Although Zhang Qi admitted that he was unlucky, how could he be willing to lose his position in the Operations Department with his strong desire to survive?
He gritted his teeth and looked at the director.
"Your Excellency, I, Zhang Qi, have spoken arrogantly. I accept this punishment, but I hope that you can leave the interrogation of the Japanese spies to me.”
This was the first time since the establishment of the Military Investigation Department that they had caught an important Japanese spy. For Zhang Qi, this was a piece of fat meat and his only chance to take back his position as the section chief. Only by eating this piece of fat meat could he have a reason to ask the higher-ups of the Baoding Department to speak up for him.
This could be considered an open scheme. He was giving up his position in exchange for a chance to turn the tables. Even the director couldn't say anything. If he didn't agree, he would have even more reason to complain to the higher-ups.
None of the people present were fools. They knew what Zhang Qi meant. The director could not do anything about it. He also understood that if he went too far, it would be tantamount to giving the Baoding Department an excuse to attack him. Therefore, he nodded and agreed.
Li Mu did not have any meaning to this because no matter who got credit for this matter, they would not be able to avoid him. Moreover, he did not think that Zhang Qi could pry open Fujiwara Toji's mouth.
After everyone dispersed, the director left Li Mu alone.
"Li Mu, do you have any thoughts?”
"Reporting to you, I have no objections to your arrangements.”
The director nodded and patted Li Mu's shoulder.
"Very good. Don't worry. No one can take what should be yours, especially this Zhang guy!”
Hearing the director's words, Li Mu thought for a moment and took out a cheque of 50,000 pounds from a bank and handed it to the director.
"I have nothing to repay you for your nurturing. Fortunately, I earned some savings overseas in my early years. This small respect is my token of appreciation.”
When the director heard Li Mu's words, he thought that it would only be a few thousand French coins at most. He took it and was shocked. 50,000 pounds was a huge sum of money. Even when he became the director of the Military Investigation Department, no one had ever sent him so much money at one time.
Facing Li Mu's generosity, the director smiled happily. He naturally put the check into his pocket and scratched his chin with his finger.
"How about this, you go back first. After I report the situation to the principal, I will make sure that you ask for merit. This time, I will guarantee you the rank of major. As for your position, you don't have to be anxious. The higher-ups have already made an expansion plan. When the plan is implemented, you will definitely be promoted.”
At this point, the director seemed to have thought of something.
"Right, there's one more thing. Didn't you lose four men in this operation? Coincidentally, there's a batch of people who just graduated from the training camp.”
"Thank you, then Li Mu will take his leave.”
Li Mu left the director's office and went straight to the Human Resources Department.
In fact, for the officers of the Military Investigation Department, the soldiers below were just consumables. They were just a matter of replenishing a batch of soldiers after a batch died. However, these people from the training camp were not ordinary. They were all carefully selected and received professional training. Li Mu was indescribably happy to get ten of them at once.
These people's resumes were relatively clean, and they were the first choice to cultivate trusted aides.
After arriving at the Human Resources Department and explaining his intentions, the other party quickly verified the situation with the director and then arranged a room for Li Mu as the interview venue.
Li Mu interviewed one newcomer after another according to the files, but he never found anyone who was too outstanding.
At this moment, a young woman walked in. Her delicate face and charming expression successfully aroused Li Mu's curiosity the moment she appeared.
"Hello, sir. Number 4967, Zhuang Xiaoman reporting for duty.”
Li Mu nodded when he heard his words. He opened the file and began to look for her information.
"Sir, my information is on the last twenty-seventh page.”
Li Mu raised his head and glanced at her. He counted to twenty-seven and found that it was indeed her information.
However, Li Mu did not open it. Instead, he put the file aside.
"Let me ask you a question. Someone went out just now. You should have met him. Now, please describe his age, gender, and clothes.”
Zhuang Xiaoman frowned slightly. She thought for a while before answering.
"Male, 1.7 to 1.75 meters tall, age should be between 20 to 25 years old, crew cut, sword-like eyebrows, small narrow eyes, wearing a brown tunic suit, obvious wear on the cuffs, feet, feet.”
"She's wearing a pair of black cloth shoes and there's a hole in her foot. It looks like her family background is relatively poor, am I right? Zhuang Xiaoman."
"I'm sorry, sir, I didn't remember.”
As Zhuang Xiaoman spoke, she turned around in shame and prepared to leave.
"Wait a minute."
Li Mu stopped Zhuang Xiaoman and looked at her seriously.
"You're very confident, but I hope you won't be blindly confident. In our line of work, any outstanding character is a weakness in the eyes of the enemy, do you understand?”
Zhuang Xiaoman nodded thoughtfully.
"Understood. Thank you for your advice, sir."
"Okay, now let me introduce myself. Let me know some things that are not here.”
As he spoke, Li Mu knocked on the file beside him.
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