Our Glamorous Time

Chapter 5: Midnight Companion

Gu Yanzhi suspected that there were spies inside the company.

He was still shocked, however, at the measures being taken by his cousin, who was now also his boss.

The winter sunshine was bright and warm. Dressed in light casual clothing, Li Zhicheng stood in front of his office desk, handsome and quiet. The papers and other items that had cluttered his desk had now been moved into the bookcase and put neatly away. On the desk, instead, were a dozen black button cameras. With his long eyebrows furrowed, Li Zhicheng focused his attention on testing the irregularly-shaped device in his hand.

Gu Yanzhi picked up a camera and looked at it closely. "Don't tell me that you're going to install these within the task force?"

Unbothered, Li Zhicheng kept nimbly playing with the device with his long fingers. "You told me you suspected the spy was in the task force," he responded in a calm voice.

The answer seemed to imply a yes.

Being a daring person himself, Gu Yanzhi thought about it and agreed. They must detect and eliminate the spy quickly, accurately, and ruthlessly. They didn't have time to be bothered by other trivial concerns. He was worried that Li Zhicheng might not be quite familiar with the relevant laws and rules, so he said, "Okay. But I'll arrange for someone else to do it. After all, it might not be legal, so you and I should stay away from it."

It was now Li Zhicheng who paused. He looked up at him. "You think I'm not well aware of the laws?"

Gu Yanzhi thought about it and answered seriously, "I'm not sure." And he then laughed.

Li Zhecheng threw a piece of paper to him.

Gu Yanzhi looked down at it. Good lord, it was the floor plan of the office building and the staff dormitory that the task force was going to stay in. The places where cameras would be installed had been marked by him, mostly in the conference room, office areas, inconspicuous corners in corridors, entrances, and exits. Densely distributed, they were still in no areas that would invade the employee's privacy. The members of the task force would be under 360-degree surveillance as soon as they left their respective private rooms.

"No, you're not ignorant of the laws at all." Gu Yanzhi turned to give him this compliment. He then pointed to the device in his hand and asked, "What's this then?"

Leaving the device on the desk, Li Zhicheng put his hands into his pants pockets and said, "A signal detector." Seeing Gu Yanzhi still looking puzzled, he added, "Within its scanning range, it will detect signals from electronics such as cell phones and radios when they are in use, and intercept the signals within eight-hundredths of a second."

Gu Yanzhi finally understood. Because he had ordered all the members of the task force to hand in their cell phones and use the appointed phones instead, any spy would be easily caught if they were sneaking messages out.

The high-tech equipment is good, but...

Gu Yanzhi kept silent for a moment and nodded his head approvingly. "Good, very good. Ever since you came in, the security of our company has been raised to a military level."

His tone was teasing. Li Zhicheng was not affected and kept sorting out his valuable new technology.

Gu Yanzhi left him alone as he had a meeting to attend. He hadn't yet stepped out of the office doors when Li Zhicheng heard Gu Yanzhi muttering to himself.

He didn't hear him clearly at first. After he had walked a few steps away from the office, he figured out what he had said: "A military man will resort to every conceivable means to reach his end."