Naoto Araki is forty-two years old this year. When he was studying at Waseda University 20 years ago, he took Chinese cultural history as an elective and dated a female international student from Shanghai for a while. The lovers did not become husband and wife, but Araki learned to speak semi-standardly.
of Mandarin.
Later, when Araki was working at the Coast Guard, he continued to study Chinese. To this day, he receives a special skills subsidy in his monthly salary, which is the benefit of mastering Chinese. Ten years ago, he got married to a beautiful woman from Yamagata Prefecture.
But they got divorced within three years. From then on, Araki's temper became even more irritable, and his relationship with his colleagues was very tense. This was one of the reasons why he was sent to Manila.
During the battle at the Manila port, four Japanese Special Forces members died, and several others were seriously injured. Since then, they have been in wheelchairs. Naoto Araki also has two more wounds on his waist. Every sleepless night, he suffers from nightmares.
When I woke up, I was sweating profusely, and I always had to drink a lot of strong alcohol to suppress my emotions.
With an unfortunate marriage and a bleak life, Araki began to abuse himself and became more rude in his work style. However, it was a blessing in disguise that he gained the favor of his boss, who considered him a responsible man and transferred him from Manila to work in Hong Kong without igniting his passion.
The fire of hope.
But when he saw the Chinese agent who massacred the Chinese Special Forces members at the Manila port, his mentality of waiting to die changed drastically. He suddenly felt that life had meaning again, although commercial spies did not shoulder the mission of assassination.
, but he still decided to win back Manila's defeat in Hong Kong.
When he saw Jin Xudong, he immediately told him that you were being followed by Chinese agents. As expected, the cowardly traitor was immediately frightened out of his mind. Mr. Araki calmly picked up the phone and arranged for the mall security to find the agent.
trouble, and then left calmly with Jin Xudong.
Driving to the prosperous Japantown in Yau Tsim and asking for a private room to sit down, Jin Xudong was still in shock. No wonder, he had been an intelligence broker for so long and had never encountered such a risk. Naoto Araki stared at Jin Xudong with a smile.
Hope to find something from his expression.
In fact, a person like Jin Xudong is not a spy at all, he is just a speculator wandering on the fringes. He has a very good relationship with foreign-funded companies and with those young men in Beijing. He sells information to foreigners and also
He sells information to the Chinese and does some small business at the same time to earn some money to support his two families in Melbourne and Shanghai, as well as a bunch of mistresses. This kind of person is willing to do anything for money. He is a shameless person with no bottom line.
"Jin Sang, do you know who is following you?" Naoto Araki slowly poured a cup of tea for Jin Xudong.
"I don't know, maybe they are from the procuratorate. These two people once went to the company to look for me, and then got close to my family, and now they have followed me to Hong Kong. It seems that the authorities have paid attention to me." Jin Xudong said uneasily.
Araki Naoto smiled lightly. Although he didn't know the name of the agent, he was certain that the agent was definitely not from the Procuratorate, or even from the National Security Bureau, because the National Security Bureau was only responsible for domestic affairs, and the one who was killing people outside should be
Personnel from the Second Department of the Chinese Military General Staff Department.
But he did not correct Jin Xudong, but asked with great concern: "Then, Jin Sang should pay attention to safety."
Jin Xudong was a little irritated and said: "Let's proceed quickly. The oral message will cost 20,000 US dollars, the written information will cost 50,000 US dollars, and the contract photocopy will cost 200,000 US dollars. What do you want?"
Naoto Araki sat up straight and said seriously: "Kin Sang, what you should be concerned about now is not the price, but your personal safety. The national security has already targeted you. If you cannot participate in tomorrow's negotiation, you will not be able to obtain information. There is no information."
You will have no income, and without income you will not be able to support your family."
"Okay, you don't need to teach me this, I understand it all." Jin Xudong interrupted Araki and said: "If the authorities had the evidence, they would have arrested me long ago. Now they are just investigating, it's not a big deal. Besides, there are people above me.
If it gets really big and involves a lot of big shots, they will definitely take action."
Just as he was talking, Jin Xudong's cell phone rang. It was An Qi's call. Jin Xudong answered it in front of Araki.
"Honey, are you coming back at noon? Mr. Liu and the others have also arrived in Hong Kong. I want to invite them to dinner." An Qi's voice was full of excitement, but Jin Xudong felt creepy and said irritably: "I still have something to do, I will call you later."
After hanging up the phone, Naoto Araki said with a smile: "They have penetrated into your side, but they are not in a hurry to catch you. To use your Chinese saying, the water here is very deep."
Jin Xudong said: "The negotiations will be held tomorrow, and all the big shots will come. As a middleman, I must participate. Don't you want me to hide?"
Araki Naoto said: "I think the best way right now is to hide and wait until tomorrow. If something goes wrong because of you, I think they will deal with you."
Jin Xudong thought for a moment and said, "Where to hide?"
"I can provide a place. After all, Hong Kong is not the Mainland. They don't dare to mess around." Naoto Araki smiled confidently and lit up a Soft Seven Star.
…
On the Air China flight CA111 from Beijing to Hong Kong, Huaxia Mining President Zou Wenzhong and his accompanying secretary and bodyguard occupied almost the entire first-class cabin. Ma Fengfeng originally said that he would lend his newly purchased Gulfstream special plane to Zou Wenzhong for use, but he always kept a low profile.
Mr. Zou politely declined.
This trip to Hong Kong was to conduct business negotiations with Richard Thorpe, President of Brayman Mining in the United States. Zou Wenzhong, like all new leaders, carried out several major activities to prove his existence, first within the group
Implementing the last-place elimination system, and then buying a piece of land in the suburbs of Beijing for real estate development, on the one hand, it solved the housing problem of the group's senior employees, and on the other hand, it opened up ideas for the group's diversified operations, but these are just childish, and the most important thing is
The third fire.
Richard Thorpe used to work for Leituo Mining and was a colleague of the notorious Hu Shitai. When Zou Wenzhong was still working at the Iron and Steel Association, he had dealt with this man. Generally speaking, Thorpe was a man who was well versed in Chinese culture.
Westerners are not as aggressive as other foreign businessmen when they have cards in hand. This is one of the reasons why Zou Wenzhong is willing to deal with him.
Although Brayman Mining was established only a short time ago, its capital has expanded like a snowball. It controls several African copper mines and also owns an Australian iron mine with considerable reserves. This is another reason to attract Zou Wenzhong, because Huaxia Mining is an important domestic company.
One of the largest mineral producers in the world, Brayman Mining is tasked with seeking more, cheaper, and more stable strategic mineral resources for the country, and Brayman Mining exactly meets this element.
More importantly, this business was brokered by Jin Xudong of Jinou Investment, and the boss behind Jinou Investment was Ma Fengfeng. All parties were involved, which gave Zou Wenzhong both pressure and motivation. Only by completing this contract could he be promoted to the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.
Bonus points in the eyes of the leader, secure this position.
At 13 o'clock in the afternoon, the plane landed at Hong Kong New Airport. Surrounded by his entourage, Zou Wenzhong walked through the VIP channel to clear customs and arrived at the VIP room. Ma Fengfeng was sitting on the sofa smoking a cigar with his legs crossed, waiting for him.
"Mr. Zou, I flew later than you and arrived earlier than you. How about I arrange a special plane next time?" Ma Fengfeng said proudly.
Zou Wenzhong smiled and said: "We are a state-owned enterprise after all, so we can't be too ostentatious."
"Let's go for a walk in the city and try out Hong Kong's food." Ma Fengfeng stood up, and two beautiful girls next to him quickly stepped forward to help him put on his windbreaker.
A black Rolls-Royce parked in the passage at the entrance of the VIP room. A bodyguard in a black suit opened the door. Zou Wenzhong looked at the license plate before getting in. There was only one number: 9.
"Don't look, this is Lao Yang's car, I borrowed it for use." Ma Fengfeng sat in the car and said lazily.
"Which Lao Yang?"
"If Mr. Zou is interested in the one who makes the movie, I will arrange a dinner party tonight and ask Jackie Chan, Gillian and the others to come and have a drink with you. We are all our own people and will be available at your call. Don't be polite."
Zou Wenzhong smiled and shook his head: "Forget it, the impact is not good, let's do business first and put aside the celebrations first."
Mr. Zou and Ma Fengfeng's entourage got into a station wagon at the back, and the Rolls-Royce left the airport escorted by four cars at the front and rear.
"Xiao Ma, do you know anything about tomorrow's negotiation? The other party requires us to have a controlling stake in Wood Iron Mine before they can negotiate with us, but this is difficult to achieve." Zou Wenzhong said.
"It's okay, foreigners are asking for high prices and repaying the money on the spot. All Thorpe wants is cross-shareholding. He holds the shares of Red Star through Sijin, so that Wood Iron Mine has their share, and we hold Bray
Man Mining's shares hold one or two small Australian iron ore mines, and the benefits can be seen now, which is a win-win situation."
As Ma Fengfeng spoke, he opened the small refrigerator and poured a glass of champagne for Zou Wenzhong.
Zou Wenzhong still frowned while holding the champagne: "I'm afraid that someone will do something bad. This matter has not been recorded. If someone finds out, we will be very passive."
Ma Fengfeng smiled: "Who said there was no filing? Director Tan knows it. If Director Tan knows it, the top leaders will know it. Some blind people want to interfere. It's just a mantis."
Zou Wenzhong finally showed a smile and raised his glass: "Let's do one first."
…
Over Chek Lap Kok, a Bombardier business jet circled and descended, and finally stopped steadily at the end of the runway. Several tall white men got off the gangway first and stood around vigilantly. They had bulging muscles under their suits and sharp eyes under their sunglasses.
With a look in his eyes, Richard Thorpe's figure appeared at the cabin door, wearing a blue casual suit, a beige shirt, and sunglasses on his face, looking capable and tough.
"Hong Kong, here I come." Mr. Thorpe said with emotion, looking at the blue sky.