Rebirth of Siheyuan starts in the 1980s

Chapter 553 The absolutely lonely lone hero

Author: Tang Juyi

Chapter 553 The absolutely lonely lone hero

As soon as he heard what Anping said, Cao Zhiqiang understood that it was the big boss who invited him.

The so-called "signal tower" is actually Uncle Lin's code name.

Originally, when Cao Zhiqiang first came into contact with Uncle Lin, he had not yet engaged in these code names. The main reason was that he was not deeply involved.

But after the Tu-160 bomber deal, Cao Zhiqiang's confidentiality level skyrocketed to the highest level.

At this point, it is inevitable to call them by code names.

For example, the secret organization invented by Cao Zhiqiang is referred to as "Mist" in China.

Cao Zhiqiang, the middleman appointed by "Misty", is referred to as "Fog Lamp".

As for Mr. Lin, Cao Zhiqiang's top contact, he refers to him as "signal tower".

Using codenames is not unnecessary, but is similar to slang, which sometimes makes it more difficult for others to see through.

At the same time, in order to prevent accidents, the two people originally assigned to Cao Zhiqiang, namely Anping and Xu Chun, were completely cut off by the relevant departments, which meant that their relationship was sorted out from the beginning.

This means that from now on, Anping and Xu Chun are Cao Zhiqiang's people. Apart from contacting Cao Zhiqiang and obeying Cao Zhiqiang's orders, they are strictly prohibited from contacting their past bosses or colleagues.

In other words, in order to ensure the safety of Cao Zhiqiang to the greatest extent, Anping and Xu Chun will no longer set up separate online lines in the future. Their only online line is Cao Zhiqiang. Without Cao Zhiqiang's order, they are not allowed to contact others casually.

In this way, an isolated three-person team was formed. This three-person team, with Cao Zhiqiang as the core, had and could only contact Uncle Lin himself, thus minimizing the possibility of exposure.

Of course, Uncle Lin himself, the so-called signal tower, can contact Cao Zhiqiang by contacting Anping and Xu Chun.

In other words, Anping and Xu Chun cannot directly contact Uncle Lin beyond Cao Zhiqiang, but Uncle Lin can directly contact Anping or Xu Chun.

Just like now, Uncle Lin contacted Anping through a special method and asked Anping to find Cao Zhiqiang.

Since the big boss has invited me, Cao Zhiqiang will definitely go.

But what he didn't expect was that the meeting place this time was actually at the home of the big boss, Uncle Xu.

If you think about it carefully, although Uncle Lin is engaged in secret work, his status is too high and his status is sensitive. In the eyes of interested people, he is as obvious as a star in the dark night.

Therefore, if Cao Zhiqiang often comes into contact with Uncle Lin, this will definitely be detrimental to Cao Zhiqiang.

As for Uncle Lin's work unit, although the confidentiality level is very high, it is precisely because the confidentiality level is too high that if Cao Zhiqiang frequents such places, he will still be suspected.

Therefore, the best way is to secretly go to places that others can ignore.

Although Uncle Xu is a high-ranking official, he used to be a leader in metallurgy and is now retired. He is an old man who retires at home. Even if he has some energy and connections, in the eyes of most people, or in the eyes of Western spies, he has already

Not a character worthy of attention.

The relationship between Uncle Xu and Cao Zhiqiang is one of continuous separation. After all, Cao Zhiqiang contracted Hongguang Publishing House in the first place. Anyone who is interested can definitely find out that it is because of Uncle Xu's relationship.

And in the eyes of most people, the big backstage behind Cao Zhiqiang is Uncle Xu who has retired at home, so it is reasonable and reasonable for Cao Zhiqiang to visit Uncle Xu's house and will never arouse suspicion.

Furthermore, when Cao Zhiqiang first handed over the system reward information to the state, it was through Uncle Xu, so Uncle Xu has been closely related to this matter since then and can be regarded as one of the insiders.

What's more, Uncle Xu is an old-hearted person. Although he has retired, it seems that he is quite happy to be the middleman.

After all, doing this kind of thing is also a dedication to the country, and after Uncle Xu has worked all his life, the biggest bottom line is to serve the country and the people.

I think back then, Uncle Xu was willing to give Cao Zhiqiang a chance to try to contract a publishing house and publish his own works. Although he was indeed optimistic about Cao Zhiqiang's talent and wanted to express his support for reform, he was also criticized by Cao Zhiqiang's patriotic songs.

Impressed.

Otherwise, Uncle Xu would be too lazy to do anything.

Soon, Cao Zhiqiang and Anping left the hotel, took a taxi, and then went directly to Uncle Xu's community to get off the car a block away, and then walked to Uncle Xu's community.

After registering under the supervision of the guard at the door and making a phone call to confirm, the armed police on guard let the two people go.

After entering the community, Cao Zhiqiang walked to Uncle Xu's house by familiar means.

The person who opened the door was Uncle Xu's wife, the leader's wife, not the nanny. It was said that the nanny had asked for leave.

Afterwards, Anping stayed in the living room, while Cao Zhiqiang went directly to the study under the instructions of the leader's wife.

When I walked into the study, I saw Uncle Xu and Uncle Lin playing Go. We were having a great time playing Go.

Seeing Cao Zhiqiang enter the door, Uncle Lin laughed, waved his hand, messed up the chess pieces on the chessboard, and said to the astonished Uncle Xu: "The real master is here, we can't play anymore."

"Ha!" Uncle Xu laughed angrily, "You are about to lose, and you can't say anything anymore? You're lying!"

Uncle Lin curled his lips and said, "I've been so busy all day long. How can I have so much free time like you and have the time to think about this? Okay, stop making trouble and go out for fun. Let me have a good chat with Comrade Xiao Cao.

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"Okay." Uncle Xu smiled, "You just bully me, a retired old man! Forget it, I can't afford to offend but I can hide."

After saying that, Uncle Xu stood up, put his hands behind his back, smiled and nodded at Cao Zhiqiang, and then walked straight out of the study, leaving space for Cao Zhiqiang and Uncle Lin.

After Uncle Xu left and consciously closed the door, Uncle Lin smiled and waved to Cao Zhiqiang, and then pointed to the place where Uncle Lin was sitting, which was opposite Uncle Lin.

Cao Zhiqiang didn't show any pretense, he quickly came to the seat in front of Uncle Xu and sat down directly.

"Want a plate?" Uncle Lin looked at Cao Zhiqiang.

Cao Zhiqiang quickly shook his head: "No."

Just kidding, this old man is Cao Zhiqiang’s immediate boss, and he obviously likes to cheat. There’s no point in playing chess with him. That’s looking for abuse.

"You really can't?" Uncle Lin's eyes lit up.

"Really not." Cao Zhiqiang shook his head firmly, "Not at all."

"It's a pity, it's a pity." Uncle Lin shook his head with regret, "Then we can only talk."

"Having a casual chat is better, a casual chat is more formal." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile.

Uncle Lin nodded: "Would you like some water?"

"No need." Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "I drank a lot of water and coffee before coming here."

"Ah." Uncle Lin smiled, "Drinking coffee with Lou Xiao'e?"

Cao Zhiqiang raised his eyebrows subconsciously, and was very surprised that Uncle Lin knew about this, but he quickly nodded: "Yes."

"Lou Xiao'e." Uncle Lin raised his head and touched his chin, "This woman is okay. Although she is a bit philistine, she is still a target of solidarity. It is still okay to have contact with her."

Speaking of this, Uncle Lin looked at Cao Zhiqiang: "But, okay, why did you provoke her?"

Cao Zhiqiang thought for a while, carefully considered the words, and then told everything he thought.

According to Cao Zhiqiang, she wanted to develop in Hong Kong through Lou Xiao'e's relationship a long time ago, that is, before she contracted Hongguang Publishing House.

After all, he has the talent to write songs and sing, and he is also very good at writing books. If he goes to Hong Kong to develop, he will gain more and live a better life.

This reason is very reasonable. After all, during this period, every ordinary person wants to go to Hong Kong to develop, but most people do not have the opportunity.

It was just that after Cao Zhiqiang contracted the publishing house and was selected as a middleman by the mysterious organization codenamed "Mist", he stopped thinking about it for a while, until Lou Xiao'e suddenly came again, and he started to think about it again.

Because Cao Zhiqiang believes that the foggy organization is most likely a foreign organization. In other words, Cao Zhiqiang will most likely go abroad frequently in the future.

Of course, with Uncle Lin's ability, it is not difficult to arrange for Cao Zhiqiang to go abroad, but if you do so, there will be some traces.

Therefore, for the sake of safety, Cao Zhiqiang hopes to go abroad in a more reasonable way.

During this period, Cao Zhiqiang wanted to go to Japan or Europe and the United States. After all, he had no problem communicating in Japanese and English.

But in these places, the power projected by the state is too weak, and he is afraid that if something happens, he will be detained and unable to come back.

Therefore, after much deliberation, he felt that the best venue for the event was Hong Kong.

Hong Kong is still a British colony, but it is very close to China and is China's main port of exchange with the West.

If he goes there, Cao Zhiqiang does not need to change his nationality. He can also use the name of business as a cover to better serve the motherland.

Among them, Lou Xiao'e's identity is more important.

If Cao Zhiqiang goes to settle in Hong Kong through Lou Xiao'e's relationship, then it all seems reasonable.

It's just that Lou Xiao'e is not related to him, so if you want Lou Xiao'e to help, you must have a reasonable reason.

Cao Zhiqiang and Lou Xiao'e used to be neighbors. In addition, Cao Zhiqiang had previously opened a restaurant called "Shiweitian" in Beijing. He had also dragged He Yuzhu from the courtyard to work together and gave him 10% of the shares.

He Yuzhu and Lou Xiao'e have a male-female relationship, and they have a child. At least half of the reason why Lou Xiao'e came back this time was for He Yuzhu, because she wanted to get back together with He Yuzhu and start a family again.

Therefore, Cao Zhiqiang used "Food is the Heaven" as bait, negotiated a deal with Lou Xiao'e, and decided to sell all of Cao Zhiqiang's "Food is the Heaven" shares to Lou Xiao'e. Lou Xiao'e gave Cao Zhiqiang 200,000 US dollars and would also give

Cao Zhiqiang provides Hong Kong lawyers to help Cao Zhiqiang with investment immigration.

Yes, Cao Zhiqiang’s idea is that he wants to make money first, and then use his own strength to immigrate to Hong Kong through investment immigration.

In this way, in the eyes of outsiders, he is just an ordinary rich man who is greedy for prosperity. This kind of person is the least need to guard against.

When the time comes, after he goes to Hong Kong, he will first open an entertainment company, get involved in the entertainment industry, and continue to make money by singing. At the same time, he will also open a trading company to conduct trade with the mainland.

With a trading company as a cover, as long as the country provides certain conveniences, it will be more convenient to trade with "Mist" in the future.

Hong Kong is a free port and its financial industry is quite developed, making it a perfect smuggling destination.

However, if the business expands, Uncle Lin will need to work hard to expand the port and infrastructure in Shekou, especially building a large airport and railway lines, so that "special goods" can be transported more conveniently.

In addition, Hainan is also a good choice.

Cao Zhiqiang feels that in addition to Shekou, Hainan also needs to build a secret port with an airport to facilitate further cooperation with "Mist" in the future.

In short, Cao Zhiqiang believes that cooperation with Miwu must be secretive and secretive.

During this period, Cao Zhiqiang will inevitably have to travel everywhere, at least in mainland China, Hong Kong and even abroad.

In this case, he must have a reasonable identity.

If you are just a businessman, it is not safe, but if you add the status of an international artist, it will be perfect.

If Cao Zhiqiang became an internationally famous star, it would be normal for him to travel to various countries.

Normally, an entertainment star would not be suspected of being a spy. After all, normally, entertainment stars have nothing to do with sensitive industries.

As for entertainment stars also running trading companies, this is normal. After making money, they will naturally invest in various industries.

What Cao Zhiqiang means is that after he plans to go to Hong Kong, he will continue to cooperate with Lou Xiao'e's family.

This time, it seems more normal. After all, they have had a cooperative relationship and are relatively familiar with each other.

Secondly, Lou Xiao'e obviously wants to come to the mainland to develop, which will also facilitate better control of Lou Xiao'e in the future.

In short, Cao Zhiqiang does not want to change his established development strategy because of the existence of "fog".

On the contrary, he believes that precisely because of the emergence of "fog", he must complete his previous development strategy step by step, because this is the best disguise.

"Uncle Lin." After saying this, Cao Zhiqiang said seriously, "Although I am still young and don't know many things clearly, I can also see that this foggy organization is very unusual and has quite a lot of energy. I am afraid that behind the scenes

There are Western countries or super consortiums operating.

At present, it seems that when the other party finds me, it is not because I am special, but because they happen to need a suitable person to be a middleman to help them connect.

I don't know their purpose for doing this, but it's most likely to balance international relations.

Also, since the other party can give us some equipment and technology that are currently in service with the US military and are not allowed to be exported, it means that there must be American power involved.

Therefore, I have reason to suspect that the current transaction with my country is just the beginning. In the future, as the contact between the two parties becomes more and more frequent, the products and content of the transaction will become more and more extensive.

Therefore, I think the country should pay attention to it, and it is not an exaggeration to set up a national-level task force for this purpose."

"What you said makes sense." Uncle Lin nodded, "In fact, the central government has secretly issued an order and decided to upgrade the fog to the highest level, and is indeed preparing to set up a special project team.

I had some doubts about you at first, but after listening to your previous plans, I have no doubts anymore.

In short, you can do it with confidence and if you have any difficulties, just tell me and I will try my best to solve it for you!

But..."

After a pause, Uncle Lin said: "Although we would like to continue to cooperate in depth with the Mist Organization, we do not have enough money in foreign exchange, so if you go to Japan this time, if you contact them, ask them if you can settle in RMB?

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Cao Zhiqiang blinked: "Well... I can help ask, but I hope you don't have too high hopes."

"I understand, I understand." Uncle Lin sighed, "It's just asking for a high price and paying back on the spot. When it comes to negotiating, we have to be bolder, especially when we are very poor."

"Hehehe." Cao Zhiqiang smiled and said nothing.

Uncle Lin pursed his lips, and then said: "This time, we can only give you 500 million U.S. dollars, which is regarded as the down payment for the last transaction.

For the rest, our bottom line is to repay the remaining 1.5 billion US dollars in three years, but it is best to repay it in ten years. In this regard, we hope you can bargain for us more."

Cao Zhiqiang blinked: "Okay, I understand, I will try my best!"

Uncle Lin scratched his head: "There is nothing left to say.

Oh, by the way, I actually wanted to introduce you to one of our secret contacts in Japan. If necessary, you can ask the contact person there for help, but considering your special situation, I won’t tell you yet.

Anyway, your matter is very special. If one less person knows about it, then one less person will know about it.

At present, very few people know about the fog, and you yourself have not undergone much counter-espionage training. This is a disadvantage and an advantage.

Therefore, we decided to let you play freely. After all, you are a smart person, and if someone can choose you, you must have your own uniqueness, so we should not add any unnecessary extravagance."

Upon hearing this, Cao Zhiqiang understood that the other party regarded him as a pawn crossing the river fighting alone.

If he fights alone and does not contact other secret front comrades, even if he is caught, he will not know the members of other secret front organizations and will not be able to dig out much useful information from him.

And if he has not been caught and has been acting as a middleman in the transaction with Mist, then the country will naturally benefit greatly.

In short, the country hopes to continue to cooperate in depth with Miwu, but it does not want Miwu to know too much about the domestic situation, especially the situation of the secret front.

In other words, the country attaches great importance to the mist, but does not particularly trust it. It does not want to become dependent on the mist. At most, it regards it as a useful supplement.

Therefore, Cao Zhiqiang's line is an absolutely lonely lone hero. It is best if nothing happens, and it doesn't matter if something happens. After all, Cao Zhiqiang doesn't know much.

Although Cao Zhiqiang knew that from a national perspective, this was the best choice, he still felt a little unhappy when he heard this.

But thinking about it on the other hand, this is actually the best way to protect him.

After all, the more people who know, the more likely they are to leak the secret.

If Cao Zhiqiang is not allowed to contact and communicate with other secret fronts, then he will not know about other secret fronts, and other secret fronts will not know about him. In this way, if something goes wrong with other secret fronts, he will not be implicated.

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This may seem cold and ruthless, but in fact there is tenderness and care within the coldness.

As for how to understand it, it depends on how you personally think about it.

"I understand." Cao Zhiqiang took a deep breath and said with a serious face, "From now on, I will be more careful and focus on preserving myself. Under this premise, I will try my best to help the country trade with Mist.

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"Very good!" Uncle Lin also nodded seriously, "If you think so, that's the best.

Remember, your own safety is the most important, even if you give up the deal with Mist, you will not hesitate.

In a word, you can do whatever you want, but you must never expose yourself!

Under the premise of not exposing yourself, try to trade with Mist as safely as possible, do you understand what I mean?"

"Understood." Cao Zhiqiang said, "Please rest assured, chief, we will complete the mission!"

(End of chapter)