Chapter 195 Gain
"Don't always think about arresting people. How can you arrest someone if you don't even know their true identity?"
Chu Lingyun understood that Shen Hanwen was eager to make a contribution and was a little dissatisfied with being surpassed by Niu Qiu, but intelligence work absolutely cannot be rushed, and the slightest mistake could lead to a big mistake.
Chu Lingyun was already very careful, but problems still occurred.
Du Juan's taking of poison and Zhang Bai's detonation of a grenade were all caused by a small problem. If they had been more careful at the time, perhaps these situations would not have happened.
"Team Leader, I'm just asking."
Shen Hanwen smiled awkwardly, and Chu Lingyun stood up: "Take me to see where he works."
Kang Zhenghua is a major suspect, but Chu Lingyun will not arbitrarily identify him as a Japanese spy before the investigation is thorough.
Japanese spies must be caught, but caution must be exercised. If the wrong person is caught and the real Japanese spy is alerted, a good thing will turn into a bad thing.
The trading company where Kang Zhenghua worked was in a good location, surrounded by many foreign companies.
The company occupies a three-story building, with the first floor being the storefront. It mainly sells cultural supplies, mostly Japanese products.
"Team leader, captain, you are here."
There are eight team members guarding here. Kang Zhenghua is a major suspect, and Shen Hanwen has someone keeping an eye on him.
"Is there anyone inside?" Chu Lingyun asked.
"Yes, we saw him go in, and he hasn't come out yet."
"What are the second and third floors of this business used for?" Chu Lingyun asked Shen Hanwen.
Shen Hanwen was stunned for a moment, then quickly said, "Aren't they all foreign companies? The ones upstairs should be where they live."
Chu Lingyun glared and said, "Go, find out what's going on on the second and third floors. Also, find out where Kang Zhenghua is and what he's doing."
Shen Hanwen hurriedly asked his team members to inquire, while he lowered his head.
He was a scout and only received a short period of training after being selected into the Military Intelligence Department. He was originally in the action group and was good at operations, and tracking people was even more of a piece of cake.
But when it comes to investigating cases, he is indeed not as good as Loach.
No one is perfect, but Shen Hanwen is now the captain. In the future, I will have to follow him to investigate various cases. It seems necessary to send him for further training, at least to understand what to pay attention to during the investigation process and how to check various details, otherwise there is a high probability of making mistakes.
"Team Leader, we've checked and found out that the second floor is rented out to another Japanese company. It's a newspaper office in Nanjing. The third floor is a dormitory, shared by both companies."
"Kang Zhenghua is on the second floor. I just asked the Chinese salesperson on the first floor about his situation. Kang Zhenghua is his Chinese name. He is a real Japanese. His real name is Motogami Kanghua."
The team member quickly reported that this team member was selected from the Hangzhou Police Training School and had done a good job in the investigation.
"Team leader, he is indeed Japanese."
Shen Hanwen said in surprise that he had never thought of investigating inside before. After he determined that Kang Zhenghua was a Japanese spy, he wanted to arrest him as soon as possible and gain merit.
Chu Lingyun ignored Shen Hanwen and continued to ask, "What is the name of this newspaper and what does it do?"
"I asked, and their names are a bit difficult to pronounce. The Chinese salesperson's Japanese is average, so I don't know the specific names. I just know it's called News Company or something."
"Co., Ltd."
Chu Lingyun continued, this is a Japanese joint-stock company, Kang Zhenghua is indeed a Japanese, but he is not necessarily a Japanese spy.
Japanese spies are extremely cautious and will not let people find out their identities so easily. If their real identity can be found out by just asking, it is very likely that it is not theirs.
"Yes, that's the name." The team member said hurriedly.
"Look into the history of this newspaper company, what newspapers they publish, what exactly Kang Zhenghua does there, and what he has published."
Chu Lingyun gave Shen Hanwen another order, and Shen Hanwen quickly responded, "Yes, I'll check it out right away and make sure it's thoroughly investigated."
"Don't take any action until you find out the truth."
Chu Lingyun gave another reminder that although Shen Hanwen was obedient, he was eager to make a contribution. If he tried to steal the credit and caught him, he would be in a passive position.
They are not spies, and arbitrarily arresting such foreign journalists can easily lead to diplomatic disputes.
Their principal now attaches the most importance to diplomatic relations. He is very tough internally but a coward externally. If something goes wrong, all the department heads will be scolded, not to mention them.
"yes."
Shen Hanwen responded hurriedly. He sent Chu Lingyun away, but he felt extremely depressed.
He was obviously a Japanese, but the team leader didn't arrest him, nor did he say when he would be arrested. He only asked him to check some peripheral things. I don't know what the team leader was thinking.
"Team leader, you're back."
As soon as I returned to the office, Chu Yuan knocked on the door from outside. He also came to report.
"Are you all healed?" Chu Lingyun asked him to sit down and casually asked.
"It's healed a long time ago. It's just a minor skin injury, nothing serious." Chu Yuan smiled.
Chu Yuan made the greatest contribution in finding out that Liu Dazhuang was a traitor this time. Taking this opportunity, he finally promoted him to second lieutenant and made him the official captain of a small team.
Now, the entire Operation Group 4 can be said to be made up of Chu Lingyun’s team, and he has the final say here.
"Team Leader, I checked the over one hundred people at Neon Company, and I feel like two of them are suspicious."
"Tell me about their situation."
Chu Lingyun asked, why are there so many suspicious people in a Japanese fan club? It is impossible for Japan to pay much attention to such a place. At most, they will just select traitors who are useful to them.
The Japanese will ignore members who have no status or role.
"One is called Fang Wanchao. He's registered as a Shanghai resident and has been in Nanjing for many years. However, he's only been living here for six months. I asked my neighbors, but no one knew where he lived before. I went to the police station, but they couldn't find his previous address."
It's a bit strange that he lived in Nanjing but I can't find his previous residence.
"What else is he suspected of?"
Chu Yuan immediately replied, "I found out that he joined Neon Club five months ago. He went there frequently in the first two months, but he stopped going there three months ago."
"What's his job?"
"Fang Wanchao's registered job was as a worker, but when I went to investigate at the factory where he was registered, they said he had resigned three months ago. His neighbors were unaware of this, and since he left early and returned late every day, they thought he was still working at the same factory."
Chu Lingyun stood up, took all the membership information, and quickly found Fang Wanchao.
Fang Wanchao is 30 years old. His self-introduction is very ordinary. There is no excessive boasting. He did not say that he wanted to join Japan and become a Japanese, nor did he give himself a Japanese name. However, there is a strong sense of Japanese self-confidence between the lines.
"Who else is in his family?"
Fang Wanchao would not live alone. If he was single, Shen Hanwen would have listed him as a suspect instead of excluding him.
"He has an old mother who is dumb and blind. Neighbors say he is a filial son who takes good care of his mother and often buys her delicious food."
There were two people living together, and the other one couldn't speak. Chu Lingyun narrowed his eyes.
"Keep an eye on him. Find out what he does every day when he goes out. Also, who he interacted with the most in the past two months at Neon Company and what he said. Investigate everything."
"Yes, team leader, is he a big suspect?" Chu Yuan couldn't help asking.
"At the moment, there's a strong suspicion, but it's not certain. What's the situation with the other person?"
Chu Yuan reported that there were two suspects, but now he only mentioned one.
"The other is Xu Wu. He lives with his family and has no issues with his status. His family is relatively well-off. He came to Nanjing early in life with his father, a government employee. Xu Wu was originally a patrolman at the Fifth Precinct, but in the last three months he's been promoted to deputy chief and then chief. I've checked his connections, and I don't see any strong connections that helped him get promoted."
Another three months passed.
Being promoted twice in such a short period of time and becoming a police chief cannot be achieved through ordinary connections.
Wang Sheng was able to level up so many levels because he had Henian's help. It would have been impossible for Chu Lingyun to level him up so quickly.
"Check if there's been any contact between these two, especially three months ago. Send someone else to monitor Xu Wu."
Chu Lingyun gave the order quickly, and Chu Yuan understood that the team leader was suspicious of both of them.
"yes."
Chu Yuan took the order and left. After he left, Chu Lingyun dug out the membership information of the two people.
Xu Wu's self-introduction was quite explicit. Not only did he particularly admire Japan, he also gave himself a Japanese name, Goro Yamagata.
In his self-introduction, he said that the person he admired most was Yamagata Mutomo, a Japanese war criminal who invaded China during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, so he gave himself this name.
Not only that, in his self-introduction, he expressed his disgust for his Chinese identity and his strong desire to become a glorious Japanese citizen.
This is a quasi-traitor who is extremely fawning on foreigners and does not consider himself a Chinese.
In fact, he had already entered Chu Lingyun's kill list. With his attitude, no matter whether he was a traitor or not, he would be dealt with before the fall of Nanjing.
"Wang Sheng, help me investigate this person, Chief Inspector Xu Wu of the Fifth Precinct. Find out what he's done in the past three months and why he was promoted to Chief Inspector so quickly."
Chu Lingyun called Wang Sheng. This is the advantage of having your own people in the police station.
If you have something to ask, you can just give instructions directly without worrying about the other party being dishonest and not being able to find what you want.
"Yes, Commander Chu, I'm at the Fifth Precinct. I'll check on him right away."
Wang Sheng is still checking the photos. There are over a million people in Nanjing. Even if there is an age range, it is not easy to find a stray cat among so many people. He has been busy with this matter these days.
"Keep it a secret and don't let him know."
After giving the instructions, Chu Lingyun hung up the phone and picked up Fang Wanchao's information.
Fang Wanchao is a worker, and it is written that he is a skilled worker. But even as a skilled worker, his income would not be too high. The membership fee of Neon Company is five yuan, and ordinary people would not join such a company casually.
Chu Yuan found out that his wife died of illness a few years ago and left no children. Now he has a blind and mute mother. Instead of saving money to marry a wife, why would he join such a club?
His daily life has nothing to do with Japan at all.
Fang Wanchao's suspicion is much heavier than Kang Zhenghua, who Shen Hanwen is targeting.
The case is still under investigation, so we cannot say who is a Japanese spy and who is not. We have to wait for the results of the investigation.
However, with a clear investigation target, they will be able to find out any problems quickly. All Chu Lingyun has to do is wait patiently.
The first person to return was Shen Hanwen. His investigation was not difficult and he quickly found out the situation of the Japanese newspaper.
"Team Leader, that newspaper is called Mainichi Shimbun. It's headquartered in Japan and is quite influential. They have offices in Shanghai and Nanjing. They mainly collect news from our country and publish it in their newspapers."
"I looked up Kang Zhenghua. He had written several reports before. I asked someone at their office to buy some newspapers that contained his articles."
Shen Hanwen brought a stack of newspapers, which he had someone buy from the office at a high price. He also asked someone who knew Japanese to go there and said that he wanted to understand the situation in Japan and that he couldn't buy newspapers, so he came to find them.
Not many newspapers were bought, only a dozen or so, and Chu Lingyun quickly found Kang Hua's article in the signed edition.
This is a report reflecting the Chinese people's reactions. It contains many inaccuracies, but it specifically mentions that there is an organization in Nanjing that loves Japan very much and admires Japanese young people, and that is the Neon Company.
He published four articles in more than a dozen newspapers, three of which were about Neon Company. He had a deep understanding of Neon Company.
The newspaper is real, and Kang Hua's identity as a reporter should also be real. What he wrote is the result of his own investigation into Neon Company.
The content is exaggerated, but the things described in Neon Company are basically facts.
From this point of view, Kang Zhenghua is not a Japanese spy, he is just a reporter. Kang Zhenghua is the Chinese name he gave himself, and he also used two characters from his Japanese name.
It is normal for reporters to enter the company to investigate.
"You should check who he has been in contact with at Neon Company and what he has said."
The suspicions about Kang Zhenghua have been reduced a lot, but as long as there is a trace of doubt, the investigation into him will not stop until it is confirmed that he is not a Japanese spy.
This is how intelligence work works. Once you are targeted by an intelligence agency, if you don't completely eliminate suspicion, you will never have peace and will be investigated again and again.
"Yes, Team Leader."
Shen Hanwen responded, but did not leave. He asked in a low voice, "Team Leader, am I wrong? Kang Zhenghua is not a Japanese spy?"
With his real identity as a journalist and having written articles about Neon Society, Shen Hanwen knew, no matter how dumb he was, that Kang Zhenghua might be a journalist, not the agent he had guessed.
"It's not confirmed yet. We'll continue investigating him. We also need to investigate the other key suspects."
Chu Lingyun shook his head. It was common for Japanese intelligence organizations to place agents among journalists. It was easy to detect intelligence through the identity of journalists, but not all journalists were Japanese agents.
"yes."
Shen Hanwen left disappointed. Although Chu Lingyun did not ask him to give up the investigation of Kang Zhenghua, he could see from Chu Lingyun's attitude that the suspicion that Kang Zhenghua was a Japanese spy was already very small.
He thought he had found a Japanese spy and that he could make a contribution and get promoted in rank, but it turned out he had found the wrong person.
"Ring, ring, ring."
As it was almost time to get off work, the phone on Chu Lingyun's desk suddenly rang. He picked up the receiver and heard Wang Sheng's voice.