Chapter 18: Promotion and Medal Awarding

Shen Mingchen smiled and nodded, then immediately corrected: "It's the boss personally awarding us three medals!".

After a pause, Shen Mingchen said again: "Since the Military Intelligence Bureau was established, although some have received medals, no one has ever received a medal personally awarded by the boss!".

Chen Yongren instantly understood the implied meaning behind Shen Mingchen's words.

The boss thinks highly of you; when you see him later, you must perform well.

Setting that aside, the old man really is willing to spend money, Chen Yongren thought to himself.

As for the promotion in rank, Chen Yongren had already anticipated it.

In these past few days, the number of spies caught exceeds what the Military Intelligence Bureau has caught in an entire year before; if we still don't give a rank under these circumstances, it would be somewhat excessive.

But being awarded a medal was beyond Chen Yongren's expectations.

The medals of this period have extremely high value, far from the later era when any Tom, Dick, or Harry could easily earn a few medals.

To be eligible for a medal, one must have achieved great merit to enter the Military Department's medal-award list review, and even then, selection is not guaranteed.

Even if selected, one still needs the old man's signature approval.

Therefore, the medal of this period is a genuine symbol of honor that every National Government military personnel strives for.

But to Chen Yongren, whether it's honor or not, he couldn't care less, and he doesn't care either.

But being able to receive a medal is also a good thing for Chen Yongren.

If you A Ren't outstanding, how can you quickly gain your superiors' appreciation at work?

After being awarded a medal, it also greatly helps one's future career prospects.

"Good lad, full of spirit!"

Shen Mingchen personally tidied up Chen Yongren's appearance, looked him over, and said satisfiedly.

"Let's go; the boss is our superior, we can't keep him waiting." Shen Mingchen lightly patted Chen Yongren's arm.

Under the envious gazes of the teammates, Chen Yongren followed Shen Mingchen toward the entire Military Intelligence Bureau.

It can even be said to be the most mysterious door in the whole world.

The boss's office.

Usually, besides the boss's confidants, someone like Chen Yongren, a second lieutenant, has no qualification to see the boss.

But this time.

The intelligence Chen Yongren uncovered triggered a chain reaction like pulling a radish brings out mud, directly shocking the National Government's high-level officials.

Even the boss is no exception; he naturally also wants to meet this promising young man, Chen Yongren.

Upon first seeing the boss, Chen Yongren found that he was not much different from the figure he had seen in history books.

"Boss!"

Chen Yongren, Shen Mingchen, and Lin Dayou stood straight and saluted.

The boss slightly nodded, stared at Chen Yongren, with no detectable emotion in his voice: "You are the Chen Yongren who discovered the Red Butterfly?"

"Yes!" Chen Yongren replied, neither humble nor arrogant.

Having experienced such scenes many times in his past life, Chen Yongren also felt no psychological disturbance.

If one had to say, his mind was merely curious.

Being called the most mysterious man of Huaxia, seeing the living boss for the first time, it's inevitable to have this feeling.

Since he's curious…

Chen Yongren actually wanted to listen to what this rumored spy king, whose mind is hard to fathom, truly thinks inside.

"Haha, this time I've held my head high in front of the Party Affairs Bureau!"

"Look at those losers; will they dare to look down on our Military Intelligence Bureau in the future?"

"Within the government, the military has produced so many traitors, even threatening the National Government's security, yet they noticed nothing."

"This time, the Military Intelligence Bureau really gave them a resounding slap!"

"Even when sleeping with women, I've never felt this comfortable!"

"The old man, to my face, scolded him until he was covered in dog's blood."

"See that surnamed Xu; will he dare to bare his teeth at me again? Damn it, if he dares to do so again, I'll drag this out and speak of it!"

"And damn it, smashing things in the office—if you've got the guts, smash them in front of the old man!"

……

Just these?

The boss's mysterious aura instantly faded considerably in Chen Yongren's eyes.

No matter how impressive, he's still just an ordinary person.

In the several documents he submitted, the boss strongly emphasized the incompetence of the Party Affairs Bureau for having traitors inside, and he condemned them bitterly.

He even said that although the Military Intelligence Bureau has achieved great merit, one must still be vigilant in times of peace and not be arrogant.

Chen Yongren secretly sighed.

As expected, the boss is an old silver coin; sending such a document to an irritable old man to view—it's strange if he doesn't get angry.

Even the section chief of the first department, because of this, endured the old man's torrential wrath.

The reason is also very simple.

The Butterfly Team turned several members of the Party Affairs Bureau.

The Party Affairs Bureau internally produced traitors, with solid evidence; this blame can be said to be firmly fastened on their heads.

The Party Affairs Bureau, responsible for investigating internal traitors, itself had several traitors inside—how could the old man still tolerate it?

The boss happily looked at a joke from the first department.

In short, although the boss appeared calm on the surface, inside he was so excited about these matters that he didn't sleep for several days.

Everyone was very happy.

Besides the Party Affairs Investigation Office…

Nothing makes one happier than seeing a rival's misfortune.

It is precisely because of Chen Yongren that the boss can enjoy this joke.

He's a pretty good young guy.

The boss fixed his gaze on Chen Yongren, and seeing that he had no inner turmoil, not even a flicker of evasion in his eyes, his eyes instantly gained a bit of luster.

Seeing this, Shen Mingchen quietly let out a breath of relief.

He could tell that the boss was very pleased with Chen Yongren.

Being able to promote a good seedling, as his superior, it was only natural that he would also offer praise.

"I won't waste more words on small talk; I'll now pin the medals on you." The boss stood, picked up the medals from the table, and said with a smile.

Hearing this, Chen Yongren and the two others straightened their backs.

"Section One Group Leader Shen Mingchen, for outstanding performance in the operation to capture Japanese spies, his military rank was revised; he was promoted from lieutenant to captain and awarded the Third Class Yunwei Medal."

"Thank you, boss!" Shen Mingchen exclaimed excitedly.

With the promotion in rank, the medals were also awarded according to positional rank; there was nothing to complain about.

"Section One Group Leader Lin Dafriend, for outstanding performance in the operation to capture Japanese spies, his military rank was revised from second lieutenant to lieutenant and he was awarded the Fourth Class Yunwei Medal."

"Thank you, boss!" Lin Dafriend said, his emotions stirred.

"Section One Team One member Chen Yongren, for significant meritorious performance in solving cases during the operation to capture Japanese spies, his military rank was extraordinarily promoted to second lieutenant, and his positional rank is second lieutenant."

"Appointed as deputy squad leader of Section One Team One, acting as squad leader, and awarded the Fourth Class Yunwei Medal."

After the announcements, the boss personally placed the medals on the three of them and also changed Chen Yongren's rank insignia.

Chen Yongren's promotion also temporarily filled the vacancy of the Section One Team One squad leader.

Although he was only an acting squad leader, Meng Yude was lying in the hospital, so Chen Yongren was nominally the squad leader.

Without having attended a military academy, he could obtain the rank of second lieutenant; Chen Yongren's future is limitless.

After praising Chen Yongren a few more times, the boss waved his hand, letting Lin Dafriend and Chen Yongren leave.

Shen Mingchen knew the boss had something he wanted to say to him.

After a while, the boss finally said, "Chen Yongren is a fine seedling; I really like him."