Genius Agent

Chapter 4 Strange Dreams

The Red Party has also grown considerably in recent years, and it gets alarmed by the slightest disturbance. But that's okay, Mizuno Takuma has plenty of time. He believes that what he can do in the Tohoku region can also be done in Shanghai.

He will catch this escaped Communist Party member in the future.

According to the investigation, Xie Hanzhang was aloof and didn't have many friends. The people who came to see Xie Hanzhang today were the Communist Party members he was looking for. Ordinary intellectuals wouldn't carry guns.

"Editor-in-chief, we've found out. In today's shootout on Lafayette Road, a Chinese man was killed. The police have identified him; his name is Xie Hanzhang."

When Huang Chuanming returned to the newspaper office in the afternoon, Su Yuncheng was slightly taken aback upon hearing his name, realizing why the Japanese spies wanted to kill him.

Su Yuncheng reads other newspapers every day to keep up with the latest news in Shanghai.

He had read many of Xie Hanzhang's articles, almost all of which criticized the Japanese invaders and called on the Chinese people to resist the invasion.

Xie Hanzhang was killed because of his writing.

"Editor-in-chief, should we report this news?"

Huang Chuanming asked, and after thinking for a moment, Su Yuncheng shook his head slightly: "Nothing needs to be reported."

Xie Hanzhang was an enemy in the eyes of the Japanese. Their newspaper was founded with investment from Tomoo Muto and would not report news that was unfavorable to the Japanese.

Huang Chuanming's mood seemed a bit strange today.

"Yes."

Huang Chuanming left, while Su Yuncheng rubbed his temples.

Who is the person with Xie Hanzhang, and is he carrying a gun?

There had been a gunfight earlier, and Xie Hanzhang was shot, but he didn't have a gun. A scholar like Xie Hanzhang wouldn't know how to use a gun, so he returned fire from the man next to him.

Who is he?

The man who came to see Xie Hanzhang was very wary, and had the air of a secret agent. Was he a secret agent?

If so, to which faction does it belong?

Whoever it was, it was good that they managed to escape. Unfortunately, Xie Hanzhang was still killed by the Japanese.

After getting off work in the afternoon, Su Yuncheng went straight home.

The newspaper office was small, with only two bicycles in the entire office, mainly for use by reporters who were out and about.

Su Yuncheng lived not far away, only a ten-minute walk away, so he didn't use the newspaper's bicycle.

That evening, Su Yuncheng reviewed the intelligence he had gathered that week and went to bed.

The newspaper sends a telegram to Muto Tomohiro once a week to report the intelligence it has collected. Tomorrow is the telegram sending day. There is not much intelligence this week, but Su Yuncheng has also included the matter of Xie Hanzhang's murder in the intelligence report.

Tomoo Muto is not currently in Shanghai, but he enjoys learning about everything happening in Shanghai; such reports give him a sense of control over the city.

In his dream, Su Yuncheng arrived at a strange place.

He was clearly aware that he was dreaming, which was a very strange feeling, and this was the third time he had a similar dream.

The previous two times were in strange, open spaces, surrounded by many people wearing all sorts of clothes he had never seen before, very tall and beautiful buildings, and various kinds of cars he had never seen before, etc.

Everything was so fantastical, but Su Yuncheng could clearly sense that he was in a dream.

This is different from other dreams.

Su Yuncheng looked around and found himself in a house. The house had furniture separated by fences, and the furniture looked very old. There were many photos on the walls.

"Xie Hanzhang?"

Su Yuncheng recognized at a glance that the person in the photo was Xie Hanzhang, who had been killed by Japanese spies that day.

Is it true that what you think about during the day, you dream about at night?

He thinks about Xie Hanzhang more often during the day, and then dreams about him at night?

"This is where Xie Hanzhang lived until his death. Mr. Xie wrote his article 'Warning Record' and was brutally murdered by the Japanese on his way to submit it. Our party comrades took the manuscript away, which is why this article was able to be published."

"In this cabinet is the manuscript of Mr. Xie Hanzhang's last work, 'A Warning Record,' which was written by Mr. Xie himself. Everyone can take a look and feel his patriotism."

A man holding a small triangular flag led six people into the room. They seemed unaware of Su Yuncheng's presence. The man holding the flag addressed the group behind him, and Su Yuncheng's gaze followed his finger to the glass cabinet in the center of the room.

Inside was a yellowed manuscript, with neat handwriting, showing the marks of time.

The article is short, but every sentence is thought-provoking. Xie Hanzhang's writing is indeed excellent. But who are these people, and why are they commemorating Xie Hanzhang here?

Before Su Yuncheng could figure it out, he suddenly opened his eyes.

It was already daylight; it really was a dream.

Su Yuncheng got up; he had gotten up a little late again today.

The dream didn't last long, but he remembered it very clearly when he woke up, as if he had experienced it himself.

Xie Hanzhang is indeed dead. Who is commemorating him?

Why does the manuscript have such a strong sense of age?

It was just a dream. He only thought about it briefly and didn't pay much attention to it. It's not surprising that some things in a dream are very strange.

Su Yuncheng got up and washed up. He didn't know how to interpret dreams and didn't know why he had dreamed about these things. However, he still remembered the contents of that manuscript very clearly.

Su Yuncheng couldn't help but laugh at himself for dreaming about someone else's writing and being able to memorize it.

If he dreams of an even better article in the future, can he publish it first?

However, this "Warning Record" definitely cannot be published. If it is published under his name, Muto Tomoo will fire him the next moment.

Even the Japanese would target him.

He had a deep understanding of the Japanese character; most Japanese people were inherently cruel.

"Editor-in-chief, you've arrived."

Upon arriving at the newspaper office, Su Yuncheng went into his office, while Huang Chuanming followed him in with a stack of newspapers.

"These are today's newspapers; they've all been collected."

"Just leave it there, I'll look at it later."

Su Yuncheng nodded. Every day, Huang Chuanming would buy a copy of a newspaper with a good circulation, and Su Yuncheng would read all of them.

He was meticulous; sometimes he could even find things that Muto Tomoo liked in the newspaper and report them to him.

At the same time, learn from the strengths of these newspapers, improve your own newspaper, and increase sales.

Su Yuncheng worked for a newspaper called "New Tide Rizhao," which had a daily circulation of only about 8,000 copies, making it a small newspaper in Shanghai.

A newspaper with a circulation of less than 10,000 has little influence in Shanghai.

Those truly major newspapers, such as Shen Bao and Ta Kung Pao, have circulations of hundreds of thousands of copies, which is not even a fraction of theirs.

Su Yuncheng finished writing the telegram and handed it to Huang Chuanming, asking him to send it to Mutō Tomohō. He then picked up the newspaper.

The newspapers laid out were all large newspapers, and Su Yuncheng flipped through them one by one.

There's a lot of news, covering various parts of Shanghai, as well as stories that people like to read, and current events from other places.

Shanghai is the largest city in the Far East, and its newspaper industry ranks among the best in East Asia.

Not long after, Su Yuncheng picked up the Libao newspaper.