Chapter 399: Negotiation (3)
$200 million, this figure is no more or less for Duke, after all, Duke is now a world-famous super-rich, and it is too common for him to make a charitable donation of hundreds of millions of dollars to a foundation, plus there are photos of donations, this matter is almost seamless, and no one can ask any questions in public.
The behind-the-scenes mastermind of this group of pirates is really creative, and they can actually imagine this kind of idea to make Duke suffer a dumb loss, and although the amount proposed by this group of kidnappers is huge, it is still within the range that Duke can afford. It's not too much, but it can be seen that the amount of this ransom is also carefully designed.
$200 million is an astronomical amount for the average billionaire, but for super-rich people like Dong Feng and Duke, the figure is not so outrageous.
"Okay, there's no problem with money" Duke groaned slightly, this number is still some distance from his upper limit, so there is no need to bargain anymore, and directly agree, "But when will the person be released after the transfer?" β
"As long as I confirm the account here, we will release Mr. Dong within an hour, and then you will see on this video that our people notify some people to rescue Mr. Dong, and Mr. Dong will naturally contact you after he recovers his freedom." Kamel said that the amount of this kind of transaction cannot be paid in one hand and handed over to the other person, and Kamel's statement seems to be relatively reliable.
After all, they have come up with so many tricks, the purpose is still for money, with the huge income of 200 million US dollars is better than anything else, not to mention that this thing can be easily laundered and taken out.
Duke believed that the so-called foundation was nothing more than a front for money laundering by the kidnappers. So being able to resolve this issue peacefully is a good option for both sides.
Duke nodded, there is no doubt about the price, there is nothing to talk about next, and directly operate the following process.
He took out his satellite phone and called Cai Siqiang.
"Caicai, I've talked about it here." Duke didn't talk nonsense, and said bluntly, Cai Siqiang, who had been waiting for a long time on the other side of the phone, finally fell down when he heard Duke's words, and his heart that was hanging in the air finally fell, "You asked people to deposit $200 million into this account, the account name is ***, and the account number is ******, have you written it down?" β
Cai Siqiang repeated the account name and account number reported by Duke, and Duke found that there was no problem after checking that it was correct, "Okay, that's it, give me a call after the transfer is completed, I still have to watch them release the crazy man here, so I won't say more to you." β
After Duke finished speaking, he hung up the phone and said to Kamel: "I have arranged the transfer, I believe the money will arrive soon, and I hope you will move faster." β
Kamel listened to the fact that although a stone fell to the ground in his heart, most of the tasks of his line were almost completed, and only one was left to take pictures, he didn't say anything, nodded, and then asked his companions to move a bunch of things such as simple tables, chairs and curtains from the assault boat, and soon arranged a decent signing venue layout One by one, a scarlet curtain was erected behind the table as a background, with the white table and blue chairs placed in front, plus the blue sea and blue sky behind him, It looks like it really has a bit of a signing ceremony.
Kamel even pulled out a banner with the words "Signing Ceremony of Dr. Duke's Charity Foundation for Out-of-School Children in South Asia" in English.
Nima, can you not make such a fuss, when Kamel finally took out an A4-sized donation agreement, Duke almost went out of his way, this group of kidnappers was too well prepared, even this thing was printed and brought, it seemed that he was really confident in the whole negotiation, because Duke glanced at the so-called donation agreement, which was basically no different from the general donation agreement, but the amount part had already been printed, indicating that in terms of amount, the kidnappers did not have much room to bargain with Duke.
This further shows that everything has been negotiated in advance between Duke and the so-called "South Asian Out-of-School Children Charity Foundation", which makes the ceremony more formalized.
"Mr. Duke, please keep a smile on your face when you sign and take pictures" After arranging all this, Kamel said to Duke, "Although this request is a little difficult for Mr. Duke, it is a small matter, isn't it?" β
Kamel politely "invited" Duke to take a seat, and he sat next to Duke with a smile on his face, smiling as Duke signed the donation agreement, while his two assistants, one in charge of recording with a digital camera and the other taking pictures, crackled and flashed many photos of Duke signing and shaking hands with Camelle.
If you look at these videos and photos alone, you can't tell whether this "donation" is legal or not, whether it is coerced, because Duke also looks smiling in the camera, Dong Feng has not been released yet, no matter how disgusted Duke is, he has to hide his emotions and temporarily act as a temporary actor, although if you distinguish carefully, you can also see that Duke's performance is a little stiff.
But for Kamal, now these are enough. He could do a good job of explaining where the huge amount of money was coming from, and then figure out how to transfer it from Foundation accounts to the pirates' private accounts.
This is the largest income they have ever made, and everyone will be able to benefit greatly from this huge ransom payment, except for the necessary expenses of transferring money at that time.
Although Kamel, as a peripheral person, does not know the ins and outs of this kidnapping case, but he can harvest such a rich harvest, Kamel estimates that the income that everyone can share this time is enough to cover the income of the past few years, and this part of the ransom will not be directly divided, but even if you take out some of it, everyone will be able to live a good life this year.
So Kamel is in a good mood now, he only needs to complete the last step to check the arrival of the ransom, and then he can call and order to put it in and complete the transaction.
Cai Siqiang's side moved quickly, and Duke's side had just finished the so-called "signing ceremony", so he called to report that the transfer was completed.
After hearing Duke's confirmation that the transfer was completed, Camille went directly to the computer and quickly found that $200 million had been received in the account he controlled.
"Mr. Duke is really a simple person, and when the funds arrived, I called to inform him of his release. I will wait until Mr. Dong Feng is released before leaving. Kamel was really relieved now, and without waiting for Duke to speak, he took out his phone and asked for someone to be released.
Everything seemed to be going very smoothly next, ten minutes later, Duke saw that several strangers suddenly appeared in the video on Kamel's computer, after they found Dong Feng, they hurriedly untied the rope on Dong Feng's hand, after Dong Feng regained his freedom, he quickly found the computer in the room, and rushed to the computer excitedly, "Duke!" Are you still there? β
"I'm here! Crazy, who are those people? Duke asked, although they looked like they had rescued Dong Feng, Duke still had to make sure.
"I'm on a vacation island right now, and they're the island's management staff, and they've just received an anonymous phone call to find me."
Duke continued to chat for a few words, and finally made sure that Dong Feng was not speaking under duress, so he relieved himself and said to Kamel: "Okay, you can go." β
Now Dong Feng has not returned to a safe place, and Duke can't do anything to the three of Kamel, since everyone is done, then there is nothing to talk about, let's slap their butts and leave.
Qu Feng and others didn't expect this negotiation process to be so simple, from the current point of view, it may be that the top has thought about this kidnapping and ransom case a little too complicated, which has caused everyone to have a false alarm.
Back on the yacht, Qu Feng briefly reported the latest progress to the superiors, and Duke and the others turned the rudder to prepare to return to MalΓ©, because Dong Feng would return to Male first.
Duke's tense nerves relaxed, and after saying hello to Qu Feng, he returned to his cabin and prepared to rest. I have been in a tense state mentally for more than 20 hours, and now that Dong Feng has been successfully redeemed, it is time to relax.
Who knew that as soon as he lay down for a while, he heard Xie Yunfeng knock on the door in a panic and come in, "Boss, it's not good, we were stopped by a submarine of unknown nationality!" β