Chapter X: Commercial Espionage

"I'm a commercial spy, a pure commercial spy, searching for trade secrets for employers to get paid, my job is very risky but peaceful, many people think that spies are as exciting and interesting as in the movies, so they have unrealistic misconceptions and yearning for the profession of espionage, I hope you are not this kind of person."

John. After Jones finished speaking, he stared at Yang Yi's eyes and smiled: "I'm just a commercial spy, so I can't teach you too much, and I can't bring you into the circle that your father is in, except for having a common name as a spy, there are not many similarities, after listening to this, are you still willing to learn from me?" ”

Yang Yi said without hesitation: "Of course, if you are willing to let me learn from you, I am grateful." ”

John. Jones sighed, then he stood up, put a business card on the table, and whispered, "Call me tomorrow morning at eight o'clock, goodbye." ”

John. Jones just left.

As for Yang Yi's origins, how to prove his identity, where he has been all these years, how he knew the cause of death of his parents, and what mental journey he went through to decide revenge, these details are the details of John. Jones didn't ask a single question.

Yang Yi thinks there should be two reasons, one is John. As a spy, even if he is just a more modest business spy, Jones understands and strictly adheres to a rule, that is, not to easily spy on other people's secrets.

There's another reason for that, and that's John. Jones will not get involved in his personal vendettas.

For reasons of repaying the favor, John. Jones will help Yang Yi get into the industry and may teach him something, but John. Jones will not be involved in Yang Yi's revenge plan, so he simply doesn't ask Yang Yi anything, lest he will turn against Yang Yi or even be killed by Yang Yi in the future.

Yang Yi definitely doesn't have this kind of thought, but not necessarily in the future. Jones is guarding against this, helping others is not necessarily all good rewards, in order to avoid future troubles, it is very beneficial to know less, so even if Yang Yixian said that John may not be willing to know.

But anyway, John. Jones should help him, and that's enough for Yang Yi.

Yang Yi was now wondering what kind of person his father was.

In Yang Yi's impression, his father is very smiling, very low-key, and a very ordinary businessman, but a very successful businessman, just more when he is not at home, but as long as he goes home, he will definitely accompany him.

So in his impression, Yang Yi felt that his father was really a good father, but Yang Yi also understood that anyone has two faces.

plays a good father and husband in front of his family, and in front of others, it is difficult to say what role Yang Yi's father plays.

After drinking coffee, Yang Yi left the café and found a hotel to stay.

At six o'clock the next morning, Yang Yi got up to wash, ate breakfast, and then waited in the hotel lobby until eight o'clock. Jones's phone.

"I'll be at the office at nine o'clock, and you'll be at 186 Savile Row, and Jones & Firm will be looking for me."

John. Jones hung up the phone, Yang Yi thought about it, and found that he was far away from Savile Row, and the time to arrive in an hour was a little tight.

Yang Yi immediately rushed out of the hotel lobby, got into the taxi he had booked, and said urgently: "186 Savile Street, quick!" ”

It took him fifty-eight minutes to arrive at 186 Savile Row, where there was a three-story old-style building, the first floor was a men's clothing store, and the third floor was John. Jones said the accounting firm.

Yang Yi rushed up, and then at nine o'clock, he pushed open the glass door of the accounting office.

"Hello, I'm looking for John. Mr. Jones. ”

"Excuse me by your name, sir."

"Yang Yi."

"Okay, Mr. Jones is in the office, please come with me."

The accounting firm is not big, Yang Yi took a look, and found that there were six cubicle office areas in the hall, and there were also four independent offices, and now there were already four people in the cubicle office area in the hall.

A female receptionist in her twenties walked to an office with Yang Yi, knocked on the door, and said in a low voice, "Mr. Jones, the guest you are waiting for is here." ”

"Please come in."

Yang Yi entered the office, the office is not big, the decoration is very simple, and the layout is okay, at least it looks like the office of a normal accounting firm boss.

John. Jones was wearing a glasses, and when he saw Yang Yi coming in, he put a stack of papers in his hand on the table, then took off the glasses he was carrying, put them aside, reached out and pointed to the chair in front of the desk, and said softly: "Please sit, take a look at this, and sign it if there is no problem." ”

Yang Yi took over John. Jones handed over the document and found out that it was an employment contract from Jones & Accountants.

Yang Yi looked at John. Jones made a puzzled gesture to John. Jones smiled: "Running an accounting firm is my main business, commercial espionage is my part-time job, if you want to learn something from me, then you must at least have a suitable identity." ”

Yang Yi read the document, so he immediately signed his name, and then respectfully returned it to John. Jones.

John. Jones took the paper, and then smiled at Yang Yi and said: "Your job is an administrative assistant, as a newcomer, you have to start from the basics, such as cleaning, handing someone a cup of coffee or something, and you need to familiarize yourself with the business of an accountant as soon as possible, I hope you can reach the level of a trainee accountant within half a year." ”

Yang Yi was not dissatisfied, he was just curious now, and then he said in a low voice: "Do I have to start with these?" ”

John. Jones nodded, "Yes." ”

Yang Yi scratched his head, and then said helplessly: "I will do what you tell me, but I want to know what is the use of being a spy and learning this." ”

"Of course it works, since you're going to follow me as a commercial spy, and you're going to use your status as a clerk here, then of course you'll have to be an accountant, and even if you're going to be a spy, it's still very beneficial to be able to calculate your assets, what do you think?"

Yang Yi spread his hands and said, "Well, I don't have a problem, I can learn, but I also want to learn other more useful things, such as shooting, fighting, I practiced martial arts, but then I found that the ones I practiced were meaningless, of course, there are other skills, I need to learn." ”

John. Jones made a puzzled expression and said, "I don't understand, as a commercial spy, what are you studying this for?" ”

Yang Yibi John. Jones was still puzzled, and he said in a very confused way: "As a spy, aren't these the most basic skills?" ”

"No, no, no, you obviously didn't figure out one thing, I said I was a commercial espionage, and commercial espionage doesn't need that."

John. Jones waved his hands back and forth and smiled, "What's the most important thing about being a spy?" It is to obtain information, as well as to transmit intelligence, in terms of current scientific and technological conditions, the transmission of information is almost zero threshold, and it is easy for any ordinary person to do it, so the most important job is only to obtain information. ”

"I can understand this, but ......"

"No but, for a commercial espionage, or even a spy in the true sense of the word, in what you think it is, the use of violence means failure, a complete failure, no matter what the circumstances! Imagine what an Allied spy would do during World War II to obtain a high-value piece of military intelligence at the headquarters of the German army. Shoot and kill a German officer? Or do you exhaust a general with your bare hands, get a key piece of information and flee and send it back, and then go back to enjoy the treatment of a hero? ”

Yang Yi was asked speechlessly, John. Jones shook his head and said: "This is the plot of the movie, in fact, this kind of thing will not happen, because for spies, exposure is failure, complete failure, imagine, even if you kill a thousand people to get an extremely important piece of information, assuming that the Normandy landing plan is ready, do you think the information obtained in this way is still useful?" If it doesn't work, does it still make sense for you to kill those thousand people? There's no point, what are you doing just to destroy the good situation where you have access to important information? ”

Yang Yi was stunned by the question, and then he said in a low voice: "However, many cases prove that sometimes it is necessary to use violent means to obtain certain information. ”

"Yes, of course there is, but this kind of violent use of intelligence is so rare that you can't use isolated incidents that happen by chance as an argument to see what a spy does in the vast majority of conditions."

John. Jones smiled, and then said to Yang Yi: "I am willing to help you, I will definitely follow the best way, your future should not be a hands-on spy, or agent, or task force, you may really need to use violence to solve many problems in the future, but those problems should not be solved by you yourself." ”

Yang Yi whispered: "You mean that my template should be the role of a boss, or the role of a commander, rather than the person responsible for the specific hands-on?" ”

John nodded, and said with a serious face: "Yes, this is your position, a commander, not a soldier, just like your father, he doesn't need to do anything he needs to do it himself, all he does is need to give orders and someone will naturally do everything for him." ”

Yang Yi exhaled and said, "I understand, then I don't need to learn some specific skills?" ”

John. Jones smiled: "Yes, but not to learn from me, you still need to start from the bottom, start from being familiar with every link, all you have to learn from me is how to be a leader, as for other things, you have to learn elsewhere, again, I'm just a business spy, how about it, do you still want to join me now?" ”