Although Lin Jiangbei didn't know what Robert George's monthly salary was as the head chef of the U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai, Lin Jiangbei knew that the monthly salary of a major battalion commander in the U.S. Marine Corps at this time was only about $120.

Robert George, even if he earns a little more than the Marine Corps Major Battalion Commander, is only as high as he is, and his death should not exceed one hundred and fifty dollars. Converted to fiat currency, that is, about four hundred and fifty fiat currency.

And five large yellow croakers are worth about 5,000 legal dollars, which means that Robert George wants to earn his salary as a chef at the U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai for a year just by virtue of such a news.

Where in the world is there such a cheap thing?

"I dare to ask for five big yellow croakers for a piece of news!" Lin Jiangbei shook his head at Robert George with a smile and said, "Mr. George, you really dare to speak!" ”

"Boss Cheng," Robert George glanced at Lin Jiangbei unhurriedly, smiled, and said, "Didn't you ask me to make a price?" Don't you Chinese have a folk proverb when talking about business, called 'ask for a price in the sky, pay back on the spot'? Since you asked me to make a price, I will naturally give it to you according to my price! If you think my price is too high and inappropriate, then you can still come out with a price code! ”

"This news, I'll give you up to five small yellow croaker!" Lin Jiangbei pondered for a moment and gave his own estimate.

As soon as he said this, Robert George immediately stretched out his hand to him and said with a smile: "Five little yellow croakers? Deal! ”

Looking at the sly smile on Robert George's face, how could Lin Jiangbei not know that he was being calculated by this guy who was honest on the outside but shrewd on the inside?

But there is no way, after all, Robert George's income level is placed here, if the price he gives is too low, Robert George does not need to make this transaction.

Lin Jiangbei stood up, stretched out his hand, shook Robert George's hand, shook it twice, and said, "Thank you, Mr. George, I hope our next cooperation can be pleasant!" ”

Feeling the huge power in Lin Jiangbei's hand, Robert George was also secretly surprised in his heart, although he was only a chef, but the strength in his hand was not inferior to ordinary American soldiers, even compared with those Marines who were in charge of standing guard at the Consulate General in Shanghai, Robert George's strength was superior in most cases. Unexpectedly, Lin Jiangbei looked at his ordinary figure, and the strength in his hands was even three points stronger than him.

"Boss Cheng, so what is the next way for us to trade?" Robert George pulled his big squeezed hand out of Lin Jiangbei's hand, and asked Lin Jiangbei while rubbing it gently.

"It's very simple, just give me a list of all the people who have served in the U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai in the 4th Expeditionary Force of the U.S. Marine Corps, and answer a few questions about it!" Lin Jiangbei said, "As for the five little yellow croakers, I will let Boss Leng pay for me first." ”

“OK！” Robert George nodded, and then said to Lin Jiangbei: "Actually, there are only two people who have served in our Consulate General and are currently working in the Fourth Expeditionary Force Command of the United States Marine Corps. One is Blake Davis, a former observer at the U.S. Marine Corps Consulate General in Shanghai, who currently serves as a major staff officer at the 4th Marine Expeditionary Force Command. ”

"The other one, West Bryan, used to be an interpreter at our Consulate General in Shanghai, and is currently working as an interpreter at the 4th Marine Expeditionary Force Command."

"Mr. George, can you tell me about the specific time when the two of them worked in your consulate general and when the two of them were transferred to the command of the 4th Marine Expeditionary Force?" Lin Jiangbei recorded the names of these two people, and then asked.

"Blake Davis was transferred to our Consulate General from the U.S. Navy's Asian Fleet Command in July or August 1934. The time he was transferred to the command of the 4th Marine Expeditionary Force was supposed to be at the end of December last year. Robert George started by introducing Blake Davis.

"In other words, this Major Blake Davis was transferred to your Consulate General after the Consulate General moved from the old site of Huangpu Tan Road to Jiangxi Middle Road?" Lin Jiangbei asked.

"Yes!" Robert George nodded and said, "When he was transferred to our Consulate General, we had moved to Jiangxi Middle Road for more than a year. ”

"Do you know where Major Blake Davis currently lives?" Lin Jiangbei asked again.

"It should be living near the headquarters of the 4th Marine Expeditionary Force on Haiphong Road." Robert George said: "The other day when I was at the headquarters of the Fourth Expeditionary Force to deliver a batch of red wine, I met Blake Davis, and he invited me to his apartment on Haiphong Road to play blackjack. But I didn't promise him, because when he was serving in the Consulate General, he relied on blackjack to cheat Lao Tzu of most of his salary for half a year! ”

"And where did he live when he was in your consulate general?" Lin Jiangbei asked again.

"I live in our Consulate General. Our Consulate General has dormitories for some single staff. At that time, Blake Davis, as an observer in the Marine Corps, lived in the dormitory of the Consulate General. Robert George replied.

It seems that Major Blake Davis is not the target he is looking for, and from any direction, it does not meet his previous speculation.

Lin Jiangbei excluded Blake Davis, and then asked about West Brian's situation.

"When did West Brian come to work at your consulate general?" Lin Jiangbei asked.

"He came to work at our consulate general a little later than me, probably around 1931." Robert George looked down again and thought carefully, "February 1931, to be exact. Not long after he arrived at the Consulate General, my youngest son, Franklin George, was born. West Brian also sent me two suckling pigeons to nourish my wife Marilyn! ”

"Oh? In other words, when West Bryan went to your Consulate General, your Consulate General was still working at the address of No. 14 Huangpu Beach on the north bank of Suzhou Creek? Lin Jiangbei asked.

"Yes, it was indeed the old museum site on the north bank of Suzhou Creek at that time!" Robert George nodded.

"Then when did West Bryan transfer to your Marine Corps Fourth Expeditionary Force Command?" Lin Jiangbei hurriedly asked again.

"He should have been transferred to the World of the Fourth Marine Expeditionary Force Command before Blake Davis!" Robert George said: "At the beginning of last year, the original translator of the Marine Corps Command of the Fourth Expeditionary Force was transferred to Hong Kong, and then West Bryan was transferred to the Command of the Fourth Expeditionary Force. ”

The more Lin Jiangbei listened, the more he felt that West Bryan was the target he was looking for, so he asked again: "Do you know West Bryan's current address?" ”

"Well, I don't know!" Robert George shook his head and said, "I haven't been in touch with him for almost a year. ”

"Do you know where he lived when he was in your consulate general?" Lin Jiangbei asked again.

"I know that!" Robert George said: "He lives near the Dajiangnan Hotel on Beishan West Road. ”

Lin Jiangbei couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, "Near the Dajiangnan Hotel on Beishan West Road?" Mr. George, didn't this West Bryan live near your Consulate General in Huangpu Beach, like Broadway? ”

Robert George replied in the affirmative, "Probably not!" I remember very clearly that when he was first transferred to the Consulate General, he lived in the Consulate General's dormitory for about half a month. Later, a two-story western-style building was found near the Dajiangnan Hotel on Beishan West Road. The top fee for that bungalow was 2,500 silver dollars, and Vitesse Bryan didn't have enough money on hand at that time, so he borrowed 500 silver dollars from me to make up the top fee for the bungalow. ”

Listening to Robert George's answer, Lin Jiangbei's brows furrowed tightly.

This is a bit different from what I expected! I expected the Japanese mole to live on Broadway or near the former U.S. Consulate General.

But according to Robert George, West Bryan moved to the Dajiangnan Hotel on Beishan West Road, in addition to living in the dormitory in the U.S. Consulate General for half a month. The Dajiangnan Hotel on Beishan West Road is at least four kilometers away from the pair of shoe-shiners' stalls at the Broadway intersection. If West Bryan still works at the U.S. Consulate General, then from the Grand Jiangnan Hotel, you can take a short detour from the Waibaidu Bridge on the Suzhou Creek to the current U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai at the intersection of Jiangxi Middle Road and Fuzhou Road.

However, West Bryan was transferred to the headquarters of the 4th Marine Expeditionary Force on Haiphong Road early last year. Even though he still lives in his original address near the Dajiangnan Hotel on Beishan West Road, the route to the headquarters of the Fourth Marine Expeditionary Force is the opposite of the pair of shoe-shiners' stalls at the Broadway intersection.

Could it be that he made a mistake in his judgment, and that the Japanese mole hidden in the headquarters of the Fourth Expeditionary Force of the United States Marine Corps had never worked in the U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai?

Or is there any other connection between West Bryan and the pair of shoe-shiners? Or did Yokoyama connect with West Bryan not through the shoe-shiners' booth, but through some other means?

It seems that he is still too optimistic, thinking that with the clues of the pair of shoe-shiners, he can immediately find out the Japanese mole in the US Marine Corps!

Seeing Lin Jiangbei frowning, Robert George asked, "Boss Cheng, is West Bryan not in line with your goals?" ”