This is not quite what Yang Yi thought, but commercial spies are still spies, and Yang Yi has no choice.

"Of course, sir, I look forward to your teaching."

John. Jones took a deep breath, and then he smiled and said, "Very well, now let me explain what we do, first of all, my team has a principle, that is, there is no violence, and only take orders that can be effective and profitable in the short term." ”

Yang Yi is paying attention to John. Every word Jones said, because he knew how precious those words were.

Every word John Jones said was his core secret. Jones began to tell him everything.

"As a spy, especially a commercial spy without a national background, we naturally cannot get instructions from the state or from our superiors, we are highly free in this regard, but we also have to be responsible for every decision we make, so as a leader you have to be cautious.

Usually when I decide whether or not to take an order, or a bounty, or a task, I usually think about a few things, first of all, to assess the risk, then to see if the benefit is worth the risk, and finally, to consider the credibility of the employer or the person who posted the task, which is important.

If all three elements meet my requirements, then I will accept the order, and if there is an assessment that does not meet the minimum level I need, then I will not take the task. ”

Looking at Yang Yi and nodded, John. Jones smiled, "You may be asking, how did we get the assignment?" This is the core secret of most freelance spies, but to put it bluntly, there are a few very powerful intelligence brokers, and they have built their own intelligence trading platforms, which is like a shopping site, some people sell things and some people buy things, and my partner is the intelligence group built by the Cicero family, which does not belong to any country, but is strong. ”

John. Jones stopped talking, he looked at Yang Yi, waiting for Yang Yi to ask questions.

Yang Yi really needs to ask: "Mr. Jones, what is a free spy." ”

"Well, you've heard of freelancers, freelancers, freelance photographers, you know the terms?"

"Yes."

"It's all the same, no matter what you sell, whoever bids higher will sell it to whomever you want, but it's a pity that you often have to thank God if you can sell it, so although a few of these free people mix well, most of them are at the bottom."

Yang Yi nodded and said, "I understand, so what's going on with the release of the task?" It's also that an intelligence request is posted on the website, and then someone gets the information and sells it, and after the bounty is offered, other people can't see the information released? ”

John. Jones shook his head and said: "Let me explain to you, spies have access to the most advanced things, but spies prefer traditional and reliable things, and the way of trading is the same, the network is a good thing, but I don't like it, because there are no secrets on the network, so the mission is not released from the website at all." ”

Yang Yi nodded sincerely, because he remembered what Li Fan had done to him, so he agreed with John. Jones's view.

"Of course, the Internet is indeed very convenient, so now some people have begun to try to use the Internet to publish missions, but I will never pin my lifeblood on the Internet, for example, the Cicero family will occasionally publish some intelligence missions on their own dark web, but this is the lowest level of tasks, it is an exploration of the Cicero family for the Internet age, but if it is a particularly important, particularly dangerous, and particularly sensitive mission, they will never post it on the Internet for spies all over the world to see."

Yang Yi raised his hand and said in a low voice, "What's going on with the Cicero family, can you explain?" ”

"This will tell you slowly, now you only need to know that the Cicero family is the largest intelligence middleman, this family, has built a huge and complete intelligence network, even several major countries in the world, often need to pass through the Cicero family's intelligence network to transmit and obtain information, and it is because of this that the Cicero family can maintain to this day."

"I see."

"I will continue to explain to you, generally speaking, if a company wants to know the secrets of a competitor, they will ask the Cicero family's intelligence officer, saying that they are willing to pay a million pounds to buy the bidding plan of the rival company, and the Cicero family's intelligence person will choose a team that he thinks is suitable to make an offer, for example, us, if we think the offer is appropriate and the risk is not great, then we will take the task, and take the money after the task is successfully completed, by the way, There is no need to worry about their creditworthiness and ability to pay when trading with the Cicero family, and the name Cicero is a guarantee. ”

"What if you don't get the job done?"

"Didn't get the job done? Then you can't get the money, but this is not the most important thing, the important thing is that you will lose your position in the intelligence system of the Cicero family, which will cause you to not get the task in the future, of course, failure is inevitable, anyone can suffer failure, but the biggest factor that determines the status of a team is the success rate, on the other hand, the success rate is the foundation of whether a team can survive. ”

Yang Yi sighed and said, "I understand, it means that our lifeblood is in the hands of the Cicero family, and whoever he decides to do the work for will earn money." ”

"That's it, but the Cicero family is one of the channels through which I receive missions, and for some spy teams the tipster is their only source of missions, but not for me, because I have my own long-term partners, and if my regular customers have any tasks, they will come to me directly, so that we can negotiate the price ourselves, but if it is a deal negotiated by yourself, then you have to take some risks, such as the customer's ability to pay and things like that."

John. Jones explained in detail, Yang Yi thought about it, and said in a low voice: "Then how do you get in touch with the Cicero family?" Oh, you don't have to answer this question, sorry. ”

John. Jones waved his hand and said, "Since I want to teach you, I will tell you everything." ”

Yang Yi said sincerely: "Thank you." ”

"Any spy doesn't like too many people to know their identity, so we try to contact each other in one line, I will only trade with one contact, but what if this only contact has an accident or even dies, it is easy to solve, because of the special identity and status of the Cicero family group, they will have the identity of a high-level person public, you just need to find this high-level person, tell him your code name, he will re-assign a contact person to you, and then everything will be the same as before."

Yang Yi exhaled and said, "So a code name with a high success rate is very important, because it determines whether you can receive the task." ”

John. Jones smiled and said, "Of course, I have been operating my own code name all my life, and the biggest achievement in my life is the code name with the highest success rate in a commercial espionage, it's time to tell you, the code name of me and my team is called Singer." ”

Yang Yi now understands why his father chose John. Jones, because even after eleven years, this man was willing to help him.

Yang Yi is very grateful to John. Jones, but at the same time, he was also thinking about how poisonous his father's vision must be, and he really had the ability to read people's hearts.

"Singer?"

"Yes, singers, commercial spies with the number one success rate, in London, if anyone wants to get any trade secrets, then singers are the first choice."

Yang Yi's views are often different from others, so he cares about how beautiful it is not the industry's No. 1 commercial spy.

"How do you know the success rate of your peers and thus know that you are number one?"

John. Jones smiled: "I don't know the success rate of my peers, it's a secret of the Cicero family, but I know that my success rate is 100 percent, so, can anyone have a higher success rate than me?" ”

Yang Yi immediately came to his senses and nodded: "100% success rate, of course it is the first, at least it is tied for the first." ”

John. Jones nodded: "As for how a careful commercial espionage organization works, you will be able to see through practice in the future, how to lead an espionage organization, you will not be very complicated, you just need to remember one thing, be cautious, be cautious, be more cautious." ”

Yang Yi exhaled and said, "Thank you for your teachings, so when can I do something specifically?" ”

John. Jones spread his hands and said, "Go outside and be your administrative assistant, oh, a word of caution, please change your suit, it's too expensive, it's not what an administrative assistant should wear, and besides, please go buy a pair of leather shoes that will match your formal attire." ”

The suit Yang Yi wore was bought by him for tens of thousands of dollars with his credit card, which was a very good dress, and his attempt to buy leather shoes with his credit card was foiled, so his leather shoes were only bought for a few hundred yuan.

Yang Yi thought it was nothing to match like this, but he didn't expect John. Jones could still see it.

"Okay, I'll change my clothes, but I still want to know when I'll be able to really get involved in the spy thing, and I can't wait."

John. Jones laughed: "It depends on your luck, maybe tomorrow, maybe next year, because the task is not always available, when there is no work to do, you can only play the role of a trainee accountant, by the way, our last mission was eight months ago." ”

Yang Yi was very disappointed, he thought that he would be able to do some spy work when he came, but he didn't expect that he didn't know how long he would have to wait to really get in touch with the spy.

But at this moment, John. Jones's phone rang.

Pick up your phone, John. Jones looked surprised, and then he answered the phone, and after a few bland conversations about the weather and food, John . Jones hung up the phone and said with a smile at Yang Yi: "I really don't know if it's your luck or mine's luck, you still don't understand anything, and you actually encountered a big mission." ”

Yang Yi's eyes widened, and he said in surprise: "Have a task?" ”

John. Jones nodded and smiled, "Yes, there is a mission." ”