50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 278 Jinshan
Sun Zhiwei, blending into his surroundings, didn't linger in the Danshui area. It was still over 20 kilometers from the press conference venue two days later.

Considering the time needed to explore the terrain, he didn't have much time left to travel, and he had to get to his destination as soon as possible.

He emerged from the alley onto the main street and, right in front of a brightly lit nightclub, under the watchful eyes of the nightclub's security guards and doormen, took out the tool bag that Master Cao had left him from his spatial storage.

With just two small tools, he opened the door to a yellow two-seater Audi 100 parked on the side of the road in just a few seconds.

After getting in the car, he gently pressed the accelerator and calmly drove the new car away from Danshui District.

Having a car makes things much easier. The route from Danshui District to Zhongzheng District is all main roads with excellent road conditions.

Around 10 p.m., he arrived at the bus station in Zhongzheng District, which was less than a kilometer away from the Taoyuan Hotel, the venue for the press conference the day after tomorrow.

Sun Zhiwei got out of the car in an alley, put the Audi into his spatial storage, and then walked to Taoyuan Hotel.

When passing by the main entrance of the station, he can also see the distinctive slogans on the low buildings on both sides: "Restore the Great Lu".

Sun Zhiwei crossed the intersection from the overpass and soon arrived at the entrance of Taoyuan Hotel.

It was already late, and although the hotel entrance was brightly lit, there weren't many people around.

Instead of going in directly, he circled around the hotel and used his spatial abilities to determine the layout of the rooms from the outside.

Taoyuan Hotel has several conference rooms on the 1st and 3rd floors, with the largest one on the 1st floor.

The conference room was still brightly lit, and the hotel staff were setting up the venue overnight, hanging banners, and making it a very grand affair.

When he saw the banner on the ground with writing on it but not yet hung up, he knew this was the place.

He immediately took a set of waiter's uniform from the hotel's back warehouse, changed in a corner, and walked in from the back of the hotel.

He then disguised himself as a hotel staff member and inspected the entire hotel, confirming the layout of the entrances and exits and the meeting venue.

The main conference hall on the first floor of Taoyuan Hotel has a total of 8 entrances and exits.

The four corner exits are normally used as internal passageways, while only the four side exits are for meeting attendees.

The entire conference room had no windows and relied entirely on various lights for illumination; he had also located the hotel's electrical distribution box.

After completing the terrain survey, Sun Zhiwei left the meeting room that was being set up and found a place to change into a gray suit.

Then, using the identification of grain merchant Sun Wei, he booked a room on the second floor of Taoyuan Hotel.

Tomorrow, he will revisit the venue again to check the distribution of security personnel; he doesn't want to wander around aimlessly.

He could have contacted the local undercover agents after arriving here.

He simply felt it was unnecessary, as each contact would increase the danger to the infiltrators.

Furthermore, it is best to keep his own physique and appearance as secret as possible.

He will be carrying out missions around the world in the future, and it would be unwise for him to expose too much of his physical characteristics.

After a quiet night's rest, Sun Zhiwei got up very early the next day.

After cleaning up, he went to the restaurant on the first floor to have breakfast and activated his spatial ability, keeping a close eye on the large conference room and waiting for the security personnel to arrive.

As a result, they waited until noon, only to find that no security personnel came to inspect the site in the morning.

After thinking about it, he felt relieved. Although that guy was good news material, he wasn't a big shot. Security measures like thoroughly checking the venue beforehand weren't necessary for him.

Once the information from the press conference the day after tomorrow is disseminated, his value will be greatly diminished, and no one will care whether he lives or dies afterward.

However, the fact that the guy received a reward of 7000 taels of gold this time was quite unexpected for Sun Zhiwei.

Of course, we need to be clear about one thing: here, 1 jin is 16 liang, and 10 liang is a large yellow croaker.

Therefore, the 7000 taels of gold here is equivalent to 700 large yellow croakers. The actual weight should be 219.1 kilograms, which is not a small amount.

This year's international gold price is around $250 per ounce, which translates to approximately $200 million.

If converted to US dollars in 2024, after accounting for inflation, it would be approximately $3 million.

This is a truly substantial reward; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it's worth a fortune.

Then he thought about it again and realized that his family now had corresponding reward measures, so he stopped worrying about it.

Listen to our current reward standards, and you'll understand why we're offering such high prices.

Sixty-three years later, a fighter jet flew back, and the reward was a major plus 2500 taels of gold (250 catties).
Eighty-one years ago, a fighter trainer aircraft flew back, and the flight school's vice principal was rewarded with a cash prize of 65 yuan.

In 1983, a reconnaissance plane returned, and the vice principal of the flight school was rewarded with a cash prize of 150,000 yuan.

That's a lot of money, and it's all legal.

Thinking about how they would definitely display 7000 taels of gold at tomorrow's press conference to impress the audience and give reporters a chance to take pictures, he was tempted.

No security personnel came in the morning, so he couldn't leave. After lunch, he went back to his room on the second floor to continue monitoring the conference room on the first floor.

It wasn't until after 4 p.m. that a person in military uniform came over, glanced around the area briefly, and left.

At 8 a.m. on the third day, a team of more than a dozen armed guards surrounded the venue and set up an inspection window at the main entrance of the conference room to check the credentials of those entering.

The official press conference was scheduled for 10:00 AM, but at 8:30 AM, a bank armored truck arrived outside.

Four armed guards carried a safe down, then escorted a bank accountant through the back door into the back of the hotel's main conference room.

The doors leading from the backstage area to the conference room are located on either side of the stage in the conference room.

Four guards escorted the safe to the chairman's table in the conference room, and then a sturdy wooden table was placed next to the chairman's table.

The lead bank accountant opened the safe, took out the large yellow croakers one by one, and neatly arranged them on the wooden table.

A total of 700 large yellow croakers were arranged into a pyramid-shaped miniature mountain of gold. Finally, the bank accountant completely covered this miniature mountain of gold with a piece of velvet cloth.

After doing all this, the accountant closed the safe and put it aside. Then, together with four armed guards, he stood not far from Jinshan, keeping watch on everyone who approached Jinshan.

Sun Zhiwei noticed it when they entered the hotel, and afterwards, he watched the large yellow croakers being arranged like a mountain of gold the whole time.

A pile of gold like that, displayed together, certainly has a great impact.

His own space contained only a little over 100 large yellow croakers, which couldn't compare to the visual impact of the 700 large yellow croakers arranged like a mountain of gold in front of him.

"Damn it, aren't you forcing me? Humph, you win, I'm tempted."

(End of this chapter)