After the beginning of winter, New Year's Day of 1984 was approaching quickly.
Compared with the Spring Festival a month later, this festival is really nothing special in China, and life goes on as usual.
On the other hand, people abroad, especially those in the United States, are having a blast during May Day.
"Mom, Christmas vacation will start in a few days. This time I'm going to travel to neighboring countries. If you can't contact me, don't worry."
Zhou Jiao understood that this was a notification, not a request for opinion. But who knew if her son was going out on a mission? She could only resort to indirect tactics.
"It's a good thing to go out for a walk. It can broaden your horizons and increase your knowledge. Mom supports you. Are you alone or is someone accompanying you? Where's Xiaojiu?"
"Xiaojiu is very busy with her studies, so I didn't plan to take her this time. Mom, a male schoolmate from Brunei invited me, and I plan to go to his place first."
"Okay, be safe."
"He's safe. His identity is quite special. Mom, I'll meet up with my uncle later. If you need anything, just leave him a message."
Wuyi's words contained too much information. Zhou Jiao hung up the phone, still thinking about it.
Zhang Guoqing came home from get off work and saw this. He touched her head in confusion, waking her up. "What are you thinking about? You didn't even notice me coming in."
"Oh, Wuyi," Zhou Jiao said, dragging him towards the study. "My son just called. Why are you getting off work so late today?"
——Let her be more relaxed and slow down her pace. You won’t be secretly working overtime, right?
"After get off work, I went to see Dayi and had dinner at his house. I need to urge them to decide how to decide on their portion of the funds. Has Xiaoming transferred the money yet?"
"Not yet, I'll wait until you notify me."
Zhang Guoqing closed the study door. "Oh, so should we discuss these things with you on May Day? I've already hinted to him that I have a clear idea of what's going on, but this guy's still not worried?"
"No, he didn't mention it. It's just that Christmas and New Year's Day are so close together there that they often have consecutive holidays. He decided to travel around during the holiday."
Hearing this, Zhang Guoqing looked at her in confusion: What else could be worthy of her frowning and pondering? Could it be that she didn't approve of her son going on a trip?
"Brother, is Brunei going to secede and become an independent country?"
Zhang Guoqing nodded. "What does this have to do with our May Day holiday? Wait, wouldn't he think of looking over there first? He's quite curious."
"He said that an alumnus with a special status invited him..." Zhou Jiao quietly told her youngest son what she had said.
Then she concluded, "One, I didn't bring Xiaojiu to play with me, and Two, you even said you might not be able to contact him. Do you think there will be another mission?"
Regardless of whether this was the case or not, Zhang Guoqing immediately shook his head, "No! One reason is that it's inconvenient to call home when you're away from home.
Secondly, he's not suitable to take Xiaojiu out. She just started Columbia University this year and wants to graduate as soon as possible, so she has to study hard during the holidays."
"real?"
"That's for sure. Besides, some of the alumni we interacted with on May Day had unusual identities, so he wouldn't be rash."
Seeing her expression relaxed, Zhang Guoqing changed the subject, "I saw that Dayi and the others thought the amount of money was too much and too conspicuous, and they said they wanted to donate some of it as well."
As for the rest, he naturally wanted to play with his wife. However, those guys were very subtle in what they said, so he didn't expose it and had to listen to his wife.
No matter how close your buddies are, they can never compare to your own wife!
Zhou Jiao nodded indifferently, but still picked up a pen and paper to start calculating again.
In the past few weeks, as Miao Tianming reported more and more figures, and she couldn't say it directly to prevent her phone from being monitored, she had to calculate how much she had earned in total, including the overseas principal.
"Alas... having money is annoying, and not having money is annoying too. Jiaojiao, don't calculate anything else for now. Just take 10% of the numbers Xiaoming told you and remit it back."
Zhou Jiao waved her hand, asking him not to disturb her. The four people from Dayi didn't use leverage at the beginning. They had 2 million, which was a large sum.
"Be good and stop for a moment. The holidays are coming up over there, and the banks will be closed. Let Xiao Ming remit the money in batches around New Year's Day, and we'll discuss it later."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Jiao immediately put down her pen and picked up the phone to make a call.
"Sister, are you looking for me? I was looking for you too. We might have been noticed."
Zhou Jiao was startled when she heard this and asked hurriedly, "Being targeted? Who? Is it the Italian politician?"
"It's definitely not the local government. It's probably one of our investors. They tried to get in touch with us, and Evra said they didn't seem hostile and were open to cooperation."
Zhou Jiao frowned. She didn't think that the other party would have no hostility. None of these international speculators were good people. They all wanted to eat the other party and swallow up their property.
"Sister, don't worry. We've already withdrawn most of the funds. They must have accidentally discovered it when we were withdrawing."
"Xiao Ming, I'm not worried about the present."
"Sister, are there any further questions?"
"Yes. Those who enter Italy are not kind people. Since they are being targeted, we must be more careful. You know, the little money we have is nothing in Italy.
If, and I mean if, anything goes wrong, everyone must be evacuated. Especially the core members. They must not be exposed or come into contact with anyone."
"Don't worry about that. Evra and Burr are being very careful. The people they sent out to gather information were all recruited from outside the area."
Zhou Jiao glanced at Zhang Guoqing and saw him write the word "日". She nodded and said, "That's good. Tell them that one of my requirements is that their safety must come first."
Miao Tianming suddenly laughed out loud, "Sister, I will definitely bring this message along. They should be so moved that they'll open the champagne to celebrate."
"I'm not just talking. Xiao Ming, let me tell you, our main event is on the Japanese side, and they'll need your help. Once this is over, I'll give them a big red envelope. If you want them to risk their lives, you have to reward them generously. When you have time, ask them what they need, and I'll buy it for them."
"I understand, sister. I'll definitely keep an eye on them. What about Lawyer Xue? He's made quite a bit of money with us, so should I keep an eye on him as well?"
"Hahaha... Don't be nervous. Lawyer Xue has Wuyi on his side. He won't betray us. He wants the younger generation to be on good terms with each other."
"Hey, I understand."
"Just grab Evra and the others. There are too few people who are so obedient and talented. Treating them well will also prevent them from being poached."
Zhou Jiao knocked on the table. "Right now, our top priority is still the Japanese. So, have Evra hand over the rest of the work to your deputy, and he'll move to take charge of the Japanese."
The two chatted about some other things and then hung up the phone.
"Brother, did I miss anything?"
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