Chapter 157 The ransom was finally collected
Just before the deadline, Xiao Zhang finally managed to scrape together five million.
Xiao Zhang had never seen five million in cash so realistically before.
The money counting machine on set is about to start smoking.
Seeing the money, she realized that the kidnappers wanted five million; they couldn't carry any more.
Whether or not the money is given depends on Song Yilin's plan.
Song Yilin received a call from Xiao Zhang and also called the police: "Officer, should we take the ransom money now?"
“If the kidnappers don’t use extreme measures to pressure us, I suggest we don’t. Instead, try to buy time with the ransom.”
"good."
Just as Song Yilin hung up the phone, the kidnappers called: "Ms. Song, if you don't bring the ransom in ten minutes, we're going to kill you."
Song Yilin didn't know if the kidnappers were telling the truth, but she couldn't afford to gamble. However, if the ransom wasn't paid, the kidnappers had a reason to kill her.
Song Yilin held a coin in her hand and kept flipping it.
Chen Yan could see the inner turmoil in Song Yilin's heart. This decision was wrong, and what she might lose was her daughter's life.
Song Yilin tossed a coin in her hand, but without looking at the result, she took out her phone and called Xiao Zhang.
"Xiao Zhang, please take the ransom over for me."
If the ransom isn't paid, the kidnappers have a reason to kill within ten minutes. If the ransom is paid, and the kidnappers are greedy for the five million, then they have a tiny bit more hope of finding the person.
Her life is a huge gamble, and hopefully this time God is on her side and she'll win.
"Understood, Mr. Song, I guarantee I will complete the task."
Zhang was willing to deliver the money to the place the kidnappers suggested, but it was easy for an accident to happen to her, a woman alone.
The police shouldn't go with them either. If the police show up, it might alert the kidnappers, and they might just kill the hostage.
The on-site director, Mr. Qi, the general manager of Xin'ao New Energy Store No. 1, stepped forward and said, "Secretary Zhang, we'll go with you."
Xiao Zhang looked at the two men gratefully and drove the film crew's car to the place the kidnappers had mentioned.
Xiao Zhang was carrying a sack of money in his suitcase. Since he couldn't carry it all, the assistant director also carried one.
There was indeed a green trash can next to the security booth, big enough to hold five million in cash.
The square has closed for the year. There's not much nightlife in this area. It might be because the square is quite old, and people who enjoy nightlife don't come here anymore.
There were no security guards at the guard booth, and several private cars were parked haphazardly on the road.
There was no one around.
The nearby buildings are old, and apart from this square which is five stories high, there are no tall buildings around, so the police have to set up their equipment far away.
The three of them put the money in the trash can, quickly returned to their car, checked to see if anyone would come to collect it, and called Song Yilin.
"Mr. Song, the money has been put in, but no one has come to collect it."
"Okay, thank you. Be careful."
Song Yilin couldn't call back the phone number the kidnappers had contacted; they could only wait for the kidnappers to contact her or for their informant to see her and retrieve her.
A moment later, a cleaning lady appeared and pushed the entire trash can away.
Xiao Zhang and his group dared not follow, so the police had to accompany them.
But the cleaning lady just pushed the trash can into the garbage room and left.
Generally, garbage is placed here. At some stations, cleaners will rummage through the garbage, but sometimes they won't, and the garbage truck will just take it away.
At that moment, the garbage truck arrived as expected, and it took all the garbage from the bin as soon as it arrived.
The police then followed the garbage truck to the final waste treatment plant.
There aren't many people at work at this time.
There was a person who looked like a cleaner, pulling those two unusual suitcases aside without opening or dealing with them.
Inside the van.
Wu Ge acted on the information provided by his informant.
"Brother Sen, the five million has already arrived at the junkyard, should we take it or not?"
"Take it, take it in ten minutes."
"good."
Brother Wu immediately ordered someone to fetch it.
After hanging up the phone, Wu asked, "Sen, is it possible for us to get this five million?"
“We won’t take it now, even if we can. That five million is just to attract the police’s attention. We’ll be on our way soon. Be careful, time it right, throw the hostage out, and tell Song Yilin that we’re releasing the hostage now. We need to make the act convincing.”
The person who takes the money, if he can get it without the police, he's impressive; if he can't, then he's just handing the police his head.
Brother Wu started rubbing his hands together, eager to get started: "Okay."
Song Yilin followed Chen Yan as they ran aimlessly down the road.
Song Yilin's eyes didn't miss a single van.
The police disguised themselves as private cars and drove on the road.
At that moment, a call came from overseas: "Mr. Song, thank you for your cooperation. We have seen the ransom. Your daughter will be able to go home in a little while."
"Please, don't hurt her. You can have anything you want."
But Song Yilin's words couldn't be heard on the other end of the phone. After they finished saying what they wanted to say, they hung up.
He wouldn't listen to anything Song Yilin said.
Song Yilin was almost in despair because the kidnappers said they could let Bai Guanqun go home, but they couldn't guarantee whether he would be alive or dead.
With trembling hands, Song Yilin quickly called the police.
"Officer, the kidnappers called and said they've received the ransom and might kill the hostage now."
The police officer on the phone.
The wind howled beside them, and people rushed by: "Ms. Song, we'll try our best to find that van."
However, Song Yilin also knew that this road was ten kilometers long, and almost all the police officers that Binzhou City could mobilize had been deployed, but they still couldn't cover the entire road.
At this point, the trucks started onto this road.
Song Yilin asked in confusion, "Why are there so many trucks on this road all of a sudden?"
"In Binzhou city, trucks are not allowed to enter the city until after midnight; during peak hours, trucks are not allowed to enter the city."
Seeing so many trucks made Song Yilin even more panicked.
But I dared not relax my eyes for even a moment.
Chen Yan placed his hand on the back of her hand and said, "Don't worry, we'll definitely find it."
Song Yilin knew Chen Yan was trying to comfort her, but she still couldn't bring herself to let him touch her.
Song Yilin turned her hand over and placed it on her leg: "Thank you, I will definitely find it."
Chen Yan didn't care and stepped on the gas even harder.
The scenery is shown in reverse.
Song Yilin called the police, but there was still no news from them.
Just when Song Yilin was about to despair, she saw a black van with license plate number 0834.
When she saw the car, her heart nearly jumped out of her throat.
My throat was momentarily hoarse.
"Car, van."
However, they were more than 200 meters away, with several cars and vans in between.
Chen Yan drove steadily: "I see it. Hold on tight, I'm going to catch up."
Song Yilin saw the police car in the rearview mirror. The police must have seen Chen Yan's car too, but the police car was further away.
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