Hearing this, Gao Yiming carefully looked around to make sure there was no one there. When Cheng Yu sat down with him, he asked the only waiter at the bar to go away.
Then, Gao Yiming lowered his voice and said, "You didn't start the fire, did you?"
As he said that, he looked at Cheng Yu with deep suspicion, as if he felt that Cheng Yu didn't have the ability to provoke such a life-and-death battle.
Cheng Yu picked up the wine glass, neither admitting nor denying it. There was no need to explain this kind of thing too clearly.
Gao Yiming stopped talking.
In fact, Gao Yiming also knew something about this.
Regarding the casualties on the island, the Falklands government has not announced to the outside world. Even those at the Chinese Embassy do not know what exactly happened on the island.
What Li Dali told the people at the embassy was that suddenly there was a loud burst of gunfire on the island, and then mortars, grenades and other large-area weapons of destruction were used. He found that the place where he was imprisoned was no longer a cage, and the walls had collapsed.
, so he sneaked out.
Under the cover of darkness, Li Dali escaped to the foot of the mountain and escaped on a motorboat.
Someone also spotted him at that time, but after firing a few shots, they ignored him. Those people didn't even know who was escaping the island on a motorboat.
It was precisely because of this that he finally met Cheng Yu, and the two returned to Falklands together.
The explanations given by the Falklands government to the Chinese Embassy were even more sloppy and simplistic. They directly stated that the island was indeed in a mess, and most of the people were dead. Those who were alive did say that there was a fire conflict between the two sides, but it was more
The specific situation is still under investigation.
Later, people from the embassy also asked about the matter, but the Falklands government dismissed it directly on the grounds that it was confidential, without giving any more details.
Although Gao Yiming may not know as much as Cheng Yu, it is much more detailed than the information sent back from the embassy.
The reason is also very simple.
Before today's meeting, although Cheng Yu did not directly tell Gao Yiming that he had gotten Li Dali back, this did not prevent Gao Yiming from learning about it.
Because besides Cheng Yu, the first person to know that Li Dali was safe was Xiao Ni.
No matter what, Xiao Ni is Gao Yiming's right-hand man, and he still wants Gao Yiming to pay his salary, so even if Cheng Yu asked him to keep it secret, he still revealed some things after Gao Yiming's questioning.
At least, he had reported all the news about Li Dali to Gao Yiming.
Gao Yiming was very nervous when he learned that Cheng Yu actually rescued Li Dali, and that this incident had already triggered a dispute involving firearms between the mayor and the deputy mayor in Chile.
Even though Xiao Nie repeatedly explained to Gao Yiming that the mayor's shooting had nothing to do with Cheng Yu, Cheng Yu's decision to ask Xiao Nie to check on Cindy still convinced Gao Yiming that the mayor's shooting must be very important in Cheng Yu's search for Li Dali.
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A person like Cheng Yu will never ignore what he is doing just for the sake of gossip.
Ever since, Gao Yiming also knew that Cheng Yu had asked Xiao Ni to locate Cindy, and the two met.
It seemed that Gao Yiming didn't know about the meeting between Cheng Yu and Cindy before, and he repeatedly regretted that Cheng Yu didn't sleep with that charming bitch, but in fact, Gao Yiming had already known about the fact that Cheng Yu and Cindy had met.
Got it.
He just didn't want Cheng Yu to think that he stretched his hand too far, and he didn't want Cheng Yu to think that Xiao Ni was loose-spoken, so he deliberately pretended to be ignorant.
Because of the key figure Cindy and the keyword Ma Island, which he already knew before going abroad, Gao Yiming could easily deduce that the beautiful deputy mayor named Cindy was related to Li Dali's matter.
The reason why Cheng Yu wanted to find this woman named Cindy was because he couldn't find the culprit who sent Li Dali abroad, so he had to find it through Cindy, or maybe Cindy was the mastermind behind the scenes.
Under such circumstances, Gao Yiming asked Xiao Nie to hack into the police department of Falkland Island and hack into their database.
When the database is updated, Xiao Ni already knows what happened on the island.
Of course, at that time, what was recorded in the database was only similar to what the Chinese Embassy knew. The difference was some photos and videos of the island.
The video file was too big, so Xiao Ni didn't dare let Gao Yiming watch it, so he watched it a little bit by himself.
As for the photos, Xiao Ni downloaded part of them, and Gao Yiming also looked at them. He saw what the island was like.
In fact, Gao Yiming saw the corpses that had been sorted by the police and placed in rows on the beach. Only a few looked messy or incomplete, and most of them looked like they had been shot.
This made Gao Yiming extremely suspicious. The corpses obviously belonged to people from both sides, and most of them were killed with one shot. This meant that the lineups of both sides were extremely powerful and their marksmanship was extremely accurate.
person.
You know, the so-called "fire merger" happened late at night.
Even though it is summer in the southernmost part of the earth, and the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, the reflection from the sea makes the island much brighter than the countryside or mountains.
But it's a bit amazing that so many people were killed with one shot.
So Gao Yiming couldn't help but think of another possibility, that is, there is a third party force.
The third party force killed the two groups of people with almost no damage. The master of chasing souls with guns actually belonged to the third party force.
He asked Cheng Yu, but Cheng Yu didn't give many clues at all. He just said that a fire broke out on the island. This made Gao Yiming wonder whether this matter had something to do with Cheng Yu.
But look at Cheng Yu, with his thin skin and tender flesh. He is a wealthy young man. He may not be able to do it if he is pressed for money. But if Cheng Yu kills dozens of people without bloodshed, Gao Yiming will never be able to do it.
believe.
Perhaps it was after Cheng Yu left with Li Dali that the third party forces on the island finally appeared, killed the dead people, and left the island quietly.
As the Falklands government obtained more and more clues on the island, Gao Yiming also obtained more information from the police station's database.
He gradually learned that Lawrence Bill was the culprit of the Li Dali incident, and Lawrence Bill seemed to have an American background and had dozens of people under him.
The man who fought with Lawrence Bill was called Andre. He was once a mercenary leader in the South American jungle. When they occupied this island eight years ago, the one who confronted the Falklands military was
Andre and his men.
Although Cheng Yu only went to the United States and came back for a few days, perhaps the situation on the island was too obvious, and the remaining people who survived were almost all so-called scientists. Under the pressure of the government, they quickly
explained everything.
Gao Yiming naturally knew what kind of technological research and development was being carried out on that island.
At that time, he even said to Xiao Ni with a smile: "I'm going to create a real Iron Man!"
The more he learned, the more frightened Gao Yiming became. He didn't know what Cheng Yu had experienced on that island.
Don't talk nonsense about Cheng Yu not going to the island. Since Cindy is from Lawrence Bill, Cheng Yu is looking for her just to go to the island. Otherwise, scientists like Li Dali who only know about research and development would not be able to escape at all.
That little island.
According to the timeline of communication between Xiao Ni and Cheng Yu, Cheng Yu spent at least two days on the island, or even longer.
In two or three days, how did Cheng Yu mediate with those murderous beasts? Gao Yiming felt that he could still receive a call from Cheng Yu and saw that Cheng Yu was sitting in front of him intact.
It's a miracle in itself.
Compared with the armed organizations in South America, those involved in gangs and even drug traffickers in China are actually nothing.
After all, drug dealers also want to make money, and they don't dare to kill people easily. The wars between drug dealers and the large-scale exchanges of fire between drug dealers and the police and the military seen in movies are purely exaggerated.
Without entering the Golden Triangle area, drug dealers are just street rats hiding their heads and tails. There will definitely be exchanges of fire with the police or the military, but they are definitely the type who will never shoot easily if they can run away.
Unlike South America and Africa, the profession of mercenaries still exists. It really means killing people, and killing people is no different from killing chickens.
Of course, the same is true for the Golden Triangle region and even some countries in Southeast Asia experiencing civil strife.
Gao Yiming was once very interested in mercenaries when he was in college. It was hard for him to imagine that such a profession as mercenaries still existed on the earth today.
Therefore, he conducted a very detailed investigation on this matter.
The more you learn about it, the more frightening it becomes. In an era where life is so affluent and technology is so advanced, there are still areas that cannot be fully covered by satellites. There are also places where you can never go out in the morning without your head tied to your belt.
People who know whether they can come back and have sex with their wives tonight.
Because of this, Gao Yiming was shocked when he saw the investigation report of the Falklands police.
He knew that no matter what Cheng Yu went through on that island, he couldn't ask too much about it.
Therefore, the questions he asked tonight were only superficial.
The only sentence that seems a bit excessive is the sentence just now, "You are not the one who started the fire, right?"
As soon as he asked the question, Gao Yiming felt a little regretful, and Cheng Yu's attitude of not commenting made Gao Yiming understand even more that Cheng Yu must have been used to life and death on the island.
In fact, Gao Yiming felt that Cheng Yu's entire temperament had changed.
After getting rid of the halo of being the sole heir of the Cheng Group, Cheng Yu looked more like an ordinary person with high education and high IQ, even though Cheng Yu had become many ordinary people in just one year.
Gao Yiming couldn't see any fundamental difference between him and himself even though he couldn't make a deal.
All differences only come from the outside.
In fact, no matter whether Cheng Yu is willing to admit it or not, if he were not Cheng Guangnian's son, all of his seemingly successful businesses would not have succeeded in fact. They should have been other people's businesses.
But now, Gao Yiming feels different.
Just now in Tuna, when Gao Yiming saw Cheng Yu who had just returned from Chile, he had already felt something different about Cheng Yu.
Otherwise, even if Gao Yiming is always polite to Cheng Yu, whether he uses the honorific "you" or the phrase "young master", it is actually more of a joke.
But just now, Gao Yiming felt that he was not teasing Cheng Yu anymore. Whether he called him master or addressed him as you, these were Gao Yiming's thoughts from the bottom of his heart.
This feeling was so subtle that Gao Yiming didn't feel it at first, but when he returned to the bar, the twins who had been sent away because he received a call from Cheng Yu returned to him with a snap of his fingers.
, this made him feel how frightened he, who was now like an uncle, was in front of Cheng Yu just now.
When Cheng Yu faced his question, he neither admitted nor denied it, but just picked up the wine glass and took a sip. Gao Yiming also felt that Cheng Yu had an imperial aura similar to that of Cheng Guangnian.
Of course, Gao Yiming has not met Cheng Guangnian, but just from some media photos or just hearing about his past deeds, Gao Yiming can already feel Cheng Guangnian's aura.
This is an aura that makes people feel timid even without getting close.
Gao Yiming once felt that Cheng Yu was not like Cheng Guangnian's son, and he did not inherit his father's scornful spirit at all.
But tonight, Gao Yiming felt it.
Cheng Yu, how should I put it, was like an emperor sitting on a high platform, looking down at his subjects below. There was no joy, no worry, no condescension, and no approachability in his eyes.
Of course it's not indifference, it's just an attitude of giving and taking.
Did this momentum come from Cheng Guangnian's inheritance, which suddenly sublimated or was called revived after Cheng Yu experienced some things? Or was it simply that Cheng Yu experienced some events that ordinary people could not consider this time, which triggered him?
's transformation.
Gao Yiming even felt that in the past, he could ignore the gap in wealth and power between the two and be friends reluctantly, but now, he actually had the idea of not daring to reach out.
You know, Gao Yiming is actually a very proud man. He has acquired everything he has with his bare hands. Although he is not as good as those on the rich list, he has carved out a world for himself with zero foundation.
Even if the second generation like Cheng Yu doesn't use a penny from his family and seems to start a business from scratch, it's just talk.
How is it possible to start from scratch?
Not to mention the money Cheng Yu paid for selling the car, where did the car come from?
Even if that money doesn't count, Cheng Yu also relies on his family's reputation.
If Cheng Yu wasn't Cheng Guangnian's son, would Guan Lu be so dedicated to helping him manage the investment company?
If Cheng Yu was not Cheng Guangnian's son, could Shen Zhiqiu become a partner with a young man like him who had just entered society and was barely over twenty years old?
If Cheng Yu was not Cheng Guangnian's son, would Xue Changyun take him seriously and transfer the long-running subway project to him?
Not to mention that Xue Changyun was trying to thank Cheng Yu for helping him find the culprit who caused his brother to become like that, what about someone else?
If Cheng Yu was replaced by Gao Yiming, would Xue Changyun give him the entire subway project? At most, he would be allowed to participate or introduce a few orders to his company.
If Gao Yiming were replaced by an ordinary employee of Taohuayuan Club, Xue Changyun might promote him to be the person in charge of the club.
But that's how it goes.
Otherwise, it would be a direct remuneration of one million, not more.
To put it bluntly, it all comes down to the fact that Cheng Yu is Cheng Guangnian’s son.
Of course, Gao Yiming is not denying Cheng Yu's ability, but simply stating that the success of the second generation does not mean starting from scratch.
Therefore, how difficult would it be for someone like Gao Yiming, who has no resources at all, to start from scratch in an era when social resource allocation has reached the mid-to-late stage.
To put it bluntly, Gao Yiming felt that the only difference between himself and Erma was background and age. In today's society, it is difficult for a miracle like Erma to be born again.
Work harder and harder, genius after genius, and you will be born on the second or even third ladder at most. Those on the first ladder will not allow you to climb up. Once you become big, they will use all means to acquire you. Got you.
Therefore, a person like Gao Yiming, who is actually full of pride in his heart, would actually have the idea of not daring to climb high towards Cheng Yu. Only Gao Yiming himself understands how exaggerated it is.
So, when Cheng Yu was noncommittal, Gao Yiming thought it would be better not to ask any more questions.
Not to mention that the inside story may be complicated and Cheng Yu would be impatient if he asked too many questions. Gao Yiming felt that the incident itself was beyond the scope of what he could continue to understand in depth.
However, once Gao Yiming stopped asking and Cheng Yu stopped talking, the atmosphere became slightly awkward.
Fortunately, Cheng Yu's cell phone suddenly rang.
Cheng Yu picked it up and saw that it was Du Xiaoyu calling.
"Hey, haven't you slept yet? Aren't you going to Bao'an on a business trip early tomorrow morning?"
"Hehe, I just want to ask you, is the little sister Gao Yiming introduced you to good-looking? Are you coming back tonight?"
Cheng Yu was stunned and sighed: "Gao Yiming said that his little sister will not be given to me."
"So he has more than one little sister?"
"A pair of twins."
"What a beast!"
"Why not!"
"Okay, then I'm relieved. You guys should finish as soon as possible. Don't delay other people's business and come back early."
Cheng Yu was stunned. On the other side of the phone, Du Xiaoyu had already chosen to hang up.
This feeling is very strange, it suddenly turns into a warm and tender concern, it is really like a wife giving instructions to her husband who is working hard outside and coming home late.
bite!
A soft sound.
A bright golden word +99 flashed in Cheng Yu's mind, and then the number turned into dots of golden light and gradually dissipated.
Ninety-nine points?
What the hell is this?
Cheng Yu subconsciously clicked on the points details, and what was written at the back was still "additional input whose specific value cannot be measured."
Although the reason is unknown, there is no doubt that these ninety-nine points come from Du Xiaoyu. After all, at the moment before the points were generated, the only person who was directly related to Cheng Yu was Du Xiaoyu.
Is it because of Du Xiaoyu's attitude?
The two of them only had a verbal agreement as husband and wife. According to their original plan, sooner or later they would separate and find their ideal partner.
Their union is only for some common purposes.
But Du Xiaoyu's words, or rather her phone call, seemed to be changing this relationship.
Cheng Yu suddenly remembered what Lao Tun said just now.
Lao Tun's words were very crude, and Cheng Yu didn't take them seriously at the time.
In fact, Lao Tun's words were actually accompanied by his several interruptions.
Cheng Yu didn't think anything of it, he just thought it was Lao Tun's wild teasing.
But now, a strange feeling arises. Could it be that Lao Tun was right? At least Du Xiaoyu was right.