201: Chapter 198: American Efficiency

Xiao Zhang couldn't figure out how he had angered Mr. Li no matter how hard he thought about it.

Li Changsheng had spent three days in the Acupuncture Clinic, and during these three days, he felt incredibly stifled.

After all, the space was cramped, and he couldn't go out for a run; this was even more boring than when he was in Shenzhen.

Fortunately, three days later, Zhou Guoli appeared.

"Did you find out clearly?"

"There's indeed some progress." Zhou Guoli chuckled as he pulled up a chair and sat down opposite Li Changsheng.

His movements were very suave; it would have been even more perfect if one could ignore the bandages.

"The impact of your incident is indeed significant, but they have locked it down very tightly; the outside world can hardly see any news about this matter.

However, I have plenty of connections. It is said that the local police chief and deputy chief have already been dismissed and are currently under investigation by the FBI.

Apart from that, the trail has gone cold."

"Gone cold?"

Li Changsheng didn't quite understand.

"Yes, it's gone cold. Hehe, do you find it quite surreal? The fact is, according to my understanding, the people they are pursuing for attacking you are members and the boss of a certain PMC company.

They were previously mercenaries who spent some money and used connections to enter here, hoping to turn over a new leaf.

You've seen the situation; they took on a private job.

But as for what followed, the FBI was left clueless.

Because the few survivors from that company have already left the country, and as for who hired them, they haven't been able to find out at all."

Listening to Zhou Guoli's words, Li Changsheng was dumbfounded.

They can't even find this out?

"Are they incompetent? They can't even find this out?"

"That's right, they are indeed quite incompetent. If it were the tax department, I suspect they would have already closed the case.

But you can't entirely blame them; after all, the local police chief and deputy chief are also two bastards. It's said they took dirty money and are now refusing to admit it to the death.

It was also because they took the money that they covered up the news at first, but later, they couldn't keep it hidden, and it wasn't until two days later that the FBI found out.

By the time the FBI arrived, those who needed to escape had already fled. As for their investigation into that PMC company, they couldn't find anything either. Since they were doing private, dirty work, these old foxes wouldn't leave behind a shred of physical evidence.

They did manage to find the recent phone records of that company's boss, but unfortunately, the phone numbers used for both sides of the calls were anonymous, and even the registered addresses were nonsense."

Zhou Guoli shook his head, his face full of a playful smile.

The standard of his counterparts was truly too poor; he really couldn't help himself.

"So, the matter ends here?" Li Changsheng asked, somewhat incredulously.

"That's not quite it." Zhou Guoli's expression became a bit more serious.

"At the very least, they found clues regarding that car. They found Master Wen, but obviously, Master Wen is also an old fox. Although he is still being interrogated, he urgently evacuated all his subordinates shortly after the incident occurred.

Even in his own residence, apart from things related to his investments, there was nothing else."

Hearing this, Li Changsheng was stunned.

One could only say that this group of people was very experienced and familiar with the operational procedures here.

"Master Wen will be completely fine. The FBI doesn't have a complete chain of evidence right now, so they can't do anything to him. Basically, as long as he bites down and refuses to admit anything, claiming it was just an accident and that he doesn't know why his vehicle was attacked.

He even lost a dedicated and professional driver. Speaking from the perspective of a victim, he won't have any trouble at all, and he could even accuse them of inaction after he gets out.

After all, he counts as a small-time investor, and he is very smart. This public identity brings him a lot of convenience. But that's all."

Zhou Guoli said with a chuckle, "However, the FBI is quite formidable when operating abroad; we have also suffered losses at their hands."

Even so, Zhou Guoli's face remained relaxed.

Through the other party's words, Li Changsheng understood just how exaggerated this group's infiltration here really was.

While they were still investigating the case, this side had not only grasped their internal situation but also figured out the entire ins and outs of the case.

"Is Master Wen also one of your people?" Li Changsheng probed.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Guoli did not answer but instead chuckled and looked straight at Li Changsheng, saying, "It seems Mr. Li still wants to join us."

"Just pretend I didn't ask."

"It's not that I can't tell you. He doesn't count as one of our people; I can only say we've been in contact. This person is not bad, and we have left him a way out.

And he continues to develop here, trying his best to manage some asset-related matters."

With Zhou Guoli saying it like this, Li Changsheng understood partially.

In short, he was a figure similar to a white glove.

"Mr. Zhou, now should be the time to talk about that so-called task of yours, right?" Li Changsheng said with a faint smile.

Since there was nothing else to do, he wanted to hear what kind of task it was that required him, an outsider, to take action.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Guoli paused for a moment, seemingly weighing his options.

After a while, he signaled with his eyes to Xiao Zhang behind him. Xiao Zhang understood, walked out of the room, closed the door, and stood at the entrance, keeping watch.

"The timing isn't right yet, so I can't tell you everything, but I'll give you the gist of it."

Zhou Guoli's voice was not loud; he paused before continuing.

"You know about the blockade here against our talents returning, right?"

"Yeah."

Li Changsheng nodded. This was indeed a traditional craft of the US—it belonged to the kind where once you come, don't even think about leaving.

But generally, those who received this kind of treatment were mostly heavyweight figures, and they often brought back incredibly precious research data and a large amount of research results upon returning.

Just like those few early mushroom clouds that were detonated, they were created by returning talents. Besides that, there were many others, but they all required a lot of effort to bring back.

At first, the US didn't pay much attention, but as the Rabbit side kept bringing out various technologies and the technology tree soared rapidly, they couldn't sit still anymore.

There are many big shots among domestic talents, but there are also many big shots abroad. Those big shots have more multifaceted experiences abroad, and one return is equivalent to enriching the knowledge reserve of the entire domestic circle.

Hearing this, Li Changsheng actually already had his own calculations in mind.

He just wanted to say that Zhou Guoli was truly worthy of doing this job; he really knew how to manipulate people's hearts just right.

He would do this job even without asking for any reward.

He glanced at Zhou Guoli and saw that the other party was indeed looking at him with a chuckle.

"So this task is to escort those talents back?" Li Changsheng asked.

"It's not that simple." Zhou Guoli shook his head. "If it were just that, our people could handle it; we have a lot of experience in this kind of thing. We escort some personnel back secretly every year."

"So... my job is more difficult?" Li Changsheng's face had already darkened; sure enough, this guy's words had to be taken in reverse.

"Uh... pretty much, but for you, it should be simple."

Zhou Guoli gave a light cough, and before Li Changsheng's face turned even darker, he hurriedly continued: "We have a talent at a certain biological genetics company.

According to the news he sent out, this company is suspected to have a major Breakthrough. I'm not at liberty to say the specifics, but in short, if he can return, it will allow us to elevate our biological and medical field to another level."