#240 - Chapter 240 He Jinghui Comes to See You

"Did you ask Old Yan?" Zongzhen Yue asked.

"I asked. He said the Huatong Chamber of Commerce is a non-governmental organization. It provided a lot of help to China in dealing with the zombie rat problem before," Baili Ji replied.

"Anything else?" Zongzhen Yue looked at him.

"He also said that the council unanimously approved and endorsed the Huatong Chamber of Commerce," Baili Ji said.

"Yes, that's right." Zongzhen Yue nodded in agreement.

"But I don't think it's that simple," Baili Ji said.

"What's wrong?" Zongzhen Yue asked, feigning ignorance.

He had to feign ignorance. If he revealed everything he knew, Baili Ji might consider suppressing the Chamber of Commerce without sufficient investigation. If that were the case, the problem would be significant.

He wasn't worried about the consequences of the council falling out with Dongfang Chen. He was just concerned that, given Dongfang Chen's personality, the council might not be able to obtain more technology from him in the future. This would be a huge loss for the entire country.

Therefore, at this moment, Zongzhen Yue decided to temporarily conceal the truth.

"Do you guys in the Southeast Military Region raise rats?" Baili Ji suddenly changed the subject.

"Raise rats?" Zongzhen Yue was puzzled.

"Yes, Yan Zhengping has turned the Southwest Military Region into a pigsty and is raising a large number of rats," Baili Ji said.

He already knew the reason why Yan Zhengping was raising rats, and the Huatong Chamber of Commerce was involved behind the scenes. Asking other military regions if they were raising rats would reveal the extent of the Huatong Chamber of Commerce's infiltration into each military region.

As expected, old ginger is spicier.

"Why would he raise rats in the military region?" Zongzhen Yue didn't understand.

"You don't know?" Baili Ji looked surprised.

"I don't know!" Zongzhen Yue spread his hands, indicating that he really didn't know.

"Alright!" Baili Ji nodded.

This indicated that the cooperation between the Southeast Military Region and the Huatong Chamber of Commerce was not as close as that of the Southwest Military Region.

"Wait, why did you suddenly ask this question? Why is Old Yan raising rats in the military region?" Zongzhen Yue became anxious when he saw that Baili Ji didn't plan to say more.

How could Zongzhen Yue not know something that even Baili Ji, who had been in a coma for half a year, knew? Wouldn't that prove that Zongzhen Yue had wasted the last six months?

How could that be allowed?

"I'm not sure about that. You can ask him," Baili Ji didn't plan to answer this question.

"Report!"

"Enter!"

"Chairman, He Jinghui, the Director of the Security Department, is here," the messenger came in to report.

"Okay, tell him to come in," Baili Ji nodded.

"Yes!"

"Old Zong, I have something else to do, so I won't keep you," Baili Ji said.

"Alright then!"

Zongzhen Yue was no longer in the mood to stay. He wanted to ask Yan Zhengping what he was up to.

After Zongzhen Yue left, He Jinghui walked in.

"Chairman, you were looking for me?" He Jinghui asked.

"Old He, come, sit down," Baili Ji greeted.

"Yes!" He Jinghui obeyed and sat down.

He was an old subordinate of Baili Ji, so he was more reserved.

"Old He, how much do you know about the Huatong Chamber of Commerce?" Baili Ji asked.

"Chairman, this Huatong Chamber of Commerce was initially a non-governmental organization established by a real estate developer in Yusu Province. When the council allowed the resettlement areas to spontaneously form defense forces, it began to operate some businesses to raise supplies within the Meilin Resettlement Area," He Jinghui said.

It seemed that the Security Department had also done its homework.

"Yes, continue," Baili Ji nodded.

"Yes. From some of the clues we currently have, there may be a larger force behind the Huatong Chamber of Commerce," He Jinghui said.

"Tell me more," Baili Ji wanted to know this.

"Our first contact with the Huatong Chamber of Commerce was when the Military and Political Department was preparing to establish the Dark Night Squad. At that time, the detachment responsible for finding asymptomatic infected people went to the Meilin Resettlement Area in Yusu Province. At that time, the Huatong Chamber of Commerce had just been established, but it already had initial strength."

"According to Duan Bing, the director of the Second Division of the Security Department who led the team at the time, they already had the ability to provide electricity to the entire resettlement area."

"Later, we specifically sent people to secretly investigate and found that there were no normally functioning generator sets around the resettlement area. Until now, we have not found where their electricity comes from. This is a suspicious point."

"Soon after, the topic of zombie rats was suddenly hyped up."

"You know about this matter. The issue of zombie rats was brought to the council. At that time, Councilor Yan mentioned a person."

"Who?" Baili Ji asked.

He Jinghui was stunned for a moment.

He didn't fully understand the actions that had just taken place that night and didn't know about the real and fake chairmen. So, in his mind, the council meeting at that time was presided over by Baili Ji himself. How could he not know the content of the meeting?

After Baili Ji asked, he also realized the problem, so he changed his words:

"Oh, continue."

"This person is the mysterious person who provided us with information before," He Jinghui explained.

He didn't know why Baili Ji asked, but since he asked, it meant that he might not remember it very well, so it was always right to explain it.

Baili Ji nodded. He knew the mysterious person.

He was the one who revealed the virus characteristics and the two major news of the impending ecological crisis.