Chapter XVII: The Olive Branch

"Editor-in-chief? Chief editor?! ”

The sudden voice disrupted Cao Zhongxian's thoughts, "Huh? What's wrong? ”

The publishing house is meeting to decide on the next collection of essays to be published.

"Editor-in-chief, what's wrong? Feeling unwell? The deputy editor-in-chief on the side asked with concern, Cao Zhongxian seems to have been absent-minded today.

"I'm sorry, I'm getting older, and I can't keep up mentally." Cao Zhongxian explained.

The deputy editor-in-chief understands Cao Zhongxian very well, "Then you read these articles, you make a board, and I will do the rest." ”

Cao Zhongxian glanced at the articles a few times, "These essays are all good, but these three articles will be removed and will not be published." ”

He read a few articles at a glance and gave his own answers, but others seemed to have different opinions, and a younger editor said: "Editor-in-chief, these articles are very good, isn't it a pity to take them away......

"Their articles all have comments on the current situation, and there are also some reflections of the Japanese, although the writing is very good, but it may cause problems for the publishing house, so take it away. What we do is a collection of essays that is purely literary, and we don't want these things. ”

The young editor wanted to say something, but was grabbed by the deputy editor-in-chief, and he still didn't say it.

"Everyone's busy." Cao Zhongxian stood up and went back to his office, still thinking about what he hadn't done yesterday.

When he entered the office, the other editors began to talk about it:

"Isn't the editor-in-chief too much, how well these articles are written, it's a pity to take them......"

"The editor-in-chief is just afraid, what can't be published? These types of articles are published in the magazine next door, and now these kinds of articles are selling well, like the ones we publish, there is always a backlog ......"

"I don't want to say a word, the editor-in-chief is also thinking about the magazine...... The former editor-in-chief also ......"

"The editor-in-chief is old, and he doesn't have the courage he had back then!"

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In fact, the sound insulation of the magazine's office is not so good, and every time they talk about Cao Zhongxian, they listen to it in their ears, but Cao Zhongxian can only smile bitterly.

In this undercurrent of Shanghai, he had no choice, he had to. Why didn't he want to write some progressive articles exposing the face of the Japanese? At that time, he was also a soldier on the cultural front, with a pen as a gun and ink as a bullet. Expose the true face of all the evil forces! Determined to awaken the masses of the people, great medicine and medical country!

But now he can't do that! He had a much more important task, and for that he had to appear ordinary, as a submissive citizen under the rule of the Japanese. For the sake of his great ideals and the more important tasks entrusted to him by the party organization, he can no longer be the cultural warrior who was determined to awaken the broad masses of the people in the past.

His articles have also become disease-free moans, wind and snow. All this is to cover his identity, and those who say that he is cowardly outside the door will not know that the cowardly old man in their mouth is actually the most staunch anti-Japanese person, the top person in charge of the underground party in Shanghai!

These are things they will never know.

Today he will go to the junction location again, he must contact this person assigned to him by the central government, and at this time Yuan Hao is also thinking about quickly connecting with Cao Zhongxian, now he is like a kite with a broken line, he needs to find the organization as soon as possible.

However, there was one more thing he had to do before he could find an organization, and now Yuan Hao had stood at the door of the Japanese consulate in Shanghai, and he talked to the Japanese soldiers at the door in fluent Japanese, and after learning of his coming, the soldiers respectfully stepped aside, and they learned that this person was the guest that Consul Iwai had confessed.

"Iwai-kun! Long time no see! Yuan Hao took the lead in greeting.

Consul Iwai also extended his friendship to express his friendliness, "Yuan Jun has not seen you for many years, and you are still so energetic. When did Yuan Jun come to Shanghai to develop? Didn't they all be in Peking before? ”

Yuan Hao smiled and said, "Beiping? Don't stay, don't stay. What is the point of all the classmates and friends of the year going their separate ways? It's better to come to Shanghai and be closer to home. ”

"Yes, yes, I remember that Yuan Jun is from the south, hahahaha......"

Yuan Hao smiled, "I came back mainly to express my gratitude for the events of the past few days, if it wasn't for Iwai-kun to save me, I'm afraid I would have lost this life." ”

Iwai showed a curious look and asked tentatively, "What's wrong with Yuan Jun?" How did you get caught by the secret service headquarters? ”

Iwai was also very curious about this matter, he saved Yuan Hao's life out of old friendship, but Yuan Hao must make it clear to him, if Yuan Hao did something unfavorable to Japan, Iwai could not still talk to him about the past. He is also waiting for Yuan Hao to come to the door to give him an explanation these days.

However, Yuan Hao had already prepared his rhetoric.

"It's a ......long story," Yuan Hao sighed and said, "Actually, I'm not afraid of your jokes, I offended people in Beiping at the beginning, I fled to Shanghai, and I actually didn't have any money on me when I arrived in Shanghai." At that time, I didn't know that you were in Shanghai, and I didn't see you again in Tokyo many years ago, and by chance I entered the secret service headquarters as an administrator, and I had a job to eat, and then I heard that Iwai-kun was in Shanghai, but I didn't want to trouble you anymore after I got a job, so I didn't come to you. ”

"But this time it'......," the eyes frowned, and he stopped talking.

"I'm not poor and crazy, I heard that Gu Tian's intelligence is very expensive now, and there happened to be a mysterious person in the secret service headquarters, so I said that the person was Gu Tian, and I wanted to go to the intelligence dealer to sell it for a good price, but I didn't think that the person was really Gu Tian, so I caused a big disaster, but fortunately, it didn't cause any serious consequences, and I will never do this kind of thing in the future." Yuan Hao regretted.

Iwai listened to his explanation, and considering the relationship between Yuan Hao and himself, he already believed it in his heart, sighed and said, "Yuan Jun is short of money, you can find me...... We are friends, and the head of the special high class Tanaka is also very unhappy, thinking that we are too lenient. Don't do this kind of thing of selling intelligence in the future......"

"No way! This time I almost died, and I didn't do it, I didn't do it. Yuan Hao regretted.

Iwai has always admired Yuan Hao, he thought for a moment and suddenly said, "Is Yuan Jun interested in coming to my consulate to find a job?" ”

This question stabilized Yuan Hao, he just wanted to explain clearly, but he didn't expect Iwai to throw an olive branch for him! However, he has not yet been in contact with the organization, and some decisions he cannot easily go down, after all, his mission is not to lurk at will, but to set a location for him to be in the secret service headquarters. He couldn't directly refuse Iwai now, and after a little thought, he said: "Iwai-kun, thank you for your trust, not only saved me from a certain future, thank you very much, but can I think about this matter for a few days?" ”