Spy War 1929

Chapter 299 He's Coming Back

Martin greeted Chen Ledao and Wen Manru to sit down on the sofa, then walked aside to put away the long wooden box containing the scrolls, and then turned back to entertain the two.

The three chatted for a while about painting, from Chinese ink painting to Western oil painting.After a long while like this, Chen Ledao finally said the words of thanks.

"Martin, I would like to thank you for the matter of the INT. If you hadn't spoken for me with Mr. Consul, I would not have taken the position of director of the INT so easily."

Martin smiled slightly when he heard this, shook his head and said: "Henry, you are wrong. Although I recommended you to Mr. Consul in the matter of the Integrity Bureau, the most important thing is Director Fabre and Mena. Sir, support you.

"The two of them have a much higher say in Mr. Consul than I do. Without their support, no matter how much I recommend to Mr. Bernard, it will be useless."

Martin shook his head and explained the reason. At the same time, he explained the meaning of Chen Ledao's words to Wen Manru, who had a bit of doubt on his face.

Wen Manru works as a teacher in the school on weekdays. In addition, she has a quiet temperament and lacks attention to external affairs. She often gets news from students.

Now after listening to Martin's explanation, she just knew that Chen Ledao had been promoted again.

Although Wen Manru is not very interested in official affairs, but the basic common sense is not bad.

In addition, Fan Liqing and other students often talked about Chen Ledao on weekdays. She listened to it with one ear and the other. After putting it together, she had a general understanding of Chen Ledao.

Chen Ledao was able to sit in the position of chief inspector of the police department from a civil translator in the police department for more than a year.

This rocket-like promotion speed is really incomprehensible.

In the eyes of those students, it was even more extraordinary.

Coupled with Chen Ledao's patriotic reputation spread in Shanghai, this made his image even more mysterious and dazzling Guan Hui in the eyes of the group of students.

Under the influence of her ears and eyes, Wen Manru also knew that Chen Ledao seemed to be a very powerful and cunning figure in the concession authorities.

Now hearing from Martin that Chen Ledao had been promoted again, and with the support of the Police Superintendent and the Director of the Board of Directors, she became the veritable second-in-command of the police force, she couldn't help being a little more surprised, and looked at Chen Ledao a few more times.

This person is obviously so young, even a few years younger than himself. I really don't know how he became an official in the French Concession so well.

"Before, Mr. Chen only told me a few words about the Integrity Bureau, but he did not expect that the Integrity Bureau still holds the important task of fighting corruption and promoting integrity.

"If the anti-corruption campaign can be done well, it will really benefit the concession.

"It was previously heard that when Mr. Chen resigned from the arresting house on Xiafei Road, the residents of the area spontaneously sent him off.

"If Mr. Chen can do the work of the Integrity Bureau well this time, he will definitely be more loved by the residents of the concession.

"Manru is here to congratulate Mr. Chen first."

Wen Manru looked at Chen Ledao with a smile, with a bit of sincerity on his face.

Things like power and wealth are not enough to make Wenman look differently.Only this kind of official who really benefits one party can make Wen Manru feel admirable.

Facing Wen Manru's sincere congratulations, Chen Ledao quickly waved his hands.

Don't say that, and your sincere appearance will make me feel ashamed!

Chen Ledao never claimed to be a good person, no matter whether he did good or bad deeds, he probably couldn't escape some selfishness.

Seeing Chen Ledao's shame and dare not accept it, Wen Manru just smiled.

Among the students she taught, many of them regarded Chen Ledao as their idol, especially those male students. Every time they heard that Chen Ledao had taught a lesson to a Japanese, they would be so excited to spread it around the school.

"Some time ago, I received a telegram from Salley. He inquired about the concession authorities in detail. I think he may be coming back." Martin suddenly changed the subject.

Both Chen Ledao and Wen Manru are friends of Salli, so it's okay to tell them about this matter.

At the beginning, Sarley left to avoid the limelight of Fabre's appointment, but the facts later proved that his decision was correct. As soon as Fabre took office, he cleaned up the deputy police chief.

If Salley was still in Shanghai at that time, it was difficult for Fabre to get rid of Salley, the inspector of the Political Department.

Although Sal Li was a good guy with Chen Ledao, it was not certain whether his ass was clean or not.

"Sarley is coming back?" Chen Ledao was a little surprised.

Although Sal Li's name was still on the column of inspectors of the Political Department, he never thought that Sal Li would come back.

"What did he say in the telegram?" Chen Ledao asked.

To Chen Ledao, Saarley is not only the thigh of his predecessor.

Ever since Sal Li left and specially entrusted Martin to take care of him, Chen Ledao has regarded Sal Li as a true friend.

"He didn't say in his telegram that he was coming back, but I saw him inquiring about the concession, so I guess he might be coming back." Martin explained.

Martin knew why Salley left in the first place.Now that Fabre has been in office for more than half a year, he has completely controlled the police department in his own hands.

Now that Saarley is back, Fabre should not deliberately embarrass him.

After all, when Saarley left at the beginning, it was a compromise to Fabre in disguise.

He, the inspector of the political department, is not here, and the affairs of the political department are all done by Fabre, and no one will say "no".

"It would be a good thing if Saarley came back. He, the inspector of the political department, is not here, and the political department has always been short of a chief.

"Ma Long is now taking care of the affairs of the Political Department, and many things that were originally on the agenda are still idle.

"If he comes back, I'm afraid he will be too busy to touch the ground."

Chen Ledao said with a smile.

Martin told him about Saarley's intention to come back, so it's hard to guarantee that he didn't want to know Fabre's attitude towards Saarley through him.

Chen Ledao said so, and Sa Li's heart can be at ease.

Come back quickly, Fabre will not grab your pigtails to settle accounts with you.

Fabre is a man in his fifties and doesn't have the energy to take all the work on himself.

Since he has left many jobs in the police department to Xue Liangying, he will not hold the more cumbersome political department in his hands.

In fact, since Chen Ledao took office as Chief Inspector, in addition to dealing with the patrol room, sometimes he had to help the Political Department with its work when the Political Department was too busy.

When Chen Ledao and Wen Manru walked out of Martin's house, it was already dark, Chen Ledao drove Wen Manru back home, and then returned to his small villa.

Counting with fingers, another few days passed in a hurry.

Chen Ledao was sitting behind the desk, flipping through the roster of the Integrity Bureau that Deng Chengwen had just prepared.He didn't do anything else in the past two days, he was only busy with setting up the Anti-corruption Bureau.

Now, next to the original "Chief Inspector's Office" sign hanging at the gate of his office, there is another "Integrity Director's Office" sign.

When the news of the establishment of the Integrity Bureau was just announced a few days ago, all the patrols in the central arresting room were extremely excited.

The experience these people have accumulated in the central arresting room for many years is keen.Tell them honestly that the Integrity Bureau must be a fat job.

For a moment, everyone broke their heads and wanted to squeeze into the ICBC.

Even Fang Shanfang, who was arrested on Xiafei Road, came to Chen Ledao's place to occupy a nest in advance, but was kicked back by Chen Ledao.

This is not a square head, it is simply an old dog, and the dog's nose is also clever.

But Fang Shan is not bad, because he has worked under Chen Ledao for more than half a year and knows Chen Ledao's rules.

I just want to sell it badly and play the emotional card to get the upper hand.

Although he was kicked back by Chen Ledao, there was no other loss.

But there are some people who are not open-eyed, and rushed towards Chen Ledao's office with silver, just like his mother Li Yunlong bombarded Ping'an County, trying to corrupt Chen Ledao with sugar-coated shells.

Chen Ledao really didn't expect it, and I don't know if there are really people who are not afraid of death in this world, or some people are just so supportive, and before the ICAC has opened the sign, someone took the initiative to take care of the business.

Those who gave money were counted one by one, and Chen Ledao took them all.Taking all the stolen goods directly is a good start for the Integrity Bureau.

For this matter, after Chen Ledao asked Deng Chengwen to contact the newspaper to publish it, it attracted a burst of praise from SH citizens.

I heard that some students in the school shouted the title of "Hai Rui in the present age", which made Chen Ledao feel ashamed for a while.

He Dehe Neng, dare to touch Hai Qingtian's porcelain.

It took a few days now, and Chen Ledao had already set up the framework of the Anti-corruption Bureau.

The ICAC has three divisions, one is the Operations Division, the other is the Intelligence Division, and the third is the Administration Division.

The Operations Section, as the name suggests, is dedicated to the execution of specific tasks.The most direct way is to directly arrest and interrogate the corrupt elements of the police department.

As for the intelligence department, it is natural to act as an eye, responsible for collecting information about corrupt lunatics. Once there is definite information, it will be handed over to the operation department, and the operation department can directly arrest people.

At the same time, the intelligence department is also responsible for accepting reports from the outside world. One of the main tasks is to temporarily conduct secret investigations on the reported objects based on the contents of the reports from the outside world.

The last one is the administrative department. The administrative department is a hodgepodge. It is not only responsible for the filing of materials, but also responsible for the logistics of the Bureau of Integrity. At the same time, it is also responsible for the publicity and education of anti-corruption.

According to Chen Ledao's idea, this is to go deep into the street residents in the concession to carry out publicity.

Of course, while promoting anti-corruption and encouraging reporting, it is also possible to properly publicize their good reputation as Director Chen.

The combination of these three departments constituted the grassroots team of the Integrity Bureau.As for any deficiencies, it can only be supplemented while discovering them later.

Although Ye Weiyang had enough people to fill the Incorruption Bureau, Chen Ledao didn't let people rush in directly.Instead, more than a dozen people were recruited first, so that the Integrity Bureau could barely operate.

The Integrity Bureau has just been established. If dozens or hundreds of people are recruited directly, it will be difficult to explain the origin of these people.

If Fabre knew that Chen Ledao directly used Ye Weiyang's people as the staff of the Integrity Bureau, no matter how good the relationship between the two was, whether Chen Ledao, the director of the Integrity Bureau, could continue to work would be a problem.

Private use of public equipment is a taboo in official circles, and private use of private equipment sounds like nothing, but sometimes, it is even more taboo in official circles.

No matter what other people think about this kind of thing, at least Chen Ledao has to do enough superficial work. Even if someone suspects it, he can't let the other party catch it.

Chen Ledao looked at the list in his hand, there were not many people on it, and there were only fifteen people in total.

According to Chen Ledao's idea, it doesn't need to be so troublesome, there are three subjects, five people in each subject.As for any subject that is really too busy, I will temporarily transfer it from the not busy subject.

As for the manpower, they will be brought in slowly and bit by bit.

After all, moderate selling is still necessary.If there is no excess at all, it is too fake.

"Wu Shishi is the head of the operations section, Du Xiaoming is the head of the intelligence section, and the administration section"

Wu Shishi was originally at Xiafei Road, but Chen Ledao transferred him this time.He was the only one whom Chen Ledao directly transferred, making Xia Fei Lu's arresting room envious for a while.

Chen Ledao pondered for a while, put down the document in his hand, and looked up at Deng Chengwen.

Deng Chengwen was listening to his orders when he suddenly saw Mr. Chen looking at him. He couldn't understand what Mr. Chen was thinking in his heart, and he was excited and looking forward to it.

"The chief of the administrative department, are you interested?" Chen Ledao asked.

Deng Chengwen is currently holding the position of secretary of Chen Ledao, but to be honest, the concession is such a big place, and Chen Ledao is usually not as busy as he imagined.

Deng Chengwen, the secretary, besides serving as Chen Ledao's mouthpiece every day, actually served Chen Ledao tea and water most of the time.

You don't even need him to drive, there is Wang Liu.

Deng Chengwen was looking forward to Chen Ledao's words, but when he heard Chen Ledao's question, he hesitated instead.

One is the chief inspector's secretary, and the other is the chief of the administrative department. If they do a good job, they might go one step further and become the deputy director.

Although they all work under Mr. Chen, their nature is completely different. Deng Chengwen suddenly didn't know how to choose.

Under normal circumstances, the chief inspector's secretary is actually more attractive.

After all, whether it is the patrol room or the Incorruption Bureau, they all work under the Chief Inspector.

To be the chief inspector's secretary is to be under one person and over ten thousand people. As long as it belongs to Mr. Chen, you have to give him face as the secretary.

But the key is that the base of the concession is too small, and his sense of existence as a secretary is actually a bit low.

As for the work of serving tea and pouring water every day, although Deng Chengwen did not reject it, he still felt that it was not the case.

Deng Chengwen is also a man of pursuit, but he doesn't want to spend his whole life serving tea and water.

Moreover, Mr. Chen is now the Chief Inspector, which seems to have reached its peak, and it seems that there is no way to go up.

After hesitating for a long time and thinking hard for a while, Deng Chengwen finally made up his mind.

"Mr. Chen, chief of the administrative section, I will do it! I will definitely not let you down." Deng Chengwen assured loudly.

Chen Ledao nodded lightly: "Just do it, don't make sure you're here, it's not too late to make some achievements first."

Deng Chengwen nodded seriously. After following Chen Ledao for so long, he naturally knew that Chen Ledao was a person who only looked at the results.

"Okay, you go and announce to them the personnel acceptance, as for the letter of appointment, I will issue it later.

"The offices of the ICAC are those vacant rooms on the west side, which have been vacated for you, and the three departments of you have decided to arrange them yourself.

"Also pack up a bigger meeting room and come out. You guys finish these chores first in the morning, and let them together in the afternoon. Let's have a meeting."

Chen Ledao arranged the work one by one, and Deng Chengwen turned around and left the office after seeing Chen He finished his orders.

(End of this chapter)