Chapter 33: Hu Yongqiang's Temptation (Part 3)
Perhaps in order to verify Li Yixin's original report that he had been sent to the Huangshan Provincial Material Control Investigation Committee, the Central Committee issued this order. According to Deputy Director Ye's instructions, this task must be completed as soon as possible.
However, Li Yixin has a different view on this, because those high-ranking officials of the Central Unification Headquarters in the rear only know how to ask the personnel who have been lurking in the occupied areas to complete their tasks, and they do not care about the practical difficulties faced by the hidden personnel, for example, Li Yixin has to act in accordance with the instructions of the Chongqing side before the situation is opened at all in the anti-smuggling investigation department, which is very different from the principle of safety first required by the party organization.
Although this kind of document is also considered a confidential document, the level of secrecy is far inferior to that of military intelligence, so the secrecy of economic information is not taken seriously by the Wang puppet government.
However, this is economic intelligence after all, and professional economic intelligence analysts can use this kind of document to analyze the current financial situation of Wang's puppet government, the social and economic situation in the occupied areas, and the output of important materials controlled by the Japanese and not circulated among the people.
Analyzing these circumstances was very helpful for the Chongqing side to grasp how many important materials the Japanese had taken from China and the war potential.
Originally, Li Yixin wanted to continue to play stupid to further dispel Wei Jianping and Du Rui's doubts, but now the sudden appearance of the central unification task made him have to give up his previous approach, and instead began to take the initiative.
And when Li Yixin's every move was reported to Wei Jianping, this old and cunning traitor finally breathed a long sigh of relief, as long as Li Yixin made a move, it was a good thing, not as inscrutable as a few days ago.
As for the documents and materials that Li Yixin reviewed, no one in the committee and the Anti-Smuggling Investigation Department had any suspicion of Li Yixin.
After all, this is what Li Yixin is in charge of, and it is very normal for him to see the documents in this regard, and there is nothing suspicious at all, not to mention that these documents are fooling the Japanese and his superiors in the eyes of Wei Jianping and others, even if Li Yixin takes them, it is useless.
Of course, Li Yixin could not openly take this kind of information and give it to others, he took these materials to the office, closed the door, and quickly used the miniature camera provided by Zhongtong to make a reshoot, a move that no one would notice.
Li Yixin put the microfilm into an envelope and put it in the envelope with a note about the news that he had not yet opened the situation, and he wanted to tell the Central Committee that if he had to arrange a new task for him, he would not be able to complete it, because he still needed a certain amount of time.
Of course, Li Yixin also took another copy of these documents, put them in another envelope, and handed them over to the contact point of the party organization at No. 5 Hongshizhu Street, and every time he collected information for the Central Union, he would copy a copy of the report to the party organization.
Since Li Yixin has not been able to find anyone in the anti-smuggling investigation department who is willing to contact him privately, he has to change his current strategy and start to attack.
As soon as he went to work that day, he called Guan Yong and asked Guan Yong to take him to the checkpoints set up by the three anti-smuggling investigation departments on the traffic arteries to inspect, Li Yixin's reasons are also very good, he has been in office for more than a week, and he should be familiar with the affairs of the department.
Of course, Li Yixin knew that Guan Yong would report the news to Du Rui, but he was not worried that Du Rui would oppose it in the open, after all, he was a serious deputy director of the Anti-Smuggling Investigation Division, and Du Rui had no reason to stop his inspection.
The purpose of Li Yixin's inspection is twofold, one is to see whether the checkpoint for the anti-smuggling investigation department to inspect the materials is tight, and if Li Yixin wants to transport materials out of the city in the future, can he find loopholes.
Another purpose is to see the actual operation of these levels, and see if you can find any clues about the private activities of Wei Jianping, Du Rui and others.
In addition to one of the three checkpoints of the Anti-Smuggling Investigation Department is located at the Shicheng Railway Station, the other two are located on the main road out of the city at the east and west ends of Shicheng.
However, the checkpoint of the gendarmerie is set up behind the material inspection checkpoint of the Anti-Smuggling Investigation Department, which is closer to the urban area, and if ordinary people carry a large amount of goods into the city, they first need to be inspected by the Anti-Smuggling Investigation Department for materials, and then they will be inspected by the Japanese military police for personnel.
According to the design of the Japanese, the anti-smuggling investigation department set up such material checkpoints mainly to check the exit of strategic goods that were restricted from trade, but there were no restrictions on the entry of goods into the city.
This was also to prevent the controlled materials from flowing out of the cities and eventually being sold to various anti-Japanese forces or into the Kuomintang-ruled areas.
The checkpoints in the east and west of the city are respectively in charge of the chiefs of the two sections, and Li Yixin's arrival made the two section chiefs a little disdainful, but they looked respectful on the surface.
Because they had already received a call from Du Rui in advance, asking them to suspend all private transactions and deal with Li Yixin's inspection, Li Yixin could not see any clues.
Li Yixin inspected very carefully, which made the two section chiefs very nervous, for fear that Li Yixin would see something.
It's just that due to sufficient preparations in advance, Li Yixin didn't see any loopholes, so he had to return in vain.
When he returned to the city, it was time to get off work, and Li Yixin left Guan Yong and came to Jianzhong Trading Company. Hu Yongqiang hadn't left at this time, and was writing something in the office.
Seeing Li Yixin's arrival, Hu Yongqiang hurriedly stopped writing, stood up and asked, "Mr. Li, why are you still coming to the company so late?" ”
"Am I not in a hurry? The company has been established for so long, and it has not done a few business, and now it has two small businesses, and it has not made any money at all. So I wanted to come and hear what you think about the company's business. Li Yixin said after sitting down.
"Mr. Li, you can't be in a hurry when doing business, now the company has just opened, and its reputation is still being established, so it's normal to have no business. Besides, in this world, the businesses that the Japanese can allow us Chinese to do are all unprofitable businesses, and if we want to make huge profits, we can only do the business of controlling materials, such as cotton yarn, pig bristles, grain and medicine, and so on. But doing this kind of business is too risky, and if you don't get it right, you will lose your head. ”
While comforting Li Yixin, Hu Yongqiang is also analyzing the company's current situation for Li Yixin.
After he was activated by Xu Wenwu, he accepted an instruction to try to use the identity of Li Yixin, the boss behind the company, as a traitor, to find a way to raise materials for the party's anti-Japanese forces.
Therefore, when Li Yixin came to the company and said that he was pessimistic about the company's prospects, Hu Yongqiang began his temptation of Li Yixin.