As soon as Tetsuo Takahashi left, the atmosphere in the office suddenly became lively again, Bai Sinan stepped forward to give Xu Chengyan a detailed introduction to several colleagues around him, everyone saw each other one by one, and chose a desk by the window for Xu Chengyan, and took it to get some office supplies, and after working for most of the day, he finally cleaned everything up.

Bai Sinan is a native of Tianjin, he is famous for his ability to speak well, and he is very talkative, such an extroverted person is generally very popular in the workplace, and the relationship with his superiors and subordinates is also good, which is why Tetsuo Takahashi arranged Bai Sinan to help Xu Chengyan, which is obviously also a good use.

Of course, Xu Chengyan also deliberately made friends, his eloquence was naturally good, the two of them came and went, chatting about speculation, and soon became acquainted, and they were no longer polite to each other, so they called each other "Chengyan" and "Lao Bai".

In the corridor back to the office, Bai Sinan walked in front, holding a stack of manuscript papers in his arms, and introduced some information about Xinmin Newspaper to Xu Chengyan as he walked.

Xinmin Newspaper has several high-level officials, because Xinmin Newspaper is a branch in Taiyuan City, so there is no president, the person in charge is the editor-in-chief Eguchi Naohito, and there are two editors-in-chief, one is Tetsuo Takahashi, and the other is a Chinese named Cheng Shijie, who is responsible for two departments in the newspaper on news.

One is called the Current Affairs News Department, referred to as the Current Affairs Department, which is in charge of the editor-in-chief Tetsuo Takahashi, and this department is the most important department of Xinmin Daily, because after all, Xinmin Daily is for the Japanese people, and its main pages are all to publish false articles that are beneficial to Japan, that is, the so-called "Japan-China friendship" and "East Asia co-prosperity".

Not only that, but it also has a special column for the Japanese military and the diaspora, all of which are published in Japanese, and these tasks are the responsibility of the Ministry of Current Affairs.

Because of their access to many important departments and information, nearly half of the members of the Ministry of Current Affairs are Japanese, and the other half are Chinese who have won the trust of the Japanese, as in the case of Bai Sinan, who was transferred from the Xinmin newspaper in the Pingjin area and worked under the Japanese for a long time.

The other is called the Social News Department, also called the Social Department, which is managed by the main programming Szetime, mainly responsible for the general layout, such as local folk interesting events, financial real estate, entertainment gossip some information, as well as including advertising columns, business advertisements, missing notices and other things, in general, no different from other newspapers, no access to important information, relatively speaking, the Ministry of Social Affairs is just an auxiliary department of the Ministry of Affairs, has not been taken seriously, members are Chinese.

In addition to these two departments, the newspaper also has a small department such as the personnel department, the typesetting and printing workshop, and a number of miscellaneous departments, which are complete and have a clear division of labor.

At this time, when the two of them were talking, a man came to him, this person was about thirty years old, not tall, flat head and short hair, thin appearance, wearing a dark suit, and his expression was also very serious, giving people the feeling of being a hard piece of firewood, looking like a living person should not be approached.

As soon as Bai Sinan saw this person, he hurriedly gave Xu Chengyan a look, leaned sideways, bowed slightly, and said hello in his mouth: "Mr. Watanabe!" ”

The person who came was a Japanese, and his status was not low, looking at Bai Sinan's appearance, Xu Chengyan also learned to turn his body sideways, bowed his head slightly, but did not make a sound in his mouth.

The Japanese named "Watanabe" did not respond to Bai Sinan and Xu Chengyan's salute at all, but when his eyes swept over, he stopped on Xu Chengyan for a moment, and then walked directly past the two of them without looking at it again.

Seeing him walk up the stairs quickly, Xu Chengyan asked in a low voice, "Who is this person?" It doesn't look like it's easy to speak. ”

Bai Sinan pursed his lips and replied in a low voice: "This person's name is Kyosuke Watanabe, and he is also from our Ministry of Current Affairs, but he is the chief reporter, and his status in the newspaper is extraordinary, only under the editor-in-chief of Eguchi and Takahashi, even the editor-in-chief Cheng has to look at his face, especially his temper is not good, so we have to be careful when we see him." ”

Speaking of this, he remembered that Xu Chengyan also had a good background, so he smiled with relief and said: "But don't worry, with the face of Takahashi's editor-in-chief, as long as you don't cause trouble, he won't bully you." ”

Outside of the words, Bai Sinan was quite afraid of Kyosuke Watanabe, which showed that this person was not easy to deal with.

However, the Japanese have always looked down on the Chinese, this situation is also common, Xu Chengyan does not care, to be honest, although he knows that his Japanese teacher has some relationship with Tetsuo Takahashi, but he does not know the specific inside story, so he does not dare to do much.

At this time, Bai Sinan paused slightly, and decided to speak more thoroughly, after all, Xu Chengyan is also the same as himself, he is a person from Tetsuo Takahashi, and he doesn't have to be too scrupulous when he speaks, he seems a little mysterious and continued: "Kyosuke Watanabe is not a simple person, he not only has a background in a special high school, but he also has some connections at the upper level, and he generally hosts sensitive information and reports on the Japanese military and government officials. ”

It turned out to be a person from the extra high class!

Xu Chengyan nodded thoughtfully, behind the Xinmin Association is the Japanese Special High School, many of the Japanese who serve as advisers and senators in the Xinmin Association are agents of the Special High School, it seems that this is also the case with Kyosuke Watanabe, and only with such a background can he gain the trust of the Japanese military and contact some highly confidential information.

After the entry was completed, when it was close to noon, Xu Chengyan got off work, because he made an appointment to meet Zhang Zhiyuan today, so he politely refused Bai Sinan's kindness to invite him to have a drink and left Xinmin Daily.

When he came to the Ju Library, Ji Yun also happened to come over, the time was exactly twelve o'clock, and the two of them entered the library, because it was already noon, there were no customers in the library, Ding Mingrui was sitting behind the counter reading a book, heard footsteps, raised his eyes to see that it was Xu Chengyan and the two of them coming in, and hurriedly greeted them.

"Is Zhiyuan here?" Xu Chengyan asked softly.

"It's been a while, it's inside!"

Xu Chengyan nodded, and walked into the back hall with Ji Yun, while Ding Mingrui was on guard outside.

As soon as the two of them entered the house, they saw Zhang Zhiyuan walking around the house, obviously waiting a little anxious.

"Senior, what do you want to tell me?" Zhang Zhiyuan's face was excited, since he returned to Taiyuan, he has been lurking on standby, he has not received any tasks, and his heart is inevitably urgent, so he rushed over early today to wait for Xu Chengyan's arrival.

"Can't hold your breath?" Xu Chengyan smiled slightly, "I called you over, there is nothing else, just to let you come and help me take a look at these things." ”

After speaking, he motioned to Ji Yun, Ji Yun put the briefcase he brought in front of Zhang Zhiyuan, and said: "We worked all night yesterday, but the interlacing is like a mountain, there is no gain, your Zhang family has been in business for generations, and you are not bad, take a look at whether these things are valuable?" ”

Zhang Zhiyuan glanced at the two seniors in surprise, then took the briefcase, opened it, took out the bill inside, and looked at it.

But after just a few glances, he already reacted, looked up and said, "Why is this thing in your hands?" ”

Xu Chengyan didn't hide it from him, now that Lu Mingzhi has cleared it, these things don't need to be kept secret, so he explained the ins and outs of the matter clearly, and finally explained: "Yesterday, the time was tight, so I didn't tell you through, now you see, are these things valuable?" ”

After hearing this, Zhang Zhiyuan couldn't help but stretch out his thumb and said enviously: "You still have a way, senior, Lu Mingzhi can avoid this level, and he can't avoid the next time." ”

patting the two seniors' ass, he continued to check these bills, and after reading them, he said: "These are all joint preparation bank bills, which have no substantial value to us. ”

As soon as this remark came out, Xu Chengyan and Ji Yun were quite disappointed, they knew that Zhang Zhiyuan was also an excellent agent who graduated from the Linli class, and his intelligence analysis was not bad, he said that there was no intelligence value, and it was estimated that he could not be wrong.

"Forget it, it was originally a matter of beating rabbits with grass and feet." Xu Chengyan didn't care, this matter was originally his follow-up, of course it was good to have gains, and it didn't matter if there was none.

But Zhang Zhiyuan continued: "It's useless to us, but it's very important to Nikko Club." ”

Ji Yun couldn't help but be a little anxious, stretched out his hand and stroked the back of Zhang Zhiyuan's head, and said angrily: "Don't sell it, make it clear." ”

Zhang Zhiyuan dared to talk and laugh at Xu Chengyan, but he was not so casual with Ji Yun, rubbed his head, and said with a smile: "Haven't I finished talking yet......"

Then he picked up the bill and waved it, explaining: "In fact, there is nothing difficult to understand, these things have no intelligence value, but they have economic value, at present, the economy in Shanxi is controlled by the Nikko Society, one is dominant, and there is no room for other banks to intervene, so if the major banks in Tianjin send money and transfer money to Shanxi, they must go through the joint reserve bank supported by the Nikko Society."

But the major banks can not transport so much cash to Shanxi, so are the changes on the books, which is the same as the bank's wire transfer remittance, these bills are the economic exchange vouchers between Nikko Club and the major banks in Tianjin, with these bills, several banks every once in a while, will be checked, check the success and then smooth out the accounts, the transfer of funds is completed, which is safe and fast. ”

Hearing him say this, Xu Chengyan nodded and said: "That is to say, if these bills are lost and cannot be checked, then the accounts between the major banks cannot be accounted for. ”

"There will be a certain loss, for example, it will delay their next capital operation, but the problem is not big, the usual practice is to delay the time of checking the accounts, the time limit for different banks to check is different, some check once a month, some two months, as long as the two parties agree, this can be postponed, during the postponement period, go back to the major banks according to the original notes little by little, it is also possible, but the workload is relatively large, and it is not convenient."

Hearing him say this, Xu Chengyan and Ji Yun were quite disappointed, in this way, there was no harm to the Nikko Club in essence, it was just a matter of effort.

"However, this is a big problem for Katsuhei Ishida, who is in charge of the accounts." Zhang Zhiyuan continued, but a trace of excitement flashed in his eyes, "There is such a big mistake, it will seriously affect the credibility of Nikko Club in major banks, especially foreign banks, this matter will definitely stab the headquarters of Beiping, as for what the consequences are difficult to predict, I dare to say, Ishida Katsuhei must be an ant on the hot pot now, and he can't even sleep!" ”

Xu Chengyan heard some meaning from it, he waved his hand and said, "You just say it, what do you think!" ”

Zhang Zhiyuan knew that his mind couldn't hide from these two seniors, so he simply picked it out directly: "These bills are very important to Ishida Shengping, bad luck, and even ruin his future, so I want to use it as a stepping stone, and Ishida Shengping can just solve a tricky matter." ”

"Stepping stones? Be specific! Hearing him say this, Xu Chengyan suddenly became interested.

Zhang Zhiyuan did not shy away from saying it, and directly explained the ins and outs of the matter.

It turned out that during this time, the Zhang family's business encountered a big trouble, and the Zhang family ran a lot of businesses in Shanxi, among which the grain business was a big one, and it earned a lot of profits for the Zhang family every year.

However, after the Japanese occupied Shanxi, they strictly controlled the production and purchase of grain in the occupied areas, and the grain business of the Zhang family plummeted, and grain stores in various places were closed one after another, and there are still two grain stores in Taiyuan that can barely survive.

But in this way, these two grain stores were also targeted by Nikko Club, and they put pressure on the Zhang family through various means, and passed the word through the middleman to force the Zhang family to hand over the store and the grain stored secretly.

This makes it really difficult for the Zhang family to deal with, the store is okay to say, forget if it is closed, anyway, it doesn't make any money now, but the large amount of grain secretly stored by the Zhang family is too valuable in this troubled era, and it is absolutely painful to hand it over in vain, how can you be willing?

If it weren't for Zhang Xingxian, the head of the Zhang family, who was the president of the Chamber of Commerce, and also had reliable connections in the Taiyuan puppet government, he would have been obedient at this time.

But this matter can't be delayed for long, the power of the Nikko Society is too great, even the Japanese military affairs they dare to meddle, not to mention a big family like the Zhang family, so it is a matter of time before they bow their heads and submit to softness.

Zhang Zhiyuan saw it in his eyes, and his heart was naturally anxious, but the moment he saw these bills today, he suddenly had a new idea.

Ishida Shengping is an important figure in the Taiyuan Rixing Branch, if he can make a move and deal with the Zhang family, I believe that this matter can be easily solved, and through this matter, he can also go through the road of Ishida Shengping, not to mention anything else, it is no problem to promote Zhang Zhiyuan to the next level.

Zhang Zhiyuan told Xu Chengyan about his plans one by one, and immediately got Xu Chengyan's approval, which was already a very big gain to solve the crisis of the Zhang family, and to help Zhang Zhiyuan go one step further and gain a firm foothold in the police station.

"Very good, the bill will be handed over to you to deal with, however, this matter should not be publicized, Ishida Katsuhei dare not say anything about the loss of the bill, that is, the matter is spread out, and it is pursued by the headquarters, so you can't go through the police station, simply hand over the bill to your father, let him contact Ishida Katsuhei privately, so that he can take advantage of his thoughts, he will receive the love of the Zhang family, by the way, about the source of the bill, you must be prepared to speak, and you must be strict in the details."

"Got it! Rest assured, there will never be a problem! Regarding Xu Chengyan's explanation, Zhang Zhiyuan immediately nodded and agreed.