The barbed wire fence and the concrete watchtowers and buildings resemble a small military base.

"How's it built?" Turning around, Roberts smirked.

"Not bad." Jiang Chen also had a satisfied expression on his face.

Or rather, very good.

Three Humvees stopped at the checkpoint at the gate, and soldiers on duty with anti-sand sunglasses walked to the car. After checking Roberts' identity, he gave a simple military salute and opened the checkpoint to let him go.

Standing guard here were mercenaries hired by Roberts from the South African security company. With the arrival of Jiang Chen and them, these 20 mercenaries wearing sand combat uniforms and carrying M-series automatic rifles on their waists quickly gathered in the center of the base and formed a neat square formation.

These people take money to do things, and they don't ask right from wrong. The price depends on the danger of the mission, and Roberts negotiated a price of $70,000.

Due to the escalation of the regional situation, Jiang Chen made a certain adjustment to the plan for recruiting refugees after discussing with Roberts. Instead of the planned hijacking of a refugee boat and then forcibly transferring the refugees to the military base, they went directly to the Syrian border area, pretending to be a U.S. military escort to lure refugees who yearn for Europe onto the bus.

As for how to abduct, the question is simple.

A flyer with a poster.

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European Labour Migration Program:

Men aged 18-25 can register here, allowing a spouse.

If you are interested, you can register here. At that time, the relevant organization will arrange a job for you.

Capacity: 100 people.

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As soon as I heard that I could bring my family and assign jobs, and then I saw that these people were all dressed in American-style equipment, the registration could be described as hot.

But when the people who got their places got on the bus, it didn't take long for them to start feeling wrong.

After confirming that the car was indeed driving in the wrong direction, the refugees panicked and said that they wanted to get out of the car, but the mercenaries who were only on the mission would pay attention to them, and they pulled them all here without saying a word.

Immediately after the end of the "escort", their task was changed to guard the refugees. At the same time, it is prepared for possible attacks by extremist groups or other unexpected situations.

According to the contract, after Jiang Chen and the others arrived, they immediately handed over the jurisdiction of the base. Then begin to board the bus and evacuate. For them, it was probably the easiest task they'd ever performed, even though it wasn't much for them.

Seeing that those mercenaries were walking away, Jiang Chen motioned for the ten Ukrainian veterans to stand in a line behind him, and then instructed Roberts to turn on the radio. Greet the refugees to assemble at the square.

In fact, the refugees had already gathered in this direction.

Watching those mercenaries hand over the jurisdiction of the base to Jiang Chen and the others, and then leaving in a car, they gathered around with a complicated and confused mood.

They thought that those people were soldiers of the American army, and they thought that those people would take them to a safe place, at least a refugee camp on the border of a European country, but they did not expect to be led in the opposite direction, to the depths of the desert.

At first they thought it was a base for some extremist group, but it didn't look like it in every way. In addition to not allowing them to leave, the soldiers did not make too many mandatory requirements, and even numbered them. Much more relaxed rooms were arranged than in the refugee camp.

But even if you don't stop them from leaving, they won't be able to go anywhere.

Kidding, this is the middle of the Sahara Desert. With no transportation and no adequate supplies, how far can you go on your feet? If you encounter a sandstorm, you will die, and if you get lost, you will die.

After an initial period of agitation, they chose to take it one step at a time. At least they didn't mistreat them, and neither the food nor the water supply was too harsh. Or maybe life here is even better than in a refugee camp?

Maybe this is a new refugee camp for the United Nations, because the Europeans don't want us to go to their country. Perhaps they funded the construction of such a containment facility deep in the desert, and there are quite a few people who have such naïve ideas.

However, Jiang Chen was destined to disappoint them.

Anything gained, there must be a price

Looking at the crooked refugees standing on these sides, Jiang Chen tilted his head slightly, and asked Ivan on the side, "What do you think of these people." Are you sure you'll be able to train them like that? ”

Hearing this, Ivan's face flashed with pride.

Once upon a time, he thought that he could only spend his life working for a president who was not worth his allegiance, for ideals that were not worth sacrificing at all. But when standing here, looking at these state-of-the-art training facilities, receiving the promised high salary. When the boss asked next to him, "Are you sure?"

There is no need to hesitate to answer.

"It depends on the standard of 'something like that' you said by the boss." As if to regain his pride as a soldier, Ivan raised his head and said in a sonorous voice.

Raising his eyebrows, Jiang Chen's chin lowered in the direction of the door, and said with a smile: "Just like the group of people who left just now." ”

"Yes! BOSS！ Ivan roared in a loud voice, "But boss, I have a question. ”

"Oh? Say. Jiang Chen looked at his momentum with satisfaction and nodded.

"I'll probably overdo it." In the eyes of this veteran, a flame called fighting spirit burns.

Hearing this, Jiang Chen was stunned, and then laughed.

"You overdo it, I overpay."

After saying that, he patted him on the shoulder vigorously, Jiang Chen stepped onto the podium with a smile and stood in front of these refugees.

Seeing that the person who seemed to be able to speak stood up, these refugees also plucked up the courage and asked the doubts in their hearts.

"Who are you?"

"What did you bring me here for, we're going to England!"

"I heard that Germany seems to provide refuge, why don't you send us there?"

“”

Jiang Chen ignored those questions, just fiddled with the microphone to himself, and then turned on the switch.

Buzz!

A shrill noise sounded from the radio at the four corners, and almost everyone except for the ten instructors and Jiang Chen couldn't help but bend down and cover their ears.

"Ahem, it looks like the microphone is good. You can all understand English, right? So, I'm going to speak. ”

Ignoring the eyes that were either frightened, angry, confused, or helpless, Jiang Chen paused, and regained his feeling of being in the wasteland.

"You may think that you have been deceived into why you did not disembark in Greece, but were taken to Central Africa." Glancing at the audience, Jiang Chen smiled and continued, "That's right, I just deceived you. ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience instantly fried the pot.

"You're not legal!"

"Aren't you going to be prosecuted by an international tribunal? You're violating."

"Send us back"

"Send it back? I'm sorry, but I don't have that obligation. But if any of you want to go, you can act now, the door is open. Jiang Chen spread out his hand and said with a smile.

No one was silent, and everyone knew that trekking through the desert was a terrible thing to do.

"With warm huts, good food, and clean drinking water, you can't deny that life here is much better than in a refugee camp on the Syrian border."

"But then at least we were free." Someone in the audience muttered something quietly.

"Yes, freedom. You poor people are only left with freedom, that's why you get on the bus, don't you? If you had the money, you wouldn't be able to afford a ticket, would you? Jiang Chen smiled and looked at the young man who had interjected.

I didn't expect to be stared at directly by the people on the stage, and the man swallowed and spitted and shrank back. However, Jiang Chen didn't look like he was going to trouble him, but raised his hand and continued.

"What if you go to Europe? Curled up in a shelter and watching someone else's happy life? Don't be delusional, it doesn't belong to you, you're just a refugee to them after all. You may say, you will work hard. Hehe, even the natives are still unemployed, do you think you are competitive? ”

Hearing this, many people lowered their heads. Although they had thought about it, they never dared to think about it. If you always think about hopeless things, let alone a bright future, even the courage to continue will become slim.

"Taking other people's donations, eating relief food, becoming a disgusting thing everywhere you go. I'm very responsible for telling you that of course you will live, but you will only be in the shelter for the rest of your life. When one day your child wants to go to an amusement park, but you have no money, you can only rack your brains to convince your child that it is not fun, I don't know what you will feel in your heart. ”

"After hearing me say that, do you still want to go to Europe so much?" Jiang Chen looked at the pair of eyes in the audience that were gradually fading, and couldn't help but have a smug smile on his face.

"If we don't go to Europe, where else can we go?" A young man couldn't help but speak up.

"I've lied to you, but I'm not completely deceiving." Jiang Chen ignored his question, opened his arms, and said with a smile, "Work, I have already arranged it for you." Working for me, I provide you with a stable living environment and pay you a salary of $200 per month. As you perform, your monthly salary will gradually increase. ”

"The contract period of the job is three years, and after three years you can decide to stay and take your savings to any country in the world. But believe me, maybe in less than a year, you won't be thinking about leaving your job. ”

"You didn't even tell us what your job was, how can we trust you?" There was another discordant question from the audience.

"What does it do? Isn't that obvious enough? ”

Jiang Chen pretended to look around in surprise, and then continued,

"This is a military base, what else is needed here besides soldiers?" (To be continued.) )