Upon hearing this, Yingzuo Yushu realized that it was even simpler. He turned around and looked at Fu Shengan, the newly appointed mayor of Shanghai, who was talking to someone not far away, and said, "As long as Su Yue is willing, he can remain in the Shanghai Municipal Government and serve as the secretary-general. I will make the arrangements."
The two smiled at each other, reached out and clasped hands tightly, both very satisfied with the smooth meeting.
The banquet finally came to an end. Ning Zhiheng had gained a lot from the banquet and was in a very good mood. If everything went smoothly, he could establish a solid alliance with Yingzuo Yushu and bring him on board. Then, his smuggling channels in the three provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui would be unimpeded, and he could even gradually expand the influence of the Fujiwara Company. His future undercover work would be safer and smoother.
Early the next morning, Ning Zhiheng went to work at Fujiwara Company again. Every morning, he would handle some necessary official business at the company, and then leave the specific implementation to Yi Huaan and Hirao Daichi.
If it's Monday or Friday, I'll go to the Nanwu Library. On other days, I'll go to the Mulan Academy to meet with the literary scholars. This has gradually become a habit.
Upon arriving at the Fujiwara Company, he got out of the car and, under the protection of bodyguards, was about to enter the office building when Ning Zhiheng suddenly felt a pang of fear. The feeling in his mind reappeared, and cold sweat broke out on his back. This time, the premonition of danger was so sudden and clear that Ning Zhiheng was certain that he was on the verge of life and death. If he relaxed even slightly, his life would be in danger.
With the crisis looming, he dared not hesitate for a moment. He deliberately tripped over his left foot with his right heel, pretending to fall. His body suddenly tilted to one side, and at the same time, he pushed off with his left foot, knocking Kimura Maki aside.
The instant he tripped, another bodyguard next to him spurted blood from his neck, let out a muffled groan, and then also fell to the ground.
This sudden situation startled everyone, but Kimura Maki reacted immediately. He threw himself on Ning Zhiheng and shouted, "There's an assassin! Quickly cover the chairman as he gets into the building!"
Upon hearing that someone was trying to assassinate him, the other bodyguards rushed towards Ning Zhiheng, blocking his path completely. Together, they escorted Ning Zhiheng into the office building in time.
But then gunshots rang out again, and two more bodyguards fell to the ground, and the scene descended into chaos.
Ning Zhiheng was escorted into the office building by the guards, and the crisis was naturally over. He turned to Kimura Maki and shouted, "Go, immediately mobilize the armed personnel, find the assassin, I need to know who it is, quick!"
Kimura Maki was Ning Zhiheng's head bodyguard and the captain of the Fujiwara Company's security detail. Upon hearing Ning Zhiheng's order and seeing that Ning Zhiheng was safe, he immediately nodded in agreement.
They turned around, gathered all the armed personnel, and, shouting commands, moved to encircle the direction from which the gunfire had begun.
At this moment, Yi Hua'an and Hirao Daichi also rushed out. Hirao Daichi stopped the other panicked employees from making any rash moves. Yi Hua'an came to Ning Zhiheng's side and quickly asked, "Chairman, how are you? Are you injured?"
Ning Zhiheng's face was ashen. He snorted coldly and looked toward the source of the gunshot. It was a two-story apartment building diagonally opposite, only two hundred meters from the Fujiwara Company's gate. The gunman must have been lying in ambush there to assassinate him.
This was the third assassination attempt he had survived in the past few months. Ning Zhiheng felt an uncontrollable rage in his heart. The main reason was that he felt very uncomfortable being forced to passively take the hits. He desperately wanted to know who was targeting him again.
Two hundred meters away, on the rooftop of an apartment building, Hirayama Jiro, dressed in coarse work clothes and disguised as a worker, spat angrily and put away his long gun, wrapping it in a long cloth.
His shooting skills were always excellent; he was one of the best marksmen in the army and was very confident in his marksmanship. However, this time, the target happened to trip and fall while he was shooting, which alerted the enemy. As a result, his subsequent shots were all in vain, and he only managed to kill a few bodyguards without achieving his objective.
The night before last, he entered Suzhou City, killed Shirakawa Eiji, and then sneaked into the train station, boarded a train from Nanjing to Shanghai, and entered the Shanghai city area.
This time, he planned to kill everyone who might have killed his brother. Fujiwara Tomohito, the president of the Fujiwara Company, was naturally his first choice. Perhaps it was President Fujiwara who gave the order that led to his brother's death. Even if it wasn't, it was because the Fujiwara Company had taken over his brother's trading company that his brother died. Therefore, killing Fujiwara Tomohito became his most urgent goal. After that, he could go to Miyata Yasuhisa and start a new life on the run.
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