Game within game: chess player

"Kill them? What will you do when you return to Taiwan?" Xiang Rong asked.

"Explain? What to confess? There are so many unknown armed forces in South Africa, who knows who will die in their hands! Don't forget that you also escaped death." Ye Fang said nonchalantly.

Xiang Rong smiled and nodded, gave Ye Fang a thumbs up and said, "You are taller, you are still taller!"

In this way, these two Taiwanese-Japanese espionage agents were wiped out in Ye Fang's fingertips. It was too easy for Leng Chuan to deal with two people on the vast South African prairie. There was a wild place dozens of kilometers away from the oil town. In the grassland, where wild beasts were rampant, the two men turned into a pile of bones within a few minutes of entering.

"Brother Ye, these two people left behind a set of monitoring equipment, as well as a code book and contact information." Leng Chuanhui reported.

Ye Fang nodded and said, "Give the equipment to Xiang Rong, he knows how to use it."

Then Ye Fang introduced Leng Chuan to Xiang Rong, and the two shook hands and became acquainted.

"Stay here for a few days, and I will get you an official identity in South Africa. After the matter is settled, we will go to Russia." Ye Fang said solemnly.

In the afternoon, Liao Yuanzheng, Han Hui and Xiong Yang came to report to Ye Fang. The oil field-related work was carried out in an orderly manner. The crude oil storage base was being constructed in an orderly manner. At the same time, the first batch of crude oil had been shipped from the small town. Li Jingshan's oil The storage base has been established, and oil tankers will be put into use one after another in the future.

At present, the entire oil town is still being planned as an oil field output site. When the time is right in the future, a petrochemical plant and refinery can be built directly in South Africa. The chemical products and oil produced can be directly supplied to the African continent. The most important thing is Chemical plants and refineries do not need relatively high-end industrial workers like chips. Workers can start working directly with a little training, and the labor cost is less than one-third of that in China.

The diamond mine that Xiong Yang is responsible for has started construction. The current mining depth is not enough and few diamonds are produced. In the future, with the acceleration of mining depth, gem production will soon increase. At the same time, the construction of a processing plant for raw diamond ore has also begun, which can ensure that every piece of rough stone is processed in a timely manner.

Han Hui focused on reporting on the capital situation. At the same time, the registration of Xingyao Diamond Company will also be put on the agenda. The diamond mine mainly involves Zhou Guanglong’s 20 billion capital. Ye Fang particularly emphasized that the 20 billion capital will be directly included in the name of the group. That's it.

Although Han Hui didn't know exactly what happened, he followed Ye Fang's request. In this way, Ye Fang holds 80.00% of the entire Star Diamond Company, and the other 5.00% is given to Gorman, 5.00% is given to the South African government, and the remaining 5.00% is given to President Mbeki, and is held on behalf of others.

Ye Fang received a call from Xiang Yu just after the afternoon meeting.

"Brother, let me make this call to you, and I will do as you say regarding the third brother."

"okay, I get it."

"Also." Xiang Yu paused and said softly, "I want to thank you."

"No, I'll be thankful if you don't snitch." Ye Fang replied.

Xiang Yu snorted softly and said, "Who asked you to hook up with others outside? Okay, I won't talk to you anymore, let me have a few words with Third Brother."

Ye Fang called Xiang Rong over and handed him the phone. The brother and sister hid aside and whispered.

At this moment, Liao Yuanzheng suddenly knocked on the door, with an anxious look on his face, and said, "Mr. Ye, something happened."

"What happened?" Ye Fang asked.

"One of our drilling and exploration teams suddenly lost contact. I have sent the security team out to look for it," Liao Yuanzheng said.

"Has this happened before? Are there any unknown armed forces around?" Ye Fang asked.

"South Africa has a better security environment in Africa. Although there are some illegal armed forces, they are all at the borders between countries. I have never encountered such a situation in the past few years here." Liao Yuanzheng replied.

"The security team will report the situation immediately after arriving at the scene. I want to know the situation at the scene as soon as possible." Ye Fang said.

The security team who arrived at the scene an hour later called. No equipment or property at the drilling and exploration site was missing, but twenty people from the exploration team were missing. A relatively fierce fight could be seen at the scene, and there should have been driving. There was a gun, but there was no blood, so there should be no casualties. There was also a letter found at the scene, which was personally addressed to Mr. Ye.

"A letter?!" Ye Fang frowned. It seemed that the kidnapping incident was not directed at the company, but at himself.

After dark, the security team returned to the town and handed the letter to Ye Fang. When Ye Fang opened the letter and looked at the content inside, his expression suddenly changed. The content of the letter was very simple. He kidnapped these people from the exploration team and asked Ye Fang to Fang offered [-] million U.S. dollars to redeem the person, but the signature of the letter turned out to be Zhou Guanglong!

"What is going on, Zhou Guanglong?! Did Zhou Guanglong escape from prison?" Thinking of this, Ye Fang immediately contacted Haidong. Haidong has now been appointed as the director of the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau. He is the youngest director with real power in the country and has a bright future. Haidong was also confused after receiving Ye Fang's call. He was very sure that Zhou Guanglong was still in prison and had definitely not escaped.

"There must be something wrong with this!" Only he and Ye Fang know about Zhou Guanglong's $[-] million investment, and until now, Zhou Guanglong and Fang Tianhua are not sure that Ye Fang is behind it. This investment plan can only be a result of people who are close to Zhou Guanglong. Only people know.

Ye Fang did not disclose much information to Haidong, including the diamond mine and Zhou Guanglong's investment amount, and Haidong did not ask in detail. Haidong promised Ye Fang that he would personally go to the prison to interrogate Zhou Guanglong to see what he had to say.

"What on earth is going on?" Ye Fang's first reaction was that someone pretended to be Zhou Guanglong to kidnap and demand [-] million US dollars, but the question was who was it? Could it be Zhou Guanglong’s family in the United States? Ye Fang could only think of this possibility, and at most it was someone very close to Zhou Guanglong.

After reading the content of the letter, Leng Chuan said, "Brother Ye, I will bring someone to accompany you."

"The letter said that you are not allowed to bring more than two people! And where this place is, you need to find a guide."

Liao Yuanzheng said, "The guide can ask Theron to accompany you. He is very familiar with this area of ​​South Africa."

Ye Fang nodded and said, "Xiang Rong, accompany me. Leng Chuan, take someone on a helicopter to go there first and explore the bottom."

"Yes!" Leng Chuan replied.

"I can modify that bug into a tracking device, so that I can ensure that Leng Chuan doesn't get lost!" Xiang Rong said.

Soon all the preparations were done, and Ye Fang, Xiang Rong, Theron, and two iron guards went straight to the place agreed on in the letter.

This location is [-] kilometers away from the oil town. It is a small city under South Africa, with a city size equivalent to a town in mainland China. The agreed time was to meet at ten o'clock in the evening. The condition was that Ye Fang brought a cash check of [-] million US dollars to redeem the person. Maybe the other party also knew that [-] million cash was difficult to carry, so he asked for a cash check.

After the cash check money is confirmed to be in the account, the other party will naturally release it.

"The person who wants to blackmail me hasn't been born yet." Ye Fang snorted coldly.

An hour later, Ye Fang's jeep parked on the outskirts of the town, and two black cars appeared on the roadside. Six black men with guns and ammunition got out of the cars, each carrying an AK47. After a leader communicated with Theron, Theron and Ye Fang gathered these people to blindfold everyone and then go to another place.

"Prudent enough! Okay!" Ye Fang knew that these people would never touch him without seeing the money.

Then all five of Ye Fang's people were put on black hoods. Someone drove Ye Fang in a car and drove Ye Fang left and right for another half an hour before the car finally stopped. When Ye Fang and others got out of the car, they saw that it was no longer the small town, but a place similar to a shanty town, with a pond next to it. Ye Fang vaguely saw countless wooden cages in the pond, and it seemed that people were locked in them.

Ye Fang took a rough look at this place and there were at least thirty black men with guns. The leading black man spoke a local dialect, and Theron nodded and guided Ye Fang inside.

The sanitary conditions were very poor, and there was an unpleasant smell everywhere. Soon the group came to a wooden house above the pond, which even had electric lights.

When they arrived at this house, only Ye Fang was allowed to take Theron and Xiang Rong in. Perhaps seeing that Xiang Rong's disguised civilian staff was harmless, the leading black man directly let Ye Fang and the others in.

The room was relatively tidy. To Ye Fang's surprise, there was an Oriental man sitting in the room. Behind him were two black men carrying AK47s.

"Mr. Ye, please take a seat. Thank you for coming as promised. My name is Zhou Ping. I am entrusted by Mr. Zhou Guanglong. I am the person who will specifically contact you this time." Zhou Qing is thin, with a small parted hair, and wears a snow-white suit. , with a hint of arrogance in his expression.

"Zhou Guanglong?! Who are you from Zhou Guanglong?" Ye Fang asked calmly, sitting opposite Zhou Ping.

"It doesn't matter who I am, the most important thing is that Mr. Zhou Guanglong has money with you, and now he wants to get it back." Zhou Ping said with a smile on his face.

"You can take it back as soon as you say. How do I know if you are Zhou Guanglong's?" Ye Fang replied rudely.

Zhou Ping snorted, took out a mobile phone and dialed a phone number, then threw it on the table between the two of them.

"Hello, Mr. Ye. I'm Zhou Guanglong!" Ye Fang's familiar voice came from the phone.

Hearing this voice, Ye Fang suddenly felt his scalp numb, and a doubt lingered in his mind again, who is this person? Ye Fang was very sure that Zhou Guanglong was in prison at this moment, and Haidong had personally confirmed it. If Zhou Guanglong is in prison, then who is the person on the other end of the phone?

"You can't be Zhou Guanglong!" Ye Fang said firmly. Ye Fang speculated that the person on the other end of the phone was probably using a voice-changing device.

The person on the other end of the phone replied, "I'm Zhou Guanglong."

"You can't be. Zhou Guanglong has been arrested by the police. He should be in prison now." Ye Fang said solemnly.

"The one arrested by the mainland police is not the real Zhou Guanglong, he is just my stand-in." The voice on the other end of the phone said with a smile, and seemed very satisfied with his operation.

"Substitute!?" Ye Fang knew at this moment that he had overlooked the biggest possibility, but it was also the most difficult possibility to operate. After all, the funds operated by Zhou Guanglong were calculated in hundreds of millions. No one really dared to use a stand-in to control such a large plate, but it was precisely because of this that Zhou Guanglong took advantage of the loophole. Although Ye Fang didn't know how Zhou Guanglong controlled the tool man, his intuition told Ye Fang that what Zhou Guanglong said on the phone was true.

"You said a substitute is a substitute! I don't believe it. You just want to take that money away with the word "substitute". Are you kidding me? What's more, these are all people who have signed a share purchase agreement. If you call me and say it's void, it will be void." ! If it were you, would you hand over this money so easily?" Ye Fang said rudely.

Zhou Guanglong on the other side of the phone laughed and said, "Indeed, if it were me, I would be thinking about how to swallow the money. After all, it is not a small amount. Now that I think about the whole incident, I once suspected that it was you. It’s a game in the middle, but you probably don’t have that much energy, so I guess there must be someone behind you to support you in doing this.”

"You are so supportive, I am responsible for this situation!" Ye Fang secretly thought in his heart.

Ye Fang chuckled and said, "I am a businessman. I only want to make money. I don't understand what you are talking about. If I had not been a South African citizen and the South African government had come forward to protect me, I would have probably been implicated." . Now I don’t care if you are real Zhou Guanglong or fake Zhou Guanglong, the real money and silver share purchase agreement has no legal problems. I can’t be sure whether what you said is true or false, so I can’t give you this money. , unless you let me see you in person, I won’t believe the nonsense about a substitute.”

"Mr. Ye, I want to believe what you said is true. To tell you the truth, I was ready to withdraw from this business many years ago, and all my assets have been transferred. It can be said that this time The incident allowed me to successfully get rid of this tiger and wolf business, but I didn’t expect that I would stumble with you at the last moment. Two hundred million U.S. dollars is not a small amount, and I can’t just throw it away like this. It's gone." Zhou Guanglong said coldly on the phone.

"What do you want? Kidnap me? I can tell you clearly that if something happens to me, not only will this group of people be unable to leave South Africa. Even you, who is far away in the United States, will not be able to die well!" Ye Fang said sternly.

When Zhou Ping said this, the two people behind him raised their submachine guns and pointed them at Ye Fang.

Ye Fang slowly looked up at Zhou Ping opposite him with a cold smile on his lips. The evil look in his eyes made Zhou Ping feel cold all over his body and he did not dare to move.

"Of course I know Mr. Ye's energy in South Africa, so I don't even dare to set foot in South Africa!" Zhou Guanglong on the other side of the phone laughed and said, "Despite this, I still want to negotiate a business deal with Mr. Ye."

"A business deal?"