Chapter 14: The Kidnapper's Call
An embassy abroad, in principle, is the highest diplomatic institution of a country in another country, and there is only one and it is located in the capital, while consulates can be set up at the same time, generally in major cities of other countries.
The Consulate General manages all consulates and is at the same time subject to embassy management.
Unlike the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., the Chinese Consulate General in New York is mainly responsible for some non-governmental diplomatic matters, such as undertaking overseas work related to overseas citizens and national interests, and coordinating regional policy matters.
Another example is to promote exchanges with local governments and parliaments, be responsible for media and public information, and promote friendly cooperation and people-to-people exchanges in various fields such as culture, tourism, science and technology, and sports between the two sides.
The diplomatic consul general of the Consulate General is directly served by the deputy minister, and after returning to China, he can be directly promoted to the position of deputy foreign minister.
Han Ping, the current consul general of the Consulate General in New York, was transferred from the chief secretary for administration of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and before he was transferred from Hong Kong Island, he successfully cracked a transnational cultural relics smuggling case, and then was promoted to consul general of the Consulate General in New York.
After finishing his work abroad, he will return to China to work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and it can be said that he is making steady progress and has broad prospects.
However, in such a situation, in the transnational antiquities smuggling case he uncovered, the Japanese gangsters, who had suffered a lot, made a crazy decision.
Ignoring the face of the Chinese government, they retaliated against the Chinese official, who had caused them heavy losses, and kidnapped his daughter.
At this moment, it was the third day after Han Surong was kidnapped
In order to prevent the kidnappers from going crazy and attacking the consul of the consulate general, Han Ping, they even monitored the entire Chinese consulate in New York 24 hours a day, while waiting for the kidnappers to call to see if they wanted a ransom or something else.
Truth be told, they'd rather spend a little more than end up in a serious diplomatic incident.
In this matter, it is obvious that Consul Han trusts his own people more than FBI agents in the United States.
Therefore, Consul Han made a phone call back to Hong Kong and called the person he trusted the most when he was in Hong Kong, as the chief of the Hong Kong Island Police Station Operations Group, he personally promoted the favorite general, Senior Police Inspector Li Yan.
And what would the FBI's attitude be towards a foreign colleague who was about to intervene in the case?
The first thing to be clear about is that on the soil of the United States of America, all cases that the federal police cannot handle will be referred to the FBI.
Because of this, they are not an ordinary law enforcement agency, but an agency that specializes in major criminal cases, criminal organizations investigating such things.
And when the case is in the hands of the FBI, this diplomatically related kidnapping case becomes the FBI's case, and the credit for handling the case naturally belongs to them, so the FBI does not want to share the same case with any other department.
Even Consul Han's police inspector Li Yan, who was transferred from Hong Kong Island, was also regarded by them as an enemy who robbed the case and took credit.
They didn't want this Chinese to appear in front of them.
So, they found a third-rate police officer from the New York Police Department, asked him to accompany the Hong Kong police inspector around the United States a few times, and then sent him away.
It's a pity that they miscalculated a little - Li Yan is not only a criminal policeman, but also Han Surong's closest person except for his father Han Ping, and he will not give up.
The Chinese Consulate General in New York, the office of the Consul General, has become a pot of porridge at this time.
"Sir, Agent Carter and I are working together on this case, trust us, we can find her."
Li Yan, who had a big nose, black hair, black eyes and yellow skin, and was wearing a dark suit, was following Consul Han Ping, trying to convince Consul Han.
"Yes, Li Neng and I can deal with this matter, there is no problem, we promise to find your daughter."
Hearing Li Yan mention his name, the black Carter detective who was pretending to be watching the five-star red flag on the side immediately turned his head and patted his chest at Consul Han.
"Sir, I reiterate once again that these two people should not be here, they will only delay the progress of our case."
Looking at these two guys, Agent Ross, the head of the FBI's operations team, began to complain to Consul Han.
"You want to kick us out, just for your credit, Li Ke is worried about his little girl!"
Seeing that Carter was about to quarrel with the person in charge of the action team, the landline on the desk suddenly rang, Carter was closest to the desk, Li Yan glanced over, and he immediately reached out and picked up the landline phone and put it to his ear.
"Are you an FBI agent, tell Han Ping that if he wants his daughter alive, he'd better listen to our requests."
On the other end of the phone, it seems that there is a guy who is not fluent in English.
Then there was a rush of scramble, and the agents of the operation team immediately turned on the phone tracking device and began to try to find out the specific location of the call, and Carter also picked up the paper money from his desk and waited for the kidnapper's next step.
"The ransom will be paid at 11 o'clock tonight, and the ransom is 50 million US dollars in old bills, and the amount is less than 50 yuan."
"Fifty million, you want money and want to go crazy?!"
The kidnapper's words made Carter stunned for a moment, and he involuntarily raised his voice, and then was slapped on the shoulder by Li Yan.
"Listen to me - I want 20 million dollars in bills, 20 million dollars in bills, and 10 million dollars in bills."
The kidnapper continued.
"Twenty million and fifty dollars, twenty million and twenty dollars, ten million and ten thousand dollars...... By the way, are you sure you don't want five dollars or one dollar? ”
Carter was the kind of person with a broken mouth by nature, and his sudden question almost disrupted the kidnapper's rhythm, but on the other hand, he succeeded in delaying the satellite positioning, and the technicians of the operation team had already followed the phone to locate the kidnapper.
"Shut your mouth, as long as you tell Consul Han, I will call you again half an hour before the transaction to tell you how to pay the ransom, only when we get the ransom, we will let her go, if you miss the time, I don't guarantee her safety."
After saying that, the kidnappers hung up the phone directly.
"I found out, in South Manhattan, 620 South Broadway, I'm going to arrange a task force."
The head of the FBI's action team immediately snapped.