Chapter 35 Convincing Chu Yuntian
After dinner, Yuan Ye said goodbye to Chai Ruhai and took a rickshaw to Huayang Park. This park was not far from the new safe house that Chu Yuntian gave to Yuan Ye. The dead mailbox for the two of them to communicate was located under the fourth stone bench by the small lake in this park.
Yuan Ye entered the park. It was just past one in the afternoon and there were not many visitors in the park. Yuan Ye slowly walked to the edge of the small lake and came to the fourth stone bench. He looked up at a sycamore tree two meters behind him. There was a conspicuous cross drawn on the smooth trunk.
Seeing this code, Yuan Ye knew that there was a message in the dead mailbox. He sat on the stone bench, observed the surroundings, and listened quietly for a while. Finding that no one was paying attention to him, he lowered his head and reached out to take out a piece of paper from the gap between the stone bench and the stone pier. He quickly glanced at the paper in his palm. It read:
"New Tea: Meet at the new safe house at 7 o'clock tonight. Fisherman"
After reading it, Yuan Ye put the note into his mouth, chewed it twice and swallowed it.
He knew that Chu Yuntian asked him to meet tonight, and he also wanted to meet Chu Yuntian to report what happened at noon.
When he saw that it was still early, he thought that since he would have to work at the city government in the future, it would be more convenient to rent an apartment near the city government.
He spent the whole afternoon working on this matter and finally rented an apartment that he was quite satisfied with. It was a three-story apartment building with six families living in it. Yuan Ye lived in an apartment on the third floor facing south, which had good lighting.
The landlord lived on the first floor. Her name was Yang Meiyu. She was a single woman who dressed very fashionably. She was very enthusiastic, looked to be around 30 years old, was plump and had some looks.
She saw that Yuan Ye was young, dressed in a suit, well-mannered, and polite. He looked like someone with a higher education. Most importantly, he didn't even ask for a penny in the rent she asked for, so he must have a good income. This was her ideal tenant.
She was very curious about the young man's job. When she heard that he worked in the government secretariat, she became even more enthusiastic. Seeing that Yuan Ye had bought some household items, she busied herself helping Yuan Ye decorate the room.
Yang Meiyu said that the people living here are all decent people, including teachers, doctors, and people who work in government departments.
This is no wonder. The quality of this apartment is pretty good and the location is good. Of course, the rent is expensive, only twenty-five dollars a month, which is really unaffordable for most people.
When Yuan Ye finished all this, it was already past five o'clock. Yang Meiyu warmly invited Yuan Ye to her house for dinner, but Yuan Ye said he had something to go out for and politely declined. Yang Meiyu chased after him and said that he must try her cooking next time.
Yuan Ye smiled helplessly and thought, this female landlord is really too enthusiastic.
Yuan Ye ate something quick outside and returned to the new safe house. It was almost seven o'clock.
He was thinking in his mind, he didn't know why Chu Yuntian came to see him today, and he didn't know whether he would agree to work in the government secretariat if he told him to go to work in the government secretariat.
As Yuan Ye was thinking, there was a knock on the door.
Yuan Ye knew that Chu Yuntian had arrived, so he opened the door and let Chu Yuntian in.
Chu Yuntian was obviously in a good mood. His promotion to deputy station chief had been approved and the appointment letter had been issued. Yuan Ye's promotion and commendation were also issued, as well as the promotions and commendations of other people. He came here today to convey it.
After hearing Chu Yuntian's message, Yuan Ye immediately stood at attention and saluted:
"Congratulations to the section chief for being promoted to deputy station chief. From now on, you will be called Station Chief Chu."
"You have to add a secondary word, it will be bad if others hear it!"
Chu Yuntian smiled and scolded.
"Yuan Ye, your official appointment as captain has been issued. You have been promoted from second lieutenant to captain, a double promotion, with the special approval of Boss Dai. It seems that the boss favors you very much. Work hard, and you will have a bright future."
"Thank you for your cultivation, Director General and Deputy Station Chief Chu. I will definitely live up to your trust."
Yuan Ye stood at attention and saluted again.
Chu Yuntian waved his hand, signaling Yuan Ye to relax, and said:
"The situation will become more severe in the future. Wang the traitor has defected and will arrive in Shanghai soon. I heard that he is negotiating with the Japanese to establish the Wang Puppet Nanjing Government. In addition, the Japanese are supporting the Central Bureau of Investigation traitor Li Qunshi to build the Shanghai Special Agent Headquarters. He will become our new opponent. The task of exterminating traitors in the future will be more difficult and more difficult. You must be fully prepared."
"Stationmaster, you are right. I think so too. The Japanese support capable traitors and let the Chinese deal with the Chinese because the Chinese understand the Chinese better. In the future, this secret service headquarters will become our strong opponent. We must guard against it. I think the station should send people to infiltrate the secret service headquarters while it is still under construction and recruiting soldiers. Just be prepared."
"I think the station chief and the intelligence department should have made arrangements. It's a confidential matter, so I'm not very clear about it. This is the business of the intelligence department, so we in the operations department won't get involved. We just need to do our job well."
Yuan Ye felt that Chu Yuntian was a bit conservative. Could it be that the Operations Department couldn't collect intelligence?
Now is the time when the situation is becoming increasingly serious. It is actually very dangerous to completely rely on the Intelligence Department and the Operations Department knows nothing. Yuan Ye thought that Chu Yuntian might not realize this yet, or he may have lost some of his sharpness in middle age and could not keep up with the changes in the situation.
Yuan Ye knew that if he couldn't convince Chu Yuntian, he might not agree to let him go undercover in the city government.
So he said:
"Stationmaster, it's good that the Operations Department has done its job well. This time you were promoted to deputy stationmaster instead of the Intelligence Department chief. I think in addition to your strong ability, it is also related to the fact that the Intelligence Department has not made any decent achievements.
You just mentioned that the situation will be more severe in the future, so we cannot rely entirely on the Intelligence Department. The Operations Department should also collect intelligence when it has the opportunity and conditions to adapt to changes in the situation and make it easier to achieve results.
You have just been promoted to deputy station chief. The director and Station Chief Wang must have high hopes for you and hope that you can achieve greater results. So I hope you will think twice about my suggestion. "
Yuan Ye's words touched Chu Yuntian's heart. Chu Yuntian thought about it and felt that what Yuan Ye said made sense. It seemed that he was still too conservative. Now he relied more and more on this capable subordinate. Young people still had drive and ideas. This kid must have a specific plan, otherwise he would not say such things.
So he looked at Yuan Ye expectantly and said:
"Do you have any specific ideas? Tell me about it."
"I have a college classmate named Chai Ruhai. He is the secretary of Mayor Fu Quan'an and the head of the first secretarial department. Because he often has to deal with Japanese people, he needs people who know Japanese. I went to see him today to reminisce about the past. He invited me to work in his first secretarial department. Of course, it's not only because I am his classmate and know Japanese, but he also wants to train his own people.
I think this is a good opportunity. This secretarial department serves Fu Quan'an, and I might be able to get a lot of useful information there, so I decided to agree to it."