Kingsman Agent in Film and Television

Chapter 391

French Concession.

Matsumuro Yoshitaka, dressed in casual clothes, got out of the car. After taking a look at the meeting place agreed upon by Zhang Xiaolin, he was speechless.

Ciro's?!

You asked me to meet here?
Mizuno Yukihira, who arrived early, saw Matsumuro Yoshitaka rushing over and whispered in Matsumuro Yoshitaka's ear:

"Teacher, my people are already in place."

Matsumuro Yoshitaka nodded slightly, then motioned for Mizuno to take him in.

Zhang Xiaolin was waiting at the door of the private room on the second floor. When he saw Matsumuro Yoshitaka coming over, he went to greet him:

"Boss Song, Zhang has been waiting for you for a long time, please come in!"

Matsumuro Yoshitaka, who was about to go in, stopped in his tracks:
"Mr. Zhang, my name is Matsumuro Yoshitaka, please give me your guidance."

After saying that, he stepped into the private room, leaving Zhang Xiaolin alone with a gloomy expression.

"Don't go in! Everyone, go away!"

After Zhang Xiaolin ordered his men to leave, he suppressed the emotion on his face and walked into the private room.

As soon as he entered the private room, Zhang Xiaolin smiled:
"Chief, I will drink three cups as punishment!"

As he was about to pick up the wine glass, Matsumuro Yoshitaka stopped him and said:
"slow!"

Zhang Xiaolin slowly placed the cup on the coffee table and spoke slowly:
"I wonder what advice the head of the agency has for you?"

Matsumuro Yoshitaka stared at Zhang Xiaolin and said, "Mr. Zhang, how long have you been cooperating with the Empire?"

"What does this mean, Chief?"

"I'm asking how long Mr. Zhang has been working with the Empire?"

"Three years."

"Three years?"

Matsumuro Yoshitaka laughed and said, "I thought Mr. Zhang and the Empire were on two different paths!"

"Why did the chief say that?"

"Why do you say that?" Matsumuro Yoshitaka's expression turned cold. "Mr. Zhang, since you have had a friendship with the Empire for three years, why have you been hiding it until now? You don't even want to be the chairman of the [New Asia Peace Promotion Association]!"

"Could it be that Mr. Zhang is still guarding the retreat route?"

Zhang Xiaolin sighed secretly.

In fact, he knew the reason when Matsumuro Yoshitaka asked him out - the [Shanghai Anti-Japanese Unification Committee] set up by Chongqing had caused a lot of noise recently, how could he not know about it?

He guessed that the Japanese would let him "raise the flag".

But he really didn't want to. He felt that he was fine the way he was now. As long as he didn't raise the flag of surrender openly, Chongqing would not break off relations with him. On the contrary, they would try to win him over in every way possible.

The Japanese also have to make concessions in order to win us over!
If he made his position clear, not only would he lose the good fortune of playing nice with both sides, but he would also be listed on the "Traitor List" by the Military Intelligence Bureau and be assassinated by it every now and then.

But now, the Japanese are forcing themselves to make their position clear!

"Chief, I think it's a good idea to secretly help the Imperial Army, and..."

"Mr. Zhang!" Matsumuro Yoshitaka interrupted Zhang Xiaolin and leaned forward to approach Zhang Xiaolin:
"You must be the president of the New Asia Peace Promotion Association!"

Zhang Xiaolin confronted Matsumuro Yoshitaka and said, "Chief, you are forcing me to do something that is out of my control!"

"You're forcing someone to do something you don't want?" Matsumuro Yoshitaka sneered, "Mr. Zhang, you're a fence-sitter... you'll eventually lose the trust of the Imperial Army!"

"The Imperial Army needs someone with weight in the Green Gang to make his voice heard!"

"If Mr. Zhang doesn't want to, then I won't force him!"

Zhang Xiaolin's body stiffened when he heard this.

It was a threat, and he understood it.

Of course, he could also avoid being threatened - but he was reluctant to sever ties with the Japanese.

Only with the support of the Japanese can he become the current top leader of the Green Gang.

Without the support of the Japanese, his territory, business, apprentices and power will be squeezed and divided up by others in the shortest possible time!
"Captain Matsumuro, do you really have to force me to make a choice? I'm already a friend of the Imperial Army!"

Zhang Xiaolin gritted his teeth and said, "Isn't this enough?"

Matsumuro Yoshitaka said coldly: "Friend?"

"A friend of the Imperial Army should stand up when the Imperial Army needs him! But Mr. Zhang is still trying to take care of both sides. This is not the behavior of a friend!"

Zhang Xiaolin shouted angrily: "If I openly support the Imperial Army, the Military Control Commission will continue to assassinate me like a mad dog!"

"Then pull them out!"

Unplug?

Zhang Xiaolin wanted to grab Matsumuro Yoshitaka and slap him twice. It’s easy to say, but why don’t you pull it out!
"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Doihara is here. Do you think the Shanghai Division of the Military Control Commission can really survive for long under Mr. Doihara's control?"

Matsumuro Yoshitaka said with a hint of hatred: "In the past, we acted with restraint, always worried about disrupting the stability of Shanghai."

"That's why we let the Military Control Commission get away with it!"

"But this time it's different! Mr. Doihara has made up his mind to eradicate this cancer of the Military Control Commission, no matter how great the cost!"

"Even if Shanghai falls into a brief period of chaos!"

Zhang Xiaolin was startled and couldn't help but think of Doihara's promise at the welcome party a few days ago.

[Are the Japanese serious about this? The Military Control Commission really can't hold on any longer! ]

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaolin decided to take a gamble!
All he wanted in his life was to stand out from the crowd!

"Chief," Zhang Xiaolin poured wine for Matsumuro Yoshitaka and pushed the glass in front of Matsumuro Yoshitaka:
"I am a friend of the Imperial Army. If my friend needs me, I, Zhang, will do my best to fight for my country! But I heard that Mr. Wang will arrive in Shanghai soon. Once Mr. Wang arrives, I wonder how the Provisional Government in the North will deal with the Reform Government here?"

Matsumuro Yoshitaka analyzed Zhang Xiaolin's tone, and two big words emerged in his mind:
Benefit!

Is Zhang Xiaolin asking for favors from me?
Matsumuro Yoshitaka said slowly: "If the Chongqing National Government is unwilling to be friends with the Imperial Army, we will fight them! And if Mr. Wang is willing to be friends with the Imperial Army, we will naturally help him!"

"I don't know what they are like, but the Imperial Army will never mistreat its friends! We will definitely send people and effort to help Mr. Wang."

"I think Mr. Zhang is also willing to help Mr. Wang, right? Mr. Wang will certainly not treat his friends who help him unfairly when the time comes. What do you think, Mr. Zhang?"

Zhang Xiaolin really wanted to say, "I need a concrete guarantee."

But then I thought, no matter what Mr. Wang does in the future, he will need help. I have connections and money, and whenever Mr. Wang comes to Shanghai, he will ask me for help. Why should I insist on a concrete promise?

"Captain Matsumuro is right!"

Zhang Xiaolin gave a thumbs-up to show his approval, raised his glass and said:

"China and Japan are friendly and friendly. As a friend, I do have the responsibility and obligation to maintain this friendship!" "Tomorrow, I will announce that I will take the position of president of the New Asia Peace Promotion Association!"

"Chief, cheers to our friendship!"

Matsumuro Yoshitaka was very satisfied with Zhang Xiaolin's words, and picked up his wine glass and clinked it with Zhang Xiaolin's.

After finishing the wine in his glass, Matsumuro Yoshitaka asked:

"I wonder if President Zhang has heard anything about the Military Control Commission's current rampant behavior within the Green Gang?"

"I've heard a little bit about it. I also heard that my good brother is going to be the chairman."

"The Green Gang is an indispensable part of Shanghai, but the Imperial Army needs the Green Gang with only one voice!" Matsumuro Yoshitaka took out a list from his bag:
"President Zhang, this is the sincerity of the empire! I hope that the voice of the Qing Gang will only be President Zhang!"

Zhang Xiaolin took the list.

This is a list of weapons that the Japanese had provided him with - machine guns, pistols, grenades, and everything else.

Zhang Xiaolin suppressed his excitement and said, "I understand! Don't worry, Chief! Soon I will be the only voice in the Green Gang!"

The Japanese acted quickly. Not long after Zhang Xiaolin received the list, the arms on the list were delivered by the Okamoto Company.

……

Zhang Anping was reviewing the intelligence compiled by various intelligence groups one by one in the base of his direct team.

Yu Xiuning knocked on the door and entered, reporting:
"Teacher, District Chief Xu has sent me news that Matsumuro Yoshitaka and Zhang Xiaolin had a secret meeting at Ciro's in the French Concession not long ago. We haven't found out exactly what they discussed, but based on speculation, the Japanese may be forcing Zhang Xiaolin to take a stand."

If Zhang Xiaolin heard this information, he would definitely be shocked, because when he arranged the meeting place, he didn't tell anyone, but it was known half an hour later!

"I see."

Zhang Anping nodded, he didn't care about it.

Because he guessed that the Japanese were going to force Zhang Xiaolin to reveal his identity as a werewolf.

After the fall of Shanghai, Du Yuesheng went to Hong Kong. Huang Jinrong was sick every day and looked like he was about to die. Only Zhang Xiaolin was left of the three former tycoons. He secretly colluded with the Japanese and completed his [evolution] from one of the three Green Gang tycoons to the overlord of the Green Gang.

In the original time and space, Zhang Xiaolin directly expressed his attitude of surrendering to the Japanese, but in this time and space, because of the existence of the special group, Zhang Xiaolin was very cautious and never openly raised the banner of surrendering to Japan.

Because he was worried about the consequences, Zhang Anping only dealt with Zhang Xiaolin's master, the old but immortal Ji Yunqing.

After Ji Yunqing's death, Zhang Xiaolin was indeed honest for a while - but not in the true sense of the word. Instead, he continued to recruit troops and expand his power in secret.

But now that he has used the Green Gang as his battlefield, how could Zhang Xiaolin stay out of it?
Zhang Anping showed a hint of mockery. Does a gangster leader think that he can hide from the eyes of professional agents by recruiting soldiers in secret?

Don’t you know that our ancestors have a saying:
Borrowing chickens to lay eggs?
[As long as you take a stand, you will go to hell! ]

After his plan, taking Zhang Xiaolin's life was easy, but the reason why he did not take action was because Zhang Xiaolin never made it clear that he would surrender to Japan, and his actions of supporting the Japanese invasion were all done in secret - those who knew about it knew about it, and those who didn't know didn't know about it!

There are more than 20,000 members of the Green Gang in Shanghai, and the number of people it can directly influence is hundreds of thousands. Under such circumstances, hastily killing Zhang Xiaolin would easily arouse the resentment of the Green Gang - your Military Control Commission said that Zhang Xiaolin surrendered to Japan, so he surrendered to Japan?

But now, if we kill him, no one will say anything!
Yu Xiuning then took out another telegram:
"Teacher, here is another telegram."

Zhang Anping took the telegram and began to read it.

This is a shopping list, but there is a very life-like greeting in the telegram. However, after Zhang Anping translated it, the meaning of this sentence turned into:
New York found the Kong trace.

【Have you finally found her trace? 】

Zhang Anping motioned Yu Xiuning to go out, and smiled after Yu Xiuning left.

Our ancestors said a long time ago: If you don’t kill the snake, there will be endless troubles.

Now that we have broken off relations with the Kong family, we must find a way to kill them.

So after learning that Kong Er was arranged to go to the United States, he secretly asked people in the United States to find her.

Now there is finally news!

He had already prepared a big gift for Kong Er in his mind a long time ago. Now that he has found her trace, it is time to give this gift away!

The core of this plan is:

Using the Chinese agency rights of Penicillin from a pharmaceutical company as bait, he lured Kong Er into the trap and tried every means to drain the money he had obtained in China and drain the Kong family.

He couldn't use this method in China. After all, the Kong family had the authority to call in the GM at any time. No matter how ingenious his plan was, the GM would always be able to find clues.

But it’s different in the United States!

Having lost his official position, Confucius had limited connections in the United States, and World War II was about to break out. By then, many truths would be lost in the mist of history.

Zhang Anping is sure to get this wave of night grass!
Looking at the plan he had written, an idea emerged in Zhang Anping's mind:

Build a dedicated team?

If he remembered correctly, at the end of 40, after the United States began to provide military aid to China (it was loans before that), the assets of the Kuomintang government’s dignitaries in the United States began to surge!

After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the aid and funds provided by the United States to the Nationalist Government increased massively (the military aid during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was probably less than 20 million, and the total aid exceeded billion in order to allow us to fight the civil war) - but of this aid, no more than half could actually be used on the battlefield!
[I remember there was a rumor that after the Kuomintang retreated to an isolated island, the United States investigated the assets of the four major families in the United States, which amounted to as much as $7 million! ]

Zhang Anping couldn't help but feel excited. As a time traveler, how much money did he make after tinkering in the United States for several years?

And what about these wealthy and powerful people? They can grab huge amounts of wealth with just a few moves!
[Then... do it? ]

【Dry! 】

He began to write a new plan, and wrote for more than two hours, including how to build the team, how to train members, and how to carry out the scam.

Zhang Anping looked at the results of his writing and couldn't help thinking:

I really have to thank the scammers of later generations!

Swindlers in later generations have all kinds of tricks, and many big bosses have been manipulated by them. Now Zhang has brought the tricks of later generations across time and space to "serve" the dignitaries of the National Government, which is really giving them face!
Just as I was feeling proud, I heard footsteps.

Zhang Anping frowned - Yu Xiuning and Xu Baichuan?
He instinctively wanted to put away both plans, but he paused just as he was putting them away. After a little hesitation, he left the plan for plotting against Kong Er on the table and put away the second plan.

Just as she put it away, Yu Xiuning knocked on the door and came in: "Teacher, District Chief Xu..."

Before he could finish his words, Xu Baichuan pushed the door open carelessly: "Old Zhang, quickly put away the things that I can't see!"

Yu Xiuning wanted to stop her, but Zhang Anping said, "Xiuning, go down."

Yu Xiuning then breathed a sigh of relief, closed the door and left.

Xu Baichuan, who deliberately pushed the door open, pulled over a chair and sat down, complaining:
"Tsk, I'm her teacher too, right? Is it necessary for her to be so defensive against me?"

Zhang Anping said angrily: "I am doing something shameful!"

"Tsk, what's there to hide?" Xu Baichuan rolled his eyes. "At best you're just a communist - plan? Let me take a look!"

After seeing the plan written by Zhang Anping, Xu Baichuan became interested and reached out to take it.

"Don't regret it!"

"Regret your sister, give it to me! Is there anything else you won't let me see?"

(End of this chapter)