"Mr. Gu, as far as I know... I mean, maybe, I have two or three colleagues who have done similar things to me. Since you are so eager to completely overturn the table and expose the evil behind this, I wonder if you are interested.
How about pulling out some more nails?”
In the reception room of the "Joseph", Pierre chatted and laughed with Gu Kun for a few minutes. After roughly understanding Gu Kun's ambitions, he couldn't help but admire Gu Kun, a chivalrous person like Gu Kun, and revealed the news.
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It turns out that although colleagues are enemies, sometimes they still have to cooperate. Being undercover under a slave owner is too risky after all. Before they came, they had considered the possibility of escaping if it was inconvenient.
So I will also secretly see if there are other colleagues doing the same thing. If they meet, they will exchange information with each other without leaving any evidence, so that after one of them escapes, he can expose it and rescue the remaining people.
go.
At the same time, the rescued party often has to give an even portion of the information it has gathered over the past few years to the rescuer, which can be regarded as a transfer of benefits and sharing of risks.
Journalists are not stupid. It is good to have an extra layer of insurance. When life is at stake, why not give out some big news in exchange for safety?
When Gu Kun heard that there were other reporters, he was not in a hurry, but carefully confirmed the situation: "Oh? Is it your colleague? Is he being controlled by which slave lord's subordinates?"
Of course Pierre would not hide anything: "It should be under Lord Yusuf of the Aru Islands, not my colleague. I met and made friends when I was looking for opportunities in Vietnam, and then we acted separately. It's just that
We have multiple insurance policies, and if there is any risk, the one who escapes first will report it."
Gu Kun remained silent: "Not your colleague? Do you know what kind of media it is from and what country it is from?"
Pierre thought for a while: "I'm not very sure. I only know the names of three of them. They should be from the BBC, one is from Breton, and there are two Australians. I don't rule out that there are others."
Media, possibly Dutch journalists from Dutch media.
You know, people at the BBC always like to exaggerate the theme of 'Brittany rulers brought civilization to the ignorant and uncivilized barbarians, and after the Brittany rulers left, the local civilization declined significantly'.
The content. This kind of subject matter is particularly popular in Brittany, and the locals love to read it.
However, most of the Spice Islands were colonies of the Dutch at that time, and the Bretons occupied relatively few, so it was not easy to write articles in this area, and their appearance alone was not very convincing. So before we separated, they said
I want to see if I can recruit some Dutch people to work with me, but I don’t know if I can find him later.”
hehe.
Gu Kun is really familiar with the Western thinking that Pierre mentioned.
Many invaders who have owed heavy blood debts on the colonial issue like to whitewash "we are not going to colonize, we are going to bring freedom and civilization to the savages."
Then they especially like big news like "After South Africa was evaded by black people and their rights were evaded, the country's economy and culture have regressed in all aspects, and it is worse than when white people were in power."
For the BBC and Australians, it is so exciting to reveal the news that "the former colonies in Southeast Asia, after realizing self-governance, experienced huge social regression and even the emergence of slavery."
It can definitely satisfy the arrogance and satisfaction of Brittany and Australian readers who want to see "Sure enough, those scum deserve to be ruled by us."
However, since he bumped into Gu Kun's hand, Gu Kun certainly had his own solution.
In front of Pierre and the French Madonna, Gu Kun certainly would not show it. He just called Gao Jianxiong in a dignified manner and then ordered: "Did you hear that? This righteous French reporter said, there are other
Those who seek the truth may also be in danger.
Although we can safely pass through the Banda Sea, since we have done a heroic thing, we must do it to the end and immediately have all the employees of the security company prepare and supply supplies for another battle. We will stop by when we return.
Go to the Aru Islands and get a vote.”
"Yes, boss! I'll make arrangements right away!" Gao Jianxiong stood at attention and saluted.
Gu Kun pretended to touch his chin and turned to Pierre: "Well, I'm afraid this will further irritate the Indonesian authorities. Although we have international morality and fight against pirates and slave owners, this matter is still possible.
Causes disputes at the level of international relations - Mr. Pierre, you and Ms. Jeanne must provide sufficient evidence of the causes and consequences at that time."
Pierre quickly assured: "Of course! Gu, you are the most chivalrous rich man I have ever seen! I will ask the French embassy to provide all appeals and explanations for what you did today. If you are willing
It would be better if you authorize AFP to publish some remarks about you."
Gu Kun nodded: "By the way, do you have detailed information about your 'companions'? For example, names, photos. With this information, we can better avoid accidental injuries when we fight against pirates."
Pierre was even more moved: Look, who said all big bosses are rich and unkind! This Mr. Gu is simply a model of integrity! So approachable! When fighting pirates, he is so worried about hurting innocent people!
It's a pity that he doesn't have any photos anymore. That kind of thing has no news value. They couldn't have taken photos of each other when they infiltrated two years ago.
So Pierre could only answer awkwardly: "I only know their names, and I can roughly describe their appearance, but there are really no photos."
Gu Kun didn't mind, and immediately called the female secretary, and then ordered: "That's okay, Sarah, let Mr. Pierre tell you the names of his companions, they should be from the BBC, right, and then you will immediately
Ask someone to go to London or Sydney to check, get the photos corresponding to these names, and send them back by email or fax immediately."
Saranova is a little bit embarrassed: "We are now in a sea area without network, and we can't even access the satellite network..."
In 2000, there were already some satellite Internet speeds that were almost as slow as 56k dial-up networks and could be used by high-end seagoing ships, but the construction of satellite networks had not yet reached the stage of global coverage.
This kind of construction is also carried out in stages, and satellite orbits are generally planned to give priority to covering major international trade routes. However, East Indonesia to the Torres Strait of Papua does not belong to traditional international trade routes, and there are thousands of nautical miles of area that are currently unavailable.
covered.
However, Gu Kun was very dissatisfied with the female secretary's explanation: "There are always more solutions than difficulties. I'll let you do it. You can find a solution! There is no satellite network here. Can't you send a helicopter to Dili, the capital of East Timor?"
I don’t believe there is no Internet connection in the whole country of Timor-Leste. If that doesn’t work, you can send a helicopter to Bali or Makassar. It should be within the range of our helicopter. Just go to the other side to refuel and come back.”
With Gu Kun's words, Saranova will be able to handle things easily. For a secretary, the difficulty is not doing things, but the boss asking you to do things and not letting you spend money.
If resources can be used casually, then what else can't be explored and transmitted? At first, Saranova just didn't expect that the lives of those BBCs were so valuable in the eyes of the boss that it was worth sending a helicopter to visit them twice.
It was easy to handle now. Saranova immediately took the order and left, promising to find out the information the same day. There was no need to elaborate on the details.
There must be no Internet access in the whole of East Timor, so even though it is the closest place, only 200 nautical miles away from the East Maluku Islands where Gu Kun is currently located, there is no way to go there to solve the problem. In the end, Sarah chose to send a helicopter to go there.
A little further away, Bali——
The country of East Timor only successfully fought against Indonesian rule in August last year, but historically it would take more than a year to become officially independent. The composition of its indigenous ethnic groups is similar to that of Indonesia. The difference is that Indonesia was colonized by the Dutch in history.
, and Timor Island was colonized by the Portuguese in ancient times.
So just like the indigenous people of the same ethnic group in different areas on the island of New Guinea, because they were colonized by the Dutch and the Bretons respectively in history, they will become different countries after independence. So of course Timorese and Indonesians have reasons for not being the same country.
It's just that the economy of the Timorese is too backward, and they are still in the primitive social production mode of slash-and-burn farming. Therefore, there is no place in the capital that can connect to the Internet, and even the head of state does not have access to the Internet.
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Not mentioning Saranova's search for information, on the other side, the "Yonghua" and "Seagull", which only took a short rest, embarked on the journey to the Aru Islands again early the next morning——
This action is not too detoured, just a slight detour. Generally speaking, it is still on Gu Kun's route from Indonesian waters back to Lanzhou, so even if he is a little nosy, he will not leave too much trouble.
.Because of the isolation and backwardness of this area, the Indonesians have almost no ruling power, and the slave lords basically govern themselves.
So even if something happens, the outside world reacts very slowly. Maybe after a group of pirates are eliminated, it takes ten and a half months for Jakarta to get the news, which is normal.
All of this provided Gu Kun with a very good environment, so that he did not have to worry about immediate interference.
Gu Kun himself originally wanted to take two days to settle down and reorganize the people near the East Maluku Islands and understand the current situation of local slavery. Now that there is a new operation, the aftermath can only be left to the handymen who followed the fleet along the way.
The "Nightingale".
Refugees definitely can't board Gu Kun's "Zhu Sen", it's too luxurious, and the "Nightingale" is a scientific research ship, so it doesn't matter if it is temporarily diverted for humanitarian purposes.
Moreover, it is not that most of the fishermen here have no transportation to leave. They are usually suppressed by force by the overseers. Now that the overseers and slave owners have been eliminated, they can leave in small boats to fend for themselves and escape to their motherland.
(Many people were trafficked from Myanmar, Thailand and Cambodia)
Of course, Gu Kun will not return weapons to these former slaves, lest they turn into new slave owners and pirates - weapons must not be used to test human nature. In such a lawless place, even if a person has a gun in his hand,
Even though they are good and docile people, their evil thoughts will be induced.
For Gu Kun, what needs to be transported away on the "Nightingale" are only a few typical ones that are suitable as victim witnesses.
"Mr. Gu, let's go rescue people first. If you want to understand the people's sentiments, just look at the materials I provided. Aren't we enough?" Pierre and Jeanne also repeatedly advised him not to spend time in the local area.
Poor people, after all, these reporters who have been undercover for two years know what happened to them, and they can describe it more vividly.
"Well, it is indeed more important to save people. I have already asked the warship to go first. We will follow slowly and listen to the results." Gu Kun was very generous.