The battle situation on the front line is not optimistic. The gap between China and Japan in military strength is quite obvious. Even if they learned about the Japanese attack plan in advance, there is still a gap after all.

On Monday, Lu Xiyan appeared in the hospital office early in the morning. This week, including the next week, he was very busy. Most of the operations were handed over to others, but some important operations had to be completed by him in person.

There are also various meetings, some that you can not attend, and some that you must attend.

All must be determined on Monday.

"I don't attend this, this, and this kind of association. How do I explain it and find a reason? Think about it. I won't go anyway." Lu Xiyan called Cheng Cheng and arranged one by one in the itinerary. After crossing out all the parties that were not necessary to go, and all the parties that were social, such as parties, dinner parties, etc., were considered as appropriate.

Even when he watches people dropping, no one says anything, because he has to devote his energy to academic discussions and preparations for communication.

You cannot waste your chances of learning and progress because of these irrelevant things.

In the next few years, or even many years, he may not have the opportunity to go abroad, so it is very difficult for him to communicate with his peers.

"Teacher, will this offend people too much?"

"Or else, you go for me?" Lu Xiyan raised his eyes and looked at Cheng Cheng.

"It's not appropriate for me to go. People only sent invitations for your sake." Cheng Cheng smiled embarrassedly.

"Then refuse. I don't want these messy things to disrupt my work and communication plans." Lu Xiyan said, "Also, it is important to put the patient first. No one is allowed to change my time without authorization for my surgery unless it was proposed by the patient."

"Yes, teacher."

"I notified Fan Kun and Paul that the regular meeting this morning will not be held, and I will just talk about it at the afternoon surgical plan discussion."

The busy day has begun again. Although the amount of surgery has decreased, the workload has not decreased. As the reputation has increased, more and more people have come to see him for treatment.

Many patients come from surrounding cities and run hundreds of kilometers. Of course, there are very few such patients.

This gives Lu Xiyan a channel to understand the surrounding cities through the patient's mouth, and sometimes he can obtain some very valuable information.

For example, the life preferences of some key characters, family members' situations, and relationships with certain people, etc.

These may not be used now, but they may be able to be used one day. Intelligence work also starts from the details.

...

At nine o'clock in the morning, Lao Ma came to the "Green" bookstore as he said on the phone. He was here for the "interview". Of course, what is more important is to confirm whether the person who came to interview him was the "Nancy" they hoped to contact.

Although the "code words" of the link message in the newspaper are cracked, the lack of tokens and "code words" that are essential to confirm identity, so such contact is risky.

Lu Xiyan couldn't come, at least he would never come directly to contact him before he was confirmed as "Nancy". This is his protection.

Lu Xiyan is the leader of the Zangfeng group and the core of the entire group. His core cannot make any mistakes.

Since Lao Ma received this task, his superiors have clearly instructed him that he can expose or sacrifice, but he must not let Lu Xiyan do anything.

Lao Ma changed into an old blue-gray suit today. The matte was clean, but the lining was a little worn. Of course, it was not visible outside. A pair of old leather shoes were spotlessly polished, but the soles of the shoes were obviously replaced, which looked a little inconsistent.

A pair of glasses with black edges and a gap in the glass. It is obviously very down and miserable, and there is no money to change to a new pair of lenses.

This outfit is too consistent with the identity Lu Xiyan made up for him. I don’t know where he got it. In short, even if Lu Xiyan stood in front of him, he couldn’t recognize that this was Lao Ma at a glance.

Lao Ma deliberately dyed his hair a little white in the Lu family, giving people a feeling of vicissitudes of life and being older. Now Lao Ma is much younger, but his face is not very good-looking.

"Sir, is there anything you can do to help you?"

"Hello, I called yesterday afternoon to apply for an interpreter." Lao Ma took out a newspaper and squeezed out a smile, "My name is Ma Yunfei..."

"Oh, you are Mr. Ma Yunfei. I am the owner of this bookstore. My name is Guan Lingfeng. We called him yesterday and made an appointment at 9:00 this morning?" After hearing Lao Ma's introduction, the boss Guan Lingfeng immediately remembered that only one of Jack Ma called him yesterday afternoon and came to apply for a translator.

"Yes, yes, Mr. Guan, this is my resume..."

"No need to give it to me, Mr. Ma, it's not that I want to interview you. Please wait a moment, I'll call." Guan Lingfeng walked into the counter, picked up the phone, dialed a number, looked up at Lao Ma, and lowered his head and said a few words in a low voice.

"Mr. Ma, the person who interviews you may be late. You can sit for a while and he will arrive soon." Guan Lingfeng put down the phone and greeted him enthusiastically.

"It's okay, I'll wait a moment." Lao Ma said in a humble and arrogant manner.

"Mr. Ma, if you don't dislike it, go to my office for a cup of tea and chat for a few words?" Guan Lingfeng said, "It's not suitable for private conversations here."

"I've been disturbed."

"You're welcome, please, Mr. Ma."

Guan Lingfeng made a cup of tea for Lao Ma and chatted with him for a while. Lao Ma had never seen any scene and would not give him a chance to slander him.

But he will also give the information he should give, basically not out of the scope of the resume fabricated by Lu Xiyan for him.

After about a quarter of an hour, a knock on the door rang out.

"Here, I'll open the door." Guan Lingfeng stood up first, walked towards the door like the wind, and followed Lao Ma and stood up.

Guan Lingfeng opened the door, and a tall blond woman appeared at the door, holding a light blue handbag.

"Monica, you are here." Guan Lingfeng enthusiastically let the other party in.

"Mr. Ma, let me introduce it. This is Miss Monica. Her profession is a journalist. She has just come from Paris, France. Because she is not familiar with the situation in Shanghai and has language issues, she must temporarily hire a short-term interpreter." Guan Lingfeng introduced.

"Hello Miss Monica." Lao Ma greeted him in limited French.

"Mr. Ma's French is good." Monica smiled slightly.

"Thank you." Lao Ma was so proud of his words. Although he could speak French, he did not have many opportunities to communicate with people in French. Once he was involved in professional grammar and vocabulary, he would probably be exposed immediately because he had not formally learned French.

"You guys talk, I'll go out to greet the business first." Guan Lingfeng smiled and handed over the office to Monica and Lao Ma.

"Mr. Ma, can you introduce yourself in English?" Monica asked.

"Of course, Miss Monica." Lao Ma nodded. French has been tested since entering the door, and English is also required to be familiar with French and English in the job advertisement.

"Mr. Ma has worked at Jardine Ma. As far as I know, Jardine Ma’s job is very good, so why did he quit?" asked Monica.

"Miss Monica, I was fired."

"Why?"

"They don't need so many people. I'm Chinese, so I was fired." Lao Ma replied.

"Well, your education is only in middle school, why do you speak French and English?"

“I learned from others at work.”

"Okay, I think you are not bad. The probation period is three days. If I can meet my requirements, I will formally hire you." Monica thought for a moment and decided immediately.

"Then my salary..."

"Don't worry, one dollar per day during the probation period is US dollars. If you formally hire it, what does Mr. Ma think?" Monica said.

"Yes, thank you Miss Monica."

"By the way, I am a special reporter who has just been stationed in Shanghai by AFP. I am temporarily staying at the Chinachem Hotel. Can Mr. Ma do me a favor?"

"Miss Monica, will my probation start today?"

"If you don't need to prepare, you can do it now." Monica said.

"I have no problem, but whether Miss Monica can advance my salary for a day is really needed to buy a breakfast," said Lao Ma.

"Didn't you have breakfast yet?"

"I'll just buy a bread." Lao Ma said awkwardly.

"Okay, it seems that you need this job very much." Monica's eyes revealed a hint of surprise.

...

"What did you say? Her name is Monica and she still lives in the Huamao Hotel?" When she got home from get off work in the evening, Lao Ma found Lu Xiyan to report the situation.

"Yes, I followed her to the Huamao Hotel and helped her with the check-out procedures. I rented a single apartment on Lafeide Road." Lao Ma nodded.

"What does this Monica do?"

"She said she was a reporter from the AFP's new special correspondent station station in Shanghai."

"Old Ma, please describe to me in detail the appearance of Monica, especially the obvious characteristics, etc." Lu Xiyan asked solemnly.

"Blonde, wavy, very tall, about a fist lower than Mr., his eyes are blue, about thirty years old, he has clear logical thinking, and is very well-educated." Old Ma recalled a little.

"Wait a minute, I'll get a pen and paper." Lu Xiyan ordered, then took a piece of white paper and pencil. Under Lao Ma's narration, Monica's image sketch was soon presented on the paper.

"Yes, sir, it's her. Your drawing is so similar, just like a real person." Lao Ma exclaimed.

"Old Ma, I have seen this Monica. She is friends with Chris and Laura. The last time I went to pick them up, I met them in the lobby of the Chinachem Hotel." Lu Xiyan explained.

"You know her, could she be that Nancy?" Lao Ma asked.
Chapter completed!