Chapter 122: The Negotiation Expert!

Chu Chen's words instantly caused a commotion within the exhibition hall!

For a moment, the hostages, who had been sitting relatively scattered, involuntarily huddled together, fearing that sitting too far forward would attract Chu Chen's attention.

To ensure the safety of the hostages, Joanna hurriedly changed her tone: "No problem, no problem, I agree to your terms."

The next second, Chu Chen ignored her and continued speaking to himself:

"First, after the Explosion-proof System is disengaged, send some food and water inside."

"Second, have your men retreat to the road thirty meters away."

"Third, prepare a helicopter for me and have it land on the roof of the Yinchaochang."

After Chu Chen finished speaking, Joanna said without a second thought: "No problem, we will go prepare it immediately, but..."

She wanted to continue, but Chu Chen gave her no chance at all, hung up the phone directly, and then turned the signal jammer back on!

"Hello?"

"Hello? Wait!"

"Hello!"

After calling out several times without receiving a response, Joanna, feeling very irritable, took off her headset and tossed it to the side.

In her professional career, no criminal had ever made her feel this embarrassed!

Chu Chen was the first.

At this very moment, she finally understood why this guy had so many followers.

His style of conduct and personal charisma were indeed extraordinary, and his calmness was hair-raising; even she, as the Team Leader of the Crisis Management Team, found it hard to handle!

William was right.

This guy was indeed not an ordinary criminal!

What was even more outrageous was that he could actually call her by her name?

Could it be that he knew her?

Looking at Chu Chen on the computer screen, Joanna wore a grave expression, while at the same time, she developed a hint of interest in this guy!

Just then, William and the Negotiation Team Leader, Frank, also arrived at the command vehicle.

Frank was the most outstanding Negotiation Team Leader at the Italian Police Headquarters, a graduate of Stanford University with a major in Criminal Psychology, and had helped the authorities solve many major and important cases.

On a global scale, he could be considered a top-tier negotiation expert!

After the two sides met, Frank got straight to the point:

"What is the situation inside now?"

Joanna shook her head: "The situation is not optimistic. The hijacker is very tough, but the hostages are safe for the time being. He just proposed three conditions to us, and I have agreed to them all."

"What conditions?"

"Send some food and water inside, have our people retreat to the road thirty meters away, and then prepare a helicopter to land on the roof of the Yinchaochang..."

Upon hearing this, Frank thought for a moment and said: "He must be planning to escape the scene via the helicopter?"

Joanna nodded: "Yes, that seems to be the case for now."

"It is clear that before this operation, the criminal must have made a meticulous plan; he surely had his retreat route figured out long ago. But regardless, we must seize this opportunity of delivering food to have a good talk with him and find a way to rescue at least some of the hostages first. Otherwise, we are really too passive..."

Frank was right.

They were indeed the passive side right now.

If things continued like this, they would always be led by the nose by the hijacker and would never be able to take the initiative.

"Frank..."

"Yes?"

"There is one more thing I have to tell you."

"What is it?"

"He seems to know me; he knows my name."

Hearing this, Frank was stunned: "How is that possible?"

"I don't know either."

"Were you being wiretapped?"

When he heard Joanna's words, the first thought that popped into Frank's mind was that they might have been wiretapped!

But this statement was immediately refuted by Joanna on the spot:

"Our vehicle is equipped with anti-wiretapping equipment, and all communication lines are encrypted..."

After she finished speaking, Frank frowned in deep thought, and only after a long while did he suddenly speak:

"So, you mean..."

At this moment, his eyes were filled with shock!

Joanna nodded, confirming his thought: "Yes, he must have investigated me beforehand."

This counter-maneuver completely left Frank in silence.

If that were truly the case, everyone here might have already become a part of his criminal plan!

This guy had just robbed a diamond mine in Africa a few days ago, and in the blink of an eye, he had set his sights on the largest Yinchaochang in all of Europe?

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Frank really wouldn't have believed that a person could plan such a perfect heist in such a short time, and calculate every detail so precisely!

This was terrifying!

Thinking of this, he, a seasoned negotiation expert, didn't know how to proceed for a moment.

Time rewinds to several hours ago!

Yanjing, China Central Television, inside Chen Zhiguo's office!

When Chen Zhiguo learned from Zhang Yiwen that Chu Chen's fourth crime had already begun, he was extremely excited!

To this day, he, the general manager of the program, had also become a fan of Chu Chen.

"How is the popularity?"

Seeing Chen Zhiguo so enthusiastic, Zhang Yiwen nodded with a troubled expression: "The popularity is no problem..."

"What? Did something happen?" Seeing Zhang Yiwen's expression, Chen Zhiguo asked again.

"Hoo!"

Zhang Yiwen let out a long sigh, then said tremblingly: "Director, he has caused a huge disaster this time..."

"What exactly is the situation?"

"..."

"Speak up, quickly!"

"He robbed the largest banknote printing plant in all of Europe and took 120 hostages..."

Hearing this from Zhang Yiwen, Chen Zhiguo's face changed instantly, and he stood there like a statue!

He had originally thought that Chu Chen's first three crimes were already the ceiling for this crime-themed program!

But he never expected that for this fourth crime, he would play another trump card, setting his sights directly on a banknote printing plant!

After coming back to his senses, Chen Zhiguo immediately asked:

"What is the situation over there now?"

Zhang Yiwen said: "The situation is not optimistic; all of Europe is shaken! Europe is not like Africa; there are too many countries involved here. If an accident really happens, the consequences will be very serious. To prevent the heat from continuing to ferment, we have already limited the traffic to the live broadcast room."

How could Chen Zhiguo not know what Zhang Yiwen was saying?

This banknote printing plant was the lifeline of the entire European economy!

Calming his emotions, Chen Zhiguo let out a long breath:

"He can only pray for his own Life now, because this matter is no longer something we can control. Wait for orders from above, and then we'll see."

"Then should the live broadcast continue?" Zhang Yiwen asked.

"Of course it continues. As long as there is no order from above to stop the broadcast, keep broadcasting!"