Chapter 31: The Ningbo-Shanghai Railway Plan

  Zhao Chun stood up, picked up the water cup and walked into the room, tearing off the tape from Li Yuan's mouth. With a terrified face, Li Yuan trembled with her lips but couldn't say anything, only looking at Gao Yang with pleading eyes. Zhao Chun smiled and said, "The magnetic bombs around their necks can't be opened without a decoder. You see, this is the threat to you. How about it? Do you have any idea of cooperating now?"

  At this time, Gao Yang suddenly thought to himself "What if I didn't have a starting point and encountered something like this?" After thinking for a moment, he revealed a bitter smile and softly said "It turns out everyone is a fool."

  Zhao Chunsheng walked back to Gao Yang's side, staring at him and said "How about it? What is your answer?" with a hint of excitement and trembling in his tone.

  Gao Yang slowly stood up, looking at Zhao Chunsheng and saying "Everything you've done is based on your usual life knowledge. It's just that you don't understand what I really have!" After finishing speaking, he flipped his hands over and revealed a small black sphere, lightly pressing it to make a red light shine. Zhao Chunsheng instinctively sensed the danger and wanted to dodge, but it was already too late.

  This is the ultrasonic wave generator that Gaoyang obtained from Yuan Dian after consuming tens of thousands of energy points. When activated, it can instantly knock out all living things within a 12-meter radius with an ultrasonic wave impact, and the powerful sonic boom shattered all the glass in the villa. The 12-meter radius is enough to cover the entire villa.

  After everyone in the house fainted, Gao Yang walked into the room. Suddenly, a bullet was frozen 3 cm away from his back and fell to the ground. The protective shield's energy greatly decreased, and Gao Yang was shocked. He quickly fell to the ground and took out Ano from storage space, holding a Mauser 98K in his hand.

  Arno, with his super scanning ability, took the bullets and shot all the snipers around. After that, Gao Yang got up and walked to the two women's side, using the original point to unlock the magnetic bomb. As for Zhao Chunsheng's decoder, Gao Yang didn't believe it was real at all. After finding the personal belongings of the two women, they left a box of timed bombs in the living room. Arno carried the two people and followed Gao Yang out of the villa.

  Arriving at the road outside the villa, Gao Yang took out a Dodge truck from the storage space and drove away with Ano and the two girls. The car drove to a city park near Phuket Airport, where Gao Yang put away the truck and Ano, placing the two on the lawn.

  After administering emergency medication to both of them, they both came back to life in no time. They stared blankly at Gao Yang and their surroundings, still disoriented. Gao Yang glanced at the time and said to Li Yuan, "I've dragged you into this mess again, sorry about that."

  Li Yuan sighed and said, "I thought too much of myself, I didn't expect it to be like this." Gao Yang nodded and took out a checkbook from his clothes, wrote a large-denomination check and handed it to Li Yuan, saying, "This is a little token of my appreciation. When you go back, remember that you know nothing, and you've never been to Phuket Island."

  After finishing, he turned his head to look at Lu Lingshuang. Lu Lingshuang, who had been dazed all along, suddenly pounced on Gao Yang's side and bit down on Gao Yang's arm, biting so hard that a strand of fresh blood flowed from the corner of her mouth. "Ah" Li Yuan covered her mouth and let out a soft cry. Gao Yang quietly looked into Lu Lingshuang's eyes without saying a word.

  Half a sound, Lu Lingshu finally let go of Gao Yang's arm and looked into his eyes with a hoarse voice, saying "Why? Why did you have to appear? I was so happy these days, why did you have to appear!" The voice had already become choked with sobs.

  Gao Yang let out a soft sigh, wrote a large check and put it in her pocket, saying "Remember, you don't know anything, and you've never been to Phuket. I've already booked your return tickets. We...” paused, looking into her eyes, and said slowly "used to love each other."

  After finishing speaking, Gao Yang turned around and left, walking out of the park and hailing a taxi to return to the hotel where he had booked a room that morning. In the duty-free shop in the hotel, he bought some new clothes and returned to his suite. "The data has all been altered, and the surveillance footage has also been erased. However, it consumed quite a few energy points." The original point's voice sounded.

  "En." Gaoyang responded lightly and walked into the bathroom to take a bath. After finishing his bath, he had just returned to the room when he heard a loud explosion in the distance! Gaoyang didn't even look up, pulled up the curtains, walked over to the bed, and lay down to sleep.

  The next morning, Gao Yang asked Yuan Dian to erase all the information about Lu Lingshuang and Li Yuanyuan's return trip after confirming that they had both returned to Beidou. Then he rushed to the airport and flew back to Beidou.

  Although the Thai police strengthened their checks at the airport, Gao Yang passed through security smoothly with his Swiss passport and boarded the plane. That night, when Gao Yang came out of the capital airport and arrived at the parking lot, he found that his car was gone. When he opened his mobile phone, he received a text message saying that his car had been towed away by XX traffic police due to excessive parking time, with an address for picking up the car attached. Gao Yang had no choice but to take a taxi home.

  On the car, Gao Yang asked, "Have you checked everything?" Yuan Dian replied, "Yes, there's no problem on the surface. However, Zhao Chunsheng's father's company used land and unsold houses as collateral for large loans to launder money. This company is an important base for an international money laundering group."

  Gao Yang furrowed his brow and continued, "Is there any evidence?" "There is proof of the latest money laundering on the chairman's private computer in his office," Yuandian said.

  Returned home to give parents a phone call to report safety, after dinner left home and walked towards Zhao Chunsheng's company. Outside a 28-story commercial building, Gaoyang looked at the security guard in the first-floor lobby and asked "Is there any good introduction?"

  "There is a light refraction device. In your understanding, it's an invisibility cloak that can effectively avoid human sight and surveillance cameras. It requires 10,000 points to manufacture, and each minute of activation consumes 300 energy points."

  "Well, things have to be settled anyway." Gao Yang said lightly.

  The operation went smoothly, and the computer was found in the chairman's office. The various protective settings on the computer were all useless in front of Yuan. After returning home, Yuan sent all the materials to Interpol through the Internet.

  Two days later, Zhao Chunsheng's father, who was in Phuket, was questioned by Interpol. Online, it suddenly emerged that his company was heavily indebted, all assets were mortgaged for loans used for money laundering activities, and a large amount of evidence was released. On the same day, the stock market opened with the company's stock price plummeting to the limit down.

  The next day, Zhao, the chairman who had been released on bail, was shot and killed by a hitman hired by an international money laundering group at Phuket International Airport. The explosion that occurred at the Yue Rong Zhuang resort was identified by Thai police as a vendetta between illegal organizations.

  At this time, Gao Yang has arrived in Seoul, the capital of South Korea. The purpose of this trip to South Korea is to purchase steel rails.

  It all started two days ago. Gao Yang originally planned to build a high-speed railway from Nanjing to Shanghai in the 1925 timeline. The plan was to invite Lu Yongxiang to participate, as long as he came up with a good idea, the railway company's shares would be split half and half.

  This railway line will play a huge role in both civil and military aspects, but Gao Yang's main goal is to capture Mo Du. Gao Yang, who aims to unify the country, does not care about factional divisions, and any force that hinders Gao Yang's unification of the country is an enemy.

  Gao Yang originally planned to go to the Railway General Company to purchase a batch of used steel rails. With the modern steel smelting level, the used steel rails in 1925 were absolutely top-quality steel materials. Gao Yang asked an intermediary to invite someone with close ties to the Railway General Company to accompany him to negotiate the purchase of the steel rails.

  Gaoyang was ready to buy 800 kilometers of used steel rails at the price of new ones for building double tracks and spare replacement, but was rejected outright! The receptionist said that if it weren't for the presence of a senior person accompanying you, they wouldn't even see you!

  Leave the railway general company to ask senior people to eat together and ask for the reason. After handing over a check, Gaoyang got the answer. The scrapped steel rails of about 2000 kilometers nationwide in one year have been a complete profit chain with specialized downstream buyers in recent years. You open your mouth and want to take half away, what do others eat? The money you give is more, but what does it have to do with the railway general company and the people who handle the matter?

  Gao Yang sat on the sofa, speechless and smoking, as a seasoned person said to him before leaving, "Young man, you're still young."

  "It's really funny, having money but nowhere to spend it?" He extinguished the cigarette and instructed Yuan to search online for steel companies that sell high-value-for-money rails. Yuan quickly gave an answer "Modern Steel Company."

  As soon as he walked out of Incheon International Airport, the welcoming team from Hyundai Steel Company was already waiting at the gate, with a long convoy showing their sincerity. After an introduction by an SC trade employee who accompanied him, Goyang got on the car and headed to the headquarters of Hyundai Steel Company under the accompaniment of Choi Jun-hee, a director of Hyundai Steel Company.

  The status of Hyundai Steel in Korea is very embarrassing, although it claims to be the world's highest level electric furnace steel enterprise. However, domestically in Korea, it has been suppressed by POSCO and lags behind in terms of production volume, brand, and profit. To change this situation, Hyundai Steel has been working hard to open up international markets, with prices and performance parameters that offer the best value for money, which is also why customers choose Hyundai Steel.

  In the VIP lounge of the modern steel company, Chairman Kim Soon-joon personally received Goyang. Goyang, who had activated his Korean skills, quietly listened to Chairman Kim's pleasantries. When the translator began to interpret in Chinese, Goyang raised his hand to stop him. Sitting up straight and facing Chairman Kim, he said, "It's simple, I want to buy steel rails from your company. Can you complete this order on time and in full?"

  Jin Xianjun was taken aback for a moment, thinking that he was indeed direct. He smiled and said, "Mr. Gao, please tell me your requirements." "25-meter standard steel rails, parallel double-track total length of 800 kilometers. Including all accessories, how much money? How long can I receive the goods?"

  Kim Soon-joon glanced at his secretary, who quickly gave the answer "A total of 1.52 million tons of high-quality steel, with a total price of $1.226 billion. Delivery can be made within 60 days." The secretary finished speaking and Kim Soon-joon turned to look at Gao Yang.

  "Alright, as per industry norms, I'll pay 30% of the deposit first, which is $366 million. Please prepare the contract." After a brief pause, Gao Yang turned to Kim Sun-jun and said, "However, SC Trade has been experiencing some cash flow tightness lately." The representatives from Modern Steel across the table all changed their expressions. Gao Yang continued in a slow and relaxed tone, "I wonder if your company accepts payment in gold?"