The deal and terms between the Director and Huang Xianzheng were kept secret. Everyone knew that the Shanghai Intelligence Section was involved in the acquisition of intelligence by the Shanghai intelligence network, but the Director only knew about the secret that the Intelligence Section also controlled a gold smuggling channel. This smuggling channel brought him $300,000 in revenue every year, so he would not allow the Shanghai Intelligence Section to have any problems.

Bian Ze, standing to the side, was a confidant of the Director, and he naturally knew a thing or two about the Director's thoughts. He knew that the Director was very wary of the Baoding Clique. In the past, he had ordered him to send excellent intelligence agents to Shanghai to infiltrate and strengthen the Shanghai intelligence station, in order to prevent Ning Zhiheng's intelligence department from interfering in the operations in Shanghai and to consolidate the position of the Shanghai intelligence station. Now the Director must be considering the same thing, so he did not agree with Gu Zhengqi's proposal.

In fact, the Director disagreed with the Shanghai intelligence station interfering in specific operations for both of the above reasons.

After pondering for a long time, the director finally said slowly, "Wang Hanmin of the Shanghai intelligence station has not accomplished anything in the more than six months since he entered Shanghai. His work performance has been mediocre. This time, since this batch of legal tender has entered the Shanghai area, the task of destroying the legal tender should naturally be completed by him."

Upon hearing this, Bian Ze immediately felt something was amiss and quickly bowed, saying, "Director, this matter is extremely important. This is a task personally assigned by the Chairman. We know Wang Hanmin well; he is good at maintaining the status quo but lacks ability. This batch of legal tender is certainly under the heavy protection of the Japanese. Completing this task will be extremely difficult, and Wang Hanmin certainly does not have the ability. It would be better if I went to handle it."

Bian Ze has always been the Director's most capable assistant. He is decisive and extremely experienced. He has handled almost every major operation. So he simply volunteered to take charge of this operation again.

In fact, in Bian Ze's mind, the best person to carry out this mission was Ning Zhiheng, the head of the Second Operations Division.

Bian Ze's operational capabilities are among the best in the Military Intelligence Bureau, but he is truly convinced of Ning Zhiheng's abilities. He admits that he cannot match Ning Zhiheng's past achievements. Unfortunately, Ning Zhiheng is currently carrying out an important mission and is unable to attend to other matters, so it seems that he will have to take matters into his own hands.

The director shook his head. This mission was undoubtedly very dangerous. Bian Ze had followed him for many years and was his most trusted confidant and right-hand man. He absolutely could not afford to lose him in Shanghai.

"Send Duan Tiecheng!" the bureau chief finally said.

Duan Tiecheng is the deputy director of the First Intelligence Division and has always been Bian Ze's deputy. He was the head of the intelligence team under Bian Ze when he was in the Military Intelligence Investigation Division. He is also a former subordinate of the Director and an experienced veteran agent.

"Duan Tiecheng is very capable, so I feel at ease letting him go. Besides, I've already handed over the two National Salvation Army units to Wang Hanmin, so the Shanghai station isn't short of manpower. I think that's fine!"

The bureau chief made the final decision and immediately prepared to summon Duan Tiecheng for a face-to-face briefing. Just then, the telephone on the bureau chief's desk rang.

The director picked up the phone and quickly gestured to Gu Zhengqi and Bian Ze, who both tactfully excused themselves and left.

"Brother Dehou, what brings you here? Alright, alright, let's talk when we meet!"

The director put down the phone, pondered for a moment, got up, left the office, and departed from the Military Intelligence Bureau.

The very next day, Duan Tiecheng, the deputy director of the First Intelligence Division, left Chongqing with four entourages to go to Shanghai to carry out the mission of destroying legal tender and printing presses.