The three hostages named are obviously old birds who have experienced some scenes, even if they have been exposed by Tang Guoming, but the acting skills of the three are still quite exquisite, and they all look at each other with confused and incomprehensible expressions.

Raising the muzzle of the gun and firing a shot into the sky as a warning, Tang Guoming aimed the muzzle of the gun at the three hostages again, and said coldly: "In addition to time and patience, I forgot to explain one thing just now - I don't have many bullets, and I won't waste them on the air anymore!" ”

Different from the frightened expressions of the other seven engineering hostages who really didn't know what was going on, the panicked looks that pretended to fade from the faces of the three people quickly faded after the gunshots rang out, and were replaced by a look of resignation, and they stood up one after another and pushed away the hostages gathered together, and stood beside the middle-aged white man with some unwillingness but helplessness.

I don't know if Qiu Ling fully explained his intentions to all the Chinese hostages, and the act of shooting and the sharp gunfire made the Chinese hostages behind Tang Guoming suddenly have some riotous movements. Without looking at the Chinese hostages who made a riot behind him, Tang Guoming took two steps back to open a safe distance, and pointed the gun at the middle-aged white man in front of him: "Give you a minute to pray at the end of your life!" Get started now! ”

Although I don't know how the other party knew his true identity, the middle-aged white man is sure enough that the other party learned his true identity and thoughts from the phone call between Fang and Heinz! Now that the trick has been exposed, the middle-aged white man stood up straight and calmly looked at the leader of the yellow mercenary in front of him: "Since you know the name of my companion, I don't need to introduce it to you again!" Let me say – maybe we can make another deal now? ”

As if he was too lazy to waste any more expressions, Tang Guoming did not answer, and pressed the call button in his throat and said in Chinese: "Butcher, tell that group of laborers to dig a big pit that is big enough for Mr. Schulenburg and his companions to disappear from the earth forever!" After digging, take the laborers farther away, and then do it again! ”

Hearing that he had at least a minute to live, Schulenburg immediately changed to a fluent Mandarin Chinese and said, "Maybe you don't have to be so troublesome, and you don't have to kill us." Yes, I was trying to save a lot of money, and I wanted to achieve the original goal. But at the moment, it seems that I can't save the cost - why not? I'll double it again, five million dollars! All you have to do is keep telling the Chinese workers to dig the pit and bury it themselves, and you'll get the reward! Of course, the rest of the matter only requires you to keep silent and forget about this unpleasant little experience to enjoy this honorarium, and we will not say who made this group of Chinese workers disappear! ”

As if surprised, Tang Guoming stared at him and shouted, "You know Chinese!?" ”

Schulenburg barely managed to squeeze out an embarrassed smile: "As a competitor to a Chinese engineering company, I must know a little - five million dollars is not a small amount of money, enough for you and your subordinates to have a comfortable time in any country in the world." And all that has to do is simple, just point the gun at that group of Chinese. You don't even have to do it yourself, you can lend me a gun! ”

Under the temptation of the huge amount of money at his fingertips, Tang Guoming obviously seemed shaken. Even the muzzle of the gun drooped a little, and he didn't aim straight at Schulenburg's eyebrows: "But...... Me too Chinese......"

Schulenburg: "There are more than a billion people in China, but which Chinese will give you this compatriot five million dollars?" Remember? Aren't you fighting as a mercenary with a gun in this war-torn African country just for money? That's enough money for you to retire and enjoy life. ”

Suddenly raising the muzzle of the gun again, Tang Guoming gritted his teeth and shouted: "I also remember that just ten minutes ago, when I was making a deal with sincerity, there was a German bastard who planned to give me a black and black?" Call me both human and financial? ”

Schulenburg smiled and said, "To apologize - seven and a half million dollars!" Do you think it's enough to make up for my loss to you? ”

Tang Guoming's muzzle suddenly trembled slightly, and his Adam's apple rolled up and down: "Seven hundred...... 500,000!? ”

Nodding, Schulenburg said affirmatively: "Yes, seven and a half million!" That's exactly three times the amount you originally requested! ”

Tang Guoming: "Dollars? I'm talking about dollars! ”

Schulenburg: "Dollars, of course, seven and a half million dollars!" ”

Tang Guoming shook his head with a gloomy face, and asked in a sullen voice: "This is indeed not a small amount of money, but the previous two and a half million you wanted to risk being killed when you were killed in the black, and save this expense, now why do I believe that your boss will pay three times as much as before?" What exactly are you? ”

Very embarrassed, Schulenburg whispered: "It is inconvenient for me to say ......"

The muzzle of the gun was immediately pointed at Schulenburg's eyebrows again, and Tang Guoming shouted fiercely: "Then there is really nothing to say!" ”

Without thinking at all, Schulenburg hurriedly exclaimed: "Wait! I'm the head of security at Constantine! ”

The index finger on the trigger stiffened suddenly, and Tang Guoming's eyes widened in disbelief: "As the head of the security department of a giant multinational water conservancy engineering company, you not only have to deal with the daily security affairs on the surface, but also carry out low-intensity armed operations, and most importantly, you have to coordinate various forces that are not on the table, and even your security department, as well as yourself, is no less than any mercenary team and captain that exists in this country - you are really worth millions of dollars?!" ”

Nodding, Schulenburg replied in a low voice: "So I have enough power to promise to pay you a gratuity of seven and a half million dollars!" ”

Shaking his head with a sneer, Tang Guoming said in a deep voice: "How can a person of your identity be kidnapped by Eric?" Since Eric had kidnapped him, how could he not have done an investigation before? You are the head of security, Eric wants to kidnap the employees of your company to make a fortune, you are a natural enemy, Eric doesn't even know your identity? As a result, they tied you up and didn't say anything, and even imprisoned you with ordinary engineers? ”

Shaking his head with a wry smile, Schulenburg's face showed a look of embarrassment......

Tang Guoming: "Seven and a half million US dollars is tempting, but it takes too much risk to get it, or even to exchange my life for this non-existent money, I am not interested - when you are reincarnated, you must remember not to pull the flag too big when pulling the tiger skin, if you don't return it, it will be easy to give away this smart little life in vain!" ”

After hesitating for a moment, Schulenburg saw that Tang Guoming's fingers had the action of pre-pressing the trigger, and hurriedly said: "Knowing this is meaningless to you. ”

Shaking his head firmly, Tang Guoming skillfully pre-pressed the trigger to the limit state before firing: "It makes sense!" If there is not enough reason for me to be convinced of your identity, then I don't believe you can pay me this money! ”

Looking back at the seven ordinary engineers who were at a loss and did not know any inside information, as well as the three subordinates who knew a little Chinese, Schulenburg sighed helplessly and said with a bitter smile: "Eric did not kidnap me, but I promised to pay Eric two million dollars to ask him to kidnap Konstantin and the workers of the China Heshan Water Conservancy Engineering Group, including me and my subordinates, of course." The specific condition was that after several rounds of decent negotiations, Constantine would pay Eric $1.2 million and then release me and my company's people. No matter how much ransom the Chinese company promises, they will have to terminate the Chinese engineers, and then we will pay Eric another $800,000. ”

Raising his eyebrows suspiciously, Tang Guoming asked puzzledly: "I was kidnapped with the company's competitors, so it seems that the Constantine company is also a victim, so as to get rid of the mastermind suspicion." What's next...... The execution of key engineering personnel of the China Heshan Water Conservancy Engineering Group will certainly have an impact on undertaking the project, and may scare away more timid Chinese workers from staying in the country, and may even create a bad reputation for Chinese companies that do not value the lives of workers and are unwilling to spend money to save them. As for the Constantine company, all the engineers are alive and well, and they have a good reputation for cherishing life, so it is logical to win the bid for the next water conservancy project? ”

Without a trace of shame, Schulenburg nodded: "And there are also personnel in my company who have been kidnapped, so there will definitely be a delay in the construction period, so there will be an irresistible reason to postpone the delivery date." ”

Tang Guoming: "But what I don't understand is that it's okay to kidnap the engineer, why do you automatically take three of your subordinates in to suffer together?" ”

Schulenburg: "Credit problems! Eric has become notorious for his bad deeds of collecting money and not letting people go. If I were there, he would be cautious out of fear of my identity. After all, I also have an armed force, and if he doesn't let me go or kill me, he will be retaliated against by my men. Another reason is that my Chinese is good enough to hear their Sichuan dialect, and I wonder how much China Sunward can afford to lose personnel? Is it possible to recover quickly after the loss of these ordinary workers and technicians, or is it impossible to restore the personnel structure? In this way, in the competition between this project and other projects in the future, Constantine Company can have a more targeted confrontation strategy. ”

Tang Guoming: "Let me help you add a reason - now that China's national strength is increasing, both its influence and national willpower are rising rapidly overseas, and you are worried that Eric will not dare to execute these workers because of the retaliation of the Chinese armed forces." So, you're here to oversee what he has to do to make sure that these workers die thoroughly? ”

Schulenburg: "That's it—can you trust my identity and power now?" ”

Squinting his eyes and looking Schulenburg up and down, Tang Guoming put away the automatic rifle and hugged the automatic rifle horizontally in his arms: "Now listen to me clearly - first, I want to talk to your boss on the phone, in person and video call, otherwise I can't be sure if your boss agrees to pay this fee." Second, I will tell you the time, place, and method of paying the ransom, and you will convey it to your boss, so that your boss can rest assured and save me from suspecting that I will kill people first and then take the money. Third, I am also Chinese, and it is still a bit unpleasant for me to kill eleven Chinese after all. These Chinese laborers went with us to the delivery site, and after the money was in hand, I handed them over to you, and you did it yourself, and then still claimed that it was Eric's men who killed them. ”

Nodding happily, Schulenburg asked, "Anything else?" ”

Tang Guoming pondered for a while and continued: "I don't want dollars, I want the equivalent euro, the same old banknote without serial numbers, preferably a denomination of fifty or one hundred. ”

After a little pondering, he understood the intention of this Chinese, and Schlenburg finally had some confidence in the sincerity of the guy in front of him who seemed to be the leader of the Chinese mercenaries to release people for ransom.

A slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and Schülenburg continued to ask: "This country only circulates US dollars, and the company's euro reserves here are not too much, so I am afraid that it will not be able to mobilize so much cash in a short period of time." If there is a shortfall, use pounds, rough diamonds, and gold to replenish. Is that possible? ”

Tang Guoming replied without hesitation: "That's better!" ”