Chapter 3093
"Sir, all the guys who came here have been caught. There are only two hidden stakes outside the office. Why don't we remove them too?"
Shao Tianhu shook his head slightly and said: "No, just leave them to go back and report the news."
Another subordinate asked: "Then what should we do if we catch these guys? Put them in sacks and sink them into the river?"
Shao Tianhu glared at him: "This is the capital, not a lawless place. Don't kill people and silence them at every turn!"
The subordinate who asked the question smiled and scratched his head, but he didn't take Shao Tianhu's reprimand seriously.
Two months ago, when they acted as pirates and robbed passing ships in the Andaman Sea, Shao Tianhu showed no mercy at all. The prisoners he ordered thrown into the sea to feed fish were far more than the number of people currently imprisoned in the warehouse.
Of course, today is different from the past, the location is different, and the nature of the mission is also different. It is impossible for Shao Tianhu to deal with the people captured in an ambush today in the same way.
It is not difficult to kill these people, but doing so will definitely bring huge trouble to the office. The goal that Shao Tianhu wanted to achieve was to impose a slight punishment to warn the Portuguese to retreat and not cause trouble to Xingdao in Sanya in the future.
Tan Tianming and several people from the Xingdao office had already appeared at the lottery event in Victory Square.
Thousands of people saw them here. Even if there were any problems with Shao Tianhu's actions, they would have a sufficient alibi and would not be too implicated.
Of course, to say that I wasn't panicked at all would be an exaggeration. Especially the people in the office, who were in contact with Shao Tianhu for the first time and had to cooperate with him to complete such a "big deal", really didn't feel confident.
Only Tan Tianming was relatively calm. Although he was not familiar with Shao Tianhu, he was once a senior officer of the Xingdao mercenary group and was personally assigned by Roger to take over the office in Sanya. There should be no doubt about his ability.
The most important thing is that Tan Tianming has long been resentful of the various off-board tricks the Portuguese used against Xingdao. Now that he finally has a tough opponent like Shao Tianhu who is willing to teach the opponent a lesson, he is naturally willing to cooperate.
Tan Tianming also wanted to see whether Shao Tianhu, who was entrusted with important tasks by Roger, was strong enough to stand alone in Sanya.
With the experience of holding the first round of lottery activities, the process of this round of activities will be much smoother. In addition to the lottery, a special venue was set up on site to sell Xingdao local products, recruit immigrants and attract investment.
The investment promotion project is a specially added content in this round of lottery. It is actually prepared for the Xingdao Office, so that this official organization that was absent from the first round of lottery can join in naturally.
Huo Dege used his personal connections to specially invite several reporters, including Haihan Times and Sanya Express, to interview event organizers and lottery winners on the spot.
After successfully hosting the first round of the lottery, Huo Dechuan has quickly been promoted to one of Sanya's top brokers. The greater the reputation, the easier it is to obtain all kinds of resources, and it is easier to win the favor of potential customers.
It is said that the deal that wants to cooperate with Huo Dechuan has been scheduled for a month or two.
Huo Dechuan looked at the opportunity, pulled Tan Tianming aside and asked: "Brother Tan, why did you arrive so late? I also specially arranged for the Xingdao office to come out to draw a lottery. If it were a little later, this event would be Gotta open the skylight!”
It was inconvenient for Tan Tianming to explain the real situation to him, so he could only fool him by making a joke.
Regardless of the requirement of confidentiality, if Huo Dechuan learns that the friction between Xingdao and Portugal has escalated to the stage of action, it will probably affect his subsequent performance.
Huo Dechuan had too many things at hand at this time, and he did not carefully consider Tan Tianming's tone, let alone notice whether there were some missing faces among the foreign people who came to Victory Square to watch the excitement today. But even without a prompt from Tan Tianming, someone has noticed this subtle change.
Thomas and Simon were in a restaurant next to Victory Square. They specially booked the upper private room near the square in advance so that they could have a clear view of the situation in the square.
It is not surprising that Tan Tianming and others will appear at the event today, this is what they expected. But what made Thomas feel a little uneasy was that he did not see the manpower he deployed following Tan Tianming and others.
Although he searched carefully for a long time with a telescope, he still couldn't see anyone. He had to order his entourage to quickly go to the Xingdao office to see if the guys responsible for surveillance were all asleep.
The office was not far from the square, and soon the attendant came back to resume his duties.
Thomas' expression changed after hearing the report, and he quickly informed Simang of the latest situation.
"It seems something happened... the people we sent to follow each other... all disappeared!"
Simon said: "Please be clear, what does it mean that everything has disappeared?"
Thomas responded tremblingly: "The people from the Xingdao office went out in batches, and our people followed them, but I don't know where they went in a circle, and all our people disappeared!"
"What an idiot! You can lose track of everyone in broad daylight!"
Simon didn't know whether he was scolding his subordinates who were performing the task, or whether he was including Thomas.
It's just that they haven't realized at this time that the current situation may not be as simple as missing the target.
At noon, the activities in the square were suspended. The organizers and onlookers took the time to eat. However, the men responsible for tracking and monitoring still did not come here. Only then did Thomas realize that this matter might not just be missing the target. So simple.
More than a dozen people disappeared quietly in Sanya. This was not something that the Xingdao office with its meager manpower could accomplish. Thomas's first reaction was that a powerful official department of Haihan had intervened.
He told Simang his worries, which made Simang even more angry: "If you can't handle such a simple surveillance task, what's the use of these people!"
Losing your temper is certainly not the solution to the problem. After Xi Meng calms down, he still has to consider the possible impact.
"Why don't you go to the Haihan officials you know and find out first? It's best not to put this kind of matter on the table and solve it. It's not good for everyone."
Simon's suggestion is not a good solution to the problem for Thomas. Taking the initiative to inquire about information at this time is bound to face great diplomatic risks.
This is to proactively link the illegal behavior of these people to the embassy. Once the other party wants to be held accountable, the embassy will not be able to shirk the blame even if it wants to.
But Simao is right. If this kind of thing is put on the table and made public, it will have an extremely negative negative effect on Portugal's reputation and even affect the diplomatic relations between the two countries.
(End of chapter)