"Boss, you own a musical instrument store and you should know a lot about musical instruments, right?"
"The question you asked is...well, it's okay."
"Then can you recommend an instrument that I can pick up quickly?"
"Of course, what about harmonica and African drum? You can learn them by yourself, and they are easier to get started with."
"how long?"
"I'll have to ask for it in a few weeks."
"It's too late!"
"...How fast do you want it?"
"It's best to buy something today that you can play on stage tomorrow, right?"
"..."
It’s hard to say that it’s hard to do business these days. Just take a look at the weird requirements. However, as a qualified boss and salesperson, someone still sensitively grasped the pain points of customer needs and said thoughtfully: “Go on stage and perform...what?”
Situation? Tell me in detail."
"Well, it's not the graduation season yet. The school had to hold a farewell concert, so it assigned tasks to our music club. I joined the club just as a hobby, and I didn't expect to actually perform on stage. The key is now in the club
I’m short of manpower and I can’t shirk it, so why don’t I come to the boss for help... Don’t worry, money is not an issue, as long as I can get through this!”
"Well, let me think about it. Does your club have a string section? Someone who plays violin or cello?"
"Yes, there are several seniors who play the violin, and they look great!"
...As long as you say something nice, I will believe that you joined the company just because of your hobbies!
"It's easy to do if you have it, just buy a viola."
"May I?"
"That must be possible! As long as you keep one secret in mind and show off your pose on stage, almost no one will be able to see through it."
"Great, I want this! By the way, what's the secret?"
"The right hand holds the bow and the left hand holds the harp."
…
Well, business is sometimes quite easy these days.
After sending away the happy college student who was not short of money, Tang Chao happily entered the transaction in the cashier system. As a result, although the door just opened in the morning, today's turnover has already exceeded the quota.
Oh, by the way, it was the day before yesterday when I went to the hospital for a review and learned that Xie Jianping was kidnapped by pirates. In the past two days, as a certain captain Gao speculated, the Tang Dynasty did not take action.
Of course, it's not because the rescue target is not Xie Wei, but Xie Jianping.
In fact, to be honest, Xie Jianping has been really good to the two brothers and sisters since they met. He has taken care of them in every aspect and never forgets to care about and greet them during the holidays. Including the Jiangyue Mansion where the brothers and sisters have been living, it is also the latter.
I voluntarily gave it up before.
Apart from Xie Wei, among the entire Xie family, there were only a few relatives of Tang Dou recognized by the Tang Dynasty, and they were usually called uncles sincerely.
Therefore, it's not that he doesn't want to save him, it's just that he really has no way to do it and there's no need to do anything.
The Tang Dynasty already knew that Xie Wei informed the Jiuzhou Uprising Lingjiang branch that day, and also recognized the solution proposed by the latter. There was no safer way than to ask a local middleman to take care of the matter and redeem the person with money.
Think of it as spending money to teach you a lesson. After this experience, Uncle Jianping will no longer have the idea of going out and wandering around, right? At least, the habit of night fishing will definitely be gone, ha...
Yes, Tang Chao, who has been paying close attention to it secretly, finally found out the complete kidnapping process not long ago.
It can be regarded as solving a mystery.
At that time, the Tang Dynasty was very puzzled. As the head of security, Xie Jianping was accompanied by bodyguards when traveling. How could he be easily kidnapped?
Even though those bodyguards may not be very professional, or they may not be carrying weapons due to the special circumstances at that time, but it is not difficult to kill a few fishermen with knives with bare hands, right?
What's more, the main business of the so-called Indonesian pirates is not kidnapping and extortion, but sneaking in and picking locks. The levels of crime are different, and their sudden evolution on the spot is obviously unreasonable.
As expected, the anomaly occurred in Xie Jianping himself.
I didn't go into the cabin to sleep at night, so I had to carry a fishing rod and stay up all night to fight. As a result, I didn't catch any fish. I caught a group of pirates who took advantage of the night to seize the boat, and I was put on a knife stand on the spot.
Originally, as long as Xie Jianping kept quiet, there was a high probability that nothing would happen. The pirates' kidnapping of him was just a temporary expedient after they happened upon him. They would naturally let him go after they finished their work and stole some valuable things.
After all, no matter where they are, stealing and killing are two different crimes in nature, and normal people can figure it out.
However, Xie Jianping got confused and took off his valuable watch on the spot, intending to save himself.
In fact, this move is not wrong, but the other party does not know the goods. The watch was collected easily, but no positive feedback was given.
Seeing this, Xie Jianping, who was unsure, immediately panicked. He just thought that the other party was too little and was not satisfied, so he quickly said that he could add more... While they were communicating, a bodyguard finally noticed the movement and rushed out of the cabin. After a brief stalemate, the two sides were broken.
The meddling pirates simply took Xie Jianping, who looked like a fat sheep, with his hands tied and retreated together. The thieves didn't just leave, they came...
The general situation is like this. If I have to summarize it, I can only say that this is a kidnapping in which the hostages rush in one direction. Hahahahahaha...ahem, soo, soo, soo!
Let me understand, my life has been a bit boring recently, and I can’t watch the fifth forum anymore. After losing my greatest source of happiness, I have been relying on this laughter for the past two days to survive.
Of course, there is a reason why someone behaves so relaxedly, and it is not really heartless.
As far as he knew, the process on Xie Wei's side was progressing quite smoothly, and the middleman was also very reliable. He had already found and contacted the pirates. If nothing else happened, it was expected that this matter would come to a successful conclusion today.
There's no need for him to take action at all, so it's fun to watch.
…
This kind of relaxed state of mind lasted until the afternoon and into the evening. When closing time was approaching, I finally couldn't help but take out my mobile phone and make a call.
"Hey, auntie, I'm Xiao Tang, have you finished your work... Nothing, nothing. I just want to ask if you are still in Lingjiang? If you are, I will go home and cook some more dishes. I want to treat you tonight.
Let's have a quick lunch and thank you for accompanying me to the hospital for a review that day... Oh, ok, ok, let's make another appointment next time, see you auntie..."
After hanging up the phone, Tang Chao couldn't help but frown slightly.
Judging from Xie Wei's slightly impatient but calm tone on the phone just now, the matter is obviously not over yet, and there is a high probability that the feedback from Indonesia has not been received yet... But it shouldn't be. Didn't the middleman go to negotiate in the morning?
Can't talk for a whole day? What level...
Okay, that last sentence is a joke.
As the saying goes, there must be monsters when things go wrong. Tang Chao, who consciously used up all his luck in rebirth, was very experienced in this regard. His intuition told him that things might have gone wrong. However, the current information was really limited, and he could not make any effective judgment. He could only
I can patiently wait for the news to come back from Indonesia.
I hope I'm overthinking it...Uncle Jianping, Uncle Jianping, you can't really be so unlucky, can you?
…
Facts have proved that if there is a possibility that things will go bad, no matter how small the possibility is, it will always happen - the Murphy Group has disappeared, but Murphy's Law is everywhere!
In the evening, around 8:30.
An overseas call came into the Xie Group headquarters, and then the specific content of the call was transmitted to the Jiuzhou Rising Lingjiang branch. Shortly afterwards, in the study room of an apartment building in Jiangyue Mansion.
"sold?!"
Tang Chao held a tea cup in his hand and stared blankly at the intelligence information that had been formed into a simple written report on the screen. He couldn't help but be speechless for a long time.
To be honest, this result was something he never expected. Xie Jianping was actually sold, or to be more precise, changed hands...
The specific situation is just like what Tang Dynasty introduced before. The Indonesian pirates were indeed not the material for kidnapping. It was rare that they themselves had the awareness and felt that they were not professional enough in this regard. Therefore, after they kidnapped Xie Jianping back to the shore the day before yesterday, they did not contact the victim at all.
Instead of making a ransom demand, after a brief inquiry, he directly sold Xie Jianping to a group of colleagues who looked more professional and made a quick buck.
By the time the middleman went to negotiate today, the matter was irreversible, so we had to ask the other party to find out the identity of the buyer.
After the Indonesian pirates learned the specific ransom amount, they also regretted it and even considered buying Xie Jianping back. However, after detailed inquiry this time, the result was quite speechless...
As expected, they were helping their more professional counterparts, pirates from the neighboring Philippines.
Although they are all pirates from Southeast Asia and also hang out in the Strait of Malacca, compared with Indonesian pirates who follow the traditional environmental protection route, Filipino pirates are undoubtedly more professional and their combat effectiveness is also very different.
A simple example will tell you something, and it was news a few years later: a group of pirates landed on the coast of the Philippines and successfully captured a city. After four months of gun battles and the cost of nearly a thousand casualties,
Only then did the Philippine government retake this county that was riddled with holes in the war.
Does it sound outrageous? Even magical? But that’s the reality!
Although that group of pirates are not Filipino pirates in name, the chaos of local pirates can be seen from this!
This is really tricky.
Continue to contact someone to pay the ransom? It’s not impossible, but this time Xie Jianping’s personal safety cannot be guaranteed.
Don't think that all kidnappers are only after money. This is never a transaction with equal status between buyer and seller. To put it bluntly, taking the money and then killing people can still achieve the goal, and it is safer.
Is the water flowing slowly? Stop making trouble! I don’t say whether this group of pirates, who are not full-time kidnappers, have this consciousness. Even if they do, how many tourist attraction businesses have you seen that don’t rip off customers because they worry about depleting the lake?
"I'm really... afraid of what will happen..."
After a long silence, Tang Chao let out a long sigh, put down his tea cup, and typed on the keyboard to inquire about flight information from China to Indonesia and the Philippines. After getting a general understanding, he thought about it, got up and walked out of the study. A minute later, he returned with his mobile phone and calling card in his hand.
.
By the way, these two things were bought in Tu'ao before. It's a little habit that I have in almost every country I've been to.
Disassemble, install the card, and start up.
Is it this number? I was not sure about the call. After a while, no one responded and it automatically hung up.
Did you remember correctly... I dialed again and this time after a few beeps, the call was successfully connected.
"Hello?"
"Edison? Captain of the Black Thunder Mercenary, Edison?"