And across the street, there's a public phone booth. Bai Fengtai doesn't always have to look at the phone booth with his eyes. He just drinks tea normally and reads the newspaper in his hand, but in fact, he listens with his ears. Listen carefully to see if the call comes from the phone booth.
Almost at the same time, Lao Kuang, Fu Haibai, and Pi Kaiji arrived at a place in the West District of Shanghai. How can I say this place is indeed a bit remote. But it's not outside the city, just a few rows of buildings. Time is also important. This time is in the afternoon, but it has not yet reached the normal evening rush hour.
Therefore, the people living in these large rows of buildings have not yet gone home, so the entire street seems relatively deserted. On one of the streets, there is a restaurant. It's not very big, but the area inside is actually not very small either. The upper and lower floors have a total urban area of nearly 150 square meters. And there are several private rooms.
At this time, Lao Kuang, Fu Haibai, and Pi Kaiji were in one of the private rooms of the restaurant. Lao Kuang looked at his watch and saw that it was already past four o'clock, but the time was absolutely perfect, so he said: "At this time, let's call Brother Shu to come over. Isn't it going to delay the work?"
"Ah, it's okay." Pi Kaiji said: "There are basically no classes this afternoon. I just wanted to say hello and go home early. It's no problem."
I heard Pi Kaiji say, say hello and go home early. Both Lao Kuang and Fu Haibai were overjoyed. Because the other party did not say that he left work early to see a friend, but used it to go home. In other words, once the worst situation really happened, after he and others took action, the subsequent investigation would It will also increase the difficulty for investigators at the source.
But this was within their expectations. After all, the last time they asked for Pi Kaiji, they gave him money. He also asked the other party to provide a list of names. Naturally, it was impossible for Pi Kaiji to let the people in the inspection office know about this kind of behavior. And now that the two of them were looking for him and inviting him over, it was also impossible for Pi Kaiji to be such a big talker and talk to people everywhere.
Lao Kuang smiled and said: "Oh, that's good. Is everything okay at home? Last time we took the liberty to go there, we didn't know if there was a phone at home. If there is, let's call one at home? We might as well ask the wife to come with the children. , just in time to have a meal together. I like Lele very much, and let my daughter starve."
Pi Kaiji smiled and said: "You're welcome, no need. At this time, the child's mother should be heading to school, and Lele and the others will have to wait a while before they get off school. It's okay even if we are late, the two of them will go home. You won’t be hungry either.”
"Okay. Then I'm relieved." Lao Kuang waved his hand and said, "Come on, don't just chat for a while, let's eat some food. I'll give Brother Ji a drink."
Pi Kaiji picked up the wine glass and clinked it with Lao Kuang and Fu Haibai. After finishing a cup of white wine, he ate a few mouthfuls of food and said, "Brother Kuang, Brother Haibai, you asked me to come over this time, but it doesn't matter if it's as simple as treating guests to dinner, right? Just tell me directly. Don't worry, I will You are the most observant of the rules. You use money to help others to eliminate disasters. Do you want the goods to be taken away? Or have the goods arrived at the dock? "
Lao Kuang and Fu Haibai looked at each other and smiled, but Fu Haibai remained the same, unwilling to speak and just keeping company. Lao Kuang said: "Brother Kaiji, this time it's really not about buying or selling goods. I want you to write a list, which is the list of the dock management office. Last time, you didn't give it to us from the Inspection Office. A list? This will be quite useful for us to purchase goods in the future. However, there is another place, the dock management office, and we don’t know the personnel up and down yet. So, I have to trouble you this time. "
Having said this, Lao Kuang waved his hand towards Fu Haibai, and then said: "Of course, we made an agreement with Brother Kaiji last time. If there is any trouble for Brother Kaiji in the future, we can't help but express it. . Come on, I hope Brother Kaiji will accept this labor fee."
Fu Haibai, who was next to him, put his left hand into the briefcase next to him. When he withdrew his hand, he had already taken out a stretched envelope and handed it to Lao Kuang.
After Lao Kuang caught it, he put it on the table and pushed it in front of Pi Kaiji's eyes. The latter was very happy when he saw the thickness of the envelope. He said politely: "This is all easy to say. I often deal with them. I can't say that I know them all, but they are basically the same. Hey, by the way, I don't have paper and pen here. Do you have any? If not, I will take care of the store. Borrow it."
"Thank you, brother Kaiji, haha." Lao Kuang pointed and said, "I have it in my bag." Hearing Pi Kaiji say this and taking the money, Lao Kuang felt at ease. As long as the other party is willing, then Easy to handle, this step has been taken.
Fu Haibai next to him took out a notebook and a pen. After Pi Kaiji took it, he started to write: Gan Feichen, director of the management office. Bai Ningzhu, deputy director. Ge Yangyun, inspection team..."
Not long after, Pi Kaiji had written down all the people in the dock management office. Then he said: "The people above are basically the same. The backbone, the ones in charge, are basically these people. As for the people below, it's useless to write about them. But as long as you understand the people above, in the dock, It’s basically no problem.”
Lao Kuang took it with a smile and said: "Thank you, brother Kaiji. This has helped us a lot. Come on, come on, have a drink."
The meal was not too late this time, but the time was not too short either. It lasted for about three hours, and the drinking lasted until about seven o'clock in the evening. This is the end. Then Lao Kuang took a taxi to Pi Kaiji. That's right, it's a car-type taxi. It's not cheap these days. It's very high-end. Ask the driver to take him to the door of his home.
After watching the car leave, Lao Kuang and Fu Haibai also walked out of the street. They looked at the reaction of the whistle at the intersection. That means there is no response, which means the neighborhood is safe.
Therefore, Lao Kuang and Fu Haibai immediately started calling the agreed phone number as agreed. But this time, there is no need to pick up the phone from the other side. It just rings a few times according to the rhythm, then hangs up, rings a few times again, and hangs up. This means something.
When Bai Fengtai heard the ringing, he didn't look back, but listened with his ears. Counting how many times it rang, stopped, and then it rang a few more times. After it was completely over, I instantly compared the answer in my heart: everything went well. This means that everything went according to plan...
