Chapter 359 Christmas (Part )

At 5:30 pm, Lin Hai gave a two-minute speech welcoming everyone and then gave the stage to the host. During this time, a group of waiters brought fruits, snacks and tea to the table.

At 5:45 pm, there was a talk show. The performance was very exciting and it was obvious that a lot of effort was put into the script, which made the whole audience laugh non-stop.

Duanmu sat at the fifth table, Yun Xueshan sat at the main table, she was talking quietly with the people from the Incheon consortium. After a while, the old man from Seoul who was sitting at the same table also came in, the three of them seemed to have agreed on another time and place to discuss in detail, and then they turned to watch the show without distraction. Some big deals can be concluded in one minute.

At 5:55 pm, it was time for the ancient music performance. As the rhythm of traditional Korean folk music played, Duanmu felt dizzy. He didn't like the show, but out of respect for other cultures and not wanting to lose composure, he forced himself to keep his eyelids open. Slowly, when he was about to give up, he realized that everyone was in the same situation. He cried out in his heart, "Not good," but he didn't know what was wrong.

Duanmu pinched his thigh and bit his lip, trying to stay awake. Although he was not very awake, he saw the stage rise, and a group of people wearing camouflage uniforms and ski hats appeared in the inner hall on the lifting stage.

They were holding weapons, shouting, running, and quickly controlling the three entrances and exits. Two men took out six vests from a sack and put them on the people at the head table one by one.

After about five minutes, the shower was activated, and a large amount of water splashed down, waking up all the people at the scene. Duanmu's body, which was originally difficult to control, was also restored to control with the flushing of cold water. Duanmu quietly touched the pistol on his waist, and imitated the others, showing a confused and panicked expression.

Duanmu naturally guessed what happened: someone hijacked the inner hall. He even guessed how the criminals did it and how they succeeded. Some large hotels, office buildings, sports stadiums, etc. all have independent heating systems. The basement downstairs of the Hancheng Forum has a special heating boiler.

The criminals occupied the boiler and added something special to the circulating hot water, which made the people at the scene lose their resistance. They immediately closed the three doors to prevent the intervention of external armed forces and completely controlled the scene.

"Quiet." A masked man took the microphone from the host and said, he took off his mask: "Hello everyone, I am Jin Yue."

There was an uproar below, and everyone had heard of Jin Yue's name.

Jin Yue: The boss of the North Circle, a former spy, and a colonel. He is the most wanted criminal that South Korea has been trying to catch.

As soon as Jin Yue's name came out, everyone basically knew what had happened.

Jin Yue was very satisfied with everyone's expressions, and walked towards the east gate with the microphone: "Please wait a moment."

There was a gangster standing at the east gate. Jin Yue signaled, and the gangster opened the door, and two pistols almost hit Jin Yue's face. Jin Yue took a step back, looked at the two policemen pointing their guns at her, then turned her head to look at the dozens of armed bodyguards behind the police, and asked, "Are you going to shoot?"

The police officer who was asked the question didn't know how to answer. He was so nervous that he could hear his own breathing.

Jin Yue took a step forward and put her arm around the police officer's shoulder. The police officer subconsciously broke free and stepped back. Jin Yue said, "It's okay. I won't hurt you. I'll show you around."

After saying that, he grabbed the man again. This time, the police officer did not dodge and let Jin Yue take him into the inner hall. As soon as the police officer entered, the gangster at the door stood at the east gate to prevent others from entering the inner hall. The gangster only had a pistol, and the muzzle of the gun was hanging down to the ground, but no one dared to attack.

Jin Yue gestured: "The south gate has been locked, and a bomb is hung on the chain. Don't get me wrong, the bomb is not prepared for the police. I personally admire the Korean police very much. In fact, I admire the police of all countries. The bomb was prepared by them."

There was a table near the south gate, where three men and three women, six young people, sat. They were outstanding figures of the younger generation in the consortium family. If the police broke the door, they would inevitably suffer casualties.

Jin Yue pointed to the corridor on the second floor: "There are two gunmen on the second floor, armed with AK-47 rifles, they can sweep the entire place."

Jin Yue motioned the police officer to look at the tables: "There is a small remote-controlled bomb on each table. However, I forgot who has the remote control. I can only say that it is not in my hand."

Jin Yue led the police officers around and walked back to the east gate: "I have 60 hostages now. It's not a large number. You can consider a violent attack."

The police officer asked, “What do you want?”

Jin Yue said: "What I want is definitely not something you can agree to."

The police officer nodded: "I understand."

Jin Yue shook her head: "No, you don't quite understand."

After saying that, Jin Yue glanced at a gangster standing in the field. The gangster drew his gun and pointed it at the back of a middle-aged man's head and pulled the trigger. Blood and brains sprayed on the white tablecloth, dyeing the bombs and fruits on the table into a terrifying color. Then there was a cry of surprise, and almost everyone showed fear on their faces.

Jin Yue looked at the police officer and said, "You should fully understand now. There are two more things. I will be broadcasting live soon, please do not cut off my signal. Also, it is best to send them some dry towels."

Jin Yue approached the officer and warned, "But if I find out there's anything fishy in the dry towel, half the people here will die."

After saying that, Jin Yue sent the police officer out. Because they needed a towel, he did not close the east gate for the time being and let a gangster stand at the main entrance.

Ten minutes later, sirens could be heard across half the city, and helicopters, police cars, and armored vehicles quickly rushed to the Hancheng Forum. Even the Blue House was alerted and sent a special envoy to Hancheng.

While the guests were getting towels and wiping their hair, the office buildings, houses and other buildings opposite, to the side and behind the Hancheng Forum were temporarily requisitioned by the police, and snipers surrounded the Hancheng Forum from outside. The command center was quickly set up, located 300 meters away from the Hancheng Forum. The commander in charge of this incident was a male commander with more than 20 years of work experience.

The commander's first order was that he needed the architectural blueprints and construction drawings of the Hancheng Forum, the sewers, the power system layout drawings, the network fiber optic layout drawings, etc. He wanted them all.

The seven members of the folk music ensemble were immediately taken to the reception room attached to the headquarters. The police officers questioned them one by one and recorded all the situations in the inner hall that they could remember. The ensemble was driven away by Jin Yue, and along with them left the dozen waiters who were left in the inner hall at that time.

The total number of hostages was not 60, but 60 guests plus 5 hotel staff. There were different opinions on the number of criminals, and the police only saw 9 people. Some said there were at least 11 people, and swore that they had secretly counted them, and there could only be more, not less.

The commander faced the summarized data and asked, "Have the negotiation experts arrived?"

The male assistant replied, "It will take another ten minutes." The commander said angrily, "Ten minutes is enough for me to run around South Korea."

The male assistant explained: "He is the negotiation expert designated by the Blue House envoy."

The commander understood something and asked, "What do you mean?"

The male assistant replied, "Among the hostages, there are two people that the Blue House particularly needs. One is Yun Xueshan, the president of Busan Yun Group, and the other is Dale from Seoul Dai Group. The Hancheng City Hall has asked the local police department's negotiation experts to be in charge of the negotiations. The two sides are arguing."

The commander said: "They guessed that someone would die tonight, and they hope that the deceased will not have much to do with them." He felt very bad, and this hostage-taking incident might not be that simple.

The female assistant said, "Boss, Jin Yue's live broadcast has begun."

Commander: "This is a good thing, it means they have a lot to talk about, and we can get more time. You go and sort out the building and decoration data. It includes wall thickness, material, and sound insulation." If there are a large number of criminals and a surprise attack is necessary, the best plan is to launch an all-out attack. It is not enough to attack only three doors at the same time. The commander hopes to open a few more doors.

After saying that, the commander looked at the big screen, where the technicians had already projected the live broadcast image.

Jin Yue introduced himself to the camera, claiming to be an XXX warrior who had devoted his life to eliminating decadent capitalism and saving the exploited and oppressed people. He talked so much that people felt drowsy.

After saying that, Jin Yue sat on the chair at the main table and introduced the identities of the people at the same table to the netizens: "Ye Lan, the eldest daughter of the Ye family. Yun Xueshan, the eldest daughter of the Yun family. Lin Hai, the current president of the Lin Group and the person in charge of the Lin family. Dale, the president of the Seoul Dai Group. Zhao Shu, the president of the Incheon Zhao Group. Jin Damin, the person in charge of the Seoul Jin family."

Jin Yue said: "You all saw that they were wearing explosive vests, but the remote control is not in my hand, but in the hands of the general public. Now please prepare for the six of you. Each of you has one minute to speak. After the speech, the online voting will be completed within 5 minutes. The person with the lowest number of votes will be sanctioned by the people."

The male assistant looked at the commander, and the commander grabbed his hair. It was rare to see such a robber. Generally speaking, without external stimulation, the robbers would not harm the hostages. But from the live broadcast, it seemed that the robbers intended to kill a heavyweight hostage first. This behavior is usually accompanied by political demands.

The female assistant said, "Boss, I found out that there is an American named Duanmu among the guests. He is an armed bodyguard who has been in the job for less than two years. His team has shot and killed hundreds of gangsters."

The commander asked in surprise: "Did he bring a gun?"

The female assistant said, "I checked the video of him going through security check, and he was carrying a gun. But there is no surveillance in the inner hall, so I don't know the specific situation."

The commander nodded.

The female assistant said, "There is another strange thing. Jin Yue did not take away everyone's mobile phones. He only asked the hostages not to leave their chairs without permission. If you look at the live broadcast, someone is secretly making a phone call."

The person who called was Yun Xinyue. Strictly speaking, she was answering the phone from her husband Xue Zheng. I don't know what she was talking about, but her voice got louder. A masked man wearing a black training uniform and camouflage pants walked towards Yun Xinyue.

Yun Xinyue immediately became nervous and straightened her back. The criminal in training uniform tapped the table with his fingers and made a gesture to silence. Looking further, it can be seen that the criminals knew that the hostage was sending messages on his mobile phone, but no one stopped it.

If there hadn't been a body with a shot head at the scene, everyone would have thought the criminals were playing house.

During the live broadcast of Jin Yue, the first person to speak was Dell, the oldest and calmest of the six. Dell looked at the live phone with a smile on his face and said, "Hello everyone, I am Dell. I am 71 years old. I am very happy to be able to sit together with a group of young and promising young people today. If someone must die, I am willing to die. Please help me. Thank you everyone, and I wish you all a Merry Christmas."

The male assistant explained to the commander, "Dale is terminally ill and is expected to live for six months. He has already arranged the affairs of the Dai family. The purpose of attending the banquet this time is to introduce the successor, Little Dale, to the big guys. Little Dale fell in love with the youngest daughter of Li Tianlong, the head of the Li family, on Christmas Eve, and the two did not enter the inner hall."

The commander said: "Whether Dale is dead or alive, this is a very beautiful statement, and it also raises the Dai family to a new level. An old fox is an old fox."

The female assistant asked, "Boss, will he die?"

The commander replied: "No, the one who died should be Yun Xueshan."

The female assistant asked: "Why?"

The commander said, "Only Korean netizens can vote. As long as the relatives of the six people are not stupid, what will they do first? Of course, they will contact their subordinates to canvass for votes. Dai Jiaguang's automobile and mobile phone brands have 400,000 workers. As long as the news is passed down one by one, the grassroots staff will receive the news within a few minutes. Since the time given by Jin Yue is not enough for the canvassing behavior to be exposed, so if the relatives' reactions are the same, whoever has more employees will not die."

The commander added: "The most crucial detail is that those who get fewer votes will die, not those who get more votes. As for why it is crucial, you will know it if you think about it carefully."

The female assistant also understood why the commander said Yun Xueshan was dangerous, and said, "The Yun family mainly deals in the Internet, and has the fewest employees among the six companies."

The commander nodded and sneered at Jin Yue on the screen: "After Yun Xueshan died, Jin Yue presented evidence that Yun Xueshan's death was manipulated, and then began to attack the popular vote system, explaining how the chaebols controlled and deceived the people. Then he brought out his theory of the superiority of the northern system to raise his behavior to a higher dimension."

The female assistant asked: "Why? Why do you do this?"

The commander said, "Although I'm not sure, I guess he wants more than just money. If he's more daring, I guess he'll take all these people to the North. The North will arrest him to show that it has nothing to do with this, but will not release these chaebol leaders. I don't know what will happen next, but it will be a huge blow to South Korea."

The commander said, "Record my guess and report it, along with my suggestion: regardless of casualties, act as soon as possible. The longer we wait, the more passive we will become."

Male assistant: "The captains of the war police have arrived."

The commander nodded, walked to the conference room, and explained the first assault plan to the captains. The plan was simple and crude, blowing up three doors and three walls at the same time, and six teams attacked the inner hall together. A more complicated plan was to blow up three walls on the second floor, which meant that three teams attacked the corridor of the second floor inner hall, and three teams attacked the first floor inner hall.

Before the superiors approve the action, the captain arranges his team members to designated positions and is ready to raid at any time.

(End of this chapter)