sinovels Chapter 8 Chapter 8
Chapter 8 Chapter 8
Jimmy flicked the jeep and parked it in the VIP parking space in front of the guest house, refused the doorman to open the door, jumped out of the car by himself, and strode towards the gate of the guest house.
Reporters from various countries gathered in the lobby seldom saw oriental faces locally. Seeing the young man with a white face and pampered appearance, but wearing a black combat uniform, he couldn't help but wondered, and turned the camera to him quickly.
The camera was immediately held down by the security guard.
The name of the building here is "Hostel", but it is to continue the original name given to this building by the British colonists more than a century ago, so as to attract Western tourists to come here for consumption.
In the ten years since Jimmy's father bought it, it has already been transformed into an eight-story boutique hotel and has become a well-known Tal landmark.
At the entrance of the guest house are two stone elephants as tall as a person, looking forward honestly and firmly, as if the visitor is a colonist or a liberator, and will not be surprised.
Jimmy remembers when he was reading picture books of fairy tales, his father asked him whether he liked peacocks or elephants.
At that time, he said peacock categorically, so my father chose an elephant to put at the door.
The pair of peacocks stayed behind in the garden.
The garden is not often open to the public these days. The wedding was booked out by a pair of Hollywood stars the year before last, and the money earned has not been spent yet.
Jimmy ran into the lobby manager on the road, smiled politely, and said to move the peacock to the castle garden, because his sheepfold happened to be short of two town gates.
The manager almost watched him grow up, and asked with a half-bow at the moment: "Jimmy, do iced Americano still add a lot of milk and honey?"
"Well, let's send it up." He pointed to the roof, raised his legs and walked away. Instead of taking the elevator, he pinched the stopwatch and ran eight floors from the escape route to the infinity pool on the top floor.
"54 seconds." He waited for the sports watch to display the extreme heart rate value just now, 110 four.better.
Jimmy was smiling happily to himself, when the waiter who had called his pager just now approached him immediately, pointing to the big-eyed Chinese beauty by the pool who kept taking selfies.
Jimmy slipped him twenty dollars in change.In Tar, this is equivalent to half a month's income of an ordinary family.
Jimmy stepped on his boots and put his hands in his pockets, and walked lazily to Ji Yuanyuan's side.
Ji Yuanyuan was in the middle of creating with her mobile phone, pouting her lips and poking her face for a while. From the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a man approaching and hurriedly looked down at her bikini swimsuit. After making sure it was correct, she continued to look at the phone screen, flipping through it. go.
Jimmy's boots were about to hit the pool.He knelt down, raised the corners of his mouth, and said to Ji Yuanyuan in Chinese without pain, "You can really pretend."
Ji Yuanyuan was about to get mad, but he only heard him continue: "You are so beautiful, if you put it on the Internet, who would believe that you are a heavy pilot."
Ji Yuanyuan was unmoved: "My sister used to fly civil aviation. Every time the crew members passed the aisle first, some people always thought I was a stewardess, and they didn't even look at what clothes I was wearing! It was the same group of people, when the captain broadcast If you hear that I am a woman, and the stewardess says that your face will immediately sink, not to mention how disgusting—are you that Tony?"
Jimmy covered his forehead in his heart: "You think again?"
Ji Yuanyuan suddenly realized: "You hooked up with our captain at the bar that day."
Jimmy didn't intend to correct her at all: "Are you so easy to get hooked up, captain? I knew I would have worked harder. I——was almost shot at Blue Velvet that day trying to recover your pocket. Didn't your captain tell you?" ? Want to tell me where you went that night?"
Ji Yuanyuan immediately became alert: "Why do you ask so many questions? Are you here to arrest me or interview me?"
Jimmy: "What did you do to deserve arrest?"
Ji Yuanyuan: "I didn't do it, it has nothing to do with me."
Jimmy: "Look, there is no 300 taels of silver here.
Ji Yuanyuan changed the subject: "How did you know Lin Mu? How did you get to be with him this morning?"
Jimmy said seriously, "I'm his guardian angel."
Ji Yuanyuan: "..." The sole of her foot slipped and almost sank to the bottom of the pool.
Ji Yuanyuan: "Little friend, have you read too many fairy tale books?"
Jimmy: "Tal's religion is Jainism and Christianity. It was a variant that was born after a hundred years of war. There are guardian angels in it. The first greeting people who come to Tal hear is from the guardian angel. Angel."
Ji Yuanyuan hurt him: "Then you are also my guardian angel?"
Jimmy: "You're late, Tal's guardian angels are limited, so please be early next time. What's in your pocket?"
Ji Yuanyuan: "Lipstick."
Jimmy: "Then why is it so cold? The lobby manager said that there is a room vacant in the administrative corridor tonight. You can make it clear that it is yours." During the scuffle, he saw his pocket hit the iron bucket water storage tank, and it was slightly sticky. Still left a layer of frost.
Ji Yuanyuan: "Cholera serum, okay. I know it's against the law to transport medicines, but you don't care about the area, it's more important to save people. My boss asked me to give the serum to someone for him, just to save people. I didn’t receive any money. But before I saw anyone, my purse was taken away.”
Jimmy: "Who were you supposed to see?"
Ji Yuanyuan: "I don't know him. He called me first."
Jimmy: "Remember what?"
Ji Yuanyuan: "The man speaks English with an accent...it should be Tal's accent."
Jimmy: "It's not that the money was confiscated, it's that the money is too much to be traded in cash. The thing in your pocket is not a serum, it's a chemical reaction trigger—a uranium trigger."
Ji Yuanyuan's phone slipped and almost fell into the water. She lost her confidence in dominating the world and shrank into a house cat with its claws cut off. It even wanted to wave its claws to show that she was not afraid at all.
Jimmy: "Give me the phone, and I'll return it to you right away. I'll send someone outside your room for 24-hour protection."
Ji Yuanyuan became vigilant: "You protect me? Who are you?"
Jimmy smiled brightly, showing two canine teeth: "To tell you the truth, I am the central node of the underground economic network of Thar City."
Ji Yuanyuan: "Speak Chinese."
Jimmy: "Commonly known as the boss of the underworld."
He described himself as a gangster, but he actually hid some selfishness.
It was easier for Ji Yuanyuan to tell Lin Mu his identity in panic than for him to say it directly.
He purposely made things worse about himself, so that Lin Mu could have a buffer.Whether you can accept it or not is a matter of Lin Mu's words.He has no complaints.
Jimmy fiddled with the phone twice, memorized the phone number by heart and threw it back to Ji Yuanyuan.He called Ajit and asked him to check the base station geolocation and call records of this number for three days to make sure Ji Yuanyuan was not lying.
After a few moments of iced coffee with honey milk, Ajit's call came back.
During the phone call, Ajit reported that he had called Ji Yuanyuan at that number, and followed through to find out the call records and location of that number when the stolen goods were sold.
After Jimmy hung up the phone, he went back to the executive suite he had kept for a long time in the guest house, and took out the satellite phone from the safe.
It was midnight in London.
Butler Jeremy didn't feel sleepy when he answered the phone.
Jimmy explained his purpose with a few words, and asked him to purchase the right to use commercial satellites to monitor those coordinates 24 hours a day.
Jeremy reported in a low voice that the wildfires in the western United States had occurred in the past two days, and commercial satellites were urgently dispatched to take pictures of that side of the earth.
Jimmy rested his chin and thought for a while: "Then let our own satellite come over."
Jeremy raised his forehead: "Our contract with the U.S. Department of Defense—"
Jimmy: "According to the contract, you should pay as much as you should."
Jeremy was almost howling, "You can't do this again, Jimmy—"
Jimmy held the phone with one shoulder, scratched the paper with a pen in one hand, and calculated a number in a few strokes: "During the negotiation, the liquidated damages proposed can be calculated as 1.2 times the payment for subsequent arms orders, and the maximum can be as wide as 1.3. High. I trust you."
There was a long silence on the phone, and then a sigh was deliberately made for him to hear.Jeremy said, "It's up to you, Jimmy. But when... when will you come back? It's been six years, and your mother—she misses you..."
Jimmy: "Huh? Bad signal—I can't hear you well—hang up now."
He hung up the phone, sent someone to settle down with Ji Yuanyuan, and ran back to the unmanned swimming pool to swim 500 meters.When he swam in the transparent water until he was short of breath, he heard the beating of his own heart as if he was about to break out of the water.
——"K938 applies for takeoff."
Lin Mu's deep and melodious male voice was replayed in his mind over and over again, and Jimmy regretted that he approved him to take off at that time.
He should have detained him, he should have pulled him by the collar and dragged him back to the central control room, even if the glass is bidirectionally transparent, he should—
Jimmy shook his head, smiled, and didn't want to.He had to save this small world with flying loess first, before he could consider what he wanted to do with the captain when he came back.
The last two buyers that father Edison Chan talked about before his death, one was the general of Y country's independent armed forces, and the other was the high-ranking Minister of Homeland Security of Z country.
The father failed to complete the transaction before his death, but the uranium raw materials disappeared after his death.
He spent three years thoroughly investigating the ghosts in the company to no avail. He began to suspect that the local partners were tricky, so he went to Tal and used his job as an airport navigator as a cover to monitor the movements of various armed forces in Tal for a long time.
Now that there is an earthquake in a neighboring country, and the uranium trigger suddenly appeared in Taal, it is not known what the relationship between these two events is.And the person who was able to take away the trigger under the eyes of Taldorian forces was probably the same person who took away the uranium raw materials three years ago.
Once you get those two things together...
The governments of the three southern countries should be busy.Not surprisingly, the UN Security Council will issue a resolution, and the International Atomic Energy Organization will also send personnel to inspect.Enemies who should be provoked and who should not be provoked go into battle together, carve up the little remaining interest of this desert, so that it will never stand up again.
Jimmy climbed ashore, ate honeydew melon naked on his side in the sun, and made a few more phone calls to the subordinates of Chen Capital without mentioning anything about it.
They have been busy selling rockets|rockets|bombs to country Y's rebels recently.
Country Y became independent six years ago, but the ancient capital of Thar has been transferred to Country Z, which has superior economic and military strength. Many people in country Y are unhappy, and terrorist attacks come and go one after another.As for their Chen Capital, they also made a windfall - father's contacts in the two countries continued to purchase arms from him.
He sold a rocket to this party today, and tomorrow the other party will purchase guided missiles from him.Once you sing and I come on stage, once the arms race starts, it will only fall into a spiral of eternal doom.
Today, six years later, the Abdullah Hawthorne III Airport is bustling like never before.
As the disaster continues to spread in country K after the earthquake, so far more than 120 countries have sent rescue teams or relief supplies to support, setting a historical record and making headlines in the news of various countries.
Since most of the runways at Saltwater City Airport, the capital of country K, were severely damaged, and the remaining runways could carry very limited aircraft traffic, the airport decided to give priority to receiving rescue supplies.
The vast majority of journalists and rescue teams can only settle in Thar for a transit, and then cross the Thar Desert by jeep to reach the disaster area by land.
Next, Thar Airport carried out dozens of take-off and landing flight missions during the disaster relief, and opened the warehouse for free as a temporary shelter for disaster relief items, which received unanimous praise from the international community.
As a result of the good reviews, Tal Airport will hold the first press conference in history, with the temporary commander in chief of the disaster relief operation at the airport, receiving journalists from various countries and answering questions.
A table was temporarily set up in the crew lounge, with a milk tea pot and sugar bowl on it.The interim commander of the disaster response team at Tal Airport was a tall, slender young man in a white robe sitting at a table.His robe is densely embroidered with silver thread, and he looks like a majestic lord, or a male star who came here to shoot an exotic MV.
"Sir, what is the average number of takeoffs and landings per day at Taal Airport this week?"
"Will Taal Airport accept flights from country Y? Will the relationship between the two countries hinder the disaster relief work?"
"Your airport has only one international runway, can it handle the load of disaster relief? Is it too risky—"
"Handsome guy, have you heard about the bribery of the American Aid Association?"
Jimmy sank back into the chair, looked at the ceiling, and then stood up to call the reporters one by one: "You come first, you second, and you, one by one."
He looked at his watch. Anyway, there were still three hours before the sun set, and he didn't know how long it would be before Lin Shu came back.Before the sun sets, everyone is trapped in a cool, air-conditioned room, and no one can get out.
He has always been improvised at work, and he can be lazy when he has to do what he has to do, and he has to strive for perfection in his hobbies, such as instant noodles.Originally, there were not many things in his life that he could control, so why bother, he thought.
But in the face of reporters from all over the world, Jimmy suddenly couldn't smile anymore:
"The maximum number of take-offs and landings per day that Thar Airport can currently undertake is 55, and the number of take-offs and landings per day last week and this week has been close to this number. In addition to the international runway, we have also temporarily repaired the canopy of the No. [-] canopy , used to store moisture-prone disaster relief items such as milk powder and pharmaceuticals.”
He straightened his silver collar and looked at the desert outside the window in the distance. If he was really a local lord, then the endless horizon in front of him would be like a dream in the game of Monument Valley.
Then he said slowly: "Over the desert, the people of country K must have trouble sleeping at night. Although we can't fully understand the suffering of the destruction of our homeland in Tal, we are still very sad. As neighbors of K country, we Tal I also sincerely thank you for your willingness to come here to report. Food, accommodation, and transportation in the desert are not convenient, and the hard work you have put in is unimaginable. The person in charge of the Thar Guest House just contacted me and expressed his willingness to provide you with free during the disaster relief report. Board and lodging. American Aid also promises that if you need to take a jeep across the Thar Desert to report in the disaster area, you can contact the camp at any time. As long as there is space in the car, you reporters will be given priority under the premise of guaranteeing disaster relief. Because... we Tal, and country K, are too far away from this world. And you are the eyes of the world."
After Jimmy finished speaking, he walked around the room, smiling and warm greetings to every reporter he met.Aunt Aruna poured hot milk tea into everyone's cups, and when the fan blew, the fragrance wafted far away.
"Handsome guy, haven't you mentioned the rumors about the American Aid Association's bribery? Is it true?"
Jimmy turned his head when he heard this, and the reporter who he had intentionally ignored three times immediately jumped up and handed him the microphone.
The reporter looked to be in his early thirties, and his accent was either American or Canadian. He had brilliant blond hair and beautiful blue eyes, but he was tired from the vicissitudes of life.There was a silver chain around his neck, and Jimmy recognized it at a glance. It was his name tag-he was a veteran who didn't want to forget his war career.
What kind of grudge does he have with the American Aid Association, and he insists on running all the way from the United States to pour dirty water on people's heads?
Jimmy took the microphone, played it, and the voice was clear.All eyes were on him now.There was a moment of silence in the room, everyone was listening to what he had to say.
"My next statement does not represent the position of Tal, but only my own. My name is Jimmy, and I have worked at Tal Airport for three years. In the past three years, there have been [-] terrorist attacks in Tal or its suburbs. America Aid was in charge of the aftermath every time. I know this because my best friend is a doctor from America Aid. His name is Chen Yan. He received professional medical training in London, but gave up his position in the United Nations. He came to Tal because he believed that the American Aid Association is really helping those in need. There are many doctors in the American Aid Association like Chen Yan. If you really want to know their stories, I can take you there in the evening USAA's makeshift camp."
Hearing that the blond reporter was noncommittal, he gave Jimmy his business card, The Washington Post, and took his business card from Jimmy's desk, grinning provocatively.
"I met you at the camp that night, nice to meet you," he looked down at his business card, "Jimmy Chan."
After setting up reporters in a hurry, Jimmy left Ajit and Aunt Aruna to have a meeting alone.
"Yo, so serious, Jimmy, how much did you drink yesterday?" Ajit smiled and wanted to hook him on the shoulder, but he deflected it with a self-defense technique, and instead he was restrained by his arm.
"Do you know what your name is?" Jimmy smiled slightly.
"Hey, hey, what did I just say? I didn't say anything, it's the wind, it's windy outside - if you don't believe me, listen -"
"It's called self-inflicted humiliation."
Jimmy let go of his hands, rarely putting on a straight face.
He emphasized to Aruna and Ajit that in this special period after the earthquake, we must keep our spirits up.They checked the schedule to ensure that there was a navigator and at least one ground crew on duty 24 hours a day.He promised that if they did a good job this week, he would hold a hot pot party after the disaster situation in Country K eased.
"This time, there are Maodu and Haidilao tomato pot base imported from China. What's the sound?"
Aunt Aruna: "It's really windy outside, Jimmy—"
Ajit: "The cargo plane is back."
Aunt Aruna: "So fast?"
Jimmy turned around slowly and looked out the window. The large transport plane just passed the window by runway [-], slowed down slowly, and was as stable as a piece of paper.The barbed wire tree at the airport was blown up and down by the strong airflow, like Jimmy's heart.
He was looking forward to seeing the captain, seeing him return from the disaster area, and join Tal, who was temporarily calm.
But when the captain walked down the gangway, he suddenly didn't think so.
The captain was still wearing the dark blue pilot uniform, well-cut, his hair was squashed by the headset, and it was meticulously pasted behind his ears.
Then he saw the blood on his face, from the corner of his mouth to his collarbone.