Chapter 1267
Lack of trust
Chapter 1267 Lack of trust
Liu Shang is not a good drinker, after sharing a bottle of Sanya special wine with Jiang Han, his mind was already a little confused.Jiang Han wanted to order a second bottle, but Liu Shang hurriedly raised his hand to stop him, and asked the waiter in the shop to serve him a cup of hot tea to refresh himself.Jiang Han wanted to persuade him to drink a few more drinks, but Liu Shang said that he had to see Chang Degao the next day, and he couldn't delay the business, so Jiang Han didn't dare to force him anymore.
Even so, when Liu Shang left the restaurant, he was still top-heavy and hadn't fully regained his sobriety.Jiang Han didn't react too much, he helped him out of the restaurant, called a rickshaw over, paid the fare for him, and asked the driver to take him back to his residence.In the end, Jiang Han stuffed an envelope in his hand: "A little gift, Mr. Liu, don't refuse."
Before Liu Shang could react, Jiang Han asked the coachman to set off.All the way back to the residence, the other people who are still living in the same courtyard with him are still enjoying the shade in the patio, and they all greeted him when he came back.However, Liao Yuan's subordinates didn't know Liu Shang's true identity very well, and they didn't pay much attention to his access.
Liu Shang went back to the room and lit the candles, then took out the envelope that Jiang Han had just given him and opened it. Inside were three Haihan Circulation Coupons with a face value of [-] yuan, which was equivalent to his salary for two months of storytelling in the teahouse.Liu Shang can naturally understand Jiang Han's gesture of goodwill. They expect him to maintain this network after he enters the Yamen.However, Liu Shang is not a person who is short of money, and Jiang Han's actions will not have any influence. Whether this personal relationship should be maintained in the future depends on whether it is necessary.
Liu Shang put away the money, drank a few sips of the cold water that was put on the table in the morning, and was about to turn on the lamp and go to bed, when someone knocked on the door: "Is Mr. Liu asleep?"
Liu Shang woke up halfway when he heard that he was dozing off. From the sound of his voice, he could hear that it was Liao Yuan who was knocking on the door outside the house. It is reasonable to say that he should be on duty at night at the store, but at this time he suddenly came back to look for him. Could it be that there is an emergency happening? ?
Liu Shang hurriedly put on his half-taken clothes again, opened the door and saw that it was indeed Liao Yuan, and immediately lowered his voice and asked, "What's the matter?"
Liao Yuan coughed dryly and said, "Today, Boss Liu gave out fresh fruits as benefits. I brought some back for my brothers to try out. I also brought a copy to Mr. Liu by the way."
Seeing his expression, Liu Shang knew that he had something to say, so he thanked him first and invited him to sit in the room.
After the two sat down in the room, Liao Yuan revealed his real intention: "I heard that someone went to the teahouse to meet you today. Is it someone from the government?"
Liu Shangqi said: "There is indeed such a thing, but how do you know?"
When he met Chang Degao in the afternoon, Jiang Han was the only one who accompanied him throughout the whole process. He didn't even come to the backyard, and after he came back, he didn't reveal today's experience to those who lived with him. Where did Liao Yuan hear this? the wind?
Liao Yuan sighed and said: "Someone saw the officials from the Propaganda Department go to Xinlong Teahouse in the afternoon, and they left quietly after dinner, and you were called to the back hall after finishing your book, so I think that person should be I went to look for you, and sneaked back at night to ask you."
"You... are spying on me?" After hearing these words, the remaining alcohol in Liu Shang's mind evaporated in an instant.No, Liao Yuan was not only monitoring himself, he should have put the entire teahouse under surveillance.
Although Liu Shang and Liao Yuan are from the same camp, they have no relationship between superiors and subordinates, and their missions in Sanya are also different.Liu Shang had previously advised Liao Yuan to change his career so that he could get in touch with the upper class more easily, but his starting point was just a trick, and the humility shown by Liao Yuan was not out of subordinates' obedience to their superiors .
In the final analysis, they are just colleagues who have been sent to Sanya to carry out missions one after another. They each have their own development directions. Strictly speaking, they are not even considered partners. However, Liu Shang sensed that Liao Yuan might be consciously monitoring his situation in private. It is inevitable that I will still be shocked by the daily movements.He didn't expect that the task of coming here had just begun to have a little idea, and his colleagues had already regarded him as a target of defense.
The expression on Liao Yuan's face did not change, and he responded lightly: "Mr. Liu, you do your thing and I do mine. That's all. Don't misunderstand me. Besides, I'm not talking to you right now. Report?"
Liu Shang took a deep breath and pressed his anger back to his chest. He also knew that what Liao Yuan said was not wrong. He didn't know whether the other party's task included monitoring him, and he had no right to ask the other party not to do so. Do.However, Liao Yuan came back to inquire about this matter so anxiously, which seemed a bit out of bounds. After all, his mission was carried out in a single line, and no one told him when he came, that Liao Yuan could directly ask about the progress of his mission.
Liu Shang nodded slowly and said, "You must not disclose the progress of the next task to the second person at will, just like the errand you are doing right now, you must not disclose it to me easily."
Liao Yuan was not angry when he touched this soft nail, and said unhurriedly: "That's true, but the next task is to ensure the safety of other people lurking in the local area, and the surveillance of the teahouse is also for the sake of Mr. Liu safety. Someone has to do this kind of thankless job.”
Liu Shang was secretly surprised. If Liao Yuan hadn't lied, he could at least be sure of two things now. One was that Liao Yuan was indeed responsible for monitoring him, and the other was that there might be more than the two groups of accomplices lurking in the area.And these two pieces of information were unknown to him before he set off for Sanya. It seemed that his position and role in this plan were far less important than he expected.
Liu Shang thinks that his mind is much smarter than ordinary people, he is eloquent and has a good memory. After accepting the task of lurking in Sanya, he feels that he should be the central figure of the whole plan, and he should be the front-line commander in the future.This Liao Yuan is a warrior and has no brains. In his opinion, he can only do some low-level livelihood of looking after the house and nursing home. In the future, he will probably only be able to act as his own pawn to complete some tasks that require violence.But now it seems that the situation seems to be quite different from what I imagined.
Liao Yuan is not a reckless man, at least Liu Shangke didn't realize that he was spying on him before that.Although Liao Yuan now claims that this kind of monitoring is for the purpose of "protection", this kind of protection that kept Liu Shang completely unaware beforehand is itself a manifestation of lack of trust in him.
Liu Shang's two hands under the table slowly clenched into fists, but his face still responded very calmly: "So that's the case, I misunderstood Brother Liao. As you expected, there is indeed a government official today. People who have been to the teahouse have already met me."
After Liu Shang finished speaking, he stopped abruptly, as if he had no intention of extending the topic further.Seeing this, Liao Yuan had no choice but to ask again: "Then the other party came to invite Mr. Liu to join?"
Liu Shang didn't open his mouth to answer his question, but just nodded slightly as a response.
"It's over?" Liao Yuan continued to ask relentlessly.
"Whether it will work or not, I will go to the port management committee tomorrow to see the result." Liu Shang finally gave an uncertain answer.
Liao Yuan was naturally unhappy when he was dealt with by Liu Shang so eccentrically. If he didn't have a mission, he would really like to give this self-righteous poor literati a little color.Liao Yuan stood up slowly and said, "In that case, let's contact Mr. Liu after finishing his work tomorrow!"
Liu Shangzhan didn't even stand up, he just cupped his hands and said, "It's getting late, so Liu will send you off soon."
No matter how good-tempered Liao Yuan was, he couldn't help snorting when he saw Liu Shang's attitude, and turned around and walked out of Liu Shang's room.Liu Shang closed the door and turned on the lamp, undressed and went to bed, but his mind kept thinking about the conversation with Chang Degao in the afternoon and the conversation with Liao Yuan just now.What Liu Shang was thinking about was not Liao Yuan's attitude, but the purpose of Liao Yuan's spying on Xinlong Teahouse, as well as the position and role of himself and Liao Yuan in the whole plan.
In addition to monitoring his own movements, does Liao Yuan have other tasks that he does not know about?For example, when his actions failed or even his identity was exposed, he would cut off this line in time, so as not to be uprooted by Hai Han.Thinking of such a possibility, Liu Shang couldn't help but shudder. He also knew that his organization had spent a lot of effort on this latent plan, and would never allow one of the links to go wrong and implicate the overall plan.
When Liu Shang came to Sanya, he also thought about assigning himself and Liao Yuan's group together. Perhaps the superior wanted to arrange for them to accept his command in the future, but it seems that this is not the case now.In addition to lurking in Sanya, the task of Liao Yuan and others is to monitor other lurkers including themselves, and to grasp the progress of each person's mission.From this point of view, Liao Yuan was more like a superior sitting in the rear, while he himself became a subordinate who charged forward.
If this situation is true, it is definitely not a good thing for Liu Shang.This is not just a question of who gets on and who gets off, but directly poses a great threat to his safety.Originally, Liu Shang thought that only Liao Yuan knew his true identity. As long as Liao Yuan did not have an accident, the possibility of being implicated would be basically zero, but now it seems that Liao Yuan may still be in contact with other hidden personnel. , it is very likely that the radish will be pulled out and the mud will be pulled out, which will involve Liao Yuan and himself, and the risk of exposure will also be greatly increased.
And if the cooperation between Liu Shang and Liao Yuan is not smooth enough, then maybe one day Liao Yuan will quietly take care of him in the name of "safety". This kind of thing is not news in the organization.It is an unspoken rule that most people in this business tacitly agree to, and even Liu Shang himself is no exception.If necessary, he will also try to get rid of hidden dangers that may threaten his safety, even if this hidden danger is an accomplice like Liao Yuan.
Thinking of this, Liu Shang regretted his previous attitude towards Liao Yuan too harshly. Offending Liao Yuan at this time would not be beneficial to his future situation.At least he had to gain a place in Haihan's government first, and after raising his social status, he would slowly seek to occupy a more important position in this latent plan.When I look back, I need to find a suitable time to ease the little unhappiness with Liao Yuan.
As for the possibility of entering the Propaganda Department, Liu Shang thinks that there should be more than [-]%.In the short conversation with Chang Degao today, he could clearly feel that the other party's invitation was not an optional temptation, but a sincere desire to win him over.As long as there are no major mistakes in tomorrow's interview, this matter should be finalized soon.And when he came back, Jiang Han stuffed himself with a decent red envelope, probably because he had gotten some definite news from Chang Degao, and if he let go, the matter would be more than half settled. Only then did he have the confidence to send out the red envelope in advance.
After Liu Shang figured out the cause and effect, he fell into a deep sleep.After drinking the night before, he was already quite exhausted, and then he was stimulated by Liao Yuan's visit, and he had to use his brain again. This time, he woke up after sleeping for three days.
Liu Shang opened his eyes to look at the sun outside the window, and immediately yelled that he was sorry, and quickly got up, dressed and washed, and hurried out the door without even taking care of breakfast.Chang Degao told him yesterday that he would report to the management committee of the port area this morning. At this hour, the management committee had already started work, and the later he showed up, the less correct his attitude would be.
Liu Shang came out of the yard and saw a rickshaw not far away, and was about to call it over, but he gave up this idea after a second thought, and ran all the way to the location of the Hong Kong Management Committee.
When Liu Shang ran all the way to the destination, he was panting and sweating profusely. He stopped to adjust his breathing, and then walked towards the entrance of the management committee office building.
The office building of the Sanya Management Committee is a three-story masonry building in the shape of a door. In the middle is a courtyard surrounded by three buildings and a south-facing gate. There is a pond, rockery and flower bed in the middle. The office environment is quite Not bad, it doesn't have the heaviness of those yamen that Liu Shang saw in the past.There are guards on duty at the gate of the management committee, and Liu Shang was allowed to enter after registering his identity first.
Liu Shang asked the guard about the location of the Propaganda Department's office. After entering the office building, he went up the stairs to the second floor, and found the Propaganda Department by following the name hanging at the door.The door of this office was open, and there were four desks in the room. Liu Shang looked out from the door and saw Chang Degao sitting behind one of the desks.However, Chang Degao was checking the documents spread out on the table, so he didn't notice Liu Shang's appearance.
Liu Shang saw a note "knock at the door if you have something to do" pasted on the door, so he knocked lightly on the door, and several people in the room raised their heads to look at the door.Now Chang Degao saw him at a glance and beckoned him to enter the room.
(End of this chapter)
Liu Shang is not a good drinker, after sharing a bottle of Sanya special wine with Jiang Han, his mind was already a little confused.Jiang Han wanted to order a second bottle, but Liu Shang hurriedly raised his hand to stop him, and asked the waiter in the shop to serve him a cup of hot tea to refresh himself.Jiang Han wanted to persuade him to drink a few more drinks, but Liu Shang said that he had to see Chang Degao the next day, and he couldn't delay the business, so Jiang Han didn't dare to force him anymore.
Even so, when Liu Shang left the restaurant, he was still top-heavy and hadn't fully regained his sobriety.Jiang Han didn't react too much, he helped him out of the restaurant, called a rickshaw over, paid the fare for him, and asked the driver to take him back to his residence.In the end, Jiang Han stuffed an envelope in his hand: "A little gift, Mr. Liu, don't refuse."
Before Liu Shang could react, Jiang Han asked the coachman to set off.All the way back to the residence, the other people who are still living in the same courtyard with him are still enjoying the shade in the patio, and they all greeted him when he came back.However, Liao Yuan's subordinates didn't know Liu Shang's true identity very well, and they didn't pay much attention to his access.
Liu Shang went back to the room and lit the candles, then took out the envelope that Jiang Han had just given him and opened it. Inside were three Haihan Circulation Coupons with a face value of [-] yuan, which was equivalent to his salary for two months of storytelling in the teahouse.Liu Shang can naturally understand Jiang Han's gesture of goodwill. They expect him to maintain this network after he enters the Yamen.However, Liu Shang is not a person who is short of money, and Jiang Han's actions will not have any influence. Whether this personal relationship should be maintained in the future depends on whether it is necessary.
Liu Shang put away the money, drank a few sips of the cold water that was put on the table in the morning, and was about to turn on the lamp and go to bed, when someone knocked on the door: "Is Mr. Liu asleep?"
Liu Shang woke up halfway when he heard that he was dozing off. From the sound of his voice, he could hear that it was Liao Yuan who was knocking on the door outside the house. It is reasonable to say that he should be on duty at night at the store, but at this time he suddenly came back to look for him. Could it be that there is an emergency happening? ?
Liu Shang hurriedly put on his half-taken clothes again, opened the door and saw that it was indeed Liao Yuan, and immediately lowered his voice and asked, "What's the matter?"
Liao Yuan coughed dryly and said, "Today, Boss Liu gave out fresh fruits as benefits. I brought some back for my brothers to try out. I also brought a copy to Mr. Liu by the way."
Seeing his expression, Liu Shang knew that he had something to say, so he thanked him first and invited him to sit in the room.
After the two sat down in the room, Liao Yuan revealed his real intention: "I heard that someone went to the teahouse to meet you today. Is it someone from the government?"
Liu Shangqi said: "There is indeed such a thing, but how do you know?"
When he met Chang Degao in the afternoon, Jiang Han was the only one who accompanied him throughout the whole process. He didn't even come to the backyard, and after he came back, he didn't reveal today's experience to those who lived with him. Where did Liao Yuan hear this? the wind?
Liao Yuan sighed and said: "Someone saw the officials from the Propaganda Department go to Xinlong Teahouse in the afternoon, and they left quietly after dinner, and you were called to the back hall after finishing your book, so I think that person should be I went to look for you, and sneaked back at night to ask you."
"You... are spying on me?" After hearing these words, the remaining alcohol in Liu Shang's mind evaporated in an instant.No, Liao Yuan was not only monitoring himself, he should have put the entire teahouse under surveillance.
Although Liu Shang and Liao Yuan are from the same camp, they have no relationship between superiors and subordinates, and their missions in Sanya are also different.Liu Shang had previously advised Liao Yuan to change his career so that he could get in touch with the upper class more easily, but his starting point was just a trick, and the humility shown by Liao Yuan was not out of subordinates' obedience to their superiors .
In the final analysis, they are just colleagues who have been sent to Sanya to carry out missions one after another. They each have their own development directions. Strictly speaking, they are not even considered partners. However, Liu Shang sensed that Liao Yuan might be consciously monitoring his situation in private. It is inevitable that I will still be shocked by the daily movements.He didn't expect that the task of coming here had just begun to have a little idea, and his colleagues had already regarded him as a target of defense.
The expression on Liao Yuan's face did not change, and he responded lightly: "Mr. Liu, you do your thing and I do mine. That's all. Don't misunderstand me. Besides, I'm not talking to you right now. Report?"
Liu Shang took a deep breath and pressed his anger back to his chest. He also knew that what Liao Yuan said was not wrong. He didn't know whether the other party's task included monitoring him, and he had no right to ask the other party not to do so. Do.However, Liao Yuan came back to inquire about this matter so anxiously, which seemed a bit out of bounds. After all, his mission was carried out in a single line, and no one told him when he came, that Liao Yuan could directly ask about the progress of his mission.
Liu Shang nodded slowly and said, "You must not disclose the progress of the next task to the second person at will, just like the errand you are doing right now, you must not disclose it to me easily."
Liao Yuan was not angry when he touched this soft nail, and said unhurriedly: "That's true, but the next task is to ensure the safety of other people lurking in the local area, and the surveillance of the teahouse is also for the sake of Mr. Liu safety. Someone has to do this kind of thankless job.”
Liu Shang was secretly surprised. If Liao Yuan hadn't lied, he could at least be sure of two things now. One was that Liao Yuan was indeed responsible for monitoring him, and the other was that there might be more than the two groups of accomplices lurking in the area.And these two pieces of information were unknown to him before he set off for Sanya. It seemed that his position and role in this plan were far less important than he expected.
Liu Shang thinks that his mind is much smarter than ordinary people, he is eloquent and has a good memory. After accepting the task of lurking in Sanya, he feels that he should be the central figure of the whole plan, and he should be the front-line commander in the future.This Liao Yuan is a warrior and has no brains. In his opinion, he can only do some low-level livelihood of looking after the house and nursing home. In the future, he will probably only be able to act as his own pawn to complete some tasks that require violence.But now it seems that the situation seems to be quite different from what I imagined.
Liao Yuan is not a reckless man, at least Liu Shangke didn't realize that he was spying on him before that.Although Liao Yuan now claims that this kind of monitoring is for the purpose of "protection", this kind of protection that kept Liu Shang completely unaware beforehand is itself a manifestation of lack of trust in him.
Liu Shang's two hands under the table slowly clenched into fists, but his face still responded very calmly: "So that's the case, I misunderstood Brother Liao. As you expected, there is indeed a government official today. People who have been to the teahouse have already met me."
After Liu Shang finished speaking, he stopped abruptly, as if he had no intention of extending the topic further.Seeing this, Liao Yuan had no choice but to ask again: "Then the other party came to invite Mr. Liu to join?"
Liu Shang didn't open his mouth to answer his question, but just nodded slightly as a response.
"It's over?" Liao Yuan continued to ask relentlessly.
"Whether it will work or not, I will go to the port management committee tomorrow to see the result." Liu Shang finally gave an uncertain answer.
Liao Yuan was naturally unhappy when he was dealt with by Liu Shang so eccentrically. If he didn't have a mission, he would really like to give this self-righteous poor literati a little color.Liao Yuan stood up slowly and said, "In that case, let's contact Mr. Liu after finishing his work tomorrow!"
Liu Shangzhan didn't even stand up, he just cupped his hands and said, "It's getting late, so Liu will send you off soon."
No matter how good-tempered Liao Yuan was, he couldn't help snorting when he saw Liu Shang's attitude, and turned around and walked out of Liu Shang's room.Liu Shang closed the door and turned on the lamp, undressed and went to bed, but his mind kept thinking about the conversation with Chang Degao in the afternoon and the conversation with Liao Yuan just now.What Liu Shang was thinking about was not Liao Yuan's attitude, but the purpose of Liao Yuan's spying on Xinlong Teahouse, as well as the position and role of himself and Liao Yuan in the whole plan.
In addition to monitoring his own movements, does Liao Yuan have other tasks that he does not know about?For example, when his actions failed or even his identity was exposed, he would cut off this line in time, so as not to be uprooted by Hai Han.Thinking of such a possibility, Liu Shang couldn't help but shudder. He also knew that his organization had spent a lot of effort on this latent plan, and would never allow one of the links to go wrong and implicate the overall plan.
When Liu Shang came to Sanya, he also thought about assigning himself and Liao Yuan's group together. Perhaps the superior wanted to arrange for them to accept his command in the future, but it seems that this is not the case now.In addition to lurking in Sanya, the task of Liao Yuan and others is to monitor other lurkers including themselves, and to grasp the progress of each person's mission.From this point of view, Liao Yuan was more like a superior sitting in the rear, while he himself became a subordinate who charged forward.
If this situation is true, it is definitely not a good thing for Liu Shang.This is not just a question of who gets on and who gets off, but directly poses a great threat to his safety.Originally, Liu Shang thought that only Liao Yuan knew his true identity. As long as Liao Yuan did not have an accident, the possibility of being implicated would be basically zero, but now it seems that Liao Yuan may still be in contact with other hidden personnel. , it is very likely that the radish will be pulled out and the mud will be pulled out, which will involve Liao Yuan and himself, and the risk of exposure will also be greatly increased.
And if the cooperation between Liu Shang and Liao Yuan is not smooth enough, then maybe one day Liao Yuan will quietly take care of him in the name of "safety". This kind of thing is not news in the organization.It is an unspoken rule that most people in this business tacitly agree to, and even Liu Shang himself is no exception.If necessary, he will also try to get rid of hidden dangers that may threaten his safety, even if this hidden danger is an accomplice like Liao Yuan.
Thinking of this, Liu Shang regretted his previous attitude towards Liao Yuan too harshly. Offending Liao Yuan at this time would not be beneficial to his future situation.At least he had to gain a place in Haihan's government first, and after raising his social status, he would slowly seek to occupy a more important position in this latent plan.When I look back, I need to find a suitable time to ease the little unhappiness with Liao Yuan.
As for the possibility of entering the Propaganda Department, Liu Shang thinks that there should be more than [-]%.In the short conversation with Chang Degao today, he could clearly feel that the other party's invitation was not an optional temptation, but a sincere desire to win him over.As long as there are no major mistakes in tomorrow's interview, this matter should be finalized soon.And when he came back, Jiang Han stuffed himself with a decent red envelope, probably because he had gotten some definite news from Chang Degao, and if he let go, the matter would be more than half settled. Only then did he have the confidence to send out the red envelope in advance.
After Liu Shang figured out the cause and effect, he fell into a deep sleep.After drinking the night before, he was already quite exhausted, and then he was stimulated by Liao Yuan's visit, and he had to use his brain again. This time, he woke up after sleeping for three days.
Liu Shang opened his eyes to look at the sun outside the window, and immediately yelled that he was sorry, and quickly got up, dressed and washed, and hurried out the door without even taking care of breakfast.Chang Degao told him yesterday that he would report to the management committee of the port area this morning. At this hour, the management committee had already started work, and the later he showed up, the less correct his attitude would be.
Liu Shang came out of the yard and saw a rickshaw not far away, and was about to call it over, but he gave up this idea after a second thought, and ran all the way to the location of the Hong Kong Management Committee.
When Liu Shang ran all the way to the destination, he was panting and sweating profusely. He stopped to adjust his breathing, and then walked towards the entrance of the management committee office building.
The office building of the Sanya Management Committee is a three-story masonry building in the shape of a door. In the middle is a courtyard surrounded by three buildings and a south-facing gate. There is a pond, rockery and flower bed in the middle. The office environment is quite Not bad, it doesn't have the heaviness of those yamen that Liu Shang saw in the past.There are guards on duty at the gate of the management committee, and Liu Shang was allowed to enter after registering his identity first.
Liu Shang asked the guard about the location of the Propaganda Department's office. After entering the office building, he went up the stairs to the second floor, and found the Propaganda Department by following the name hanging at the door.The door of this office was open, and there were four desks in the room. Liu Shang looked out from the door and saw Chang Degao sitting behind one of the desks.However, Chang Degao was checking the documents spread out on the table, so he didn't notice Liu Shang's appearance.
Liu Shang saw a note "knock at the door if you have something to do" pasted on the door, so he knocked lightly on the door, and several people in the room raised their heads to look at the door.Now Chang Degao saw him at a glance and beckoned him to enter the room.
(End of this chapter)