The hotel Xiao Ran was going to stay in was one of the top five-star hotels in Tokyo, located in the center of Ginza.
Staying in this five-star hotel, you can overlook the most prosperous neighborhoods in Japan at a glance.
Ginza in Tokyo is known as the most expensive place in Asia and symbolizes Japan's prosperity.
Ginza is famous for its large number of high-end shopping stores, which gather brand-name goods from all over the world. There are many large shopping malls on both sides of the street.
On the streets of Ginza, various fashionable and personalized clothing brands can be seen everywhere, making it a veritable shopping paradise.
But at this time, Ginza seemed somewhat depressed and deserted.
Due to the current special situation, foreign tourists are almost completely cut off, and the number of tourists and pedestrians on the streets of Ginza is more than half less than usual.
Not only that, many shopping malls and shops of all sizes on both sides of the street are closed.
Many of these shops and shopping malls have even gone bankrupt, with transfer or lease signs hanging at the door.
People walking on the streets of Ginza were all wearing masks and walking in a hurry. Few of them were interested in shopping.
Many people had sad faces and were very cautious and alert.
Everyone was eight feet away from everyone else, as if they were ready to run away at any moment.
This is exactly the case!
If someone coughs at this time, everyone around him will probably flee quickly and scatter like birds and beasts!
Looking at the situation on the street outside, Xiao Ran and David sitting in the car were both sighing.
"The Japanese outside look like frightened animals, as if they are ready to run away at any time."
David said in surprise.
Xiao Ran looked outside the car window and nodded slightly.
"Indeed, these Japanese are all frightened and indifferent."
"This is due to the character of the Japanese: enthusiasm on the surface, indifference on the inside, egoism, etc."
While talking, the motorcade had arrived at the target hotel and slowly drove into the underground garage of the five-star hotel.
Ten minutes later, Xiao Ran was already in the presidential suite on the top floor of the hotel.
After entering the presidential suite, he quickly looked through the suite and found nothing special.
The hotel did not install any monitoring and listening equipment in the suite. The interior of the suite was still very clean and tidy.
In this regard, the Japanese do quite well, a little better than those hotels in Europe and the United States.
While Xiao Ran was looking into the suite, Anthony also reported the situation in a low voice.
The security team members who came to the front station in advance have searched the place thoroughly and found nothing.
On the roof of this five-star hotel, there are two helipads with two helicopters parked.
One of the medium-sized helicopters was rented by his security team and Xiao Ran could use it at any time.
As for Anthony and David, they lived in a few rooms nearby.
After Anthony finished introducing the situation, Xiao Ran immediately nodded and said:
"I know, Anthony, you go back to the guest room and rest for a while, I have to clean up too!"
"In an hour, you and David come back to discuss the next action arrangements."
"Tell Turner to come over at eight o'clock in the evening. I really want to know what they found."
"Okay, Sean."
Anthony nodded in response, and then left the suite with David.
After they left, Xiao Ran sent the suitcase into the bedroom and put it away.
Then he walked into the living room and sat down on the sofa.
Immediately afterwards, he reached out to open the document bag that Turner had just given to him and began to look at the contents inside.
When he was at the airport before, he took a look through this document bag.
Know what's in the bag and make sure it's not dangerous or a trap.
The document bag contains some intelligence and information that Turner and the others have obtained in the past few days, including more than twenty photos with different contents.
These intelligence materials basically pointed to some cultural relic smugglers and several antique dealers in Osaka.
A gang related to cultural relics smuggling, and some other guys.
In those photos, there are cultural relic smugglers, antique dealers, and gangsters.
Then there are a few antique shops, cultural relic smugglers and the stronghold of the Osaka gang, etc.
A considerable part of the intelligence information and photos in the document package come from the Osaka police.
The words Osaka Metropolitan Police Department can be seen on many documents and photos.
Obviously, Turner and the others used their special identities to find out a lot of things from the Osaka Police Station.
Moreover, they directly copied the intelligence information and handed it over to Xiao Ran.
In this regard, the task force currently investigating in Osaka simply cannot do it.
It will be very difficult for them to access the intelligence information held by the Japanese police.
Even Xiao Ran wouldn't be able to see these things if he couldn't enter the Osaka Police Station.
By virtue of their status as CIA agents, Turner and the others can access this information anytime and anywhere.
And this was one of the reasons why Xiao Ran hired them to investigate.
Looking at the intelligence information in front of him, Xiao Ran's eyes suddenly became brighter and shone brightly.
In the following time, he quickly read through all the intelligence materials in front of him.
The moment he read the information, he couldn't help but wave his fist vigorously.
"Great, these 4 million US dollars were indeed not wasted!"
After celebrating alone, he reached for the coat that was placed aside and took out a mobile phone from the coat.
This brand new mobile phone is exactly the special mobile phone that Ma Ming gave him in China.
The next moment, Xiao Ran turned on his mobile phone and started taking pictures of these intelligence materials, including all the photos.
In a short time, he had taken photos of all the intelligence materials and checked them.
Then call up the only real number in the address book and start making calls.
In the blink of an eye, the call was connected.
Ma Ming's voice came immediately.
"Hello. Who is this?"
Xiao Ran smiled and then said hello.
"It's me, Brother Marco. I'm in Tokyo and staying in a five-star hotel in Ginza."
"Is it convenient for you to answer the phone now? Is it convenient for you to receive messages? I have something to send you."
Hearing that it was Xiao Ran, Ma Ming immediately responded in a low voice.
"Xiao Ran, I'm at the Consulate General in Osaka and can answer the phone. Can you tell me something?"
"If you want to send me a message, just use this phone to send it. It's absolutely safe."
Xiao Ran nodded and then continued:
"Those CIA agents who were paid to do things for me really found out something. They may be able to help us find those antiques and cultural relics smuggled to Japan."
"When I arrived at Tokyo Haneda Airport just now, a CIA agent in charge handed me some intelligence information that I had found. I looked at it when I got to the hotel."
"Those intelligence materials involve some cultural relic smugglers, several antique dealers in Osaka, and an Osaka gang that is often involved in cultural relic smuggling."
"I will send you the information right now. You can study it. The task force can continue to investigate based on this information. Maybe there will be surprising discoveries."
Upon hearing this, Ma Ming immediately said happily:
"That's great, Xiao Ran, hurry up and send those intelligence materials over."
"The task force has been in Osaka for a while, but they haven't found many clues."
"The current situation is special and it is difficult to carry out work, and the Osaka police are not very cooperative."
"The work of the task force is difficult to carry out, and it is even blocked at every turn, and its hands are tied."
"The intelligence information you provided may allow the task force to make new breakthroughs."
"I will summarize the information obtained by the task force later and send it to you."
"If you take a look at that information, it will definitely be helpful for you to take the next step."
"Okay, the task force is in the light and I'm in the dark. Let's cooperate with each other. I believe we can find the stolen antiques here."
Xiao Ran nodded in response.
Then, he sent all the intelligence materials he had just taken to Ma Ming.
Osaka, Chinese Consulate General in Osaka.
With a series of message prompts, Ma Ming has received a message from Xiao Ran.
He quickly opened the messages and checked the contents.
For a moment, a look of surprise appeared on his face.
Immediately afterwards, he quickly walked out of the room and went to find the leader of the task force.
Soon, Ma Ming knocked on the door and walked into the room of the task force leader.
As soon as he entered the door, he immediately said excitedly:
"Bureau Zhou, I just received some very important information, which should help the task force's investigation work."
Before he finished speaking, Bureau Zhou and the Cultural Counselor of the Consulate General stood up from the sofa.
"What important information? Come on, tell me. We are worried that we have no clue!"
Zhou Ju couldn't wait to ask.
"Please wait a moment, I will send this information to your mobile phone for easy viewing."
With that said, Ma Ming took action.
In a matter of moments, Bureau Zhou had received the intelligence information.
He immediately turned on his phone and started checking.
Just like Ma Ming's reaction, in the blink of an eye, Zhou Ju's face was full of surprise.
"That's great! This intelligence information came in time, and it's like a new village has a bright future!"
"Xiao Ma, who sent these intelligence materials? This person's methods are really clever."
"On many documents, you can see the words Osaka Metropolitan Police Department, obviously from the Osaka Police."
"Is it possible that the person who provided this information is from the Osaka police? It seems unlikely."
Following Zhou Bureau's words, the cultural counselor next to him also looked at Ma Ming.
However, Ma Ming smiled and shook his head.
"Sorry, Director Zhou, the identity of the person who provided the information should not be made public and needs to be kept strictly confidential!"
"What I can tell you is that this is a hidden line. The responsibility is the same as ours, and we are also tracking down these smuggled antiques and cultural relics."
"I am responsible for one-way contact with him. If he makes any important discoveries, he will notify me as soon as possible and I will pass it on to the task force."
"Vice versa, if the task force makes any major discoveries, I will also notify him and we will work together to find these smuggled antiques."
"ah!"
With an exclamation, Zhou Ju and the others were stunned.
Immediately afterwards, the Cultural Counselor of the Consulate General suddenly said:
"Exchanging information with the task force and working together to find these smuggled antiques. Can this person be trusted?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ma Ming gave a decisive answer!
"Absolutely trustworthy! His loyalty to the country is as solid as a rock!"
