Chapter 351

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Protagonist:

Chen Yi

Jin Douna's exchange student status at Jiangning University was also the cover identity arranged for her by the organization. Because of her family's particularity, apart from members within the organization, originally no one should visit her.

In fact, even if members of the organization visited, they should first go through Liu Xinyu, rather than recklessly rushing into the school.

Chen Yi hung a Listening Scroll on himself, listening to faint sounds from afar. But his posture of not answering for a long time made Sun Juzhi feel slighted, so he flicked his sleeve and left; Principal Tan couldn't catch up, sighed, and said: "The specific report, I'll have Professor Tu send it to you, remember to read it..."

He had no way with these two people; fortunately, he was the principal, had seen many strange figures, and his old heart could still bear it.

Chen Yi smiled faintly, bid farewell to Tan Tianhua, and turned to the corridor to find the person to talk to, but at the doorway, he was grabbed by someone.

Lin Yuan wore a snow-white sportswear outfit and said heroically: "You missed the performance, you missed the sports meet; finally have time to come to school?"

"I often come to school..." Chen Yi wanted to find someone first, tried hard to look forward, like an old turtle wanting to turn over early in the morning, stretching its neck as if dancing gracefully.

Lin Yuan grabbed him and said helplessly: "There's a New Year's party at the end of the month; will you attend?"

"You seem to like holding parties?" Chen Yi said casually.

Lin Yuan's face turned red; she indeed liked the feeling on stage. Thinking about it now, the organization held several parties—perhaps there was truly a subconscious misuse of public resources for private gain.

"Parties are relatively easy to organize, and everyone is willing to participate." Lin Yuan gave another reason haltingly.

But in her heart, Lin Yuan also missed the youth and thoughts dancing on stage.

It was a kind of equal, unrestrained happiness; when standing on stage, all admiration and worship could be accepted. The stage was not like the constrained reality; it was a space of imagination; even if mistakes were made, it didn't matter... The moment one stepped up, there was no rank, no background, not even reality—the cruel reality.

Chen Yi didn't notice Lin Yuan's expression; hearing that surnamed Shi fellow walking toward the stairs, he said: "I have no time for New Year's Day, sorry, I really must go."

"Honestly." Lin Yuan stamped her foot and said: "You're busier than Luo Xiaoshan; no way, you must contribute to the class."

Luo Xiaoshan had ended his leave of absence and returned to school to study, also counting as one of the prominent figures.

Chen Yi really had no time to play these school games; after thinking, he said: "How about I help you get sponsors?"

School programs were always short of money; Jiangning University would be better, but they certainly weren't as happy as students in Europe and America.

This unexpected windfall wasn't bad; Lin Yuan pouted and let go of him, waving her hand and saying: "Then all the funds for the party rely on you."

Her tone and movements intentionally carried some dance flair, like a little wife sending her husband out, quite charming and cute, making the few boys in front drool.

Chen Yi had no time to appreciate; following the sound, he chased into the stairwell. The old stairwell entrance was very large; while wasting building area, it also increased the number of students in the cross-section considerably. Looking from top to bottom, it was either hair or dandruff; occasionally two claws scratched above, also a loyal image of ants. "Mr. Shi" was submerged among the vast students; the only thing certain was that he wasn't old, perhaps the same age as the students...

"Mm..." Chen Yi turned back to find the girl who spoke to him, failing as usual. After hesitating for a moment, he called Liu Xinyu and asked: "Recently, are your people normal?"

"Organization? No changes." Liu Xinyu's tone was relaxed, but she had actually become alert. Chen Yi had never inquired about the Research Society's affairs before.

"Is there... someone like Song Yuan?"

Song Yuan was an Inspector of the Human Development Research Society, fell into Chen Yi's hands, was interrogated by Zhu Guangliang, ultimately didn't open his mouth, and even went onto the operating table... Since immediately after this matter was the demolition in Jiangbei, Chen Yi focused his attention on the Mitsubishi Group and failed to investigate further.

Speaking of Song Yuan, it wasn't a simple matter. Liu Xinyu turned to a serious tone and said: "No Inspector, none that I know of."

"Then what is the organization's impression of Jiangning?"

"Almost nothing happened this year, and the Jiangning branch didn't do anything." Liu Xinyu said very frankly. She put most of her time and energy into the Martial Arts Hall, so naturally she contributed little to the organization's development; during that time, Jin Douna acted as substitute for more than half a year, merely maintaining the status quo.

Chen Yi put down the phone, looked outside, then picked it up and held it to his ear, asking: "Then, about that surnamed Shi person, does it remind you of anything?"

"Within the organization?"

"Yes."

Liu Xinyu calculated silently and said: "I know there are four, or five people, but I've only met one: Senior Management Shi Steward of the organization."

"A young person?"

"No. Shi Steward is about 50 years old... Mm, I haven't contacted the Research Society's senior management for several years, but I haven't seen any new person surnamed Shi in the reports either."

Chen Yi recalled the speaker. He thought the other party had no need to lie, just like 007 encountering someone asking, answering James was fine; if there were someone with Knight Faith, they wouldn't speak clear lies.

With the mindset of judging others by himself, Chen Yi asked again: "What about Middle Management?"

"Middle Management might have three people surnamed Shi, but I haven't met any of them." Liu Xinyu was also telling the truth; the regional heads were the most backbone members of the Research Society; they weren't like pseudo-reformists such as Yu Weichao; they faced real risks. Therefore, unless necessary, they wouldn't expose their identities.

By the same principle, as members of a secret organization, horizontal contact should be as little as possible; it was said she already had high enough permission.

Chen Yi could only tell her to pay attention to safety, then left the school with a head full of doubts.

To say the only thing Jin Douna was involved with outside was previously Liu Chengyou's Korean Chamber of Commerce. But after that matter, the Korean Chamber of Commerce had long since lowered its flags and silenced its drums, the person in charge had fled back to his country; now finding trouble for Jin Douna seemed superfluous.

As a principled handling method, Chen Yi didn't notify Jin Douna herself, but called Xie Wuyang, ordering him to protect Jin Douna's safety at all times.

Both were Disciples; Xie Wuyang, already married with children, was more steady; general problems could probably be handled.

One morning passed just like that.

For a sudden, dangerous sound, Chen Yi could do no more than this; he certainly couldn't delay proper business for it.

Taking advantage of the two hours at noon, Chen Yi let the small lizard autopilot and went to the Provincial Capital.

Jiangning City's vertically managed Xingju Bureau Bureau Bureau, in terms of personnel authority and management authority, was under the dual leadership of the Provincial Capital Xingju Bureau Bureau Bureau and the Jiangning Government. This was also where a planned single-listed city was inferior to a municipality directly under the central government.

Now, following Chen Yi most closely, and actually also the two people he needed most, Yan Deputy Director and Zhu Guangliang were both in the state of about to be promoted but not yet promoted. If Mayor He Fuhan were from the Chen Family, their promotions would probably have been completed long ago; but reality was the opposite. Although He Fuhan couldn't interfere with the work within the two bureaus, he could only watch helplessly as the two Deputy Positions did the work of Principal Positions. But he could block their promotions.

Fortunately, both were in the professional Xingju Bureau Bureau Bureau; the Provincial Capital still had certain personnel suggestion rights, so Chen Yi thought of achieving the goal indirectly. If it were a government department, apart from being transferred out, they could only endure it.

The Chen Family still had certain influence in Southeast Province, and Chen Yi personally went out; he almost encountered no actual obstacles. What he wanted was just a suggestion right for the City Bureau Chief; similarly listed on the table were two other people.

This was Chen Yi's first time enjoying the treatment of officialdom; previously, he was young and could only be considered a dandy—a dandy was related to money, while officialdom was related to power; according to the model of the Chinese world, from money to power was a kind of progress.

Personnel news always spread the fastest.

Chen Yi had just stepped onto the expressway on his return journey when the news of Yan Ju's promotion spread; instead, Yan Ju himself didn't know—this should be considered a kind of momentum. The personnel news people paid attention to was often about officials of equal or higher rank than themselves, so they could respond calmly. Therefore, assuming a minor official who had already heard the rumor met Yan Ju, the first thing he should pay attention to was "putting himself in the right position," and it was best to pretend he didn't know this news, while spontaneously respecting and supporting Yan Ju's leadership...

The household registration section of the police station was always a bored-to-death department; today was no exception, just changing the topic of conversation to "Yan Ju."

"Is Yan Ju 40 years old?"

"Yan Ju has risen smoothly this time."

"Yan Ju has finally been officially appointed; our section's Lao Xu is in for some good luck."

Lao Xu was a fifty-year-old middle-aged man; he pushed his glasses up with an air of equanimity and said, "Sister Liu is teasing me again," then continued reading his newspaper.

A young man wearing a shirt walked in, knocked on the counter, and asked, "I'm looking for someone."

The policewoman with the shortest seniority in the section raised her head perfunctorily, but then instantly sat up straight and said, "Who are you looking for?"

The other household registration officers all straightened up as well, as if they hadn't been chatting just now. Everyone thought a leader or an inspector had arrived, but a closer look revealed it wasn't so.

It's a handsome guy!

Everyone didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so they could only treat it as a joke. The section's biggest sister, Liu Dajie, blinked and said, "Xiao Qiu, why not get off work early this afternoon, go outside for a walk? Young people need to expand their social circle; otherwise it's hard to make friends."

The several women all laughed heartily.

The handsome guy, with red lips and white teeth, held a smile and said, "I want to find a Korean exchange student who came to China to study, named Jin Douna."

"What's your name?"

"Shi Tianlin."

"Good name."

The policewoman casually pulled out a form, pointed at it, and said, "Leave your name, mobile phone here, and also your home address and work unit. If you have a pager or landline, write those down too. Once we find the information you need, we'll notify you."

The women giggled.

"I have a mobile phone." Shi Tianlin wrote down the number and asked with a smile, "I'm a bit pressed for time on my end; can we look up the information first?"

Having gotten the mobile number, the policewoman was very satisfied.

Looks like it's time to raise the favorability. The policewoman made her decision, nodded with a beaming smile, and began operating on the screen.

Shi Tianlin casually turned the computer screen somewhat toward himself and simultaneously smiled at the policewoman.

So the latter let him look.

As the Operation Team's Group Leader, Shi Tianlin neither understood hacking techniques nor had informants, but he had a handsome face and sturdy muscles; as long as there were still women and homosexuals on Earth, that was beneficial in every situation.

"What kind of visa?"

"An X Visa, I suppose." X is issued to personnel residing for more than six months.

"Oh, found it, at Jiangning University..." The policewoman read halfway, her expression turning somewhat unsightly; the girl on the screen was too beautiful, so she immediately turned the monitor back toward herself.

Shi Tianlin chuckled, as if chatting casually, and said, "She's my friend's girlfriend; she just happened to be returning to the country, so I came to check on her behalf."

Policewoman Xiao Qiu immediately smiled again and asked, "You went abroad? Which country? I really want to go too, just never had the opportunity."

"Self-funded, cost quite a lot of money. Went to Hancheng, later the United States." Shi Tianlin's words made the policewoman's eyes shine brighter and brighter; a government-funded trip abroad indicates prospects, a self-funded trip indicates family background — the former is more valuable the less money spent, the latter more valuable the more money spent.

Young, wealthy, modest, and polite — isn't that just a Prince Charming?

The policewoman's smile became radiant, her voice sweet as she said, "The Jin Douna you're looking for currently resides at Jiangning University, H Building Room 3-502. Her information hasn't been updated for two or three months. You'll need to fill out a supplementary form."

"Oh, that's enough." Shi Tianlin said as if just remembering, and asked, "Right, can you look up information on the Korean Chamber of Commerce?"

"Which Korean Chamber of Commerce?"

"Are there several Korean Chambers of Commerce in Jiangning?" Shi Tianlin playfully blinked; he was in his twenties but could still pull off this move naturally — in technique, it truly wasn't inferior to hacking skills.

Policewoman Xiao Qiu's heart raced wildly; she truly wanted to embrace this prince and suffocate him in her bosom.

She blinked her eyes, trying her best to act cute, and said, "Jiangning only has one Korean Chamber of Commerce. But they're quite unlucky. They offended someone they shouldn't have."

"Offended who?"

"A Martial Arts Hall, you know." The young policewoman feigned nonchalance.

The household registration officers watching the spectacle grew somewhat nervous. Liu Dajie coughed twice, walked over, and said with a smile, "Young man, the Korean Chamber of Commerce is just ahead on Zhongshan Street; you'll see it when you arrive, but there aren't many people there now."

Seeing their evasive manner, Shi Tianlin didn't ask further.

After bidding farewell to the young policewoman, he got into the rented Volkswagen and made a trip to Zhongshan Street.

Although the "Korean Chamber of Commerce" was still operating, it had all converted to legitimate business. Shi Tianlin strolled two laps inside the building easily, found no one obstructing him, which also meant no one who could help him.

He immediately left the city center and headed for the Second Support Department. The Action Team needs support from other departments, but ever since Song Yuan fell into a trap in Jiangning, the Action Team here had become much more cautious. By convention, they had to sever horizontal contacts for at least three years, while the Second Support Department was established by the Organization's periphery, a top-down single-line contact belonging to the Organization Central.

After exchanging the countersign, Shi Tianlin entered the pitch-black basement and ordered, "I want information on Institute 806's activities in Jiangning."

"806? It's a research institute?" The little shopkeeper blinked his small eyes; he usually dealt in fencing stolen goods, and since hooking up with this strange organization, this was only the second time doing proper work.

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