Chapter 135: Clearing the Portal
Because the captured gunman was handed over after being implanted in the mind, and Xiaolan was simulated to create a so-called incomplete "surveillance picture", Cheng Yuan was attacked again in his lounge, which was accepted by everyone.
Although the company's request for an on-site investigation was rejected on the grounds that it involved confidentiality, the gunman who kept confiding confidential information like an obedient schoolboy gave a satisfactory explanation, whether it was the public security, the armed police, or the security bureau.
Not to mention anything else, the other information that the gunman confessed, such as the contact methods and methods with other agents in China, can be used by the security department as a guide to destroy at least a few secret intelligence lines that the NSA has infiltrated into China, even if it is not of much practical significance, but it can give extra points in diplomacy, economy and trade, make more money for yourself, put yourself in a more advantageous position, and also have a certain reference role for its own intelligence construction and counter-reconnaissance methods.
Of course, this is also the credit of Vivian, you must know that it is generally difficult for a high-level killer like Cheng Yuan to assassinate Cheng Yuan to pry his mouth open, not that these killers regard death as home, and they commit suicide by taking poison when the situation is not good, but these killers usually have foreign identities.
For example, this killer named Zhang Ruihe is a Chinese-American, ostensibly an architectural designer, and when the Chinese security department catches him, it is generally difficult to pry his mouth open through torture. Because this is not the era of the Cold War, and China is not North Korea, as long as China still wants to do business with the United States and does not want to be completely blocked by the mainstream world dominated by the United States, it must follow the rules set by the United States and cannot force it.
In the past, China's security services did not fail to catch American spies, but in the end, they were usually held as bargaining chips and waited for negotiations with the United States, and most of the final outcomes were to negotiate terms with the United States, and then send the captured spies back.
This is true not only of China, but also of Russia, which claims to have a Russian intelligence community that is comparable to that of the United States.
It is precisely because of this that these high-level killers usually have nothing to fear, even if they are caught, it is not a big deal, as long as they keep their mouths shut, the United States will generally not give up on them no matter what their considerations are. On the contrary, if these agents talk nonsense and cause trouble for their American masters, then the American side will abandon them instead.
Therefore, Zhang Ruihe's good cooperation can be regarded as an unexpected surprise to the Chinese intelligence department, and what is even more surprising is that this Zhang Ruihe knows a lot of things, because he himself is a senior member of the NSA's action group in the entire Asian region, and the information obtained from his mouth can completely obtain more and higher benefits from the United States.
Although China's security services are not well known in the international community and have always been known for their soft penetration, that is, their weakness, they are still very strong in China.
After obtaining Zhang Ruihe's confession, the security department, in coordination with the public security and armed police, and other departments, quickly made joint dispatches to crack 13 spy networks in China one after another, and mastered a large number of US spy lists, thus catching or monitoring more than 3,000 spies.
Of course, this is all an afterthought, and although the security department is happy, it may not be that people from other departments will also be happy, for example, Liu Zhenyun, who is nominally the captain of the security team of Arrow Automobile Company, is actually the leader of the armed police force, he is very distressed and angry now!
"The Yankees are really deceitful!" Liu Zhenyun, the captain of the security team with red eyes, knocked on the table hard, "Killing so many people from me, this matter must not be finished!" ”
Cheng Yuan understands his blushing face and thick neck, after all, his subordinates killed so many people because of Vivian's sonic attack, not to mention personal feelings, just talking about finding the person responsible, he can't shirk his responsibility, at least, a slack work can't run.
That Zhang Rui and the previous assassination, there can also be an excuse to shirk, for example, Cheng Yuan went outside without permission, which is not easy to grasp, but now that he has returned to the company, the killer can still sneak in silently, and go all the way to Cheng Yuan's resting place to assassinate, and they, the armed police personnel who protect the safety of the factory, will not be able to escape responsibility no matter what.
At the same time, several other people wearing suits and ties, ostensibly administrative employees of the Arrow Automobile Company, were actually secret anti-reconnaissance personnel sent by the security department, and they were also disgraced, and their responsibilities still could not be run, at the very least, there would be a big stain on the work evaluation, and if there were no accidents, the future would be worrying.
"Captain Liu, you don't have to be impatient, you believe in the political axe, you believe in the party, we will definitely ask them for an explanation." It was Cheng Yuan's personal guard Wang Tao who spoke, although this kind of thing happened, he was also responsible, but his identity was different, and the background was also hard, and Cheng Yuan himself asked them to stay away from him, so the responsibility was much smaller.
After Wang Tao said this, Captain Liu Zhenyun, who didn't know whether he was really angry, or pretending, or both, sat down stupidly, drank the tea water in a big gulp, and at the end, he lowered his head and wiped his tears, and the image of an iron-blooded man who was sympathetic to his subordinates came naturally.
However, it is obvious that no one has watched his performance, because at this time, most people's eyes are on Cheng Yuan, who is strong at the long table.
"Mr. Cheng, since the incident has happened, I don't think it's safe here." Wang Tao said to Cheng Yuan, "I think it's better for us to change places, and we will also strengthen security in the future, and we can't go out at will." ”
"Somewhere else? Where to go? Cheng Yuan smiled.
"I've heard that the security services have several secret locations over here." Wang Tao said, "Why don't you go there?" It would be safer. ”
"Secret location?" Cheng Yuan looked at Wang Tao, "How secret can it be?" Can I be more secret than where I live today? You know, even I didn't know where I was resting today. As for security, where else could I be safer than mine? ”
"It was just an accident." Wang Tao frowned, "According to the killer's explanation, he just sneaked in to investigate this time, but he didn't expect to know where you lived by accident, so he made a temporary decision, well, something similar is a small probability event." ”
"Needless to say, I'm not going to leave here, I'm still the one who trusts me more than you, after all, this time I found something wrong, and it was my own people who captured the killer, didn't I?"
"This ......" Wang Tao heard this and looked at Fanya, who was standing behind Cheng Yuan with his hands behind his back and said nothing, "Ms. Fanya is indeed extraordinary, we have known this for a long time, and we also admire it very much." ”
"Alright, let's stop here, don't mention it again." Cheng Yuan waved his hand, "I summoned you this time to inform you that in view of your performance in this security operation, I am very skeptical of your ability, so I have decided that in the future, the company's security will mainly be done by ourselves." Specifically, for example, the staff of the monitoring room, the alert room, the dispatch room and other departments will be replaced by my people, as for you, well, the armed police can continue to stand guard, but they can only stand guard on the periphery and make a show, and the specific internal security aspects, such as your intelligence analysis department that is engaged in counter-reconnaissance, can be disbanded and left. ”
"How does this work?" A middle-aged man in a suit suddenly stood up, "Our duty is to counter reconnaissance and ensure that the company's secrets and cutting-edge technology are not leaked, you let us all leave, what if there is another infiltration?" ”
"What to do? In case of further infiltration, can you prevent it? Cheng Yuan asked rhetorically.
"Well, of course." The middle-aged man immediately said, "We did have negligence this time, but this time it was the killer who came in, not information infiltration, we are mainly anti-hacker and anti-technology infiltration technicians, and this matter cannot be compared!" ”
"Come on." Cheng Yuan deliberately said disdainfully, "When I'm a fool?" How did the killer know my exact location when he came in? Didn't you know my whereabouts by hacking into your surveillance system and using the company's internal security cameras? Hmph, they have already installed a backdoor program in our company's monitoring system, how long has it been? You don't even know it? During this period, how much information did we leak through these backdoors? And who knows? If I raise you again, the camera I installed myself will become someone else's eyes, and our every move is under someone else's nose! Therefore, the main responsibility for this incident lies with your intelligence analysis department, and it is your incompetence that led to today's incident! No, it should be said that if it weren't for this assassination today, let's be vigilant and continue, I don't know how long we will be watched! ”
"I, we ......" Hearing Cheng Yuan say this, this intelligence officer, who was obviously from a technical background, didn't know how to reply.
This time, Cheng Yuan actually wants to use the killer's thing to clean up the portal, the purpose is to carry out a major internal cleansing and eliminate all kinds of intelligence personnel left in his company, because with them, Cheng Yuan will have a lot of inconvenience in doing things in the future.
In order to act in a full set, Vivian not only implanted a lot of "confessions" into the killer, but also made Xiaolan get a realistic but incomplete "monitoring picture", and afterwards asked Xiaolan to deliberately leave a relatively secret but still discoverable backdoor program in the company's monitoring system.
The next thing is simple, through the killer's confession, everyone knows that he learned Cheng Yuan's specific location through the Arrow Automobile Company's own monitoring system, and the reason why he was able to do this is because they had already implanted a secret backdoor program in the monitoring system of Arrow Automobile Company!
When this "backdoor" was implanted, the killer doesn't know, he only knows how to use it, just like those ordinary programmers use hacking software. Of course, from this, everyone began to comprehensively investigate the monitoring system of Arrow Automobile Company, and sure enough, they found that hidden backdoor program.
However, after all, this matter is relatively involved, so it has not been announced to the public, but the people here know about it.
Seeing the uncomfortable appearance of the intelligence officer, Cheng Yuan didn't care about himself, waved his hand and said: "Okay, that's it, in short, we will be responsible for the company's security and monitoring in the future." ”
"It's not good." Wang Tao suddenly said, "Mr. Cheng, Director Lin Huaiguo, they are also intelligence officers sent from above, and if you say that you will dismiss them, it is not very reasonable to say so." Moreover, they are also professional, and the business side is top-notch, if they are gone, where can they find a better replacement for a while? Do you dare to say that the replacement is necessarily stronger than them, and will not leak secrets? ”
"Have you forgotten that I'm a private company?" Cheng Yuan smiled and said, "Moreover, this company is still mine alone, so I have the absolute right to speak." Even if Director Lin was sent from above, procedurally speaking, it was just me hiring them and letting them work with me, and I wanted to dismiss them without informing or explaining to anyone. As for the replacement, you don't have to worry about this, because I have already sent a letter to the Ostan Group, and they will transfer a group of professional anti-reconnaissance personnel and alert robots to us, and they will also update the program of our monitoring system, that is to say, in the future, our company's monitoring system will definitely be stronger than now! ”
"Well, if you really want to fire someone, I don't have anything to say." Wang Tao frowned, "However, isn't it too hasty to hand over such an important department of security to the people of the Ostein Group?" After all, the Ostein group is foreign. ”
"So what's the matter?" Cheng Yuan continued to smile, "Who doesn't know my relationship with the Ostan Group now? Who doesn't know that the Ostein Group is behind my company? To put it mildly, my company is just a small affiliate of the Ostein Group, a typical little brother. Well, now that my little brother is in trouble, I want support from the boss, which is also the right thing to do. ”
"But this ......"
"That's it!" Cheng Yuan waved his hand and interrupted Wang Tao's words, "I have made up my mind, so be it." In short, this time I want to inform you, so that you can prepare early, and it is best to resign and leave by yourself, and make everyone's face better. Rest assured, for all voluntary resignation personnel, the company will give a big red envelope, absolutely satisfying you, but if anyone still does not leave, it can only be forced dismissal, and when the time comes, there will be no red envelope or something. ”
"You can't do that!" Hearing Cheng Yuan say this, the middle-aged man who spoke earlier, that is, the person who was called Director Lin Huaiguo, was anxious, "You have no right to do this!" ”
"I don't have the right?" Cheng Yuan said with a smile, "You have to figure it out, this company is my own company, there are no other shareholders, my words are the biggest, why do I have no power?" ”
"Because, because it's not in accordance with the rules!" Director Lin Huaiguo raised his head and said, "We are professionals sent by the Intelligence Department of the General Staff, and only the General Staff can transfer our posts!" Even if you are a private company, but you are still opening a company on the land of China to do business, according to the relevant regulations, for enterprises involving confidential information and high-end technology, the state has the right to send intelligence personnel to settle in, and these intelligence personnel, enterprises cannot dismiss at will! ”
"Regulations?" Cheng Yuan laughed again, "Is this relevant regulation a law?" Is it the Constitution? Is it criminal or civil? Or is it a local method? ”
"This ......" Cheng Yuan asked, and Director Lin was stunned again.
Indeed, due to various reasons, although China has this regulation, this regulation is different from the United States and other Western countries, and it does not explicitly stipulate and does not write this kind of thing into the constitution, but it is an internal regulation and an unspoken rule.
Needless to say, the personnel of the intelligence department naturally do not have this legal concern, and even if there are some private enterprises that have mastered high and new technology, most of them are friendly and make money, and they also welcome these security personnel, after all, these security intelligence personnel are very good at both hands.
This is mainly because of the different systems in China, which is a one-party dictatorship, and all enterprises in China must obey the leadership of the ruling party while abiding by the law if they want to do business in a stable manner.
Although China's intelligence agencies have an open Ministry of State Security and local security bureaus, these departments basically follow the arrangements of the ruling party and are directly responsible to the party, not to any laws.
And anyone with a discerning eye knows that although this Ministry of State Security is also very good, it is not the strongest and most powerful existence, nor is it the core organ of China's intelligence community.
To make an analogy, then China's Ministry of State Security is similar to the CIA, that is, the CIA, and the Intelligence Department of the General Staff is similar to the NSA, that is, the National Security Agency.
At the same time, unlike the American people, who prefer freedom and are mostly not interested in intelligence departments, the Chinese people are relatively more recognizant of authority, so in China, as long as the signboard of the General Staff Intelligence Department is lit up, almost all the way is unimpeded, and I have never heard of an enterprise taking the initiative to dismiss intelligence personnel sent by the General Staff Intelligence Department.
If this matter is to be seen by ordinary people, it is a prelude to having bad intentions, rebelling or absconding!
It is also in this environment that Lin Huaiguo is so confident, which is watered by long-term experience.
"In short, you can't dismiss us at will!" Lin Huaiguo finally said, "We ourselves will not go, if you are not satisfied with us, you can react upward, if there is an order from above, we will absolutely obey!" ”
"Upward reaction? Hehe, that's not necessary. Cheng Yuan continued to smile, "If you don't leave, then I can only bombard you and leave." It's not that you don't know, I have to play the access card when I enter and exit this company, and everyone's access card has a password, as long as I make your access card invalid, you will never be able to enter my company again. Of course, even if the armed police officers standing guard let you in, you won't be able to enter the headquarters building and the factories here, and you can only wander around the open space that doesn't require access control cards. ”
"What?" Lin Huaiguo was shocked, "You, you can't do this!" ”
Indeed, the security measures of Arrow Automobile Company are very strong, whether it is an administrative building or a factory, there must be an access card for entry and exit, and the access card is also divided into levels, what level of access card holders, can enter the corresponding level of the area.
If the password of the access control card is invalidated, then Lin Huaiguo's group of people will no longer be able to enter the company, and they will not be able to enter the office and contact all kinds of information, which is no different from being dismissed.
"Of course I can!" Cheng Yuan said with a straight face, "In short, give you three days, after three days, including you, the access control cards of all the people in the information and intelligence department will be invalid, and our security system may strengthen the security level, and all those who break in without the access card will be attacked and arrested by the machine guards, when the time comes, don't blame me for not reminding you." ”
"What is this!" Seeing that Cheng Yuan was not joking, Lin Huaiguo immediately pleaded, "I admit that we are responsible for this matter, but it won't be like this, right?" ”
In fact, Lin Huaiguo doesn't value whether to stay in this company or not, after all, he has a special identity and does not rely on Arrow Automobile Company to eat, but if he is dismissed, it is not as simple as his personal facelessness, it is equivalent to directly slapping the face of the General Staff Intelligence Department! At that time, the above may not be too embarrassed for Cheng Yuan, after all, there is still a request for him, but he will definitely be pushed out as a scapegoat!
"I think so." Cheng Yuan smiled and slowly stood up, "Okay, it's decided, the meeting is over!" (To be continued.) )