Hong Kong Variety Show: Let you eat melons, eat melons on your sister-in-law

Chapter 377 "377" Bait: Kidnapping a Tycoon
"So, your police force has already planted an undercover agent?" Lin Yao asked curiously.

"Although we've gained his trust, it's always difficult for him to get things done alone!" Big Leopard said with a smile. "So, Ah Yao will have to trouble you again!"

Lin Yao said calmly, "That's no problem. He's just a bandit. My men will take care of him!"

"But how did you get these artifacts? Shouldn't you investigate that?"

Big Circle Leopard's face immediately turned somewhat embarrassed: "The higher-ups are already investigating this matter."

"If that doesn't work, let's just leave it in Hong Kong. I'll have someone set up a museum there!" Lin Yao shook his head and said, "I wonder how many cultural relics have been taken out of the country!"

The leopard frowned and said, "This matter..."

"We'll talk about it later. I'll catch this artifact thief first!" Lin Yao said directly.

"No problem! Keep in touch anytime!" Big Circle Leopard nodded and said.

Lin Yao returned to Hong Kong from his hometown and then asked Liang Xiaotang to investigate the matter: "The leader of this gang of thieves is called Fu Guang. Strictly speaking, this group is not thieves but ruthless bandits. I want to know what they are planning to do!"

Liang Xiaotang nodded: "I'll send someone to investigate right away!"

"Well, how's Su Xingbo doing?" Lin Yao asked.

"No news!" Leung Siu-tong said directly, "But I reckon the Ether Society doesn't have a choice!"

Lin Yao nodded. If Ethercliffe wanted to continue developing in Hong Kong, Su Xingbo was the only option.

Indeed, the Ethereum community had no choice, after all, Thompson was a cautionary tale.

Moreover, Hong Kong's geographical location is extremely important, and a criminal organization like the Ether Society would certainly not let it go.

Lin Yao instructed Liang Xiaotang to investigate Fu Guang's whereabouts, while he dialed Su Xingbai's number.

"How's the progress?" Lin Yao asked directly. "Don't tell me that I've put so much effort into helping you and you still haven't gotten it done!"

Su Xingbai grinned maliciously and said, "Don't worry, these people will definitely choose me! No matter who he sends, I'll kill him!"

Lin Yao said with a smile, "Don't let anyone notice!"

"Don't worry, boss!" Su Xingbai nodded. "I'll let you know as soon as I have any news!"

After hanging up the phone, Su Xingbai was about to go back to sleep.

At that moment, a notification sound suddenly came from his computer in his study.

It turned out that Anderson had initiated the video conference.

Su Xingbo brought over a glass of red wine, then turned on the video call and greeted them with a smile: "Hi, Anderson, Mickey, Joe, good evening!"

"Hello, Mike!" Anderson's face clearly showed concern. "You must know about Thompson's situation, right?"

"I knew the night he was killed!" Su Xingbo said directly, "He offended someone!"

"The channels he used for transporting goods were backed by two big bosses who funded the Citizens Party. They were involved in projects worth tens or hundreds of billions of dollars. I would be surprised if he didn't die!"

"Damn it, I have no idea what Thompson was thinking, choosing such a risky approach!" Joe said, dissatisfied.

Su Xingbo spread his hands and said, "He probably wants to achieve something quickly. I've already tried to persuade him, but it didn't work!"

Anderson thought for a moment and said, "Mike, if you were to take over Thompson's position, what would you do?"

Upon hearing Anderson's question, Su Xingbo immediately perked up.

“If it were me, I wouldn’t let the goods linger in Hong Kong!” Su Xingbo shook his head and said, “There are too many powerful forces doing business in Hong Kong!”

"I'd heard before that Asia's biggest drug lord, Guan Caiba, had his business fail while doing business in Hong Kong. The capabilities of the Hong Kong anti-drug squad are indeed quite remarkable!"

"Moreover, the market in Hong Kong is actually not very big. Have you noticed that selling goods locally in Hong Kong makes it impossible to send these goods to other places to sell them!"

Mitchison frowned and said, "Is this your solution?"

Su Xingbo spread his hands and said, "This is the best choice!"

Anderson asked directly, "What are your thoughts?"

“I agree with Mike!” Joe said to Anderson after thinking for a moment.

Although Mickey was somewhat dissatisfied, he realized that Su Xingbo's words did indeed make sense.

Hong Kong is only suitable as a transit point; it is indeed quite troublesome to handle loose cargo locally.

Anderson asked curiously, "Mike, do you have any other connections?"

“Of course, I wouldn’t have suggested you do this if I didn’t have connections!” Su Xingbo said with a smile. “I have some connections in Indonesia, so perhaps I can buy the goods there!”

Since Lin Yao is already planning to take action against Indonesia, Su Xingbo might as well take advantage of this opportunity to destroy the Indonesian "happy powder" market and poison those Indonesian high-ranking officials.

This is quite in Lin Yao's best interest.

"Oh? I didn't expect you to have connections in Indonesia, Mike?" Anderson asked in surprise.

Su Xingbo said with a smile, "Of course, I've already contacted Tamar, the biggest gang leader in Indonesia. He needs a lot of 'happy powder' to fill the gaps in the market, and he should be able to handle our supply!" Through Lin Yao, Su Xingbo already knew that Xu Jie had made a name for himself in Indonesia.

So he readily told Anderson.

“I know this Tamma. He’s the most ruthless gang leader in Indonesia!” Mickey nodded and said, “He’s based in the slums of Jakarta, and his influence is indeed enormous!”

"Since Mike says he has a way to contact Tama, I think there's no problem!"

“Agreed!” Joe didn’t waste any words and readily agreed.

Anderson nodded: "In that case, it's up to you, Mike. Don't let us down. After you complete this deal, we will accept you as a member of the Ether Society!"

"Thank you!" Su Xingbai raised his wine glass and said with a smile to the group.

After telling Su Xingbai the location of the goods, Anderson and the others hung up the communication.

Su Xingbai immediately notified Lin Yao.

"Hmm, that's interesting. You really have a quick wit!" Lin Yao nodded. "I'll inform Xu Jie's side!"

Su Xingbo said with a smile, "I know you don't like this 'happy powder' stuff, but as long as we don't sell it to our own people, it might actually be a weapon!"

Lin Yao sighed and said, "To be honest, if we use this kind of thing too much, I'm afraid that one day someone will use it on our own people!"

Su Xingbai said helplessly, "There's nothing we can do about it! I never expected that these guys from the Ether Society would primarily be buying laundry detergent!"

"Heh, what's so strange about that? The CIA is the world's biggest drug cartel!" Lin Yao said speechlessly. "Anyway, these goods can't stay in Hong Kong for 48 hours. You'd better set up an import/export company yourself and handle it!"

“I understand, boss!” Su Xingbo nodded.

Lin Yao didn't want Su Xingbai's goods to be confiscated and then get involved with him.

So let Su Xingbo handle it himself.

Out of sight, out of mind.

After resolving the issue with Su Xingbai, Lin Yao returned home.

Fang Siwei and Le Huizhen are both here today, and the two women are also very interested in Lin Yao.

So when Lin Yao entered the door, he was completely bewildered.

Then came the tedious pile driving time!
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After working at the company for several days and dealing with the backlog of business, Liang Xiaotang finally arrived late.

"So, any news?" Lin Yao put down his pen and tossed a cigar to Liang Xiaotang.

After Liang Xiaotang lit the fire for Lin Yao, he said, "Fu Guang is said to be an antiquities thief, but I have investigated his resume and found that most of his crimes are robbery and kidnapping!"

"It's like they suddenly changed careers, which is a bit puzzling!"

"And he hasn't been out working for a long time. I wonder if he's been through something traumatic recently!"

"Exciting!" Lin Yao thought for a moment, seemingly recalling some plot details: "Wait, I understand what's going on?"

Liang Xiaotang asked curiously, "Boss, what did you think of?"

"Do you remember when we had Zhang Shih-hao and Ye Guo-huan kidnap Young Master Li?" Lin Yao asked directly.

“I remember, but what does it have to do with this?” Liang Xiaotang asked, puzzled.

"When did this happen?" Lin Yao continued to ask.

“March of this year!” Liang Xiaotang checked the time: “It’s already July, several months have passed!”

Lin Yao said with a smile, "Take another look, when did he start his activities?"

"It seems to be March of this year!" Liang Xiaotang said with a frown, "Is there any connection?"

Lin Yao sneered, "This guy's main business is robbery and kidnapping, why would he suddenly go and steal cultural relics? Although the profits are high, a ruthless bandit like Fu Guang isn't good at this kind of business!"

"What I can think of is that he planned to use these cultural relics as bait to lure some wealthy people in Hong Kong to bid on these collections, and then... take the opportunity to kidnap them!"

Liang Xiaotang's eyes lit up: "That's right, that makes all the sense!"

"His real target is definitely those wealthy people. Selling cultural relics is nowhere near as fast as robbing them!"

"Moreover, Zhang Shih-hao and his gang took a billion from Li Huanggua. It's quite possible that some ruthless bandits would want to replicate this huge sum!"

Lin Yao nodded: "That's what I think too, so you need to keep an eye on them and see who they've been in contact with lately! I need detailed information!"

"No problem, boss. I'll have people watching them 24/7!" Liang Xiaotang nodded and said.

Lin Yao said with a smile, "Our security company should be able to make a splash again this time!"

Liang Xiaotang said with a smile, "Every time these wealthy people get into trouble, it's the best advertisement for our Guangyao Security Company!"

(End of this chapter)