Chapter 330 Portrait in Progress
The people in the Ministry of Public Security stared at Shi Tingyu, who was holding a microphone in one hand and writing something on a piece of paper with the other hand, with curiosity in their eyes.
Director Zheng looked at the notebook in front of Shi Tingyu, which was filled with Chinese characters that were scribbled because of shorthand, and occasionally mixed with some words he couldn't understand.
In short, the characters were so bad that he couldn't recognize them even if he studied them carefully.
Next to Shi Tingyu was a specially hired translator, but listening to Shi Tingyu's fast foreign language output without any stuttering, the translator was a little self-conscious.
Was he hired here to translate or to humiliate him?
Director Zheng was a little embarrassed at this time. He didn't think too much at that time. He just thought that there would be a call from the United States in a while, and they needed to translate. He forgot that Shi Tingyu grew up in the United States.
After listening to the other party's description, Shi Tingyu asked questions that he was concerned about, and the other party answered them one by one. When Shi Tingyu
had a clue about the description of the first witness, the voice of the second witness sounded again.
Shi Tingyu quickly turned to the next page and took notes quickly. This time, Shi Tingyu casually sketched a few strokes on the notebook that looked like the outline of the eyes, but he didn't draw it completely.
In this way, Shi Tingyu talked with the three witnesses for nearly an hour.
Director Zheng was keeping track of the time. Fortunately, the cost of the overseas call was fully borne by the United States, otherwise it would be a huge loss.
Shi Tingyu didn't care how much time it took. Anyway, the money was not paid by them. When asking witnesses questions, they were all very detailed and free of charge.
After he had a general idea in his mind, Shi Tingyu asked the person in charge on the American side to answer the phone.
The other party picked up the phone, and Shi Tingyu said, "You asked us to help this time. I wonder how my reward is calculated?"
The person in charge on the American side was obviously stunned for a moment, but he was not angry. In their country, you have to pay for hiring someone to do a job, regardless of whether the suspect is caught in the end.
In short, work remuneration and bounty are two different things.
This point is thoroughly implemented in their capitalist country.
In the end, the other party promised to pay Shi Tingyu a salary of 10,000 US dollars regardless of whether the suspect was found.
As for the conditions between the US side and their Chinese officials, it was not Shi Tingyu's business.
When Shi Tingyu heard the salary of 10,000 US dollars, a smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and then he asked everyone around him to write it down, and asked the other party to send a telegram as a contract to avoid the other party's regret later. In later
generations, the United States did a lot of such things. What was said in public could be overturned the next time, not to mention this kind of thing that was only verbally agreed on the phone.
The US side also agreed to ask for help. They have always been very generous to technical talents.
The comrade from the Ministry of Public Security who was recording according to Shi Tingyu's request couldn't help but tremble with his pen.
Ten thousand US dollars...
Teacher Shi is really amazing, he can get such a large sum of money from the Americans.
The current exchange rate of Chinese Yuan to US Dollar is 1 US dollar = 1.4962 Chinese Yuan.
In other words, regardless of whether Teacher Shi's portrait is successful or not, he can get a reward of nearly 15,000 Chinese Yuan.
It's really a big profit.
When the phone was hung up, the microphone was already hot.
Seeing Shi Tingyu hanging up the phone, Director Zheng couldn't help asking, "Teacher Shi, do you think this portrait is difficult?"
Shi Tingyu gave him a reassuring look, "If the descriptions of the three witnesses are correct, there should be no problem."
In fact, foreign witnesses are a little different from domestic witnesses.
For example, the way Americans describe a person's appearance is different from that of Chinese people.
The expressions of Americans are more passionate and unrestrained, and sometimes even exaggerated, while Chinese people are generally more reserved.
Moreover, the appearance of Americans is generally more profound than that of Asians, so on the basis of their description, they have to add their own judgment. If Shi Tingyu had not been abroad before, and she often dealt with foreign countries in her later life, this portrait would really be difficult to draw.
The reason why the call took so long was actually because Shi Tingyu still had to analyze the witness's personality from the other party's intermittent descriptions.
Some people are introverted and sensitive, and the person they describe is different from the person described by a bold and confident person.
It was said before in the United States that the descriptions of the three witnesses were different, but to Shi Tingyu, the descriptions of two of them were consistent.
It's just that one person is timid and the other is brave, so there are differences in their descriptions of some people's eyes.
But no matter how things change, they still have the same essence. As long as we can objectively extract the information we want from their descriptions, then things will be much simpler.
Hearing that Shi Tingyu seemed confident, Director Zheng's heart suddenly became full of pride.
Think about it, such a big case happened in the developed United States, but they have not been able to solve it, and they have to go to China for help. If this case is really solved with the help of China, it will be famous all over the world.
It's over, I can't think about it anymore, the more I think about it, the more excited I am.
It's up to Shi Tingyu now, I can't put too much pressure on the other party.
Shi Tingyu looked at the notebook with the records, and recalled the content of the phone call in her mind.
Although the information given by the first witness and the second witness sounded different, but after she analyzed and refined it, she found that the people described by the two people were slowly overlapping in her mind, and they should be the same person.
When she listened to the second witness's retelling, she felt something was wrong. At that time, she had a feeling that the two people were talking about the same person. That's why she drew the outline of the eyes in her mind on the notebook when the second witness was stating his story.
For this incident, the Ministry of Public Security specially set up an office for Shi Tingyu, which was equipped with all the tools for drawing portraits.
There was also a thermos and tea cups next to it.
Shi Tingyu closed the door of the office after entering.
It remained closed until lunchtime.
Director Zheng saw that no one had come out yet, so he went over and knocked on the door. Shi
Tingyu stopped the pencil in his hand, rubbed his sore neck, and then got up to open the door.
"Teacher Shi, it's time for dinner. I'll take you to the cafeteria for dinner."
Shi Tingyu looked at the portraits on the table and nodded.
Portraits need to be drawn and simulated repeatedly to determine the most accurate one. She has now simulated some clues.
She also hopes to finish the work quickly and go home.
The cafeteria of the Ministry of Public Security is somewhat similar to the cafeteria in the camp. After Shi Tingyu entered the cafeteria, she received looks from all directions.
Director Zheng also noticed it. He explained: "Teacher Shi is very famous in our Ministry of Public Security. This is the first time they have seen the real person, so they are quite curious."
Especially when they heard that Shi Tingyu was asked to take action on a case that the FBI in the United States could not solve, these people were even more curious.
In addition to curiosity, they also have expectations, hoping that Shi Tingyu can solve the case in the United States and make China famous internationally.
At this time, the whole of China is holding back a lot of anger, and they always want to let those foreigners who look down on China see what China is capable of.
Fortunately, Shi Tingyu has a stable mentality, otherwise, if he is so eagerly expected, people with poor psychological quality may not be able to bear it, because the pressure is too great.