Wang Hongcai’s son is only 12 years old this year, but he has been strict with his son since he was a child.
When my son was seven years old, he was sent to a boarding school for gentlemen.
Of course, this school is undoubtedly an aristocratic school that countless parents envy. The annual tuition fees are not affordable for ordinary families, nor can they send their children to study with just money.
His son is actually quite worry-free. He has been studying there since he was a boarder in elementary school. His academic performance is very good and he gets along well with his classmates.
You must know that all of their classmates are from prominent backgrounds. If they can build good relationships with their classmates since they were young, they will have a great set of connections when they grow up.
This is actually the main reason why Wang Hongcai tried every means to send his son to this school.
After he sent his son to this aristocratic school, he didn't just ignore it. He stipulated that he should contact his family via video every day.
And if they have time, he or his wife will fly directly to visit.
In addition, he rented a house near the school and hired a bodyguard and nanny so that he could take good care of his son during the school holidays.
Today is Sunday's rest day. His son usually stays in a rented house at this time, with a specially hired nanny to take care of his daily life, and a bodyguard to protect his son's safety.
As a result, under such circumstances, his son was kidnapped.
"I can agree to your conditions, but can you guarantee that after receiving the money, you will release my son?"
Although he was anxious and angry inside, Wang Hongcai quickly calmed down.
"Of course, we just want Bitcoin. Once we get the Bitcoin, we will let your son go immediately. Well, it is 22:52 London time. The clock starts from now on. I hope you can make it before 23:52
Transfer the Bitcoin or I will chop off one of your son's fingers. That's it."
After saying that, the other party hung up the phone.
Wang Hongcai held the newly purchased mobile phone tightly in his right hand, his face was so gloomy that he almost couldn't help but smash the mobile phone in his hand.
But he is a rational person and finally resisted this impulsive behavior of incompetence and rage.
There was a ding sound, and the mobile phone text message alert sounded.
He immediately picked it up and looked at it, and sure enough it was the Bitcoin wallet address sent by the other party.
This is equivalent to a bank account. As long as he uses relevant software or trading websites, he can transfer Bitcoin to the other party's wallet address.
The current price of Bitcoin is that each one is worth more than 20,000 US dollars. The other party wants 1,000 coins, which is worth more than 20 million US dollars, which is equivalent to more than 100 million Longguo coins.
This is really the lion talking loudly, but Wang Hongcai did not bargain with the other party. It is not that he is very generous or cares about his son's life.
But since the other party was able to accurately kidnap his son, it was obvious that they had done enough background checks on him and his family in the early stage and knew his true worth.
There is no point in bargaining. Instead, it may anger the other party, and it will still be his son who will be hurt.
What's more, compared to more than 100 million yuan, he still cares more about his son's life.
The first thing he is worried about now is whether the other party will extort money after receiving the money. The other thing is whether the other party will continue to blackmail him for more money after receiving the thousand Bitcoins.
But the top priority now is to meet the other party's requirements.
He immediately walked quickly to his study and turned on the computer. At the same time, he also called the bodyguard who protected his son. No surprise, no one answered. He called the nanny, the same thing.
Obviously, the other party has either controlled them or killed them.
Wang Hongcai didn't have high hopes, he just gave it a try.
He soon became proficient in logging into the Bitcoin trading website. He was originally playing with virtual currencies, and his first pot of gold was earned by speculating in Bitcoins.
Later, when he saw that everyone was so enthusiastic about this virtual currency, he simply created Tengu coin himself. After only two or three years of publicity and deception, tens of billions of funds were attracted to the market.
After that, he obtained more than 5 billion in funds through various means.
During this period, of course, he had already thought of an escape route and moved these funds abroad through various legal and illegal means.
The most important method has always been to purchase relatively reliable virtual currencies like Bitcoin. He originally spent at least 500 million to purchase a lot of Bitcoins.
Last year, he accurately grasped the peak value of Bitcoin and sold out more than 300 million Bitcoins. Today, he still has more than 100 million Bitcoins in his account.
Therefore, Wang Hongcai had to suspect that the other party had even found out this point.
Otherwise, asking him to raise funds to buy a thousand Bitcoins in just one hour, and then transfer them to the other party, is obviously not enough time.
Now he looked at his account and saw that there were more than 800 Bitcoins. He only needed to buy more than 100 Bitcoins to get them all without having to mobilize too much funds.
He looked at the current price of Bitcoin, which has been falling during this period, but still costs $60,000 per coin.
After Wang Hongcai felt a slight pain in his body, he spent money to buy more than a hundred coins without much hesitation, and finally collected a thousand coins.
Then, after hesitating for a few seconds, he transferred the Bitcoin worth nearly 800 million RMB according to the wallet address provided by the other party.
After he was done, he immediately picked up his cell phone and called the kidnapper, but the result was that he kept getting a busy signal and couldn't get through.
Obviously, the other party should have abandoned this mobile phone number.
Although he had thought about this possibility, Wang Hongcai felt a little broken when he actually encountered it.
He is just such a son, and although he thinks that his daughter is the one he loves most, his son is his biological son after all, and he is just such a son, and he has put a lot of effort into his son, so he must not be reluctant to give up money.
But now that the money has been transferred, there is no response from the other party, which makes him completely blind.
He had thought about calling the police, but now he was in America and the kidnapper was in Gentleman's Country.
More importantly, even if he found a connection to call the police in London, the police would not be able to lock down the robber in just one hour, let alone ensure the safety of his son.
He didn't want anything to happen to his son.
He can't take risks.
Wang Hongcai was like an ant on a hot pot, walking back and forth quickly in the study, anxiously waiting for news from the kidnappers.
He decided to wait another half an hour. If there was no news from the kidnapper or his son, he would call the police.
There is no other way.
About ten minutes later, his cell phone rang. He quickly picked it up and saw that it was his assistant. He immediately answered the call and said with a dark face: "If you have anything to do, talk to me later. Don't talk anymore."
Call me."
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
As a result, just after the call was hung up, the assistant called again.
Although Wang Hongcai was angry, he knew that the assistant probably had something important to say to him, so he had no choice but to answer the call again.
"Boss, a strange call just came to the landline. The man said he would send your son home in two hours. He also said that this matter is very important and he must tell you as soon as possible."
When Wang Hongcai heard what his assistant said, he felt a little relieved, but at the same time he quickly became nervous.
There is no doubt that this call was made by a robber, but it is difficult to guarantee the credibility of what the other party said. Why did the other party wait for two hours before releasing his son? Is it to delay the escape, or is it intentional
Delay the time for him to call the police, or has the other party already rejected the decision?
Thinking of this, his whole body tensed up and his heart felt even colder.
"Boss, did you hear that?" the assistant's voice came from the mobile phone.
Wang Hongcai finally came back to his senses, barely suppressed his fear, and said reluctantly: "I understand."
After hanging up the phone, Wang Hongcai fell into deep hesitation and entanglement. Should he call the police now, or should he listen to the other party honestly and wait for another two hours?
If the other party did not lie, then his son is still in the hands of the other party. So if he calls the police and the other party finds out, what if his son is harmed or even the vote is broken?
But if the police were not called in time, his son would also be at risk of being harmed and ticketed.
Wang Hongcai was in a dilemma.
Time passed minute by minute, and finally two hours passed. Wang Hongcai waited and waited for no more calls from the robbers. He called the bodyguards and nannies who took care of his son again, but they couldn't get through.
At this moment, he could no longer wait any longer and immediately called the police station in London to call the police, and soon contacted a friend of his in London.
This friend is a broker with some power in London. Although the relationship with him is very ordinary, the two of them have cooperated in business. At this time, I can only ask him for help. After all, my son's life is at stake, and the worst is to spend some money.
that is.
With the help of this friend, the London police immediately followed up and began an investigation.
You must know that it was already two or three o'clock in the morning over there. The London police were able to work with such efficiency because of the great efforts of his friend.
But several hours later, it was already late at night in San Francisco, and there was still no news at all from London.
This made Wang Hongcai's mood become worse and worse. Although he didn't want to believe it and it was difficult to accept it, he had already prepared for the worst.
Thinking of his son's voice and smile, as a father, he couldn't help but feel his heart ache.
Wang Hongcai didn't sleep all night and couldn't sleep. He kept waiting for news from London, but after one night, there was still no news from there.
This made Wang Hongcai curse the London police for their incompetence a hundred times in his heart, but he could only be furious and helpless.
After daybreak, he immediately contacted his assistant and asked her to arrange a charter flight. He would fly to London immediately.
Then, without washing his face or brushing his teeth, he called Ning Huan, the brother Huan he had just contacted yesterday.
"Brother Huan, my son was kidnapped in London yesterday. The other party successfully extorted 1,000 Bitcoins from me. But now there is still no news about my son. I called the police over there, but it was of no use. It has been several hours.
There is no news, I want to ask you, do you have any powerful friends in the Gentleman Country? Help me find my son, whether he is dead or alive, there will always be an outcome."
Wang Hongcai knew that Ning Huan not only had a wide network of connections domestically, but also had similar connections overseas, and knew many well-known overseas Chinese and foreign dignitaries.
"Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?" Ning Huan complained and then said, "I do know a few good friends in the country of gentlemen. One of them is a city councilor. Let him help.
If you urge me, the police over there should be able to find your son as soon as possible."
"Then please contact Brother Huan for help. I will fly to London later. I hope there will be a good result."
At this time, of course Wang Hongcai would not be polite and agreed directly.
"Brother, tell me why your son was suddenly kidnapped? I remember that you arranged for him to go to a boarding school for nobles. How did the robbers kidnap him?" Ning Huan looked curious.
Wang Hongcai explained with a sullen face: "He was not kidnapped from school. It's true that my son is boarding there, but I was worried that he would be lonely in a foreign country without his parents, so I rented a place for him there.
He bought a house and hired a nanny and a bodyguard. But now, the nanny and bodyguard have been unable to be contacted, and the police have not found them."
Ning Huan narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this, and suddenly said in a serious tone: "Brother, don't say I didn't remind you. Have you ever thought about this matter being related to that... Chen Feng?"
Wang Hongcai was stunned and instinctively retorted: "How is this possible?"
Although Ning Huan had told him yesterday how awesome Chen Feng was, he thought that no matter how awesome Chen Feng was, he would only be able to do so at home. How could he possibly create such a big battle abroad?
As a result, Ning Huan now said that the kidnapping of his son might have something to do with Chen Feng, and he instinctively didn't believe it.
Ning Huan said in a very serious tone: "Brother, haven't you ever considered that this is a coincidence? You just offended him, and then something happened to your son on the back? And according to some information I have about him,
Look, this man will definitely retaliate, and he will probably do some other things to you. Anyway, he will do whatever it takes to make you uncomfortable. I think he has this ability."
"Brother Huan, this is no joke. He is just helping others to ask me for money. He wouldn't do such a bottomless thing, would he?" Wang Hongcai still didn't believe it.
Ning Huan was a little unhappy and said with dissatisfaction: "As I said, you can call him to test it out. I think you should understand this, right?"
When Wang Hongcai heard this, he really thought that there was nothing to lose by making a test call. If this matter was really related to Chen Feng, he would admit defeat and give out more than 100 million. He would not be short of this 60 million, as long as his son was safe.
Just fine.
Thinking of this, he quickly followed suit and said, "Okay, I'll call him right away to test it out. Brother Huan, the London police will ask your friend to help supervise him."
"Okay, give him a call and tell me if there are any results."
"OK."
After ending the call with Ning Huan, he immediately found Chen Feng's mobile phone number and dialed it.
"Hello, who's there?" Chen Feng's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Hello, I am Wang Hongcai. My son was kidnapped. Did you find someone to do it?"
Wang Hongcai was really concerned about his son's safety, and he also wanted to take him by surprise and deceive Chen Feng.