Ferron Pierre and Louis Jeanne carried an AK in one hand and the bag they had secretly hidden in the other. They moved forward cautiously, observing as they got closer, and finally decided to ask "
The invaders surrendered.
Their previous identities were as two fishermen slaves on the island, but before they were fishermen slaves, they had another identity, that is, they were reporters from AFP.
Pierre is an old reporter who has been in the industry since the early 1990s, and Jeanne entered the industry for this undercover career. In 1996, he only came to AFP as a temporary external whistleblower. There is no stable employment relationship.
, just sell news on a temporary basis, pay the money and deliver the goods.
In 1998, in order to further their careers, the two of them did some peripheral research and heard that Indonesia had the last slavery in the world and it was possible to integrate it with the globalized international trade industry chain.
With the temptation of digging up big news and winning the Pulitzer Prize, they decided to go undercover.
Unfortunately, they still underestimated the difficulty of it all.
Although Jeanne is a naturalized Frenchman from Algeria, that is, she returned to Europe from French Africa. Her skin color protected her from additional humiliation by the slave owners in the past two years (when Pierre recruited her,
I just like her because she is a black man and looks ugly. There are also some black people in Southeast Asia, so they are not easily in danger. It would be too abrupt to let a white woman be an undercover agent.)
However, these only protect them from personal harm, and it does not mean that they can successfully escape and leave the news after obtaining enough evidence.
At the end of 1998, they were brought from Vietnam and Laos by slave traders from Vietnam and Laos under the cover of "French bankrupts left over from the French Indochina era" in the name of illegal labor. Pierre originally thought he was a fisherman.
That is to say, when working on a ship, you are not allowed to leave the ship for a year and a half, but there is always a chance to escape when you arrive at the port.
Who would have known that the islands where these slave fishermen docked were all lawless islands under the absolute control of slave owners! Ships from outside would never come! They didn’t need to dock in the civilized world at all!
Pierre was desperate for a time. If he hadn't collected a lot of undercover news materials in the past two years, and still believed in getting a Pulitzer to get ahead, he might have committed suicide directly.
Since there is no hope of escape, he is not willing to just stay and work with the small slave owner. He is somewhat capable. Among the generally uneducated Southeast Asian slave groups, it is quite possible to climb up and down by performing well, so Hua Hua
In more than a year, he moved from the small slave owner who bought him to serve Bandayuno, the largest slave lord in the archipelago. He also brought Jeanna, who had been separated from him, to come over and work together.
Unexpectedly, there is no end to the road, and today I encountered Banda Yuno's lair and was taken away. Just now, because there were too many casualties among the supervisors, he and Jeanne also gained the trust of their superiors because of their consistent good performance.
Weapons were issued to them during the crisis.
Then the two of them immediately turned around and took advantage of the supervisor who was supervising their battle not to pay attention, and killed the supervisor with a black gun from behind.
It’s finally time to give up the darkness and embrace the light!
"Put down your weapons! Immediately! Shoot immediately!" As soon as they appeared in front of the search team, several alert soldiers pointed their guns at them.
Pierre quickly took the lead and threw the gun away. He first yelled in French for a while, but unfortunately no one could understand him. Then he quickly changed to English.
We have already seen the dawn of victory. It would be a huge loss if we were misunderstood and killed at this time.
Although most of the soldiers still did not understand English, there was at least one non-commissioned officer in the crowd who could recognize that it was English and vaguely knew a few of the words.
In such a closed environment, the slaves and supervisors here cannot speak English, and slave owners are relatively rare, so most of the people who can speak English are big fish.
After confirming that the other party had put down all their weapons, they did not hesitate to search slowly.
"Xiao Wu, you go to the company commander and report that there are two foreigners caught here. They may be Western journalists who were ordered to receive preferential treatment from above. I'm not sure yet. Xiao Chen, please search them all in detail and don't leave any weapons.
." The sergeant ordered.
"Search? There's a woman."
"Black people may not care about this. Besides, this is a special period. Implement it immediately!"
"yes!"
Fortunately, the folk customs of black people do not care about these things in the first place, and Jeanne has long been used to it in the two years she has been here.
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After confirming that they were not a threat, the two of them were quickly taken to the original Bundayuno bunker - of course it was now in ruins. The occupiers temporarily set up two marching tents on the ruins for temporary use.
Handle clerical matters.
Pierre was led to a civilian manager who had just arrived on the island by helicopter. The man spoke fluent English and started talking to Pierre.
"You said you are reporters from AFP? Are you an undercover agent? Is there any information that can prove your identity?" When he heard that they reported their family status, the civilian manager was also extremely surprised. Apparently, he had got his boss before he went to the island.
As he was told, he suddenly realized that he had encountered a big fish.
Pierre quickly explained: "I have some photos and written records here, which I secretly saved at my own risk - I had a disguised mini digital camera, which was not found when I came here. I hid it...
Anyway, it was stuffed into the body and brought in. Of course, the press card is gone, and we will die if that thing is discovered."
"Show me your memory card." The civilian manager quickly asked for the equipment and checked it out.
After confirming that he was safe and trusted by others, Pierre's selfishness soon returned, and he began to be afraid of questions such as "What if the other party takes away my journalistic honor?"
This is normal. When people face life or death danger, the first thing they think of is to survive and leave alive.
Once he confirms that he can leave alive, he will start fighting for the honor of leaving alive.
Pierre then asked bravely: "Can I ask who you are? Which country are you from? Are you a peacekeeping force of the United Nations? Are you here to fight against pirates and slave owners?"
This question is also to ask for directions, to see the identity of the other party and whether there may be a motive to steal his news.
"We are employed by a private security company, and our boss is from Lanfang. Because we were attacked by pirates when passing through this sea area, in order to ensure complete safety, we took a preemptive strike to suppress the remaining pirate forces.
I hope you will cooperate, especially on the issue of piracy accusations." The civilian manager's words were impeccable.
"Then... after we go out, can we publish all the news about all the materials I collected in our own name?" Pierre still couldn't help but ask despite the small chance of angering the other party.
The civilian manager was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Are you afraid that we will steal the news? Haha, you reporters, don't worry, our boss only cares about safety and has no interest in your news. As long as you cooperate
We prove our legitimate defense and fully expose the crimes of these people. The news is all yours."
Pierre breathed a sigh of relief and was overjoyed: "That's great! Don't worry, we know what to do!"
Of course Pierre knew what needed to be said and what needed to be elaborated as much as possible. Whether he could get out alive still depended on the protection of these people.
Seeing how cooperative he was, the civilian manager also showed goodwill: "Since you are willing to cooperate, I can allow you to take you to see our boss. He is on a big yacht. Everything here today is because he was robbed.
, very unhappy. He seems to be more interested in reporters."
Pierre: "Of course it's no problem. I don't know who your boss is... I mean, what if I know? Although we have been isolated from the world for almost two years. You are Lanfang people. It seems that the famous Lanfang people are
One, named Gu Kun, is a superstar world champion and has friendships with a bunch of top celebrities in Hollywood and other media industries."
What Pierre was talking about was based on old history. After all, when he entered, Gu Kun had not yet made any move in the Southeast Asian financial market, or even in the subsequent waves of rapid harvests and the discovery of the Lanfang Oil Field.
Therefore, the impression that Pierre knew of Gu Kun was just that of a "world superstar with a net worth of only a few billion dollars, the celebrity who has broken the most world records in the world." He would not think that such a small tycoon could
He was able to hire a fleet to serve as a bodyguard and escort, and he was able to call upon the wind and rain to destroy these slave lords who were on the side of the emperor.
"Yes, it seems that you are quite concerned about current affairs. Our boss is Gu Kun." The civilian manager said directly.
"Really Gu Kun? How could he offend those pirate slave owners? How could he be so powerful? God, what happened during the two years we were isolated from the world! I am still stuck on his news impressions
During the Atlanta Olympics!" Pierre was immediately shocked.
Perhaps this is the reaction that a person who has been isolated from the world for two years should have when he suddenly looks at Gu Kun's achievements.
On the contrary, those who are in contact with online media every day and are well aware of current affairs have long been numb because Gu Kun made a news every two days and his career has slightly improved.
"Is this weird? Our boss took a yacht fleet worth more than a billion dollars to Sydney to participate in the Olympics. When he came back, he encountered these bastards. Do you think these bastards should die?"
"Damn it, of course it's damned! I know what to do!" Pierre was completely surrendered and didn't dare to play any tricks.
Half an hour later, they were taken by helicopter to the yacht "Zhu Sen" where Gu Kun himself was stationed, and several bodyguards with live ammunition took them there.
Seeing the majesty of the yacht, the two French reporters were even more frightened. They felt even more grateful that the local slave lord had offended such a great man.
Although the French do not have the tradition of kneeling and worshiping, the moment they saw Gu Kun, Pierre and Jeanne still couldn't help but let their knees weaken. They knelt down and thanked him for saving their lives, and said nonsense about what they wanted to do.
Just do whatever you want.
"No need to do this, stand up. Are you French? I believe you are also righteous people who exposed slave owners and pirates for the just cause of mankind."
As long as they are not journalists from English-speaking countries, Gu Kun can take advantage of them first.