Not to mention how awkward it was when Benjamin and Margaret came off the stage. Especially Benjamin, it is pure nonsense to say that he doesn't like those beautiful bodies, but as a president, as a husband, and his wife is still by his side... apart from showing an embarrassed expression, he doesn't seem to show any other expressions. suitable.
Kai seemed much more casual. His girlfriend even had a lingerie party with her best friends at his house, and he didn't care at all.
It was also at this time that Spicy Chicken appeared as a guest performer. I saw Malaji wearing a sexy underwear and came on the stage. The exaggerated curvy gourd-shaped figure and the hot red sexy underwear immediately made 80% of the men present bend down and salute.
Although Kai really can't appreciate Malaji's killer figure, he can't help the American people liking him. The ABC TV station responsible for the broadcast was almost crazy with joy. Originally, Tony Stark was playing pranks on those dignitaries, and directly held an underwear show at the opening ceremony, which had greatly increased the ratings. Now, the hot performance of Spicy Chicken immediately made people laugh again. Ratings increased again.
Generally speaking, the average American is still not very interested in a highly professional expo like this, even if it is of a high level. But with Tony's pranks in front and Spicy Chicken's song 'Starships', the entertainment atmosphere at the scene suddenly exploded.
Americans love excitement, so the ratings have soared. This made all the ABC executives smile. After all, only those kind of serious opening ceremonies would be willing to watch. How conscious and lively it is now.
And Isabella, who was backstage, was so excited that she almost broke the nails she had just done. Such a background and such attention were enough to make Spicy Chicken an instant hit!
This is what Isabella is pursuing. Although Spicy Chicken's record contract has been signed to someone else, her financial contract is still in the hands of Lingdie Entertainment. The higher the value of Spicy Chicken, the more Lingdie Entertainment can do from it. Get more benefits.
Isabella has now completely transformed. In fact, there is nothing we can do if we don't completely transform. Bullseye almost killed all the Voodoo Gang's younger members that day. Now the Voodoo Gang only has one sign left. In this case, there is no way to not transform. There is no other way.
But no matter what, now it seems that this choice is right.
At least she has seen the light, and then it depends on the performance of several other artists under her banner. Of course, this show only has spicy chicken. After all, for a small company to be able to arrange an artist for you to open the show is already very, very impressive. You still want to arrange for all the artists from the company to be included? Unless you're Tony Stark's dad.
Under the dynamic music of 'Starships', sexy and tall Victoria's Secret angels walked on stage one by one, and the atmosphere at the scene became increasingly high.
But at this time, Kai had to leave first.
There was no other way. The president said he couldn't stand the commotion at the scene and decided to go back to the lounge to have a rest before proceeding with the next activities. As a security officer posted to the president in Chicago, Kai had to show off even if he was trying to fish.
In fact, Kai felt that instead of running around with a bunch of people, it would be better to stay where he was supposed to and watch the young lady walk the catwalk in a few pieces of fabric. At least it was not eye-catching.
Although Kai was following the president in name to protect his safety, in fact, Kai was dozens of meters away from the president, and the Secret Service agents in the White House did not let Kai get close to the president at all. Instead of running around like this stupidly with a group of people, it's better to stay where you are and continue fishing.
And on this occasion, even if Benjamin and Margaret wanted to be close to Kay, it would not be good. After all, most of the people present were political bigwigs and celebrities. As a president, if you don’t communicate with them, why don’t you run away? Go chat with a little policeman. Is this expressing something?
This is the case with politicians, especially the President of the United States. Every word they say will be analyzed and analyzed by countless people under a magnifying glass. You will know this if you look at Trump in his previous life. His tweets can become news. What he said was analyzed word for word.
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In this way, Kai followed him all day long for no apparent reason. But at night, a phone call forced Kai to stop fishing.
Tapia ran away.
It turns out that Tapia has been waiting for an opportunity to get away from Chicago. During this time, Tapia has also felt pressure from everywhere. At first, he did use the power of vampires to temporarily drive Kingpin's power out of Chicago, but this did not make his business better. On the contrary, because of the theft of drugs seized by the police station some time ago, the entire Chicago Police Department began to attack him. Surveillance was tighter, and his voice plummeted due to the Chicago Police Department's crackdown.
This is the United States, not Colombia or Mexico, and the government is not so incompetent that it cannot even deal with a drug lord.
Even though Tapia was once a taboo in the police station because of his previous lawsuit against the police station, and the police were reluctant to provoke him, once the official forces really got serious and tried their best to deal with him, they would still let Tapia Alexander.
The Chicago Police Department doesn't even need to actually do anything to him personally. It just needs to crack down on the businesses of Tapia's 'clients' with all its strength, which is enough to make Tapia's business begin to decline overall. During this period, the police cracked down on various criminal activities and achieved considerable results, many of whom were Tapia's 'clients'.
When Tapia's drugs were brought into Chicago, they naturally had to be sold, otherwise they wouldn't be able to eat if they were kept in their hands.
Not only that, the police also strengthened water control, so Tapia's route of transporting drugs from the waterway came under strong attack.
This makes Tapia's supply extremely unstable. If you want to make it big in their industry, the two most important requirements are volume and stability. Without these two things, who will do business with you in the long term?
This is not the key. What is more critical is that Tapia found that his money could not be returned.
Although Tapia's roots are in Cuba, Cuba itself is a socialist country and has strict drug control. Even if Tapia has deep roots in Cuba, there is no way to manufacture drugs in Cuba. Tapia’s sources of drugs still come from Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru. He would regularly send funds to cooperating drug lords through various means, and then transport the drugs to Cuba through Colombian partners, and then transport them to the United States through Cuba.
But now, the dollars he earned in the United States cannot be shipped out!
Those drug lords are very realistic. They don't have to worry about sales anyway. Since you Tapia can't buy it, they will naturally find other partners.
So Tapia now desperately needs the present-day shipment out of the United States.
But the problem is that the Chicago police and DEA took him too seriously, making it impossible for him to transport hundreds of millions of dollars out of the country.
It is also because of this incident that Tapia has been constantly looking for ways to break the situation recently, even joining the mysterious organization Golden Circle at a huge cost. I hope I can use this drug lord alliance to help me get through this difficult time.
But who would have thought that the three people sent by the Golden Circle were awesome at first, but ended up on the street the next day.
With no other choice, Tapia decided to make a desperate move.
He planned to take advantage of the president's arrival in Chicago and the Stark Industries Exposition to make a dangerous move.
In the past, Tapia would arrange a plane to transport cash, fly directly to Miami, and then transfer in Miami directly to Cuba. But now, this route is no longer possible, so he plans to use the corpse to transport cash.
In addition to the drug business, Tapia also has some formal industries, such as the funeral industry.
He owns eleven funeral homes in Chicago, and due to his family's Cuban identity, he also specializes in running a Cuban funeral home. Although the West is not as particular about returning fallen leaves to their roots as the East, nostalgia is something that everyone has. In particular, most Cubans left Cuba and came to the United States not willingly, but because of the special circumstances at the time.
These Cubans have been exiled to the United States. Although they have obtained American citizenship, a large number of them still hope to be buried in their hometown after death.
However, in 1960, after Cuba announced that it would nationalize U.S. citizens' industries in Cuba, the United States announced sanctions against Cuba. The sanctions were further strengthened to a near-total economic blockade two years later and continue to this day. Going a step further on February 3, 1962, then-US President John F. Kennedy signed a decree officially declaring a comprehensive embargo (economic, financial and trade embargo) against Cuba.
This has frustrated many Cubans’ desire to return to their homeland.
But in modern times, since 1992, the United Nations General Assembly has passed relevant resolutions every year calling on the United States to end its economic embargo against Cuba. This has also caused the United States to relax on some issues. Especially in recent years, the United States has gradually opened direct charter flights to Cuba and relaxed restrictions on travel to Cuba by some groups in the United States. (In reality, it will take a few years, but because it is a different world, some changes are understandable)
Among them, the U.S. government is also open to Cubans who wish to be buried in their hometown after death. However, this requires the deceased’s living will to be effective.
The Cuban funeral home run by Tapia is also doing business in this area.
But because the embargo was still in place and inspections were still very strict, Tapia had never thought of transporting cash in this way. Until this time he was desperate and could only take risks and bribe relevant personnel.
Those customs officers are not all spotless, but the vast majority of people still dare not do anything in this regard. If the ban is not used for a day, the risk is still very high.
But it is different today. First of all, due to the arrival of the president and the opening of the exposition, most of Chicago's police forces have been transferred. Even the customs police have been transferred partly, which makes the inspection intensity very small. This gives Tapia chance.
Unexpectedly, things happened to the two little policemen whom Tapia had not paid attention to before.
Marcus and Mike were forced to terminate the investigation of Tapia by Cooper, but they still refused to give up and wanted to find some key evidence and nail Tapia completely.
As a result, they really found some clues.
They noticed that Tapia's company had close ties with a shipping company in Miami, so they found out about that company through Sydney's connections in Miami (Sydney is a Miami DEA agent), and found that the company was not There is nothing illegal, but there is a special permit for navigation with Cuba.
And they have a long-term contract with Tapia Company for the transportation of remains.
Originally, if it was just like this, the two of them wouldn't suspect anything. But when they checked the latest transportation contract, they discovered a problem.
There are too many bodies this time!
A full 94 bodies need to be transported through Miami.
How many Cubans live in Chicago? Marcus and the others don’t know this aspect, but they definitely don’t have too many. Generally speaking, Cubans are concentrated in several southeastern coast states such as Florida. The further north you go, the fewer Cubans there are. Although Chicago is considered an international city, There really aren’t many Cubans.
What a coincidence that so many Cubans died at the same time? You must know that in the past, the most transfers were only a dozen bodies.
So the two of them ran to the funeral home to investigate the situation. It was shocking to see that the people in the funeral home were emptying out the remains and modifying the coffins!
The two people who saw this scene immediately went to Teresa's home and told Teresa about the situation, hoping that Teresa would allow them to act and intercept the batch of cash. Theresa hesitated for a long time, and finally called Director Cooper.
Director Cooper naturally disagreed with this at first. He finally passed the blame to the DEA, but there was no reason for him to pick it up again.
But the problem is that he really doesn't need this credit to consolidate his position. It's basically certain that he will take the position of director, but the problem is that Theresa does. As a good leader, you must consider the thoughts of your subordinates.
Teresa needed the credit to solidify her position, even further. This is human nature. Director Cooper understands and must understand.
Therefore, Cooper could only agree, but he also had his own requirements.
That is, don’t make it big, and get things done quietly. It’s best not to have gun battles or speeding cars. The most important thing is not to cause casualties, especially police and civilians. Otherwise, if something big happens at this juncture, then he will Can't bear it. ,
After receiving the authorization, Marcus and Mike immediately led people to raid the funeral home and found evidence.
Everything became easy, they just needed to catch Tapia and everything was done.
Unfortunately, the last step went wrong as expected!
Tapia ran away.
This is nothing. Just running away is not an unacceptable thing to the police. After all, they have already taken revenge. From now on, Tapia will not be able to show up anywhere in the United States. As for arresting him, Then it really becomes the DEA's job.
In this case, the Chicago police have only credit.
But the bad thing is, he ran away and captured Sydney...
While Marcus and the others were looking for evidence, Tapia finally remembered Sydney and called her, hoping to talk about cooperation.
Tapia felt that although the previous method was very safe, it was too inefficient. For example, this time, he couldn't transport so much cash. So he hoped to change his approach, so Sydney was reminded by Tapia. He hoped that a professional money laundering team could help him clean up those gambling funds, and then enter his account openly. At least in this way, he would never be able to do so again. There is no need to worry that his money cannot be transported out and will only be left in the cellar and attic to be gnawed by rats.
As a result, at this time, his subordinates reported to him that their funeral home had been ransacked, and so had their money. Not only that, they also found out the relationship between Sydney and Marcus...
So Tapia also kidnapped Sydney when she escaped.
