Siheyuan, Me and the Yu Sisters

The sea breeze blew on Zhang Renkang's face. This was the first time in his two lives that he had taken a ship out to sea. Above the vast ocean, Zhang Renkang leaned on the railing and looked at the blue sea. The deep sea seemed to be able to read people's panic. The more he looked, the more he felt that even his soul was being pulled into it.

Zhang Tingan came out of the cabin, looked at Zhang Renkang who was holding the railing, and walked up with a smile, saying

"Comrade Renkang, are you homesick?"

Zhang Renkang turned around and saw that it was Zhang Tingan. He laughed and said

"Secretary Zhang, you know what, I really miss home."

"If my fat son doesn't see his father for a while, I don't know if he will recognize me later."

Zhang Ting'an also has another identity as a security officer who supervises everyone's behavior. He is a determined old comrade selected from the army. However, Zhang Renkang could not have imagined that Zhang Ting'an was the director of Zhang Yuhua's political department last month. Before leaving, Zhang Yuhua just called him to take care of Zhang Renkang.

Zhang Yuhua said with a smile

"I hope we can complete the work successfully this time and come back soon."

"The organization has high expectations for our trip. To be honest, I am under a lot of pressure right now."

"We are going to Hong Kong Island as civilians this time. No official force can help us. We can only solve all difficulties by ourselves."

Zhang Tingan was under great psychological pressure. In order to avoid disputes and attract attention, they went to Hong Kong Island in the name of a domestic civil inspection team. This time, except for some civil forces in Hong Kong Island who care about the country, they did not need any support from the country. If something went wrong, they could only solve it by themselves. The country would not recognize the existence of such a delegation.

In order to keep it secret, they did not enter the island through the southern port, but instead boarded a John Bull merchant ship from South Korea in Shanghai.

Zhang Renkang smiled and said

"We'll do our best. We need to solve the problem of equipment shortage. It's difficult, but I don't think it will be too big. Westerners think differently from us."

"Those greedy capitalists would dare to sell to us if there is a 100% profit. The most difficult part is how to transport it to China."

Zhang Tingan nodded and said

"Well, you are good at theory."

"I have a suggestion. How about we split up once we get to Hong Kong Island?"

Zhang Renkang was a little surprised. He looked at Zhang Ting'an in surprise without saying anything, but the doubt in his eyes was very obvious.

Zhang Tingan also knew why, and said with a smile

"Like you said, you want to set a good example for your son, right?"

"We will be their pride now, and one day we will see our children become our pride"

Zhang Renkang smiled knowingly and nodded.

"Who am I in a group with?"

“What is the mission?”

Zhang Tingan laughed

"According to the requirements of our superiors, we are going to obtain new machinery and equipment this time. It is mainly divided into three parts. The first is the smelting equipment of your steel system, the second is the industrial mother machine required for mechanical processing, and the third part is the engine technology required by the vehicle manufacturing plant you submitted."

"What I mean is that you take care of the needs of your vehicle manufacturing plant, and we will handle the remaining two tasks. How about that?"

Zhang Renkang nodded and said

"Okay, I'll obey the organization's arrangements."

"But, how do we contact each other?"

Zhang Tingan took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Zhang Renkang and said with a smile

"In order to spread the risk, our superiors have already made arrangements before departure. This is your group's accommodation address. You will be responsible for your group's subsequent actions."

"Someone will contact you every three days to talk to you. You just need to report the situation to him."

Zhang Ting'an took out a notebook and handed it to Zhang Renkang.

"Here are the precautions. You must remember them. They must be destroyed before we disembark tomorrow."

"We are entering the port as private citizens this time. We will be searched when we arrive. We cannot reveal anything inside. Do you understand?"

Zhang Renkang nodded. Before they set out, someone had given them some training.

When they set out, in order to avoid trouble, their luggage had already been checked. Zhang Renkang took only a blank notebook and a pen, and two sets of clothes in his suitcase. He was not allowed to bring anything else, in order to avoid being searched and embarrassed when entering the country.

After Zhang Ting'an finished explaining things to Zhang Renkang, he returned to the cabin on his own. He had other people to explain things to.

Zhang Renkang flipped through the notebook and saw that on the list of people in his group were Li Ming, a translator for foreign affairs of the Ministry of Industry, and Tang Gong, a technical expert from Shougang, who would be responsible for the professional inspection of the machinery and equipment purchased at that time as technical support.

There was also a man in his thirties named Wang Fang. It was not clear where he worked. Zhang Renkang thought for a while and locked onto a man who was not outstanding in facial features but had a military temperament during the personnel training before departure.

Seeing that this person was the eyes of their group, Zhang Renkang smiled in his heart and didn't take it seriously. If there wasn't such a person, he would have felt something was wrong. Anyway, he didn't plan to do anything, so isn't it good to have someone watching?

As he spoke, he began to memorize the notes in the notebook.

1. No single person activities are allowed, except for the group leader

2. No additional consumption or entry into entertainment venues

3. Submit a daily report and record the day's itinerary and specific circumstances

4. Report to the contact person every three days

……

It was almost the same as what they had trained in Sijiu City, except for an additional contact slogan and emergency contact information.

Zhang Renkang wondered if the trip to Hong Kong Island was not that safe since they were divided into groups. Otherwise, why did they divide more than a dozen people into several groups? Wouldn't this increase the possibility of accidents?

Unless there is a great risk of attracting a blow from the Hong Kong bulls, in order to spread the risk and not be caught in one fell swoop, Zhang Tingan will break them up. In addition, Zhang Renkang has no idea about the accommodation and contact information of other groups except for a few people in his own group, which minimizes the risk.

In the cabin, Zhang Ting'an looked at a middle-aged man with a complicated expression and said

"Captain Liu, according to your arrangement, I have separated them. They don't know each other's information."

"But, what exactly are you going to do? These are the backbones of various units in our Sijiu City Industry Department. Isn't it too expensive to ask them to cover for you?"

The man called Captain Liu looked at Zhang Ting'an and said expressionlessly:

"Director Zhang, you are protecting the hope of the country"

"Not to mention that we have already minimized the risks, even if everyone including you and me were to sacrifice ourselves, we would not hesitate."

"This is the mission given to us by the motherland, and we cannot afford to fail."

Zhang Tingan felt uneasy, but he could do nothing about it. They had not had these accidents. It was just that he was called to a secret base the night before departure. There he met his superior and learned that they had to accept an important task and mission this time, which was to cover this man to get something and bring it back to China.

Moreover, this mission is more important than anything else. Even if all the personnel organized by the Ministry of Industry are sacrificed, they must cover the completion of this mission.

Zhang Ting'an is not afraid of sacrifice, but there are still more than a dozen people from the Ministry of Industry who are kept in the dark and don't know the situation. Looking at the attitude of Captain Liu, I'm afraid the possibility of returning safely this time is really slim.