Chapter 949: 5% Cheaper
Xiao Shiqiu looked at my expression of sudden enlightenment and couldn't help shaking his head. He poked my forehead with his finger and said, "Look at you, you're such a money-grubber! You're practically writing 'reluctant' on your face. What's going on? You were so generous and spendthrift just now, but now you think it's too expensive?"
"Who, who wouldn't want to!" I immediately straightened my back and said stubbornly, "You should always understand the price before spending. After all, every industry should have a clearly marked price."
Having said that, I was still worried. What kind of agency fee would be worthy of such high-end service?
Xiao Shiqiu's lips curled up into a wicked smile, and he said slowly, "As per industry rules, middlemen of Boris's caliber usually receive a commission of 30% of the total operation budget."
I gasped. It was damn expensive! My heart was bleeding. "This... this is almost a third of the way there!"
"What's the rush?" Xiao Shiqiu said with a barely perceptible smugness in his tone, "That's the price he gives to others. He only charges 25% for me."
Twenty-five percent! It still hurts, but compared to thirty percent, it's the difference between one-third and one-quarter.
But seeing his smugness, I couldn't help but tease him, "Hey, Mr. Xiao, when will you ever get so complacent just because you've saved 5%? Pinduoduo offers the same product at a 10% discount, and you're so dismissive."
Xiao Shiqiu was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, "You really are vindictive and won't tolerate any loss at all~"
I raised my chin even higher and said proudly, "Then why do you want to make me suffer? I am your legitimate daughter-in-law now~"
He laughed even more happily, "How could I bear to let you suffer if I don't let you suffer? I must let you take advantage of me. Come on, let's go into the house. I'll let you take advantage of me." As he said that, he picked me up and went into the house.
At first light in the morning, I was woken up by an inexplicable sense of responsibility.
"It's still early, sleep a little longer." Xiao Shiqiu had just woken up, and he was a little uncomfortable with me waking up so early.
"I can't sleep. I always feel like something's wrong. I have to go to the action center to keep an eye on it before I feel at ease."
Xiao Shiqiu didn't try to persuade me anymore, but got up with me. It was rare for us to get up early together and go out together. It felt like an ordinary family with two working parents.
In order to show that I was still somewhat useful in the action team, I packed breakfast for the whole team, including soup dumplings, fried dough sticks, pan-fried dumplings, tea eggs... I didn't know what everyone liked to eat, but I bought several servings of various breakfasts from the breakfast shop.
It was just past 7:30 when I climbed to the top floor carrying eight heavy thermal bags.
After entering the fingerprint, the room was quiet. Only Xu Wenjie was in the monitoring room. He had a messy hair and half-closed eyes, staring at the flashing red dots on the screens and the night vision images captured by the glasses.
It was still early morning in Avar, and Fang Dongmei's vital signs were beating steadily.
"Brother Xu, good morning!" I put the bag on the dining table outside, trying to be as quiet as possible.
Xu Wenjie suddenly woke up, and when he saw that it was me, he breathed a sigh of relief and rubbed his sore eyes: "Oh, Xiaoxia, so early? You scared me."
"Well, thinking that everyone might have stayed up late last night, I came here early and brought some food for everyone." As I said this, I opened the zipper of the thermal bag, and the aroma of food instantly filled the air.
Xu Wenjie sniffed and chuckled, "You're so thoughtful. I'm just hungry, so you're welcome."
He quickly grabbed a bag of breakfast and returned to the computer, eating as he read. "Wow! Xiaoxia, this is so rich! It's just what I needed! I only had a pack of instant noodles last night. I was starving."
"Has everyone else arrived yet?" I took one portion myself and sat at the side to start eating.
"They are all sleeping upstairs. They just went to bed a while ago."
Time passed little by little, the sky outside the window became brighter, and when it was almost noon, the sounds of people walking and washing came from upstairs.
Not long after, the other members of the action team came down from upstairs one after another with dark circles under their eyes and unsteady steps.
Luo Yong and Wen Congwu walked at the end. Both of them looked haggard and went downstairs with dark circles under their eyes.
"Xiao Xia is here?" Wen Congwu's voice was a little hoarse, but when he saw me, he still greeted me familiarly.
Luo Yong also nodded at me, and when he glanced at the rich but cold breakfast on the table, he was obviously stunned.
"Captain Wen, Brother Luo, good morning... uh, good afternoon," I greeted them quickly. "I bought some breakfast for everyone. It's a little cold now. How about I heat it up for everyone?"
"No, no! Even if it's cold, it's still a hundred times better than instant noodles!" A young technician rushed over, grabbed a box of fried dumplings and ate them. "I feel like vomiting after eating instant noodles for so many times in a row."
Wen Congwu and Luo Yong also came over and each took some buns and porridge.
Wen Congwu picked up a cold scallion pancake and took a bite. Although the crispness was gone, the salty fragrance was still there. He said sincerely, "Xiao Xia, thank you for your trouble. A group still needs girls. We are a bunch of rough men who eat instant noodles every day."
I suddenly felt like I had found my true meaning, but I still said modestly, "Actually, I'm just a delivery guy."
For safety reasons, when there are so many people in the operation center, we dare not order takeout, for fear that people will find out that there are so many people in the room and arouse suspicion.
Even people generally avoid entering and leaving during the day.
Just as everyone was gathered around the small table, concentrating on eating, Wen Congwu's work phone on the table suddenly vibrated, and the screen lit up with an email notification.
Wen Congwu picked up the phone and took a look at the sender. His tired eyes suddenly lit up and all sleepiness disappeared!
"Here comes Boris's plan!" His voice was not loud, but it instantly attracted everyone's attention.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and focused their attention on him.
Wen Congwu took immediate action and projected the email content onto the main screen.
The email body is concise and clear, and the focus is all on the attachment. The attachment is a clearly structured PDF document.
After opening the document, there are more than a dozen pages of content.
"How professional!" someone exclaimed in a low voice.
The goals set out in the plan are very clear, with three goals in total: rescue the hostages, arrest the criminals, and obtain evidence of the crime.
It looks so simple, I thought to myself.
The following is an intelligence analysis of the base. Various indications indicate that there may be nearly 200 people in the base, including approximately 40-60 armed guards.
This number of people was somewhat beyond my expectations, but Boris's plan was even more beyond my expectations. He wanted to use a team of 90 people to catch them off guard in the shortest time possible.
This is a crushing style of play!
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