Chapter 135 New Mission (please subscribe and vote monthly)
Author: His Majesty’s Dried Fish
Chapter 135 New Mission (please subscribe and vote monthly)
In a very inconspicuous private house in the suburbs of Suzhou, two middle-aged men were sitting opposite each other.
Although the surroundings were pitch black, the two of them were not affected at all and remained as stable as a rock.
"Brother Baichuan, you should know how much risk I took when I came out this time. I hope the news you brought will not disappoint me."
However, the man opposite shrugged noncommittally, "Brother Gao, my main purpose in coming to Shanghai this time is to convey to you three attitudes on behalf of Chongqing: first, welcome to return; second, it is best to obtain evidence of Wang Jingwei's treason.
;Finally, once the mission is completed, we will secretly arrange for you to leave Shanghai for Hong Kong."
"If I agree, when can we start taking action at the earliest?"
"Start from the moment you say yes!"
"Okay! I promise you, I will find a way to get evidence that Wang Jingwei is traitorous to the country, but I have a condition..."
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French Concession, Donghua Studio.
"Wow! This is such a nice place. There are so many beautiful clothes! The styles of the dresses are also beautiful. They are much better than the clothes I wore before!"
After calling in, Yu Manli kept comparing clothes on her body one after another for taking pictures, as happy as a bird returning to the forest.
Mingtai smiled and shook his head, while carefully paying attention to every part of the photo studio, from the layout of the store to the decoration inside, for fear of missing anything.
But Yu Manli was still talking to herself, "...Which one is better, a cheongsam or a dress? I think pink is more suitable, purple is also good, Mingtai, do you think these clothes look good?"
"It looks good!" Mingtai replied casually.
"You didn't even look at it, how do you know if it looks good or not?" Yu Manli stopped doing it now, pouted and said coquettishly, "I don't care, you must take some photos with me today!"
"Have you forgotten what the teacher said? We can't take pictures!"
"What are you afraid of? This is not a military academy. Besides, won't it be fine if you burn the negatives after shooting? Look, I have never worn such beautiful clothes..."
"The clothes here don't look good." Just as he was talking, a familiar voice suddenly rang, and then a more familiar face walked down the stairs. Surprisingly, it was their former instructor and current instructor.
Now the owner and photographer of this Donghua Photo Studio is Guo Qiyun!
"All the good-looking ones are up there! Go pick them up!"
Yu Manli naturally knew that Guo Qiyun had something to say and wanted to talk to Mingtai alone, so she used words to distract herself, so she went straight upstairs without exposing the matter.
Guo Qiyun then handed the coffee in his hand to "Team leader, would you like a cup of coffee?"
Mingtai smiled and said, "Adjutant Guo, are you trying to show your favor to me?"
"Team leader, I just want to find an opportunity to explain to you what happened last time you were detained..."
However, before he could finish speaking, Mingtai smiled and patted his shoulder, "Adjutant Guo, don't mention the past anymore. As for the team leader, I am not a grudge-bearing person. Besides, aren't you also being punished?"
Did the teacher give me the assignment? Let’s call it a tie!”
With that said, Mingtai took the cup of coffee from Guo Qiyun's hand and took a sip, "Well, this coffee is good, not worse than the one in the coffee shop. It seems that Adjutant Guo is also an all-rounder! Not only
He knows photography, knows business, and can make good coffee. The teacher is really well-intentioned!"
"Team leader, thank you for the award. You haven't been back to Shanghai for so long. You must miss this taste, right?"
"Yes, it's true that I haven't been back for a long time and I don't even know the market price. Is the rent expensive?"
"One hundred and two a month."
"Is it so expensive? How many passengers does it get on average every day?"
"Not many, just twenty or thirty."
"Twenty or thirty?" Mingtai immediately frowned after hearing this, "Why, do you charge a lot for taking photos?"
"It's not high. Although this photo studio is quite high-end, its prices are close to the people. It uses low prices to attract more customers and create the illusion of good business. This is all the teacher's idea."
Mingtai snorted angrily, "Even if it's the teacher's idea, it doesn't look very effective! According to my estimate, let alone labor, I'm afraid I won't be able to earn the rent in this month, right?
What to do with the shortfall? Is the superior responsible for making up for it?"
"Team leader, you don't know something." Guo Qiyun immediately laughed and said, "The bureau doesn't have so much money, it's all paid by the teacher."
"The teacher paid?"
"right!"
"Is his salary very high?" Mingtai asked again.
"Not high!" Guo Qiyun replied truthfully.
"Then where did he get his money?"
As soon as these words came out, the smile on Guo Qiyun's face gradually disappeared, and it took a long time before he replied, "This... I don't even know about this even if I am in a humble position."
"really do not know?"
"certainly!"
"But my intuition tells me that you are hiding something from me, and the teacher's arrangement is not just as simple as placing an spy next to me. You must have other tasks on your shoulders, right?"
"Team leader, you are worrying too much, you are in a humble position..."
However, before he could finish speaking, Mingtai patted him on the shoulder again, "Okay, don't be so nervous. I understand the rules of the organization. I don't care what tasks the teacher assigned you, just work under me.
We just ask that we can cooperate sincerely and complete the tasks assigned by the superiors. Isn’t this request too much?”
"Of course, in your humble position, you must do your best to fulfill the duties of an adjutant."
"Okay! This is what I want from you." Having said this, Mingtai paused for a moment before continuing, "First of all, I want to know how the radio is being used."
"There is only one radio station in the group, but due to the traitor's betrayal, we lost five brothers and the teacher's identity was also exposed, so we had to hide the radio station in this photo studio before evacuating. This is the French Concession.
It’s relatively safe.”
"So, this radio station should be in a dormant state right now?" Mingtai continued to ask.
"Yes."
"Then change the codebook immediately and then re-enable this radio station."
Unexpectedly, Guo Qiyun said with an embarrassed look on his face: "Team leader, are you kidding me?"
"You look at me like I'm joking?"
"The code books are all compiled and distributed by Room A. No... you can't change them just by asking..."
As soon as these words came out, Mingtai couldn't help but feel his face getting hot. He originally wanted to establish an image of a professional team leader in front of Guo Qiyun, but he actually pretended to be too big!
This was really embarrassing, so I realized it and coughed twice quickly, trying to get over this matter.
But at this moment, the sound of breaking glass suddenly came from the door, which instantly aroused the instinct of the two agents, and they drew their guns and went on alert.
However, the strange thing is that after being on guard for a long time, the two did not find anyone breaking in. They only found shards of glass on the ground and a stone with a note wrapped outside.
It wasn't until he saw the content on the note that Mingtai finally breathed a sigh of relief and said to Guo Qiyun on the side: "Okay, let's lift the alert. It's the work of Viper. I didn't expect there will be a new mission so soon."
"Team leader, are you sure it's a poisonous snake?"
"Don't worry, the note contains the contact code we agreed on before, it's correct!"
"Then...what is the specific mission?"
Mingtai smiled mysteriously, "Asking us to find a way to get a Leica camera as quickly as possible is a task tailor-made for us. It's up to you!"
