Thinking of this, Minglou immediately felt relieved and did not continue to pursue the key. He opened the drawer and took out the book inside.
"The original English version of "Red Star Shines Over China"?" As soon as he saw the cover of the book, it brought back Minglou's memories, "I remember that when this book was published in London, I was still teaching in Paris.
After many connections, I finally got a copy, but I accidentally lost it during an operation and could not find it until I returned to China. I never expected that it would come back to me in this way. It really echoed the old saying, "Unexpectedly"
It’s God’s will!”
However, Li Qiang immediately grasped the key point of Minglou's words, "Brother, even if you have to rely on so many connections to get a book, then it will be more difficult for ordinary people to buy it, right?"
"Although it's not that absolute, I can't say what you said is wrong. What's more, as far as I know, the book reached Hong Kong soon after it was published in London, and Comrade Xiao Kai happened to be in Hong Kong at that time."
"So, it is really possible that Mrs. Zhou was right about this book and was given by Comrade Xiaokai?"
"I can only say that the possibility is very high, but this kind of thing still needs to be confirmed by the organization to be more secure."
"Okay, then I'll leave this to you, brother."
"Please give it to me?" Minglou couldn't help being stunned after hearing this, "What about you?"
"Instead of you asking me to think of ways to use the media to continue to create panic, it's better for everyone to watch TV again. After the relevant comments in the newspapers, they will all sell the China Reserve Bonds to stop the loss, exchange them for Japanese yen or US dollars, and help you do it.
Do you store coupons in the air? Fortunately, there is a ready-made columnist right now, I have to find a way to do her job!"
"Are you talking about Miss Du outside?"
"yes!"
"Japanese?"
"That's right!"
"you sure?"
"Of course, and in my opinion, there is no more suitable candidate than her. But don't worry, I still know what to say and what not to say."
"Okay then! Let's act separately. However, our office in Jiangxi has just been destroyed by the Central Government recently. We have to send and receive a large number of telegrams every day. It may take a while to receive a reply. Before that, we must not take any risks.
Take action now!"
"I know, brother."
…
When he came out of the study, he saw Matsuoka Yui still reading the newspaper alone on the sofa in the living room, so Li Qiang hurried forward and said apologetically: "I'm really sorry for leaving you here alone for so long.
.”
"It doesn't matter. Anyway, this is how I read and read newspapers when I'm at home alone to pass the time."
After hearing this, Li Qiang nodded suddenly, and then took the initiative to ask: "By the way, do you... have any plans in the future?"
"Intend?"
"Yes!" Li Qiang replied matter-of-factly, and then lowered his voice and continued, "Don't forget, you are Chinese now, and you have just failed to find relatives, so you have no relatives, so you have to live here.
So, whether it's about emotions or reasons, whether it's to hide people's eyes or pass the time, I think you should find a way to make a living, so as not to arouse people's suspicion."
"If you doubt it, just doubt it, I'm not afraid!"
"You are not afraid, but I think Mr. Matsuoka must have his reasons for repeatedly insisting that you live in my house as a Chinese, so unless you have to, you still forget that you are Japanese.
good."
"Okay, I listen to you, but I don't know anything except reading, reading newspapers and writing articles!"
"You can rest assured that I have arranged it for you. As you know, my eldest brother is the deputy director of the Economic Department of the Ministry of Finance. He is usually most concerned about Shanghai's economy, but just recently, he discovered that
Someone sold a large amount of China Reserve Bonds in the foreign exchange market, and then bought a large amount of corresponding Japanese yen or US dollars. Immediately afterwards, the stock market and black market began to spread the news in Shanghai, and even the entire new government's economy was about to fail, and
It is also predicted that China Reserve Bonds will depreciate significantly. Therefore, in order to stabilize people's hearts and thus stabilize Shanghai's economy, my eldest brother urgently needs the help of the media to clarify the facts to everyone and dispel their doubts."
However, before he finished speaking, Matsuoka Yui frowned, "Are you planning to ask me to help Deputy Director Ming draft a statement? You can, but shouldn't that be a matter for the Secretariat? You shouldn't
You want me to be your eldest brother’s secretary?”
I have to say that this woman's thinking jumped so fast that before Li Qiang had time to interrupt, she had already jumped to work as a secretary for Minglou.
However, Li Qiang waved his hand quickly, "No, no, no, I just want you to use your strengths and write a column that can stabilize people's hearts. I think this shouldn't be difficult for you, right?"
"Of course! Don't forget, I was the gold medal writer of Bingcheng Daily back then!"
When talking about her professional field, Matsuoka Yui immediately exuded strong confidence, which reminded Li Qiang of the first time he met her many years ago...
"Hello, this is the first time we meet. My name is Du Wangshu, a gold medal writer at Bingcheng Daily. Can I have a few questions for you?"
"Are you talking to me?"
"if not?"
"...Okay, what do you want to ask?"
"what's your name?"
"I didn't scream!"
"Hi! I was asking what your name is?"
"Why should I tell you?"
"Because your name will appear in tomorrow's Ice City Daily, and soon you will no longer be a little patrolman."
"You're such a poisonous woman! I had no grudges with you in the past and now, why do you want to harm me?"
"Who wants to harm you! I'm helping you!"
"Then thank you very much, but I don't need it!"
"Hey, don't leave! I'm a gold medal copywriter and I will never harm you..."
…
Just when Li Qiang was lost in memories and couldn't extricate himself, he was forcefully pulled back by Haitang's heavy cough.
"Just talk, why are you so dazed?" Haitang said, her hands not idle, she pinched Li Qiang hard and gave him a small lesson.
However, despite being caught red-handed, Li Qiang still said stubbornly: "Who is in a daze? I was just thinking of something important."
Haitang asked relentlessly: "Oh? Really? Then tell me, did you remember something important?"
"Well..."
Just when Li Qiang was still racking his brains to think of a way to escape, the phone suddenly rang, which temporarily relieved Li Qiang.
Li Qiang hurried forward and grabbed the phone receiver, "Hello? This is Ming Mansion. Who are you looking for?"
Before she finished speaking, Yang Shuhui's voice came from the other side of the phone, "Is it A Qiang? It's me."
Li Qiang naturally recognized Yang Shuhui's voice, so he hurriedly said: "Yes, it's me, Mrs. Zhou. Did you call me to see if there has been any progress on that matter?"
"It's not convenient to say on the phone, but I'll meet you at the Xiafei Road Cafe at seven o'clock in the evening."
"okay, I get it."
After hanging up the phone, Li Qiang fell into deep thought without saying a word, thinking about how to delay the investigation against Comrade Xiaokai without leaving any trace.
Haitang and Matsuoka Yui also became quiet, fearing that they might accidentally interrupt Li Qiang's thoughts.
When the time came in the evening, Li Qiang arrived at the cafe he had made an appointment with Mrs. Zhou ten minutes early.
Ten minutes passed quickly, but Mrs. Zhou's figure never appeared.
Just when Li Qiang was a little confused, a familiar figure finally walked in from outside.
"Why is it you?" Li Qiang never thought that the person who came to meet him was not Yang Shuhui herself, but her precious daughter Zhou Huihai.
"Is there anything that can't be me?" Zhou Huihai seemed to like seeing Li Qiang like this and couldn't help but ask with a smile.
"Okay, okay, let's get down to business. Mrs. Zhou said on the phone that things have made progress. I would like to ask Ms. Zhou, how far has it progressed?"
"Mother wants me to tell you that she has successfully persuaded my father to successfully lift my brother's grounding order. Now, it depends on you. My brother has good insight and anti-reconnaissance ability.
It is very strong. If ordinary people are sent to monitor and follow them, they are likely to be discovered, which will be counterproductive. So..."
"So, Mrs. Zhou is going to leave this task to me?"
"That's right!"
"Okay, I understand, when does it start?"
"Of course the sooner the better!"
"knew!"
After saying that, Li Qiang was about to get up and leave, but was stopped by Zhou Huihai.
"Wait a minute, don't leave in a hurry! Since the things Mother told me have been completed, it's my turn next."
As soon as these words came out, Li Qiang was stunned, but he still took the initiative to ask: "I wonder what Miss Zhou's orders are?"
"Have you ever heard of Huileli?"
"I've heard of it. It seems to be a high-end brothel. And there seem to be some rumors circulating about Mr. Zhou."
After hearing this, Zhou Huihai's pretty face suddenly darkened, "Although I don't want to admit it, to be honest, some of those rumors are not groundless."
Speaking of this, Zhou Huihai paused, and then continued: "Not long ago, my father met a singer named Xiao Linghong there. It didn't take long for my father to redeem her body, and she also specially worked for him.
She bought an apartment. What's even more annoying is that although this person was born in poverty, he still knows a few words. My father has always had the habit of bringing urgent documents home for review. Who would have thought that this vixen would actually
Relying on her knowledge of a few words, she began to actively advise my father. She seemed to regard herself as "Mrs. Zhou" both in and out of her words. There were even some official documents that she helped to comment on. You are so angry about this.
Not irritating?"
Who would have thought that after talking for a long time, Li Qiang didn't respond at all. Just when he was about to say something more, he realized that he had already opened his mouth in shock.
After a long while, Li Qiang came back to his senses, swallowed hard and asked: "Miss Zhou, do you want me to..."
As he said that, Li Qiang used his hand to make a knife and scratched his neck.
Zhou Huihai said bluntly: "To tell you the truth, I really thought so at first, but later, I changed my mind!"
Hearing this, Li Qiang couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but Zhou Huihai's next words made him frown again.
"It's too cheap to kill her like this. I will make her life worse than death! Let everyone see the consequences of seducing my father!"
After speaking, he deliberately lowered his voice and told Li Qiang his next plan through gritted teeth.
Even Li Qiang never thought that Zhou Huihai, who looked harmless, could be so ruthless in his tactics.
However, just after Zhou Huihai finished speaking and left first, before Li Qiang could get up, a man in gray clothes suddenly appeared and sat down opposite Li Qiang without saying a word.
It was a good thing that Li Qiang didn't look at it, but he was immediately shocked when he saw the man's appearance, because this man looked exactly like the spy leader who once dominated Shanghai and dominated Li Shiqun in everything, and was nicknamed "Ding" "Butcher"'s Dingmo Village is eighty similar.
Especially the eyes that seem to be open behind the pair of gold-rimmed glasses hidden on the bridge of the nose are like an excellent hunter staring at his prey. Even if he just looks at each other, he can make the other person look at him. Feeling frightened.
What made Li Qiang feel even more strange was that after the man sat down, he fell into silence without saying a word, and just kept looking at himself with his sharp eyes.
Li Qiang also remained silent in a tacit understanding. The two looked at each other like this for a full quarter of an hour before Li Qiang finally chose to take the initiative and broke the silence, "Who is your Excellency?"
"My surname is Hu, you can call me Mr. Hu."
"I only mentioned my surname, not my first name, so Mr. Hu must be hiding many secrets that are inconvenient to talk about, right?"
Mr. Hu smiled and said, "To me, a name is just a title. If you like, call me Mr. Li or Mr. Wang, and I won't care."
"I can't tell that Mr. Hu is still a casual and free-spirited person. It's just that you appeared in front of me in this way. What do you think?"
Unexpectedly, Mr. Hu did not answer Li Qiang's words, but simply asked, "That girl just now is Zhou Fohai's daughter, right? I heard the conversation you just had, since even my own son wants to Surveillance, I think there is a high probability that the book was found, am I right?"
Although Mr. Hu's words had already shocked Li Qiang, he still pretended to be confused and asked: "Book? What book?"
Mr. Hu smiled and said bluntly: "Okay, Mr. Aqiang, no matter how good your acting skills are, they will pale in comparison to the hard facts."
At this point, Li Qiang stopped pretending to be confused and asked directly: "How do you know about the book? And who are you?"
