Chapter 40: Sinbad
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Sure enough, Liu Handong came out of the toilet, sat down on a chair, put his feet on the table, and said with an expression of staying out of the matter: "Let's talk about it, what's going on." ”
The three of them smoked two packs of cigarettes, and finally formulated a set of combined plans, and reported to the branch to apply for a cooperation project with the Colin Petroleum Company, and the embassy cooperated, using the project as a stepping stone, and striving to invite His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to visit the Saudi Arabia-China Saudi Arabia Cooperation Red Sea Oil Refinery, and create another opportunity to meet Liu Handong there, and the big thing can be done.
Without further ado, Qin Xianyang immediately took action, wrote a report and returned to the branch by email, and waited for two days, but there was no news from the mud cow entering the sea, he couldn't hold it back, and made a long-distance call to Zhang Bangxian.
Zhang Bangxian also concurrently serves as the deputy general manager of the head office, and has been sitting in the position of the main hall for several years, with high authority and majestic official authority, Qin Xianyang, Liu Handong This kind of small role is not as good as bullshit in his eyes, Qin Xianyang's report was stopped by the secretary, and he couldn't get to Mr. Zhang at all.
If it had been before, Qin Xianyang would not have dared to call Zhang Bangxian directly, but now he is on an errand, full of courage, he dialed Mr. Zhang's office phone, took a deep breath, and when a voice came from the earpiece, he immediately said: "Hello Mr. Zhang, I am Qin Xianyang." ”
"Director Qin, I'm Secretary Zhang, tell me something." It was the secretary who answered the phone.
Qin Xianyang explained his plan and implored Secretary Zhang to submit the report to Mr. Zhang for approval.
"Okay, I know, Mr. Zhang is on a business trip now, let's talk about it when he comes back." The secretary beat Qin Xianyang with a word.
Zhang Bangxian's road on this side could not be followed, so he had to report to the higher level, which required Liu Handong to come out, he was a special correspondent of the international public relations department, and he had the authority to report to the headquarters.
Liu Handong called Zheng Jiayi and asked her to coordinate.
Zheng Jiayi said: "I'm afraid you have to think of other ways, the Middle East branch had negotiated with Colin to jointly set up an oil refinery the year before last, but Crown Prince Said's request was very excessive, he only needs a low-interest loan, not to give any shares to the Chinese side, and we are not a wealth boy, why accommodate him, besides, Colin's oil and gas resources are very limited, it is not worth mobilizing high-level resources, and it is not worth mobilizing high-level resources to make a big move." ”
Liu Handong said: "You give me an explanation, do you attach importance to this matter?" ”
Zheng Jiayi was silent for a moment and said: "As the saying goes, if there are dates and no dates, you are the pole." ”
Liu Handong said: "Understood." He hung up.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also shirked and was unwilling to provide strong support, all sides passed the buck to each other, no one was willing to take risks, and the General Staff Department was not very interested, so it only approved $5,000 for its activities.
The joint operation became a one-man operation of three people, and the hope of success became extremely slim, and Crown Prince Said lived in seclusion, his whereabouts were uncertain, and he was heavily guarded, and outsiders could not get close to him.
At first, Qin Yingyang came every day, tossed for a period of time and did not improve, he only came once every three or five days, and then simply did not come, just make a phone call to ask about the situation, although there are only two people in the preparatory office, but renting water, electricity, eating and drinking plus wages is also a large expense, the branch is short of manpower, a radish and a pit, so that the two of them have nothing to do in Colin, many people in the branch have opinions, Tian Fei came to WeChat, saying that it is possible to cancel the Colin preparatory office, and transfer the two people back.
"Isn't this a toss-up?" Liu Handong complained.
"It's just a blind toss, but this account must be counted on our heads, and if there are achievements, it will not be revoked." Qin Xianyang was very depressed and in a bad mood.
The doorbell rang, Qin Xianyang thought it was his cousin who arrived, and ran to open the door, but it was a stranger standing outside.
"Is Mr. Liu there?" The stranger was polite and spoke in English, "My name is Sharif, his friend." ”
Liu Handong greeted him, invited his taxi driver friend into the house, and poured him coffee.
"My friend, do you need my help?" Liu Handong said.
"Yes, I need your help, can you go somewhere with me?" Sharif seems to have a preoccupation on his mind.
Liu Handong was bored, so he agreed, took out the Webley revolver from the cabinet and stuffed it into his waist, said hello to Qin Xianyang, said to go out to do something, and followed Sharif out.
Sharif drove Liu Handong in a taxi to Tajikati New Town, located in the northwest of the old city, is a city of immigrants, strictly speaking, a large shantytown, wooden houses, iron houses, all kinds of plastic sheeting, glass fiber reinforced plastic tiles built of simple dwellings, tens of thousands of immigrants live here.
Like other Gulf countries, Colin uses a large number of South Asian laborers, such as oil workers, construction workers, waiters, taxi drivers, security guards, and nannies, all of whom are Muslims from Pakistan, Bangladesh and other countries.
The taxi stopped in front of a messy courtyard, Sharif asked Liu Handong to get out of the car and took him into the courtyard, this house is slightly better than other simple houses, at least you can see cement and bricks, there are many rooms, the door is open, but there is no furniture in the house, only mattresses and blankets on the ground, and the veiled woman in the room only shows a pair of eyes, looking at Liu Handong vigilantly.
"This way." Sharif led the way, turned a few corners, and finally entered a bright room, on top of the blanket sat an old man, wearing reading glasses, Liu Handong noticed that he was reading not the Koran, but a legal code.
Sharif bowed reverently and introduced to Liu Handong: "This is Mustafa. Ali. Dr. Khan, we all call him a doctor. ”
The doctor wore a snow-white Arabic robe, with a kind face, fluent in English and Arabic, only with a slight South Asian accent, but the communication was not a problem, he and Liu Handong had a greeting, talked about Sino-Pakistani friendship, and then Colin exhibition history, the old man was very eloquent, quoting scriptures, Liu Handong's thinking was a little unable to keep up, but he was sure that the doctor invited himself to come, there must be something, and it was not a good thing.
Finally, the Doctor got to the point, saying, "Friend, your story is now being told throughout Takikati, and you are known as the Sinbad of Colin. ”
Liu Handong pretended to be stupid and said, "Doctor, I don't understand what you said. ”
The doctor smiled and said, "Sheikh is a demon, he traffics in people, usury, oppresses good people, Allah wants to punish him, but a specific person needs to do it, and Your Excellency is the messenger chosen by Allah." ”
Liu Handong looked at Sharif, who lowered his head in shame, only he knew about buying a gun, and it must have been Sharif who leaked the secret.
"Don't worry, friend, we'll never betray you." The Doctor was relieved.
"What do you need me to do?" Liu Handong asked directly, he had already guessed that the other party wanted to use this handle to blackmail him into doing something, and it was a very dangerous thing.
"There is a shipload of Pakistani compatriots who have been detained at the dock by the bad guys, and we have to hand over 10,000 dinars per person to be released, but they have already paid the fees before they board the ship, you know, the migrant workers are very poor, we can't scrape together so much money, we can only watch our compatriots being bullied, beaten, and even killed by them, so I hope Sinbad can step in and rescue these poor compatriots," said the doctor. ”
Liu Handong understood that a large number of smugglers were detained by untrustworthy smugglers, and Dr., as a leader of Pakistani laborers, found himself and used violent means to rescue these smugglers, of course, this matter cannot alarm the police, if I guess correctly, the smugglers and the police are in collusion to exploit these South Asian laborers.
"Why choose me?" Liu Handong does not quite understand that with the leadership style of the doctor, there must be many hot-blooded men in Pakistan who are willing to throw their heads and spill their blood, why find a Chinese to help them out.
The doctor smiled faintly: "This is the will of Allah." ”
Liu Handong said: "I need a scientific answer that can convince me. ”
The doctor said, "Sharif, explain it to him." ”
Sharif said eloquently: "The people living on the sixth largest in South Asia are peace-loving, kind and intelligent, but they are not brave and good at fighting, the workers engaged in overseas labor are basically people at the bottom of society, lack courage and training, they are workers, not fighters, and you, are a warrior, I know an ancient Chinese saying called the wrath of the horseman, blood spattered five steps, the Sheikh blackmailed you, and the next day you were killed, in exchange for us, you will never dare and will not do this, so, you are the messenger of Allah, are you satisfied with this explanation?" ”
Liu Handong said: "How to calculate the cost? ”
The doctor laughed and said nothing, talking about money hurts feelings, these mundane things are not for the leader to answer.
"We can pay you 100,000 dinars." Sharif said he licked his lips and said that 100,000 dinars was $20,000, a life-saving sum made up by thousands of laborers.
"Mr. Liu, please." With tears in her eyes, Sharif said, "My daughter is among them, she is only seventeen years old. ”
"Okay, I'll help you, but I need weapons and intelligence." Liu Handong said that he was bold, and he was an idle person, accustomed to the days of swords and swords.
Sharif told Liu Handong in detail about the information he had, and the head of the smuggler is a group of Middle Easterners, composed of Palestinians, Jordanians and Iraqis, similar in nature to the Sheikh gang, but larger in scale and more ruthless, specializing in bullying honest overseas laborers, like a group of blood-sucking locusts.
The gang had freighters, weapons and ammunition, police support, and a mess of sand and sheep-like cowardly laborers, even if they united, could not fight the hungry wolves, so Sharif recommended Liu Handong, a tiger from China, to the doctor.
Liu Handong listened to Sharif's introduction of the specific situation, and his heart was half cold, the other party is a Middle Eastern gang, which is completely different from those underworld factions in China, and he may not have a chance of winning alone, and this matter needs to be considered in the long run.
Suddenly, the mobile phone rang, it was Qin Xianyang calling from the office, and he said eagerly: "Where are you going, something is wrong!" ”
Liu Handong hurriedly said: "What's the matter?" ”
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince offered to meet us!" Qin Xianyang's voice was full of excitement.