Chapter 1957
Mr. Huo's acquaintance in the Foreign Affairs Office is named Guan Anping. This person sent him a piece of news that was difficult to judge at the moment. The Foreign Affairs Management Office has received the notice from above. The Joseon Crown Prince and his party are expected to arrive in Danzhou in the next few days. However, the specific itinerary will no longer be made by the Foreign Affairs Management Office. This time, officials sent from Sanya will be in charge. Guan Anping may not know the specific itinerary until Li Shu arrives in Danzhou - this is most likely because the local hype about his itinerary in recent days has been noticed by the officials, so he has adopted different arrangements from the past. Way.
If that's all, it's obviously not good news for Mr. Huo. He didn't get the itinerary until the Joseon prince arrived in Danzhou, and it would be difficult for him to make a deal with his customer. After all, he had lied to him before. I will get the itinerary before the crown prince of Joseon arrives in Danzhou,
But according to Guan Anping, the diplomat from Sanya seemed to be more interested in having fun. When he convened a meeting with the staff of the Foreign Affairs Management Office, he also took the initiative to ask if there were any interesting places in the local area - not to entertain the North Korean prince, but It was him who wanted to experience it.
For Mr. Huo, this is undoubtedly an opportunity that can be exploited. This person may have the specific itinerary of the North Koreans. If he can contact this person directly, he may be able to buy exclusive information from him for money. As for arranging a fun place to greet him, it's a piece of cake. Mr. Huo can just give an order and it can be ready within an hour or two.
Of course, if Mr. Huo wants to get to know this diplomat, he must go through Guan Anping, who provides him with this information. Moreover, this kind of matchmaking operation is definitely not free. He will definitely have to pay the other party for it. Pen remuneration. If there are more links in this kind of thing, there will be more risks. However, considering that this may be the only way to break the situation at the moment, Mr. Huo is unwilling to give up the deal, so he can only take the risk and give it a try. .
Mr. Huo immediately sent someone to send another five thousand to Guan Anping, asking him to arrange a meeting with the diplomat from Sanya as soon as possible - he knew that Guan Anping's purpose in specifying the diplomat's hobby was to make him Spend some extra money yourself to get the joints opened.
The information has not yet been released. The money Mr. Huo sent to Guan Anping has already gone to 10,000 yuan. Whether the matter can be completed in the end is another matter. If he hadn't received a deposit of 30,000 yuan from Xue Zheng earlier, he would not have dared to do this loss-making business.
As soon as the money was sent, the other party readily accepted it, which proved that Mr. Huo's judgment was correct. Guan Anping made it clear that he wanted to earn the money from Anxin. Even if he had no information to sell to Mr. Huo, he would still receive enough money, and Mr. Huo still had to give it.
Mr. Huo estimated that since Guan Anping accepted the money directly, this matter should probably be successful, so he immediately ordered someone to prepare a high-end place to meet the other party. In fact, there are many such places inside and outside Danzhou City, but since the other party is an official from Sanya, he must have a higher level of vision, so he cannot just find a similar place to send him off.
"It's really hard to let go of the child to trap the wolf!" Although Mr. Huo feels sorry for money, he also knows that this kind of thing cannot be done without spending money. If you want to negotiate a business with these official figures, if you don't show it right away, With your own strength, the other party may not be interested in giving you more opportunities to speak. He could only try his best to choose the most high-end and most expensive place in Danzhou, so that the other party could feel his strength and sincerity in the shortest time.
Although Danzhou is famous for its cultural and educational industry, it has been a seaport city since ancient times, with a large floating population. Nowadays, not only are there many literati studying here, but there are also large agricultural development zones, attracting Many foreign businessmen come here to join the cultural and educational industries and plantations.
The development of various industries has also significantly boosted Danzhou's consumption level. In recent years, the number of newly opened restaurants, restaurants, hotels and other stores near Danzhou's urban area is almost the same as that in Sanya. Naturally, there are also some exquisitely decorated high-end places catering to high-end consumer groups.
Of course, this kind of business cannot be done only if you have money. You must first have some local connections. If you can have a reliable backend, then this business will be very pleasant to do.
The place Mr. Huo was looking for someone to book was just such a special place. This place is located on the seaside to the west of Danzhou City. If it looks like a private estate from the outside, it will not be open to the public. It is only open to certain people with special status, which means that ordinary people may not even be qualified to spend money here.
There are different opinions on the big boss behind this manor, but Mr. Huo has never found out who it is. But it is precisely because of this that he feels more at ease with this place. After all, the business here can be successful without revealing the identity of the boss, which shows that the backend is strong enough.
In Mr. Huo's opinion, the most commendable thing about this place is the environment, especially for an underground broker like him who doesn't want to show up in public and needs to maintain a sense of mystery to contact customers. This place can satisfy his various needs of hiding his identity. needs without feeling there is anything wrong with his strange requests. Of course, all of this has a corresponding price. As long as the money is in place, even if Mr. Huo has to lie down in the coffin and have others carry it in, there will be no problem.
Whether you just want to eat and drink or want to play other things, it can be said that this place has everything you need. Mr. Huo thought that since the other party clearly said that he wanted to find a fun place, this should be the place. If the other party wants to talk about business, this place is undoubtedly a very secluded and safe place. If the other party wants to have other fun after talking about business, there is no need to change places.
As the saying goes, money can make people go around. Mr. Huo soon received a response from the money he threw out. Guan Anping asked him to arrange a car to pick up people near the Foreign Affairs Management Office later in the afternoon. Mr. Huo didn't dare to make excuses, so he specially asked someone to rent a high-end carriage from a carriage house in the city - the kind with glass windows, cushioned seats and spring shock absorption, instead of the one he sent to pick him up before. Xue Zheng's large carriage for both passenger and cargo. After everything was prepared, Mr. Huo went to the manor in Danzhou Bay and waited for his men to pick him up.
Guan Anping from the Foreign Affairs Management Office arrived as scheduled, and a young official appeared with him, who should be the diplomat he mentioned. When Mr. Huo saw the two people entering the private room, he quickly stood up to greet them.
"Let me introduce you two. This is Mr. Tian Zhengtian from the Foreign Affairs Management Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This is Mr. Huo Feihuo, who runs a calligraphy and painting business in Danzhou. It is a rare opportunity to meet each other, and the two of you have become very close to each other." Guan Anping, as the intermediary, immediately introduced the two of them to each other.
"It turns out to be Mr. Tian, I have admired you for a long time!" Huo Fei quickly bowed and said a few polite words to express his respect. The young official responded with a smile and cupped his hands: "I heard that Mr. Huo is the host and invited Brother Guan today, so I came uninvited. What a nuisance!"
At this time, Tian Zheng was still accompanying Li Bo to visit Black Earth Port in Annan. Of course, the person who appeared here could not be his clone. The young official who appeared in front of Huo Fei was Zhang Qianzhi, who was currently in charge of investigating the attack.
In the action plan previously formulated by the Ministry of Security, while implementing the first step, it has already conducted comprehensive monitoring of the Danzhou Foreign Affairs Management Office, which has the opportunity to come into contact with the North Koreans' itinerary. And the Ministry of Security itself has people working in this department, so they can know the outside world's reaction to the intelligence acquisition at the first time. The people in the Foreign Affairs Management Office received quotes from all aspects, and the Security Department was responsible for investigating these guys who jumped out. They first eliminated the gangsters who tried to fish in troubled waters, and then focused on investigating some big targets.
Of course, during this period, Zhang Qianzhi and Wang Baisuo had gathered and educated the people in the Foreign Affairs Office, coaxing and intimidating them into providing a list of underground brokers with whom they had contacted. And Guan Anping couldn't withstand the pressure. After Wang Baisuo showed his bank account, he could only honestly admit that part of his income came from a big local broker in Danzhou. And the most important thing is that the broker paid him a deposit a few days ago in exchange for the Joseon Crown Prince's itinerary.
The problem was that when the broker paid Guan Anping, it was earlier than the time when the Ministry of Security deliberately released the intelligence purchase information. In other words, before the market started to hype this matter, someone was already secretly acquiring information about the Joseon Crown Prince.
This is really hard to find, and it takes no effort to get it. Zhang Qianzhi originally wanted to use a complicated action plan to confirm whether the opponent was lurking in Danzhou, but he did not expect that due to a strange combination of circumstances, the second move Before it really started, the investigation target had been confirmed through internal investigation.
Of course, if Zhang Qianzhi had not insisted on implementing this plan, the Ministry of Security might not have gone to great lengths to investigate the employees of the Foreign Affairs Management Office one by one, and it would have been difficult to dig out the clue behind Guan Anping in the first place. , so this is not an unexpected gain. It is almost the result of the investigation that comes naturally.
However, just like this, it is still impossible to confirm that the person trying to acquire the information is the group of people who organized the attempted attack in Changhua, so the Ministry of Security still needs to make further confirmation. Zhang Qianzhi's second step was to create a true and reliable source of information to lure people who really wanted to buy information. However, after Guan Anping was exposed, it seemed that he could save a lot of trouble and directly contact the other party. Connected.
So Guan Anping was brought up separately, and Zhang Qianzhi personally gave him instructions and asked him to serve the crime. As long as he could play a key role in the subsequent investigation of the case, Zhang Qianzhi would personally vouch for him, and he would only lose his official position afterwards. If you resign, you will not be held accountable for other responsibilities, let alone serve a sentence in jail.
This is already the most ideal result for Guan Anping at the moment, otherwise the crime he committed would not be so easy to resolve. And he had no choice at all. If he didn't cooperate with the Ministry of Security, he would be adding to his crime. He might be sent to Black Earth Port next month to dig coal until he died. Instead of doing hard labor in prison, it would be better to cooperate with Zhang Qianzhi to recruit others, and at least leave a decent escape route for yourself.
So under Zhang Qianzhi's guidance, after several rounds of back and forth messages between Guan Anping and Huo Fei, the other party was indeed lured into taking the bait, and Li Lingzhi was even willing to come out to meet Zhang Qianzhi in a daze.
Zhang Qianzhi first borrowed Tian Zheng's identity, pretended to be a diplomat from Sanya, and came to meet Huo Fei personally to find out where this person was from. After meeting Huo Fei, he was almost sure that this was not the person who organized the attack in Changhua, because Huo Fei's left sleeve was empty and turned out to be a one-armed man. Among the group of people who planned the attack in Changhua, there seemed to be no one-armed man.
However, this does not mean that Huo Fei has nothing to do with that group of people. Since he found Guan Anping to buy information, this is already a huge suspicion, but Guan Anping said that this person is an underground broker who buys and sells all kinds of information. , Zhang Qianzhi had to consider that Huo Fei actually played the role of a middleman in this matter. If Huo Fei is arrested directly now, it may alert the snake and make the real buyer hide. It will be difficult to dig it out later.
Therefore, Zhang Qianzhi must first use his current false identity to learn as much information as possible from Huo Fei before he can make a decision on his next move. And because of the advance preparations and Guan Anping's assistance, Huo Fei obviously did not have any doubts about Zhang Qianzhi's identity, and really regarded him as a high-ranking official from Sanya.
Zhang Qianzhi has been dealing with various government agencies for a long time during his stay in Sanya, so it is naturally difficult for him to play the role of a diplomat. Moreover, after coming out of Sanya this time, he still had Tian Zheng, a real diplomat companion. He used him as his model to imitate, and it was more than enough to deceive laymen like Huo Fei.
After meeting, Zhang Qianzhi was not in a hurry to talk to Huo Fei. Instead, he patiently continued to improve his character, commented on the decoration and business projects of the villa, and then took the menu at Guan Anping's suggestion. Ordered for this party of three.
As Huo Fei watched, he also felt that this "Master Tian" was very outstanding in his speech and behavior. This kind of temperament is often only seen in officials and is definitely not something ordinary people can fake. I thought at the moment that even if the deal didn't work out, if I had the opportunity to make friends with such a person, it would be worth the expense today. However, he really didn't expect that the identity of the person opposite was indeed a senior official, but he was not the diplomat he was looking for. And the purpose of the other party's coming here is not to eat, drink and have fun, but to regard him as prey, and he can be taken down at any time.
(End of chapter)