Chapter 3268 — Having a Countermeasure
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Lute was slightly taken aback, but then reflected that Wei Zhao was one of the Buffon family, and it was hardly surprising he knew such secrets. The Buffon family were arms dealers by trade—in nature much the same as a drug-trafficking ring like the Red Conch, save that arms were legal in certain places.
But Lute was confident the Buffon family surely dabbled quietly in illegal arms deals as well. So it was a pleasure to speak with a clever man. Lute smiled at once. "Quite so. Since Mr. Yi is a man who understands, I won't waste words. Just tell me—how much cash flow at most can your hotel group run through me in a month?"
"Fifty million to a hundred million," Wei Zhao said. "But that is only the hotels in the nearby region. If your company offers sufficient advantage, the hotels in more distant regions can procure through you as well."
"I understand." Department Head Lute nodded. "How about this, Mr. Yi—would you wait here a little while? I'll go seek instructions from the general manager, and then do my utmost to give you our most favorable quotation sheet. Even if we lose a little money, even if we swallow some freight costs, that's no matter."
"Very well. I'll wait for your word." Wei Zhao smiled. This was the outcome he had most hoped for—and by the look of it, Lute was in the know, and had no intention of hiding from Wei Zhao his purpose of money laundering.
"Secretary Lu, see to Mr. Yi for me." Lute beckoned to his secretary, then rose and left the office.
"Secretary Lu, is it? No need to trouble yourself. I slept poorly last night—I'll just close my eyes and rest a while." Wei Zhao waved a hand, signaling that Secretary Lu need not prepare tea or refreshments.
"Certainly. Rest well, then, Mr. Yi," Secretary Lu said hurriedly.
Wei Zhao closed his eyes and appeared to be resting them in quiet contemplation, but in truth he was not resting at all—he was perceiving everything outside through the senses of his jade-pendant space. By now Wei Zhao was a Heaven-Rank expert, and to fix upon Lute's whereabouts was a trifling matter.
Wei Zhao kept his spiritual perception trained on Lute the whole time. He saw Lute leave the office and step into an elevator—a dedicated one, not an ordinary passenger lift, which could only be entered by swiping a card. At this Wei Zhao frowned slightly.
Such cards could be copied and cracked, true, but Wei Zhao had no chance to get his hands on one, and the elevator would surely be under surveillance; cracking it would take more time than he had. And Wei Zhao meant to seize those documents in one swift, silent strike, like a thunderbolt—not to rouse these people's suspicions and misgivings. If they relocated the drug-refining base, then even if Wei Zhao obtained the files, they would be of no use. (Fishman WeChat yuren22 will be sharing news of the school-flower mobile game with everyone these next few days.) (To be continued.