Hong Kong Storm: The King of Jobs

Chapter 617, Section 207: Highest Bidder Wins
Johnson turned his head and looked toward the source of the sound. He saw a sleazy-looking woman chewing gum, legs spread apart, standing next to him, holding a Polaroid camera in her hand.

"Hey pretty girl, are you talking to me?"

Upon hearing fluent, standard Cantonese, the gangster rolled her eyes, knowing that this was a foreigner who grew up in Hong Kong. She said, "I was expelled from the Flying Horse Racing Club, and now I have some evidence."

"Of course, this isn't free, it's eight thousand dollars! For just eight thousand dollars, I can sell you the evidence I have!"

“I know the cameraman can’t come up with eight thousand dollars, but Miss Luna can. It’s about the drug case at Taikoo Ferry Pier and video evidence from Warehouse No. 15 at Wan Chai Pier.”

"Eight thousand yuan! I guarantee you'll make a fortune!"

After the rebellious woman finished speaking, she took an envelope from inside her studded leather jacket and handed it to Johnson.

Johnson opened the envelope, pulled out the photo inside, and found that it was a scene of Wen Tianxin exchanging money with a man. There was a box of banknotes, and judging from the color, they were all gold bulls.

"The man in the photo is Black Tiger, a top figure in the underworld of Shui Fong, and currently ranked number one on Hong Kong's most wanted list! The cops have put a reward of one million, which is an extremely high price!"

Seeing that Johnson didn't understand the importance of the photos, the rebellious woman gave him a simple explanation.

After hearing this, Johnson was excited. The value of this incredible scoop far exceeded eight thousand dollars, but this was not something he, as the cameraman, could decide, and besides, he couldn't come up with eight thousand dollars.

“I’ll talk to Miss Luna for you, but it’s not eight thousand dollars, it’s twenty thousand dollars. One family benefits, and both families get the benefit, so each person gets ten thousand dollars.”

"how?"

Making a phone call and getting 10,000 yuan—this kind of business is worth doing.

Johnson knew Luna all too well, and he also knew that the BBC had special funds for its activities; all she had to do was apply and she could collect the money from the finance office.

"Deal! One company gets a bargain, two companies benefit!"

The young woman was naturally happy to earn an extra two thousand yuan, and she nodded in agreement.

It was still early morning. Johnson knew there was a nice teahouse at the foot of BMW Hill where you could make phone calls. He immediately packed up his tripod, loaded it into the van, and drove the troublemaker down BMW Hill.

Luna received Johnson's call, immediately grabbed the cash, and rushed to the teahouse, where she met Johnson and the gangster girl.

For the sake of convenience, Johnson requested a small private room. When Luna arrived, he handed her the photo that the gangster had given him earlier.

Luna glanced at the photo and knew that the shrew across from her had some shocking information. She carefully laid out the 20,000 yuan she had taken out, one bill at a time, for easy inspection.

They were all large golden bulls, only twenty in total, and were arranged quickly.

The rebellious girl held a teacup in her hand, but her eyes were fixed on the large golden bull on the table.

Johnson pointed out ten bills, put them in his pocket, then folded up the remaining ten bills and placed them in front of the troublemaker: "I've paid the deposit of ten thousand yuan, and the remaining ten thousand yuan is also in place."

"Shouldn't you produce your evidence?"

The gangster girl regretted asking for too little, but she still valued loyalty and took out the banknotes from her backpack and put them on the table.

Two videotapes and a thick stack of photos.

There happened to be a VCR and a TV in the private room. Luna asked Johnson to play the video, while she picked up the photos and looked at them carefully.

Most of the photos showed transaction details, including those of Wen Tianxin and others—all direct evidence. Johnson inserted the videotape into the VCR, turned on the television, and used the remote to tune in and examine the images on the tape.

The scene in the videotape is very blurry. It is clear that this is a video taken by a closed-circuit television camera. Because this type of camera has very low resolution, it can only barely capture a face.

In the video, Wen Tianxin and Hei Ahu are chatting and laughing as they watch a forklift transport boxes of goods into the warehouse. However, the video is very short, lasting less than a minute.

The camera flashes by and then into the warehouse, where workers are carrying boxes onto shipping containers. But due to carelessness, one box falls to the ground, cracks open, and the tiger bones inside spill onto the floor.

This videotape has been edited; even if Luna wasn't a videographer, she could see the editing.

However, the setting and time remain unchanged, and therefore can be used as evidence in court.

Luna nodded to Johnson, indicating that it was okay.

"I hope this is exclusive information and that no other newspaper or television station receives it!"

Luna washed a cup, poured herself a cup of hot tea, took a sip, and then spoke to the troublemaker.

The rebellious woman nodded, finished the shrimp dumplings in her bowl, and stood up: "This is exclusive information, there is absolutely no second copy."

“I’m a horse racing reporter. If I post this evidence on horse racing news, nobody will read it. I went to the Wen family mansion to find a good buyer!”

"Now that a buyer has been found, and I'm satisfied with the price, and besides, I only have one copy of the evidence, so I can't sell a second one."

"Since Miss Luna is here, I won't pay! Bye-bye!"

The rebellious woman picked up the backpack hanging behind the chair, waved goodbye, and turned to leave the private room.

Luna didn't believe the shrew's words. She quickly opened her handbag, found her contacts, found the editor-in-chief's home phone number, and used the teahouse's phone to call him.

The editor-in-chief, who was resting at home, heard Luna's words and was very interested. He immediately asked Luna to bring back the evidence and examine it carefully. If there were no problems, then it could be broadcast on the midday news.

In Hong Kong, the BBC only has one broadcasting platform: Hong Kong Chinese Television. Because it is a free-to-air television station with few advertisements, its viewership is quite high.

As the mouthpiece of the British Empire, the BBC launched its television station in the colonies after the rise of the television industry, providing free education and popular science, and promoting colonial laws.

As the Pearl of the Orient and the most valuable colony of the British Empire, Hong Kong was certainly not to be overlooked by the BBC.

Luna put down the microphone, collected all the evidence, and didn't rush back to the BBC branch. She hadn't had breakfast yet, so she insisted on ordering a table full of tea and snacks, not wanting to waste anything.

Last year was a good year, producing a batch of excellent red wine.

Chi Mengli fiddled with the 1945 Château Mouton Rothschild red wine in her hand. The V-shaped logo on the label was also very classic. It was known as the wine of the century. This bottle of wine was obtained by Xiren for 100,000 Hong Kong dollars.

Xi Ren searched for a long time and went to great lengths before finally managing to get five bottles.

After watching for a few seconds, Chi Mengli lost interest and handed the red wine to Xia Jiade beside her.

Xia Jiade, who loves high-end red wine, was seeing the Century Wine for the first time. His eyes lit up, and he examined it carefully for a while before reluctantly handing it over to the sommelier.

(End of this chapter)