi is right, money may not necessarily be able to exchange for information, but information can certainly be exchanged for something more valuable than money." Sheng Youde said.
"Why is the Northeast War situation in turmoil? Have you ever thought about it?" Sheng Muyi asked.
Lu Ming knew what Sheng Muyi meant when she asked him this question, and he could guess it. However, he looked at Sheng Muyi stupidly and couldn't figure out why he hadn't seen her for half a year. She seemed to have become a different person, with a little more manliness about her.
Quiet.
Maybe Sheng Muyi has experienced turbulent times in the past six months, or maybe she has made new friends, learned new things, and her character has become more courageous, but she is not as transparent as before.
"Because we did not have the intelligence of the Japanese Kwantung Army, we did not detect that they were actually making a desperate move. However, the Kwantung Army accurately grasped Han Qing's psychology and used deception tactics to make him mistakenly think that this was the same thing as the Soviets last time.
It was the same conflict, but not a full-scale invasion. By the time he realized it, he had already lost everything and it was impossible to get it back." Sheng Muyi continued without waiting for Lu Ming to reply.
When she was in Hong Kong, Guo Songtao gave her a detailed analysis of Sino-Japanese relations. Of course, she took the initiative to ask for advice because she had a shocking secret and wanted to know what the future would be like between China and Japan.
Guo Songtao's explanation was detailed and accurate. He even calculated what means Japan might use to invade China, and unfortunately, he was right in all of this.
"Let's not talk about the past, we have to look forward." Sheng Youde pointed at Lu Ming and said, "You must find out what kind of intelligence this organization is doing, not only for our business, but also for self-protection.
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"What does self-protection mean? Are we in danger now?" Lu Ming asked confused.
"The Chairman of the Generalissimo, he doesn't trust anyone but himself. It's no wonder that many of Huangpu's subordinates and favored disciples were on the side of the Communist Party and were fighting with him in life and death.
war. This led to his suspicious character, always thinking that people around him would betray him." Sheng Youde said.
"I think it's mainly due to different beliefs. When Premier Sun was here, we were compatible, Chairman..." Lu Ming wanted to say that they were destined to be separated. It was not a matter of betrayal or not.
Sheng Youde interrupted him with a wave of his hand, obviously not wanting him to continue talking.
"I am a traditional businessman. Although I have political opinions, I don't like to participate in politics. I only hope that the country will be peaceful and the people are safe, and the country will be strong so that the people can live a good life. What I mean by self-protection is that it cannot be used by people with political intentions." Sheng
Be virtuous.
"There must be a lot of scoundrels among those people who call themselves elites. Don't follow their example. I'm warning you first." Sheng Muyi looked at Lu Ming and said.
"No, no, even if I don't get information, I won't be fooled by them." Lu Ming said with a smile.
"You may have misunderstood the intelligence. Intelligence is not just military or political, but all-round. It depends on how you interpret it." Sheng Youde continued his explanation.
"Intelligence officers are like bees. The sting of a bee is connected to part of the internal organs. When it stings a person, the internal organs will be pulled out. So bees do not sting easily. They must repel the enemy even though they know they will die. That must be to protect the enemy.
There are more important things in life." Sheng Muyi's words were shocking, not at all like the words coming out of that pretty little mouth.
Lu Ming was speechless and looked at Sheng Muyi, holding his chin up for fear of it falling.
"For intelligence, the most difficult thing is not to collect or organize it, but to interpret it. How can you draw correct conclusions from the messy information? This is the ability to interpret. You have a talent in this area." Sheng Youde laughed.
road.
"I...what kind of interpretation ability do I have?" Lu Ming said with an embarrassed smile.
"What are those special observations about Shanghai you wrote about? They are intelligence interpretation. You can interpret different things from the little things in the streets of Shanghai. This is the ability to judge. Your American teacher discovered your ability in this area, so he spent the time
I hired you at a high price, but in fact every Shanghai observation article you write is a piece of intelligence. The Americans are not stupid." Sheng Youde said with a smile.
"Old man, don't scare me, then I won't be a spy?" Lu Ming quickly denied.
"No, this is two different things from spying. People from the embassy of all countries will collect and sort out all kinds of intelligence in the place where they are stationed. Then they will organize, summarize, and write conclusions and send them to their country's intelligence department. A country's foreign policy is based on
What, we rely on this information." Sheng Youde laughed.
"Old man, I write these reports in the hope that the international community will understand and help China, support China, and see the true face of the Japanese. But I don't know what the actual effect will be." Lu Ming indeed thinks so, and of course he must be worthy of Teacher Frank
Remuneration paid.
"Actually, you lost money. Your teacher paid you five hundred dollars a month to write so much information. He made a lot of money." Sheng Youde said softly deliberately.
"You know all this?" Lu Ming asked in surprise.
"Is it difficult for me to know how many dollars come into your cross-border account every month?" Sheng Youde said disapprovingly.
Lu Ming was so angry that he cursed in his heart: Damn American bankers, don't they shout that customers are God every day? They would rather die to defend the rights of their customers?
He did not complain about Sheng Youde checking his account. In Shanghai, Sheng Youde was actually his protector, and the protector should know the financial situation of the protected person.
However, Sheng Youde's words relieved his guilt for Teacher Frank. He used to think that the five hundred dollars a month was for nothing, but now he realized that the information he provided was far greater than the reward.
Of course, the price offered by Frank is also fair. Five hundred dollars a month is considered a high salary anyway.
Sheng Youde continued: "Why does the Washington Post publish your articles continuously? They are not stupid at all. Those are the essence of your Shanghai observations. They think you are a natural expert in intelligence interpretation."
"You just want me to get information for you, so you don't need to praise me like this. I'm a little lost now." Lu Ming said with an embarrassed look on his face.
"As long as you can find South, North is opposite South." Sheng Muyi said with a smile.
"I can't find the north, how can I find the south?" Lu Ming said with a bitter smile.
"Adjutant Huang said that you are smarter than a monkey. No one in the world can find the direction, and you will not get lost." Yuan Ziyuan couldn't help but said sarcastically.
Sheng Youde laughed loudly and said, "Adjutant Huang is quite humorous, I didn't notice it."
Everyone laughed together and the atmosphere became more relaxed.