Chapter 856: Deep into Enemy Camp
A few minutes later, Skinny Monkey, having confirmed the situation, walked back.
Juedan immediately turned his head to look, then received a confirming look from Skinny Monkey.
"So these are the Bao Family, no mistake."
Only then did Juedan withdraw his gaze, feeling slightly more at ease.
Although he didn't know what these few from the Bao Family were up to again, it likely all boiled down to vying for the Old Master's favor and subsequent support.
As for who exactly came to coordinate with them, it didn't seem to matter.
As long as the money arrived, that was all that mattered.
Thus, Juedan waved his hand, signaling his men to help move the goods onto the shipping containers.
But immediately after, the young master before him suddenly cast a probing gaze toward the deck on the other side of them.
"Is that also part of the cargo you brought this time?"
The young man asked.
Juedan raised an eyebrow slightly, feeling that this business might have room for further negotiation: "Yes, that is also our cargo."
This time, they had come to the High Seas to make a fortune, and they treated the cargo exactly like little piglets. They didn't place these people anywhere else on the cargo ship, but instead crammed them all into shipping containers for unified management. They didn't even bother with the superficial efforts they used to make; they simply hauled a few large shipping containers and drifted across the ocean openly, completely unafraid of screening by any official agencies.
It could be said that they were completely devoid of humanity.
However, this was indeed very convenient. A few shipping containers stacked together were enough for them to hide hundreds of people. Even on their dilapidated, nearly obsolete cargo ship, they could fully handle this transport task. Every time Juedan looked at these stacked containers, a sense of pride would involuntarily well up in his heart.
Even though they had already provided a portion of the cargo to the Cruise Ship, there were actually still several shipping containers on their deck.
—There were still people inside them.
It was just that the overall quality of these was not high; they were not as good as the first batch of cargo sent to the Cruise Ship. Furthermore, a portion of them were not originally trained to be fortune-turning beads. However, considering that they might encounter wealthy bosses with different tastes on this trip, Juedan didn't hesitate at all. He brought this uneven batch of goods across the ocean in one go, preparing to find a way to pitch them to the wealthy bosses here as well.
Anyway, with the Bao Family's connections, they would always be able to sell off at least a portion. The money earned on the High Seas was far more than what they could earn on their own turf.
For these rich people, whatever slipped through their fingers was enough for them to make a fortune.
So, when this young man asked about their other cargo, Juedan suddenly felt that this was a good opportunity for a sales pitch.
Wasn't doing business with anyone {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} the same?
Besides, Bao Wenyin was still on the ship. If the other party wanted to cooperate with them to get the upper hand over Bao Wenyin, they would have to pay a higher price to satisfy them.
That meant they could earn even more money, didn't it?
"I think we can discuss this batch of cargo."
Sure enough, the young man in front of him shifted the topic to this batch of cargo.
"How much cargo do you have left on the ship? I want to take them all away right now," the young man said. "As for the clientele, you don't need to worry; we can naturally resolve that. But the prerequisite is that this batch of cargo must go only to me."
Juedan understood the subtext, and the smile on his face couldn't help but become a bit more genuine. He said: "We can supply you with the remaining goods, but are you sure you can handle that much?"
Although most people had guessed that the Cruise Ship was engaged in some other sneaky, illegal criminal activities, the majority of people were still standing in the high-level areas, bright and glamorous, partying. These illegal activities still needed to be hidden in the darkness; they could not see the light of day.
Therefore, even when conducting this business on his own ship, Bao Wenyin only dared to move the venue to the lower deck cabins, rather than bringing it directly to the upper levels.
If the young man in front of him wanted to take on such a large group of people, it would inevitably attract the attention of others on the Cruise Ship.
Would the other party really dare to carry out such illegal acts so openly and blatantly?
"That is not a problem you need to worry about."
The young man answered, full of confidence.
Juedan narrowed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then finally said: "Let's do this, let's discuss this further."
Subsequently, he signaled for the young man to follow them.
The young man immediately waved his hand, signaling the others beside him to go help confirm the cargo, while he himself followed Juedan's pace.
And behind them as they left, a figure silently walked out from the shadows behind the shipping containers and quickly hid behind other containers on the deck, completely masking their presence without making a single sound.
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Cruise Ship.
Shu Han turned off the AI voice changer on his phone app and let out a long breath, still feeling a lingering sense of shock and emotion in his heart.
He had heard before that criminals could now use AI to synthesize the voices of target individuals for online fraud, but only now did he truly realize how formidable it was.
This kind of voice changing wasn't like the fancy voice changers he used to see on TV; it was a sophisticated tool genuinely powered by AI technology. It didn't even require re-transmission; once the software was opened and he spoke into the phone, he could adjust the background noise and the voice being emitted by the person himself.
Shu Han also hadn't expected that one day he would get to experience such a high-end "scam" firsthand.
And his role was even that of an accomplice.
To be honest, he had never encountered such a bizarre experience even when filming abroad in the past.
However, Shu Han only reflected for a moment; he hadn't finished what he needed to do yet.
Shu Han turned around, walked out of the restroom, and arrived in the bustling nightlife venue where the lights were dim and strobe lights were constantly flashing.
"Brother Shu!"
Someone saw him and happily greeted him, "When are you coming over for a drink?"
Shu Han smiled faintly at them, then shook his head helplessly and said: "Sorry, Xiao He and the others are calling for me upstairs; I need to go find them first."
"Is that so."
Someone nodded, and naturally, others asked expectantly: "Then won't Brother Xiao come to the dance floor to play later? To be honest, we are very curious about him; not many people have had a drink with him before!"
For them, someone like Xiao He who was busy with work was instead the relatively mysterious type.
Therefore, hearing that Xiao He had invited everyone in the circle on the ship to hang out, many people who were curious about Xiao He or wanted to get close to Xiao He to gain more resources responded very actively and participated.
It was just unexpected that not long after Xiao He showed his face, he disappeared somewhere.
"Hey, it can't be helped. He's chatting with the young master of the Bao Family and is still up there keeping him company."
Shu Han shrugged, feigning helplessness.
Fortunately, the others didn't insist on getting a clear answer. After Shu Han circled the venue again to create the impression that Xiao He was drinking upstairs, he arrived at a lounge on the second floor of the bar.
There were only two people in the lounge.
The one who opened the door was Liu Rulan. After she poked her head out to confirm there was no one behind Shu Han, she hurriedly pulled Shu Han into the lounge.
Seeing Liu Rulan, and confirming that the person who had been rescued was in decent condition, Shu Han finally breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that you are all okay. Xiao He is still too reckless; I should have been the one to go for backup at that time."
Asking Sister Liu to go down and pick someone up was simply too risky.
"I was the closest at the time, why couldn't it be me? If I had gone even a moment later, it might have been even more dangerous."
Liu Rulan raised an eyebrow at Shu Han, very dissatisfied with his words.
Shu Han quickly apologized: "Sorry, Sister Liu. But since that's the case, I'll leave things here to you. They have all gone over to help, and I want to go take a look too."
Liu Rulan frowned: "Officer Cheng has already contacted the Police. They should be sailing over very soon, so you must not do anything reckless."
"It's fine."
Shu Han shook his head, "I'm just very worried about Xiao He. I heard from Tong Junhui that in the video he recorded, there were scenes of those people holding guns."
They were just a group of ordinary people and didn't even have any weapons for self-defense. If they encountered those armed thugs, he really didn't know what they would do.
After a moment of silence, Liu Rulan pulled Shu Han into a corner and pulled out a weapon from the wrapped-up suit jacket—
"A handgun?!"