When the fat man said this, I was silent. Money, we can find a way to go into Myanmar to fish for people, which is a livelihood with a head. It is possible that if someone didn't fish it out, he also fell into it. But his comrade-in-arms is so affectionate and righteous, he carries everything alone, and he really can't let go from the perspective of a fat man.

I thought for a while and said, "I can find a way to make money, if it's really not enough, I'll ask Jack to borrow it first, but who will get people?" It's too messy, it's too risky, and I don't approve of you going. There is no other channel that does not enter Myanmar to ransom people in third parties. ”

The fat man shook his head, "You are too naïve, who are we, you can't talk to them in the first place." Those who run casinos on the China-Myanmar border are former warlords who are unlikely to leave their sphere of influence for ransom. In fact, they don't dare to leave that one acre and three points of land, they are the masters in their own territory, they are the emperor of the soil, and they may be killed when they go out in one step, I know these grandsons. The fat man took a step closer and said, "But I have an acquaintance there, and I have already contacted him, so it should be no problem to have him on the road." ”

I was a little relieved when I heard him say this, and asked him, "Is the ransom enough?" ”

The fat man squeezed out a little smile and said, "It's almost." ”

As soon as I saw the way he smiled, I knew it was fine. "How much is a point?"

The fat man held out my finger, "Five hundred thousand." ”

"Damn, that's a little bit? You can buy a suite here. I said indignantly.

"Dollars."

I stretched out a middle finger in front of him. He said to him incredulously: "Fat man, can you not pant like this when you speak?" Your comrade-in-arms is quite capable of tossing, how much money does he have? He is so rich that he can't afford to pay for the operation. Gotta tell me how much gambling debt he owes first, how do I think it's a pitfall. ”

"I know there's a problem." The fat man nodded and said helplessly: "That's the way the news came, it's not specific." I inquired, and the market there allows gamblers to pay on credit, and many people just owe more and more when they can't control it. I can only know the specific situation when I see Dazhang. ”

"How much do you owe?" I asked impatiently.

"A million dollars. Integer. "The fat man was a little discouraged, the amount of money was too big.

I still have a shortage of 500,000 yuan from the fat man, that is, he has already scraped together 500,000 yuan, and this money may have hollowed out his family's foundation. The problem is that it's hard to get the 500,000 yuan, I can find a way to block the 100,000 and 80,000 yuan, Jack can't get it, I can dig up some money from somewhere else first. After all, my studio has financial support from three parties, and it is not a big problem to borrow some funds from the other two parties, and it is a big deal to find a way to plug the hole after the matter is over. However, with a funding gap of $500,000, the other two sponsors are stretched thin.

At this time, I can see the role of the three funding providers, AOE is the most restrictive to me, but the funds it provides are too powerful. The funds of the other two parties did not play a decisive role at this time, and it was AOE's funds that could solve the urgent need, and borrowing money from Jack became the only option.

The fat man and I were smoking cigarettes in the dim light on a cold spring night, and we were planning countermeasures. At present, AOE's funds for this project are in Jack's hands, and he has the right to decide, and how to convince Jack has become the key. The request to borrow money should be sudden and urgent, and not give Jack time to think deeply, this was the first agreement between the two of us. Of course, it's also essential to make up a good reason, and I have to think about it. In order to increase the success rate of borrowing, the timing of the opening should be mastered, and I set the time on the eve of our action.

There was another decision that left me helpless and painful. Because our operation is very dangerous, I mean that the search for Xiao Guolin is a possibility that there will never be a return. So it is necessary to redeem Dazhang before acting, which is a point that the fat man insists on, and I have no objection to this. In this way, the rough two-step plan we had just made at the dinner table became a shackle to this unexpected situation.

Guangxi is adjacent to the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and the search for traces of Xiao Guolin's movements in Guangxi can be carried out at the same time as going to Myanmar to fish for people. In this way, the fat man is bound to take the road to the south, and it is impossible for me to let the fat man enter Burma alone, either in public or private, so I will also go south. In this way, it is logical for Xiao Ting and Jack to team up into the desert, not letting Xiao Ting enter the desert is the thing I insist on the most, even if she enters the desert, she will be with me, I am worried that she will have an accident due to impulse or blindness.

I had a fierce battle of thoughts, weighing it again and again, and felt that it should be safe for the group to go into the desert. It is only the first time to explore Xiao Guolin's traces, even if it is possible to go deep into the hinterland of the desert, it is also in the area that the team has searched. Besides, there is Jack as an expert to lead the team, if this is all wrong, then AOE is really blind to send such a parallel commodity to assist me in my work. And the fat man and I will definitely be in danger when we enter Myanmar this time, and I dare not imagine that Xiao Ting will join this group.

In the end, I made up my mind, and I went south with the fat man, and Jack and Xiao Ting went into the desert together. The next thing is how to convince Jack to borrow money from him. I have to think about this matter, the fat man has crooked and oblique moves, but he doesn't understand how AOE works, he can't help with this, I have to rely on myself.

I went back to my room and couldn't sleep, so I made a cup of coffee and pondered slowly. $500,000 is not a small amount in the sponsorship that AOE has given me in the past, and if there are no special activities, the annual funding is less than that. If you want Jack to come up with this large sum of money at once, you really have to think of a way to find a reason why he can't say no for the time being. It's better not to borrow, it's best to link the money to this operation.

It's hard to find a reason for this. We have initially decided on the direction of action, and we have not even determined the details and personnel arrangements, so we can't say that we need 500,000 US dollars to go to Guangxi. If the trip to Guangxi can be combined with operational materials and equipment, there is still a possibility of success. The problem is that since the cooperation with AOE, the equipment has been provided by them, and they have very professional evaluators, as long as I put forward the intention to act, the application for funding, and with the approval, I will be given a list of equipment. The equipment in this list is complete and advanced, and what I want to do is not to add anything to the list, but to cut out what I think is duplicated or not used.

Personnel. This thought flashed in my mind and I denied myself. Archaeology, especially desert archaeology, requires locals to be guides, and I have to hire helpers from all walks of life for this kind of folk activity. Konima took 500,000 US dollars to hire a guide, is this an expedition to Mars?

Or simply like a fat man, ask him for a commission directly. Anyway, AOE brought it up at the time of this operation, and theoretically I was the hired party, and it was reasonable to ask for a commission. But am I worth half a million dollars?

As a result, the more you think about it, the more confused your mind becomes.

PS: Thank you for your support, thank you aaaxxx1979 for your valuable comments. I'll speed up the pace, psychological description is essential, first-person writing is very important, and writing is sadistic.