Room 1706 of an apartment building on the Upper East Side in Manhattan, New York, USA

John Leto didn't expect the development of things to be so dramatic, he tossed at the door of room 1706 for most of the day, and risked his scheming and physical strength to be the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or Spider-Man in the air conditioning ventilation duct for most of the day, and finally, Nima's room 1706 was not locked at all, too careless, too unexpected, he was simply played by the person who made the question, to say that when this thing first entered this floor, it was pushed through one room by one, and it was obviously locked, right? Could it be that this 1706 room is unlocked?

The former senior tax commissioner of the IRS instinctively took out the pistol under his armpit, held the gun in one hand and pointed downward, held the butt of the gun in the other hand, and cautiously walked into room 1706, to his surprise, this room was really just a standard room in the hotel, the curtains were drawn and there was almost no light in, the room was empty, and it could be seen that there were traces of beds, coffee tables, chairs, and floor lamps on the carpet, but now they have been removed, and an unknown ceiling lamp is lit on the roof. The bathroom door is locked and can't be opened......

"Isn't that the target?" John Leto put away his pistol and walked to the curtain and tore it open, only to find that there was no window behind the curtain, let alone the scenery outside the window...... John Leto was overjoyed, and almost sat down on the stall with weak legs, the target was indeed here, and it could be seen that between the lines of the note was the style of the person behind the recruitment assessment.

The A4 print paper is huge as usual, "Congratulations on passing the second level of the assessment!" and the following text:

You can choose to take the $10,000 prize money and go away, or you can go to the next level of the challenge, the next level of the reward is $50,000, the time is a week, the specific task is on the back of this poster, you must make a choice without knowing the content of the mission, if you choose to accept the next level of the challenge, you need to face the ceiling lamp, read the following words aloud, so that the employer and the employer can reach a contract and agreement! Otherwise, you can only take 10,000 dollars and forget about what happened before! Remember, turning the page means signing the contract and accepting the challenge! You don't need to violate any ethics or current laws to complete this task, but you must strictly abide by the confidentiality contract! ”

John Leto muttered and stared at the dazzling white A4 printer paper twice, but did not find out where the $10,000 prize that should be received through the second level was, muttering in his heart that the first task of the next level is to find the $10,000 prize that theoretically belongs to him. Otherwise, it's too unscientific, isn't it? This great joy and sorrow cannot be turned into empty joy, can it?

In fact, the United States, as a country with extremely developed credit cards and card consumption, rarely appears in the economic life of ordinary people, and a stack of $20 bills is considered a large amount of cash, let alone 10,000 dollars, even if the face value of $100 is a full 100, isn't it? Most of the large amounts of cash like this are not bought and sold by serious businessmen, so John Leto sweated in his palms, and did not dare to unveil the list in a hurry to open the paper equivalent to a contract, but walked all over the house to find where the $10,000 prize money was hidden?!

The mysterious behind-the-scenes figure obviously does not leave too many clues, seeing that this private detective bounty recruitment contest is likely to become a psychological game in which employers and detectives never meet and do not know each other's identities, John Leto felt that his signs of low blood sugar were a little strict, in fact, Nima was a comprehensive reflection of being hungry and unable to find the huge prize that already belonged to him, his hair fluttered under his feet and his hands trembled a little, and finally, this thing gritted his teeth and lifted the miserable white A4 paper on the wall......

I was inevitably a little nervous and expectant, in fact, after opening the notice paper, I didn't see the expected $10,000 in cash, but a storage box key with a number, "New York Central Park Subway Station XXXX", smart! Terrific! For a while, the former senior tax officer of the IRS was amazed and admired the arrangement of the mysterious employer, and this goods grabbed the key to the storage box in his hand, even if the slightly sharp key teeth stinged the palm, Nima This is a cash bonus and bonus of 10,000 US dollars, and this piece of paper, what is the reward for the third level? Fifty thousand dollars? At this time, who will not be able to live with 50,000 dollars and a bright future?!

Perhaps in order to prove that he was sensible on the road, John Leto clenched the key to the storage box in his hand, couldn't help jumping on the spot and cheering, and then held the notice paper in his hand high, tilted his head to the lamp on the roof, read the words on one side seriously, and finally raised the thumb of his right hand at the light, and shouted calmly, "Deal!" I, John Leto, swear to accept the deed and keep it a secret! Otherwise, be willing to accept any punishment! ”

When he said this to the ceiling lamp, John Leto couldn't help but have a sacred feeling in his heart, which meant that he signed a contract with the invisible employer that only both parties understand, and the mysterious employer may never give John Leto the opportunity to communicate face-to-face, but this is better, John Leto does not want to be unfavorable to the mysterious financier one day, and the private detective accepts the assignment assigned by the employer, which will inevitably have an impact on the future of each other, if you can maintain a long-term trust and cooperative relationship, This is tantamount to finding a long-term meal ticket for John Leto's private detective agency!

Maybe it was a hallucination, or maybe it was true, John Leto was a little dazzled by the lights on the roof, and in a moment of trance seemed to be watched by a pair of invisible eyes, and then seemed to hear a soft click from the closet...... "What person?!" Come out! John Leto drew his gun and pressed it tightly to the corner of the wall, staring intently at the empty closet that he had inspected before......

There was no sound...... A qiē seems to return to peace...... John Letoto's pistol carefully moved to the closet, and as he flashed to the side, he quickly stretched out his left hand and pulled open the closet...... Empty...... No, there is a change, the door of the small safe that was originally locked actually popped open...... This kind of safe is standard in most star hotels, but under normal circumstances, no one stays in the empty room, the safe is ajar, when he first came in to search the whole house, John Leto found that the safe was locked, and now it actually pops open?!

The sound of the Kata just now is the sound of the safe opening the door automatically, right? Don't? If you read the contract to the lights on the roof, you can open the door of the safe by voice control? As he guessed, there was not the $10,000 prize he was expecting in the safe, but a Motorola digital BP machine lying down...... The most classic and most conventional configuration of this year, John Leto reached out and picked up the BP machine from the drawer of the safe, and it looked like the brand new BP machine was turned on, and the screen displayed a string of numbers that needed to be changed to display the full 1706179001170417

"Is it the unlocking code to get out of here?" John Leto muttered to himself as he looked at the numbers displayed on the BP machine, and suddenly realized that this was the year and date of birth and death of the big man Benjamin Frank on the $100 note, except that the two years were arranged before the two months and dates......

John Leto, who suddenly realized it, didn't bother to think about it anymore, after hanging the BP machine on his trouser belt, he carefully turned over the notice paper, carefully read the specific requirements of the next mission, pondered for a few minutes, and read it again, this guy took out a lighter from his pocket, lit the small note and the A4 paper that said the task and announced the conclusion of the contract between the two parties, the flames quickly flashed and burned, and when they were all turned into ashes, John Leto left room 1706 with his suitcase......

The corridor was empty as if nothing had happened, looking back at room 1706 that had been brought by himself, the key to the subway station storage box and the BP machine on his waist tightly held in his palm reminded John Leto that he is now a private detective with a net worth and a big money owner, if he gets his own $10,000 bonus in the subway storage box, then a qiē will be fine, a week's time, to complete the next task, for the former senior tax officer of the IRS, Definitely overkill......

If today's adventure is worth the high hire bonus of $10,000, the bonus for the next mission is as high as $50,000, John Leto thinks it's a bit incredible, Nima is just investigating a Yale University student, and not going undercover to the gang to act as an informant for the police or an undercover detective, and he is willing to give $50,000 for such a small job? The world of rich people doesn't seem to be something we can understand!

5 minutes later, John Leto used the unlocking code provided on the BP machine to open the door to the fire staircase, quickly disappeared on the stairs, and when he went downstairs, he found that this building with a mysterious floor was not the five-story apartment he entered at the beginning, but another building connected to the guò annex building, John Leto didn't dare to stay longer, since the mysterious employer behind the scenes did not arrange a meeting between the two parties, he obviously would not like his hired private detective to go back to the employer's privacy!

Half an hour later, the former senior tax expert of the IRS found his own $10,000 cash from the storage box near Exit 2 of the Central Park subway station in New York, not the exaggerated and ostentatious new bill of one hundred dollars, but a unified old bill of twenty dollars, neatly five stacks, John Leto suppressed his excitement and hid in the partition of the subway station toilet while flushing the toilet water, while counting a few times, Each stack is 100 sheets of $20 face value, and the five stacks are a total of $10,000, and there are no hidden dangers and suspicious traces!

John Leto feels that his life has a new beginning from this moment!