"It turns out that he is Ling Zhen, one of the only two fourth-level agents in the Operations Department."

After listening to Chen Qingqing's explanation, Sun Peng touched his chin lightly, and said with a smile that seemed to be a little surprised: "Then you can understand what you just ...... Hehe. ”

"What are you laughing at?"

Sensitively discovered the meaning of Sun Peng's laughter, Chen Qingqing suddenly glared at him with two big eyes, glanced at him fiercely, and said with disdain: "It's just that you, the cucumber egg of the Ministry of State Security, don't know him, and don't know his prestige...... Hmph, I'm afraid you don't even know what a fourth-level agent means, right? ”

"Oh? Is it difficult to get to this position? ”

The corners of his mouth curved slightly, and Sun Peng asked casually.

"Of course!"

Seeing that Sun Peng didn't seem to care too much, Chen Qingqing suddenly jumped up and shouted like a kitten who had been stepped on by someone's tail: "That's the fourth-level agent of the Operations Department!" Do you think it's as easy for us to get promoted here as it is to get promoted outside? I'll tell you, there's nothing comparable to even the Intelligence Service in this regard, and that has to be paid for real merit......"

Looking at Chen Qingqing, who was a little excited, Sun Peng was slightly stunned, and smiled helplessly.

Although he has just arrived, Sun Peng still knows a little about the hierarchy of the Ministry of State Security, and he knows that the level of individuals in this institution is a very important thing. For example, like Sun Peng himself, if he stays in the archives center, he will take the route of technical skills, and in the future, he will be graded according to the number of years of work, confidential level and position, which is basically similar to the technical personnel of ordinary institutions outside. If it's a job like administration, that's a different standard, and it's basically the same as the rest of the country.

However, in the case of the Operations Service and the Intelligence Service, the most special agent hierarchy of the Ministry of National Security is implemented.

All the official agents of the Ministry of State Security, each of them has a specific level, the highest level, the lowest level nine, which can be said to be a very tight pyramid structure! And the level of each person's rank not only indicates their status in the Ministry of State Security, but also represents their salary, as well as the difficulty and intensity of the work they are engaged in!

For example, Chen Qingqing, when he first graduated, he was not even a level 1, he could only be a probationary agent, and he continued to stay after a year, and only after passing the assessment did he successfully become a level 9 agent, and his salary rose by nearly half!

But even if Chen Qingqing's salary is several times higher than Sun Peng's, she is still only a ninth-level agent, and she can only be said to be qualified to stay in the operation department to work, but she belongs to the lowest level of young people, and her usual job is to sort out documents, follow the old detectives, and so on, and even come up with a field task It is difficult. Because according to the regulations of the Ministry of National Security, if the operative of the Operations Department wants to work independently, she must be promoted to another level, reaching level eight!

Only agents of the Operations Division at level 8 and above are qualified to go out in the field independently!

This is not due to the rigidity of the system or seniority, but to the nature of the work of the agents of the Ministry of State Security. Because although the place of work is in the country, but the agents of the intelligence department are only to collect intelligence, investigate cases, etc., relatively speaking, the danger is much less, as long as it is a formal agent, they can work independently, but the agents of the operation department are different, as long as they are dispatched to carry out violence, if it is a general case, it is okay, the strong strength of the agents can avoid a lot of things, but if you encounter a strong opponent, you will often encounter more dangerous situations. At this time, it is too dangerous to let the inexperienced agents go on their own missions, so unless there are very few cases, achieving level 8 is a minimum standard.

But under normal circumstances, even if he passes the year-end assessment every year and reaches the excellent, he can only be promoted to one level every five years, and it takes six years for Chen Qingqing to be promoted to level eight detectives! And if you can't get excellent in the assessment, this year will be in vain!

It can be said that this is an extremely difficult road to qualify.

And the further you go, the more difficult it is to be promoted, because high-level agents must be responsible for high-level cases, and the assessment standards have also been greatly improved, and it is extremely difficult to get promoted. For most of the agents, it basically takes more than seven or eight years to be promoted to the first level, and only a small number of people can reach the standard of promotion every five years, for example, Tian Feng, who has been pursuing Chen Qingqing, has just been successfully promoted to the seventh level of detectives in the first half of this year, and it can be said that he is already the best among the younger generation.

Of course, like any industry, the agents of the Ministry of State Security are not without the possibility of rapid promotion or even skipping the level, in the case that most people may need eight years to rise to the next level, and a small number of elites can achieve a five-year promotion, there are so few people, they almost regard the rank as nothing, with super strength and excellent performance, they can be promoted exceptionally, or even skip the promotion!

Within the national security, everyone privately calls this kind of person a super agent.

Ling Zhen is undoubtedly such a super agent!

In this moment's effort, through the process of Chen Qingqing trying his best to explain his idol, Sun Peng quickly learned about the glorious past of this super agent: the first few years after entering the Ministry of State Security were not particularly conspicuous, and he was promoted to the eighth level agent after five years, and his performance was very good but not very outstanding. But when Ling Zhen was promoted to an eighth-level agent and could go out on a mission independently, that super strong personal ability suddenly exploded!

In just five years, he completed the double jump in the early morning and stood in the position of a sixth-level agent in one fell swoop! In another four years, he was promoted to a fifth-level agent in the early morning, and then successfully promoted to a fourth-level agent before the age of forty, standing at the top of the entire operation!

Although he was only level four, it seemed that he was far from the highest level, but Ling Zhen was already the highest-level agent placed on the surface by the Ministry of State Security. In fact, since the establishment of this system by the Operations Division and the Intelligence Service, only a third-level agent has been born, and there has never been a third-level agent.

The third-level detective, who has retired, has long become a legendary figure of the Ministry of State Security......

"Alright, alright."

Finding that Chen Qingqing seemed to have an endless meaning, Sun Peng waved his hand helplessly and said, "I understand what you mean, I know that your idol is very strong...... How old is he? ”

Sun Peng's Dafa of changing the topic obviously played a role, seeing that he was soft, although he was still a little unhappy in his heart, Chen Qingqing still tilted his head and thought about it for a while, and said with some uncertainty: "Probably ...... Forty-something, right? ”

"Well, that looks younger, it's older."

Smiling at Chen Qingqing, Sun Peng said casually. Ling Zhen was not kempt all over his body, but the thick sense of vicissitudes on his face made him look quite old.

After hearing Sun Peng's words, Chen Qingqing's willow eyebrows were raised again, as if she wanted to open her mouth to say something, but after hesitating, her mouth closed again. However, what surprised Sun Peng was that Chen Qingqing's face suddenly showed a very obvious sadness, as if he had thought of something sad just now.

"What's wrong?"

Sun Peng, who was a little strange in his heart, frowned, and then asked.

"No, nothing."

His face gradually darkened, Chen Qingqing sighed faintly, and said in a low voice: "Although he has been promoted to a fourth-level detective a long time ago, not long after he was promoted, something very terrible happened to him......