binnovel Chapter 410: Reaching into the Police Station
Chapter 410: Reaching into the Police Station
Davidson instinctively became wary upon hearing Akamatsu's proposal. He immediately objected, "The Police Department's leadership is already full. Their terms haven't ended, and they haven't committed any major mistakes. Forcibly adding more leadership would be detrimental to management, increase conflicts, and hinder the work of the Police Department!"
"In addition, it is not appropriate to make adjustments to the management of the Police Force lightly unless the management has made any major mistakes!"
Akamatsu sneered and scoffed, "Mr. Davidson, you're saying the police department management hasn't made any major mistakes? A year ago, criminals robbed Citibank's underground vault. A few months later, ten banks in the concession belonging to my empire were also raided and emptied overnight. To this day, we still haven't figured out who did it!"
"And yesterday's shelling in the concession killed over twenty people and injured over twenty. I want to ask Mr. Davidson, if so many incidents that have had such a significant impact on the stability of the concession, and the investigations have yet to yield any results, and if this isn't considered the fault of the police department's management, then what exactly is?"
"Are the senior police officers hired by the Concession Municipal Council all good-for-nothings? They only know how to take taxpayers' money, but they have no ability to solve their problems. How can such people have the nerve to sit in the management of the police department? Or is it because they have the protection of the Municipal Council board and you, the consul, that they don't care whether they are qualified for the job or not?"
As Akamatsu finished speaking, the conference room suddenly fell silent.
You know, Akamatsu had always been very polite and courteous when talking to Davidson before, but unexpectedly he suddenly went all out with fire, and didn't you see that Davidson's face turned green?
The clown Consul Murphy quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "Why are you reacting so strongly, Mr. Akamatsu? We can discuss anything!"
Akamatsu didn't indulge Murphy either. "Number 76 Jessfield Road is home not only to our expatriates, but also to our friends of the Empire. They're not your British, nor are they your clowns. So many people have died, so of course you don't feel bad. I want to discuss this properly, but I can't calm down!"
"I have one question for you, Mr. Davidson. If you disagree with my proposal and oppose the appointment of our recommended candidate as deputy director, then if something like the shelling happens again in the concession, how will you, Mr. Davidson, and the other directors who oppose our proposal, explain it to the international community and all the merchants and residents of the concession? Will you resign or commit suicide to express your apology?"
Akamatsu's words pushed Davidson and those directors who opposed Akamatsu's proposal into a corner. Davidson and those directors could not guarantee that everything would be calm in the future and that similar bad incidents would not happen again. After all, they knew very well what the situation was in the concession. There were many forces from all sides, and it was impossible for everything to be calm.
Seeing everyone's reaction, Akamatsu added fuel to the fire: "If you insist on doing what you want, I can make a promise here. If our personnel or expatriates are killed in the concession again, or if a heinous incident like yesterday happens, we will send troops into the concession without hesitation!"
Several directors of the Municipal Council Board who had just opposed Akamatsu's proposal now lowered their heads, obviously giving in and no longer opposing Akamatsu's proposal.
Davidson was the consul, and being forced to compromise in front of so many people was a bit embarrassing. Just when he couldn't bear the pressure and wanted to give in, but couldn't let go of his pride and face as a noble gentleman, the clown consul Murphy came to his rescue: "Mr. Davidson, having the Japanese send someone to the Concession Police Department as deputy director is a management experiment. If it can improve the public security in the concession, of course we will all be happy to see it!"
"We can have them send someone to give it a try. If they do a good job, they can continue to work; if they don't, they can be dismissed. What do you think?"
With Murphy's help, Davidson took the opportunity to go down. "Well, Mr. Akamatsu, who are you going to recommend to join the police department?"
Upon hearing this, Akamatsu clapped his hands, and saw a middle-aged man in a suit walked in.
"Let me introduce to you all, this is the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Ishida Yuto, whom we recommended!"
Ishida Yuto stood very upright, saluted everyone, and introduced himself.
From this person's self-introduction, everyone learned that he had been a police officer in Japan for many years and had rich experience in police management, on-the-spot handling and command. He is 38 years old.
At Davidson's signal, Hopkins, chairman of the Municipal Council's board of directors, immediately stood up and said, "On behalf of the Municipal Council's board of directors, I now appoint Ishida Tomoto as Deputy Commissioner of Police! Director Bao, tomorrow you will take Deputy Commissioner Ishida to the Police Department to take up his post. The appointment documents will be issued shortly!"
Bao Daer had to accept this reality: "Yes, Mr. General Manager!"
In this way, the Japanese extended their hands into the police station in the International Settlement, which greatly facilitated the Japanese and the No. 76 spies to arrest people in the concession without restraint in the future.
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No. 76 Jisi Feier Road.
Under the supervision of some secret agents, workers were clearing the rubble of the collapsed building.
On the lawn not far away, Ding Mo and Li Qun stood side by side, smoking and looking at the construction site.
Li Qun asked, "Brother Ding, how do you want to proceed? When do you want to proceed?"
Ding Mo smoked a cigarette and said, "Of course, we have to choose the best time. This kind of thing must be planned thoroughly! By the way, do you know who has the most successful assassinations carried out by the Blue Shirts Society recently?"
Li Qun shook his head and asked, "Who is it?"
Ding Mo smiled mysteriously: "Wait until I catch him and destroy the Blue Shirt Society's secret base where he is, and then you will know!"
After hearing this, Li Qun felt a sense of urgency. He felt that after the leak incident a few days ago, Ding Mo began to doubt him and no longer trusted him.
That very night, Ding Mo personally led a team to raid a foreign hotel in the concession and arrested the owner of the hotel, who was the leader of the second group under Chen Gongde of the Blue Shirts Society's Operations Department. His real name was Zhang Mulin.
The reason why Ding Mo got the news about Zhang Mulin was because Zhang Mulin had a mistress named Wu Yueying. This woman's lover Liu Deshui was once a secret special envoy from Jiangzhou. Not long after Liu Deshui came, he was secretly lured by Ding Mo into the arms of the Japanese.
One day not long ago, when Zhang Mulin was dating Wu Yueying, he told her in bed about his secret assassinations of several traitors and Agent No. 76 who had defected to the Japanese devils. He also gave Wu Yueying a pocket pistol that he used for the assassinations.
But Wu Yueying turned around and revealed Zhang Mulin's affairs to Liu Deshui. After Liu Deshui learned about it, he immediately reported it to Ding Mo.
So this time Ding Mo used Wu Yueying as bait and asked Wu Yueying to meet Zhang Mulin. After the two met, Ding Mo, who was lying in ambush nearby, immediately took the spies to capture Zhang Mulin and brought him back to No. 76, and then conducted a brutal interrogation.