roccoschili Chapter 196 Public Performance
Chapter 196 Public Performance
Chapter 196 Public Performance
Dai Yunong's cunning had long been ingrained in his very soul.
Even when facing his confidants, he was unwilling to reveal too much of his thoughts.
He also deeply understood the profound meaning of the word "concealment".
This question not only successfully evaded the questions from Mao Renfeng and Zheng Jiemin, but also tested Xu Baichuan's intentions.
"Reporting to the Chief, I believe he has already guessed our thoughts."
"He might even be prepared to be questioned..."
Xu Baichuan had already joined Dai Yunong's ranks when the Special Service Department was just being established, and after several years of working together, he had a deep understanding of Dai Yunong. At the same time, Xu Baichuan was also very clever, and he certainly knew how to deal with Dai Yunong's tests.
"Oh?"
"Baichuan, you have a lot of confidence in him."
"Tell me your reasons."
Dai Yunong raised an eyebrow. He clearly hadn't expected that someone as calm and experienced as Xu Baichuan would give such a definitive reply.
This piqued Dai Yunong's curiosity.
He also wanted to know why Xu Baichuan made such a confident judgment.
"The reason is simple."
"Ye Shaohong is very smart, which can be seen from his performance during his time with the Special Service Department."
"And then there's his family background. The Ye family is incredibly wealthy. This one-way mirror might be quite rare and unusual to others, but it's probably nothing special to the Ye family." Xu Baichuan smiled and gave his answer in a seemingly casual manner.
"A wealthy family?"
“That’s right, I almost forgot. The Ye family is a member of the Jiangzhe financial group, and Shao Hong’s grandfather was a follower of the Father of the Nation.”
“How could someone from such a family background be a member of the Communist Party?”
"I was overthinking it."
Dai Yunong narrowed his slender eyes, as if talking to himself or responding. He took a deep look at Ye Shaohong in the one-way mirror, and finally a slight smile appeared on his face.
Seeing this, Xu Baichuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Yaoxian, Shaohong, this is all I can do to help you."
"Whether you can survive this ordeal and achieve new merits depends on your fortune." Dai Yunong was deep in thought. Zheng Jiemin and Mao Renfeng, who were beside him, did not say anything more. They also understood the deeper meaning in Xu Baichuan's words and, after thinking about it for a while, they also expressed their deep agreement.
"That's fine."
"Anyway, everything that needs to be arranged has been arranged. Even if it's just a formality, we still want to see the result."
"Let Yao go in first."
After a short period of reflection, Dai Yunong's wariness and suspicion towards Ye Shaohong had lessened considerably, but that was all.
It is far from being completely eliminated.
So he still wanted to take another look.
"Okay, Virgo."
"I'll go and inform Yaoxian right away, and tell him to act according to the plan!"
Seeing that his plan had succeeded, Xu Baichuan was very pleased and naturally did not refuse. He stood at attention, saluted, and walked out. After leaving the room, Xu Baichuan turned and entered another room.
Inside the room, Zheng Yaoxian was also waiting quietly.
He was holding a half-burnt cigarette in his hand, deep in thought, when he heard the door open. He looked up, saw Xu Baichuan, and smiled.
"Director Xu, how is it?"
"Fortunately, I live up to my fate!"
"Yaoxian, I've kept my promise to you. Now it's all up to you how to persuade Shaohong to take on this job."
Xu Baichuan stepped forward, snatched the cigarette from Zheng Yaoxian's hand, and without any hesitation, took a deep drag, exhaling a long plume of smoke before leisurely revealing the truth.
"The truth as expected." "Although Shao Hong's plan this time looks very bold, we must admit that it is indeed the best way to break the deadlock."
"If the magistrate wants to change his current predicament, he will inevitably make a choice."
"All we need to do is give the Chief a little push and protect him."
The cigarette in Zheng Yaoxian's hand was snatched away by Xu Baichuan. He was quite helpless. He first shook his head, then took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and then opened his mouth to respond.
"He's lucky to have a good superior. If you hadn't begged me to protect him, I wouldn't have gone to the trouble of speaking up for him in front of the section chief."
"Alright, hurry up and go over there, the section chief is waiting."
Xu Baichuan took a few deep drags, stubbed out the cigarette butt, threw it on the ground, and ground it with the sole of his shoe. Then he patted Zheng Yaoxian on the shoulder, got up, and left the room.
Watching Xu Baichuan's disappearing figure, Zheng Yaoxian smiled. He got up, straightened his clothes, put on his military cap, and walked out of the room with a cigarette between his fingers.
They went directly to the door of Ye Shaohong's room.
Without knocking, Zheng Yaoxian nodded to the two field agents guarding the door as a greeting, then pushed open the door and went inside.
"Shao Hong!"
"Zheng Ke? Are you also going to undergo internal review?"
Ye Shaohong heard the door being pushed open, but he didn't turn around to look. It wasn't until Zheng Yaoxian's voice rang out that Ye Shaohong stood up.
"Then I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you. I'm not here to undergo an internal audit, but to audit you."
Even though he knew that Dai Yunong, Zheng Jiemin, and Mao Renfeng were behind the glass mirror, Zheng Yaoxian did not deliberately keep his distance from Ye Shaohong when they were facing each other.
As before, she greeted Ye Shaohong familiarly.
"Zheng Ke is in charge of the review?"
"That's great, I can finally relax now."
"I knew it! The Director is wise and capable. How could he possibly wrong me? Look, the fact that he put you in charge of the review proves that he still trusts me."
Amidst their conversation and laughter, Ye Shaohong glanced at the glass wall without making it obvious. After thinking for a moment, he still uttered two flattering words against his will.
Zheng Yaoxian was very cooperative.
"Of course! Everyone says that you, Ye Shaohong, are a rising star in our Special Service Department, and you're from Zhejiang Province. If the Director doesn't take care of you, who will he take care of?"
"Alright, let's go through the procedures first."
As the two chatted and laughed, Zheng Yaoxian had already taken his seat in the interrogation room. He opened the folder in his hand, took out a pen, and only after he was ready did he begin to ask about Ye Shaohong's basic information.
Name, gender, place of origin, resume, family background, performance after joining the company...
Don't underestimate these seemingly simple, superficial articles; it's precisely these superficial articles that offer the most room for creative expression.
For example, Ye Shaohong's place of origin, resume, and family situation are all in Ye Shaohong's file, but they are not detailed. Now that it is Ye Shaohong's turn to dictate these things, and he knows that Dai Yunong and others are watching from next door, and he also knows the purpose of their watching, Ye Shaohong's narration has taken a different direction.
For example, when talking about his school days, he specifically mentioned that he had studied at the same school as Chiang Kai-shek, and also mentioned the stories about Chiang Kai-shek that their teacher had told them during their school years.
There was also his family background, financial situation, his grandfather's identity, his father's background as a wealthy businessman from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, his mother's family background from the prominent Chen clan of Jiangshan, and so on. Ye Shaohong recounted these things, and Zheng Yaoxian recorded them truthfully.
The news reached the next room. Even though Dai Yunong, Zheng Jiemin, and Mao Renfeng all knew a bit about his resume, they couldn't help but gasp in astonishment when they heard Ye Shaohong recount the story in person, hearing the details that others didn't know.
"Goodness, this kid has been born with a silver spoon in his mouth. His life story is truly astonishing."
"If you were to say that someone like him is a member of the Communist Party, I would absolutely not believe it. No matter how you look at it, he is a pillar of the Nationalist government..."