Chapter 524: The Rescue of the Suicide Squad
The straight-line distance from Los Angeles to Mexico is two thousand two hundred kilometers.
Unfortunately, this group of people did not dare to take a plane, so they could only drive to prepare to take Cao Weicai out.
Although it would take a day and a night of driving, this was nothing to this group of Mexico Drug Cartel members.
Fortunately, this group of kidnappers was fast enough, and they soon left the border of Los Angeles and arrived in Oceanside.
Once past the border, it is Tijuana.
This route was the one they had previously used to traffic Laundry Powder, and they were already extremely familiar with it.
By early the next morning, they had already arrived at the border.
After bribing the border officials, they took Cao Weicai out of the United States with almost no obstacles.
And they soon changed cars in Tijuana and headed to Tecate.
This place was Antonio's base of operations.
He had his own armed forces and his own factories; his influence was not too great, but he was a hegemon here.
After locking Cao Weicai into his factory, Antonio began to contact his employer.
"I've brought the person you wanted! What about the money you mentioned?" Antonio said coldly.
"The money can be transferred to you immediately, but I need him to sign that agreement." Wu Mincai said with a frown on the other side of the phone: "This is what we agreed upon!"
"No, I only promised you to get the person here! I don't care about other things. I've done what you asked, and I want to see the money now!" Antonio said coldly: "Otherwise, I'll shoot him dead!"
Wu Mincai was furious and said loudly: "You have no integrity!"
"I have plenty of integrity! Pay up, or after I kill him, I'll come looking for you!" Antonio threatened viciously.
"Fine, I'll pay!" Wu Mincai took a deep breath and said: "But I need to see the person, and he must sign the agreement!"
"That's an extra charge!" Antonio was very greedy.
After all, running to Los Angeles to kidnap a tycoon involved no small amount of risk.
So he felt he should get more!
Wu Mincai knew this guy was blackmailing him, but he had no other choice, so he could only grit his teeth and say: "I'll add more money! But this time I need to get the agreement before I pay!"
Antonio immediately laughed: "No problem!"
Soon, Wu Mincai transferred the money to Antonio's account.
Looking at the money that had arrived, Antonio was almost overjoyed: "Very good, you can watch the whole process of how I deal with this kid! Five million, get the money ready!"
"No problem!" Seeing that Cao Weicai had already been hung up by this group of Mexico Drug Cartel members, Wu Mincai immediately revealed a cruel smile.
Once he got his hands on the agreement, he would hold the initiative.
When Chen Jiajun arrived in the United States, he would have to make them share a piece of the pie.
Thinking of his bright future, Wu Mincai immediately called for someone to bring alcohol; he was prepared to enjoy watching these Mexicans' methods of torture.
Cao Weicai had actually woken up long ago, and he understood Spanish.
He had a rough understanding of his situation.
So he immediately used the contact method Chen Jiajun had given him, the ring pendant hanging around his neck.
This pendant was a product from the Dragon Ball world, containing an energy shield and a tracking chip.
As long as he encountered an emergency, it would send a signal to Chen Jiajun.
After doing all this, Cao Weicai had no other good options; he could only try his best to stall for time with these Mexico Drug Cartel members and wait for the rescue from Guojun Security Company to arrive.
It was just that what Cao Weicai did not expect was that the series of excuses he had prepared were of no use at all.
Pretending to be unconscious, he was directly hung up by these damn drug cartel members.
Then someone brought a bucket of cold water and splashed it onto Cao Weicai.
He didn't know where this water came from, but the foul, fishy smell almost suffocated Cao Weicai.
Now that he couldn't keep pretending to be unconscious, he could only open his eyes and say with a panicked expression: "Who... who are you people? Why did you grab me? What is this place?"
Cao Weicai opened with three questions in a row, portraying his panic to the fullest.
Antonio smiled and said: "Mr. Cao, excuse me! Inviting you here is just because a friend wants you to sign an agreement. If you cooperate obediently, you can return to your mansion immediately to continue enjoying life! If you don't cooperate, then I'm afraid you'll have to taste some bitterness!"
Cao Weicai immediately calmed down: "Who sent you? I can pay double the price, just let me go!"
A flash of greed appeared in Antonio's eyes.
Although he knew Cao Weicai was rich, he didn't expect him to be this rich, offering double the price right away.
This gave Antonio some other ideas.
Since he was already eating one portion, why not just eat two?
Anyway, he had no friendship with Wu Mincai, and as for integrity... ha, do drug cartel members have such a thing?
Besides, they weren't professional kidnappers; their main business was still Laundry Powder.
This was just him making a little extra money.
However, he wouldn't show it at this moment, since Wu Mincai was still watching the "live broadcast" the whole time!
He had to get the five million in Wu Mincai's hands first before talking.
So Antonio shook his head and said: "Mr. Cao, we are people of integrity; we must do what we promised others!"
As he spoke, he had someone bring over the agreement Wu Mincai had provided and placed it in front of Cao Weicai.
After looking at this agreement, Cao Weicai's face immediately turned gloomy.
The mastermind behind this was truly ruthless; they actually wanted to take action against United Aerospace Capital.
Cao Weicai immediately began to think about who was behind this.
But he quickly ruled them out one by one; the California Consortium certainly wouldn't do such a thing.
Even though United Aerospace Capital was quite famous now, it was still not quite on the level of the California Consortium.
It wasn't worth the risk to stir up something like this.
As for Wall Street, it seems to be the same; every circle has its own rules.
Those who break the rules certainly cannot survive in the industry.
"It seems Mr. Cao does not want to sign? Then I can only use some methods on you."
Seeing Cao Weicai say nothing, Antonio lost his patience and directly gave a look to his subordinates.
Preparing to use some methods on Cao Weicai.
A lackey brought over a whip, the kind of short whip used for herding cattle.
It lashed fiercely onto Cao Weicai's body; Cao Weicai was stunned for two seconds, then let out a cry.
In reality, he felt no pain at all, as the invisible protective shield generated by the ring had already covered his body, but he still had to act.
Watching Cao Weicai scream while being whipped, Wu Mincai on the other end of the video immediately started laughing.
In his view, a guy like Cao Weicai who lived in the lap of luxury surely wouldn't last long.
……
Meanwhile, in Hong Kong.
Chen Jiajun had already gone to sleep, but suddenly feeling the location sent by Cao Weicai, his face sank and he flipped over to sit up.
He went to the study and immediately dialed Cao Weicai's phone in the United States, but unfortunately, no one answered.
Chen Jiajun dialed a few more numbers, and only when he finally reached Cao Weicai's assistant's mobile phone did he learn what had happened.
Cao Weicai had been abducted by a group of unidentified people at his own doorstep.
The Los Angeles police were currently investigating.
Hearing this news, Chen Jiajun's expression was very ugly.
However, the good news was that Cao Weicai was certainly fine for the moment, as he had the ring after all. Thinking of this, Chen Jiajun immediately dialed the number for Guojun Security Company.
For a kidnapping case of this level, relying on the police certainly wouldn't work.
Moreover, according to the location coordinates, Cao Weicai was no longer within the borders of the United States at this time.
It was impossible for the police to dispatch a large number of officers to search.
Consequently, Chen Jiajun could only call Barney and the others, demanding that they must rescue Cao Weicai.
"Mexico?" Barney's face immediately twitched: "Boss, who are these people? Drug lords?"
"I don't know, I will give you a coordinate, you can go investigate it yourselves!" Chen Jiajun shook his head and said: "I estimate that Cao Weicai is still alive right now, you need to hurry!"
Barney pondered for a moment and said: "No problem, Boss, but you cannot interfere with the rescue operation; it needs to be done my way!"
Chen Jiajun said coldly: "I have only one requirement: Cao Weicai must come back alive!"
"I understand!" After saying this, Barney hung up the phone.
Afterward, Barney immediately notified his old subordinates and the others to come for a meeting.
"What is so urgent! Barney!" Christmas said with a dissatisfied look: "I am on a date with my girlfriend!"
Barney said irritably: "Buddy, there is an emergency, put that fickle girlfriend of yours aside for now!"
Christmas was immediately angered to death: "I will kill you sooner or later!"
"I don't think I'll live to see that day!" Barney said with a sharp tongue: "Because you might be killed by your girlfriend's lover first!"
Hearing Barney's roast, everyone burst into loud laughter.
Christmas was speechless and could only change the subject, saying: "What is so urgent?"
"One of my bosses, Cao Weicai, remember him?" Barney said to the group.
Compared to Chen Jiajun, they dealt more with Cao Weicai, so they nodded one after another.
Barney looked at the group and said: "This boss has been kidnapped!"
"Huh?"
Hearing Barney's words, everyone showed an expression of disbelief: "Doesn't the boss have bodyguards with him?"
"Both bodyguards were killed, and our company has to pay a large sum in compensation!" Barney sighed and said: "The problem now is that our boss has been kidnapped and taken out of the United States!"
As he spoke, Barney spread out a map and found the coordinates Chen Jiajun had sent him, saying: "He is currently at about this position!"
"Hiss, Mexico?" Seeing this location, everyone couldn't help but gasp: "He's been taken all the way to Mexico; can he still be saved?"
Barney shook his head and said: "Anyway, the Big Boss behind the scenes says he is still alive. Although I don't know how he judged that, I have taken this mission!"
"Alright, what should we do?" Christmas also realized the seriousness of the matter and said to Barney.
Barney braced his hands on the table, frowned, pondered for a moment, and then said: "What we need to know now is what kind of group kidnapped our boss, and what forces are in Tecate!"
Christmas nodded and said: "I'll go find Tool; he should know something."
Barney nodded and said: "Gunnar, you go prepare the weapons!"
"Caesar, you guys come with me; we need to set off as fast as possible!" Barney immediately stood up and said.
Since this group of Mexicans kidnapped Cao Weicai, they wouldn't kill him easily.
Otherwise, everything they did would have no meaning.
Therefore, the more fully prepared Barney was, the more certain he could be of rescuing the person.
He first led his men to assemble the maintained aircraft, then had Gunnar and the others load up a large amount of heavy weaponry.
Mexico is not like other regions; they would certainly have intense conflicts with local armed forces.
After getting the equipment and vehicles ready, Christmas came over with Tool.
Although Tool is also Mexican, he had left Mexico a long time ago.
The things he knew were no longer useful.
However, Tool had his own connections and quickly found a broker who sold intelligence.
"I need all the information on Tecate City, including forces, armed groups, maps, and guides!" Barney didn't waste words and said directly to the broker: "And it must be fast!"
The broker thought for a moment and said: "Can do, one hour! One million!"
Hearing the figure of one million, the corners of Barney's mouth twitched.
Although he was one of the shareholders of Guojun Security Company, it was not yet time for the year-end dividends.
Usually, after receiving commissions, he used the money to buy planes, modify motorcycles, and help out some of his former comrades-in-arms, so there was simply not much money left in his hands.
But he had to cough up this sum of money.
The situation was urgent, and there was not much time left for him; even knowing the other party was asking for an exorbitant price, he had no choice.
Helplessly, he could only say: "Fine, one hour as you said!"
"Absolutely no problem! Let's set off!" the broker said with a smile: "We can talk while we go!"
"Fuck!" Christmas immediately widened his eyes and looked at the broker, saying: "The informant you mentioned is yourself?"
"Yeah? Is that not allowed?" the broker spread his hands and said with an innocent face: "I was born in Tijuana, no one knows that place better than me!"
Being played by this broker made the faces of the Expendables look rather sour.
Seeing the mercenaries staring at him with unkind expressions, the broker hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Alright, guys! As long as you take me with you, I will definitely let you know what it means to be worth the money."
Barney puffed on his Cigar and spat out a cloud of smoke unhappily: "I hope so, otherwise you'll be in trouble! Kid!"
Because of the urgency of time, the group immediately boarded the plane and headed straight for Mexico.
As for the transit permits, the company had already helped take care of them.
After all, it was only after having the company that Barney and the others realized how convenient it was.
So, they had indeed put their hearts into rescuing Cao Weicai this time; such a good Boss was hard to come by.
Two thousand kilometers only took a few hours for a plane to cover.
However, Barney did not dare to land the plane directly in Tijuana, but landed in Tijuana instead.
Then they switched to vehicles to head to Tijuana.
Subsequently, the broker who went along began to play his part.
This guy was not bragging; after arriving in Mexico, he acted like a fish in water.
First, he got Barney and the others some inconspicuous clothes, and then he obtained firearms locally.
Although the items were not new, they were at least usable.
Afterward, they got a few dilapidated and inconspicuous pickup trucks, and the group headed rapidly toward Tijuana.
This guy had at least saved Barney and his group a lot of hassle, and the expressions of the few men looked much better.
"I told you it would be no problem with me here!" the broker whistled and said with a smile: "I took a look at the location you are going to; it's the territory of Huoniu Antonio. This guy has a very violent temper and is considered a local bully in Tijuana."
"He has about fifty or so men under him, all of them ruthless types who dare to fight and struggle. By the way, this guy's Laundry Powder business is no longer viable, so he's probably looking for other ways now!"
Hearing the broker's introduction, the group finally had a basic understanding.
Barney asked: "Are you familiar with this Antonio's lair?"
"Ha, you asked the right person!" the broker said with a smile: "The factory Antonio occupied used to be the place of a Big Spender in our city; we worked there when we were young! But the factory owner was killed by drug dealers for offending them! The place was abandoned and then occupied by Antonio as his lair."
"When we get to the place, I will take your men to get familiar with the terrain! But let's be clear, I won't be doing any fighting! If I do, I won't be able to survive in Mexico in the future!"
Barney nodded, then said to Christmas: "Will you go with him in a bit?"
"Why?" Christmas said with a confused face: "Why choose me out of so many people?"
"Maybe because you're bald? Buddy!" the broker said with a smile.
"Fuck you!" Christmas immediately gave a middle finger to the group who were laughing loudly. (End of chapter)
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