"Sell newspapers! Selling the newspaper "Shenjiang Morning Post" is freshly baked. Major news, last night, the ammunition warehouse of the Little Devil Navy Command located on Baoshan Road in the Zhabei area was bombed, and people were very happy......"

Early the next morning, at about seven o'clock in the morning, Chen Lei left his house, walked out of Yong'an lane, and just walked into the street of Feixia Road, less than ten meters away, he heard a newsboy on the side of the road, peddling newspapers to passers-by, and shouting loudly, "sell newspapers."

After not thinking much about it, Chen Lei stepped forward and wanted to buy a newspaper to see how the news that came out this morning reported on the bombing of the munitions depot of the Japanese Navy Headquarters.

When he got closer, before Chen Lei could speak, the newsboy, who was as tall as his chest, politely took the lead in asking: "Sir, do you want to sell a newspaper?" ”

Chen Lei, who stopped, nodded, pointed to the large stack of unsold newspapers in the newsboy's hand, and said, "Children, sell me all the newspapers in your hand." ”

When the newsboy heard that the uncle in a suit and leather shoes standing in front of him, who looked polite and dignified, said that he would buy all the newspapers in his hand in one go, he was stunned for a moment, and felt incredulous.

Because at half past six o'clock this morning, the newsboy got the newspaper distributed by the newspaper office, and he peddled along Feixia Road for about half an hour, and only went out in total less than 20 copies of the "Shenjiang Morning Post" that he was holding.

Anyone who buys newspapers from him basically buys one, and there are only a handful of more than two copies, and the uncle in front of him actually said that he would sell out the remaining 30 newspapers in his hand, and his first reaction was that this uncle was teasing him.

"Are you sure, sir? Do you want to buy all the newspapers I have? The newsboy, who was skeptical about this, asked Chen Lei again for confirmation and inquiry.

Seeing the well-behaved little boy in front of him, Chen Lei stretched out his warm big hand, stroked the head of the newsboy, smiled on his face, and replied in an affirmative tone: "Yes, little friend, I want the newspaper in your hand!" ”

After saying that, Chen Lei immediately took out two pieces of ocean from his jacket pocket, handed them forward, and said kindly: "Oh, these two pieces of ocean, buy the rest of these newspapers in your hand, is it enough?!" ”

Just now, the newsboy was still suspicious, at this time, when he saw Chen Lei take out two pieces of ocean, joy immediately appeared on his cheeks, nodded like pounding garlic, and said happily: "Enough, enough, sir, I have a total of more than 30 newspapers left in my hand, and I don't need two oceans, you just take a piece of ocean." ”

According to the prices of goods at that time, among the various newspapers circulating in Shanghai, the price of a large newspaper was five cents, and the price of a medium or small newspaper was two to three cents, and a piece of ocean was equal to one hundred cents.

This newsboy peddled the tabloids and tabloids issued in the French Concession, and one was only two or three cents, and the remaining 30 or so newspapers in the newsboy's hand were about to cost one ocean, and Chen Lei took out two oceans, which was naturally more than enough.

After the newsboy finished speaking, he hurriedly handed the remaining more than 30 newspapers to Chen Lei, and when Chen Lei took the newspaper with one hand, the newsboy did not hesitate, and took a piece of ocean from Chen Lei's other hand.

Without waiting for Chen Lei to speak again, he got a piece of the ocean newsboy, bowed deeply to Chen Lei, turned around, and quickly disappeared into the bustling flow of people on Feixia Road.

Because Chen Lei was in a hurry to go to work at the Iwai Mansion on Baoshan Road in the Zhabei area, he didn't look closely at the more than 30 copies of the "Shenjiang Morning Post" in his hand, and continued to walk forward, hoping to see an idle rickshaw.

After walking a short distance along Feixia Road, Chen Lei ran into a few more newsboys, and because the newspapers they were selling were different, Chen Lei spent a few more oceans to collect a total of six large and medium-sized newspapers distributed in Shanghai, and there were twenty or thirty copies of each type of newspaper.

When Chen Lei held a large stack of newspapers in both hands, he finally saw an idle rickshaw and rushed to the Iwai Mansion.

At about eight o'clock in the morning, Chen Lei entered the Iwai Mansion and distributed the large stack of newspapers he was holding to various departments and departments, keeping a copy of each newspaper for himself to read.

Sitting in his office on the second floor of Building A, Chen Lei sipped the freshly brewed tea while roughly browsing the newspapers he had purchased this morning, and when he saw that each of them had put on the front page a report on the bombing of the Japanese Navy Headquarters' munitions depot last night, he immediately felt extremely proud.

The reason for this is very simple: The bombing of the munitions depot of the Japanese Navy Headquarters last night was an order from Deputy Director Dai of the Military Command Bureau in the afternoon, and it was put into effect in the evening.

Chen Lei began to worry again, because Taro Taro, the commander of the Japanese Navy, gave him three days to investigate the external causes of the explosion, and this is the first day, and I have no idea how to carry out this work.

At this time, Chen Lei's desk, the special line phone with Iwai Ichiro, "jingle bell...... Jingle Bell ...... Jingle bells rang ......", interrupting his thoughts.

When the phone rang three times, Chen Lei quickly picked it up and said, "Hey, is it Iwai Ichiro-kun?" ”

Iwai Ichiro, who was on the other end of the phone, asked Chen Lei very indignantly: "Yes, Chen Leijun, early this morning, I think you must have also seen the major newspapers in Shanghai, about the news report on the bombing of the munitions depot of our Imperial Japanese Navy Headquarters in Shanghai last night, right?" Judging from the current situation, most of the newspapers have put them on the front page, and judging from the text content of the reports, almost all of them have become congratulatory messages in various forms.

In the eyes of the editors of these newspapers, they felt that the bombing of the munitions depot of the Navy Headquarters of the Imperial Japanese Empire stationed in Shanghai was a great joy to celebrate, and this was extremely unfavorable to the Japanese Empire in terms of public opinion. I don't know, Chen Leijun, if he thought of a countermeasure. I want to hear Chen Leijun, what do you think about this? ”

To tell the truth, Chen Lei had only just finished reading the newspapers he was holding, and he felt that such a report would certainly be very encouraging and happy for the Chinese people who participated in the anti-Japanese activities, and he was still happy about it.

Suddenly, at this time, Chen Lei faced Iwai Ichiro's inquiry for advice, he really didn't think about how to deal with it for a while, and he didn't think about this problem at all before Iwai Ichiro called.

After thinking about it for a moment, Chen Lei said casually: "Iwai Ichiro-kun, I have a bold proposal, I don't know if it's feasible?" That is, our Special Investigation Institute might as well set up a newspaper in Shanghai to report more positive news about the empire in Shanghai. In addition, it is distributed free of charge to the residents of Shangtang, and the daily circulation is controlled within 20,000 copies, so it may be able to occupy a place in public opinion. ”

After listening to Chen Lei's proposal, Iwai Ichiro on the other end of the phone was a little depressed just now, and now he was in a good mood.

"Good, very good! Chen Leijun, I hired you as an assistant and asked you to be the deputy director of the Special Investigation Institute, and I really didn't see the wrong person. Your proposal is very good, in terms of funding, I will find a way, you just need to prepare and operate this free newspaper, it just so happens that you have been a newspaper reporter for many years, and now it can come in handy! Iwai Ichiro immediately praised Chen Lei's proposal to run a newspaper.

On the surface, Iwai Ichiro is only the consul general of the Japanese consulate in Shanghai, but in reality, his identity is not just a Japanese diplomat, and he holds the financial approval power of the major spy agencies in Shanghai.

Including the special high school and bamboo organs of Tu Feiyuan, the Mei agency of Yingzuo and the No. 76 secret service headquarters of the Wang puppet government, and the Wang puppet government in Shanghai led by Zhou Fuhai, these major Japanese and pseudo spy spy agencies, their monthly activity funds and personnel expenses must be approved by Iwai Ichiro before they can get money.

Without Iwai Ichiro's approval, they couldn't even get a penny, which is why Dohi Madoka has a lot of respect for Iwai Ichiro.

Regarding the matter of Iwai Mansion running its own newspaper, Chen Lei just said it casually on the phone, and what he never expected was that Iwai Ichiro not only agreed to his proposal, but also praised him.

In particular, running a newspaper requires a lot of money, not to mention the fact that it has a daily circulation of up to 20,000 copies, and it has to be distributed free of charge in Shanghai.

"Iwai-kun, as long as I have the funds, I, Chen Lei, will definitely run this newspaper well, and I will never disappoint your trust and expectations. In less than a month, we will strive to make this newspaper one of the mainstream newspapers in Shanghai. Chen Lei felt that running a newspaper was also a good thing, so he boasted about Haikou and swore that he would say.

Immediately afterwards, Iwai Ichiro, who was on the other end of the phone, instructed Chen Lei: "Chen Leijun, I can have your words, I am relieved!" For now, you are trying to find some valuable clues about last night's explosion within three days, and at least I have to give an explanation to the field commander first. Of course, it would be great to be able to catch the murderer! ”

After listening to Iwai Ichiro's instructions, Chen Lei agreed: "Iwai-kun, as far as the investigation of last night's explosion is concerned, I will definitely do my best to investigate it and strive to give a satisfactory answer to Commander Tianye." ”

After hanging up Ichiro Iwai's phone, Chen Lei sat in his office for about five minutes, thinking about how to start investigating the bombing case next.

After thinking about it for a while, Chen Lei felt that he should first go to the scene of the explosion to investigate, in case he found any clues, he would have to prepare in advance, if he was preempted by Tu Feiyuan and Ying Zuo, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Although Chen Lei came from the modern society, he also read a lot of books and television sets on the anti-Japanese spy war, as well as some historical materials, from which he learned that whether it was Tu Feiyuan or Kagesa, they were both Japanese intelligence and spy chiefs in China, and the two of them were not as easy to deal with as he imagined, and he had to deal with them carefully and cautiously.

Thinking of this, Chen Lei suddenly thought of something, so he grabbed the rightmost phone among the three telephones side by side on his desk, shook it a few times, and then said: "Hello, this is the Iwai Mansion on Baoshan Road in the Zhabei region, I am Chen Lei, the Chinese assistant of Iwai Ichiro, the deputy consul general of the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai, and I will help me pick up the office of Mr. Ding Mocun, the director of the secret service headquarters at No. 76 Jisfeier Road in the western part of the Huxi region. ”

After about ten seconds, Chen Lei heard Ding Mocun on the other side of the phone receiver speak very politely: "Mr. Chen Lei, good morning, I am Ding Mocun from the secret service headquarters, may I ask, what does Mr. Chen Lei command?" ”

Chen Lei smiled slightly, and said politely: "Hehe, Director Ding, don't you dare to give orders, you are the director of the secret service headquarters, I am just a little assistant by Iwai-kun's side, where do you dare to tell Director Ding something, I made a phone call to ask Director Ding for help." ”

Early this morning, before eight o'clock, Ding Mocun came to his office, on weekdays, he slept until eleven or twelve o'clock in the morning before waking up, and when he entered the office, he had already eaten lunch, and he would never enter the office at one or two o'clock in the afternoon.

I have to say that Ding Mocun came to his office so early today, which is unusual, compared with his previous life and work habits.

At an emergency meeting held at the Japan Navy Club last night, Ding Mocun learned that the secret service headquarters under his leadership was going to fully assist the Iwai Mansion in investigating the explosion, so he was ready to squat in the office early this morning.

Ding Mocun secretly guessed in his heart that before 12 o'clock at noon today, the Iwai Mansion would either send someone to the secret service headquarters or call his office to discuss the investigation of the explosion, and he guessed correctly.

"Mr. Chen Lei, you're welcome! Before, I didn't know your true identity, but now it's different, you are a big celebrity in front of Commander Tian Ye, and a Chinese assistant to Iwai Ichiro-kun, and now you have a heavy responsibility to investigate the bombing. I, Ding, will fully cooperate with the special agent headquarters on behalf of the special agent headquarters, obey the command and dispatch, and ask Mr. Chen Lei to give the task. Ding Mocun continued to lower his posture and complimented Chen Lei.

In the face of Ding Mocun's compliment, Chen Lei naturally couldn't climb up along the pole, but said quite politely: "Director Ding, you're joking again!" Here's what happened, and I'd like to go to the site of the explosion this morning and ask for some competent personnel from your Secret Service HQ to go with you. After all, you're the professionals. This is something that your secret service headquarters will not be able to do without the assistance of our Special Investigation Institute. ”

Therefore, Chen Lei and Ding Mocun agreed with each other that at nine o'clock in the morning, they would play in the lobby on the first floor of the Japanese Navy Club, and at that time, Ding Mocun would transfer ten people from the secret service headquarters to be at Chen Lei's disposal.