"Mr. Ming is from Shanghai, right? Junko has already called us in advance. I didn't expect you to arrive so soon."
"I just got off the train. Fortunately, the journey went smoothly and there was not much delay."
"Thank you for your hard work for our young master!" Momoi Sana bowed deeply again before continuing apologetically, "It's just really unlucky, Mr. President, right now
I'm not in the company, but I can help you deliver it on your behalf."
"President Mitsui isn't here?"
"Yes, I'm really, really sorry!"
Naturally, Li Qiang would not be stupid enough to inquire about Mitsui Zhengyan's whereabouts directly, not only because such behavior is very abrupt and impolite, but more importantly, Mitsui Zhengyan's identity and background are extremely complicated, and his whereabouts are also necessary
Those who kept strictly confidential would not tell the truth at all, so there was no need for Li Qiang to ask for trouble.
"That's it...that's really unlucky. If that's the case, then I can only visit you another day."
"I'm so sorry that your trip was in vain." Momoi Sana said as she bowed deeply again, "I don't know where Mr. Ming is staying. If it's convenient, please let me know. When the president returns,
I will send someone to inform you immediately."
"That's fine, I booked a room at the Peace Hotel."
"Okay, I've written it down!"
"Then I won't disturb you too much and say goodbye!"
"Go slowly!" As she said that, Momoi Sana bowed deeply again and didn't straighten up until Li Qiang left.
I didn’t expect that I had just returned to Fengtian and encountered a minor failure. But it’s okay. A few more days of preparation can reduce the risk. Thinking about it, it’s not a bad thing. I just hope that Wang Dading is really like my elder brother.
As I said, he is a trustworthy friend!
On the way back, Li Qiang was not idle. He went through the entire plan in his mind over and over again, for fear of making any omissions.
It wasn't until the rickshaw driver's voice sounded that Li Qiang was suddenly pulled back from his thoughts, "Sir, the Peace Hotel has arrived."
At first, Li Qiang didn't notice anything strange, but when he got off the rickshaw and accidentally glanced at the building in front of him, he couldn't help but be surprised.
The familiar Chicago School Gothic architecture, pure steel frame structure, exterior walls made of granite, and the iconic dark green pyramid copper roof are just like a replica of Shanghai Chinachem Hotel!
The only thing that is slightly inferior to it is that the building in front of you is only 6 stories high. Although it does not have the unattainable aura of the 77-meter-high Chinachem Hotel, it has a more approachable and urban atmosphere.
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Passing through the Art Nouveau-style teak revolving door, you arrive at the lobby on the first floor of the hotel. The first thing that catches your eye is the extremely conspicuous eight pillars in the lobby, four of which are made of solid Tasican stone.
The columns are made of white stone with dark column bases, capitals, and supporting plates. The colors are contrasting and the outlines are thick and powerful. The size of the inner group is slightly reduced, and it is a gold mixed column capital, with a modified wooden column body, and the lower part becomes a prism.
Although it lacks a bit of Western charm compared to the four stone pillars, it has a bit more of an imperial nobility.
Seeing this, Li Qiang could almost conclude that the architectural plan of this Peace Hotel was most likely designed by the designers of Shanghai Chinachem Hotel, otherwise there would never be so many similarities.
After walking straight through the hotel lobby, Li Qiang took the elevator. However, the elevator did not stop at the room he reserved, but went straight to the fourth floor of the hotel.
Four zero one, four zero three, four zero five...
After getting out of the elevator, Li Qiang paid attention to the door numbers of the rooms as he walked, and soon stopped at the door of a room with the number 415.
"Knock knock... knock... knock knock knock..."
I knocked on the door according to the pre-arranged code, and soon the door to the room opened.
However, the next moment the door opened, Li Qiang outside the room and the person inside the room who came to open the door were all stunned.
Li Qiang never expected that the person who opened the door would be Wang Erzhu, and Wang Erzhu naturally did not expect that he would meet Li Qiang again under such circumstances, so both of them were subconsciously stunned.
"Why is it you?" After a short silence, the two of them said almost in unison.
"Are you the 'God of Wealth'?"
"You are the 'boss'?"
After confirming the code names, the identity of the two people was naturally self-evident. However, this result made it difficult for Li Qiang to accept it for a while, and Wang Erzhu, who was opposite him, had an even more confused expression on his face.
At this moment, Yu Xiuning's voice rang out, "How long should you two stand at the door? Are you afraid that you won't attract attention? Why don't you come in quickly?"
After hearing this, Wang Erzhu suddenly came back to his senses and said quickly: "Ah, yes, yes, brother, uh, no, it's Brother Wealth, come in quickly! Come in and talk."
Before he finished speaking, Li Qiang walked in without saying a word. As soon as he entered the door, he couldn't help but asked: "Brother Zhuzhu, what's going on? Why did you suddenly become a member of the military commander?"
"What does it mean to suddenly become a member of the military command? I won't hide it from you now. In fact, I joined the military commander a long time ago. It was still called Fuxing Society at that time!"
Li Qiang didn't want to think about it, but he was very disapproving, "Fuck you! Boss Dai held a special training class during the Fuxing Society period, and your name was not even on it, right?"
"My real name is not Wang Erzhu. If you can find it, it will be a big deal!"
"Of course I know your real name is not Wang Erzhu, but there are only forty people in the Hangzhou training class, and there is no one named Chen Ming, okay?"
As soon as these words came out, Wang Erzhu's eyes widened and he said in disbelief: "Brother, you...how do you know my current name?"
However, as soon as the words were spoken, Wang Erzhu suddenly said: "Director Mao must have told you, right?"
Before she finished speaking, Yu Xiuning on the side couldn't help laughing and said: "Old Chen, I thought you were pretending, but I didn't expect you really didn't see it?"
"What do you see?"
"You forgot, the conductor who gave you trouble on the train!"
Hearing Yu Xiuning's reminder, Wang Erzhu suddenly realized, "Okay, I just said, why do I always feel that something is wrong? It's your kid who is pretending to be a ghost with me!"
Li Qiang snorted angrily, "You still have the nerve to say that? After disappearing for so long without any news, you suddenly appear in front of me with a different woman next to you. No matter how you think about it, it seems suspicious, right?"
"Brother, I won't hide it from you now. I didn't lie to you. I really joined the army a long time ago. It's just that at that time, Class A only selected forty people, and I didn't choose it. Later, Qingpu Class During the enrollment period, I was keeping a mourning ceremony for my mother in my hometown, so I missed it again. But even so, I still received the order to lurk in Ice City."
"So, sister-in-law and A Ping..."
"That's right, it's all arranged by the boss. Having a family makes it less likely to arouse suspicion."
"Then when A Ping was given to Shen Lanqing..."
"this……"
"Let me tell you!" Seeing that Wang Erzhu was speechless, Yu Xiuning took the initiative to take over the conversation, "To tell you the truth, Brother Aqiang, Lao Chen and I have known each other a long time ago when we were in school. Yes, it was because of me that he still wanted to join the Qingpu class after being eliminated from the Hangzhou training class. It was just a twist of fate that his mother's death made him miss this opportunity, but he still tried his best to get the task of lurking in Bingcheng. , but I didn’t expect that the latent person was suddenly transferred to Shanghai.”
Speaking of this, Yu Xiuning paused for a moment before continuing: "Later, Shangfeng decided to set up an intelligence station in Fengtian. However, although there were many agents in the organization, there were very few people from the Northeast, so I took the initiative to volunteer. He recommended Lao Chen to Shangfeng, and then he devised a plan to successfully let Lao Chen escape and receive the final special training in the Linli class."
"So that's it. No wonder you participated in so many arrests but never caught anyone." After hearing this, Li Qiang nodded suddenly, "In that case, I can't call you that anymore. Brother Zhuzhu, I should call you Boss Chen, right?"
"As long as you want to, you can call me whatever you want!" At this point, Chen Ming suddenly changed the topic, "But brother, you are quite hidden. Even if I beat you to death, I didn't expect that the one who only heard your name back then, But no one has ever seen the God of Wealth, the God of Wealth, who follows me around all day long! It's really hard for you to hide this from me!"
"Didn't you also deceive me about A Ping? Let's just treat it as even. But having said that, Sister Yu, how did you know that the conductor on the train was me pretending to be a conductor? I want to My disguise skills shouldn’t be that bad, right?”
Yu Xiuning smiled and replied: "You can rest assured about this, Brother Aqiang, your disguise on the train was very successful. Even I didn't see any flaws. In fact, I was listening to you blurt out what you said directly. I only thought of it after Lao Chen’s name, because only in this way does it all make sense.”
Just a few words raised Yu Xiuning's evaluation in Li Qiang's mind by several levels. Although the number of contacts was limited, it was enough for Li Qiang to make an accurate judgment.
Thinking of this, Li Qiang suddenly smiled and asked, "Sister Yu, if I guess correctly, you are the 'boss', right?"
"No, brother! You..."
Just as Chen Ming was about to explain, he was interrupted by Yu Xiuning who raised his hand, and then said frankly: "Old Chen, don't show off your lying skills in front of Brother Aqiang."
Although Yu Xiuning did not admit it directly, it was no different from admitting it.
Li Qiang did not continue to inquire, but finally brought the topic to the point, "Okay, let's get down to business. How do you plan to carry out the work? Do you have any specific plans?"
"Of course there is a plan..." As soon as he started, Chen Ming got stuck, so he quickly turned to Yu Xiuning for help, "Hey, wife, what was the plan we studied before coming here?"
Yu Xiuning first gave him a fierce look, and then told Li Qiang the next plan in detail for him...
After listening to the two people's plans, the sun was almost setting.
After leaving the room, Li Qiang did not go back directly to the room. Instead, he went straight down to the lobby on the first floor through the fire escape and wandered aimlessly in the lobby as if he had just come in from outside.
Sure enough, not long after, Haitang and Gu Xiaomeng were seen walking out of the elevator accompanied by Wu Shibao.
"Master, are you back?" As soon as he saw Li Qiang, Wu Shibao took the initiative to step forward and said respectfully.
Li Qiang nodded, "Well, it's been a while. I thought it was almost dinner time, so I simply didn't go up. I'll wait for you here."
After saying that, he turned to Haitang and Gu Xiaomeng and said: "I wonder what you two ladies would like to eat tonight? Chinese food? Western food? Or Japanese food? Oh, by the way, I just found out that this place also offers Manchurian style food.
Do you want to try the palace dishes?"
"I can do it!" Before she finished speaking, Gu Xiaomeng said with an indifferent expression, as if there was no difference at all between the different styles of delicacies to her.
On the other hand, Haitang on the side thought about it seriously for a moment, and then said: "Let's just say Western food! It's hard to get used to the local food when you first come here. The Western food is the same everywhere. Although it may not be good, it won't be bad either.
abdomen."
"Okay, let's just have Western food."
Soon, the group arrived at the Western restaurant located on the west side of the second floor of the hotel.
"I've been to Mitsui & Co., but I didn't see Mitsui's face. What do you think?" After ordering, Li Qiang lowered his voice and said to everyone.
"What's the reason?" Haitang asked, dragging her chin.
"Didn't say."
As soon as these words came out, Wu Shibao couldn't help but ask: "No, if they don't tell you, you won't ask, right? You..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw the other people looking at him like a fool, so he swallowed the rest of his words and shut his mouth obediently.
"The most important thing now is to figure out Mitsui Masaon's movements. Once we figure out his movements, to be honest, I hope he is really not here. If not..."
"Then things are complicated." Haitang said.
"That's right." Li Qiang nodded solemnly, and after pondering for a moment, he turned to Gu Xiaomeng and said, "Xiaomeng, send a report to Shanghai immediately after dinner to see if you can figure out Mitsui Zhengyan's movements.
"
"OK."
"Ah Si!"
"ah?"
"After dinner later, you can go to the North Market for a walk. I heard that there is a group of gangsters there who are quite popular in this area. Find a way to get to know their bottom. This kind of thing shouldn't be a problem for you, right?"
"I got it." Although he was still a little reluctant, for the sake of his boss, Wu Shibao didn't say anything and nodded in agreement...
