Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen

"I'm really sorry in my busy schedule." Katsuragi Katsutoshi walked over here.He was wearing a stylish dark blue double-breasted suit, and his smile was full of leisure. "No, it's nothing." Kozuka stood still. "About the project proposal you sent a few days ago, there are a few things you want to confirm, that's why I let you come over in such a hurry." "So today's meeting is your instruction from the vice president?" "You can put it this way. Once I see something I have an opinion on, I can't put it aside." Katsuragi looked at his watch and said, "It's almost there. It's time to enter the meeting room."

"Also, I brought him along today." Kozuka looked at me. Katsuragi turned his face here, I nodded, but Katsuragi immediately looked away. "What's the matter with him?" he asked Otsuka. "No, um, the documents sent over instructed Sakuma to come too." "Oh!" Katsuragi tilted his head and said, "What's going on? I don't know either. The person in charge took the old list, and a mechanical action just passed it on. Forget it, this kind of thing doesn't matter. Right? Go in for a meeting." After speaking, he left first. Kotsuka leaned into my ear and said, "What should I do?"

"What's the meaning?" "It seems that Mr. Katsuragi really has nothing to do with you. Even if you attend, I think maybe you are just bored, so you should go back first." I actually wanted to go back too, but I didn't say so. "It's all here, it's good to hear something. Anyway, I don't have much to do when I get back to the company." He didn't seem to like the sting in my words, and nodded with a displeased expression on his face. I pretended to go to the toilet, left Kotsuka, found a place where no one was around, took out my cell phone, and called Juli.

"Hey, what's the matter?" Her voice seemed confused as if she didn't expect that I would contact her so early. "Scheduled change. Execute the plan thirty minutes from now!" "Thirty minutes later? Wait a minute, don't become so anxious all of a sudden, okay?" "Whether it's thirty minutes or five hours later, the things to do haven't changed." "But I need time to prepare mentally!" "That's why I said thirty minutes later, prepare me mentally by then!" "Wait! What about the last step? It's the same as the previous discussion? What if the other party doesn't trust us?"

"I'll believe it! There's no reason not to believe it." I spoke confidently enough to silence Juri, but she seemed to sigh. "It's absolutely fine, right?" "Don't worry, I haven't failed the game I shot." "Understood, you have talked so much, I have to realize something. Thirty minutes later!" "yes!" "Then what are you going to do? Are you still in the company?" "I'm in your father's company, and I'm about to have a meeting with your father." "what!?" "Please, please! It all depends on your acting skills!"

well!From the other end of the phone came the voice of Juli sighing. "Understood, I will give it a try. But if I don't do it well, I will stop the plan immediately." "No, you can definitely do it!" After hanging up the phone, I walked to the opponent's room where I will face off in the game thirty minutes later. The content of the meeting is a project using a webcam.The new car announced by Nippon Motor is equipped with a camera and drives on the road. Customers who are considering buying a new car can use the Internet to watch this video.The image is not only taken from the front window, but also includes the appearance of the car, the interior, the instrument panel, and the condition of each mirror, as long as the driver can see everything.Click the mouse, you can immediately switch the screen arbitrarily.In other words, you can experience the feeling of driving at home.Although it's a good idea, it's not too different from a show that introduces new cars.More precisely, the car park planned by my plaintiff can be completed with a cheaper budget.

"The speed of network transmission is limited. Immediately obtaining the sense of speed and sense of presence are two issues to be overcome. What is closely related to this problem is what kind of road to run on. We consider the background of foreign countries, maybe This will add some real sense of temporary scene." Regarding Sugimoto's explanation, all the people from our company nodded.Of course, I didn't nod. Katsuragi Katsutoshi raised his hand, and the atmosphere in the audience suddenly became tense. "We're not doing new car introductions on a late-night show."

I was taken aback by such a statement, Katsuragi and I seem to have the same idea. "It's not just about playing beautiful images, we don't need such things. For customers with purchasing power, what we want to provide is the value for money of new cars, not just to create buzz, but also to convey the test drive correctly. If you don’t run on the roads that ordinary people usually use, then there is no point! Letting customers watch videos in Australia or California will not be of much use to them!” It sounds harsh, but I feel the same way.Sugimoto glanced at Kozuka secretly, and the two looked at each other with embarrassed expressions.Probably the scheduled shooting location is in Australia! ?

I checked the time, twenty-seven minutes have passed since I called Shuli. Then the second hand circled the number three more times, and I took a peek at Katsuragi's expression.It doesn't look much different, but you can tell he's trying to concentrate on this boring meeting. After a while, his concentrated face instantly sank.Katsuragi reached into the inner pocket of his suit with his backhand, just as I thought, he didn't turn off the phone's power. "I'm sorry!" He walked out of the meeting room after finishing. At this point the meeting was interrupted.It seems to be a rare phenomenon for the vice president to leave the meeting because he has to answer a mobile phone call, and the people of Sunstar can't help whispering.Soon Katsuragi returned to the conference room, whispered something to his subordinates, who nodded, but he walked out again without saying hello to us.

"Well, I'm sorry! Mr. Katsuragi left the meeting because of other urgency. But he made an explanation, and our meeting will continue as usual." "But if Mr. Katsuragi is not here, even if we talk about it, it's useless!?" "No, I have generally heard Mr. Katsuragi's opinions." "Yeah." It was rare for Kotsuka to show his face.People who say they want to have a meeting go first, and they should be upset. I leaned closer to Kotsuka's face and said to him: "President, I'll go back to the company first. Next, I'm not interesting here."

Kozuka nodded and said yes, I don't think he has the time to say anything more to me. Walking out of the meeting room, I had an urge to run to the parking lot to have a look.At this time, in the parking lot used by the manager, Katsuragi Katsutoshi must have started the engine of his Mercedes hastily.But if someone sees my embarrassment, it will be over.I endured it and walked towards the front entrance. I took a taxi from the entrance of Rixing Motor Corporation, and went back to Qingshan Company first.But just get off near the company and change to a taxi.Tell the driver to go to Asakusa.I checked the time. Juli should call home first, Mrs. Katsuragi is waiting at home.Juri, who is not the wife's own daughter, doesn't know how to talk to the wife.Madam has criminal police by her side, so maybe she will deal with it in a worried tone, but she must be secretly cursing why it has become a kidnapping case that has to pay 300 million yuan. Shuli's instruction to her was to immediately transfer 300 million yuan to the car and set off.It's not clear where to go, so go west on a certain road first, and that's all the instructions are. On the other hand, Jyuri also called Katsutoshi Katsuragi, the same call he made earlier.The instructions to Katsuragi are very simple, prepare the cardboard boxes and tapes, start the Mercedes-Benz and keep it ready to go at any time, that's all. I called Shuli. "Hey, it's me!" Shuli's voice sounded a little excited. "How is it going?" "Everything is done as you said. Mom will be in Shinjuku soon." "Okay! Proceed to the next step! I'm going to the place we agreed on earlier." "Well, I see!" She hung up the phone immediately after she finished speaking. As I put away the phone, I imagined Mrs. Katsuragi's BMW parked in front of the Metropolitan Government Office.Jyuri called Katsuragi Katsutoshi and instructed him to drive the car to the designated place of the Metropolitan Government Office. The police should track the BMW. The wife and the car should be equipped with trackers and bugs.And the first thing we have to do here is to remove these devices.In order to achieve the goal, the driver and the car must be replaced together. Juri's next call was to exchange the ransom from the golf bag into a cardboard box, and Katsuragi Katsutoshi drove the Mercedes to deliver the ransom.In this way, all equipment that might get in the way is eliminated. When I explained the plan to Juli, she frowned and said: "If the tracker is still installed after changing the driver and car, wouldn't that be the end of it?" I immediately shook my head and said, "They wouldn't do such a thing." "Why do you say it so confidently?" "It would be terrible if they were seen moving and installing these things. Your parents are not policemen, so if they secretly installed these devices without being seen, they can't do these things!?" "But we can't see it either." "How do they know we can't see it?" "Ah... that's right!" "It doesn't matter where the prisoner may be hiding and watching - we have to make them think so, so that we can gain the upper hand in the game. This is the so-called poker game!" In the shaking of the taxi, I prayed that Juli could carry out these steps perfectly and smoothly. The opponent should think that Juli made the call when his life was threatened by the prisoner.The other party probably never dreamed that she would act alone.This thing alone has the trump card effect! I got off the taxi just before Komagata Bridge and started walking from here.While walking, I reorganized the plan in my mind.No problem, it will go smoothly! The tall building is built facing the highway. This is the building of a beer company. I took the elevator to the top floor. This is the observation bar and beer house.I bought a meal ticket at the entrance. The bar in the store is shaped like a door, and all the seats are facing the windows, and several customers are already sitting on the seats.I sat down in the corner seat on the left, pulled out the binoculars from my bag, and focused on the adjustment road.It's not uncommon for guests to do this here, so no one will notice me.Because the customers here are all facing outward, and the clerk can only see the back of the customer. If Juli hadn't made a mistake, the Mercedes driven by Katsuragi Katsutoshi should have been heading in this direction.I'm a little impatient, if Shuli doesn't come again, I'll be in trouble. As I was about to check my watch, someone tapped me on the shoulder.Juli sat down in the seat to my left.He was wearing a water blue dress. "Mr. Katsuragi..." I asked her in a low voice. "Just got on the highway," she replied curtly. I looked out through the binoculars.This is a fairly high magnification lens, but it is quite difficult to spot Katsuragi's Mercedes in the fast-moving traffic. "Call to confirm the location!" Juli did as I said, and the call seemed to connect right away. "Hey, it's me! Where are you now?" She asked in a low voice, "What? Just drove on the Mukoshima Line?" I adjusted the position of the telescope.From Hakozaki to here, it only takes a few minutes if everything goes well. "You just keep driving like this... Sorry, I don't know where the destination is." Shuli didn't hang up the phone.Because it is a bastard machine, it can do this. After the game is over, this machine has to be disposed of immediately. A silver-gray Mercedes came into view, driving down the driveway, and I figured there was nothing wrong with that.Although the driver's face couldn't be seen, the atmosphere felt that it was him. I was thinking about it in my head, and then the weapon said: "Tell him to go down from Kojima after passing Komagata. You should know the content of the instructions after that, right?" Out of the corner of my eye I see her nod quietly, and I reach for my phone.Press the pre-programmed number on the phone. "Hello from Sunstar Automobile Mukoshima Dealership." A young girl's voice. "I'm sorry, I'm Tiansuo from the manager's office of Sunstar Motors. Is the person in charge here?" Hearing that it was from the manager's office, he seemed to be taken aback. "Yes, you wait a moment!" Shuli, who was sitting next to her, gave instructions to her father: "Father, go out from Mukoshima... Anyway, let's go out first!" There was a response to my call: "Hi, I'm Nakamura, the store manager." "I'm Tian Suo from the manager's office. I'm sorry for the sudden incident. I have a very urgent matter and I want to trouble you." "What's the matter?" Nakamura's voice was a little nervous. "The vice president just drove his own car to the vicinity, and the car seems to be malfunctioning." "The vice president's car..." Nakamura only finished half of his words.This is really something he never thought of! "He wants to find it, but there is something more troublesome." "Have you left Xiangdao? If that's the case, go south along Modi Avenue... No, go south, go back!" Juli gave instructions in a low, sharp voice.I listened to her while I was doing my work. "There is a box in the vice president's car, and I want you to help him transport it to a certain place quickly. When I checked on the map, I found that your store is the closest, so I called you." "Then... if this is the case, I think we can find a way to deal with it. Then... where are we going?" "I'll contact you for the detailed location later. Anyway, I'll wait at the entrance of the adjustment road first. Your store is not far from the Mukoshima Exit, right?" "um, yes." "Then I'll contact you again later. I don't know who will be there?" "Oh, I guess it's just me going." "Then can I ask Mr. Nakamura's mobile phone number?" After asking the other party's phone number, also tell the other party the number here.Of course, it is not the phone number I am using now, but the number of Rentou mobile phone that Juli is using. I'll hang up first.Listen to Jyuri's dialogue while drinking beer. "Yes! Take the expressway from the Mukoshima Interchange again... why they did this, I don't know! I just followed their instructions!" I checked again with the binoculars, but I couldn't see the Mercedes yet. The police should have followed.After getting off the Xiangdao Interchange first, turn around and go up the adjustment road again—following this unnatural way of driving, the police will be afraid that the criminals will know their actions, but in the absence of trackers and bugs, You can only continue to follow.I predict that even if the police are still worried about the safety of the hostages, their actions will be followed through. How to get rid of the police has become the final problem. Saw Mercedes!I reached out to Juri and she handed me the phone in her hand.I held the phone to my ear, took a deep breath, and said: "Hello! Mr. Katsuragi!" It suddenly changed into a man's voice, and the voice was in English, and the other party didn't respond for a while. I continued.All in English. (It should be no problem to start using English now!? If the police who tapped the phone can speak good English, then we have to admit it. We are unlucky. Then, please stop the car at the next rest stop, which is just three miles ahead. There is a rest stop about 100 meters away. Park the car at the last parking space on the approach road. If you know, answer YES!) "YES!" "Excellent!" I looked at the Komagata rest stop through binoculars.The Mercedes turned on the turn signal and drove in.But no car followed into the rest stop, and no other car in front of the Mercedes entered first.The following car probably can't cope with this sudden goodness!Same as I calculated. (Stop the engine, take the key out, get out of the car. There's a resting place, get inside!) The sound of the car door opening and closing can be heard, and then Katsuragi can be seen coming out. "There's no point in doing these things, there's no police in the first place." (Don't talk nonsense, just do it!) "I just hope that Shuli can come back, I was going to pay for it!" (Didn't you say stop talking nonsense! Then start counting, counting down from thousands, please count in English!) "Don't do these things, I didn't call the police at all!" (Do as I say!) After hearing a sigh, "One Thousand" Katsuragi began to count down: "Nine Hundred Ninety Nine, Nine Hundred Ninety Eight..." (Just count!) I used another mobile phone to call Nakamura: "Hi, I'm Tasho. Where are you now?" "Ah, um... I'm right next to the Mukoshima Interchange, and I can leave anytime." "What kind of car do you drive?" "White minivan." "Please leave immediately. The vice president's car is parked at the Komagata rest station. I think the vice president is probably not there anymore. It is a silver-gray Mercedes. The car should be unlocked. Please put the note in the car Ship away." "Where is this box going?" "There is a New Terminal Hotel next to the Qingzhou Bridge. There is a lady named Matsumoto waiting at the entrance of the hotel. Just hand over the things to her." "It's the new Terminal Hotel on Qingzhou Bridge!" "Then please take care of everything! The vice president also said that I will thank you in another day!" "Oh, don't be so polite!" "That's a must, it's such a big help!" After hanging up the phone, I winked at Jyuri, and she handed me Katsuragi Katsutoshi's phone number in English, stood up, and left the beer hall. I watched the highway through binoculars and soon saw a white mini-SUV approaching. Katsuragi continued to count as the minivan drove into the Komagata rest stop.But I couldn't see if he was paying attention to the way the ransom was taken away. If the police were really there, they should have appeared at this point in time.But as far as I can see, there is nothing that concerns me. After I saw the minivan pull out of the rest stop, I stood up and hung up the phone with Katsutoshi Katsuragi. I called a taxi, went back to my apartment, got on the MR-S, and set off again. I parked the car next to the New Terminal Hotel and walked slowly. Juli seemed to have seen my figure, so as soon as the automatic door opened, she came out with her hands folded on her chest. "What about things?" "Got it!" She smiled strangely! -------------------------------- Note: