The Blacklist

Chapter 387: Arrangements are ready for Paris
June 6th was a Monday, but that day was China's Dragon Boat Festival. As usual, Kerry prepared a lot of rice dumplings in advance and brought them to the post office. He gave them out to everyone he met and also delivered a lot to restaurants - in this world, he truly achieved rice dumpling freedom!
At noon, Reddington arrived and brought red wine and steak, saying that they were airlifted from a three-star Michelin restaurant in New York.

After dinner, Kerry drank tea and asked, "Tell me, Lao Lei, what's the matter this time?"

"A man, Zarak Mossadeq, you know?" Reddington said, lighting a cigar.

"I don't know." Carrie shook her head. "What kind of person is this? Are you thinking about him?"

"Zarak Mosadeq is the deputy minister of the Afghan Ministry of Interior in charge of anti-drug affairs. He is also the country's largest drug lord and controls more than half of the local opium supply." Reddington said, "His name appears many times in Jerry's account books... This shows that Zarak has a very close relationship with the Nash Group. I suspect that he is the largest supplier of the Nash Group. If we catch him, we can use the information he has at our disposal to severely hit the Nash Group..."

Kerry nodded and said, "That's a good idea, but you don't want me to go to Afghanistan to arrest this government minister, do you?"

"Haha, that's of course impossible." Reddington laughed, "Although many people know Zarak's hidden identity, no one in Afghanistan can really touch him! However, there is a good opportunity now - today Zarak came to Paris in a private capacity for unknown reasons. This is a good opportunity to catch him!"

"This is indeed an opportunity." Carrie nodded happily, "Then take Liz and Dumby with you!"

Eh! Is it that easy? Reddington looked at him in surprise, hesitated for a moment, and said, "You may need to deal with local officials when you go to Paris, so I think you'd better go there in person..."

"No!" Carrie refused flatly. He was too lazy to go to Paris to catch a drug lord who couldn't be "moved". He just wanted Elizabeth to accompany his father for a trip. He didn't want to be a guest! "If you need to deal with the authorities, Liz's current identity is enough!"

In fact, there is another important reason why he doesn't want to go to Paris with Reddington - he has arranged for Abby to secretly hack into the database of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, access the police data of DCPD (Metropolitan Police Department), NYPD (New York Police Department), MDPD (Maryland Police Department), and even the entire East Coast states, and Corissa is responsible for screening and finding people with illegal income! The workload is not small, and it must be kept strictly confidential. If necessary, he will have to do it himself, so he can't leave for the time being.
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Unable to call Carrie, Reddington had to take Elizabeth, Dembe, Felix and others to France.

As soon as they arrived in Paris, Reddington took them to find a security contractor named Benjen Dufour. He explained, "Liz, this Dufour worked for Zarak before and is very trusted by him, so I guess Zarak will also ask him to be responsible for security during this trip to Paris..."

Elizabeth asked curiously, "Old Lei, how do you know all this?"

Reddington smiled and said, "One of Dufour's old clients happens to be my informant, so his affairs are no secret to me."

Elizabeth was aware of his wide circle of friends and was not surprised to hear this, but when they met Dufour, they were told that Zarak's high-value security contract had been snatched away by a competitor, and he was angry about it!
Lao Lei felt a little embarrassed, this was in front of his daughter, so he led them to find the contractor named Victor Manzo, and without saying a few words, he used a red wine bottle to crack him open! However, after getting the security layout map handed over by Manzo, they had a headache!

Zarak stayed on the top floor of an eight-story building on Kleber Street in the 16th arrondissement. This time he brought eight armed bodyguards, two for personal protection, two to guard the corridor outside the room, two to guard the lobby and elevator on the first floor, one for liaison, and the last one was stationed in an apartment across the street as an observation post!
In addition, on the street outside the building, there are three police cars and six French police officers responsible for perimeter protection!
Coupled with the fact that the eight-story building already had six security guards and a relatively complete video surveillance system, this arrangement made it difficult for them to know where to start!

Although Lao Lei can summon enough manpower to launch a violent attack, if he really does that, it will make the matter too big. You have to know that this is in the city center of Paris!
After thinking for a long time, Reddington, who had no idea, looked at Elizabeth and said, "Liz, you should call Lee!"
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Washington is six hours behind Paris, and when Elizabeth called at 3:30 p.m., Carrie had just arrived at work at the post office.

After hearing what Elizabeth said, Carrie hesitated. Gina next to him suddenly said, "Go ahead. Just help Liz. I want to go to Paris, too!"

Well, since both Gina and Elizabeth want to go by themselves, let’s go!

At 10 o'clock, after Carrie arranged the work at the post office, she said hello to Cooper and Donald, and went directly to Andrews Air Force Base with Gina, boarded the Gulfstream G650, and flew to Paris.

The straight-line distance from Washington to Paris is more than 6100 kilometers. At the Gulfstream G650's speed of 0.9 Mach, it took less than six hours to get there. At around 16: pm Paris time, they arrived at the Lisa Hotel on Victor Hugo Avenue in the th arrondissement and met with Reddington, Elizabeth and others.

In order to wait for him and Gina, Reddington and his friends had not eaten yet. After welcoming them to the hotel restaurant, they served a table full of French food and ordered the two most expensive bottles of red wine in the hotel!

During the meal, Lao Lei shook his head and sighed, muttering, "You guy, you never came no matter how I called you, but you came as soon as Liz told you to..."

Everyone heard what he said, but no one paid any attention to him. They were all focusing on the delicious food on the table!

During the dinner, everyone was just chatting. No serious business was discussed in such a public setting. However, there was the knowledgeable old Lei, who knew the scenic spots in Paris like the back of his hand. He could even tell the history and stories of the Lisa Hotel where they were staying. One could not help but admire his memory.

After a delicious meal and a satisfying drink, everyone returned to the guest room upstairs to begin formal discussions.

Reddington clearly felt that after Carrie arrived, Elizabeth and Dembe immediately became full of confidence and didn't even care about the subsequent discussions, which hurt his little heart a little!
(End of this chapter)