Chapter 1193 The Darkest Hour (4)

The night is low, and mottled lights are perched among the scattered buildings. The black mirror-like sea water reflects the brilliant neon lights. Behind the neon lights, you can see the faint shadow of the mountains.

The Gulfstream 750 flew through the night city and slowly landed at Xiangjiang International Airport at two o'clock in the middle of the night. After the plane stopped, Cheng Mo followed Feng Luwan out of the cabin door. The warm evening breeze blew and raised his hand.

Hair and dots of lights decorate the quiet Xiangjiang International Airport in a dim light, giving people a sense of loneliness that is about to start.

The three of them walked down the ramp one after another. A red-haired girl wearing sunglasses and ripped jeans and an LV denim jacket jumped out of a black G63 off-road vehicle not far away. She passed Feng Luwan like the wind and blew into Cheng Mo's arms.

He hugged Cheng Mo's neck and shouted happily: "Long time no see! Boss~ I miss you so much!"

The fragrant wind blew against his face, but Cheng Mo said angrily: "I think you don't want me to die, you want me to die."

Perhaps noticing the threatening gaze of Athena behind her, the red-haired girl let go of her hand, blinked her big and charming eyes, and asked with a smile: "Boss lady, can you allow me to kiss the boss? I have never done that.

I’ve seen a man come out of the Winter Palace alive. I saw him today and I really want to eat some meat.”

Athena said expressionlessly: "Xi Shi, your Chinese has improved very quickly, but I don't know if your fighting skills have improved?"

Cheng Mo was breaking out in cold sweat even in the 20-degree weather in Hong Kong. He immediately firmly rejected this sweet temptation and reprimanded sternly: "What do you mean by opening a carnivore? Xishi, I paid you for it, but that's not the case."

I asked you to make such a silly joke."

Xishi was not afraid of Athena. He crossed his arms and snorted coldly: "Boss Boss, I have been working hard for you and I haven't received a penny of salary yet! Such a big company has not given you a single fuck.

Qian's heart, the company's stock has risen these days! And it is no longer working time, but Xishi's rest time. During the days when the boss was trapped in the Winter Palace, I worked nonstop for 24 hours with high intensity, although in the end

The result has nothing to do with me, so I’m trying my best, right? I haven’t gone out for a drink, done a SAP, or had a pure love affair for half a year, but as a result, you and your wife can’t even bear to give each other a kiss. It’s really evil.

capitalist!"

"Didn't you receive your salary?" Athena turned to Cheng Mo and asked, "How much is Xishi's salary per year?"

Cheng Mo replied: "The basic salary promised to her is 100 million a year! Commissions and stock dividends depend on work performance and work intensity."

"Then it costs several hundred million? Can't we buy a lot of McDonald's stores?" Athena thought for a moment and said, "A kiss is okay. Xishi, please kiss her! If you kiss her, your salary will be deducted for a year."

"A year's salary?" Xishi shook his head like a rattle, "A year's salary is enough for me to take care of many little wolfdogs who are much more handsome than my boss. It's not cost-effective, not cost-effective. Half a month's salary is almost the same."

Athena said calmly: "It doesn't matter whether you kiss or not."

"Fuck!" Xishi cursed, pressed Cheng Mo's cheeks with both hands, and kissed Cheng Mo hard on the lips. Then he raised his middle finger towards Athena, turned around and twisted.

He walked towards G63 with a slim waist, shaking the keys and singing the Cantonese song "Gong Xi Fa Cai".

Feng Luwan pretended not to see anything and walked towards G65 without squinting.

Cheng Mo was speechless at first, then he raised his hand and wiped the lipstick on his lips helplessly, and whispered in a dumbfounded voice: "Why are you teasing her? It's not like you don't know she's crazy alone."

"I'm not teasing her." Athena said, "It just seems like the price I just offered was too low."

"Ah?" Cheng Mo said full of resentment: "How can this be? Why do I feel that my husband has become a commodity in your place?"

"After I have gone through my working life, I feel that it is not easy to make money. If you can save money, save it." Athena glanced at Cheng Mo and said calmly, "Besides, you are not the kind of person who is very principled. You see, you are so talented."

How long will you stay at the Winter Palace?"

Cheng Mo waved his hands quickly, "My fault, my fault. But I really can't help it." He lowered his voice, "If I hadn't done some things, a world war would have broken out by now."

"World war?" Athena asked, "Don't those two nuclear bombs have something to do with you?"

Cheng Mo's scalp was numb, he pressed the jammer in his pocket and nodded, "There were some things that were hard to talk about on the plane just now. I'll tell you slowly later!"

Seeing Cheng Mo's admission, Athena was not too surprised and said calmly, "I didn't expect that my husband is still an extraordinary man with a beautiful face, misfortune and a smile that charms the country! If this is written down, isn't it like a modern war drama with princes?"

Cheng Mo was stunned for a moment, then thought that this was really the case, so he smiled bitterly and said: "My wife is really good at allusions. I am willing to give in to my husband."

Athena asked again: "The one who launched the nuclear bomb for you was Yan Yitong? That star?"

Cheng Mo nodded, "She has an extremely powerful special physique. If it weren't for her, I wouldn't have been able to escape from the Winter Palace this time." He glanced at Feng Luwan and Xi Shi who were already in the car, "Let's go first. We'll wait.

I will tell you in detail in a safe place."

Athena closed her eyes, brushed her long hair, and said softly in the night wind: "Nuclear bombs, that's interesting."

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Whether "Sullivan" is an investigation company in the outside world or an information trading organization in the inner world, it not only has branches in an important spy city like Xiangjiang, but also has a large number of safe houses. Cheng Mo, Athena and Feng

Lu Wan and the three of them had changed their identities to enter the country and did not notify Tai Chi Long. Naturally, they would not stay in the hotel.

The safe house is on the 26th floor of a high-end apartment in North Point. It is nestled against the mountains and the sea, facing the Victoria Harbor, and has an unparalleled night view. The decoration of the house is in a relatively modern home style, using a large amount of beige and white, interspersed with a small amount of black furniture.

The posture is streamlined, and there is a Zen feeling of escaping from the world, but when you open the curtains, you will see the graceful, gorgeous and noisy world.

Cheng Mo glanced at the living room of more than 100 square meters, and saw the stunning view of the city that never sleeps through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and said: "As a safe house, this is too luxurious."

Xishi threw off his red-soled shoes, lay on the sofa and said: "Not long after I bought it, I thought the boss was from Xia Guo, and I might want to stay in Xiangjiang, so I paid for this apartment as a place to stay.

.I have spent tens of millions, and my boss’s annual salary is gone, so I have to reimburse him for this!”

Cheng Mo smiled and said, "You can discuss this matter with the landlady."

Xishi rolled his eyes and said, "Don't think I don't know, the boss lady never cares about money."

Cheng Mo said: "I will take care of it from today on."

Xishi smiled "haha", waved his hand and said, "Then let's wait until one day you and the landlady get divorced! Just remember that you have a mistress here."

Hearing the word "mistress", Cheng Mo really felt that Xi Shi was perfect and didn't open or pick up any of the pots. He didn't dare to look at Athena and pretended to be serious and said: "Let's get down to business, I'll let you investigate the Chen family.

How's the investigation going?"

"I can only say that Tai Chi Dragon's information is kept confidential. There isn't much I can find."

"Let's talk about it first."

Xishi picked up the remote control on the table and pressed it twice. The projector in the living room automatically hung down. She picked up her phone again and connected it to the projector. After several operations, the main characters of the Chen family appeared on the projector.

avatar, and character introduction.

Feng Luwan walked over, glanced at Xishi and said, "Hey, the investigation was quite comprehensive."

Xishi smiled and said: "These are all information on the surface. I think as long as you are familiar with your Tai Chi dragon, it will not be difficult to find out." She said seriously, "I am not complimenting you, your confidentiality work is indeed very strict.

, apart from these information that everyone can check, we can’t find any more.”

Feng Luwan also smiled and said: "It can't be just that, right?"

Xishi swiped the phone again, and nine other avatars popped up on the screen, "These are nine relatively large families that have close ties with the Chen family. These families mainly made their fortunes in Baiyue and Xiangjiang. They are He, Zhang, and Pan.

The five major families of Liu Murong, and the four major families of Shuangli and Guo Zheng."

Feng Luwan nodded and said, "This is also something everyone knows."

Xishi shrugged his shoulders and said: "This is the only thing we can find from the Xia Kingdom's intelligence network. Besides, officials and wealthy businessmen have close contacts, so it is not a particularly taboo thing. We still have to see if they have any

What substantive interest exchanges. However, it is difficult for us to find out these in-depth contents in the mainland. It is easier in Xiangjiang. We have also tried to find breakthroughs. We did find some industries controlled by the Chen family in Xiangjiang, but those

It’s all innocuous stuff.”

Sliding the screen again, the faces of several young people appeared on the projection, "So we went in the opposite direction, starting from the Magnesium Country, investigating the successors of these families who stayed in the Magnesium Country, and seeing what we could learn from them.

No useful clues can be found. You won’t know if you don’t check. It’s quite shocking if you find out. The capital and industry controlled by these families in the country are not small. Many companies are listed on Nasdaq and Dow Jones.

They are behind the operation, such as XXXXX, XXXXXX, XXXXXX, XXXXXX, which are all very large 'conscience' companies. I just don't know which country's conscience they are."

Feng Luwan said coldly: "These are also on the surface. We are a free country, and it is their freedom to list wherever they want."

Xishi swiped the screen again, and an intricate network diagram appeared on it, "These are the companies in which these families have cross-shareholdings, as well as the network of relationships they have formed in the country, including many people from the country, including many.

Retired people from the Pentagon and people from Stargate are the most critical, and the most critical information is." She pressed the screen of her phone, and an icon in a hidden corner of the mesh popped up, "Purdue Charitable Foundation."

"According to our investigation, this private foundation holds a large number of shares in its parent company, and they are mainly concentrated in Xia Guan stocks. What is interesting is that the vast majority of the shares held by this private fund come from donations, and every

Each donation amounted to tens of billions of dollars. Although we cannot find out how much money this private fund has, according to legal requirements, this kind of private charity fund must allocate 5% of its assets to charity every year. We can

According to some data from 2020, this foundation has cooperated with international organizations such as UNESCO, the World Food Program, and the United Nations Children's Fund, and has spent nearly 10 billion U.S. dollars on donations and charity project cooperation, which shows that this

Private charitable funds can control at least more than 200 billion US dollars. We have found professionals to estimate that the possible value is about 700 billion US dollars." Xishi paused and said, "Interestingly, this private charity

The fund received full tax-free status from the federal government in 2021, and has not donated a penny since then. In 2023, it also received donations from two military companies, Boeing and General Motors."

"2021?" Cheng Mo and Feng Luwan said in unison.

Xishi said in a low voice: "Yes. The full tax-free qualification will be recognized in September 2021, which is four months after Chen Shaohua is released."

Feng Luwan shook her head and said, "Unless we can get actual evidence that this foundation is related to the Chen family, it still can't explain anything." She looked at Xi Shi and asked, "Can you find out about this foundation?

Do you have the details of the directors and shareholders?”

"I can't find it." Xishi shook his head, "I only know that the Chinese pinyin is muyu."

"Muyu?" Feng Luwan said doubtfully.

"No." Cheng Mo hesitated, "Maybe it's Mu Yu."

"Mu Yu?" Feng Luwan was puzzled.

Cheng Mo whispered: "Murong Yusi's Muyu."

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That night was a sleepless night for Cheng Mo. The main reason was that Athena heard the story of Yan Yitong "nuking the princes" for Cheng Mo, and she wanted to return to the Winter Palace immediately to see how "suppressed" this carrier nemesis was.
To be continued...