Chapter 261 Housewarming Party
On the seventh day of the Xue Bing project, Sang Ye, deputy captain of the Nemo special forces operating in the Western Hemisphere, Nicole, deputy captain of the Nemo executive team, and Alexander, the third in command of the Luke team, held talks in Munich about Xue Bing and Fidi.

During these seven days, the three parties continued to move. Although Luke launched many offensives, they not only failed to achieve any results, but also suffered heavy casualties. The special forces captain and the executive captain joined forces to not only resolve Luke's offensive, but also launched assassination activities, killing two of Luke's confidants and a regional liaison officer.

The two sides are on the verge of a war. After Xue Bing filed for divorce and made a will, Luke was forced to accept the fact that Fidi had been kicked out and had to give up the assets injected into Xue Bing's industry.

What Luke couldn't accept was that he might lose his say over Nemo. Nemo would either become Xue Bing's territory or become an alliance that was not restricted by any organization or country.

During the talks, Luke's representative compromised, but also put forward his bottom line: Xue Bing's part of the East Asian industry must be returned to Luke. These include a fishing company and a shipping company. Although these two companies were acquired by Xue Bing's company, they have been controlled and managed by Luke's team. The company secretly engaged in the smuggling of weapons, cigarettes, gold, jewelry, drugs, animal fur products, etc. It is said that there is also a business of assisting VIPs to escape overseas.

Xue Bing and Duanmu were not interested in East Asian business, they were more interested in the European business. The three parties quickly reached an agreement to complete the asset division of Feidi and Xue Bing. The more troublesome issue was how to execute it, after all, the trust between the two parties was very low, so it would take some time to negotiate on this aspect.

They were people who valued interests. Since killing Luke or Xue Bing would not benefit either party, both parties naturally agreed to abandon violence as a means of resolving the issue. As for what would happen behind the scenes, that was a matter for the future.

Duanmu made a profit in this incident, and Xue Bing also did not lose. The only loser was Luke. Duanmu and Bai Qi both knew that the old man would not give up. They both knew how Luke would fight back next. If nothing unexpected happened, it would be to dig out the identity of the special forces captain. As long as the identity of the special forces captain was not exposed, Luke could not really defeat the alliance of Duanmu and Xue Bing.

In addition to them, there is another force that has remained silent, and that is the big boss behind Li Di.

Since Li Di's death, many law firms have participated in the inventory of Li Di's assets. Since most of Li Di's assets are overseas assets and there are nine heirs, it is bound to be a huge project. The boss is hostile to Luke's group because of Li Di's death. Qi Xi, as a representative, has interviewed Xue Bing.

Therefore, no matter from which angle you analyze it, no one wants Xue Bing's life anymore.

On the eighth day of Xue Bing's project, the doctor agreed to discharge Xue Bing from the hospital. At six in the morning, the motorcade escorting Xue Bing headed towards Xue's home.

The Xue family is still the same Xue family, but the staff has undergone a major change. Bai Qi hired a large and small housekeeper to manage the affairs of the Xue family. Two-thirds of the bodyguards and more than half of the Xue family staff were fired. To fill the vacancies, the small housekeeper directly recruited fresh graduates of related majors and then trained them.

Cui Jian met Li Liang again at Xue's house. Li Liang was waiting outside Villa No. 1 with a bouquet of roses in his hand. When he saw Xue Bing, he walked forward leisurely, held Xue Bing's right hand, and helped her out of the car. Xue Bing's eyes were full of sweet smiles when she saw Li Liang. The two talked quietly and walked into Villa No. 1 together.

Ten minutes later, Lin Yu called to inform: "The employer has ended the commission, and Xue Bing's project is completed."

Duanmu: "Send a car over, there are more than a dozen of us here."

Lin Yu: "The car is on the way and will arrive in half an hour."

While the Dayin security guards were waiting for the car, the new head bodyguard of the Xue family led them to the first floor of Villa No. 2 to rest, served them refreshments, and formally expressed his gratitude to Dayin security. When Dayin security's convoy arrived at the door of Villa No. 2, the head bodyguard of the Xue family watched everyone get in the car and leave the Xue family manor, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

On the way back to the company, everyone was in a good mood. After all, this project not only had a high daily salary, but also a million-dollar bonus, so even Department B could get a lot of money. Everyone in the 9-seat car was chatting loudly, some were planning to drink in the evening, and some were talking about where to go on vacation.

Cui Jian and Zhao Ai sat in the middle. Seeing Cui Jian closing his eyes to rest, Zhao Ai nudged him with her elbow and said, "Cui Jian, I'm moving tomorrow and planning to have a housewarming party. Do you have time?"

Cui Jian opened his eyes and asked, "Haven't you been staying in a hotel?"

Zhao Ai replied: "Since you have decided to stay in Hancheng, of course you need a place to live."

Cui Jian looked at Zhao Ai: "You are in a good mood."

Zhao Ai asked back: "Are you in a bad mood?"

Cui Jian: "Because there is nothing to be happy about."

Zhao Ai smiled and said, "I am in a very good mood indeed. Zhenzhen Diudiu said that she would definitely attend, and I will also invite Duanmu, Li Ran, President Ye and some employees of the company. I know you don't like to participate in activities like team building, but I still hope you can come."

Cui Jian did not agree immediately and asked, "Why are you in such a good mood?" The compensation from Xue Bing's project should not be much for Zhao Ai.

Zhao Ai said seriously: "New student."

Cui Jian's heart skipped a beat. A new life? No, Cui Jian felt that Zhao Ai was in a very dangerous situation. Zhao Ai had become Bai Qi's man, and the war between Bai Qi and Luke had come to an end. In theory, this was Zhao Ai's new life.

But Zhao Ai killed Li Di's family. There is a big boss behind Li Di. The big boss has not been at war with others, nor has he made a peace agreement with others. Suppose Luke tells the big boss that it was Zhao Ai who killed Li Di's family, will the big boss avenge Li Di? If he doesn't avenge Li Di, he may avenge himself. After all, it is because of Zhao Ai that the big boss is in a dilemma.

After this blow, Luke has canceled the Gemini Project, and there is no longer any hostility between the Big Boss and Luke.

But Zhao Ai is not stupid. Cui Jian is not sure whether she does not know certain information or has some information that he does not know. If Zhao Ai has the same information as he does, Zhao Ai should have a strong sense of crisis, instead of the new life she said.

However, Li Jie, one of the three heroes of the Li family, seems to have a crush on Zhao Ai.

I really like to think more and more. Why should I waste CPU energy when it is none of my business?
Cui Jian asked: "What time tomorrow?"

Zhao Ai replied: "Tomorrow afternoon at three o'clock."

Cui Jian nodded: "Okay, I will arrive on time."

……

As this project was large in scale, Li Ran called a meeting after the project was completed. He didn't waste time. At the beginning of the meeting, he took out his tablet and criticized the security loopholes caused by human factors in the past eight days.

The first is diet. Many bodyguards did not control their water intake, which led to frequent leaving their posts to go to the bathroom during their shifts. Some bodyguards went to the bathroom for longer than the required time, and more than half of them went there for non-physiological reasons. They either dressed up in front of the mirror or played with their phones. Li Ran criticized the team leader Duanmu for this, believing that Duanmu did not manage the team strictly.

The second is that he made too many private calls and the duration was too long. A bodyguard leaked his employer's information in a group chat with friends and colleagues, and also praised his employer's appearance and figure. Li Ran once again criticized Duanmu for his lax management.

Li Ran talked about the security matters for more than ten minutes, and finally named three bodyguards from Department B, asking them if they were interested in joining Department A. Li Ran did not give them time to answer, and directly said that if they were interested, they should write a transfer application and submit it to the Human Resources Department within three days. Other bodyguards from Department B were also welcome to join Department A.

Subtext: As long as these three people submit their applications, they will basically be able to join Department A. Then, Li Ran asked the eight people from Department B to leave the meeting room.

After the door of the conference room was closed, Li Ran turned off the lights with the remote control and turned on the projector, which showed a photo of an Asian man in his 40s. The man was wearing gold-rimmed glasses and sitting on the grass. His smile had the sunny aura of a high school student.

Li Ran said, "His name is Shi Hao, he is 38 years old and can speak English and German. Today is Saturday, and he will arrive in Hancheng next Tuesday and stay in Hancheng for seven days. Shi Hao's project does not pay much and is relatively dangerous, so we do not force you to take the project."

Duanmu said: "Manager Li, is there any background story?"

Li Ran replied: "No."

Duanmu said: "How did you get this project?"

Li Ran said: "An old friend of mine contacted me and he needs time to deal with some things. If you don't want to take the call, I can explain it to him and ask him to send Shi Hao to another city."

Duanmu asked: "Who is the imaginary enemy?"

Li Ran was silent for a while, then answered, "It could be a ghost, it could be Beiyao." Beiyao is a kidnapping gang that leaves no one alive. They imprison and torture the kidnapped, take the funds transferred by the kidnapped, and then kill the kidnapped. There are rumors that they are a gang that uses kidnapping as a disguise to carry out assassinations.

Ghosts are derived from the Black Group. The Black Group participates in actions that are not recognized by the state for the benefit of the state. If they are arrested or killed, they will not be recognized by the state. Ghosts' actions are consistent with the Black Group, but they do not serve the state, but only those who hold power. This power refers to the kind of power that is very powerful.

Both the ghosts and the North Harriers were tough opponents. Cui Jian had fought two ghosts head-on, and although he had the upper hand, he only injured them. And it was still unclear why the two ghosts appeared in the training building.

When Duanmu heard that the opponents were Bei Yao and Ghost, he said leisurely, "It's quite interesting. Hey, are you interested?" He was looking at Cui Jian beside him.

Cui Jian replied: "I'll think about it."

Li Ran said: "Please give me the answer within tomorrow."

Cui Jian: “Okay.”

Li Ran said: "At least four people are needed. If there are not enough people, just forget everything I just said."

Everyone nodded in understanding.

Who is Shi Hao?

Cui Jian contacted Shengzi as soon as he got home. Shengzi checked for half an hour and told Cui Jian that there was no such person as Shi Hao in the system. She also used information such as Asian, English, German, and 38 years old to cross-check and search, but did not find the relevant person in the system database.

Not only Cui Jian, Duanmu also used his own intelligence database but failed to find any information about Shi Hao.

They have reason to believe that Shi Hao is most likely a pseudonym.

In addition to asking Shengzi to investigate Shihao, Cui Jian also contacted the housekeeper through Shengzi and told him his views and thoughts on the crisis that Qi Sha was currently facing. He did not think that he was better than the housekeeper in terms of coordination, but Cui Jian happened to be in the vortex circle and could provide more and more accurate information.

The butler inquired about the feasibility of Cui Jian's suggestion and was quite tempted. However, Cui Jian's fearless attitude until the end made the butler feel uneasy, and he was not sure whether Cui Jian lied about some details.

The butler thought more deeply and after weighing the pros and cons for a long time, he finally agreed with Cui Jian's suggestion.

On the other hand, although Duanmu handed Xue Bing's European affairs to others, he was still very busy. Duanmu, the man in the raincoat, received a message from Qi Sha: the top management of Paris Rangers sold out the trading account, so Qi Sha will not use this trading account for the time being, please pay attention to your own risks.

This news had no impact on the special agent Duanmu, the bodyguard Duanmu and the hero Duanmu, but there was another Beggar Gang Duanmu who controlled the wanderers. It was not accurate to say that he controlled them. It should be said that the wanderer network was established by one of Duanmu's confidants, the old steward of Duanmu Manor.

The situation of the vagrants has been mentioned in the previous article. Yu Ming once told Cui Jian that the vagrant network might be related to the special services captain.

There are many vagrants in developed countries, and white gangs are likely to appear in places where vagrants gather. White gangs are definitely not good for vagrants. At this time, some cities have ulterior motives. Teams have replaced the white gangs among the vagrants. These teams are small in size and hide among the vagrants. Their business is very complex, including providing shelter, obtaining customer-specified goods, exploring intelligence on a person or organization, smuggling, smuggling and other industries.

After the Internet became popular, hundreds of homeless groups around the world joined the platform by taking advantage of the concealment of the Internet. Duanmu's old housekeeper encouraged the development of homeless groups in various cities on the one hand, and controlled the homeless teams in some of these cities on the other hand. The homeless teams in more than a dozen cities, including Paris and Madrid, were all controlled by the old housekeeper. The homeless teams in other cities had nothing to do with Duanmu. They were purely taking advantage of the situation and mixing fish with pearls. They could be used as guns or shields at critical moments.

In the words of the old housekeeper, these dozen or so city wanderer teams are important supply points, blood supply stations, information transmission points, talent training centers, intelligence collection stations, killer smuggling sites, and smuggling transit points for Duanmu's grand plan...

The Wanderers played an obscure but very important role in Duanmu's rise. Therefore, after receiving the news from Qi Sha, Duanmu was still unwilling to believe that there was a traitor in the Wanderers team controlled by the old butler.

It was the straw raincoat man Duanmu who recommended Qi Sha to buy the supplies needed for the safe house from the Paris Wanderers. Although he did not guarantee it, the straw raincoat man told Qi Sha that he had many business dealings with the Paris Wanderers and trusted them very much. It can be said that Duanmu's confidence led Qi Sha into a crisis.

There is a clear interest relationship between the raincoat guest Duanmu and Qisha at present. As the targets are replaced by stand-ins one by one, Duanmu's empire is growing bigger and bigger. If Qisha is destroyed and everything is destroyed because of his network problems, Duanmu will not forgive himself.

At one in the morning, Duanmu's phone vibrated. He squinted at the screen, suspicious at first, then coughed twice to clear his throat, answered the call, and asked, "Are you sick?"

Cui Jian said on the other end of the phone: "Someone wants to see you."

Duanmu sat down: "Who?"

Cui Jian answered the question irrelevantly: "My fishing boat."

Duanmu said: "We'll be there in about 40 minutes."

(End of this chapter)