"Damn it, don't tell me that your suitcases are filled with a total of five million US dollars in cash, right?"
It was Cao Zhiqiang who asked this question, and the reason why he asked this was because after he entered the hotel and met Anping and Xu Chun again, he found that they were each carrying a gray suitcase in their hands.
Considering that he had said before that he would spend five million U.S. dollars to go to Japan to meet with a mysterious person and trade late-stage data on anti-artillery radar, that's why Cao Zhiqiang asked this question.
"No." Anping smiled slightly, "There are only some daily necessities in the box. Although there is some cash, it is all in Japanese yen and the amount is not much. It is only 400,000 yen, which is probably less than two thousand US dollars. It is me and Comrade Xu Chun’s business trip expenses.”
Upon hearing this, Cao Zhiqiang raised his eyebrows and felt that the number was indeed not much.
Because Cao Zhiqiang went to Japan this time and exchanged some yen in advance, but the amount he exchanged was a bit large, one million yen.
The current exchange rate of the yen to the US dollar is 227:1, so one million yen is a little more than 4,400 US dollars, not even 5,000 US dollars.
The exchange rate of RMB to US dollar is now almost 1.95:1, which is almost two to one.
In other words, Cao Zhiqiang spent less than 10,000 RMB in exchange for foreign exchange this time when he went abroad to Japan, which was not a lot.
Although there are currency exchange limits for going abroad now, in fact, since most of the people who can go abroad at this time are companies going abroad at public expense, the proportion of companies going abroad to exchange for foreign exchange at this time is actually relatively high. In theory, if you bring 100,000 It’s no problem to get the US dollars out.
Of course, although during this period, the amount of foreign exchange that can be brought abroad at public expense is relatively high, it is difficult to exchange RMB for foreign exchange to take it out. You can’t just change it if you want. It needs to be reviewed at all levels, otherwise it will not be approved. .
Generally speaking, only special units will give you a high foreign exchange quota when going abroad. It is impossible for ordinary units to give too high a foreign exchange quota.
Just like Cao Zhiqiang's Hongguang Publishing House, theoretically you can apply for currency exchange, but the amount is usually very small. Normally, he will not be granted one million yen.
This time, it was also because of Cao Zhiqiang's special situation that one million yen in foreign exchange cash was approved for Cao Zhiqiang, which was in his suitcase.
In short, Cao Zhiqiang exchanged one million yen alone, which he still felt was a bit small.
But Xu Chun and Anping only had 400,000 yen for travel expenses, which they used together, which meant that they only had an average of 200,000 yen, which was less than 1,000 US dollars each.
Although I know that it was very difficult for people going abroad at this time, it is indeed rare to be so frugal.
"What about the money?" Cao Zhiqiang lowered his voice, "Where's the five million US dollars?"
Anping smiled slightly, looked around, and then said to Cao Zhiqiang, "Let's go to your room to chat."
Cao Zhiqiang nodded and said no more, but asked: "How about I give you two a room here?"
Anping shook his head: "No, let's go to your room and sleep in your room."
Cao Zhiqiang frowned: "Then my room is a single room with only one bed."
"It doesn't matter." Anping said, "Your room is a suite. Comrade Xu Chun and I can lay the floor outside."
"Isn't this appropriate?" Cao Zhiqiang frowned, "Comrade Anping is fine with you alone, but there is also Comrade Xu Chun. She is a lesbian, so this is not good."
"It doesn't matter." Xu Chun said proactively, "I'm used to this kind of thing."
"Yes." Anping also followed, "From now on, we are your secretaries and bodyguards, so for your safety, we must protect you 24 hours a day."
"It still doesn't work." Cao Zhiqiang waved his hand, "This is domestic, not foreign, what is there to be afraid of?
Let's do this. I'll open an extra room and keep it as my own, letting Comrade Xu Chun live alone. As for Comrade Anping, you will sleep on the sofa outside my room.
From now on, I am your leader, you all listen to me, that’s it! "
After speaking, Cao Zhiqiang went directly to the front desk and booked another standard room without waiting for the two to refuse.
Seeing Cao Zhiqiang's persistence, Anping and Xu Chun looked at each other, and finally shook their heads helplessly and stopped talking.
In this way, after the room was opened, the three of them went to Cao Zhiqiang's room together to have a meeting first.
After arriving in Cao Zhiqiang's personal room, Cao Zhiqiang was about to speak when Anping suddenly waved his hand to tell Cao Zhiqiang to stop talking.
Next, Xu Chun opened his suitcase and took out something similar to a radio.
After that, she plugged in another earphone and started scanning around with the radio.
At first glance, you can tell that it is an instrument for searching for bugs, but compared to the flashlight-like thing of later generations, this thing is much larger, and it is also disguised, and it looks like a portable radio.
But no matter what, seeing this thing made Cao Zhiqiang really feel like a spy drama.
After checking everywhere for a while, Xu Chun took off his headphones and nodded to Anping: "Safe!"
"Can we talk now?" Cao Zhiqiang couldn't help but said.
Unexpectedly, Anping shook his head and pointed to the location of the bathroom.
Then, Anping walked into the bathroom first, followed closely by Xu Chun.
Cao Zhiqiang hesitated and walked into the bathroom.
After Cao Zhiqiang also walked into the bathroom, Xu Chun silently closed the bathroom door, while Anping gently opened the faucet.
After turning on the faucet, Anping said to Cao Zhiqiang, "You can talk now."
Cao Zhiqiang couldn't help but curl his lips: "Please, this is a hotel in China. Are you so careful? It's like we are spies."
"It's always good to be careful." Anping said calmly, "President Cao..."
"Wait!" Cao Zhiqiang waved his hand, "You called me President Cao?"
"Yes." Anping nodded, "Xu Chun and I are both your secretaries and work at Hongguang Publishing House, so it is normal for me to call you President Cao.
By the way, please don’t call me Comrade Anping from now on. Please call me Xiao An. This is more appropriate.
By the same token, when you call Xu Chun, don't call her Xu Chun or Comrade Xu Chun. Just call her Xiao Xu. "
Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "Understood, but An... Xiao An, is the name Anping your real name?"
Anping smiled slightly: "Well, I'm sorry, this is beyond the scope of my answer. You'd better not ask."
"Is that a pseudonym?" Cao Zhiqiang curled his lips, "By the way, I heard that you were seconded from the General Staff. Which department of the General Staff is that? The second or third department?"
"President Cao." An Ping said with a smile on his face, "We are a little off topic."
Cao Zhiqiang smiled coquettishly: "I'm just curious, just curious."
Anping smiled slightly, and then said seriously: "President Cao, let's get back to the topic.
Although normally this is a domestic hotel, there should be no problems with security and privacy, but if you are being targeted, that is a different matter.
As far as I know, you were targeted by a mysterious person without your knowledge, who gave you special information, and later called you to teach you what to do and how to continue to contact them, right? "
Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "Yes, that's right."
Anping added: "The other party did not provide you with any contact information or contact location. He only said that he would find a way to notify you when the time comes, right?"
Cao Zhiqiang blinked: "Yes, that's right. Is there a problem?"
"It's a big problem!" An Ping said seriously, "The other party didn't tell you any contact information. He only said that he would notify you when the time comes. This means that the other party knows your every move very well, so he knows your whereabouts and can contact you accurately. to you.
From this we know that you have already been targeted!
As far as I know, this room is where you live permanently, so the other party may have secretly installed a listening device here.
So let's come over and check it out first, it's very necessary. "
Cao Zhiqiang frowned: "Is it okay now?"
Anping nodded: "It should be no problem, but foreign technology for this kind of eavesdropping device is advancing rapidly. There may be some new eavesdropping devices that our equipment cannot detect. After all, the power of our equipment is too small.
So just in case, if we chat in the future, let’s turn on the faucet and chat here.
In this environment, any eavesdropping device is useless.
It's the same when you go to Japan. When talking about important things, you must try to do it in the bathroom and turn on the faucet. "
Cao Zhiqiang shrugged: "Okay, you are a professional, I will listen to you."
Anping nodded and continued: "In short, according to our previous speculation, it should be someone from that organization who sent someone to keep an eye on you, so we can accurately know your whereabouts, and then contact you based on your whereabouts.
Although this organization seems to be friendly to us at present, we must be wary of others. It never hurts to be more careful. "
"Okay, okay, I understand." Cao Zhiqiang said, "You don't need to remind me again and again. Anyway, I will try my best to listen to you from now on."
Anping smiled slightly: "It's okay here, but if you go to Japan, I hope you can take us with you as much as possible. But my Japanese is not good, so it is best for me and Xu Chun to be by your side. She can be yours and mine." translate."
"That doesn't matter." Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly, "My Japanese is not bad."
Anping was stunned: "Do you know Japanese?"
"Yes." Cao Zhiqiang said, "Why, is it weird? Otherwise, how could I dare to go to Japan alone? You don't know that O and I know Japanese things, right?"
Anping frowned and shook his head: "I really don't know this, but do you really know how to do it? You only know one or two sentences, right?"
Cao Zhiqiang smiled, turned directly to Xu Chun, and greeted in Japanese: "Hello, Secretary Xu! By the way, you can also speak to me in Japanese."
Xu Chun was stunned, and quickly said to Cao Zhiqiang in Japanese: "Yes, President Cao, I'm fine. But, do you really know Japanese?"
"Of course." Cao Zhiqiang immediately replied in Japanese, "There is no problem in listening, speaking, reading and writing, and there is no problem in daily conversation."
"Awesome!" Xu Chun said in Japanese, "And your Japanese seems to be more fluent than mine. Where did you learn it?"
"Self-taught." Cao Zhiqiang said in Japanese with a smile.
"Wait a minute!" Anping said suddenly, "What on earth are you talking about?"
Cao Zhiqiang then turned to look at Anping and said in Chinese: "I said hello to Xu Chun, no, Xiao Xu in Japanese. She praised my Japanese and asked me where I learned it. I said I am self-taught."
Anping turned to look at Xu Chun, who nodded and said in Chinese: "Yes, President Cao is very fluent in Japanese. He is right."
Anping looked at Cao Zhiqiang in surprise: "Okay, I didn't expect you to have this skill? Can you learn Japanese by yourself? If I hadn't read your information and knew your identity and background, there would be no problem. Just because you suddenly know Japanese, believe it or not. , the police will take you away for questioning."
"Isn't that true?" Cao Zhiqiang frowned.
"Why not?" Anping glanced at Cao Zhiqiang, "President Cao, you are a native of Peiping, the capital. You are just nineteen years old this year, and you dropped out of school in the first year of high school. In your situation, you can suddenly speak fluent Japanese. If someone discovers you, can you not doubt your identity?"
"That's true." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "But I am really self-taught. I can also speak English and Korean. They are all self-taught, so my level should be very high.
Besides, it shouldn’t be a secret that I can speak Japanese, right?
I used to have a good relationship with a Japanese singer here in Beijing. This time I went to Japan, and he invited me to go.
You don’t know this, right? "
"Are you talking about Mr. Masashi Sada?" Xu Chun asked.
Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "Yes, that's him."
Anping nodded and said: "President Cao, we know about your friendship with Mr. Sada and the specific process of your relationship, but we don't know that you can speak Japanese so fluently. This is our negligence. We always thought , your communication with Mr. Sada was in Chinese."
"Chinese? Why do you have such an idea?" Cao Zhiqiang said amusedly, "You don't think that when Masashi Sada comes here, he can speak Chinese, right?
In fact, his Chinese is extremely poor and he can only speak a few simple Chinese sentences. Normal communication is not possible at all. When I talk to him, I always use Japanese, and many times I even have to be his translator. "
Anping said: "Our investigation time is too short, and oversights are inevitable. That's why we need to meet and communicate in advance to avoid trouble in the future."
Immediately afterwards, Anping took out a pile of letter paper full of words and handed it to Cao Zhiqiang: "President Cao, this is the information between me and Xu Chun. Of course it is the information about the superficial identity. Please be sure to remember it.
Although normally, no one will pay special attention to you when you go to Japan this time, and Xu Chun and I will not be noticed, but it is always right to be careful. "
Cao Zhiqiang looked at the content on the letter and nodded: "I understand."
"Please memorize it as soon as possible," Anping said. "After you memorize it, destroy this letter before going to Japan."
"Understood!" Cao Zhiqiang looked at it again, and then returned the letter to Anping, "I'll remember it and give it back to you."
"So fast?" Anping asked in surprise, "You just read it once and remembered it all?"
Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly, pointed to his head and said: "I am a genius, photographic memory is a basic skill."
Well, actually it’s not that Cao Zhiqiang really has photographic memory, but that after he has the audio-visual production dream space, he can recreate all the memories he has seen and heard in his dreams, which is equivalent to carrying his driving record with him. Yi is still comprehensive.
Therefore, from this perspective, it is not wrong to say that Cao Zhiqiang has a photographic memory.
If Cao Zhiqiang really forgets something, he only needs to close his eyes and retrieve the information he needs in the dream space to recreate the memory at that time.
This can be regarded as a special application of dream space skills.
"Let's not mention anything else." Cao Zhiqiang asked, "Speaking of which, you haven't answered yet. How are you going to pay for the five million US dollars they want?"
"This is simple." Anping smiled slightly, "When I went to Japan this time, I brought a bearer check from HSBC Bank.
As long as we are sure we have obtained the information and are sure it is genuine, we can use a cash check to withdraw money from HSBC Bank.
At that time, if the other party asks for a check, we will give it to him. If the other party asks for money, we will directly give it to him.
In short, don’t worry about payment. Let alone 5 million, even 30 million more will be absolutely no problem! "
Upon hearing this, Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "If you say that, then I'll be relieved."
Anping smiled slightly: "Next, let's talk about other things to pay attention to."
So, Anping continued in the bathroom and explained some precautions to Cao Zhiqiang in detail. Most of them were small details, as well as special gestures, expressions, eyes, and even the placement of chopsticks. specific meaning.
This was done just in case, so that Cao Zhiqiang could use subtle body language to remind them when it was inconvenient to speak.
In fact, what Anping mentioned are all common spy techniques, but Cao Zhiqiang is not a professional after all, so he only needs to know a little bit about it.
After talking about some common tricks used by spies, Anping asked Xu Chun to rest in this room, and he and Cao Zhiqiang went to the newly opened room to rest, just in case.
Think about it, although Xu Chun used that instrument to test this room and proved that there was no problem here and there was no bug reaction, but after all, this is the room where Cao Zhiqiang has lived for a long time, so accidents are inevitable.
But Cao Zhiqiang just opened a new room, so this should not be a problem.
Therefore, letting Xu Chun stay while Cao Zhiqiang and Anping go to the newly opened room must be unexpected, and naturally safer.
In this way, after a lot of trouble, Cao Zhiqiang was finally able to go to bed in the next room.
Looking at Anping sleeping in the next bed, Cao Zhiqiang was speechless for a while, feeling that this was just asking for trouble.
But thinking about it again, this is fine, because their existence is his best witness.
After all this trouble, if he finds another opportunity to hand over the physical object and data of the "Firefinder" positioning radar, no one will believe that he was the one who was doing the trick all along.
Because when the time comes, Anping and Xu Chun will testify on their behalf, proving that I am just an innocent middleman.
Not bad, not bad, not only helped the country, but also made money for myself, and no one doubted me. It was perfect!
