Chapter 268 New Director of Archives
3: p.m., conference room on the third floor of the Political Department.
A commendation meeting for the eradication of the "Phoenix" is being held solemnly.
Of course, the purpose of holding this meeting is obvious.
While showing off his achievements to others, it also provided a good explanation for the Party Affairs Office's earlier dispatch of people to play the role of "Phoenix" to do evil, and put all the blame on the "Phoenix".
All leaders at or above the section level from various party affairs departments attended the meeting.
Ning Caiwei was specifically responsible for recording and then compiling and reporting to important people.
Dai Nong, Mao Feng, Zheng Min and others from the Military Intelligence Department were invited to attend.
Dai Nong also questioned Xu En beside him: "Director Xu! Why didn't you let Xiang Chu participate this time? After all, it was he who hypnotized Li Maocai and made him admit that he was the 'Phoenix'."
Xu En whispered, "Acting Director! Chief Chen, that guy has ruined our operation to capture the Phoenix."
Dai Nong said angrily, "Others may not know, but I do. Li Maocai was arrested by you a long time ago."
"That's right! I hope you can understand. Haha!"
Xu En laughed to ease his embarrassment.
Soon, the meeting officially began.
Deputy Minister Zeng of the Political Department presided over the meeting personally, and Chen Fu also made an important speech.
Xu En went on stage and gave a detailed report, of course omitting the confidentiality aspect.
He also specifically mentioned Li Maocai, director of the Archives Office of the Military Intelligence Department, countless times in his report, making Dainong feel ashamed.
Finally, inspiring music started playing.
The meritorious personnel of this operation came on stage one by one to receive medals.
Xu En wore a big red flower and walked happily onto the podium first.
"Crack! Click!"
Reporters from the military newspaper and propaganda officers from the political department came forward and took pictures.
He saluted the leaders on the rostrum with great excitement, walked forward to receive the medal with a smile on his face, turned around to show the medal to the audience, and then gave a very standard military salute.
Mao Feng muttered bitterly: "Why are you showing off?"
"Good! Great!"
The participants from the Party Affairs Office applauded in unison and flattered him.
At this moment, a burly man rushed into the conference room door like a bull, shouting:
"Deputy! This is bad. The real 'Phoenix' has killed all the fake 'Phoenix' and taken away all the money that Hua Kui and his friends had robbed."
The conference room suddenly fell silent, and the inspiring music became so incongruous.
Lei Gang felt something was wrong, stopped, looked at the large banner above the venue and read:
"Warmly celebrate the commendation meeting for eradicating the Red Party's 'Phoenix'!"
"What kind of celebration are you? They are just a bunch of evildoers."
The leaders of various departments immediately understood what was going on and left angrily.
"Li Maocai is not the 'Phoenix' at all. It's unfair!"
Dai Nong also shouted loudly and left the meeting room in great anger.
In the blink of an eye, the bustling conference room became empty.
Xu En threw the big red flower and medal on his chest, pointed at Lei Gang and cursed:
"You are such a pig."
Lei Gang has a backer, so he argued:
"Director! I am reporting truthfully."
"This is simply unreasonable!"
Xu En was so angry that he stormed out.
The meeting started out with great fanfare but ended up being a lonely one.
Military Intelligence Department, Archives Room.
Xiang Chu was invited over by Lin Qiaoer.
Lin Qiaoer begged, "Brother! Director Li was your old leader. He has passed away. I dare not touch his things. Please take them away and deal with them."
Xiang Chu asked in confusion: "Shouldn't the Logistics Department or the Organization and Personnel Department handle it? Why did the Director ask you to handle it?"
Lin Qiaoer smiled and said, "The director promoted me to be the director of the archives department."
Xiang Chu was surprised and asked, "How can a little girl like you be the director of the archives room?"
Lin Qiao'er said angrily, "What are you talking about? You look down on Qiao'er, don't you?"
Xiang Chu apologized: "I'm sorry! The main reason is that I feel you are too young and not suitable for retirement in a place like this."
Lin Qiaoer hugged his arms tightly and said emotionally: "Qiaoer is willing to spend her retirement in the archives room and stay with me in the Military Intelligence Department for the rest of my life."
The door of the data room opened, Anna poked her head out and said teasingly:
"You two! You're quite affectionate."
"Let go! Anna has seen you. How are you going to get married in the future?"
Xiang Chu hurriedly pushed Lin Qiao'er away, walked into the data room, and said with a smile,
"Anna! Look at what you're busy with."
Behind him, Lin Qiaoer's coquettish voice came:
"Brother! Don't even think about getting me to marry someone else."
Anna hurriedly closed the door of the data room, turned around and followed Xiang Chu.
There's nothing special about the outer data room, just some useless files.
Xiang Chu stopped and shook his head, saying, "I'd better not watch it. If everyone blames me, I'll be in trouble."
Anna smiled and said, "Chief Xiang! It's nothing, just a few machines for monitoring telephones and radio stations."
"You can't watch that either!"
Xiang Chu shook his head and said hesitantly,
"Anna! Has Zheng Min come to the archives room recently?"
Anna moved closer to him and whispered in his ear, "Zheng Min came here yesterday afternoon. He searched everywhere in Director Li's office and asked me if you had been here. I didn't bother to pay attention to him."
"This guy is good at disguising himself. Be careful! Let's go."
Xiang Chu gave some instructions and turned to open the door of the data room.
Lin Qiaoer leaned against the door, lost her balance and fell into his arms skillfully.
"Stand still! What the hell is going on?"
Xiang Chu helped her to stand up and walked out of the archive room.
Lin Qiaoer caught up and shouted, "Brother! Why don't you take Director Li's things away?"
"How can I have the time? I'd better ask someone to come and get it."
Xiang Chu responded, not daring to stay here any longer.
For him, the archives room will be like "Pansy Cave" from now on, and he will try not to come here.
Lin Qiaoer became the director of the archives room at such a young age, she must have a strong background.
In the middle of the night, Xiang Chu turned on the radio and sent a message to his hometown:
"'Mountain Cat' and other fake 'Phoenix' impersonators have been eliminated, and the negative impact has been eliminated. It is learned that Zheng Min's code name is 'Avalanche' and he is good at disguise. A large amount of funds has been deposited into the account, please withdraw it in time. Agent No. 99!"
Xiang Chu sent the message twice and turned the radio knob to the receiving position.
He lay down on the bed and said with a smile, "Caiwei! Today, I and Liu Zhengxiong assassinated Hua Kui's group of fake 'Phoenixes' and made a lot of money. We deposited all of it into the organization's account."
Ning Caiwei smiled and said, "Brother Chu! You don't know that this afternoon the Party Affairs Office will hold a commendation meeting to celebrate the capture of the 'Phoenix'. It will make people laugh out loud."
"Really? Tell me about it."
Xiang Chu said with interest.
Ning Caiwei told him the story vividly, and they both couldn't help but burst into laughter.
At this time, the radio transmission sounded.
This time, Ning Caiwei received the telegram and decoded it as follows:
"The achievement is remarkable and deserves praise! After investigation, Guan Jie is indeed a comrade of 'Zhuangzhi', codenamed 'Qingshan', but he has been missing for several years. His characteristic is that he likes to rub his nose. According to Zheng Min's codename 'Avalanche', he may be a super agent of the White Party, who is very good at disguise. Details are to be investigated. Don't worry!"
She quickly replied that she had received it, handed the telegram to Xiang Chu, and said with a wry smile:
"I guess this Zheng Min is most likely the traitor Guan Jie."
Xiang Chu took the telegram, read it carefully, lit it, thought for a while, shook his head and said:
"No! It must be Zheng Min who disguised himself as Guan Jie and deceived Li Maocai's trust."
Ning Caiwei was shocked and said, "If that's the case, this Zheng Min is too scary. What if he turns into you one day?"
"With what you know about me, you can't recognize him? Besides, his height and body shape are very different from mine. And no matter how you disguise yourself, there are some parts of the human body that cannot be changed, such as the eyes..."
Xiang Chu simply told her everything in detail in case of any emergency.