The next morning, in the back street of Nikko Club, Yuji Murakami walked on the street with heavy steps, as usual, with a leather bag hanging on his shoulder, but there was no root under his feet, and he walked slowly with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and he only felt that the road to work today was extraordinarily long, as if he would never end.

At this time, he couldn't help but glance back, only to see a short-clothed man not far behind him who was staring closely at his every move, and when he saw Yuji Murakami turn around, the man immediately signaled with sharp eyes.

Yuji Murakami hurriedly turned around and sighed lightly, everything that happened last night is vivid, although the two wicked people left the money, they still took their little grandson away in the end, and said that as long as things change, they will immediately attack the child.

So Yuji Murakami didn't dare to resist at all, and honestly did what the other party told him.

At the back door of the Nikko Club, two armed guards were guarding their posts, and when they saw Yuji Murakami approaching from afar, one of the guards was the first to greet him: "Murakami, your face is not good-looking, is it sick?" ”

Yuji Murakami sighed in his heart when he heard this, he was originally nervous in his heart, pounding and jumping, not knowing when to start, his palms began to sweat, and his face was a little pale, if it weren't for his usual mental state, he would have been seen by the guards at this time.

But he didn't dare to slack off, knowing that he couldn't make a mistake, otherwise he would never see his little grandson again, and when he thought of this, he cheered up and quickly explained: "Yes, I didn't sleep well last night ꓹ My head hurts a little I don't have the energy to get up today." ”

Another guard said with concern: "Murakami-kun ꓹ You can't be negligent at your age, just take a day off today, Mr. Miyamoto will be considerate." ”

Miyamoto is the director in charge of housekeeping in Nikko Club, and he is not a bad person, and he also takes care of Yuji Murakami ꓹ If he is really sick ꓹ As long as Yuji Murakami asks for leave, he should agree.

But Yuji Murakami hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No need ꓹ Thank you Shimada-kun, I'm in good health, and besides, I've had a lot of work in the past two days ꓹ It's no problem for me to persevere." ”

The two guards and Yuji Murakami were all familiar with each other, and they chatted with each other a few more timesꓹ Told Yuji Murakami to rest more, and as usual, Yuji Murakami was not examined in any way.

Yuji Murakami pretended to be calm, he didn't even dare to turn his head back, step by step, and slowly walked into the back door, until the guards could no longer see his figure.

"Murakami, you're late today." A cleaner with a bucket in his hand approached him, smiling and greeting.

Yuji Murakami hurriedly nodded to his colleague, waved his hand and replied, "Yes, Sakai-kun, I'm really sorry, I slept late yesterday, and I came a little late, I'll be fine right away." ”

He greeted each other and walked a few steps to the door of the workshop, pushing the door in.

The five floors of the office building of Nikko Club, plus the sanitation in the courtyard downstairs, the cleaning workload is very heavy, and a total of eight cleaning staff are responsible for cleaning.

This workshop is specially arranged for these cleaners, and each of them has his own locker that he usually uses to store personal items such as overalls and gloves.

At this time, the other cleaners had already changed into their work clothes and went out to work, and there was no one in the house, so Yuji Murakami took out the key and opened his locker.

After listening carefully to hearing that there was no one outside the door, he quickly opened his leather bag, took out an aluminum lunch box from inside, lifted the lid, carefully took out a small rectangular cloth bag wrapped in a thick cloth, and gently placed it in the innermost part of the locker.

He had to repeat this many times, because the aluminum lunch box was not big, and there were not many things that could be loaded at a time, except for explosives, there were also things such as batteries, clocks, and detonators, which he had to secretly bring in every day, and today was only the first step.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, Yuji Murakami came back to his senses all of a sudden, quickly took out his work clothes and gloves from the locker, hurriedly changed them, closed the locker again, and locked the door lock.

Two days later, in the office of Xinmin Daily, Xu Chengyan was writing an article in his seat when the phone rang on his desk.

There is only one telephone in this office, which has been placed on Bai Sinan's desk, and he is a person who is enthusiastic about good things, and he doesn't mind at all when he answers the phone.

At this time, Bai Sinan raised his hand to pick up the phone, only listened to two sentences, and immediately said respectfully: "Yes, yes, editor-in-chief, I will inform him immediately." ”

After speaking, he put down the phone, turned his head to Xu Chengyan on the side and said, "Chengyan, the editor-in-chief asked you to go to his office immediately." ”

As soon as these words came out, the other reporters in the room heard them and looked at them.

These days, Xu Chengyan is often called to the office by the editor-in-chief of Eguchi and Takahashi to talk, and every time he comes back for a long time, he obviously talks very happily, which shows the trust and importance of Xu Chengyan.

At this time, Xu Chengyan's status in the current political news department was already very different, and it didn't take long for him to be second only to the chief reporter Kyosuke Watanabe, but in terms of closeness to the two editors-in-chief and editor-in-chief, Kyosuke Watanabe was far inferior to Xu Chengyan.

"Okay, I'll go right away." When Xu Chengyan heard this, he quickly put down the pen in his hand, quickly read the manuscript in his hand, and then got up and left with the manuscript.

As soon as he stepped out of the office door, there was a lot of talk in the room.

"Look at Mr. Xu, it's only been a few days, and the editor-in-chief and editor-in-chief attach so much importance to it, it's really more popular than people......"

"When the editor-in-chief of Takahashi brought him in that day, I saw that Mr. Xu is by no means an ordinary person, everyone should have some eyes in the future, don't look at people who are young, and there is no door to speak in their mouths, pay attention to the point..."

"Lao Bai, you find a chance to talk to Mr. Xu, let's ask Mr. Xu to sit down, we are all colleagues, communicate more about something, and it's good to get in touch......"

Several Chinese reporters got together, they had only been in contact with Xu Chengyan for a short time, and they were still a little unfamiliar with each other, and now they were all thinking about making friends, so they looked at Bai Sinan, who had the best relationship with Xu Chengyan.

Bai Sinan has always been cheerful and outgoing, and he is very popular among his colleagues, so he immediately agreed to it happily.

These Chinese reporters are talking on the side, even the remaining Japanese reporters are also looking at each other a few times, everyone is a shrewd person, and they can see clearly, Xu Chengyan is definitely different from ordinary Chinese reporters, there must be another background behind him, otherwise the two editors-in-chief and editor-in-chief would never behave like this.

Xu Chengyan walked quickly to the editor-in-chief's office and knocked on the door gently.

"Come in!"

Xu Chengyan pushed the door in, saw the editor-in-chief Naohito Eguchi sitting behind the desk looking at the newspaper, raised his eyes and saw that it was Xu Chengyan coming in, so he put down the newspaper in his hand and said with a smile: "Chengyanjun, the reports and articles in the past few days are really good, and the writing is outstanding. ”

When Xu Chengyan heard this, he hurriedly said respectfully: "Chengyan doesn't dare to take credit, it's all the guidance of you and the editor-in-chief, so I can get started so quickly." ”

Naohito Eguchi smiled when he heard this, he and Tetsuo Takahashi have really been patient in the past few days, and have given Xu Chengyan a lot of advice, which is quite helpful to him in business, so what Xu Chengyan said is not all compliments.

Xu Chengyan continued: "This is the draft I just translated, please take a look at it. ”

After speaking, he stepped forward and handed the manuscript to Naohito Eguchi with both hands.

After taking the manuscript, Naohito Eguchi only read it once, then nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good, I didn't expect your Japanese attainments to be so high, even if I write it, it's just that." ”

"You're too awarded, you really dare not take it!"

Naohito Eguchi put down the manuscript, opened the drawer on the side, and took out a telegram from it, then got up and signaled, and the two of them came to the sofa next to them and sat down.

Naohito Eguchi handed over the telegram in his hand: "This is from my friend in Beiping, and it is Mr. Yoshino's detailed address. ”

"Thank you so much!" Xu Chengyan showed a look of surprise on his face, and hurriedly took it, he has also been waiting for this mailing address, and if he can contact Yoshinoemon one day earlier, the more stable his position in the newspaper will be, and he will have a lot less scruples about doing things.

Naohito Eguchi looked at Xu Chengyan's happy appearance, smiled and said, "Chengyan-kun, there is another good news, just a few days ago, Mr. Yoshino officially assumed the position of administrative adviser to the new government in North China, which is great news!" ”

Xu Chengyan was also happy when he heard it, this was indeed an excellent opportunity for him, and he hurriedly said: "I understand, I will write a letter as soon as possible, and strive to contact the teacher as soon as possible, I haven't seen you for many years, I really look forward to meeting the teacher again." ”

"Yes, teachers and students have been learning for many years, and I believe that Mr. Yoshino is also very happy to be able to meet again!" Naohito Eguchi said with a smile, "I think that when the report on the grain donation campaign is finished during this time, you will find a time to go to Beiping and meet Mr. Yoshino." ”

"That's great, thank you for your care, I will make the trip as soon as possible, and after meeting the teacher, I will definitely convey my respect to you and Mr. Takahashi!" Xu Chengyan hurriedly thanked again.

For a while, the two talked happily, and Naohito Eguchi also specially instructed some details, and finally turned the topic to the matter of the mobilization meeting.

Xu Chengyan said: "The day after tomorrow is the day of the mobilization meeting, but I always feel that our propaganda efforts are not enough, sir, I think when the time comes, can we arrange some reporters from other newspapers in Taiyuan City, let them also participate, make the momentum bigger." ”

Xu Chengyan thought that in the action the day after tomorrow, he would arrange more reporters to enter the venue, and when there were more reporters, he would not be so conspicuous, and it would be convenient for him to act.

However, Naohito Eguchi shook his head and explained: "Nowadays, several other newspapers in Taiyuan City are not satisfactory, and the circulation is very small, and these people are very resistant to us, even if they are forcibly pulled in, they will not say anything good about us, and it is not much point to participate." ”

You must know that Xinmin Newspaper is an official newspaper supported by the Japanese puppet government, and its circulation in Shanxi is very considerable, while several other newspapers are barely maintained, and the circulation is also pitiful, and it is only limited to Taiyuan City, and its influence is far from enough, so Naohito Eguchi did not take a fancy to it.

"Besides, this mobilization meeting is very important, and safety issues cannot be ignored, even if we want to do this, we must have the consent of the Nikko Society, so we don't want to make extraneous complications."

Hearing what Eguchi Naohito said, Xu Chengyan had no choice but to nod yes, but he still persuaded again: "There are a lot of people attending the meeting this time, Watanabe-kun and I want to find more interview targets for interviews, and we will be a little too busy at that time, can we also arrange for the Ministry of Affairs to participate in this on-site report." ”

"Absolutely!" Naohito Eguchi agreed, "I said that you can call on the manpower of the newspaper at any time, just look at the arrangement!" ”