The next day, many people came to the dock.
Some were dressed in suits, while others were in uniforms. After arriving at the dock, this group of people confirmed with the police at the time that there was nothing unusual with the "Kowloon 3", and then decided to board the ship.
Chen Xia leaned on the side of the boat, looked at the foreigners on the dock, and said to Zhan Guohao next to him:
"These red noses will definitely come out with a search warrant soon. Don't resist, let them search."
"Boss, this, this, this, we're just going to let them search? Isn't that too much of a bully?"
Zhan Guohao felt that his boss was really a coward. After being bullied to such an extent, he still let them search him. At least he could shout a few words of injustice.
In fact, it’s not that Chen Xia doesn’t want to play this kind of pretentious and face-slapping joke. The fact is that since they dared to intercept a foreign cargo ship and dared to board the ship for inspection in the name of the transit country, this itself is not in line with the provisions of international law.
What does this mean? It means they are shameless and have gone all out. Or, to put it bluntly, they are determined to take over the Four Seasons Group.
Even the sovereign country has abandoned them, and China has no reason to intervene. Who can help them?
If this angers the Italian police, the United States, the mastermind behind this, and the so-called "CoCom", will they be afraid of a small private company like you?
At that time, all crew members, including him, the vice chairman of Four Seasons Group, will be taken away for investigation.
What, they couldn’t find any evidence and couldn’t do anything to Chen Xia and the crew?
People who think like this will have grass two meters high on their graves.
They can just add some stuff into the containers on your ship, such as weapons or cocaine. Come on, people from Four Seasons Group, come here. Do these contraband have anything to do with you?
Who will you turn to for justice then?
Although there is no death penalty, sentencing you to 100 or 200 years is no big deal. You will never be able to get out in this life.
So even though they knew they would suffer losses, they still stubbornly went up to make a fuss and righteously reprimanded the police and special departments who came to inspect.
You think you're making a movie?
Will they pay attention to you? I would have hit you with the butt of a rifle long ago, but I can't kill you, you arrogant guy.
Don't believe it? Look at how the US military abused Iraqi prisoners during the "Prisoner Abuse" incident. What kind of torture didn't they use? Have you ever heard Iraqi prisoners cry out for justice?
Has any human rights organization in any country ever acted as an ambassador of justice?
Therefore, the best way now is to accept this loss and not confront them head-on. Let them search. Anyway, the round crystal production lines are all in Chen Xia's space hospital, so it would be strange if they could find them.
As for the future? Hmm, Italy, right? America, right? COCOM, right?
Just wait...
Chen Xia did not explain too much to Zhan Guohao. It is a good thing to be manly, but if a captain cannot even see through this little thing, he is not worthy of training and promotion in the future.
At this time, the Italian police and the men in black suits of unknown origin had already boarded the "Kowloon 3".
Chen Xia and Zhan Guohao and others also went to meet them.
Seeing a man who looked like an officer, Chen Xia protested:
"Sir, we are a merchant ship belonging to the Xiangjiang Four Seasons Group. Our vessel has legal licenses, and our cargo has passed customs inspection and clearance in various countries. We are sailing on the high seas, yet you intercepted us. Doesn't this seem to be in violation of international law?"
The leading man in a suit looked at him with disdain. They had received clear intelligence that ASML's lithography machines and all the equipment for the wafer production line were on this ship.
What Chen Xia didn't know was that when he left Amsterdam, the American secret service was following him the whole way.
If you make sure that there is no transshipment at sea and no stopover at any port, then it is OK and the items have not been transferred.
Their purpose was very clear. They had to keep these wafer production lines and not let the people from Four Seasons Group take them away, for fear that these advanced machines would be sold to the mainland.
So these special service personnel didn't want to waste time talking to Chen Xia.
"Hello, Mr. Chen. We are investigators from the CoCom. This is the search warrant we applied for from the Italian government. We have sufficient reason to suspect that your ship is carrying contraband that is not allowed to be traded. We need to investigate."
Chen Xia had to pretend to be nice, so as not to arouse suspicion from the other party, so he asked:
"What kind of contraband is it? Which company's container is it from? Where is its destination?"
"I'm sorry, I'm not authorized to tell you about these."
Chen Xia continued to ask, "If you can't find any contraband today, who will be responsible for the damage to our freight company's reputation and financial losses?"
The man in the suit shrugged. "Sir, I have no comment on this matter. Perhaps you could go to Paris in person and claim compensation from COCOM in person."
Well, this is pure cheating. I’m telling Chen Xia that you can’t sue me even if you want to.
Zhan Guohao wanted to say something, but just as he stood up, Chen Xia stopped him:
"Captain Zhan, we are upright and honest. The Four Seasons Group has always been fair and law-abiding. Let them search if they want."
After hearing this, Zhan Guohao sighed and felt unwilling. He was the captain and had no say in his own ship. He felt extremely aggrieved.
Seeing that the Four Seasons Group had surrendered, the man in the suit waved his hand. Hundreds of special agents in suits and Italian police quickly took control of the entire ship, obtained the cargo list, and began to take inventory of the entire ship.
When I opened the cargo list, I found that there was no record of the wafer production line.
Stilwell smiled at this middle-aged white man who was ostensibly an investigator of the CoCom organization but secretly a CIA agent of the United States.
He felt this was a case of "covering up the truth". He thought, "Your wafer production line is imported, so why isn't it on the list?" He wondered what he was doing wrong. Why would he do this if there was no one to blame?
Stilwell began to direct everyone into the walkie-talkie to conduct a carpet search of all the containers, leaving no corner untouched.
There were thousands of containers, and the port cooperated with the "police" to lift them up and down, and the inspection took two full days.
There were all kinds of goods in the container, but there was no so-called "wafer production line" and no goods that could be detained were found.
Stilwell couldn't laugh anymore and kept cursing "Fuck Fuck", but no one knew who he was cursing.
Chen Xia held a can of iced Coke, enjoying the cool breeze from the Mediterranean Sea, and whistled a few times at the busy crowd:
"Well, gentlemen of Batumi, have you found any weapons of mass destruction? Or are there any Eastern European girls on our ship? Look at your faces, are you tanned?"
Stilwell looked at Chen Xia with deep eyes and suddenly laughed:
"Amazing! The Chinese are truly the most cunning people. You're lucky this time, but don't let us catch you next time! I'll remember you, Four Seasons Group, right?"
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