On the streets of Longcheng, Longkou District, a large off-road vehicle was speeding.
You Yifan, wearing a suit and sitting in the back seat with his legs crossed, cursed with a tired expression: "Damn it, I originally thought that the garrison and the Chi army had already been contacted, and once the storm was over, this business could be pulled up, but who could have thought that Xiao Yucheng would suddenly appear and disrupt many people's plans."
Upon hearing this, Yu Mingyuan immediately asked, "Is this Xiao Yucheng bribed by Zhao Weihu?"
"Whether he bribed them or not, Chijun has to bear the blame." You Yifan replied softly, "And Chijun is not a member of Mo's official army. So, in this case, we will definitely not be able to do business with this group of people in the short term, otherwise we will be courting death."
Yu Mingyuan nodded slowly: "Yes."
"Brother Fan, what is the main political significance of the cocktail party we are going to attend later?" Su Tianyu asked tentatively.
You Yifan replied softly, "It must be aimed at the Murphy government troops! It is said that someone in the upper echelons proposed to secretly support the rebels in Sinalo and Casaro. This cocktail party has a certain mobilization nature. If the upper echelons decide, then the moneybags in Longcheng will probably have to secretly "donate" to the rebels."
When Su Tianyu heard this, he replied sarcastically: "After supporting the government army, you support the rebels right after. Haha, isn't this just fighting against yourself?"
"Politics is like this, it changes with time." You Yifan sighed and replied, "Only if our old Mexican neighbor keeps fighting all year round and does it endlessly, the district government can get the most tangible benefits."
Su Tianyu smiled and did not refute.
Inside the car, You Yifan and Yu Mingyuan continued to talk, while Su Tianyu turned his head and looked around the street. He saw many patrol cars from the police station, even soldiers from the anti-terrorist force, and riot vehicles parked on the main roads.
The attack on Deputy Mayor Guo has directly led to the security situation in Longcheng being raised to a higher level. Many private cars are stopped for questioning and their documents checked when passing through major roads.
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About half an hour later, the car arrived at Building B in the Longcheng Regulatory Compound. You Yifan, Yu Mingyuan, Su Tianyu and others got off the car and walked into the reception venue together.
Not only are several top white leaders of the General Supervisory Association present today, but also some senior officials from the Longcheng City Council and the City Government, as well as many bosses of large trading companies in Longcheng who were "forcibly" called here.
The bosses of these trading companies are the money bags of the upper class, and the purpose of tonight's cocktail party is to warm up and mobilize in advance, so these people are shuttling around the leaders, constantly inquiring about the wind and the latest government decrees.
After You Yifan and others entered the venue, they walked around slowly and greeted many familiar faces one by one.
You Yifan bent down and sat down on the sofa on the left side of the hall. He smiled and asked a friend, "Old Yang, is there any latest news?"
"What do you want to hear?" the other party replied with a smile.
"What do you think? Of course it's about the news from Sinalo."
"As far as I know, the upper echelons have different opinions on whether to support the rebels." Old Yang lowered his voice and replied, "The party and government diehards headed by Secretary General Lu and the mayor agree to secretly support the rebels. Minister Carl, the head of the Material Control Department of the Supervisory Committee, also agrees to this plan. But... the civil affairs faction headed by the City Council Speaker holds opposing opinions. They think that the rebels are not recognized by the United Government, and some of their methods are too extreme and cruel. In the war-torn area, even the unarmed old, weak, women and children are slaughtered... This has a very bad impact, so the upper echelons have to support them. If they are exposed by Minister Murphy, it will affect the positive image of District 1."
You Yifan looked at the other person in astonishment: "Fuck, you are more informed than me! I didn't even know that the upper echelons had different opinions."
"It's normal that you don't know, because this different opinion was just raised at a closed-door meeting. I work in the municipal government, so I know more about it than you do." The other party replied.
Su Tianyu was listening to the conversation between the two and couldn't help asking, "Then isn't our participation in this reception an indirect statement of our position?"
Old Yang looked at him suspiciously, but for a moment he didn't know his identity, so he didn't reply.
"This is one of us." You Yifan pointed out.
Old Yang smiled and nodded: "It's not an indirect statement of position, because there are also people from the Civil Affairs Bureau attending the reception today. We just finished the meeting, and no one knows what's going on."
"Oh, that's it." Su Tianyu nodded.
"If there is a disagreement among the upper echelons, which side will you stand on?" Old Yang asked You Yifan.
"Hehe." You Yifan smiled ambiguously and did not answer the question directly.
On the second floor of the hall, when Jing Yan was talking to someone, Gu Baishun, who was sitting next to him, lowered his head to glance at the first floor, his eyes swept over Yu Mingyuan and Su Tianyu calmly.
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There is a church in Longkou District, less than three kilometers away from the Regulatory Commission.
Today is the weekend, and many devout believers come here to worship and pray.
Inside the church, a kind priest in a black robe touched the forehead of a devout white believer who was kneeling in worship and said softly, "Child of the Lord, please tell us your sins truthfully."
“Bang!”
Just as he finished speaking, the door of the church was suddenly kicked open, and four men with devil masks on their faces, wearing bulletproof vests, combat uniforms, and carrying automatic rifles, rushed in.
In the quiet church, everyone turned around to look at the door, all of them were stunned.
"Kang!"
Gunshots rang out without warning, and the masked man in the lead shouted in Chinese: "Don't sit down, kneel down and worship!"
Just as he finished speaking, six more people rushed into the room carrying explosives and boxes of military weapons.
The priest was stunned and immediately stepped forward: "This is a church, what do you want to do? You will go to hell!"
"Go to hell!" The other party knocked down the sixty-year-old priest with the butt of his gun, and then waved his hand: "Defend the scene."
Five minutes later, more than a dozen white believers who came to worship were tied up with explosives and tied to the main entrance of the church, and all of them were blindfolded.
Inside the church, five bandits pasted explosives on several building support points that were enough to destroy a six-story building.
In front of the statue, the leading gangster squatted in front of the priest who was tied up and lying down, holding a phone and saying to him: "Call your Lord and tell him you have been kidnapped."
"Walter?!" The priest's forehead was bleeding and he looked confused.
The leading gangster Bang Bang punched him twice: "I only have primary school education, and you are speaking English to me?"
"What on earth are you going to do?!" the priest shouted.
"Can't contact your Lord? Then call the police station and report it to the police." The other party replied jokingly and put the phone directly on the priest's face.
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At 6:05 in the evening, the police station received an alarm call and a large number of nearby patrol police officers and anti-terrorism force soldiers drove to the scene.
At 6:10, the gangsters made a request, asking the Longcheng City Council to raise 200 million yuan and send it to the church within two hours to redeem the person.