Chapter 209 Black Water
In late November, the weather in Seoul is getting colder and colder day by day. Starting yesterday, the first cold wave at the end of 2007 swept across the entire peninsula. At night, the temperature finally dropped to below zero. , where there is stagnant water on the road, ice has already appeared. However, by this morning, the temperature had risen again, but according to the weather forecast, the highest temperature in the past two days was only about 5 or 6 degrees - winter has finally arrived.
In Geyue Cave, Longshan District, An Rusong turned the steering wheel and drove the car down Hanjiang Road. After driving along the fork in the road for less than three minutes, he saw a five-story building on the right side of the road. On the roof of this building, there is a neon sign of "Dongyue Company".
On the right side of this building, there is a small open space, which is surrounded by an iron fence. There is a sign at the entrance that says "Private Parking Lot" words. Under this line of words, "East Vietnam" is also enclosed in small brackets.
At this time, there were two people standing at the entrance of the parking lot, a man and a woman. The man was a foreigner. He was wrapped in a black down jacket and looked extremely bloated. The woman is a tall young man with shoulder-length hair. Judging from her appearance, she should be Asian, and East Asian.
Compared with the foreigner, the young woman's clothes were much thinner. She was just wearing a black windbreaker. The hem of the windbreaker lowered her head, revealing her two calves wearing black trousers.
The foreigner was lawyer Thomson. When he saw An Rusong driving towards him, he waved to him and then made a gesture towards the parking lot, which obviously meant that he was asking him to drive the car. Go in the parking lot.
An Rusong turned the steering wheel, drove the car into the parking lot, found a parking space and parked the car.
"Hey, Thomson," An Rusong was shaken by the cold wind after getting off the car. He raised his hand and rubbed his neck, and said to the lawyer Thomson who came over.
"Hey, Ann," Thomson seemed to be afraid of the cold. He was wearing so thick clothes, but he still shrank his neck, and his voice seemed to be trembling slightly when he spoke.
"Finally, I'll wait for you." Having dealt with him many times, Thomson has almost become An Rusong's personal lawyer. For him, An Rusong is also a potential high-quality client, so he is very interested in it. He has always been very concerned about this big customer.
Because they are familiar with each other, they don’t have so many scruples when talking. After meeting An Rusong, Thomson said directly: "Let's go in quickly, this damn day is really too cold. I don’t want to stay outside for a minute.”
An Rusong looked at him, then at the young woman following him, and then asked while following him. You seem to have forgotten to introduce this lady to me. Hey, Thomson, this Not very gentlemanly."
"Oh," Thomson held the lapel of his down jacket with one hand, swinging his other hand back and forth between An Rusong and the young woman, and introduced in a concise manner: "This is This is Anna, my new assistant Li, Anna, this is President An Rusong.”
“Hello, Miss Anna,” An Rusong said with a smile as he stretched his hand from behind Thomson as he walked. Nice to meet you.”
"Hello, Mr. An," Anna shook hands with him and said with a smile, "My Korean name is An Xishan, you can call me Xishan."
The girl is tall, has a pure appearance, and has bright eyes. It's very big, but the nose looks very small. It looks a bit like the Japanese actress named Hamabe Minami. To be honest, in Korea, it is really rare to see such a pure-looking girl.
It’s a pity that he followed Thomson, an ugly American. Hey, what kind of assistant? An Rusong doesn’t believe that this girl is just Thomson’s assistant at work. He uses himself to judge others. If this girl is His assistant, he will definitely keep him busy day and night.
After shaking hands with An Xishan, An Rusong turned to Thomson and asked: "Hey, Thomson, why did you choose such a place to meet?"
He looked at it The building in front of us, "What does Dongyue Company do?"
"This company is one of my clients," Thomson replied vaguely. "They do... well, you can think of them as brokers, who specialize in contacting American customers for some companies in South Korea. Of course, They will also contact Korean customers for some American companies.”
Listening to his vague words, An Rusong did not continue to ask. People can have strong curiosity, but they cannot have the same strong desire for knowledge. No one will like someone who always likes to ask questions.
The two of them were talking and soon walked to the main entrance of the company building. An Xishan, who was wearing high-heeled boots, walked a few steps quickly and rushed over to push the glass revolving door for them.
Entering the front hall of the building, An Rusong saw the front desk on the left side of the hall. Two young women wearing gray vests and white shirts were sitting quietly at the front desk.
But Thomson ignored the receptionist's intention. He took An Rusong directly to the elevator and pressed the up button.
While waiting for the elevator to come down, Thomson seemed to have warmed up. He said to An Rusong: "In the past period of time, Blackwater Company arranged for people to conduct some investigations on you and finally recognized your customer qualifications." An Rusong Song Ting secretly complained, "Damn it, in order to hire two bodyguards, not only do you have to spend a lot of money, but you also have to have their qualifications reviewed. That means, this money is not something anyone can spend."
Yes, An Rusong wants to hire two bodyguards from Blackwater Company through Thomson, and then Blackwater Company will first review his qualifications. Look at what kind of person he is, how much risk his bodyguard needs to take, and whether he can afford to pay for it.
Thomson had communicated with him before, saying that such a review would not be very strict or troublesome, but the fact is that the entire review process lasted for five or six days, and it has only been released now. result.
“Yesterday, they arranged for two representatives to come over,” Thomson continued. “One is the lawyer responsible for signing the agreement with you, and the other one. You can think of him as a security expert. You can see him later. You need to have a good talk with him, he will develop a temporary security plan for you"
When he said this, the elevator just came down and the three of them entered the elevator. Before Thomson could continue to speak, An Rusong had already said first: "My Thomson, did you fail to communicate with Blackwater Company? I I just need two bodyguards, competent ones who won’t cause me any trouble.”
He spread his hands and said, "Although I don't like this damn Republic of Korea, this is not a place like Afghanistan or Iraq. I'm not a 'puller' or Saddam. Not so many people want to You want to kill me, so what kind of security plan is a bit exaggerated?"
"Ann, don't be nervous," Thomson smiled. "It's not as complicated as you think. It's just a necessary process. You know, in order to seek this safety guarantee, you paid a lot. It's a lot of money, so the various terms of service, well, you probably don't need Yes, but Blackwater Company still has to go through the process, otherwise."
What about the other way around? He didn't say it, but the meaning was very clear - otherwise, An Rusong would look back. If we continue to complain about Blackwater's high charges and inadequate services, won't we damage their reputation?
An Rusong was very disdainful of this. Blackwater Company, what kind of reputation does it have? If it really had a reputation, how could it later become so notorious that it had to change its name?
"Ding!"
The elevator arrived on the fifth floor. As the elevator door opened, Thomson stepped out immediately, and then walked quickly along the corridor to the left, checking his watch as he walked.
An Rusong followed him. After walking for more than ten steps, Thomson stopped in front of an open double door.
An Rusong also stopped after him. When he turned around, he saw that inside the open double doors was a large and spacious conference room. There was an oval conference table in the middle of the conference room. At this time, two foreigners with blond hair and blue eyes were sitting on the right side of the conference table. In addition, there was a middle-aged man in a suit standing beside them, hunched over and talking to them.
Seeing the three Thomsons walking in from the outside, the two foreigners stood up. One of them, a middle-aged man with half white hair, spoke first and said in English: "Hey, Thomson, you are late. ”
"Only one minute," Thomson spread his hands and said, "But I still want to say sorry."
An Rusong took a step forward, wanting to explain to the other party that he was the one who was really late. , but before he could speak, Thomson beat him to it: "Okay, Jason, let me introduce it to you."
Before An Ru let go, Thomson said with a smile: "This is the president of NGN Company. An Rusong, Mr. An. The person who needs your security services is Mr. An."
After saying this, he faced An Rusong and said, "This is Jason. Lawyer Oliver."
Looking away, he looked at another middle-aged man with a square face and sharp facial lines, and said: "This is Mr. Marcus Blades, Blackwater Company. Security Strategist ”
He only introduced the two Americans, but did not introduce the middle-aged man who had been standing next to him, as if the other party did not exist at all.
An Rusong took a step forward, walked to the front of the conference table, stretched out his hand towards the two Americans, and said with a smile: "Hello, welcome to you."
He is always a customer of Blackwater Company, and he is a "god" who wants to spend real money to purchase services. Therefore, the two Americans are enthusiastic enough about him. The three of them shook hands one after another and exchanged a few simple polite words. Then, as a lawyer, Jason invited An Rusong and the three of them to sit down and the conversation got down to business.
(End of this chapter)