Hong Kong News: Police Talker

Watson and Xigui didn't have to wait long before a car pulled up beside them. A man popped his head out of the driver's seat, looked at Watson and Xigui, and asked, "Are you two going to take action?"

He didn't say what he was going to do, but Watson and Xiaogui could guess it.

Watson also looked at him. He looked ordinary, just like an ordinary taxi driver. Watson did not agree directly, but said: "I just called earlier, was it you who answered it?"

The man nodded and said, "Get in the car!"

Watson winked at Xigui, then sat in the back seat with the gold, while Xigui sat in the passenger seat.

After Watson got in the car, he immediately asked: "Where are we going to trade?"

The man driving the car said directly: "Just sit there, I will take you there. Don't worry, reputation is very important in our business. You were introduced by an acquaintance, and I will definitely not cheat you."

Although the man said this, Watson still did not let his guard down.

In this kind of transaction, it is too easy to cheat others.

Watson always had one hand on the gun, ready to pull it out and shoot.

As the car moved forward, Watson finally found a street with not too much traffic. The man stopped the car and said, "Come down, we're here."

Watson carefully observed the surrounding environment before getting out of the car.

Then, Watson found himself in an antique shop.

The man urged, "Let's go, the shopkeeper is waiting inside."

Watson raised his eyebrows and walked in with Xigui carrying the gold.

After entering, I found that the room was filled with various antiques, and a middle-aged man dressed in relatively old-fashioned clothes was waiting at a tea table.

The man driving the car came forward and said, "Boss, people are here. They want to sell a batch of gold."

The shopkeeper took a sip of tea and said, "Take it out and have a look." Seeing Watson's vigilant look, he immediately smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's safe here."

Watson took a deep look at the shopkeeper, then put down his bag, unzipped it, and took out a long bar of melted gold.

After the shopkeeper took it, he carefully examined it, nodded and said, "The goods are indeed good. You have quite a lot. The current market price of gold is 106 per gram. I can buy it at the market price. After all, gold is a hard currency."

"But I'm sure you know the rules. That is, a 30% handling fee is required. Don't worry, this fee is definitely worth it. The money you get is all clean money that can be used safely."

Watson nodded. Before coming here, he had checked the price of gold. During this period, the price of gold was indeed 106 per gram.

"Okay, I know about the handling fee in advance."

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "A Chai, go get the scale and check the exact weight of the gold."

"Okay, boss." The man driving the car, Achai, immediately went to move the scale.

After a while, Ah Chai came to Watson with a scale and said, "You can check it. We can weigh it again after the check to avoid any disputes."

Watson couldn't help but take a second look at Ah Chai and the shopkeeper, and then, without getting carried away, he started checking immediately. He also put some things on and checked, and when he saw that the weight was about the same, he nodded immediately.

"Okay, this scale is fine."

Then Achai walked to the package and put one hand on the handle of the package, intending to lift it onto the scale, but when he lifted it, the package moved but did not rise.

As if Achai felt the gazes of Watson, Xigui and the shopkeeper, his face suddenly turned red. Then he exerted force with both hands, lifted it up tremblingly, and placed it on the scale.

This scene made the shopkeeper's pupils shrink. He looked at Watson deeply. If he remembered correctly, the package was just brought in by the man in front of him alone, and it didn't seem like he had to put in much effort.

At this moment, the shopkeeper also realized that he had met a master.

After putting the gold on, Achai breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing Watson carrying it earlier, he thought it was not heavy, but he almost embarrassed himself.

After taking a look at the weight on the scale, Ah Chai took a breath and said in surprise, "This gold weighs 109.7 kilograms?"

As he said this, Achai seemed not to believe it. He directly unzipped the package and looked inside. After flipping through it, he saw the gold bars inside. Achai immediately believed it.

The shopkeeper remained seated until Achai confirmed, then he stood up, walked to the package, took out the gold bars one by one, and placed them on the table next to him.

Soon, one hundred kilograms of gold bars piled up into a small mountain.

When handling each of these gold bars, the shopkeeper would check them carefully to see if there was any situation where the surface was gold-plated but the inside was made of iron.

After checking, it was found that these were all pure gold and no accidents had occurred.

The shopkeeper nodded and said, "Well, the purity of this batch of gold is indeed acceptable. Please wait a moment, I will calculate the specific price."

As he spoke, the shopkeeper took out an abacus and started counting.

Watson also began to use mental arithmetic to calculate the price of this batch of gold.

But before Watson could finish his mental calculation, the shopkeeper had already stopped using the abacus, glanced at the amount, and said, "Gold is 106 Hong Kong dollars per gram. There are 109.7 kilograms here, totaling yuan. After charging a % handling fee, there is yuan left."

Watson stopped his mental arithmetic in surprise. Although the specific number had not yet come out, the big number of 11 million still came out.

But Watson didn't expect that the old shopkeeper could calculate so quickly.

The shopkeeper looked towards Watson and asked, "Does the customer have any questions?"

Watson shook his head and said, "No, but you can give me the money however you want."

Hearing this, the shopkeeper smiled mysteriously and said:

"We have many ways to pay you, and all of them are clean money, but the amount this time is not large, only more than 8 million."

“So just go through the casino.”

"A Chai will take you to the most famous Lisboa Casino here. There will be our people inside. They will lose money to you. You don't need to have gambling skills. The people who gamble with you are all ours. Then you just need to stay inside for a while."

"You will be able to get more than 8 million chips. You can then exchange the chips for money in the casino. There is a 3% handling fee for this exchange, so we will give you more chips at that time."

“You don’t need to pay any additional handling fees.”

"How about it? Is the money obtained by this method clean?"

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