Zhao Liangze packed up his things and went back to his room to sleep.
Although Huo Shaoheng said to go to bed early and get up early, due to the time difference, the two of them couldn't sleep much at night, and they woke up at four or five o'clock the next morning.
The two of them took a shower in their respective rooms, and when they went downstairs to find something to eat, they realized that the other person was also up.
Zhao Liangze smiled and said to Huo Shaoheng: "The biological clock is so scary. I didn't expect that I would still be jet lag."
"It doesn't matter. You get up early anyway when you are in China." Huo Shaoheng said calmly, walked to Zhao Liangze and lowered his voice and told him: "Bring your things with you. Today I will go to the scene with Xiao Zhao from the detective agency."
They came to the United States on L-1 visas and were IT engineers.
But now their identities are staff of a Chinese detective agency in New York.
Tan Guiren is Chinese. Although her case was filed by the local police, the progress of the case was very slow because she was never seen alive or dead, and because she was not an American citizen. In addition, the local police in the United States were inefficient and the quality of their personnel was uneven. Slowly, almost no one actually traced her whereabouts.
Six days have passed since she disappeared.
Generally speaking, the first 24 hours of a disappearance are the prime time. If the missing person cannot be found within the first 24 hours, it is probably a sign of danger.
It was also because of their special status this time that the Tan family managed to pass 24 hours and send the best members of the Chinese Empire's Special Operations Division to secretly come to the United States to investigate the case.
The news that Tan Guiren's father Tan Dongbang is the popular candidate for the Chinese Empire's prime minister election has just reached the United States through certain channels.
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At six o'clock in the morning, the door of the police station on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, USA was crowded with media and various passers-by.
Police officers who came to work in their own cars and ordinary policemen who came to work in police cars were shocked when they saw this formation.
"What happened?"
"Do any celebrities take drugs?"
"Or is there another celebrity stealing from the store?"
The police officers who didn't know what was going on got out of their cars and whispered to each other quietly to exchange opinions.
The district where their police station is located is considered one of the richest districts in New York City and even in the United States.
Chaebol tycoons from various countries live here, and many Hollywood stars also have their own houses here.
The police here often investigate cases where celebrities or rich people commit petty thefts in stores for the sake of excitement, or when a certain celebrity or rich person becomes unconscious due to being high, and a police car or ambulance is called to take him to the hospital.
But these things happen almost every day. What is so remarkable about it that can alarm so many media
The police glanced at the equipment in the hands of the media people and found that there were even the marks of the three major TV stations such as ABC, NBC, and CBS, as well as cable TV networks such as N, MSNBC, and Fox News, as well as traditional media such as Washington-Post and New-York-Times. Print media, and even social media such as Twitter and Facebook have sent dedicated personnel to stay here.
Seeing these police officers coming to work, the media, who had been waiting all morning, swarmed over and handed microphones to each police officer or official. A series of questions began to come to them.
"Excuse me, Mr. Policeman, do you know that the daughter of one of the prime ministerial candidates of the Chinese Empire has disappeared in your police district?!"
The person who asked this question was a reporter from the Washington-Post, a long-established newspaper that got its start by exposing President Nixon’s Watergate scandal.
At that time, the female boss of the newspaper supported her reporters in tracking and reporting on the Watergate Incident. She withstood many difficulties from the government and finally forced a sitting president to resign or face impeachment by a grand jury.
Only they have such political sensitivity.
They had also just received news that Tan Guiren, the daughter of Tan Dongbang, the most popular prime minister candidate in the Chinese Empire this year, had mysteriously disappeared from the Juilliard School of Music.
Although she has been missing for six days, they have just received news that the identity of the missing girl is unusual.
Originally they thought they had exclusive news, but when they came to the door of the Upper West Side Police Station in Manhattan, New York, they discovered that the whistleblower had probably leaked the news to major American media one by one...
"Excuse me, lady, have you ever gone to the Juilliard School to investigate? I heard that she disappeared directly from the dormitory?! Have you launched an X-file investigation into such a strange thing?!"
This question was asked by n reporters who are known for their love of making big news. In order to make big news, they even do not hesitate to fabricate fake news to attract people's attention.
Citizens of the Chinese Empire once had a saying that people can't be too naughty.
Although the police officers in the Upper West Side of Manhattan Police Department are not very high-quality, they are all fans of TV series. Facing so many media, their vigilance and sensitivity cultivated by watching the TV series CSI (Crime Scene Recording) all year round are revealed. Out.
"Sorry, no comment."
"Please give way and do not interfere with the police's normal official business hours."
"Please stay outside the yellow line. Anyone who crosses the line will be deemed to be obstructing the police from handling the case and will be arrested."
A series of orders were issued from the police chief, immediately causing the surrounding media to retreat.
The police officers finally managed to squeeze into their offices, and then they happily discussed the grand scene outside in twos and threes.
Only the police chief walked into his office with a dark face, took the intercom phone, and called several of his police chiefs and external liaison PRs in for questioning.
"What is going on outside?! Why are there so many reporters?! Even the X-files are out! Did they grow up eating shit!" Police Chief Kamo roared, his voice shocking Lei Yu.
He is a Latino white man in his late fifties, with a short build, a fat belly that protrudes like a ball, and his belt is almost bursting.
Several police chiefs and PRs looked at each other, took out the prepared materials and began to report to Director Kamo.
Kamo listened for a long time, the expression on his face changed unpredictably.
After a while, he took out a thin notebook from the file on the table, patted it with his chubby hands, frowned and said: "You, Xiao Zhao, told me that Julia was reported missing a few days ago. The girl from the Conservatory of Music is the daughter of the Prime Minister of the Chinese Empire?!"
"Not the prime minister yet, but a candidate for prime minister, but I heard he is a popular candidate and the poll index is very high." The PR of the police station carefully corrected Director Kamo, and added: "I only found out about it just after reading the news on the Internet. ."
boom!
Director Kamo punched the desk, causing the coffee cup on the desk to jump. The khaki coffee immediately flowed all over the table.
But he didn't care at all and said word by word: "What on earth is going on with that case?! I remember someone told me that the girl might have run away from home! How come she disappeared in the dormitory again? !”
"Director, running away from home is one of the reasons for missing in the dormitory. This is not contradictory." Sheriff a was a little dissatisfied. He was in charge of this case. At that time, he really didn't expect that an ordinary foreign student could be so big. background…
In the past, when children of political figures from other countries lived in their area, they would greet them, and they would also give special protection to the places where those people lived.
But this girl has lived in their area for three years, and no one has ever told them that she is the daughter of a dignitary of the Chinese Empire!
"How would we know if they didn't tell us?" Sheriff B muttered and curled his lips, "Her father was just the Minister of Justice before this, and it's not something we should pay special attention to."
"Yes, her father just announced his candidacy not long ago." Sheriff C usually likes to watch "House of Cards" and is very interested in the bloody turmoil at the top of the political hierarchy. He said enthusiastically: "Could it be that there is actually a fight between their country's candidates?" Infighting? Are we just implicated?"
"Yes, yes! There are many such things. Our country elected a president a while ago. Aren't the candidates on both sides very hostile to each other?! There have been kidnappings and murders..." Sheriff A became excited, and he was very reluctant to admit this. The incident occurred because of security problems in his jurisdiction.
This is related to his year-end bonus, and there must be no mistakes.
If a criminal case can be elevated to a political incident, then neither party will have to bear responsibility.
Of course, the U.S. government cannot punish its own police for the political disappearance of a foreigner, and at the same time, people in the Chinese Empire cannot punish the U.S. police for internal fighting among their own people.
When Director Kamo heard this, his small eyes narrowed. His huge body sat on the swivel chair and spun around in circles, making the poor swivel chair rattle as if he would be tortured to pieces in the next second. .
"... It is said that the disappearances were caused by infighting among people in their country. Do you have any evidence?" Director Kamo thought for a long time and asked thoughtfully, stroking his furry cheek.
"Evidence?" Sheriff A shut up. If his imagination could be used as evidence, he could talk about it for three days and three nights, but unfortunately he couldn't.
"There is no evidence, what are you talking about about internal strife in other countries! Do you think others are as stupid as you!" Sheriff Kamo was so angry that he threw all the files at Sheriff A's face, "You idiot! Go out to work! Go to Zhu immediately. Leah Conservatory of Music is collecting evidence and investigating again! Seal her dormitory! At the same time, notify the media that we will hold a press conference every day! Notify the progress of the case!"
The PR from the police station was happy when he heard it.
OK!
Hold a press conference every day, and this case will become famous all over the United States, no, all over the world!
She can gain some exposure and become a celebrity, so she doesn't have to deal with these rough guys in this small police station!
She is only thirty years old, and she can still make a name for herself in the media circle in the future!
Sheriff B and Sheriff C wanted to tape their mouths together.
Such "exposure" is not rare for them!
Only Sheriff A humiliated himself and picked up the scattered coffee-stained files from the ground, packed them up and put them on Director Kamo's desk. He stood at attention and said, "Yes, Mr. Director!"
After coming out of the director's office, Chief A took several of his detectives, went out through the back door, drove the police car, and headed to the Juilliard School of Music with police lights shining all the way.
At this time, Huo Shaoheng and Zhao Liangze had followed Xiao Zhao from the Manhattan Chinese Detective Agency to the door of Tan Guiren's dormitory.
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