On the top floor of the Huihong Group Building in New York City, Zhang Zhengchen stood on the cloud platform, overlooking the street scene below, and his voice was not panicked: "I need your service, but how do I pay?"
When Su Tianyu made this call, it had been more than ten hours since the attack last night. After such a long time, it was impossible for Zhang Zhengchen not to know that his son was missing.
But in this situation, this business tycoon still did not show any negative emotions such as anger, loss of composure, panic, etc., but calmly answered Su Tianyu's absurd question.
Su Tianyu was a little surprised. He scratched his nose and said, "I don't want money."
"Then what do you want?" Zhang Zhengchen asked back.
"If you kill Kang Dinghuang within three days, I will release your son." Su Tianyu paused and said, "No matter what method you use, you only have three days. I will send you a photo of your son later. If it succeeds, it will be a landscape photo. If it fails, it will be a posthumous photo. It's up to you."
After saying that, Su Tianyu hung up the phone, pulled out the SIM card, broke it into pieces, and threw it into the sea.
“Why don’t you want money? Are you feeling proud?!” the professional black man asked in confusion.
Su Tianyu looked at him and said, "You know nothing! Is Zhang Zhengchen so easy to talk to? I'll test his background first and leave him a message. We have him, are you afraid of interrupting the rhythm?! This Zhang Yu can play a big role at the critical moment. It's too much of a loss to exchange him for money."
"Are you rich?" asked Lao Hei.
"I still have seven hundred and fifty in cash in my pocket!"
"Stupid!" Lao Hei rolled his eyes: "I'm going to rest."
"Go to the high seas and find a place where the signal can't be locked and send him a photo." Su Tianyu whispered, "I miss my son. You have to let the old man see it."
"Got it." Lao Hei waved his hand.
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Longcheng city area.
Yu Mingyuan and others who had returned earlier had quietly disbanded, pretending that nothing had happened and continued to do the work before the action.
Around eight o'clock in the evening, it got dark.
Yu Mingyuan left his villa and drove around the city for more than 40 minutes before he found an alley to park the car. He changed his clothes in the back seat and got out of the car.
After walking two streets, Yu Mingyuan took a taxi and went to remote areas twice. After making sure that no one was following him, he changed buses for the third time and rushed to the coast of Daokou District.
Yu Mingyuan stood near the fence at the edge of the coast, smoking a cigarette with a deep look in his eyes.
After a while, a middle-aged man came over and patted Yu Mingyuan on the shoulder: "Smoke less!"
Yu Mingyuan turned around and looked at the other party, grinning: "Here it comes!"
"Yeah." The middle-aged man turned his head and looked around, and said softly: "The investigation team of District 1 has arrived. They are not from the Regional Security Bureau, nor are they military intelligence officers from the Chinese Corps. Instead, they are special talents selected by the Governor-General at the behest of the Regional Council."
"Don't you trust Longcheng anymore?" Yu Mingyuan asked.
"The higher-ups insist that the loss of the goods was caused by a traitor in the army." The middle-aged man paused and said, "The situation is not optimistic, so I asked you to meet and confirm your finishing work."
"There were no accidents in the finishing work. The people I led withdrew immediately before the work was completed." Yu Mingyuan replied softly: "After returning to the city, I asked the cadres in charge to contact their brothers according to the number of people, and there were no problems."
"You still have to be more cautious." The middle-aged man turned his head and glanced at him: "If you leave any trace here, it will be difficult to deal with. You must be careful at this time and don't make the fake play real."
"Okay, I understand."
Yu Mingyuan nodded slowly: "You have to tell me that we are going to carry out the plan we made earlier..."
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Inside the garrison headquarters.
Tan Hengqiang personally received the senior members of the investigation team from Washington, but because the arms incident had caused such a big fuss, it was impossible for the garrison to put on a show or hold a grand welcoming banquet at this time.
In special times, keep everything simple!
What's more, the purpose of the investigation team coming here this time is mainly to investigate the corruption problem within the garrison. To put it bluntly, the positions of both parties are different.
The two sides met in the headquarters meeting room and held a simple tea conference.
A white officer said to Tan Hengqiang politely, "Commander, the Governor and the Regional Council have always had a strong sense of trust in you. Of course... they also trust the soldiers and warriors who protect their homes. This time the investigation team entered Longcheng mainly to investigate various clues. If we find any traitors, we will remove them, but it will definitely not affect the daily work of the garrison."
"Thank you for the trust from the higher-ups, and thank you for the hard work of the members of your investigation team." Tan Hengqiang paused and said, "However, we have also obtained some clues about the case of the arms robbery."
"Can you share it, Mr. Commander?" the white officer asked.
"Of course." Tan Hengqiang crossed his legs and said in a relaxed manner, "The headquarters' inspection department suspects that a regiment commander has been bribed. He is currently being interrogated. All procedures are in accordance with military discipline. I believe there will be a result soon."
Zhou Xian, who was sitting next to him, grinned when he heard this: "You got a clue so soon?"
"We can't be sure at the moment. We need to verify the evidence," Tan Hengqiang replied.
"Commander Tan, forgive me for being blunt, but your clue may be off track." Zhou Xian's expression gradually became serious: "Based on the clues we have, it may not be as simple as a regiment commander being bribed!"
Tan Hengqiang's expression remained unchanged: "Haha, it seems that you did a lot of work before coming here! Do you have any other clues? Tell us about it!"
"Sorry, Commander, I can't tell you that yet." Zhou Xian rejected the other party directly and looked down at his watch: "After ten o'clock, there will be an accurate result."
Tan Hengqiang looked at the white senior executives, then looked at Zhou Xian, whose expression was full of kindness, and suddenly felt disgusted with them.
It was obvious that these two people, one playing the good cop and the other the bad cop, were both telling him tactfully that this investigation would definitely not be like the previous ones, where a symbolic muddle would be enough to wrap it up.
The higher-ups are serious! They won't leave unless the investigation team digs up some explosive information and catches the real culprit.
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In a commercial vehicle, a young man was blindfolded, handcuffed, and kept his head down, silent.
"You've already made the call, is there any point in persisting now?" A man in military uniform said succinctly, "If you don't tell us, you will die. If you tell us, you still have a chance! As long as you are willing to cooperate with us, you can even be exempted from prosecution!"