Hong Kong Giant Owl: Rebirth

Chapter 254 Buyer
Nowadays, in order not to completely anger the governments of various countries, especially those countries with powerful navies, when they rob ships, they seldom kill the people on board, or blow up and sink other people's ships.

However, the cargo ship that helped "Desheng" transport the goods encountered pirates who not only robbed the goods, but also blew up the ship. In addition, what the pirates robbed were agricultural products with large quantities and low prices. Goods, the combination of the two is even more strange.

Qin Haoran frowned and said: "Pirates who rob food? Now only pirates off the coast of Africa or the Mediterranean Sea will do this. The pirates in other places generally rob gold and silver jewelry and other valuable things. Ah Zhao, casualties how?"

"A lot of crew were injured, but no one died." Liu Haozhao said: "The shipping company and our 'Desheng' have a total of 63 people, and none of them died."

Qin Haoran nodded, and said again: "Why did they blow up and sink the ship? The behavior of these pirates is so strange."

Because in this incident, it was not only "Desheng" who suffered losses, but Baoyu Port suffered the heaviest loss, because the ship that helped "Desheng" transport agricultural products belonged to "Global Shipping Company", although it was only An old medium-sized cargo ship is also worth hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars, and "Desheng" also lost nearly 20 Hong Kong dollars.

"If they want to rob the ship, they can just drive the ship away. Why did they blow up the ship and sink it?" Qin Haoran pondered: "If the purpose of blowing up the ship is to kill the crew on it, then there is no need to blow up the lifeboat. Leave it to them."

Qin Haoran looked at Liu Haozhao and asked, "Are there any ghosts in the company?"

Liu Haozhao was taken aback for a moment, and then Qin Haoran said: "How many people in the company know the route of this ship?"

"Five." Liu Haozhao thought for a while and honestly reported a number.

"If someone in the company hadn't leaked the route, those pirates wouldn't have come across our ship by such a coincidence." Qin Haoran sneered.

Liu Haozhao hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Second Young Master, is it possible that...the people from 'Global'..."

"This possibility is not ruled out." Qin Haoran said: "And the pirates who robbed us obviously didn't want to make money, otherwise they wouldn't have to spend so much effort to rob a batch of worthless agricultural products."

Zhu Chengde next to him asked, "Second Young Master, should we report the situation to the Administration for Industry and Commerce?"

Because the matter of combating piracy is to be carried out by the Industrial and Commercial Administration together with the British naval forces stationed in Hong Kong after receiving the report.

But Qin Haoran snorted coldly: "It's better to rely on ourselves to rely on those guys who eat vegetarian meals to catch pirates."

He clasped his hands and thought for a while, then said to Liu Haozhao: "Those five people in the company who know about this route, check it out and see if there is anything unusual about them, such as owed a lot of foreign debts. Well, let Chengde assist you Go check it out and don't let anyone know."

Liu Haozhao nodded quickly: "Understood, Second Young Master."

Then, Qin Haoran ordered Liu Haozhao to go back to "Desheng" first, while he went to find Bao Yugang himself.

When Qin Haoran found Baoyu Port, Baoyu Port was selecting ships in his wharf for Qin Haoran to smuggle arms to Africa and the Middle East.

Qin Haoran and He Nanxu attached great importance to this business. Some time ago, He Nanxu returned to mainland China and was already preparing to sell the first batch of arms to Qin Haoran.To complete the arms business, besides the source of goods, customers are also very important, especially in war-torn places like Africa and the Middle East, it is not easy to contact buyers.

Fortunately, Baoyu Port's "Global Shipping Company" has a fleet that often conducts cargo in that area, and occasionally helps the Egyptian government or other armed groups that are fighting against European invaders such as the British and French allied forces to smuggle supplies. The relationship is not bad.This time, Bao Yugang helped Qin Haoran contact two buyers.

As soon as he saw Qin Haoran, Bao Yugang smiled and said, "Haoran, it's just in time for you to come. I just wanted to find you. The two buyers I found for you will arrive in Hong Kong tonight. , you are going to meet them. Also, you'd better show them some 'goods' samples first."

"Did they come so soon?" Qin Haoran was quite surprised.

"Yes." Bao Yugang dragged Qin Haoran into a small office, and drove out the people in it. Qin Haoran asked Qin Mastiff to guard the door, and then Bao Yugang said to Qin Haoran: " Although the Anglo-French coalition forces and Israel have now withdrawn their troops from Egypt, they still leave a lot of troops disguised as anti-government armed groups, constantly clashing with the Egyptian government. Relying on their superiority in weapons, they let the Egyptian government forces eat It’s a lot of losses. And under the pressure of Britain and France, not many people dare to sell weapons to the Egyptian government, so Egypt’s demand for arms is very high now. And the country is also constantly fighting with Israel There are sporadic battles, and a lot of weapons are needed here."

After a pause, Bao Yugang said again: "The two people I found for you are the commander of a certain regiment of the Egyptian government army, and the other is the second commander of a secret armed organization ordered by Saudi Arabia."

"Brother Bao, thank you so much this time, I won't say anything else." Qin Haoran said gratefully.

In fact, before, Qin Haoran proposed that in the future, he would take [-]% of the profits from arms sales and give [-]% to Bao Yugang, but Bao Yugang refused, and even gave Qin Haoran a reprimand, saying that helping him would not be enough. Not for sharing.Qin Haoran had no choice but to settle for the next best thing in the end and give the "Global Shipping Company" as much as possible for the rent of those cargo ships.

"By the way, Brother Bao, I'm here to find you this time, and I have another bad news to tell you." Qin Haoran said: "A batch of goods from 'Desheng' was robbed by pirates, and those pirates not only robbed the goods , and sank the ship.”

"What?" Bao Yugang was taken aback. He was in the nautical business, especially in the less peaceful waters of Africa and the Middle East. Naturally, he had also been robbed by pirates.But those pirates often just robbed the goods, and since the "Global Shipping Company" is not an enterprise in Europe, America and other countries, the pirates did not make things difficult for them, and they never sank the ship.

Then Qin Haoran said: "I'm sorry, Brother Bao, I don't know if these pirates are targeting me, but they have made you suffer."

"What nonsense are you talking about? Don't allow them to target our 'global shipping'." Bao Yugang glared at Qin Haoran: "Besides, my ships are all insured. This time I will help you 'Desheng' The ship that transported the goods was old and old, and it would be better if it was bombed and sunk now. After the insurance company pays me money, I can just buy a new one. On the contrary, your Desheng goods did not buy insurance, right? In comparison, your loss is much greater than mine."

What Bao Yugang said is true, because the agricultural products imported by "Desheng" are digested locally in Hong Kong, and they are not like "Tianlang International" which smuggled them to Japan to make huge profits. The insurance premium for this kind of perishable and large-volume goods is very high, and Qin Haoran never thought that there would be pirates robbing such things, so he didn't buy insurance for the goods at all.

So, now the ship in Baoyu Port can claim insurance compensation, but Qin Haoran's cargo is lost as soon as it is lost.

"There's no reason." Bao Yugang propped his chin and said, "Pirates usually rob valuables, or things like oil. As far as I know, only pirates in Africa and the Mediterranean are the ones who can rob food. And I have never heard of pirates sinking a ship after plundering."

Qin Haoran said: "So I suspect that these pirates are likely to be targeting us, and it is unlikely that these pirates encountered our ship by coincidence, so I suspect that there are ghosts in our company who disclosed the route to the pirates .”

"If you know the route before departure, there aren't many people on our ship." Bao Yugang said, "By the way, was this cargo robbed when it set off, or was it robbed when it returned?"

"Of course it's time to return, otherwise we wouldn't have the goods back." Qin Haoran said.

Bao Yugang scratched his head and smiled, "That's true too. By the way, what are you going to do?"

Qin Haoran squinted his eyes and said, "I've sent someone to investigate those people in 'Desheng' who know the route."

"Then I'll investigate my side when I go back." Bao Yugang asked Qin Haoran: "What do you plan to do after the investigation comes out?"

"What should we do? Of course we should kill them!" Qin Haoran sneered, "Otherwise, do they think my goods are easy to eat? Anyway, we have boats and guns, and our equipment is no worse than those pirates. When I find them Yes, heh heh heh..."

Later, Bao Yugang also sent his confidants to secretly investigate the few people in the "Global Shipping" who knew the route.

And this matter, I believe there will be no results in a short time, so Qin Haoran and Bao Yugang first put their minds on the two arms buyers who will come to Hong Kong.

After eleven o'clock in the middle of the night, a fishing boat docked quietly at a small pier in Kowloon under the dark night. Several men in the boat quickly stepped out and went ashore. One of them was a tall man with a white mask on his head. scarf.

On the pier, several men who were in charge of meeting them also went up to meet them, and the leader asked in English, "Excuse me, are these Mr. Faisal and Mr. Abdullah?"

"That's right, I'm Faisal (Abdullah)" said the two men who came out of the boat.

"This way please, our husband has been waiting for you two for a long time."

So, the group of men who got out of the fishing boat quickly got into two cars and disappeared on the pier.

(End of this chapter)