The Bravest

In the early morning of October 1940, 10, the puppet mayor of Shanghai, Fu Xiao'an, was hacked to death in his bed by his long-time servant, Lao Zhu. It was rumored that Lao Zhu had a lover who was a spy of the Military Control Commission and a close friend who was a close friend of the Military Control Commission. The Chongqing Daily made a big fuss about the anti-Japanese hero Zhu Shengyuan's killing of the traitor, and highly praised his patriotism and unparalleled courage.

Lin Jie was full of admiration for this inspiring feat, but he had his own things to do, so he stopped paying attention. That day, Lin Jie found Ono and asked for help. "Mr. Ono, I would like to invite you to visit the Japan-China Charity Welfare Institute and see my achievements."

"Oh, Mr. Lin, why are you in this mood today? Mr. Gangcun said that Mr. Lin must have a reason for doing things, and there must be benefits. Just tell me, what is it?" Ono was praised by the Military Police Headquarters for solving the Liu Yang case last time. Although the time of solving the case was a little late, something had already happened in Chongqing, but the credit is the credit, and one thing is another. So Ono was still quite polite to Lin Jie. As for other reasons, it can only be said that Ono hooked up with Major Gangcun, and the two began to cooperate to make money, and many things were also done by Lin Jie.

"Haha, I can't hide it from Major Okamura and Ono-kun. This is what I am doing at No. 76. Ono-kun also knows that there is no manpower, and sometimes it is not very convenient to do things. However, I wonder if Ono-kun paid attention to the arrest of Liu Yang last time? I used some orphans, fifteen or sixteen years old, and they can do the job well. I want to gather them together. What do you think, Ono-kun?" Lin Jie showed a fox-like smile.

"Yes, but, Mr. Lin, can you afford it yourself?" Xiao Ye was quite puzzled. How could someone come forward to do things on his own? This was even more inconsistent with Lin Jie's personality. Gangcun mentioned to him many times that Lin Jie was a profit-seeking guy. He really would not do anything without profit.

"You're joking, Ono-kun. I don't have that much money. I mean, can we set up a special intelligence team for teenagers and put it under my special intelligence investigation office in the intelligence department? I can't always be the one to lead a few small fish and shrimps. After all, I'm a section chief, but I'm not as good as a team leader."

"Yeah, that's right. Gangcun-kun also said that we should take care of the people who follow our gendarmerie." Ono felt that since he had already won them over, he had to give them power. A little benefit alone would not attract many people. As a man, who doesn't like power? Everyone understands that Lin Jie should be causing trouble again because he didn't get the position of deputy director after solving the Liu Yang case last time.

"Well, that's how it is. How many staff do you want? I don't care about the peripheral ones." After fighting with the Military Control Commission for more than a year, many cannon fodders have died, so No. 76 has been constantly replenishing its staff.

"Fifty People" Lin Jie asked for a sky-high price, like a lion opening his mouth.

"There is only a staff of ten people," it was Ono's turn to return the money.

"Mr. Ono, aren't ten people a team? I deserve the title of section chief. Besides, people are needed to do the work over there," Lin Jie said with a bitter face and dissatisfaction.

"Over there? Where?" Ono asked with a smile.

"That's it. The business side must need people. And judging by the situation of the Imperial Army, the concession will also need people to go in and do business soon." Lin Jie began to sound out the question.

"Mr. Lin, who told you about what happened in the concession? Don't talk about such things casually." Ono warned Lin Jie seriously.

"Who else do you want to tell me? Who am I? I am a member of the Special Intelligence Investigation Office. Can't I make my own judgment on such a matter?" Lin Jie said to Xiao Ye in a low voice with a smile.

"Well, the maximum number of staff is 20. I can sign the report for you, but you still need to ask Director Li for approval. Is there anything else?"

"Ono-kun, please also sign the report on the police training camp. I will then ask Gangcun-kun to approve it."

"Okay, bring it here so I can sign it."

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In the Japanese Military Police Headquarters, in Gangcun's office.

"Major Okamura, the preparations for the special training camp for police officers are almost complete. What we still lack are some professional teaching materials. I don't know if they have arrived. Also, there are teaching aids and so on... Here is the list." Lin Jie, in his usual style, asked for a lot of things.

"Mr. Lin, the plan has changed. The Political Police School in Nanjing has already opened a branch in Shanghai. You don't need to repeat it here. If you must train your own people, you have to change the name." Masao Okamura originally wanted to use Lin Jie to establish a propaganda model of the Japanese in the welfare home. As for the special training camp for police officers organized by Lin Jie, he just agreed to it casually and now he has found an excuse to shirk the matter.

"Ah, Major Okamura, what's going on? The teacher agreed at the beginning, so there should be no problem, right?" Lin Jie didn't actually have much hope. His main goal was to adopt some orphans, but he still had to try his best. Every bit counts, right? So Lin Jie brought Doihara out and called him teacher, so he couldn't just not use him.

(This shameless guy is here again. If he didn't rely on Lin Jie to make money, I really want to shoot him in the head.) Lin Jie couldn't hear what Gangcun was thinking. Seeing that Gangcun didn't say anything, he knew there was nothing he could do, so he changed the topic and said:

"Major Gangcun, if this is not possible, then we won't do it. I can't ask a teacher for this little thing, so I'll ask Major Gangcun to help me get some teaching materials and weapons. I'll train the 20 people under my name. They have a regular staff, so this shouldn't be a problem. Also, please grant me some funding."

"Oh, Mr. Lin, everything else is easy. It's true that you have a staff of twenty people, but doesn't a staff just mean that No. 76 has received his salary? Why do you still need funds? Otherwise, you can transfer some of the funds from the welfare home and I will pretend that I don't know." Gangcun was not so easily fooled.

"Mr. Gangcun, I am your junior after all, you must help me. Besides, the British in the concession have withdrawn their troops. In the future, my men will be inferior to those patrolmen in the concession. Why do you look down on them so much?" Lin Jie didn't want to give up and changed his words.

"Well, do you mean to replace the patrol officers in the future?" This is interesting. The Shanghai Expeditionary Force has always wanted to occupy the concession and drive the Europeans out. Gangcun knows this. Why does Lin Jie have this idea now? "How do you know about the concession?"

"I don't know about the concessions, but the war situation in Europe is clear now. France has surrendered, and the British won't be able to hold out for long. Germany is Japan's ally, so what's there to be afraid of? Sooner or later, we will take over the entire Shanghai. We should prepare early. Not only should we replace the police station, but we should also make them spit out the money they have earned. And those damn European and American white pigs, their assets must be kept, and don't let them run away."

Lin Jie's bragging actually hit the nail on the head about the Japanese plan. Masao Okamura thought to himself, this guy is quite a talent.

"Mr. Lin, this concerns international affairs, so we don't need to care about it." Masao Okamura would definitely not tell the Japanese plan and just wanted to brush it off.

"Mr. Okamura, this is bound to happen. It's hard to say whether you will be taking over the Military Police Headquarters or the Expeditionary Forces, and they all belong to Greater Japan. So, don't you want to get a share of it? The Emperor must be loyal, but doesn't the interest of the Okamura family have to be protected?" Lin Jie knew that the Japanese have a strong sense of family interests, so he used interests to tempt Masao Okamura.

"Well, it's to prepare for emergencies. I'll approve some weapons for you, and let Xiaoye take you to the garrison logistics department to pick them up. The car you asked me to get last time has been brought back and will be parked in the compound. The procedures and documents have all been processed for you at once, and the money will be deducted from your share. Don't even think about the dividends this month. The teaching materials have been prepared for you, and you can take them back later. Don't even think about the funds, you have to figure it out yourself."

"Oh, it's so expensive. How can I find the funding myself? Colonel Gangcun, please show me a way."

"Do I need to say more? You can ask for funds from a few more institutions in the name of the welfare home. Do you still want the gendarmerie headquarters to run it for you? Also, if you want to run the welfare home well, the funding of the gendarmerie headquarters will be halved. This is the commander's intention. Do you understand?" Gangcun had long wanted to swallow up the funds of the welfare home, and leaving half was already a face for Lin Jie. After all, if the welfare home is run well, Gangcun will benefit the most.

"Mr. Gangcun, since funds are tight, I have an idea that you can consult and see if it works. The welfare home has some effects, so I want to expand it a little, and then..."

"You are so stupid to expand when you are short of funds?" Lin Jie was interrupted by Masao Okamura before he could finish his words.

"Hey, Gangcun-kun, listen to me. It's like this. Don't you have connections in the Quartermaster's Office? Can you get a quartermaster order, that is, a production order for small items such as bedding and water bottles? I will find a group of beggars and only provide them with food, without paying them wages. Isn't this making money while expanding the welfare home?"

"Well, this idea is fine, but I need to ask the commander for instructions." Asking for instructions is bullshit. Gangcun just wants to control Lin Jie. Wasn't it the big military industrial groups that instigated the Japanese to start the war? And the bullshit loyalty to the emperor is just propaganda to fool the lower-class Japanese people. Which big family didn't make a fortune from the war? "I'll give you an answer tomorrow."

"Mr. Gangcun, actually producing medicines is the most profitable. Can you get a medicine production line?" Lin Jie whispered in Gangcun's ear.

"Want to die? Is this something you can do? Don't even think about it. I mean we can talk about it later when there is a chance. Just deal with the current things first and stock up some medicines occasionally." As for medicines, it was difficult for the Japanese to get them themselves. In the past, Gangcun had done some things and asked Lin Jie to take action. Now the control is getting stricter and stricter. There are only some sporadic transactions on the black market, especially for antibiotics. That's why Lin Jie cleaned out all the medicines and medical equipment in the clinic when arresting Liu Yang.

"Mr. Gangcun, I have something I want you to approve..." Lin Jie was a little embarrassed, and his hesitation made people uncomfortable. Gangcun couldn't stand it anymore, "Just say it quickly, you've been staying here for a long time."

"I just want to hire a deputy director for the welfare home. After all, I can't be there every day, right? Haha," Lin Jie laughed.

"Didn't I appoint Teacher Liu to the position last time? Oh, I heard that Teacher Liu and Teacher Sun had a dispute. Haha, Mr. Lin, I didn't expect you to have such good luck in love." Teacher Sun, who teaches Japanese, has already reported this to Gangcun. Gangcun also blamed Teacher Sun for being a secret agent and not being able to win over a little girl. Teacher Sun was so angry that he vowed to snatch Lin Jie away from him.

"Gangcun, you misunderstood. I want to ask Teacher Liu's father to be the vice president. He used to be the principal of this school, so it should be no problem. By the way, Gangcun, is this Teacher Sun Japanese?" Lin Jie always speaks his mind in front of Gangcun, and Gangcun trusts Lin Jie because of this. Otherwise, why would he talk to Lin Jie for so long?

"Oh, that's not the case. Teacher Sun, like you, studied in Japan. She was originally assigned to be your secretary, but later she couldn't find a suitable Japanese teacher, so she asked Teacher Sun to take over temporarily. What's interesting?" Gangcun looked at Lin Jie with a smile, revealing a look that all men understand. "I can help. Haha,"

"Mr. Gangcun, you're joking. I'm a married man, how could I do such a thing? I'd better leave it to Mr. Gangcun. Hahaha." The two men laughed at each other.

"Okay, Mr. Lin, since you have spoken, I can only agree. I can't stop you from pleasing your father-in-law. But you better keep an eye on the welfare home and don't let it be taken advantage of by certain people, okay?" Masao Okamura's last words were suggestive. He stared at Lin Jie, trying to read something on his face, but Lin Jie seemed not to understand what he meant.

"Ahem, Gangcun-kun, I'll start preparing for the military supplies processing factory. You don't have to worry about protecting it after it's built. I can just pick some beggars and give them a little training. There's nothing valuable there anyway."

After discussing some details with Masao Okamura, Lin Jie said goodbye and left. He followed the people sent by Okamura to move the textbooks and other miscellaneous things obtained by Okamura into the car. Lin Jie looked at this Ford sedan, which he didn't know how many times it had been bought. Lin Jie finally owned the first car in the world.

The car drove out of the gate of the gendarmerie headquarters, honked the horn twice, called Liu Sheng and Liu Yidao who were waiting at the gate to get in the car, and drove away.

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The car drove into the welfare home, and then into the warehouse that was being looked after by Chen Kai alone, and asked Liu Sheng and the other two to move the things into the warehouse. Then the car parked in the office area.

"Is Teacher Liu here?" Lin Jie leaned over to the office shared by all the teachers and shouted.

"Dean, what's the matter?" Teacher Liu had been giving up after the argument with Teacher Sun at the last meeting. She didn't care about other people's opinions at all. When she saw Lin Jie coming to see her, she immediately jumped in front of Lin Jie and was so familiar with him that she almost put her arm around Lin Jie's shoulders.

In fact, Teacher Liu herself didn't know when she started to admire Lin Jie. It might be because she had stayed in the welfare home for a long time and learned about how Lin Jie dealt with the Japanese and spies for hundreds of orphans, and was attacked by the Military Control Commission for this, but he still did not give up. He also discussed with his father to expand the welfare home to rescue more orphans. These images were great in the heart of a young female teacher who was full of love. Teacher Liu felt that Lin Jie was a person worthy of her respect.

Sometimes, Teacher Liu secretly thought that it would be better if Lin Jie was not married. However, these embarrassing thoughts only flashed through her mind. But none of these could stop Teacher Liu from enjoying the time she spent with Lin Jie.