Chapter 150, Make money and solve cases without mistakes (5,000-character chapter)(1/2)
"Does the organizer know that their jewelry robbers are targeting them?" Instructor Hu felt a little excited.
Among the one hundred distinguished guests, they were either the second-generation wealthy people from Xiangjiang, members of parliament, consuls or big stars, all of whom were prominent figures.
If so many people were kidnapped, the impact of the case would definitely be greater than the Wan Chai murder case that occurred the day before yesterday.
Although more than a hundred people died in the Wan Chai murder case, gangsters are gangsters. No matter how many people die, no one except their family and friends will shed tears for them, and even news reporters will not pay attention to them.
Otherwise, the police department would not have suppressed the news so easily.
Also, there are too few clues about the Wan Chai murder case. Although we have the identity of the murderer and can arrest the person based on the picture, we don’t know the murderer’s last name or whereabouts. Today, when I was handed over to the regional crime team.
Lu Qichang lamented that the case looked simple, but was actually very difficult. Without knowing where the murderer was, all the task force could do was issue a wanted warrant, and the rest was to let nature take its course.
This disappointed Instructor Hu, who was dedicated to meritorious service.
Now it's better. If there is no light in the east, there will be light in the west. If a robbery occurs at the Cointreau Hotel, just like the Sands Villa, killing the robber without hurting the hostages will definitely be a great achievement.
Even if Lei Weidong takes the lion's share, he can still get a lot. Although he is not enough to be promoted to chief inspector, he can still add to his qualifications.
"I don't know, I probably don't know, but the organizers are very confident in their security. They only reported it to Central, that is, the Central District Police Station, and did not let the police intervene in any other way. The designated security company is responsible for all security work.
"Yezi replied.
"Is the security company very strong, stronger than our police?" Zhu Huabiao, who had been silent, asked.
"It's hard to say. Many of the security guards in the security company are retired from the police or the army. They should be better than ordinary police officers.
But it's definitely much worse than the robbers.
Especially the robbers who purchased so many weapons, if their target is really the Cointreau Hotel, the security company will definitely suffer a big loss, just like the last Sands Villa Jewelry Exhibition.
A dozen security guards were killed by the robbers without any effect." Hui Yinghong shook her head and was not optimistic about the security company.
"There are two biggest difficulties in the current case." Meiko continued.
The first choice is the Cointreau Hotel in Central. Our intervention is a cross-district handling case. Especially in the absence of conclusive evidence, it is difficult for us to act on a large scale. The most we can do is send people in to inquire about the situation.
The second is that the organizer is uncooperative. For an event with hundreds of people, they just file a case with the Central District Police Station and don’t even ask the police to come out. We probably did the same in the past. Unless there is an invitation, otherwise you can’t get in. And if you invite
Post!"
Yazi looked at Lei Weidong and did not continue.
"Tou, you're the only one to take action." Inspector Hu complimented in a flattering tone, "Please find a few more invitations, and then we can all go in and prepare."
"It's a bit late to look for invitations at this time. I can just add a few, but I can give it a try." Lei Weidong shrugged, picked up the phone and dialed.
"Hey, who is that?"
"Mr. Shen, it's me, Lei Weidong!"
"Lei Weidong, oh, it's you, why do you have time to call me?" Shen Bi's laughter came through the phone.
"I just want to ask about the Cointreau Hotel, which is the hotel in Central that holds the Tsar's Jewelry Exhibition. I want to know his specific situation, please don't bother me."
"No trouble. You are a VIP customer of our HSBC Bank. It is your duty to serve you. Wait for me for ten minutes and I will investigate." Shen Bi said.
"Okay." Lei Weidong hung up the phone.
"Tou, who did you call?" Ma Jun couldn't help but ask.
"Shen Bi from HSBC Bank." Lei Weidong replied.
"Who is Shen Bi?"
Everyone here at HSBC knows that he is the first bank in Hong Kong and the Hong Kong dollar is printed by him, and he has the title of the uncrowned king of Hong Kong.
But they don't know who Shen Bi is. After all, their identities are too different. Let alone contact, they have never even heard of him. They only know that A Tou has money, a lot of money, but they don't know how much money he has. .
About eight minutes later, Lei Weidong's phone rang.
"Laisheng Cointreau Hotel was jointly invested by a European tourism group and wealthy local businessmen in Hong Kong. It was built in 1979 with a total investment of 2 billion Hong Kong dollars.
It's a pity that it happened at the wrong time. After the construction was completed, before the business started, we encountered negotiations between the ancestors and the mainland. The real estate market collapsed and the economy was in recession. Investors could say that it was difficult to get off the ground, and the business was worried about losses due to the poor operating environment.
If it is for sale, a 62-story skyscraper with a cost of up to 2 billion yuan has been offered for 700 million yuan and no one has taken it."
"What about the jewelry fair?" Lei Weidong asked.
"It would be a waste to leave the hotel unopened, and it would cost money to maintain. Finally, the European investor XX Travel Group took a ruthless approach and acquired three treasures from the Tsarist period, placed them in the Cointreau Hotel, and invited celebrities from Hong Kong to come and browse them.
I hope to build the reputation of the hotel and have a good start after opening.
Lei Sheng, you ask so many questions, do you want to buy the hotel? If you want, I can help you negotiate the price. You can buy it for less than 700 million.
If you use U.S. dollars, it can be even cheaper, and you can get it for 100 million."
"One hundred million U.S. dollars is too expensive. Everyone knows that the exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar can no longer be maintained. It may plummet one day, not only to break through seven or eight, but also to nine or ten."
"How much are you willing to pay?" Shen Bi asked.
"Seventy million dollars, the price is very reasonable."
"Seventy million is too little, at least 90 million is needed."
"Seventy million is a lot. Don't look at it. Now one US dollar can only be exchanged for five Hong Kong dollars. But that's official. There is a price but no market. The exchange rate on the black market has already exceeded 7. It can only be exchanged on a small scale. The exchange rate is large. Lower.”
"Lei Sheng, you are right, but 70 million is too low. Add another five million. If you add another five million, I will help you get it done."
"'For Mr. Shen's sake, I can pay 75 million, but I request that the contract be signed and the owner changed today."
"It's a bit tight for one day, but it doesn't matter. You can do it if you push."
"That's troublesome, and Mr. Shen, I would like to ask, does the Cointreau Hotel have insurance?"
"Of course there is insurance. When you open a hotel and people come and go, you must buy insurance just in case. Cointreau Hotel's price is quite high. When it was bought last year, it was insured for HKD 2.5 billion.
It can be said that the premium is a big expense, otherwise investors would not think of selling it."
"I'll ask Salena to contact you right now, and I'll go to the hotel in the afternoon to check it out."
"Okay, I'll wait for your news." Shen Bi hung up the phone.
"Tou, you bought the hotel." The conversation between Lei Weidong and Shen Bi made everyone confused. They knew every word, but they didn't know what it meant when they were put together.
"I'll ask again later." Lei Weidong raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet and dialed Salena's number.
"Brother Dong, you are calling me, is it about the new sister?" After the call was connected, Salena's somewhat jealous voice came over.
"We will talk about my sister later. You immediately send someone to see Shen Bi at HSBC. I have just negotiated with him to purchase the Cointreau Hotel in Central for US$75 million."
"Seventy-five million dollars to buy a sixty-two-story building that is fully renovated. The price is not expensive. But Brother Dong, why should we buy the Cointreau Hotel? It doesn't match our business." Salena was a little confused. asked.
"I have definite information here. A group of robbers will go to Cointreau Hotel tomorrow night to steal jewelry. They have heavy weapons and will cause serious damage to the hotel..."
"Understood, I will go to HSBC Bank to see Shen Bi and secure the hotel before the afternoon..." After several years of experience in shopping malls, Lei Weidong just started, and Salina knew what he meant.
After hanging up the phone, he immediately called his secretary over.
"Notify the legal department, put down everything you are doing, and go to HSBC with me. We have a big deal to do. We also contact the top ten insurance companies in Hong Kong and tell them that I have a big deal for them. Do you want to take it or not?"
Compared to Lei Weidong, Salina is more ruthless. She is not going to cheat just one insurance company, but several more if she wants to. Maybe the cost of purchasing the hotel will be paid back through compensation.
"Okay, if you have any questions now, just ask." Lei Weidong put down the phone in his hand and looked at the people who were still stunned.
"Brother Dong, did you just buy the Cointreau Hotel?" Bai Kailun, who still knew Lei Weidong's worth, recovered quickly and returned to normal in a few seconds before asking.
"I bought it and it's guaranteed by HSBC. If nothing else, I will be the owner of the Cointreau Hotel this afternoon. This will make it much easier for us to handle the case. It's almost like going home.
Even if there is no robbery in the end, it doesn’t matter, just treat it as a live-fire exercise." Lei Weidong nodded and said.
"That's a good thing, but buying the hotel directly for the sake of the case is a little bit." Lei Weidong's words made Instructor Hu and others grin, and they completely understood the meaning of big dogs.
But this is okay. If the hotel owner is the boss, not to mention that it is easy to get in any equipment, even the entire police station can be used to work. I don’t know if the gangsters will dare to come after knowing this situation.
"Entering the hotel is no longer a problem. Now we need to formulate a detailed combat plan. The robbers have strong firepower. They may have mines, grenades or even rocket launchers. I don't want to lay a wreath for any of you."
"The Director is right. Since we have preparation time, we must make the plan more detailed." Meiko stood up and said,
"I hope that everyone will wear body armor during the operation, and all the pistols will be replaced with powerful ones. The Overlord Flowers will also be gathered together and replaced with standard equipment."
"I will report to the director about the weapons, and we will get the equipment this afternoon." Lei Weidong pointed at the conference table with his finger, indicating that he would be the one to figure out the weapons.
"There is also the hotel's control room. If a robbery occurs, the robbers' first target must be the control room. In order to prevent the enemy from being alerted, we will set up another master control room in the hotel.
Even if the robbers take down the surveillance room, the images they see are the ones we want to show them."
"Prepare the necessary equipment. We will go to the Cointreau Hotel in the afternoon and try to get it done overnight," Lei Weidong said.
"besides……"
"besides……"
Everyone spoke to each other and made the plan more and more detailed, so that the doctor did not even know he fell into the trap.
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Director's Office!
"Weidong, come on, sit down quickly. If you come here at this time, do you have any clues about the Wan Chai murder case?"
Huang Bingyao was sitting in the office with his legs crossed and scratching his itch with his gun, feeling very comfortable.
Seeing Lei Weidong knocking on the door and coming in, he subconsciously shrank his legs and sat down, picked up the glasses cloth on the table and wiped the gun, and said as he wiped it back.
To be continued...