Chapter V: Kidnapping
Between dinner, Xu Huanshan and others finally appeared in Lu Yuan's residence, and found that Lu Yuan lived alone in such a large house, and the team members under Xu Huanshan were somewhat surprised. "I finally understand now, you said that you wanted us to move in with you, just to find a handyman who didn't cost money. Just cleaning, my old waist is about to be broken, you are too cunning. An hour later, Xu Huanshan and the others, who were full of bitterness, finally reacted, but the whole house had been almost cleaned by them.
Lu Yuan, who was lying on the sofa with a leisurely face, had a different opinion on this, "Lao Xu, that's not what I said, I kindly provided you with a place to stay, do you think I am a hotel here?" Not only do I have to take care of your food and drink, but I also have to hire someone to clean up for you? Hmph, you think beautifully, in the future, I will hand over the hygiene here to you, and those who can work hard. Lu Yuan chuckled a few times, and finally handed the list that Hans had given him to the other party before Xu Huanshan had a seizure.
"Look, here's the list of warehouses I got from old Hans, and they have German-style equipment to arm two standard infantry regiments. Gluttonous? If you are greedy, hurry up and ask your people to go out to find targets and gather information, and we must collect the money to buy these supplies before the end of the month, otherwise Hans is likely to make a deal with the people from Chongqing. Lu Yuan's words made Xu Huanshan, who was originally full of joy, look at his face changed greatly, because no one would be willing to eat the meat in his mouth and be snatched away by others.
Xu Huanshan knew that raising funds was one of the most important tasks now, and this batch of German-style munitions, which could arm two infantry regiments, must not fall into the hands of others. To this end, Xu Huanshan mobilized all the manpower under his command and began to compile all the information they had collected before. Xu Huanshan and they began to fall into the dayless busyness, and Lu Yuan was very sad to find that he had been reduced from the owner of the house to the role of the shopkeeper, not only to prepare meals for Xu Huanshan and them, but also to be called around from time to time to do some trivial chores.
Two days later, Lu Yuan's busy life was finally over, and after Xu Huanshan and the others gathered all the intelligence information at hand, they finally selected three target people. Saburo Ogawa, president of Japan's Taiga Co., Ltd., is nominally a trading company that deals in crops, but in fact, it is a trading company that has deep cooperation with the Japanese military. Taiga Trading Co., Ltd. cooperated with the Japanese Army, not only transporting military rations for the military, but also transporting goods looted by the Japanese Army from China back to the Japanese mainland. ”
"This Oga Saburo came to Shanghai last month, and it is said that he is going to negotiate a deal with the Japanese army in Shanghai, and our insider said that the Taiga Trading Company is ready to contract some kind of business for the Japanese army in Shanghai, and I think it may have something to do with gold." As he spoke, Xu Huanshan handed Lu Yuan a document. Lu Yuan opened it and looked at it, and a look of surprise had already risen in his eyes, daring to love how much property the Japanese army had gotten after taking control of Shanghai.
"This person's name is Wang Guishan, who was originally just a black market broker, but by chance he got involved with No. 76, and now runs two brothels and a casino. But these are all fatal on the surface, in fact, this guy is not a big cigarette dealer, and he has helped No. 76 to investigate and collect intelligence several times, and the military commander's stronghold was surrounded and suppressed by No. 76 last week, which is related to him, but the military commander does not know his details. ”
"One of the biggest characteristics of Wang Guishan is that he doesn't trust banks, even Citibank in the United States. The only way he could store his belongings was to exchange them for gold and the ocean on the black market, then hide them in a safe or dig a pit and bury them in the ground. Xu Huanshan's narration of Wang Guishan led Lu Yuan to laugh out loud, this Wang Guishan obviously has the characteristics of a landlord and old wealth, but he doesn't know if this Wang Guishan is afraid of death.
Among the three target figures, the last one is also the one that Xu Huanshan has the least information about. "This man's name is Hasegawa, and strictly speaking, he is not considered Japanese, his father is Korean, and his mother is Japanese. Hasegawa has always been in the iron ore business, and it is said that the business is very large, and the relationship with the Japanese military is also very good. He has a bungalow in Shanghai and a lover, who is said to have bore him a son, and if we kidnap his son, I believe Hasegawa will be happy to meet our request. ”
Xu Huanshan was obviously too eager, and the kidnapping methods that he originally disdained were all bluntly said by him, but Lu Yuan didn't say anything. Among the three targets that Xu Huanshan and they determined, the best thing to deal with was naturally the guy named Wang Guishan, Lu Yuan was not interested in the brothel, so he went directly to the casino. The Japanese offensive is gradually encroaching on the land of China, but in the Shanghai concession, it is a scene of bright lights.
Wang Guishan's casino business is very good, there are a lot of people who are drunk and dreaming of death gambling here, Lu Yuan, who is dressed in ordinary clothes, seems to have walked around the casino unintentionally, without attracting the attention of the casino guards, Lu Yuan turned around the first floor of the casino. Changsheng Casino has only 2 floors, and there are more than 30 tables on the 1st floor, that is, in the lobby of the casino, mahjong, pai gow, dice and even Western poker, Lu Yuan even saw a few European-looking faces among the gamblers.
Lu Yuan's interest was obviously not in these tables and gamblers, and after learning that there was a so-called VIP room on the second floor of the casino, Lu Yuan immediately turned around and left the casino. For two days, Lu Yuan and the others did not wait for Wang Guishan's appearance in Changsheng Casino, and it was not until the third day that a member of Xu Huanshan's team finally saw Wang Guishan appear in the casino. He immediately called Lu Yuan, who was staying at home, and half an hour later, Xu Huanshan drove Lu Yuan outside the casino.
"The target is still in the casino, I can see it clearly, it is Wang Guishan." The team member disguised as a small vendor whispered to Lu Yuan, who got out of the car, and reached out to take the cigarette handed by the other party, Lu Yuan turned around and walked towards the casino without thinking. Xu Huanshan didn't have a photo of Wang Guishan in his hand, and Lu Yuan only heard Xu Huanshan talk about Wang Guishan's appearance characteristics, as if there was a black mole next to the nose of this product, and he was wearing a jade wrench on his left thumb.
Walking to the gate of the casino, Lu Yuan had just stepped on the steps with one foot, only to see the gate of the casino pushed open from the inside, and several men in black shirts escorted a person out of the casino. Lu Yuan just subconsciously avoided the other party, but unexpectedly, the glance out of the corner of his eyes almost made Lu Yuan exclaim, it turned out that among the group of people who came out of the casino, there was a guy who was very similar to the person Xu Huanshan said. Lu Yuan, who was standing at the foot of the steps, immediately turned around sharply, and seemed to unintentionally bump into one of the other party, oops, and exclaimed, and the few people who came out of the casino immediately made a mess.
Lu Yuan took a step forward, and now he saw the place, the person who was protected by several men in the middle, there was indeed a black mole next to his nose, although he didn't see whether the person's left hand was wearing a jade wrench, but Lu Yuan could almost determine that this guy with a short figure was Wang Guishan. To confirm the identity of the other party, Lu Yuan didn't give those black-shirted men a chance to attack at all, and directly pulled out a pistol from his back waist and put it on Wang Guishan's head.
"Boss Wang, my young master invited you to drink tea and asked your people to go in, I don't want to ruin your casino business." Lu Yuan, who covered half of his face with a scarf, immediately laughed, Wang Guishan, who was held to his head by the muzzle, was already stupid, where could he still hear the language sickness in Lu Yuan's words, but according to Lu Yuan's words, he signaled his subordinates to all go into the casino. In broad daylight, Lu Yuanji forced Wang Guishan into the car so hard, and then disappeared without a trace.
Wang Guishan is not a famous person, so his kidnapping is not big news, plus Lu Yuan kindly asked Wang Guishan to make a safe call to his casino, and the people under Wang Guishan naturally did not dare to act rashly. At first, Wang Guishan also thought that he had accidentally provoked some powerful person, but the actual situation of the class was not like this, and after Lu Yuan took off the cloth cover on Wang Guishan's head, Wang Guishan found himself in a basement full of machinery.
"Boss Wang, I heard that you have a good relationship with No. 76, and the incident of the Military Intelligence Station being surrounded and suppressed by No. 76 last week has something to do with you. You say that you are a Chinese, why do you have to help traitors do things? Aren't you afraid that your ancestors will die in the ground? Lu Yuan's words made Wang Guishan sweat coldly, and at this time, he specifically mentioned the matter of the military intelligence station, Wang Guishan thought that Lu Yuan and the others were sent by the military commander to execute their own hoe team, otherwise they would not have kidnapped themselves at the door of the casino.
Lu Yuan's guess was right, Wang Guishan was a life-sparing person, and before he could send out all his strength, Wang Guishan collapsed on his own, and immediately expressed his willingness to give all his family wealth in exchange for a small life. "No wonder there are so many people who are traitors, being a traitor can indeed make money." When they learned that Wang Guishan could come up with a family fortune worth $150,000, Lu Yuan and Xu Huanshan couldn't help but exclaim secretly, and Lu Yuan even praised Wang Guishan for being able to make money.
Most of Wang Guishan's wealth was gold and oceans, which were hard currencies and the favorite currency of arms dealers like Hans. With this amount of money, Xu Huanshan was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, at least enough to pay Hans as a deposit, as long as he guaranteed that Hans would not sell those arms to others, Xu Huanshan's heart could be half landed.