Chapter 49: The Kidnapping Case
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NORINCO now has a steady stream of orders from the War Department, and since the products were well known during the war, South American countries, as well as some Nordic countries, have shown strong interest in NORINCO to launch weapons and munitions, and even the American market has opened the door for Albert's arms sales. Of course, Albert will not forget his old friend, Mr. George Sr., the godfather of the mafia, who regularly offered them a batch of Uzi submachine guns at a discounted price for the bloody war.
After returning from the Holy Grail, Albert could finally take a break from his busy life, and the 107mm rocket launcher and RPG were in intense and orderly development, and he could not get the finished product for a while, and in order not to let Kalashnikov, the great designer, find out about the development goal of his life, Albert still gave him a difficult problem, and began to develop a 7.62mm caliber machine gun, which must be fed by a single chain, which can be used as a side-by-side machine gun or vehicle-mounted machine gun on a tank.
In fact, the design concept of this weapon proposed by Albert was the PKM machine gun launched by Kalashnikov in 1969, and this time Albert did not plan to give the design drawings first, but let Kalashnikov think about it himself.
Leopold III, who was fond of him, told Albert that he had contacted the Noble School and hoped that Albert would go to school in September. Albert is not directly responsible for the operation of his company, which means that even if Albert does not stay in the company, it will be fine, but Albert is not happy, he was a college student in his previous life, and what is it to run back and bully elementary and middle school students. For this reason, he also asked Leopold III to theorize and prove that he really didn't need to complete these studies that he had already studied in his previous life.
But Leopold III didn't think so, the Belgian royal family is basically an elite talent who graduated from college, what is a prince who didn't finish middle school? The Belgian royal family will not have to mix in front of the European aristocracy at that time, so Albert's father firmly disagrees.
In order to get his father to compromise completely, Albert agreed to take the exam directly, and when he gave him a near-perfect score for the exam, Leopold III finally chose to remain silent and agreed to Albert's request for a leave of absence. However, Albert did not really stop studying, he contacted the best university in Belgium, the Catholic University of Leuven. Albert's idea was that Lao Tzu didn't study in junior high school and went directly to college, just to experience the feeling of a genius boy.
Another reason is that Lao Tzu went to Leuven University, which is more bullish than the second-rate school in his previous life.
However, before going to school, Albert decided to take care of all the business of the strategic resource cooperative company before leaving, and today he just arrived at the company and saw an anxious John wandering at the door of the office, holding a cigarette that was about to burn out.
"Good morning, John." Albert greeted him.
John saw Albert striding up with his cigarette butt down like a savior, his eyes were red, and he said angrily, "Damn, Albert, it's a big deal, my sister has been kidnapped." β
Hearing this, Albert's smile retracted, and he took out the key with a serious expression, "Come in and talk about it." β
Entering the office, John sat down in his chair without a master, Albert poured him a cup of coffee, patted him on the shoulder and said in relief, "What's going on, talk slowly." β
John, holding the cup in both hands, told the ins and outs of the incident, it turned out that John's sister Anne had not come back since she went out last night, and this morning John picked up Anne's necklace from outside the door and a threatening letter pieced together with newspaper clippings, asking the Smith family to come up with $500,000 in three days, otherwise they would wait to collect Anne's body after three days.
"What did uncle and aunt say?" Although John didn't like Anne very much, he still tried to help the other party as much as possible when he encountered such a thing.
"I'm not going to tell my parents." Facing Albert's puzzled gaze, John said slowly, "If my parents found out, they would definitely call the police as soon as possible, and let the incompetent police in Belgium intervene, I guess I will never see her again." So I came to you as soon as possible. β
"You come to me, then what can I do for you, first of all, I am not a police officer, I have no law enforcement powers, and secondly, I am not a detective, I can't find your sister's whereabouts." Albert asked, puzzled.
"I know who the kidnappers are." John clenched his fists, "Anne recently got a new boyfriend, I checked that guy, his foundation is not very clean. At that time, I advised her not to continue dating the man, but to no avail. My sister was going to go out to find the bastard that night, and he disappeared after my sister's accident. I've been to the bastard's house, and the neighbor said he left the rental house in a panic last night and never came back. β
"But I still don't have the right to judicial arrest." Albert couldn't figure out what medicine John was selling in the gourd.
"I remember that there was a clause in the security contract that when the protected person was ambushed or held hostage, the security personnel had the right to fight back with a gun, right?" John, who has an excellent memory, pointed out this clause at once.
"Yes." Albert chuckled in his heart, he had already guessed what this guy was going to do next.
"So as long as I imitate my sister's handwriting to forge a contract, it makes perfect sense to use your company's paramilitaries, right?" John asked.
"In addition to the right of security personnel to fight back against attempts to injure protected persons with guns, there is a clause that the protected person must be an important person or witness that the judicial authorities deem necessary to protect. How do you ask me to explain to the court then? Albert spread his hands, and there was an attitude of "if you can handle these uncles, I will accompany you".
"Don't worry, the president of the Supreme Court still owes my family a favor, and half of the jury is my family's protΓ©gΓ©, as long as things don't make a big fuss." John groaned.
Albert didn't have this overly optimistic attitude and didn't make a big fuss? If one of his paramilitary operatives hangs up on the way to rescue or injures a hostage in a fierce battle, Albert's company will be pushed to the forefront of public opinion at any time, and the company's collapse is a trivial matter, and it will be bad if his plans are all disrupted.
On the one hand, there is a family that can provide financial support for itself, and on the other hand, it is a situation where you can not have both fish and bear's paws. Albert thought twice, but eventually agreed to John's request. It was a reluctant move, and he had to gamble.
"How do you find those bastards?" Albert asked.
"Come with me, I have a way." John, who was confident, patted his chest and said, "The Smith family, as a hidden plutocracy in Belgium, is a black and white all-encompassing role, but my father is in charge of a clean business, and I also have a certain network of contacts on the **, otherwise how can I help you get your hands on the arms circulating on the black market." β
Albert picked up the microphone, pressed a few keys with his fingers, and said, "Alice, yes, call Victor and Allen, yes, tell them we have a mission." After hanging up the phone, Albert pulled out a contract from his office cabinet and threw it in front of John, "You signed this thing first, I don't want the judge to show you the contract only to find out that you forgot to sign it, and the handwriting should be as decent as possible." β
While John took out his pen to sign the contract, Albert communicated with Tianyan in his mind.
"You shouldn't have promised him." Tianyan said in a deep voice, "This will disrupt your plans, it's too reckless." And if you get involved, who knows if there will be someone who shoots at you. β
"But I have to do it, don't I?" "It's true that if you don't get it right, it's going to be disastrous for the company, but if you think about it, if you do it successfully, it's like giving the company an ad for free, not only will it turn around the loss, but maybe you'll also get support from the War Department, and it will be much more beneficial to have an operation in Congo in the future." β
"But you already have orders for security projects from the Italian right-wing government, and you are really a speculator who is not afraid of risks, Chen Mu." Tianyan said sarcastically.
Albert didn't pay any attention to Tianyan's sarcasm, in fact, he still missed Chen Mu's strange and familiar name, "That's why I came to you, DuPont in the United States developed Kevlar fiber in the mid-60s and achieved industrial production in 1972, and now we don't have this level to develop, so casualties in action are inevitable, my idea is, can I control the energy shield that protected me in the first place?" β
Tianyan sneered, "You're also afraid of death? β
"I just want to give myself a life-saving bargaining chip." Albert said calmly.
"The energy shield was originally given by the creator to my protective device in the form of matter, but the principle is really difficult to explain to you now, because you are my host, this energy shield can also be 100% synchronized with you, but you have to remember that without an energy supply device, it can only help you defend against 10 ballistic light weapons or four heavy weapons and one missile attack, and then you must use the plasma system to charge, otherwise you can't use it again, and the energy shield has saved you once before, So you have 9 more chances to block small arms fire. β
As soon as Tianyan finished speaking, Albert saw a pale yellow light appear around him, like a warm halo wrapped around him, and then the halo kept contracting, penetrating from his skin, and only lasted for a few seconds before disappearing.
"Is this the legendary A.T force field?" Albert joked.
The moment the energy shield melted into his body, John in front of him had just finished filling out the contract, and when he looked up, he saw Albert standing up from his seat and saying, "Let's go." β