Chapter 554

Although there weren’t many dishes and not much wine, the meal was very harmonious, and Saigo Teruzo finally commented that Cheng Mo was a sincere person.

He believed that he was like the Japanese aristocracy, possessing the valuable qualities of honesty and bravery.

Of course, Cheng Mo was not stingy with his praise for Nishio Teruzo, a true soldier, a true aristocrat, and so on.

Of course, when Nishio Teruzo entertained Cheng Mo, he also made a certain amount of inquiries and knew about Cheng Mo’s close relationship with the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including the existence of Chiyoko.

It was not difficult for him, the commander-in-chief of a dispatch army, to want to know about this, and there was no need for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to hide it from someone with such high-level authority.

The intelligence department of the Japanese army had not received any advance information about the attack, and it could not be ruled out that someone had deliberately done so.

He had been made to feel like a blind and deaf person, and this feeling made him feel very uncomfortable. He was a commander in chief, in charge of hundreds of thousands of troops, and yet he had almost been murdered by his own subordinates.

This was absurd and ridiculous in the history of world military affairs.

He felt that it was necessary for him to have a secret intelligence source of his own in Shanghai, independent of the intelligence department of the headquarters.

The person in charge could not be chosen from among the Japanese, because there were not many people he could trust, and he could not arbitrarily arrange for him to do personal errands for him.

But there was an excellent candidate in front of him, Cheng Mo, a man who had saved his life, and who also had deep feelings and the utmost goodwill towards the Japanese side.

His identity and status were also very suitable for this task.

It was just that what identity was appropriate?

And you have to pay someone to do something for you, you can’t expect them to work for free.

“Your Excellency, according to our investigation, in addition to supplying the Ministry of Labor Bureau of Patrols, Mr. Cheng is also an industrialist. He owns two publishing houses, a film production company, a taxi company and a car dealership, in addition to a swimming pool, and a stake in a cabaret called Lido, as well as partnership with someone else to set up a pharmaceutical company. At first, this pharmaceutical company only imported and repackaged drugs, without any research and development or production lines. It was just a packaging factory. Now it has developed into a company that can produce medicinal cotton wool, as well as saline and glucose solutions and some Chinese patent medicines. Its products are distributed in Shanghai and surrounding areas, and the Chinese patent medicines also have a certain market in the Mainland and Southeast Asia…鈥�

鈥淐an they produce sulfanilamide?鈥�

鈥漀o, but they can import sulfanilamide powder from abroad, as well as some other injection drugs. His partner is a British military officer with connections in the UK. In the past, they could even import drugs from Germany. Now that the European channel is cut off, they have opened up the US market channel, but the shipping cycle is longer and the price is much cheaper.鈥�

鈥淭akeda-kun, how did you get all this?鈥�

鈥滻t was information provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Mei Agency. They are also very concerned about Mr. Cheng and have done a very thorough investigation. In addition, the intelligence services suspect that Mr. Cheng has connections with Chongqing, but there is no evidence.鈥�

鈥漇uspect? Why suspect?鈥�

鈥滺is sister was once the concubine of Yang Hu, the garrison commander in Shanghai, and Yang Hu got him the position in the police station in the first place,鈥� explained Takeda Takeo.

鈥淲here is Yang Hu?鈥�

鈥滳hongqing. He left Mr. Cheng’s sister behind and went there on his own.鈥�

鈥滱 coward who abandoned his woman and fled alone. I guess his sister didn’t want to be with that man anymore either.鈥�

鈥漎es, Mr. Cheng’s sister once placed an ad in the newspaper announcing that she no longer had any relationship with Yang Hu, and the law does not support a man having two wives.鈥�

鈥滱nything else?鈥�

鈥淎lso, during the time that Mr. Cheng’s sister was Yang Hu’s concubine, she had a very good relationship with Du Yuesheng’s fourth concubine. They were like sisters, and she called Mr. Du Yuesheng her godbrother.鈥�

鈥滻 see. No wonder Mr. Cheng is able to thrive in the concession area. With such connections, isn’t he exactly what we need?鈥� Nishio Teruzo couldn’t help but smile. 鈥淵our Excellency is right. However, the British also highly value him, and it is rare in the history of the concession that they would promote him to this position in such a short period of time. Moreover, he is close with the British Intelligence Service’s Far East Intelligence Group brothers Kai Ziwei and Kai Ziwei. These two have always supported him behind the scenes. Therefore, the Mei agency suspects that he has another identity.鈥�

鈥淵ou mean he’s working for British intelligence?鈥�

鈥漎es, otherwise the British wouldn’t have trusted and promoted a Chinese person so much. This is completely against their principles.鈥� Takeo Takeda nodded.

Teruzo Nishio pondered for a moment and said, 鈥楨ven if he used to work for the British, his home and career are in Shanghai. Once the British evacuate, can they still take him with them? Will he go alone, or will he take his family with him?鈥�

鈥漎ou mean, turn him around and use him for our own purposes?鈥�

鈥淎s the Chinese saying goes, a talented person chooses the right tree to nestle in. He is still young and has a bright future ahead of him. Would you be willing to let him go to that distant Europe to be a third-class citizen? Besides, can the British withstand the German offensive?鈥�

鈥漎ou make a good point.鈥�

鈥漎ou stay and talk to him. I can give him some orders within my authority for the pharmaceutical factory, at a slightly higher-than-market price, and pay in cash,鈥� said Nishio Teruzo.

鈥淲hat about communication?鈥�

鈥滵oes he have his own commercial radio station?鈥�

鈥滻 don’t think so.鈥�

鈥漈hen you can get him a commercial radio station. Don’t get us a military one. It’d be best if it were German, but if that’s not possible, British or American will do. You’ll be in charge of this whole thing, and you can’t use anyone else.鈥� Saigo Teruzo gave a solemn order.

鈥滺ai!鈥�

鈥淟ei Gang, drive me to…鈥� Cheng Mo reported an address, the address of his senior Wen Qiu’s home, which he must go to now.

Lei Gang is different from Lv Yue. He will not ask questions that are not related to him, and will only follow orders.

鈥漇top the car, turn off the engine, and wait for me in the car,鈥� Cheng Mo ordered Lei Gang after arriving at the destination and getting out of the car.

Lei Gang responded, drove the car a short distance, and stopped.

Cheng Mo then walked over to Wen Qiu’s front door and knocked.

鈥淲ho is it, so late at night?鈥� Wen Qiu had finally fallen asleep after the heat of the day, but suddenly heard a knock on the door and sat up, immediately breaking out in a sweat.

His wife, who had also been woken by the noise, also heard the knock and looked a little apprehensively.

鈥淚t’s someone from here, it’s fine,鈥� Wen Qiu breathed a sigh of relief after carefully distinguishing the knock from the others.

Wen Song, still half-dressed, came to the door and was surprised to see Cheng Mo, who reeked of alcohol. 鈥淐heng Mo, what are you doing here?鈥�

鈥淪enior, I need to talk to you about something.鈥�