Chapter 408 Negotiation
Ambassador Casino, smoking room.
Pent took a puff of the cigar in his hand, then slowly exhaled a puff of smoke, with an expression of great enjoyment on his face.
Before yesterday, Punt had never liked cigars.
Especially after learning the price of the cigar, Pent felt it was a waste. In his opinion, spending so much money on a cigar would be better than getting a little ketamine.
However, when he couldn't help but taste one out of curiosity, Pent instantly changed his mind and fell in love with the taste.
Carl, who was sitting next to him, exhaled a puff of thick smoke and then said to Pent: "Mr. Johnson, what do you do for a living?"
Peng Te called the waiter over and asked for two glasses of red wine, then said, "The family has a small business, but it's not worth mentioning."
Carl smiled and did not force Pent to answer. Then he took the red wine brought by the waiter.
After the two clinked glasses, Pent followed the pre-arranged lines and asked, "Is Mr. Karl from the Sun Never Sets?"
Carl shook his head and said, "I'm from Switzerland."
"oh?"
Peng Te asked doubtfully, "Are you here to do business?"
"I'm here to find my fiancée." Carl said with a smile.
"Congratulations, Mr. Karl." Pent said with a smile, "Your fiancée must be very beautiful."
"Thank you." Carl took another puff of his cigar and then asked, "Where is Mr. Johnson? Are you from the British Empire?"
"No." Pente shook his head and said, "I'm from France. But my mother is from the British Empire."
"So that's how it is." Karl evaded the question, and then thought to himself whether there was anyone among the French people he had heard of who had a similar status to Pente.
Next, the two of them started chatting about some irrelevant topics.
Just after finishing a glass of wine, Pent's phone rang. After apologizing, Pent walked aside to answer the call. After chatting for a few words, he walked back to Karl and said, "I have something to do and need to leave for a while. Mr. Karl, please make yourself at home."
Karl was stunned and said, “I wanted to invite Mr. Johnson to go out for dinner tonight, but I didn’t expect you to have something to do.”
"Let's talk about it next time we have a chance." Pente smiled apologetically, then turned and walked out of the smoking room.
…
In a conference room somewhere in Yanjing.
The conference room was filled with smoke, and a group of gray-haired old men in military uniforms were sitting in the conference room.
The solemn atmosphere on the scene told everyone that this wasn't just some old folks' gathering, or a tea party, or a chess and card room, but a very important negotiation.
"Old Wang, this matter has been dragging on for a month," a bald old man said. "It's already the end of the Lunar New Year, so why is there still no result?"
The old man sitting at the head of the table glanced at the bald old man and replied, "What result do you want?"
"Of course, it is to find out those people who framed my grandson, and then posthumously confer the title of martyr on my grandson Xing Zhuowen." The bald old man answered righteously.
"Haven't we already said that? Zhuo Wen is just out of contact right now, it's not that serious at all," the elder at the top seat replied. "This matter needs to be thoroughly investigated before we can proceed."
"What else are you investigating?"
The bald old man slammed the table and shouted angrily, "My grandson has been dead for a month. It's obvious that this is related to Yu Haoran and Tang Shuo. Are you doing this to protect him?"
The old man at the top glanced at the bald old man with a sharp gaze, then said with a stern expression: "As long as you can produce evidence, I will order their arrest now."
“…”
The bald old man paused for a moment, then said, "Zhuo Wen had a conflict with Tang Shuo before the incident, and then Tang Shuo appeared in the Never-Setting Sun. Then my grandson died in the Never-Setting Sun. Is this also a coincidence?"
"My Wang Bihan was traveling with Tang Shuo at the time." The elder Wang Jianye, who was at the head of the group, angrily demanded, "Do you still suspect that my granddaughter killed your grandson?"
"Why don't we just ask the person to find out the truth?" said the bald old man.
The only man not in uniform sitting in the outer circle raised his hand. After Wang Jianye spoke, he stood up and said, "My brother Yu Haoran hasn't contacted our family in over a month. We don't know if he has anything to do with this matter."
The man coughed lightly and continued, "But my grandfather asked me to pass on a message. If this matter is related to my brother, then our Yu family will definitely not cover it up. How to deal with it is up to the leaders to decide."
A cold light flashed across Wang Jianye's face, and then he said in a strong voice: "We will investigate this matter thoroughly, but we still need to provide evidence to find out the specific situation. The Party will not let a bad person go, but it will not wrongly accuse any good person!"
"Jianye." Another old man on the field said, "Let me say a few words from an objective perspective."
The old man paused, waiting until everyone's attention was focused on him before he slowly spoke, "At this point, the only way to explain things clearly is to call Tang Shuo, Yu Haoran, and anyone else who might know the inside story."
The people around the old man who spoke also said, "I agree with what Old Xing said. These people are very suspicious and need to be controlled."
"Are we going to arrest someone just because of a little evidence?" Apart from Wang Jianye, the only voice of opposition was heard on the field.
Huang Chaoqun said in a deep voice, "We already have a professional team in contact with the British side. I believe we'll get news back soon."
The bald old man was the first to speak up. "The team has been there for half a month, but unfortunately there's been no progress. Are we just going to keep waiting?"
Huang Chaoqun was about to speak out in rebuttal when Wang Jianye's phone suddenly rang.
Wang Jianye did not avoid the crowd and answered the phone directly.
After saying a few words, Wang Jianye raised his voice and said to the phone, "Stay where you are and don't move. I'll send someone to pick you up right now."
Wang Jianye immediately hung up the phone and gave a few instructions to the guards beside him. Then he looked up and said, "Wang Bihan and the kidnapped female reporter are back. I've sent someone to pick them up!"
Everyone on the field was stunned. No one expected such a situation to happen.
The conference room suddenly became completely quiet. Apart from the "clicking" sound of the two old men in the middle smoking, there was no other sound.
Wang Jianye picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip, but he began to think about the proposal Tang Shuo made on the phone yesterday.
He glanced at Tan Zhuojun, who was sitting outside the conference room, and shook his head silently. It seemed that this was the only way for the time being.
I don't know how much time passed before the silence in the conference room was broken by a "report".
Wang Jianye immediately asked the person outside to come in, and then the guard brought Wang Bihan and Wang Shanshan in.
"Tell me what happened in detail." Wang Jianye said directly to Wang Shanshan.
Wang Shanshan timidly glanced at everyone in the conference room and then said, "I'm a reporter for the newspaper stationed in the sun. I was kidnapped by a group of terrorists during an interview."
Wang Jianye nodded and said, "Go on."
"Then two Chinese soldiers came to rescue me, but they both failed and were killed." Wang Shanshan continued, "Then Captain Yu came, but unfortunately he was also captured."
Apart from the monkey incident, the first half of what Wang Shanshan said was true, and no one else in the meeting room questioned it.
The bald old man interjected, "How did you get out?"
Wang Jianye glanced at the bald old man angrily, then said to Wang Shanshan, "Don't worry, just tell me what you remember."
"Later, another man came and said he was the captain. It was Captain Xing Zhuowen," Wang Shanshan said. "He was almost able to rescue me, but the terrorists discovered him. Then Bi Han and Tang Shuo arrived. In the end, I got out, but Captain Xing died because of it."
At this point, Wang Shanshan began to sob.
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