The Blacklist

Chapter 365: Fed Notes Converted into Cash
There were only two staff members and two guards in the old banknote recycling area. They immediately raised their hands in surrender when faced with the pistols of Felix and others. They were tied up, had their mouths and ears blocked, and were locked in the duty room.

Afterwards, Felix and his team turned off the surveillance equipment, took out an alloy electric saw with diamond teeth from the secret compartment in the car, moved a row of filing cabinets, and began to cut the wall that sealed the old boiler room...

It took more than 20 minutes to break through the wall, and then to demolish the floor of the old boiler room inside...

After more than ten minutes, a sealed metal box was revealed under the broken cement floor. The button was turned on and it was broken open. Inside was more than a hundred tightly sealed waterproof bags.

Reddington opened a waterproof bag and confirmed that it contained a stack of 10 A5-sized bills, made of U.S. dollar paper and ink. The front was printed with the portraits of four presidents, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt, a token of $1, and the year 1942. The back was printed with the background of the issuance of Federal Reserve Notes, redemption rules, issuing unit, government guarantee statement, and the seal and stamp of the Ministry of Finance.

Although it was the first time he saw this kind of reserve note, Reddington immediately concluded that it was real. There were 10 notes in each bag, with a face value of 10, and a total of 150 bags, which means 1500 million. This number was half more than he had previously thought.

Afterwards, they evacuated the boiler room, installed the concrete blocks that had been cut earlier back onto the wall, filled the gaps with the quick-drying cement they brought, and even smeared the entire lower part of the wall. Then they cleaned up the marks on the ground, moved the filing cabinet back to its original position, and covered the new marks on the wall. After two hours, the quick-drying cement took shape, and by then, unless you looked for it deliberately, you wouldn't even be able to find the marks that the wall had been cut.

After cleaning up the mess here, they unloaded the old banknotes from the car, used the staff's seal to issue a new banknote withdrawal form, and drove to the issuance department to collect 18 million new banknotes - they took an extra 10 million so that they could explain their motives if something happened to the old banknote recycling area!
Leaving the mint was very smooth. The guard checked the documents and let me through without asking any questions.
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It was past six o'clock on Friday afternoon, after get off work hours, and Reddington took Felix to deliver the metal box to Carrie's office.

Kerry was happy, "Oh, this is a success?"

"Success!" Reddington sat on the sofa, and Felix left first.

He opened the box and checked the Federal Reserve Notes. While flipping through them, Carrie put one of them into his personal space and carried out the experiment he had imagined before!

The result surprised him. The system mall recognized the currency attribute of this reserve note and assessed its new value - each reserve note with a face value of $1 was assessed at the current value of $42! According to this ratio, these 1500 million reserve notes are equivalent to $6.3 million.

Seeing him in deep thought, Reddington continued: "My accountant Zeng Luli checked the relevant exchange policies and records of the Federal Reserve. The price of the last batch of these reserve notes redeemed ten years ago was 35 times.

"Now, ten years later, if this batch of reserve notes suddenly appeared at this time, it would probably arouse suspicion...

"Lee, I suggest breaking it down into smaller pieces and assigning different people to test the waters in batches..."

Kerry shook his head and said, "Don't bother. I'll take care of it."

Naturally, Reddington believed him and said, "Okay, I don't care. Well, after you get the money, just give me 150 million, and the rest is yours." He knew how high the cost of money laundering was, and estimated that with Carrey's ability he could get 60% to 70%, which is about 300 million to 360 million. He was only going to take a small half.

Carrie couldn't explain his method, so he could only say vaguely: "Let's talk about this after the payment is completed. By the way, Lao Lei, you are so active in doing this, are you short of money?" "A little bit. During this period, I stopped a lot of bad businesses and my income was a little less." Reddington said, "In addition, I invested in some legitimate businesses, but they have not yet entered the profit period, so the current working capital is a bit tight... But it will be fine soon, don't worry."

After Carrie pondered for a moment, he said, "Oh, then I'll redeem these reserve certificates as soon as possible. Do you want cash or a transfer?" In fact, he could ask the system to recycle these reserve certificates now, but he was afraid of scaring Lao Lei.
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On Sunday afternoon, Carrey transferred $3 million to more than a dozen accounts provided by Reddington. If he wasn't afraid of scaring Reddington, he would have given more.

Reddington's phone call came soon, "Lee, why so many?"

"Not much, you worked hard to get the reserve coupons back, you deserve more!" Carrie smiled, "I have already left my share!" He has already arranged the donation channels, but he wants to take it slowly.

Reddington said nothing more, and kept this feeling in mind! ——
On Monday, January 1, Kerry and Donald arrived at the DOJ building to attend a high-level meeting of the CTU headquarters.

Donald has attended this kind of meeting many times. Kerry always found excuses not to come in the past, but this time Cooper called him personally to ask him to attend. If he didn't come, it would be a lack of respect.

The content of the meeting was to summarize the work situation in 2017 and reward those with outstanding performance. Among them, the SLR and SER departments received annual awards, and Kerry and Donald received the Gold Medal for the Best Government Employee!
After the meeting, Cooper left the two to talk alone. However, his office was too small, not even a quarter of the size of Carrey's. However, it was decorated in a very modern style, which was in stark contrast to the image of the black old man.

Cooper's tea-making skills are pretty good now. He made a pot of warming black tea for the two of them, and then sat down to talk. However, he started with some explosive news: "This year is a midterm election year. Wright intends to run for senator. He is expected to resign from his position as national security advisor in June and devote himself to the election..."

Donald frowned upon hearing this and asked, "Who will take over her position then?"

"It's not certain yet," Cooper said. "President Palmer is still considering it, but he supports Wright's candidacy for the Senate."

After thinking for a while, Carrie said, "Harold, do you have any ideas?"

"What idea?" Cooper asked puzzled, and Donald next to him did not react either.

"National Security Advisor." Kerry said, "Wright previously represented the National Security Council to supervise CTU. We can't give up this position! So, Harold, it's best for you to take the next step and take over Wright's position."

Cooper and Donald were both stunned. Is this possible?

(End of this chapter)