"According to the information I have read, generally speaking, the more hostages the bandits take, the longer the confrontation will be... So, I hope you don't expect someone to rescue us if we stay here for two or three hours Or hope that the hijacking outside will be over after two or three hours... According to my guess, I am afraid that even if the stalemate outside lasts for two days, it is not surprising! Moreover, those hostages... Alas, their identities are too sensitive It can be said that every move of those people outside, any one of them, will be followed by the media all over the world, so the police are unlikely and dare not take tough measures, so the situation will be deadlocked for a long time... We..." He Glancing at us, he said in a low voice: "Now we have more than a dozen people here, and some of them are injured. Here we are, with no medicine, no food... and the most terrible thing is no water! If we don't have food, we can still persist , but if there is no water, I am afraid that at the end of the day, all of us will be dehydrated and have no energy! And when we have no energy, will the bandits outside attack us? No one is sure about this. And this A wounded person, he is still bleeding and needs treatment... I don't know if he can last another day, but the situation outside, a stalemate for a day... or even longer, is very possible!"
"So, do you have any good ideas?" I looked at old Bruce.
Although he is just an actor, not the invincible hero in the movie. But in this case, his calmness and standing up still gave everyone a lot of psychological support... The image of a brave and wise hero he created has given everyone a lot of psychological support at this moment. consolation.
"We need to collect some food." Old Bruce looked at me, and then said slowly: "Okay, then I will start assigning tasks now, if everyone has no objections."
Seeing that no one spoke, he nodded and looked at me: "Young man..."
"My name is Chen Yang." I smiled.
"Okay, Chen!" Old Bruce called me by my first name according to the western habit (first name and last name): "Chen, this security break room, except our current room, you see Is there that door? There is another room in there, which is a dressing room, probably where the security guards here change their uniforms when they go to work every day. I need you and this lady, and a few other ladies now, you guys Go to that room together. I don't care what method you use, find a way to open all the cabinets! Pry it open, break it open. I always want you to search every cabinet carefully! Those are the security guards here. Wardrobe, there may be some personal items in it, try to find what we need... food, water, medicine... anything! Even if it's just a piece of bread, even if it's just a band-aid!"
"OK." I nodded and accepted his request.
"Okay, other gentlemen, let's re-arrange it here. You see, there are two cabinets next to it. I need two people to come with me and move those two cabinets in front of the door! Guys, Our lives depend on this door! So we need to strengthen it and strengthen it!" With the old Bruce yelling, the other two men barely stood up and cheered up.
I gave Lei Xiaohu a wink and asked him to stand guard outside, while Yang Wei, Jessica, and old Bruce's female partner and I went to the locker room inside. And another lady was looking after the injured waiter. Although this lady's clothes are luxurious, but in this case, everyone has basically thrown away the status level. It seems that she still pays attention to humanitarianism.
The door of the locker room was locked. I pushed hard twice but failed to open it. I simply took a few steps back, then flew up and kicked the door open. Fortunately, it's an easy lock.
The dressing room inside is not big, only about 20 square meters, and the ground is a bit damp. The room had no windows and contained four rows of metal lockers.
The room is not big, and the end can be seen at a glance. Apart from these cabinets, there is really nothing to search. The only hope is to open these cabinets and see what can be found.
I turned the handles of the cabinets in front of me a few times, and as expected, all the cabinets were locked. I sighed, and was about to look for a tool to smash... Well, Lei Xiaohu still has a fire ax in his hand.
"No need." Yang Wei stopped me, and then she untied a brooch from the chest of her evening dress, pinned the needle point inside and handed it to me: "Can you pick a lock?"
I shook my head, I hadn't done it.
At this time, who had been silent for a while, the female companion of Old Bruce suddenly said, "I can try."
We all looked at her, and the girl shrugged: "Oh, when I was at home, I used to secretly open my father's wine cabinet to steal his wine. What's wrong? Don't look at me like that, I'm twenty He's two years old, and he's reached the legal drinking age."
I smiled and said, "Don't get me wrong, it's up to you, Miss."
Yang Wei immediately handed her the brooch.
"Don't call me Miss, please call me Monica." She smiled very sweetly, and had brown hair and a good figure. She was a very charming beauty. No wonder old Bruce liked her so much.
Sure enough, this little girl named Monica was very skillful, she quickly opened three cabinets, and then Yang Wei and I immediately began to rummage through the things in the cabinets.
Since the accident happened tonight, Jessica has been a little out of her mind. She escaped from the chaos just now, and until now, she seems to be very scared. Without saying a word, Yang Wei and I have already begun to rummage through the closet. At the time, Jessica was still standing aside in a daze.
Seeing that she was not moving, Yang Wei walked over and patted her lightly, then she seemed to react, glanced at Yang Wei, and said: "What's wrong?"
"Go check it out! There are a lot of lockers here, and we're going to try to find what we need... I know you're scared right now—everyone, including me! But we've got to get over our fears! At least we're It’s still safe, much luckier than those people in the hall! So, please don’t be in a daze, concentrate, and work hard! If you want to survive, it’s best to temporarily put away your fear.”
Yang Wei's tone was very firm, and the blankness in Jessica's eyes disappeared a little bit. She looked at Yang Wei for a while, and said in a low voice: "I see." Then she quickly walked past Yang Wei, and began to check the first Three cabinets come.
There are a total of twelve lockers in the entire locker room. After we checked them one by one, it took us more than half an hour.
There are indeed many things in these cabinets: clothes left by the security guards, personal belongings, some private photos on the mirrors in the cabinets, men's perfume, razors, leather shoes... But there is nothing arms.
I sighed, knowing that it was impossible to find weapons from these private lockers.
Luckily though, we've made other discoveries, and we've found a small amount of food...
In locker number two, we found a small bag of biscuits and half a sandwich that had obviously been bitten, but was then wrapped in plastic wrap. In addition, a bottle of about 600ml of milk was found in locker No. 6.
Finally found a makeshift first aid kit in locker number nine, containing a bottle of alcohol noodle balls and a pack of bandages.
It was Yang Wei who found the first aid kit, and she immediately gave it to Monica, asking her to go out and give it to Old Bruce to save the wounded.
"Six hundred milliliters of milk, a small bag of biscuits, and half a sandwich... These are not enough for twelve people." I sighed: "Unfortunately, food doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if ordinary people go hungry for two days But water is not enough... If a person does not drink water for a day, I am afraid that he will not be able to support himself.”
Yang Wei suddenly smiled, she glanced at me and said, "Well, if it's just water, I have a solution."
She raised her hand and pointed to the ceiling...
My eyes lit up immediately!
That's a fire sprinkler on the ceiling! ! !
"I saw it outside just now. There are two rooms here with this kind of nozzle... In fact, every room has it! Our drinking water seems to be more than enough, so don't worry at all." Yang smiled: "Just want to Way to get some containers to hold water in. We can turn on the sprinklers in one room now and save the other room for when we need it."
We went out immediately and discussed it with Old Bruce. He looked at Yang Wei with some admiration: "Miss, your idea is great, let's use a nozzle first! The wounds of the wounded need to be cleaned, and we... everyone I'm tired and thirsty too. Now I need to rest and rehydrate, and leave a shower head for when I need it."
We discussed it and decided to use the sprinkler in the changing room... because once the sprinkler is turned on, it cannot be turned off (unless the water in this pipe runs out), and after being sprayed with water, the room cannot be treated.
We gathered everything we could find, and even took out the glass shade of the floor lamp and turned it over, which could be used as a water storage container.
The ladies stayed outside, and I, Old Bruce and Lei Xiaohu, walked into the dressing room inside. I climbed onto a cabinet and took out a lighter that I had just asked for from another man. I turned on the flame and grilled under the nozzle for a few seconds... Immediately, after sensing the heat, there was a bang on the nozzle, and the water sprayed from the head...
I found the glass lampshade in Old Bruce’s hand, rinsed it under water first, then filled it with water and handed it to him, then suddenly remembered something, took out a pack of cigarettes from my clothes pocket and threw it out of the room, sighing Said: "Damn! Fortunately, if you get soaked, you can't smoke."
Then I called Lei Xiaohu, and the two of us washed our bodies wantonly under the nozzle of the ceiling... We just went through the ventilation duct and experienced an explosion, and our bodies were covered in black ash.
Lei Xiaohu simply took off his coat just like me. We drenched under the water for a long time before we washed our bodies clean. Lei Xiaohu even poured water into his nose and mouth with both hands, and then sneezed violently, washing away the ash in his mouth.
In the end, we took turns opening our mouths under the nozzle to drink for a while... After a full ten minutes, the water in the nozzle gradually dried up.
When we walked out of the room, both of us were soaked, but it was much better than the charcoal look just now.
Old Bruce stood at the window, he opened the curtains, looked down...
"Did you hear that?" He smiled wryly.
Everyone shut up and listen carefully...
Faintly, it seemed as if one could hear the faint sound of police cars beeping outside...
Everyone came to the window, looked down, and saw an unknown number of police cars parked below. Anyway, the entire nearby street was blocked by the police... an unknown number of police cars came.
"It seems that the gangsters inside have already started negotiating with the police." Yang Wei said slowly.
Everyone was silent for a while, and the old Bruce sighed: "I hope this matter will end soon."
Ten minutes passed. During this period, there was a banging sound on the door outside. Although there was only about half a minute of sound and there was no movement, the people inside were still terrified.
Everyone understood that the people inside didn't have any weapons in their hands. If the gangsters with guns outside broke in, then everyone would have no choice but to catch them without a fight.
It was already past ten o'clock in the evening. We simply divided the food first.
Yang Wei, Jessica, Monica, and another lady who escaped shared the package of biscuits together.
And the other seven of us guys shared the bitten sandwich...hell, I'm afraid I got less than half an ounce.
And the injured waiter enjoyed the treatment of the wounded, and he drank half a bottle of milk.
After a while, we noticed that a police helicopter started circling around the building... There were also two helicopters circling far away, probably some media or TV station shooting news Bar.
Suddenly someone remembered a note, we found a piece of A4 paper from a table in the room, and then wrote "SOS" three big letters on it with a pen, and pasted the paper on the window glass.
This action immediately gave everyone a lot of hope, including Old Bruce, everyone seemed very excited, but Yang Wei was the only one who remained calm and didn't seem to respond.
She sighed, and then smiled bitterly at me in Chinese: "The glass of this kind of building is reflective, and it is also brown glass with sun protection. When viewed from the outside, the color of the glass is dark... and it is still night, A small piece of A4 paper is impossible to see from a helicopter hundreds of meters away. So it is just an extra comfort for everyone, and I am afraid it will not have any effect."
She spoke to me in Chinese, but she obviously didn't want to hurt everyone's morale.
And here, the only ones who can understand Chinese are me, Yang Wei, and Lei Xiaohu.
Xiaohu shrugged his shoulders indifferently, showing no signs of being discouraged.
I found that Yang Wei's complexion was a bit unsightly, his face was slightly flushed, and his complexion was not very good. I couldn't help but sat beside her, and said softly, "What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell? Could it be that you were injured just now?"
After finishing speaking, I hurriedly looked her up and down. I saw her toes from the top of her head, but I didn't find any injuries on her body. I was slightly relieved and reached out to touch her forehead. I found that her body temperature was also normal. .
Yang Wei was slightly embarrassed by me, but then she looked serious, shook her head, and avoided my hand: "I'm not injured, you don't have to worry."
However, I clearly felt that when she spoke, her breath was a little different from usual.
"You... are you really okay?" I was still a little skeptical.
Yang Wei suddenly blushed, and said in a low voice: "You... don't get so close to me..." His breath became even more urgent.
It dawned on me... Well, is it because she is shy
When everyone was about to take a break, suddenly, I heard a person shouting excitedly: "Hey!! Look what I found!!!"
This is the lady whose name I don't know. She suggested to write SOS on A4 paper and paste it on the window just now. After that, she turned over the table a little bored.
With her loud cry, everyone looked at her, only to see that she actually took out a small laptop from the drawer! ! !
I was stunned, and immediately, everyone reacted! Yang Wei's eyes also brightened sharply! !
"Why didn't you find this just now!" I blurted out, "Could it be that you didn't search the table when you first came to this room?"
Old Bruce blushed slightly, and he explained: "We searched just now, but found nothing."
The lady laughed and said, "Look, it's no wonder we didn't find out just now... This drawer has two layers! There is a push-pull interlayer inside... This design is actually very common, but you just didn't find it in a hurry. Oh, you see , There is also a wireless network card here!! This computer can log in to the network!"
When the laptop was turned on, everyone cheered.
After all, Yang Wei was the most careful, she reminded: "Pay attention to the battery... Have you found the charger? It seems that there is only one computer, right?"
Indeed, the lady searched for a while, and looked up helplessly: "There is no charger... well, maybe the staff here forgot it here when they got off work. But, well, the battery on the display shows that there are still fifty minutes left! It should be enough We're in touch with the police!"
Everyone seemed to see hope at once! Immediately, everyone's faces brightened up! And Monica and Jessica were crying with joy!
The lady operating the computer immediately logged into the network and called the police. She operated for a while and said, "Okay! I not only logged into the network alarm system of the Los Angeles Police Department, but also spoke to one of my online friends , told her our situation, and asked her to call the police immediately!"
"Did you tell them the location of our room?" Old Bruce's eyes flickered.
"Say it!" The lady looked excited!
A few minutes later, suddenly, when we were still crowded in front of the computer desk, we immediately felt a strong light coming from the window! Immediately, the roar of the propellers was heard, and a helicopter approached the building at the slightest, and the bright light was hitting our windows!
Immediately, everyone started screaming, and then rushed to the window, waving desperately to the outside. The helicopter has police markings on it. After confirming our position from a distance, the plane circled and flew away.
Everyone was very excited, and some even shouted: "Okay! The police will definitely come to rescue us first!!"
Even my face became a little more relaxed, but when I looked back at Yang Wei, she was still sitting there without moving, there was no joy on her face, but she was still very serious.
"What's wrong with you?" I walked over and looked at Yang Wei.
"I'm afraid...it's hard." Yang Wei smiled wryly: "Even if the police know we're here, how can they save us?"
"...uh..." I was at a loss for words.
Yang Wei lowered his voice, and still said something to me in Chinese: "I said before, although we are hiding here, although we are temporarily safe, it is equivalent to tying ourselves to death! Even if the police know we are here, And they haven't been caught by the gangsters yet, so what can they do? Now the gangsters have sealed off the sixty-first to sixty-second floors, all the elevators, and all the exits! The police can't break through at all... If the police They can break through to save us, unless they get rid of all the gangsters... In that case, does it make sense to us? With so many celebrity hostages in the hands of the gangsters, is it possible for the police to break through? Look... this is a deadlock!"
I nodded, thought for a while, and said: "Perhaps... there is another way... Don't forget, this is the top floor. The police may first land on the roof of the top floor, and then send special police personnel to hang the steel cable from the outside of the upstairs building. Then break the tempered glass window of our room and hang us out of here!"
Yang Wei rubbed her temples helplessly, shook her head, and firmly denied my idea: "This is simply impossible!!"
She glanced at the excited people, and her voice was even lower: "Chen Yang, you know we are on the top floor, don't the gangsters know? Theoretically speaking, if the police can land from the top floor, it will not only break the The glass in our room saved us... Theoretically, they could attack any room on this floor from the roof - including the lobby where the culprit is!! Do you think the culprit might allow the police to land on the roof of the building? Don't forget, before we ran out just now, the three white gangsters, one of them named Jack, was ordered to guard the roof!! The gangsters have hostages in hand, which can completely prevent the police from acting rashly! It's very simple... Even if Even the most idiotic gangsters will ask the police to step back and leave a separation zone! At the same time, they threaten the police not to allow the police helicopter and any police personnel to land on the rooftop... Otherwise, if the police dare to land on the rooftop, I will immediately Start killing hostages!!" Yang Wei glanced at me: "If this is the case...could the police descend from the sky? Those hostages are not ordinary citizens! Any one of these people is the darling of the mass media!"