Genius Agent

Chapter 131 Keep Trying

"Sir, how could doing this offend them?"

Noodles stared wide-eyed. He really didn't understand what Su Yuncheng was saying. Whether or not to hire someone is the boss's prerogative, isn't it?

"They'll think, why did they choose those two and not me? Are they looking down on me?"

"They don't see anything wrong with themselves; instead, they think they are better than the two people who were hired. They feel that if we don't use them and use others instead, it is an insult to them, and they will hold a grudge in their hearts."

Su Yuncheng patiently explained that it was just noodles; he wouldn't have said so much to anyone else.

The noodles need to grow, and Su Yuncheng is patient enough to wait for them to grow.

"I understand, thank you for your clarification, sir."

The noodles suddenly realized that he hadn't thought that much about it. Recruitment is a matter of mutual consent. If we don't want to hire them, they can simply leave.

He never imagined that a job fair would have so many intricacies.

I know too little about noodles. They are a microcosm of many ordinary people in this era. Even if some ordinary people are smarter, they are not on the same level as those who have been working hard for many years because of their knowledge and experience.

There's a radish and a hole, but the key isn't the hole, but who the radish is.

Su Yuncheng wanted people with pure hearts; the others all had some issues, and they weren't the kind of people Su Yuncheng needed, so he naturally wouldn't give them this opportunity.

"Do your job well."

Su Yuncheng offered a few words of encouragement to the noodles, knowing that the noodles had been working very hard these past few days, keeping a very close eye on things.

Moreover, he would give a detailed report on how much money was spent and where it was spent, and he would even save money on his own meals whenever possible.

Su Yuncheng had told him not to skimp on food expenses and to eat well every day, but he still habitually ate ordinary and cheap food.

"Who let the body out?"

At the Xiafei Road Police Station, Lu Mingxuan was furious. He had specifically asked about it earlier that day, only to discover that the two Japanese corpses were missing.

This is evidence to convict the Japanese. He is verifying the identities of these two men. Once their identities are confirmed, the Japanese will be unable to deny this.

The body suddenly disappeared.

The Japanese had previously contacted him through the Green Gang, wanting the two bodies back, but he refused.

His reasons for refusing were valid: the case was too big, and Chief Durant was a stubborn man; if he paid money to release the body, he would be finished.

Unexpectedly, the Japanese couldn't get through to him and still managed to take the body away.

"Reporting to the chief inspector, it's Supervisor Hawthorne."

One of them replied in a low voice. Lu Mingxuan was taken aback. "Huo Sang?"

Actually, inside the police station, Lu Mingxuan disagreed, and this was the only person left who could make the decision; he should have guessed that earlier.

Hawthorne's name sounds somewhat Chinese, but that's just his surname; he was a native Frenchman.

In the French Concession, the French were the masters, and the locals were merely servants; they could never afford to offend the French.

"Mr. Hawthorne, why did you release those two Japanese corpses?"

Lu Mingxuan went to Hawthorne's office and asked in a low voice, "The supervisors don't have the power to appoint or dismiss him, but they are watching his every move."

They can report anything that doesn't conform to French regulations.

None of the chief inspectors of any police station dared to offend their supervisors.

"Someone above gave the order, and there's nothing I can do about it."

Hawthorne sighed. There was indeed someone above speaking up, and he could have easily blocked it if he wanted to, but they had sent over a lot of gold bars.

He could stop the person who spoke, but he couldn't stop the gold bars.

He's not like Dylan, serious and earnest. He came all the way to China just to make money.

Two corpses for ten gold bars—a bargain! Only a fool would refuse.

"I understand, thank you, but Qian Hao absolutely cannot be released."

Lu Mingxuan spoke cautiously, and Huo Sang immediately nodded: "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

The Japanese did indeed demand Qian Hao, but he refused. Hawthorne was greedy, but he wasn't stupid. Qian Hao was a Chinese agent who had been involved in this affair.

Dulang knew him and wanted to use him to put pressure on the Chinese and Japanese. He could disregard the dead, but he would release the living directly. Dulang would make him regret it.

He also bears responsibility for this incident. He will not budge on Qian Hao's matter, no matter how much money is offered.

"I'm going out now."

Lu Mingxuan didn't stay with the supervisors for long. Despite earning a lot, he had to share a portion of all his earnings with the supervisors.

If I don't give it to him, he won't last long as the chief inspector.

Not only him, but all the chief inspectors are the same; the supervisors are the noose around their necks, and they must be fed.

With the body gone, the evidence is gone too.

Lu Mingxuan had no choice but to keep an eye on Qian Hao for now, and let the higher-ups deal with the mess.

"Section Chief, the body has been brought back, but Hawthorne refuses to release Qian Hao."

Sato was in the Special Higher Police Division, reporting to Saito. Fortunately, he brought back the body; otherwise, the division chief would have no way to explain himself.

"Just bring the body back. We won't acknowledge Qian Hao's side of the story."

Qian Hao is Chinese, but they refuse to admit it, claiming that Qian Hao deliberately framed them. The police station has no evidence and can do nothing about it.

The main issue is their bodies; this evidence cannot be kept. Sato did a good job.

"What a pity for Qian Hao. He's so spineless; he just confessed like that?"

Sato said regretfully that although Qian Hao's rank was not high, he was of great value in the intelligence group at the Shanghai station.

Qian Hao was able to provide them with a lot of important intelligence.

Now that this pawn is completely useless, but he is Chinese after all. Bringing him back will give us someone who understands Chinese spies and can help us devise strategies.

"Who turned Qian Hao?"

Saito asked first, and Sato paused for a moment before replying, "It's Ken Kato."

"Kato Takeru, the injured one?"

Saito also knew Kato Ken, after all, he was so unlucky that he was injured in that very place and became a cripple.

"Yes."

Sato bowed his head in response, while Saito nodded slightly: "Give him encouragement, encourage him to work hard, and try to continue to win over the people at the Shanghai station."

"Hai, I'll arrange it for him right away."

Sato understood that he had passed this hurdle. As for the losses of the action team, they were irrelevant to him, and the intelligence team suffered no losses either.

In his mind, these people deserved to die, and they all deserved to die.

If they hadn't made a mistake that alerted the Chinese agents, so many of them wouldn't have died, and they might even have been able to wipe out all the Chinese agents.

The operation failed, and it was all the operation team's fault.

Sato already looked down on these roughnecks, and now he despised them even more.

Kento Kato was in his office at that moment.

"Kato, come here for a second."

Endo passed by the office and immediately called out to him when he saw him.

"Captain, did you need to see me?"

Upon arriving at Endo's office, Ken Kato immediately asked...

"It's nothing. You're not responsible for Qian Hao's losses, so don't worry about it."

Endo knew how important Qian Hao was to Kato Ken. After all, having such an inside man in his possession gave Kato Ken a much higher status in the intelligence group than others.

They will have a better chance of being promoted in the future.

With Qian Hao gone, the biggest loss for the intelligence team this time was Kato Ken, and of course, himself as well.

Qian Hao is also a card in his hand, and a very important one at that.