William parked his car near London Bridge and stood on the bridge in his down jacket for a short while before a Range Rover pulled up in front of him. The passenger window rolled down and a white man in his 30s asked, "William Devonshire?"
William nodded, and the people in the car said: "Get in the car"
After getting in the car, it drove towards the city of Westminster, entered Downing Street, and drove into a building with a sign of London Electric Company on the door.
After being taken to the 10th floor, William saw a thin middle-aged woman in her 40s as soon as he got out of the elevator. The work badge in front of her was Catherine Davis.
Katherine Davis said to the staff member who brought him up, "I'll take him to Garris' office. You go do your thing."
After saying that, he ignored the staff member and took William into Garys' office.
After entering the door, William saw Garris hurriedly stand up and said to the middle-aged woman: "Hey, Catherine, you have time to come to my place."
Catherine said with a straight face, "I was just going to the archives and I met this little guy. I brought him here for you. I'm leaving now. You can get busy."
"Okay, thank you Catherine." Garys hurried forward to open the door for her and send the old lady away.
After Garris closed the door, William looked at Garris's office. There was nothing special about it, just a desk, a few filing cabinets, a few chairs, and a wine cabinet. Shaking his head, he thought it was too simple. William teased Garris, "Garris, isn't your office too simple? There's not even a sofa. You don't have a beautiful secretary or anything. Your department is really poor. By the way, who was that old lady just now? You are so servile. Is she your old lover?"
"Damn it, William, shut up! Her name is Catherine Davis, and she's the director of the Cabinet's Security Committee. You idiot! She's a rising star that everyone thinks is promising. She's very likely to join the Cabinet. Shut up! Next time you see her, be careful. I'm under her leadership. She's notoriously difficult to talk to."
Seeing Garris so nervous, William felt a little relieved. Fortunately, Catherine didn't hear it, otherwise it would be troublesome. "Fortunately, she didn't hear it, otherwise I would be in trouble. Garris, can't you send someone to wait for me outside the elevator? If I'm unlucky, I'll say that I heard you say that in private."
Garris rolled his eyes at William, unable to bear his familiarity, and scolded him, "Shut up your crow mouth. I haven't even asked you what you've been doing these past two days, and you're already slandering me. You must have had a great time these past two days, right? Tsk tsk, that's such a beautiful woman. You're lucky!"
"Ha, it's just so-so. Look at how handsome, rich and talented I am. Isn't it normal for beautiful women to come to me?" William boasted shamelessly, pulling out a chair and sitting in front of Garys.
"Now I know you are so shameless," he said, then took out a large file bag from the drawer of the desk and handed it to William.
William opened the file bag and poured out the contents onto the desk, revealing two certificates and ten file bags.
Garris said to William, "Here are your credentials. One is for the head of the London Electricity Company's electrical maintenance team, which you'll use to cover your identity. One is for the MI6, as the head of security. You're responsible for handling emergencies and are solely under the leadership of the committee. These ten files are for your team. Fill them out and submit them to the bunker. You know where the bunker outside Buckingham Palace is, right?"
William picked up the two documents, glanced at them, and put them down. He asked sarcastically, "Of course I know where the bunker is. Garris, I'm so famous now, do I still need the power company's cover? No one would believe this thing if I took it out."
Garris smiled strangely and said, "That's your business. How about you buy the London Electric Company and I'll give you my chairman's credentials?"
William said angrily: "No, why do I need this crappy company? It loses so much money every year. I'm just asking for trouble."
"Electricity companies are very cheap now. The entire London Electric Company is only worth 70 million pounds. The losses are mainly due to aging circuits and outdated equipment. You might be able to make money if you buy it and renovate it," Garris tempted.
"I don't want it. I can make more money with that money.
Everyone knows that the power company union is difficult to deal with. I don't want to deal with those guys in the power company union. Tell me about the group I'm in charge of. As the group leader, do I have to go to the headquarters to work? I don't want to see that old lady every day."
"Ha, old woman, you really dare to say that," Garris nodded in agreement. He didn't like her because she had been in the CIA for too long and ran the CIA like an iron barrel. The committee couldn't get involved even if it wanted to.
"Your team doesn't need to go to headquarters. You are the emergency action team. If you find any situation that requires information, come to me if you want to investigate. I have files on all the personnel in the Military Intelligence Bureau.
Once you have assembled your team, you are required to hand over a backup of the team member list to the bunker. You don't need to tell anyone except yourself. You can investigate the personnel you think are suspicious yourself. Of course, everything must have evidence, and you need to accept the tasks assigned by me," said Garris.
"That means if you don't give me any tasks, I can do nothing at all," William said happily.
"Alas, this is not the 1990s anymore. There aren't so many special incidents happening in the country. Moreover, everything we do now requires evidence. Without evidence, nothing can be done. Our hands and feet are tied. If we can avoid doing anything, we won't make mistakes. Let those people in the Military Intelligence Bureau do the dangerous and troublesome things. The higher-ups are most afraid of being exposed now. If the public knows about it, it will definitely be no good. Anyway, you are a millionaire, so it's just right for you to do it if there is nothing wrong," said Garris.
"Ha, you're kidding me. You're just unwilling to give up the power you've secured, aren't you? Forget it. I don't intend to take the power of my group back anyway. It's best to leave it in your hands so I don't have to worry about it. I'm still so young, it's time to enjoy life. Besides, I don't even have a son, and I don't want to be without an heir in the future. Garris, you'd better not come to me with anything. I'll just be a wealthy man and enjoy the life of a rich man."
William didn't believe what Garys said. These guys only wanted to use him as a thug. They wanted me to do the dirty work and there would be no benefits. I'm not that stupid. I won't serve you if there is no benefit. Let you and the lady fight each other and I'll watch the fun from the side.
"Then this is how I recruit my staff."
"You can recruit whoever you want. You can also look in the archives or in society. The most important thing is reliability," Garris said, handing William his business card. "This is one of our archives in London. It contains files on people with low confidentiality levels. You can recruit from the police force or the army, but you have to manage your team members and don't let them mess around. If there is any trouble, you have to deal with it yourself. You are special operations, right? Without a mission, you are just ordinary people. Do you understand? And you are responsible for the funding yourself. All I can provide is equipment and some official status conveniences to prevent you from being targeted by the government."
William took the business card and looked at the address. This is the address of the London Library. What can I find in this place? He looked at Garris in confusion.
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