Chapter 226: Gotham
The night in Gotham is always so dark, with dense clouds covering the sky, no starlight, no moonlight, only the darkness that is so thick that it cannot be dissolved, shrouding this city of prosperity and sin.
In the darkness, tall buildings stand like forests, flickering like stars in the night sky, although they are beautiful and dazzling embellishments, but they still can't illuminate the darkness of the whole city, full of Gothic-style dark cities and steel jungles, revealing a different kind of horror.
In fact, as the city with the highest crime rate in the United States and the second most prosperous city after New York, Gotham is famous, with its own laws, a semi-independent executive branch, and dark laws that cannot be reached by the outside world.
During the day, it is a bustling international metropolis, drunk and materialistic.
At night, it's a chaotic sin city, full of filth and crime.
Prosperity created its evil, and sin also created its prosperity, and with official acquiescence and even indulgence, this city is home to more than 50 percent of America's criminals.
Gangsters, drug dealers, killers, mercenaries, and even terrorists, all kinds of outlaws, can find a place to survive here, making the city as dark as night until ......
"Bang!"
The dazzling light bloomed, piercing the gloomy and dark night sky, and in the center of the bright pillar of light, the reflection of a huge bat was reflected, and a person appeared silently from the darkness.
"You're really hard to contact!"
Harvey Dent turned around and looked at the man who was standing in the dark, silent, a little curiosity flashed in his eyes, and said, "Liu has already set off to return to Xiangjiang......
"Bang!"
Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a soft thud, and Jim Gordon pushed the door open, turning off the bat searchlight with an angry face.
As if sensing his anger, Dante frowned and said, "If you had spoken earlier, I would have been able to withhold his passport, and I said that I would count me ......."
Hearing this, Gordon immediately interrupted his words and said angrily: "There are only marked bills left in the vault, he knew we were coming, and your men were involved......
"My men?"
Such an attitude made Dante also angry, and said sharply: "You sit there all day, and you dare to talk about things with scumbags like Uertz and Remitz...... yes, the case I solved scared the hell out of your rookies, right?"
"Don't try to cover it up!"
Gordon's eyes were full of anger, and he said repeatedly: "Obviously, Maroni arranged an inside line under your men......"
The two quarreled, each shirking their responsibilities, but the man in the darkness remained silent and did not say a word.
Perhaps realizing something, the two finally stopped talking, looked at each other, and then turned around and said, "We have to let Liu come back, but in any case, it is impossible for the Chinese side to agree to our extradition of citizens of their country." ”
Hearing this, the man in the darkness finally broke the silence and asked in that hoarse and low voice, "If I can bring him back, can you make him speak?"
"Huh!"
Dante smiled, his expression was full of confidence, and he said affirmatively: "I can even make him sing!"
Hearing this, Gordon on the side couldn't hold it back, and said: "Next, we have to pursue the wealth accumulated by those criminals throughout their lives, and the situation will get worse and worse, Dante ......"
"Sheriff, I knew the risks when I was in office!"
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Dante with a sneer, and then turned his head: "How are you going to bring Liu back to ......?"
Looking at the empty rooftop, Dante's words were cut off in his mouth, and he turned to look at Gordon, only to see the latter shrug his shoulders helplessly, and said, "He is always like this!"
......
"Liu's Securities Investment Company!"
In the reception room, looking at the signboard of this company, Zhongli smiled and said to the female secretary on the side: "There are many securities investment companies in Xiangjiang, but there are very few named after personal surnames, especially those who are self-made like Boss Liu, who are really young and promising." ”
The female secretary smiled and said: "Thank you Sir Zhong for the compliment, our boss is now on the phone with a very important customer, please wait here for a while, what kind of tea do you want to drink, we just got a batch of newly arrived Huangshan Maofeng here, I'll make a cup for the two of you?"
"That's trouble. ”
"Whereever, please take a seat, tea will come soon. ”
Looking at the female secretary who was twisting the waist of the water snake and leaving, Zhongli shook his head, turned to Nie Hailong on the side, and said with a chuckle: "When they handed over this field service, their expressions must have been very exciting. ””
"What do you say?"
Zhongli's somewhat playful smile made Nie Hailong speechless, and asked, "Anyway, what are you doing when you take over this field, is the person you want to see is this Liu Fu." ”
Zhongli smiled and said, "It's not, but it needs to go through him, of course, this person is also very interesting, his company is growing steadily at a rate of eight percent every year, one more is not more, one less is not less." ”
"Hmm!"
Nie Hailong frowned and said, "Is there a problem with his source of funds?"
Zhongli nodded, chuckled and said: "Yes, he is a professional broker and securities investor, but his customers are all lawbreakers, take the gangs as an example, thirty percent of the leaders of major gangs in the United States have had investment transactions with him." ”
"It turned out to be a money laundering business!"
Nie Hailong smiled, then frowned again, looked at Zhongli and asked, "Then what are you looking for him, is it possible that you are also going to do business with him?"
"Is my money dark?"
Zhongli chuckled and continued: "He has been staying abroad for all these years, serving his own customers, until he was targeted by the Gotham City police some time ago, and he had to return to Xiangjiang. ”
"Gotham?"
Nie Hailong muttered, and then said, "That's not a good place!"
"It's not a good place, but it's ......!"
Zhongli nodded, turned away and said: "In a sense, there are a lot of talents there, like this time, there is a very special person who will come to Xiangjiang from Gotham and take Liu Fu back to be examined. ”
"Special people?"
Nie Hailong frowned and asked, "That's what you're here to do in Xiangjiang this time?"
"It's not!"
Zhongli smiled and said: "It's just that we have bumped into each other, it's really unreasonable to see each other, he is a very capable and valuable person, if we can talk about it, then maybe we can have a very good partner in the future." ”
“......”
Looking at Zhongli with a smile on his face, Nie Hailong was a little surprised in his heart, it was the first time he had seen Zhongli evaluate a person like this, who was this person, who could make this guy who Chu Lin Yun didn't even care about give such a high evaluation.
I was surprised in my heart, but looking at Zhongli's expression, it seemed that he didn't intend to reveal too much information about this person, helplessly, Nie Hailong could only bear this pass, and said: "Okay, anyway, this time it's to accompany your prince to study, what you say, as long as you don't make a fuss." ”
"Then you can be disappointed!"
Zhongli shook his head, took the newspaper on the side, and said, "Even if I don't interfere this time, this Xiangjiang will be turned upside down......"
"BELL SIR!"
Before the words were finished, they were interrupted by a shout, and the female secretary who had just left pushed the door out, made an apologetic smile to Zhongli, and said, "Our boss has finished talking to the customer, now please two of you over." ”
Zhongli nodded and said, "Okay, lead the way!"
"This way, please!"
......
A moment later, in an office, Zhongli met the owner of the securities investment company, a young man who looked no more than thirty, in a suit and leather shoes, well-dressed, full of successful people, business elites.
"Hmm!"
Looking at Zhongli and Nie Hailong, who were dressed in civilian clothes, Liu Fu couldn't help frowning, and said, "Both, if I'm not mistaken, you should have assured me that there will be at least fifty elite police officers to protect my safety, what does this mean now?"
Liu Fu is a very smart person, otherwise he would not be able to do business in this industry, he knows how dangerous it is to carry so many black funds of gang leaders, not to mention the night rangers who have been rumored in Gotham recently, it is those gangsters who know the news, it is a huge hidden danger.
For this reason, Liu Fu had to strengthen his own security measures, in addition to the original large number of personal bodyguards, after returning to Xiangjiang, he also asked the police for protection, of course, not the normal witness protection or security protection involved in the case, but a kind of field service with a bit of employment nature.
The fact that the official violent organs accept private employment is obviously not in accordance with the procedure and can even be characterized as illegal, but sometimes, the problem of the law can be solved by money, and the procedure that does not conform to the procedure is slightly changed, and it is justified.
After paying a certain price, Liu Fu got the protection promised by the Xiangjiang police, according to the original agreement between the two sides, there will be at least 50 elite police officers who will enter Liu's Securities Investment Company with weapons and equipment to protect him 24 hours a day, but now ......
There are only two people, and the two people who cut off this big fat difference!
In the face of Liu Fu's questioning, Zhong Li smiled, and said in that Cantonese, which had only been learned for a short time, but was purely very Cantonese: "I'm sorry, Liu Sheng, the police force originally agreed may not be able to arrive until tomorrow, and you know from reading the news that a big case has happened in the past two days, and we really can't spare time." ”
"Hmm!"
Hearing this, Liu Fu's brows furrowed even more, if he hadn't called to confirm that the two people were indeed sent by the police, he might have suspected the identities of the two.
After thinking for a while, Liu Fu shook his head and said, "Okay, but by tomorrow at the latest, I want to see the manpower that should be there!"
Zhongli smiled and said, "Yes, because of my task, only tonight, well, in a dozen hours, I think I can get off work." ”
"Humph!"
Liu Fu snorted coldly and was about to let the two leave, but before the words could be spoken, the secretary pushed open the door and walked in, and reported: "Boss, Mr. Fox is here." ”
"Okay, invite him to the VIP room, and I'll go over to see him right away!"
Liu Fu nodded, stood up and said to Zhongli: "I'm sorry, this is a very important guest, I have to entertain it personally, please take care of yourself, if you need anything, just tell my secretary." ”
After that, he didn't care about Zhongli and Nie Hailong's reactions, and left the office.
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