Shadow Spy

Chapter 109 The Real Peace Hotel

After returning home that night, Li Junhao told Li Xiaoyu the news and asked her to prepare at night and report to work with him tomorrow.

Li Xiaoyu is very happy about this, which means that she has a new identity, can protect herself, start working for the organization, and no longer has to stay at home every day.

Xiaoyu and Xiaohu are also happy for her. During this time, they have accepted the English teacher and regarded her as family.Jackie and Nick knew that she would be their new colleague from now on, so of course they also expressed their congratulations.
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Just after dinner, He Dongming came to the house with his wife and brought many gifts. It was nominally to thank him for the cotton yarn he provided. However, after saying a few words, He Dongming asked to talk to him alone.

After the two went upstairs, Li Xiaoyu chatted with Lin Yuqing downstairs. They both had the experience of studying in the UK. They were about the same age and had many common topics. They had a great time chatting.

In the study room upstairs, He Dongming was surprised when he saw the Chinese books on the bookshelf. He asked and found out that they were really read by Li Junhao himself. Of course he didn't believe it. He even took down a book of songs to discuss it and confirmed it. I have indeed read it, I can even say I have studied it, and I admire it greatly.He himself has also learned English, and can barely understand and speak some common words, but it is absolutely impossible to read original English books, but Pan Sen, an American, can actually do it, and he also reads ancient Chinese texts!
After sitting down, drinking the new tea made by Li Junhao and smoking the Cuban cigars brought by He Dongming, the two talked about another serious matter - about the intelligence market.

He Dongming has found a broker in the intelligence market and learned some inside information. For example, the so-called underground intelligence market is not a formal name, but because intelligence personnel from various countries and forces use it for their own needs. Spontaneously searching for and exchanging information in hand, the initial transactions took place in some high-end hotels in the concession, and some agreed-upon rules gradually formed, and trading venues gradually concentrated in Huizhong Hotel, Chinachem Hotel, Licha Hotel, etc. A foreign-funded hotel offers better security.

At present, the most important trading venues are the Huizhong Hotel and the Chinachem Hotel located at the east entrance of Nanjing Road. These two hotels are famous in Shanghai and are often collectively called the Peace Hotel. Huizhong is the South Tower. Chinachem is the north tower.

Huizhong Hotel was built in 1908. It was the tallest building in Shanghai at that time and the first building to install an elevator.The building covers an area of ​​2125 square meters, with a construction area of ​​11607 square meters. It has a 6-story brick and wood mixed structure and a total height of 30 meters. It has 120 rooms, each with sanitary equipment.

The Chinachem Hotel was built in 1929, also known as the Sassoon Building. It covers an area of ​​4617 square meters, has a construction area of ​​36317 square meters, is 77 stories high, and is [-] meters high. It was the tallest building in Shanghai and Shanghai at the time, and enjoyed the title of "The First Floor in the Far East" It has a good reputation and is also the first modernist building in the modern architectural history of Shanghai.

The Chinachem Hotel has [-] guest rooms, including rooms decorated in nine countries including China, Japan, India, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom. It is unique in Shanghai and even the entire Far East.

There is a hall in the northeast corner of the lobby on the ground floor of the Chinachem Hotel. There is a high-end bar called "Horse and Hound" with the best bartenders in Shanghai. It is now the most important place in intelligence trading.
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Hearing He Dongming's introduction, Li Junhao felt that he had gained a lot of knowledge. It turned out that the real Peace Hotel looked like this!In the film and television legends of later generations, no matter who enters the Peace Hotel, they will be protected. I wonder if it is because there is an intelligence trading market?
"Pan Sen, with your status, there is no problem in going to Chinachem Hotel, but no one would dare to trade with you without an introduction and guarantee from an acquaintance," He Dongming said.

Li Junhao was mentally prepared for this. After all, intelligence transactions have always been an extremely sensitive matter, and the participants were mostly intelligence officers from various countries and various power groups, especially during the current war, in the concessions of Shanghai, the capital of the East. In the isolated island, all kinds of spies and agents are active, and there are even hostile violent groups such as Japanese and puppet spies and the Kuomintang military commanders who may draw their guns and start a war at any time. Danger is everywhere.

Under such circumstances, the survival of the intelligence market stems from the information needs of all parties. However, there are also saboteurs joining in. No one can guarantee that all participants will abide by the unspoken rules every time. They can only Use various methods to protect yourself as much as possible; it is very common to only trade with acquaintances or require acquaintances to provide guarantees.Li Junhao asked: "Dongming, can the person you are looking for directly participate in the intelligence transaction?"

He Dongming explained: "The person I know is just a broker. What he can do is introduce people who need buying and selling information to each other in exchange for commissions. He himself is not involved in the transaction."

"Well, you ask him to find buyers who want to buy the most important military intelligence in Europe. There are five buyers. As long as they can get us an interview, I will give him a commission of one percent of the transaction amount every time the transaction is successful. "Li Junhao said.

"One percent?" He Dongming smiled bitterly and said, "It's too little. As a broker, he has to charge at least [-]%..."

"Each piece of information costs one hundred thousand dollars." Li Junhao added.

"One hundred thousand dollars!?" He Dongming was stunned for a moment, what kind of information is so expensive?Each house sells for 10 US dollars, and five houses sell for 50 US dollars. Even if the official price is 260 million French currency according to the bank's summary, if it is exchanged on the black market, it can easily be exchanged for more than 350 million French currency.If you think about it, your family bought 7000 pieces of cotton yarn for only 200 million French currency, and you will know how outrageous this price is!

"Yes, it's one hundred thousand dollars." Li Junhao nodded, "This information is very important. Even if it cannot be sold or five copies cannot be sold, the price cannot be reduced."

"Okay, I will pass the word on." He Dongming said, "However, Pan Sen, I think this matter is uncertain. You'd better think about it. No one will have such courage to buy it. "

"Dongming, I know what you mean, but I have already decided on this matter." Li Junhao said. "Moreover, the target customers of this intelligence are various European countries, not individuals. I believe that all parties who buy the intelligence will feel that they have made a profit!"

He Dongming didn't understand what he said, but he knew that Pan Sen had already decided on this matter. As a friend, he just needed to help contact him. However, he heard that the target customers were European countries and wanted to know the content before. The idea faded.

(End of this chapter)