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Chapter 250: Chapter 208: A Rich Harvest, New Way of Making Money (Subscribe Please!)_1
Two hours later.
The interrogation of Ba Song had ended.
At this point, Ba Song seemed relieved, the vicious look had left his face, replaced by a smile. This conversation made him recall his sinful life, and he admitted to his guilt, even though he still wanted to live. But he knew it wasn’t possible. He was content to die with a smile now.
"Mr. Ba Song, thank you for your cooperation," the soldier said with a smile, which seemed less frightening to Ba Song now.
Ba Song sighed and asked, "Can you tell me now, who hired you to kill me?"
The soldier kept his promise, leaned in and whispered a name into Ba Song’s ear, then ended Ba Song’s life before he could even register any surprise.
After dealing with Ba Song, the two soldiers didn’t linger. They quickly left the villa to collect the cash and other property Ba Song left behind.
Meanwhile, during this operation, similar incidents happened to other key underground bosses in Bangkok. The entire operation, including clearing up, took nearly four hours.
The soldiers who completed the tasks then returned to prepare for the third stage of the plan.
...
The next day.
Or rather, an hour later, at five in the morning, Tang Yi notified Tang Qing, who just woke up, that the mission was completed with plenty of gains.
Excited by the news, Tang Qing quickly entered the Command Room.
Without waiting, Tang Qing asked, "Tang Yi, how much money did we gain this time."
"Commander, we’ve gained 1.256 billion RMB in account funds, 153 million in cash, and other items worth 960 million RMB." Tang Yi summarised.
"What? More than a billion?" Tang Qing said in shock.
Hearing about the direct gain of over a billion RMB, Tang Qing nearly jumped for joy. He had no guilt over this ill-gotten wealth. After all, this was over a billion RMB, equivalent to his own three months of arbitrage income received at once. Those guys were too fat!
"Yes, Commander, the money has been transferred to a specific account, and all the cash and items have been moved to a safe place," Tang Yi replied.
Tang Qing nodded, then asked, "What kind of valuable items do we have?"
"Commander, the items are mainly gold, gemstones, jade, finished jewelry, valuable securities, art, luxury goods, antiques, and other easily monetizable items," Tang Yi answered.
Tang Qing thought for a moment and said: "I see, let’s store these items for now. We can sell them later when the situation stabilises. Keep the cash as operating capital. How much foreign currency is in the account?"
"Commander, it includes 370 million RMB worth of Thai baht, 490 million RMB worth of US dollars, 120 million in Euros, 130 million in yen, 110 million in RMB, 30 million in Hong Kong dollars, and 10 million in Australian dollars," Tang Yi reported.
Tang Qing listened and felt... it was quite complex. He didn’t remember, but who cares? It’s all money anyway.
At the same time, he was excited. He hadn’t expected such a substantial gain. His previous idea now seemed a bit conservative. The 500 million RMB insurance money was enough, so he should substantially increase the limit on his arbitrage transactions.
Damn, he had money again. But Tang Qing didn’t celebrate prematurely. He had lost control earlier, and almost lost everything after leveling up. Even though he had so much money now, he dared not be too arrogant. After all, he knew he would spend more in the future. The Command Room was like a bottomless pit. If the next level required more expensive gadgets, he guessed he will have to complain to the system about being broke again as this hefty gain was just a one-time deal.
Tang Qing pondered a bit and said, "Well, keep all the Thai Baht in these accounts to serve as a maintenance fund and security fund for plan no.2794. Convert all the rest into yen."
"Yes, commander," Tang Yi replied.
He knew that the plan in Bangkok included maintaining the entire force in the later stage. Whether to support the people underneath or to find an umbrella, they needed funds. And for the rest, it was better to secure them in their pockets first. The number of accounts linked with dollars and euros has already reached its limit and can’t be used anymore. The domestic linked accounts are also full. There were no yen accounts left to use.
There’s certainly someone who’s noticed those arbitrage transaction accounts by now. For this reason, he wouldn’t risk transferring money to American and German accounts. The system can conceal the direction of the funds it directly exchanges, but it can’t disguise transactions between other accounts. If he used it, the fighters in Bangkok would definitely be locked onto immediately. That would be troublesome.
"By the way, how did you interrogate them about these funds? They all seemed so submissive. Let me see the videos. If they’re too violent, don’t show me," Tang Qing curiously asked, thinking it was pretty good that this operation could break even, and there was a great chance of making a slight profit. But what he did not expect was that they made a huge profit. He was very curious how these soon-to-be dead guys could be so honest.
"Yes." Tang Yi replied.
Afterwards, Tang Qin watched the entire interrogation video of Ba Song. His mouth hung open wider and wider. Even as the master of those fighters, he felt a chill inside him. Little Two’s facial analysis capability could actually be used this way.
After Little Two explained, he truly understood the dreadful part of his facial analysis system. First, it obtained the target’s facial expressions, eye movements, habits, and other data through extensive dialogues and observation. Coupled with the model of human behavior that Little Two carried, as long as the data was comprehensive, interrogating information couldn’t be easier. The way the last fighter held Ba Song’s hand to get his bank card password was directly ’told’ through his millisecond heartbeat data and the basic model formed by the first dozen questions.
In order not to arouse suspicion, when asking for the password, the fighter would say every single digit each time he asked for a number. This was meant to confuse Ba Song and gather and verify even more neurological and heartbeat information.
In the end, Ba Song basically became as transparent as glass. However, this was because Ba Song had not undergone any training and was too panicked, which coupled with his gambler’s luck, allowed them to ’predict’ so accurately. This wouldn’t have been so simple if he had been a professionally trained agent.
God, that’s terrifying.
This is the power of big data.
Luckily, it’s under his control. If it were an enemy... geez, I’ll hold a three-minute silence for you.
"By the way, why didn’t you use this method when you interrogated Pi Qiang last time? I really didn’t know it could be played like this," Tang Qing asked again.
"Commander, for the last time we needed to know the whole story and the information about the person who planned everything behind the scenes. It contained a huge amount of information. Using this method would be too cumbersome. But this interrogation mainly aimed at several already determined locations and numbers, so this kind of interrogation was the simplest." Tang Yi explained.
"Oh, I see. Hey! Wouldn’t this technology be very powerful if used on the gambling table?" Tang Qing suddenly thought of another way to make money. The most powerful skill on the gambling table is mathematical probability. If you add Little Two’s strong data calculation ability and facial micro-expression recognition and analysis, as long as the opponent doesn’t cheat, who in the world would be a match for these robots.
"Commander, yes." Tang Yi replied.
Tang Qing hesitated and said, "I see, okay, let’s not jump the gun. We can talk about it when we’re tight on money." They were not short of money at the moment. Just play it cool. It’s not that easy to take money from the casino. Let’s talk about it when they’re really short of money.
At least he’s discovered another way to make a large amount of money, right?
Now even if the arbitrage business is finished, he has enough confidence to face sudden events in the future. If worse comes to worst he could send people to sweep up casinos all over the world.
With money, comes power.
Just when Tang Qing was in a good mood, Tang Yi suddenly made a suggestion, "Commander, regarding plan no.6794, I have a suggestion."
"What suggestion?" Tang Qing asked in surprise. This was the first time Tang Yi had taken the initiative to make a suggestion. It had always been him asking and Tang Yi answering before.
With a respectful tone, Tang Yi said, "Commander, since we now have abundant funds, I suggest we expand the scope of plan no.6794."
PS: I feel like this Chapter was so fluid, teehee.
