Siheyuan: I earned foreign exchange in the heyday

"These people are still thinking about counting money at this time. It turns out that they have no faith at all and only care about money."

"This is normal. People come here to kidnap hostages, isn't it just for money?"

Tian Xiwa listened to what the two said and immediately spoke.

“Okay, there are several floors upstairs, we need to search quickly.

The next step is to resolve the hostage situation on the first floor, so that we don’t get attacked from both sides when the fighting starts.”

Then the three of them continued to move upstairs according to the search formation requested by Chen Changan.

As time went by, there was no news from Li Chenglin in the sewer.

There was also no news from Tian Xiwa and others who entered the hotel from the third floor.

Not to mention Uncle Nie, even Chen Changan, who had full confidence in them, felt a little uneasy.

The time the kidnappers mentioned was running out, and Uncle Nie had started looking at his watch frequently.

"Xiao Li, let's level the troops."

"Yes."

Chen Changan wanted to say something, but unfortunately there was no movement in the entire hotel.

Chen Changan had no reason to convince Uncle Nie not to assemble his troops.

Many foreign journalists nearby immediately began to exclaim in surprise when they saw the large force gathering.

Among the hostages at the Xinqiao Hotel, some were their colleagues and some were their compatriots.

Even ordinary people they had never met were white people with blond hair and blue eyes like them.

They had seen several people entering the hotel from the third floor before, and they thought the hostages were saved.

But now seeing the large force gathering, I immediately realized that the rescue operation might not have been completed.

And gathering a large force is to prepare for a head-on fight with the kidnappers.

In this case, the safety of the hostages in the hotel may not be guaranteed.

The troops were gathering, and Uncle Nie's secretary came over in a hurry and said a few words into Uncle Nie's ear.

Uncle Nie frowned and spoke.

"Bring her here."

Then Chen Changan saw Uncle Nie's secretary walking over with a blonde foreign woman.

"Hello, Mr. Nie. I am a US reporter. This time I am here to negotiate with you on behalf of our country."

“First of all, you are just a journalist and have no right to represent your country.

Secondly, I will not negotiate with any foreign representative. If you want to negotiate, please go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”

“I know, but this is an emergency and I just want to make my case.

Later, I will go to your country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to negotiate.”

Uncle Nie frowned and said.

"I don't have much time, please tell me what you want to say quickly."

“I feel like your country has no experience in dealing with this kind of situation.

So much so that after such a long time, the hostages still have not been rescued.

On behalf of our government, I am willing to pay the ransom for our citizens inside to ensure the personal safety of our athletes. "

Uncle Nie frowned even more when he heard this.

“I can’t agree to this, you should go to other departments first.

And you saw the situation at the scene, the other party wanted more than just money."

"We can also provide airplanes. The special plane that was supposed to pick up our national athletes tomorrow will arrive tomorrow.

Just let the robbers wait for another day. Of course, we only pay the ransom for our citizens.

As for the ransom of others, you will need to figure it out on your own.”

“You simply don’t understand that the purpose of these robbers is not to get the ransom for the hostages.

They have other purposes, and they will not release you even if you pay the ransom."

"What is the purpose of their unit?"

The robbers were targeting several banks nearby. How could Uncle Nie tell them?

Not to mention the identity of the person in front of him, once he is told that the robbers' target is the bank.

Once the bank is prepared, it will definitely alert the robbers. When they see that they cannot get the money, they will probably do something desperate.

"No comment."

The female reporter was obviously a little angry, and then continued.

“I hope you can disclose all the circumstances at the scene.

You know, there is a saying in our country called freedom of the press.

I hope the truth here can be known to the whole world.”

Uncle Nie was already getting a little impatient, seeing that the time for the first hostage to die was approaching.

But he had to keep entangled with the other party here, but considering that this was a foreign-related incident, Uncle Nie still spoke patiently.

“Your Chinese is good, so you should also understand our country.

You also said that it was in your country. Can your country's newspapers report your country's secrets?

I said before that the specific situation needs to be kept confidential, and I have nothing to tell you.

Time is running out, a fight is likely to break out here, please stay away from here."

The reporter then wanted to say something, but the hotel door was opened.

The staff nearby immediately pulled the female reporter away. Uncle Nie and Chen Changan looked towards the hotel gate at the same time.

Xiang Degang stood at the gate, and this time he didn't dare to go too far.

"Everyone, time is up, please tell me your answers.

Is the ransom ready? Is the plane ready? "

Without waiting for Uncle Nie to speak, Chen Changan spoke first.

"The ransom has been prepared, and the hostage countries are willing to pay the ransom.

As for the plane, you know, there were more than 300 hostages.

Even a large plane can't accommodate so many people.

We need to prepare two planes, and the second one will not arrive until tomorrow.

How about this, we pay the ransom and you release some of the hostages first?"

It's just a delaying tactic. Chen Changan just wants to buy some more time for Li Chenglin and the others.

“Since the ransom has been prepared, let someone give it to us first.

We can delay killing the hostages if we see the ransom."

"Okay, don't kill anyone yet. We'll get the money right away."

Then Chen Changan saw Tian Xiwa showing his head on the second floor.

With just a few gestures, Chen Changan understood that the kidnappers above the second floor had been cleared out.

Chen Changan nodded obscurely, indicating that he had received the message. Then he turned around and walked to the side of Uncle Nie.

"The special operations team has cleared out all the kidnappers above the second floor."

"So fast? Not a single shot was fired?"

"Tian Xiwa and the others wouldn't lie about this matter, and they are good at close combat."

"What should we do now? We don't even have any ransom money."

"Now we can only wait for Li Chenglin and his team. If all else fails, we can only cooperate with Tian Xiwa and his team to launch a strong attack."

Uncle Nie nodded.

"That's all it can do."

Li Chenglin's special operations team had already arrived at the corner of the lobby on the first floor and was secretly observing the situation in the entire lobby.