Chapter 528: 514 Merlin released; Merlin died in a car accident

A new day,

Taikoo Group's executives came to the company relatively early.

Executive meeting.

Peng Peng Lizhi started giving orders.

"When will the people from HSBC arrive?"

"Arriving at 8 o'clock."

"Good, we have prepared 1 billion USD. Later, the fierce bandits will call, and we will transfer the money. Remember, Mr. Merlin is still our Swire Taipan. Since the UK hasn't given an order, it's obvious they are more inclined to save Mr. Merlin."

"Yes!"

"Also, after 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. Edward Swire from Taikoo headquarters is about to arrive at the airport. We must go to the airport an hour early to welcome Mr. Edward."

"In addition, we need to prepare a welcome ceremony, and hotel arrangements."

"David, has the hotel been booked?"

"Booked, the hotel is arranged at the Shangri-La Hotel next door, presidential suite."

"Good!"

"Also Mr. Merlin, prepare vehicles, security, pick up Mr. Merlin at any time, and ask the priest at the church to help him remove the filth. Also, the medical team must be ready..."

"Also, after the other party's account number is sent, tell Taikoo headquarters..."

Peng Peng Lizhi arranged things in an orderly manner.

During Merlin's absence, he showed his loyalty and ability and was recognized and convinced by a group of executives.

The morale was stable!

Soon, the people from HSBC came.

Subsequently, employees also came to work one after another, and soon Taikoo Building became lively.

Finally,

At 9 o'clock, the fierce bandits called on time.

Told them a Swiss bank account number.

With the help of HSBC staff, Peng Peng Lizhi signed, the CFO entered the password, and the money was transferred out.

After 1 billion USD was transferred out...

Peng Peng Lizhi breathed a sigh of relief.

Money in hand... er no... Mr. Merlin, finally safe!

Another 20 minutes passed, and the fierce bandits finally called.

"In 1 hour, officially release the person!"

All executives breathed a sigh of relief.

As expected of the fierce bandit alliance, doing things is really credible!

While Peng Peng Lizhi "breathed" a sigh of relief, he couldn't help but feel puzzled: Are they really releasing him?

……

……

Mysterious place of detention.

Clang~~~

The door was opened.

Merlin, who had been fed to mosquitoes all night, was awakened, his eye sockets full of bloodshot eyes, looking at the person who came.

"Sleep your paralysis, get up and party!"

The nasty-tempered Gao Gang kicked the iron cage.

"Very lucky, your Taikoo Group gave money, 1 billion USD has arrived, now release you to leave..."

Merlin's eyes widened: "Really releasing me?"

"Ah Xi!!"

Gao Gang turned into a Korean oppa, and kicked the iron cage again, kicking the cage to roll, cursing,

"Don't underestimate our credibility!"

"Our Fierce Bandit Heavenly Team has always been about taking money and releasing people!"

Merlin rolled over in a sorry state, his heart full of suspicion: Could it be that these people are really not Director Guan Zu's men? Are they really the Fierce Bandit Heavenly Team?

Next,

Gao Gang opened the lock of the iron cage, and Merlin crawled out.

Hands tied behind back!

Head cover!

Then Gao Gang dragged Merlin and left the house.

The moment he stepped out of the room, Merlin tried hard to adjust his breathing, trying to calm himself down.

Concentrated his energy to perceive everything around him.

After walking a few steps, he felt the ground under his feet become wooden boards. With the swaying of his body, combined with the sound of rippling water in his ears, Merlin was sure that he was on a boat.

Then there was the sound of the engine and speeding on the sea...

Counting the seconds silently,

About 30 minutes later, the boat finally docked.

Merlin was dragged off the boat and stepped on solid ground.

Immediately after, he was pushed into a car, the car started, Merlin was counting the time silently in his heart while listening carefully to the sound of the wheels rolling.

He judged whether the car was going uphill or downhill, and silently depicted the driving route in his heart.

I, want to use my world-shaking wisdom to record the driving route, turn back to find the place where he was detained, follow the vine to find the melon, and find the fierce bandits.

Twenty minutes later, the car stopped slowly.

Merlin was pulled out of the car. The moment he stood still, he heard the noisy car sounds around him, among which the heavy roar of large trucks was particularly obvious. He judged that he should be on the side of a big road.

Then the car that escorted him, he could feel it had already driven away, further and further away.

"I... am safe!"

Merlin's heart beat wildly!

Could it be that it really wasn't Director Guan Zu's ghost?

"Help! Help!"

After the excitement, Merlin shouted at the top of his lungs, his voice echoing on the empty road.

Just then,

Beep beep beep~~~~

The roar of an engine and the sound of a horn approached at high speed...

Immediately after, a huge impact hit his body, Merlin flew out, fell heavily to the ground, rolled a few times, and a mouthful of blood gushed out of his mouth instantly.

Merlin felt he was going to die, his consciousness was being drawn out of his body...

Before he died, his only consciousness was...

"Definitely Director Guan Zu!"

"Routine!"

"It's all Director Guan Zu's routine!"

Finally, he died, his eyes wide open, dying with a grievance!

The hit-and-run car took a look at the corpse and drove away at high speed.

40 meters away, on the roof of a building, a person was watching this with binoculars.

Made a phone call.

"Target done..."

"A lot of blood..."

Not long after, the police sirens of Quanwan Police Station approached from far to near, and the police officers rushed to the scene.

The police quickly blocked the scene and launched an investigation into the accident.

But there were many vehicles here, and there was no surveillance or anything, so the difficulty of investigation was not small.

The news was reported layer by layer. Not long after, the Police Headquarters sent people over and confirmed the identity of the deceased—Taikoo Group Swire Taipan Merlin.

……

Not long after, the hit-and-run vehicle entered an auto repair shop, spray-painted, changed the front cover, changed the large wheel hubs, and finally became another car, driving towards Sai Kung. Da Sha quickly dismantled the car, sent it on a boat, and smuggled it to the north...

……

Five Star Group.

When Director Guan Zu received the call, he was eating Longjiang pork knuckle rice.

Originally, Director Guan Zu thought about whether to find a terminally ill driver to hit Merlin to death, so that he could also give the police and Taikoo Group an explanation.

But after thinking about it, damn it, Taikoo Group has the Huagong and the 95 tragedy...

I'll kill him openly!

What can they do to me?!

……

……Taikoo Group.

The last to get the news was the most injured Taikoo Group.

"What?"

"Swire Taipan Merlin, dead?"

When the news reached Peng Peng Lizhi from the police, Peng Peng Lizhi secretly said in his heart—

Sure enough!

It was impossible for Director Guan Zu to let Merlin live!

His surrender was correct!

Otherwise, the one who died would be himself!

"Someone!"

Soon Peng Peng Lizhi called the secretary, with a face of grief: "Immediately call the few executives over, meeting."

Soon, Taikoo Group executive meeting, convened again.

"Everyone!"

"Tell everyone a sad news!"

!

Peng Peng Lizhi endured the grief,

"Just now, I received news from the police, our Mr. Merlin... he... he..."

One by one, the executives changed color,

"What happened to Mr. Merlin?"

"Damn, they took our 1 billion USD!"

"Don't~~"

"Mr. Merlin~~~ woo woo woo~~~~"

"You died so miserably!"

"Despicable fierce bandits!"

One by one, they were vivid, and some even squeezed out tears.

Peng Peng Lizhi looked at this group of demons and ghosts, and suddenly felt a kind of irritability: Damn, they can act better than me!

Could it be that this Taikoo executive team is just a grass-roots team?

"Stop stop stop!"

Peng Peng Lizhi was solemn with grief: "Just now, the police notified me that on Quanwan Road, a person wearing a head cover and tied with ropes was hit and killed by a car, and the police initially confirmed it was Swire Taipan Merlin..."

"However, the cause of death has not been truly confirmed yet."

"Like this... CFO Mike, come with me to the Department of Health to confirm whether the corpse is Mr. Merlin... Others stay in the company and wait for the latest news. This matter must not be spread!"

"The Swire Taipan is dead, and 1 billion USD has been lost. For Taikoo Group, whose stock price has been falling, this is definitely a devastating blow, and it will make partners in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia lose trust..."

"Do you understand?"

The pillar of the sea spoke!

"Yes!"

Soon,

Peng Peng Lizhi took the CFO to the public mortuary of the Forensic Department of the Department of Health.

Confirmed the corpse.

"That's right

Peng Peng Lizhi looked grief-stricken.

The Chief Financial Officer even threw himself in front of Merlin's corpse and wailed, "Mr. Merlin, your death was so tragic!"

Peng Peng Lizhi felt that this Mike was a damn nuisance who would definitely threaten his own loyalty to the Taigu Group in the future.

Peng Peng Lizhi: "This forensic doctor... I want to know the cause of Mr. Merlin's death."

Forensic Doctor: "Struck by a vehicle, massive blood loss... apart from that, there are no fatal wounds. At the same time, we tested the deceased's blood and found no residual drug components, so we can rule out death by poisoning..."

"Additionally, we found some narrow-leaved moss on the deceased. This type of moss only grows on small islands in the sea, and its growth environment is quite harsh... so it can be proven that the deceased was detained on an island before his death..."

Peng Peng Lizhi: "Thank you, Doctor."

I don't care where he was detained!

Forensic Doctor: "Do you want to perform an autopsy?"

Peng Peng Lizhi: "We cannot make that decision."

……

……

In the afternoon,

On the tarmac of Kai Tak Airport, the sun beat down fiercely, and a slight heat shimmer rose from the ground.

A private jet dove from the sky and landed at Kai Tak Airport.

At a certain parking bay at the airport,

Peng Peng Lizhi, Mike, and a group of other Taigu Group senior executives waited early, dressed in crisp suits with solemn expressions.

Soon, a private jet slowly descended and taxied to the designated position.

"It's here!"

The cabin door slowly opened.

Edward was the first to step out of the cabin. He walked steadily down the stairs, followed by his secretary, bodyguards...

Peng Peng Lizhi and the others immediately hurried forward to meet him.

"Mr. Edward!"

"My name is John Bremridge (Peng Peng Lizhi), and I currently serve as Executive Director."

"Thank you for the hard journey!"

"We have already prepared a hotel for you!"

Edward nodded slightly, scanned the crowd, and asked, "How is the situation?"

"Let's get in the car first, and I will report to you in detail on the way."

Peng Peng Lizhi stepped aside to signal, leading Edward toward a Rolls-Royce parked on the tarmac.

They sat down, and the car started.

Edward looked at Peng Peng Lizhi: "It seems... the situation is not good."

Peng Peng Lizhi lowered his head: "Mr. Edward, Mr. Merlin... he has passed away."

Upon hearing this, Edward's body jolted, and he frowned: "Merlin is dead? How is that possible! Didn't you raise the funds?"

Peng Peng Lizhi: "We raised 1 billion USD and already gave it to the fierce bandits... and the bandits also released Mr. Merlin..."

He recounted the sequence of events and then said: "Currently, according to the police, it cannot be proven that it was done by that group of fierce bandits."

"No, I don't care if it was the fierce bandits or not, I only believe it was done by that so-called Five Star Group!"

They were all smart people.

Edward leaned back against the seat, closed his eyes, filled with pain and anger.

"This matter must absolutely not end like this!"

Because Peng Peng Lizhi didn't know about the mercenaries, he naturally didn't understand why both Merlin and Edward were so convinced of the Five Star Group's enmity.

However, at this moment, he already had a slight suspicion.

At this time, the Rolls-Royce passed through the Kai Tak Tunnel, detoured through Kowloon, entered the Cross-Harbour Tunnel, and arrived in Admiralty...

Edward checked in and then dealt with jet lag.

……

Soon,

Peng Peng Lizhi also got off work and returned to his villa.

His wife, daughter, and son were not home again; the coldness of the villa made Peng Peng Lizhi very dissatisfied.

After finishing the dinner prepared by the maid,

Beep beep~~~

The pager went off.

He took a look—8 digits.

Peng Peng Lizhi:???

He went to the study.

Suddenly, a note and a Swiss bank card on the desk caught his attention.

Peng Peng Lizhi was overjoyed.

He picked up the bank card; the note had 3 characters written on it—'20m'.

Peng Peng Lizhi understood instantly.

That was the password just now!

He became excited!

It's here!

20 million USD!

Brother Zu is like the sun, loyal!

(End of chapter)