Hellfire is famous in St. George and is a household name.
Its history can be traced back to the time when the San Giorgio slum first appeared. Most of its earliest members were retired soldiers from Pápalo. They embarked on the path of no return because of poverty and poverty, and gradually developed to today's scale.
Hellfire occupies more than a quarter of the area of the St. George slum, and the scope of its members' activities goes far beyond that. It was once said that at least 20% of the criminal activities that occurred in St. George's were related to Hellfire.
Moreover, Hellfire had fought many tough battles with the Pápalo military police, repelling the latter's efforts to clean up the San Jorge slum, and had a high prestige among the residents of the slum.
This is exactly what makes Zhang Yaoming and Inspector Tang feel very troublesome.
Although Zhang Yaoming called the police and identified the kidnappers through surveillance video, don't expect the Western District Police Station to send people to rescue Gu Kai and Zhang Yun, because no military policeman dared to go deep into the territory controlled by Hellfire.
"I don't know where they offended Hellfire..."
Chairman Chen of the Chinatown Self-Management Committee sighed: "Chinatown has an agreement with the gangs in the slums, including the Hellfires. Under normal circumstances, they will not affect our normal life. They have always been good in the past."
The so-called agreement is, of course, the payment of protection fees. Chinatown is adjacent to the St. George slum. If the local gangs are not given benefits, their lives will definitely not be peaceful.
Zuo Yi thought for a while and asked: "Then what are you going to do now?"
Miss Sun said: "We at Huaixia Hall have found an intermediary to negotiate with Hellfire. We will first find out what is going on, and then find a way to rescue the person."
Zuo Yi nodded.
This Miss Sun seems to be quite mysterious, and she is also a transcendent person, but he has some knowledge about Huaixia Hall.
The predecessor of Huaixia Hall was the royalist party of Daxia. When the political system of Daxia changed, a bloody storm broke out. The royalist party and the reform party fought in rivers of blood. The country was shaken for a time and was almost taken advantage of by foreign enemies.
The national crisis hit, and the royal family was forced to abdicate and no longer control the country, bringing Daxia into a new era.
From today's point of view, the civil war between the two parties at that time was of extremely important significance to Daxia. The victory of the Reform Party saved this increasingly decadent country, reborn from the ashes and regained its glory.
But it was a very tragic thing for the losers. The remnant forces of the royalist party that had been severely damaged were worried about being liquidated, so they fled overseas one after another. Huaixiatang was one of them.
Zuo Yi has extremely high authority in the Super Management Bureau system and can browse a lot of confidential information. In his spare time, he often browses the database, so he has learned a lot of inside information.
Huaixia Hall is actually very good. It has always been committed to uniting overseas Chinese and safeguarding the interests of Daxia immigrants. It is not like some factions who regard the newly born Daxia as enemies and do some unpopular things.
Jingle bell bell!
At this moment, the mobile phone placed on the table in front of Zhang Yaoming suddenly rang.
He quickly picked up and answered: "Hello?"
Soon, Zhang Yaoming changed his expression and said a few words to the other party in a hurried tone.
Zuo Yi couldn't understand, so he guessed that he was speaking Portuguese.
Portuguese is the official language of Papalo, and English is also very popular in this country, with most people speaking two languages.
After hanging up the phone, he said: "It's the people from Hellfire who asked me to prepare a cash ransom of one million dollars."
"Fuck!"
Detective Tang cursed: "Why don't they go and rob me?"
This ransom price is a bit excessive. You must know that Gu Kai and Zhang Yun are not rich people, and their total net worth is less than one million US dollars.
But the kidnappers from Hellfire were blackmailing Zhang Yaoming.
President Chen and Miss Sun looked at each other.
"When will the deal be made?"
Zuo Yi looked indifferent: "Is he okay?"
"I asked."
Zhang Yaoming said angrily: "They asked me to prepare the money before contacting the person. As long as I give the money, it will be fine. But they only gave me twelve hours of fundraising time. If I exceed the time, I will bear the consequences!"
He has been developing in St. George's for so many years, his career is quite successful, and he still has a net worth of tens of millions.
But it is difficult to come up with millions of dollars in cash at once.
Zhang Yaoming looked at President Chen.
If the Chinatown Self-Administration Council comes forward, there will definitely be no problem in raising the ransom within twelve hours.
"That's okay."
Zuo Yi said without hesitation: "I'll spend this million dollars."
As he spoke, he reached out and opened the backpack at his feet, grabbed Tyke out of it, then fumbled around and pulled out bundles of U.S. bills and placed them on the table.
Of course, this money was taken out of the space ring. In terms of the amount of inventory, it can only be regarded as a drizzle.
However, Zhang Yaoming and the others were shocked.
Who would have thought that Zuo Yi would carry so many US dollars with him, as if he knew about it in advance.
After taking out a full million US dollars, Zuo Yi stuffed the Tektronix back into his backpack and said to Zhang Yaoming: "Call them and tell them that the money will be ready soon. Ask them when they will redeem the hostages and ask them to guarantee the hostages."
safety.”
Zhang Yaoming picked up the phone again in a daze.
"Can't fight!"
Before Zhang Yaoming dialed the number, a burly man suddenly broke into the private room and said in a deep voice: "I already know who the kidnapper is. Paying the ransom and replacing someone is the stupidest solution.
Way!"
Miss Sun frowned, stood up and asked, "Senior Brother Gao, why are you here?"
"I'm here to stop you from doing stupid things!"
The burly man waved his hand and said: "The people who kidnapped Boss Gu and his wife are Hellfire Iron Fist Paul's people. We must show them a strong stance, otherwise we will taste the sweetness. This time and the next time, none of us should think about it in the future."
Happy birthday!"
The faces of Zhang Yaoming and the other three people all changed, and their eyes showed fear.
"Iron Fist Paul..."
Zuo Yi asked calmly: "Is it very powerful?"
Miss Sun hesitated for a moment and said, "Iron Fist Paul is one of the seven leaders of Hellfire, and he is also a member of the Golden Mask."
The Golden Mask is the name of the Tislan Paranormal Federation, representing the largest and most powerful paranormal force in South America. Iron Fist Paul is not only a powerful paranormal, but also a representative figure of the new generation of forces in Hellfire.
Iron Fist Paul was born in the St. George's slum, and at a young age he has mastered the power of a group of people who dare to fight and fight. He has a strong voice within Hellfire. He has a violent personality and acts unscrupulously, but he has a high prestige.
So knowing that it was Iron Fist Paul's people who kidnapped Gu Kai and Zhang Yun, Zhang Yaoming and the three of them felt extremely troubled.
The burly man's attitude is very clear, that is, he will never compromise!
He was full of confidence: "Iron Fist Paul is very powerful, but we at Huaixia Hall are not weak!"