Dark Night and Dawn Episode 25 Recap
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Jin Maochang declared that he would expand supply and lead the cotton yarn factories to bring down the price of cotton yarn together. Other entrepreneurs also echoed him, unanimously and unconditionally supporting the new government in Shanghai. The bureau held a summary meeting. Deputy Yang specifically praised Lin Shaobai.
Their next task was to make Shanghai the main battlefield, mobilize large quantities of cotton yarn, grain, and coal from all over the country, transport them to Shanghai, and concentrate their release, using absolute economic strength to defeat the speculators. The task of the Shanghai Public Security was to ensure the safety of these supplies and serve as a strong backing for this rice and cotton battle.
Lin Shaobai took Tong Susu and her adoptive mother to pick flowers near the prison. Dai Yueqing, who was working, saw her son, her eyes turned red. Lin Shaobai intentionally let her see Tong Susu, fulfilling her wish. Old Jin returned home safely. Jin Yan cooked noodles for him, and Jin Maochang ate them with more relish than anything else. Old Lu went to the police pigeon division to see Lin Shaobai.
Lin Shaobai assigned him the task of managing pigeon droppings, and Old Lu actually did it without fail. Lin Shaobai took out a newspaper and mentioned the fake news on the papers recently, which were all dirt splashed at Old Lu. Old Lu didn't care, but Lin Shaobai couldn't stand it.
He proposed fighting a public opinion war against Shrike, publishing articles in the newspaper exposing Shrike's notorious past of betraying his own people to compete for the position of Shanghai Station Chief, as well as sacrificing Yang Hui, who had followed him for seven or eight years, in order to stage a golden cicada shedding its shell. This was also to let the spies under Shrike see clearly what kind of person Shrike truly was.
Deputy Yang added that this public opinion war could be used to divide and disintegrate the spy group. After obtaining Deputy Yang's consent, Lin Shaobai invited reporters to interview Old Lu and clear his name. Old Lu was unwilling to appear on camera, so Cen Xiaoman came up with an idea: taking photos of a police cap for publication and promotion. Soon, the news was published in newspapers and broadcast on the radio.
People in the streets and alleys all knew about this notorious spy Shrike and utterly hated him. Shrike seemed indifferent, but in fact, he was furious. For the first time, he lost his temper at the female teacher who often took advantage of him. Han Jinkui went to find Jin Maochang. Old Jin dared not tell the truth that he was forced to bury Jiang Yang alive.
Han Jinkui was blinded by anger and wanted to seek revenge against Zheng Lanting. Old Jin advised him to give up, gave him two small gold bars, helped him think of a way out, and promised to cover all future expenses for Jiang Yang's two children. Old Lu asked Lin Shaobai to return to the social affairs department, but unexpectedly, Lin Shaobai said firmly that he would not return. Six people on the undercover list lost contact.
Shrike didn't care, saying that these defectors could be used to paralyze Lu Zhengyang and pave the way for the next plan. Shrike showed up uninvited and ordered Old Jin to purchase a batch of high-purity white phosphorus. He planned to make gasoline bombs with this white phosphorus and detonate them in the three warehouses belonging to Old Jin on the street, burning all the supplies.
Old Jin was so scared that he was sweating profusely, repeatedly saying that he couldn't get 300 jin of white phosphorus. Shrike knew perfectly well that Old Jin was a major shareholder of Changhua Match Factory. It was not a problem for the match factory to import a batch of white phosphorus, in Shrike's view. Mao Sen conveyed the decision from above, inviting Shrike to return to the rear as office director. Shrike tactfully refused.
After hearing Shrike's next plan, Mao Sen exclaimed that it was excellent. On the surface, he arranged for Liu Guihang's men to be at Shrike's disposal. Jin Maochang took the lead, and entrepreneurs like Gao Huaipu also followed suit, donating warehouses for the new government to store supplies. The bureau transferred two people to Office Two, one of whom was Old Chen from the archive department.
