Chapter 398: Negotiation (2)
Because of this, for the previous Duke to say that he wanted to offer a reward for killing their group of pirates, the other pirates listened to it or not, Kamel didn't know, maybe for those pirates who were alone and had nothing to worry about, this was equivalent to a.
But Kamel is a professional with a family, he only provides financial services for the pirates to launder black money, for him this is just a special professional job, and he does not participate in the pirates' robbery and arson on weekdays, but deals with the pirates' laundering work on the shore.
Therefore, Kamel, a small white-collar worker, has a natural awe of a big boss like Duke, and because he often has to show his head, it is relatively easy to be found in detail, and he feels much deeper about Duke's threat.
Kamel adhered to the task given to him by the boss, first, to confirm Duke's identity, and second, to negotiate the ransom he wanted, and to confirm that the ransom had arrived. Anything else, Kamel can ignore it. Just get the boss's task done right.
"Hello, I think you must be Dr. Duke, I'm sorry, I still need to confirm your identity." With this realization in mind, Kamel said to Duke with some restraint. Although Kamel had already known Duke from the photo, in order to be sure of the identity of the person in front of him, he still took out a recent photo of Duke from his pocket and actually compared it.
Of course, exactly like me, the photo of Duke taken from the news is very clear, and Kamel quickly confirmed that it was Duke himself.
"Okay, Mr. Duke, if you don't have any other requirements, I think we can start negotiations, before the negotiations start, I think Mr. Duke must be very concerned about Mr. Dong Feng's current situation, we might as well take a look before talking" Kamel understood Duke's psychology and went straight to the point. Everyone is hostile to each other, and there is no need for any false greetings.
After Kamel finished speaking, he quickly opened his laptop, connected to something that looked like satellite communication, and quickly called up a chat software, and then quickly typed a few characters to log in, and a video was immediately displayed on the laptop.
Duke soon saw excitedly from the screen video that in a room with almost no furniture, Dong Feng was sitting on a chair with his hands tied behind his back, wearing an eye patch on his eyes, and he was sitting there with his head drooped and looking a little awkward, which showed that this period of time was a very difficult time for Dong Feng.
Fortunately, Duke protested from the video and saw that Dong Feng's body was still intact and should not have suffered much violence, and Duke was a little relieved to see this.
"I want to say a few words directly to Mr. Dong Feng." Duke said to Kamel, "Otherwise, I can't confirm that Mr. Dong Feng is still safe." ”
Videos can sometimes be faked, and Duke himself has at least several ways to make video chats fake as if they were real, so if he just saw the video, Duke couldn't confirm Dong Feng's current situation.
But if Duke now directly communicates with Dong Feng by voice, then it will be difficult for the kidnappers to fake this aspect. Even if Dong Feng's voice has some mutations after passing through the Internet, Duke can still confirm it through some unique details of his life with Dong Feng.
"Please, now the network is directly connected, you can call Mr. Dong at any time, and there is a megaphone and microphone on your laptop." Kamel said very simply, obviously expecting Duke's request.
This is also human nature, just like Kamel wants to confirm Duke's identity, and ultimately has to rely on photo comparison, it is understandable that Duke needs to fully confirm Dong Feng's safety, after all, in the next negotiations, this is related to an extremely large amount of transactions.
If Duke is not 100% sure of Dong Feng's current situation, it will be difficult for Kamel to pull out the huge ransom from the super-rich man.
In Kamel's eyes, this is also a business, and it is more beneficial to improve his bargaining chips by letting the opponent see the goods first.
"Crazy, is that you?" Duke held back his excitement and said into the microphone of his laptop, and soon, he saw Dong Feng's expression change on the video, his head immediately stood up, obviously heard Duke's voice, his face showed a look of disbelief, and replied excitedly: "Duke!" It's me. I'm here," Dong Feng kept turning his head, obviously looking around for the source of the sound, and he thought Duke had come to the door.
"Crazy, don't look for it, we're on a remote video call right now, remember our dorm room number?" Although he is now 99.99% sure that this person is Dong Feng himself, Duke still has to make a final confirmation, if it is really Dong Feng himself, then he will never forget the dormitory he lived in together.
"Room 405, Duke, how long has it been since I was kidnapped?" Dong Feng on the other side of the video couldn't help but be a little disappointed when he heard that it was a video call, but he still quickly answered Duke's question, and then asked, since he was kidnapped and locked up there, except for the bread and water given in the middle, Dong Feng has been wearing a blindfold, and now he doesn't even know how much time has passed.
"About 20 hours, don't worry, madman, we will get you out as soon as possible." Duke replied.
After saying that, Duke turned off the video, turned to Kamel and said, "Say, how much ransom do you want?" ”
"Okay, Mr. Duke, now that you have seen it, Mr. Dong Feng is fine now, and he has not been hurt at all." When Kamel heard Duke say this, he didn't talk nonsense, and directly put forward his request, "Then the next thing is very simple, Mr. Duke only needs to donate $200 million to a foundation account we designated, and then we can simply hold a donation ceremony."
We all take the things needed for the donation ceremony on the assault boat, and we can't delay much effort, probably we can arrange it while the donation arrives, and then everyone happily takes a photo together, and after taking some photos of the donation ceremony, Mr. Dong Feng will be safe. ”
It turns out that this is the case, no wonder these kidnappers have to come to Duke himself, dare to play a trick of fake donation and real blackmail, if a kidnapping and ransom case is made into a gift, so that it will be much easier for the pirates to launder the money, it seems that there are cultural people behind this group of pirates, and they have come up with this method.