Chapter 503: Investigation (II)
In fact, Li Sanjie has never had much good impression of intelligence personnel and intelligence organizations, of course, Li Sanjie also knows that these intelligence personnel work for the country, and they are indispensable, and many intelligence personnel can not see the light even if they are sacrificed, it can be said that without their silent work, there would be no stable situation in China in the old time and space, but in Li Sanjie's impression, intelligence agents are ruthless, In order to complete the task, unscrupulous means, anyone can be sacrificed in their eyes, so in the old time and space, when Li Sanjie served in embassies abroad, he always kept away from the intelligence personnel stationed in the embassies, and he was also able to push the work of cooperating with the intelligence personnel. Bayi?? Chinese =≠=.≤
However, this time when he saw Jiang Shiwei and his entourage come to Shanghai, Li Sanjie was eager to see through, it turned out that in the past few days, the situation in Shanghai has become worse and worse, and now not only many newspapers in Shanghai have maliciously attacked and smeared the traverser, but also there have been pamphlets and children's songs against the traverser, although there are also some newspapers to distinguish the traverser, but the number is not much, and it has not played much role.
Although there has been no impact on the security of the Shanghai office for the time being, the number of visitors has decreased significantly, and according to some students who have been waiting for the crossers, there are also people who have publicized attacks on the crossers in schools, and many students have listened to these rumors, and some people are arguing about the topic of overseas Chinese almost every day. In addition, according to the report of the young undercover recruited by the Shanghai office, many people in various restaurants and teahouses in Shanghai have believed these rumors, and the remarks accusing overseas Chinese are also increasing.
The people in the entire Shanghai office can't help but worry, if this momentum continues, and when the people's complaints and grievances against the group accumulate to a certain extent, then the next step is to impact the Shanghai office. It wasn't until Jiang Shiwei and his entourage arrived that everyone settled down a little.
As soon as they arrived in Shanghai, Jiang Shiwei and others immediately started their work, first Jiang Shiwei went to the consulates with Li Sanjie to protest, taking the opportunity to observe the attitudes of various countries, and arranged for relevant personnel and teenagers to secretly sentry to find out the news, and at the same time purchased all newspaper reports, pamphlets, children's songs and other materials related to the traveler.
Since this time the task is arranged by professionals, it is very targeted, no longer a rambling inquiry, three days later, Jiang Shiwei and others received a large amount of feedback, and according to the Ministry of Security personnel to clarify and summarize this information, you can also get some useful information,
For example, through the study of newspapers, it can be determined that the two tabloids [Game Daily] and "Entertainment Daily" were the first to publish unfavorable news for the Crossing Group, and then other newspapers followed suit, and most of them were newspapers founded by foreigners, while the larger and more influential newspapers in Shanghai, such as "Declaration", "Zilin Shanghai Daily", and "News Daily", did not express articles attacking the Crossing Group, on the contrary, these newspapers also commented on the Crossing Group.
On the whole, it seems obvious that this is the public opinion turmoil promoted by various countries, but after careful analysis by the personnel of the Ministry of Security, most of the articles attacking and smearing the crossing group are not signed, and although a few are signed, they are not regular editorials or special guest authors of various newspapers, and almost all of the authors who signed only expressed an article and did not make a sound. From this point of view, it seems that those who manipulated this storm of public opinion are deliberately trying to confuse the public, to lead the spearhead of the crossing group to various countries, and to provoke contradictions between the crossing group and other countries, which can be said to be well-intentioned.
On the other hand, it also shows that the people who manipulated this storm of public opinion, although carefully planned and well-arranged, did not have enough experience, so a flaw was exposed in this small place, and although it was not enough to completely expose their conspiracy, at least part of it could not be presented.
Moreover, at this time, the consulates of Britain, France, and the United States also provided information to the office, and several foreign newspapers that had originally published unfavorable conditions for the crossing group also received instructions, and these articles were provided to these newspapers and paid a certain fee to be listed in the newspapers, which was not the original intention of these newspapers, and these newspapers also promised that they would never publish similar articles again in the future.
After consultations between the three of them, they decided to first understand what was going on, so they each warned several newspapers in their own countries, asking them to stop publishing articles attacking overseas Chinese, otherwise it would be difficult to ensure their safety even if it was a concession, and asked these newspapers who wrote these articles and what their purpose was.
If it were in Britain, the United States, and France, the newspapers might still ignore the newspapers' warnings, but now in China, these newspapers cannot but consider the situation in China, and the xenophobic actions of the Boxers more than half a year ago, and the strong rise of overseas Chinese, all told these newspapers the truth about China, and this incident really had nothing to do with these newspapers, but someone sent the manuscript and paid a high fee to ask these newspapers to list. In this day and age, it is also a very common thing that as long as you pay a certain fee to the newspaper, you can write articles at will. Although the editors-in-chief of these newspapers have also read the content of the articles, they all attack and smear overseas Chinese, and they do not care, because the newspapers they work for do not have a good impression of overseas Chinese, so they are naturally happy to be able to give overseas Chinese some eye medicine.
However, now these newspapers are also aware of the seriousness of the situation, and the overseas Chinese are not comparable to those of the Qing court, and the Tianjin Concession has already been completed? There are also Weihaiwei and Qingdao, which are not the concessions of various countries, and the result is now? All of them are occupied by overseas Chinese, so is the Shanghai Concession really safe? Therefore, these newspapers not only assured the consulate that they would never publish similar articles in the future, but also gave a comprehensive account of the cause and effect of the whole incident. It's just that these newspapers can't remember the appearance of the people, let alone the origin.
Based on the information currently available, Jiang Shiwei can basically conclude that this public opinion turmoil should have nothing to do with other countries, but at least at the official level, such as the consulate and the concession Ministry of Industry and Bureau, did not participate, and this is also in line with the objective situation of the previous division, after all, the top priority of all countries now is to successfully negotiate with the crossing group and restore stability to China's situation, and there is no need to create other complications at this time. Even if there is a trouble, it should be after the negotiations. Of course, this does not mean that countries have nothing to do with this matter at all, and it cannot be ruled out that the intelligence personnel of various countries are secretly plotting, of course, Jiang Shiwei is more inclined to be another force.
Before coming to Shanghai, when Jiang Shiwei and Shang Qisong were discussing this public opinion turmoil, they made an assumption that this public opinion turmoil should not have much to do with other countries, but was the work of another force, which may be related to one or two countries, or will be dependent on a certain country, but it is definitely different from other countries. Now it seems that this assumption is very likely.
However, Jiang Shiwei also understands that this is only a hypothetical judgment and cannot be used as a formal conclusion, because there is no evidence of constructiveness, and even if it is submitted to the Executive Committee, it is difficult to be convinced. However, the power of the Crossing Group in Shanghai is indeed very limited, and the evidence that can be collected by conventional means can only go so far, and it is difficult to make a qualitative breakthrough, unless it is by unconventional means.
Although before coming to Shanghai, the Executive Committee had approved the Ministry of Security to use unconventional means, and Jiang Shiwei did not have any psychological obstacles to the use of unconventional means, in the old time and space, Jiang Shiwei participated in several unconventional means of action planning, but Jiang Shiwei also knew very well that for an intelligence officer, unconventional means are the mainstream, but they should not abuse unconventional means too much, it will become a terror, and it is the kind of "it is better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let go of one" The extreme approach is even more undesirable, so when using unconventional means, it is necessary to have a certain degree of certainty, or it is a major matter.
And what effect can be achieved by using unconventional means in Shanghai this time, such as kidnapping the editors-in-chief of several newspapers and torturing the clues of the people who provided the articles, but these editors-in-chief may not be able to make any impression on these people, and although the other party lacks experience in doing things and leaves a small flaw, on the whole, the planning and action are quite rigorous, so even if they arrest and torture people, it is estimated that they may not be able to ask for any useful information.
The other is to assess the consequences of using unconventional means, if it is done neatly and neatly, of course, it doesn't matter if it leaves no traces, but if it is not done in detail, leaving clues and being caught by others, it will be a big trouble, in the intelligence warfare of the old time and space, there is a method of warfare is to seize the loopholes in the opponent's actions, and then poke them to the news media for hype and publicity, which often makes the opponent very passive, and sometimes even has to use the means of breaking the wrist of a strong man to sacrifice the intelligence personnel in exchange for the initiative of public opinion.
Before coming to Shanghai, the Executive Committee demanded that the Ministry of Security not reveal its identity during the operation, and if it did, the Tianjin government would not admit it.
In the past few days, the traverser has investigated in many aspects, this movement is definitely not small, if the other party intends to observe, there will be some clues, maybe this flaw is the other party's intention to stay, that is, to induce the traverser to use unconventional means, and the other party is acting in secret, grasping the loopholes of the traverser's actions. For example, the traverser really kidnapped the editors-in-chief of several newspapers, and was stabbed by the other party to the press, and even dispatched the police in the concession to search, once everyone was dirty, then the consequences would be much more serious than ordinary attacks and smears, so Jiang Shiwei did not dare to order the action easily.
And at this moment, Jiang Shiwei's mind flashed, he only focused on collecting intelligence, but he didn't think of attacking the other party's actions, although now the other party is in the dark and he is in the light, but as long as the other party takes action, it is possible to expose loopholes. You can even set a trap for the other party.