"What if they rebel?"

“As long as it doesn’t endanger national security, involve major intelligence leaks, or cause significant property losses, everything else is a minor matter. There are many cases like this, and I’ll help you when the time comes,” Zheng Haishan continued, trying to put the other party at ease.

They even used the word "help," implying that if you help me complete this case, I'll be relieved, and you'll have an easier time too.

Zhang Haiyan nodded and said, "I'll talk."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Haishan quickly turned on the mini recorder and placed it on the table, and also turned on the camera.

Manual records have also been prepared.

Zheng Haishan asked, "Who is your superior?"

"Bluebird!"

Have you seen it before?

"I've seen him, but he was wearing a mask."

"Is he a Chinese citizen or a foreigner?"

"Chinese people".

What is your relationship with the shoemaker?

“The shoemaker is the intelligence relay, and I’m the intelligence gatherer. Bluebird is responsible for transmitting the intelligence. I only know about my part; I don’t know about their scope of work,” Zhang Haiyan said.

Zheng Haishan touched his nose and pretended to be troubled, saying, "Girl, your explanation doesn't show any merit! This makes things difficult for me. For example, tell me about the Bluebird, how we can catch it."

"Bluebird relayed information to me through an intelligence intermediary, which means that I regularly went there to get my shoes repaired and obtained the intelligence from him."

"But we only found out the shoemaker was dead."

"I have nothing more to say. We'll just keep in touch through one-way communication."

Zheng Haishan stared at Zhang Haiyan for a while and said, "Let's not talk about Qingniao for now, let's talk about the intelligence you've been spreading."

"In the rice export department, I keep detailed records of the overseas agents' lists, addresses, and quantities of goods used, and then pass them on to Qingniao."

Zheng Haishan hurriedly asked, "Did you ask me for it, or did you provide it yourself?"

"You asked me for it?"

"Do you have a backup? Or can you still recite it from memory?"

"Can you write a few simple ones?"

Zheng Haishan said to the other interrogators beside him, "Give her paper and a pen."

In the afternoon, Xing Baohua received a call from Zheng Haishan. After communicating, he asked Xie Yingying to accept a fax.

When Xie Yingying arrived at Xing Baohua's office after looking at the contents of the fax, she said to him, "Mr. Xing, these are the addresses and supply volumes of our overseas agents!"

Xing Baohua took it, glanced at it, and said, "There is an informant in the Ministry of Foreign Trade. This person is probably using their position to transmit intelligence outwards."

"Will this affect us?" Xie Yingying asked worriedly.

“It’s not clear yet whether these are agents of the company or agents who deal in parallel imports. They are more dangerous. Call Yang Jing and ask her to come over.”

Xing Baohua was also troubled. The legitimate overseas agents were all legal, and the only issue was paying more taxes.

However, agents who deal in parallel imports are basically going out of business. The reason parallel imports are cheap is because they don't involve paying customs duties.

Smuggling is illegal in any country.

When Yang Jing arrived, Xing Baohua told her that one of her subordinates, a girl named Zhang Haiyan, had been invited for tea.

According to her confession, she didn't know whether the leaking of some agent lists would cause serious consequences. Her immediate priority was to contact those agents and inform them.

Prepare what needs to be prepared, prepare the money to pay the fines if you're going to be fined, and if there's only one more thing, then you should hurry up and run away.

If you call and they say it's too late, sorry, wrong number.

In short, we must be prepared for significant losses! We also need to consider new distributors.

Yang Jing walked out of Xing Baohua's office with a dark face. Although Xing Baohua didn't blame her for anything, she still couldn't get over it.

She was completely unaware that her subordinates had made such a huge blunder. She had become somewhat detached from control of the department.

Back at the Foreign Trade Department meeting, I'd like to mention Zhang Haiyan's arrest, which has already caused significant losses to the company, especially to those agents dealing in dried and smuggled goods.

Zhang Haiyan's supervisor was penalized with a six-month bonus deduction and a demotion, while others only received verbal warnings.

He then instructed his subordinates to start making phone calls overseas to inquire about the situation.

As expected, the entire supply of dried and smuggled goods was wiped out. Most of them could not be contacted. One or two borrowed a phone, saying that things were too tense and they dared not order any more goods, and would talk about it again in a while.

Judging from their reaction, they probably ran away in fear.

The news was relayed back to Xing Baohua, which also gave him a headache. Establishing a smuggling channel was not easy; it required boats, people, and the daring kind of people.

Fortunately, his losses were not significant. After all, it was a system where payment was made before delivery, and some goods were still outstanding. Logically, if he were prevented from delivering the goods, he could have made a profit. However, rebuilding the smuggling channels would take time, and the time cost would be substantial.

Yang Jing knew what to do and how to build an online army.

To be honest, she has many people who want to get into this business, but they just don't have the quota for rice products.

This would free up so many agents who hire online trolls, giving them a chance to make money. They would definitely be happy and would come to pick up the goods with cash.

Zheng Haishan received a message from Xing Baohua saying that the agents on the list had been basically wiped out, and he had suffered a great loss.

He relayed these words to Zhang Haiyan: "Although rice is not a state-owned enterprise, it is still a major taxpayer. If you cause it losses, it will pay less tax, which is equivalent to reducing national tax revenue. It pays billions of yuan in taxes every year. Even if it pays less by 100 million yuan, your behavior is equivalent to causing the country to lose 100 million yuan."

The relevant departments will investigate the tax reduction he caused. No matter how much, it's a large sum, and you can't escape responsibility for causing significant losses to the country.

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