Kingsman Agent in Film and Television

Chapter 465 "Business Ethics"

[What if Ming Lou secretly took the lead in sanctioning Fan Guang and cut off this clue? ]

When this thought came to his mind, Wang Tianfeng felt cold all over - because this meant that Minglou was "Katyusha"!
"wrong!"

After Wang Tianfeng calmed down, he rejected this idea. If Minglou was "Katyusha", the Daxing Company line would not be exposed by him.

If Minglou was "Katyusha", he would not have exposed such a flaw and then "cut it off" at the end.

[I think I'm overthinking.]

Wang Tianfeng warned himself like this, trying to let it go, but he just couldn't pull out the thorn in his heart.

In the next few days, Wang Tianfeng's people investigated the information of the eight companies on the list. Wang Tianfeng looked over and over again at the intelligence summary, but he never found anything suspicious - these eight companies all had good financial resources. After the fall of Shanghai, their assets suffered losses, but it didn't seem like they had emptied their family fortunes to support the underground party.

You have to know that according to the information he has, "Katyusha" has provided more than 400,000 US dollars in funding to the underground party since the Battle of Shanghai. If it were the eight companies on the list, with such a large amount of expenditure under such an environment, their assets could not have been damaged so lightly.

Of course, it is also possible that the direction of his investigation was wrong.

At this time, the thought that had tormented Wang Tianfeng for several days came to his mind again:

Ming Tower?

He was having trouble deciding.

Based on his instinct as a spy, he thought he should investigate Minglou, but given Zhang Anping's personality, without evidence and only a suspicion, he would never allow himself to investigate an agent lurking in the heart of the enemy.

And if he didn't have Zhang Anping's cooperation in Shanghai, it would be a dream for him to investigate Minglou.

He had no choice but to once again look through the information about the eight families that he had collected in the past few days. After reading it over and over again, Wang Tianfeng finally made up his mind.

Find Zhang Anping.

……

Wang Tianfeng placed a thick pile of information in front of Zhang Anping.

After watching Zhang Anping pick up one, Wang Tianfeng said, "After screening, these eight families have gradually lost contact with the Fan family since June last year - but I didn't find any problems with these eight families."

“Are we heading in the wrong direction?”

"Wrong direction?" Zhang Anping muttered as he read the investigative intelligence, then frowned and said, "The direction cannot be wrong. The underground party did purchase the rocket launcher from Global Trade through Daxing Company last July. We found Fan Guang by checking Daxing Company."

He "instinctively" began to tap the table with his fingers, muttering to himself:

"The Daxing Company was willing to take the lead in purchasing thousands of rocket launchers. There must be enough interests tied together between the two parties."

"There shouldn't be any problem with this line—"

After saying this, Zhang Anping suddenly stopped talking. After a while of silence, he said:

"If no information can be found on this line, then there is only one explanation: there is something wrong with this line!"

Is there something wrong with this line?
Wang Tianfeng had thought about this possibility, but if there was something wrong with this line, he would not be able to associate it with the Ming family.

He tended to think that there was no problem with this line - but there was a bug that he couldn't explain. If there was no problem with this line, then there should be no problem with Minglou.

But as he was investigating this line, he suddenly felt that there was something wrong with Minglou.

This bug is what bothers him the most.

"Hey, there is another possibility. You didn't investigate clearly enough." Zhang Anping looked at the eight families that had severed their business ties with the Fan family and said to himself:

"The other party may be hiding very deeply, so you didn't investigate it."

This is the sentence Wang Tianfeng has been waiting for.

"When Mingtai, who you sent over to help me investigate, said that his family had long ago severed its business dealings with the Fan family."

Wang Tianfeng said this casually.

But Zhang Anping's eyes suddenly became sharp.

"Are you doubting Minglou?"

He softened his tone:
"Old Wang, I don't know what you think, but Minglou is the deputy station chief of Shanghai Station. He is the deepest nail planted in the enemy's heart!"

"There is not enough evidence, and I don't want our brothers who are fighting in the worst conditions to suffer any injustice."

Wang Tianfeng sighed. He knew this would happen.

Zhang Anping is too protective of his own people. Without evidence, he would not allow any of his intelligence agents to be investigated, let alone a deputy station chief like Minglou.

"Let me check again."

Wang Tianfeng got up and left, but when he was about to leave, he suddenly turned around.

"Let me do a routine investigation - after all, the Ming family also cut off ties with the Fan family last year."

Zhang Anping was stunned, and after a moment of silence, he replied:

"can."

……

Wang Tianfeng didn't expect to find anything from the Ming family.

After all, Minglou is a senior agent and it is impossible for him to leave any obvious traces.

But what Wang Tianfeng didn't expect was that after only two days of investigation, he came to a conclusion that shocked him:

The Ming family... is empty!
How big was the Ming family before the Battle of Shanghai?

Ports, mines, factories, hotels, transportation companies, all these businesses together form an exciting industrial empire.

But after Wang Tianfeng's secret investigation, he discovered a fact that shocked him:

The Ming family is empty!

Although the Ming family still seemed prosperous, he discovered through secret investigations through various channels that most of the Ming family's industries had been mortgaged. Although these industries were all under the name of the Ming family, after the mortgage, these industries were no longer in the hands of the Ming family.

It is true that the Ming family still controls these industries, but given the astronomical figures after mortgage, does the Ming family really have enough financial resources to redeem them?
Compared with the eight families investigated previously, the Ming family's assets were not only slightly damaged, it would even be an exaggeration to describe it as a serious blow - the current situation of the Ming family is that if just one point collapses, the entire Ming family's industrial empire will be destroyed.

Because the Ming family had already mortgaged all of their properties, it was impossible for them to come up with enough money to redeem them.

Then the question is, where did the huge amount of money that the Ming family secretly and quietly mortgaged for large amounts of real estate go?

This can almost be said with certainty:
This money was exchanged for arms to support the underground party!

But at this moment, Wang Tianfeng was not excited, but felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

After being in a daze for a long time, he slowly put the paper with the investigation results into his pocket, took a deep breath, and went to find Zhang Anping.

When he saw Zhang Anping again, Wang Tianfeng didn't say anything, but just placed a thin piece of paper in front of Zhang Anping.

Then, he, who didn't smoke, took out a pack of cigarettes, lit it up and started puffing away.

Zhang Anping looked at the paper in front of him and reviewed it in his mind.

Everything happened naturally - Wang Tianfeng found it out himself.

However, the truth is naturally different from what Wang Tianfeng thought.

It is true that the Ming family’s assets were mortgaged, but most of them were moved to the United States.

This was something Zhang Anping had arranged long ago. He would never let the Ming family's assets benefit traitors, Japanese and future compradors, so he had transferred the Ming family's assets through global trade. In addition to the mortgage channel discovered by Wang Tianfeng, there were various other methods.

The benefit of preparing for a rainy day lies here. When the critical moment comes, you can step up at any time.

After a long time, Zhang Anping finished a stage of acting and looked at Wang Tianfeng blankly:
"Investigation... no problem?"

This is a question.

Wang Tianfeng didn't answer, but just lit up another cigarette.

Silence again.

Zhang Anping broke the silence and said in a hoarse voice:

"I want to be alone for a while - how about putting this matter aside for now?"

Wang Tianfeng threw the burning cigarette on the ground, stomped it hard and stood up:
"I haven't reported to Boss Dai yet." After saying that, Wang Tianfeng got up and left.

Zhang Anping looked at Wang Tianfeng's back, his eyes becoming deep.

Lao Wang, even now... I can’t bear to let go!
He counted silently, and after counting to forty, he jumped out with one hand on the table, then ran out quickly and blocked the car before Wang Tianfeng drove away.

"Come up and tell me!"

Following Wang Tianfeng's call, Zhang Anping opened the door and entered the car. He panted and said:

"Ming Lou is not 'Katyusha'!"

Wang Tianfeng looked at Zhang Anping in surprise.

"Ming Lou definitely can't be 'Katyusha' - you and I both forgot about the other person!"

Someone else?

A name suddenly appeared in Wang Tianfeng's mind.

Mirror!

The real helmsman of Ming Group is Ming Jing!

"Everything fits." Wang Tianfeng leaned on the driver's seat and murmured:

"I have always wondered why Minglou, since he provided the clue about Daxing Company, was punished just right for Fan Guang—"

"It all makes sense now."

Katyusha is not Minglou, but Mingjing, the elder sister whom Minglou respects the most.

It was because Ming Lou discovered that Ming Jing was Katyusha that he used various means to make Dong Hui discover that Fan Guang was a traitor, thereby allowing the Shanghai station action team to sanction Fan Guang and cut off the clues.

Everything is right!
"Evidence, what we need now is evidence!"

Zhang Anping said in a deep voice: "Ming Jing's identity is extraordinary. She is not only Ming Lou's biological sister, but also holds a pivotal position in Shanghai's business community. Even his wife has seen her. Without solid evidence, it cannot be established that she is a Communist."

This has always been the case with spy agencies. When dealing with ordinary people, even if they are not enemies, they can fabricate and confirm their identities. However, when dealing with high-ranking officials, they have no solid evidence and can only rely on speculation and reasoning, which will ensure a beating.

Wang Tianfeng said: "The underground party lost 3,000 rockets last time. I think it won't be long before they use this line again to get them. I'll keep an eye on her!"

"If she makes a move again, I will get evidence."

Zhang Anping nodded: "I will tell Minglou that you have left."

"Ah."

After they finished speaking, the two fell silent again.

Apparently, the two of them were thinking about the same question - what to do after getting the mirror that turned out to be "Katyusha"?
Zhang Anping was waiting for Wang Tianfeng to speak.

Just now in the room, Wang Tianfeng said, "I haven't reported to Boss Dai yet." The subtext of this sentence is that you still have room to clean up - at that time he thought Minglou was "Katyusha".

"You should report to Boss Dai in person..." Wang Tianfeng turned and looked at Zhang Anping:
"The Ming family is now empty. Even if Ming Jing wants to help the underground party in this way in the future, she will be powerless."

He said it very bluntly.

Zhang Anping nodded slowly, and finally said in a serious tone:

"The Ming brothers treat Ming Jing like their mother. She... is the Ming brothers' weak spot."

……

Zhang Anping's entire plan is undoubtedly extremely successful so far. Through wave after wave of operations, Mingjing has been confirmed to be "Katyusha", and Minglou has also successfully cleared his suspicion - even if he is liquidated, at most he will be charged with the crime of harboring a criminal, and with Minglou's current position, there will be no liquidation.

Now there is only one line left:
The evidence is clear and conclusive.

Zhang Anping had laid this line early on, and he just had to wait for Wang Tianfeng to find the evidence.

This will also be his "display of attitude" towards Old Dai.

……

Zhang Anping’s fellow villager Zheng Yingqi is naturally a player in the game and will be the most critical closed loop on the last day.

At this time he received a secret letter from Zhang Anping.

After reading the secret letter, Zheng Yingqi hissed and muttered to himself:
What on earth is this guy trying to do?
"Are you trying to give the Japanese another 'gift'?"

The reason why he had such murmurs was because Zhang Anping told him in a secret letter that he could go with Mingjing to pick up the goods, but on the way, someone would secretly monitor and take pictures, and what Zheng Yingqi had to do was to ignore the secret surveillance.

He couldn't help but think of the 3,000 rockets last time.

Zheng Yingqi is still brooding over this. Those were 3,000 rockets. If they had fallen into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, how many Japanese soldiers would have been killed?
He was taken away by the Japanese in vain!

"If you let the Japs get away with it this time and leave me feeling disappointed, I will kill you!"

After Zheng Yingqi muttered to himself viciously, he tidied himself up and called the monk to go see Mingjing.

……

Okamoto Hall.

Two Japanese officers came to Jiang Sian.

One of these two people was called Rikiya Shinozuka and the other was called Tetsuo Kawaguchi.

They were all veterans of Shanghai's intelligence agencies. This time they came to see Jiang Sian because they wanted to discuss something - something about business ethics.

"Mr. Okamoto, these are the documents to be destroyed tomorrow." Tetsuo Kawaguchi handed a document to Jiang Sian.

Jiang Sian quickly glanced at the contents of the file and became expressionless:
"Kawaguchi-kun, this is about the Kagesa Organization. What do you mean by showing it to me?"

Tetsuo Kawaguchi made a groundbreaking statement:
"Okamoto-kun, I want to replace them."

Jiang Sian looked at Kawaguchi Tetsuo expressionlessly.

He understood what Kawaguchi Tetsuo meant - the destruction work was their responsibility, and they could simply use someone else's work to replace the things that were really to be destroyed.

Shinozuka Rikiya said politely: "Okamoto-kun, I'm very sorry to trouble you, but only you can solve this problem."

"You two, passed!"

Jiang Sian's face darkened.

"Mr. Okamoto, please help us." Tetsuo Kawaguchi used the standard kneeling apology method.

Jiang Sian looked at the two of them with a cold face, but he was very happy in his heart.

He...he didn't expect that the two Japanese devils in front of him would be so greedy.

This matter is very simple to explain. After Tsukamoto seized the 3,000 rockets, the foreign companies in the concession directly terminated their cooperation with Tetsuo Kawaguchi and Rikiya Shinozuka.

In the past, relying on their status as intelligence officers, they were able to provide safe "escort" services for "contraband". Each "escort" lasted less than a day, but they could charge an "escort fee" of 10% to 20% of the total value of the goods.

But after 3,000 rockets were "crashed", global trade cut off contact with the two.

In the past, the two of them could earn a wave of "escort fees" every ten days or so. Relying on these "escort fees", they supported an intelligence network that far exceeded the rated scale and earned merits for themselves.

But now, their "reputation" has been ruined, and they have been eliminated from this gray industrial chain.

The two men who were used to a good life are now cut off from this source of income. Their intelligence network, which far exceeds the rated size, continues to devour money like a money-eating beast. However, the financial allocation is limited. They can't use the money they "earn" with "hard work" to subsidize it, right?
The two men were determined to restore their "reputation", so they directed and acted out a "destruction" drama, and then used someone else's trick to replace the rockets - they planned to return them to global trade, thereby regaining their "qualifications" and continuing to make money.

Don’t they know that these are the supplies needed by the anti-Japanese forces?
know!

But their duty is "beast work", that is, to instigate rebellion and bribe local warlords and military leaders. Their future is closely related to their own duties, and the responsibility of attacking the anti-Japanese forces' materials is none of their business!
This is why the two of them begged-because only through Okamoto Company can they re-enter this gray network.

Faced with the two lieutenant colonels' pleading, Jiang Sian's expression finally softened.

“I don’t participate.”

"But I will invite President York of Global Trade out for dinner."

The two were delighted when they heard this: "Thank you, Okamoto-kun."

(End of this chapter)