Chapter 49 It’s hard to tell the truth from the false
Chapter 49 It’s hard to tell the truth from the false
It was already dark when we passed through customs.
Gao Yi told Sean that after passing customs, they would go to Los Angeles overnight, because Los Angeles is very close to Mexico and it is also a big city, so settling down in Los Angeles is a normal choice.
But in fact, after Gao Yi passed customs, the first thing he did was to find a motel.
Gao Yi lied a little bit about this matter.
You should not have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against others. Although Sean tried his best to persuade Gao Yi to join the garden, Gao Yi has clearly refused.
Destroy what you can't get. There are many people who have this idea. In addition, Sean is in the underground world, and the situation of the garden is not good. With all these factors combined, Gao Yi must be on guard.
So after passing customs and arriving in the United States, the first thing he did was to go to the dark web and contact the person who processed his passport. Then, he followed the other party's instructions and arrangements and stayed in a motel instead of going straight to Los Angeles.
The US-Mexico border is the place with the most illegal immigration, so it is normal and reasonable that the gang that Gao Yi found to help him get a passport has people near Tijuana.
After a good sleep in the hotel, he wasn't too worried. At around nine o'clock the next morning, someone knocked on his door.
Gao Yi opened the door with caution. Outside the door stood a middle-aged man in a short-sleeved shirt with a gun hanging on his waist. Although the holster was covered with clothes, a little bit of it was still exposed, which was very obvious. He was also holding a trolley suitcase in his hand.
"No three?"
The person knocking on the door immediately revealed Gao Yi's dark web username.
Gao Yi nodded, and the person knocking on the door immediately said, "Red and Blue Group, call me Martin."
Gao Yi took two steps back. Martin closed the door as soon as he entered. He said, "Let's trade first. We'll pay after the trade is done. I'm in a hurry. Let's hurry up."
Gao Yi liked it very much, and he immediately asked, "How do we do it?"
Martin put the suitcase on Gao Yi's bed and opened it. Both parts of the suitcase were filled to the brim.
Pulling aside a grid, Martin said to himself, "Asians have very few documents, but we have them too. When were you born?"
"1994."
"You are lucky to have an ID that was born in the same year as you. Otherwise, you would have to choose a birth certificate from a similar year."
Martin immediately pulled out a file bag and handed it to Gao Yi, saying, "Open it and take a look."
Gao Yi opened the file bag, inside was a card. There was no photo on the card, only a set of numbers and names. The name was Booth, and the surname was Zhuang. Anyway, judging from the pinyin, it was Zhuang.
There is also a medical birth certificate, which was issued by a community hospital in Palmdale. There is no photo on this birth certificate either.
Gao Yi asked in confusion: "What is this?"
"Social security number, medical birth certificate, and the original owner's upbringing and education level. Just remember them. From now on, you are Booth Zhuang."
Gao Yi asked in surprise: "Replace? Let me replace someone else?"
Martin was not in a hurry. He said slowly, "You can choose a green card. The price is the same and we guarantee that it will be issued to you. However, you have to fill out a lot of applications and wait at least 20 days before it is issued to you."
Gao Yi didn't want to wait that long. He hesitated and said, "But what I need is a passport. You only give me a number. What should I do next?"
"Of course I'll do it all for you."
Martin took out a device that looked like a tablet, and it was very similar to the one the CIA used to verify identities.
He placed the instrument on the bed and turned it on. Then Martin said to Gao Yi, "Stand against the wall and don't move."
Gao Yi stood in front of the white wall. Martin casually took a photo, then put the tablet down and pressed a few times before saying, "Enter fingerprints. Ten fingers."
Gao Yi felt a little uneasy. He whispered, "What is this for?"
Martin seemed a little impatient, but he must have experienced the same questioning many times, so he knew why he was forcing Gao Yi to do something, so it would be better to just explain it.
"You now have a social security number, you have a birth certificate, and if you get a driver's license, you have a photo and fingerprints, and then you take the driver's license and the social security number, plus the birth certificate, then you can apply for a passport at the Consular Affairs Bureau, and then you can get a passport legally issued to you."
Is this a fake certificate?
That’s not right. It’s not that convenient to get a real certificate.
But although Gao Yi didn't understand the ins and outs of this, he knew not to ask questions that he shouldn't.
So Gao Yi cooperated very well and entered his fingerprints.
Martin took the much thicker tablet, typed a few words into it, then put it away and said, "Wait ten minutes."
There were two chairs in the room. Gao Yi and Martin each sat on one chair. Martin then said familiarly, "Let me introduce you to the original owner's identity. The original owner's parents were Chinese. They got green cards in 1990 and had a son in 1994. They died in a car accident in 2010. The original owner dropped out of school in 2012 and began to wander. He died of a drug overdose in 2014, but he doesn't have a death certificate. His identity has been retained until today for you to use."
Gao Yi couldn't help but curl his lips. The original owner he replaced was really unlucky.
Martin ignored Gao Yi's feelings and continued, "The good thing is that the original owner didn't have a driver's license, so it will be much easier to get you one. Once you get the license, you will have everything. You can live under the name you like. You just need to use a fake name when you show your ID. Or, you can apply to change your name."
Gao Yi immediately asked: "Can we change the name?"
"Yes, pay more and I'll do it for you. This is a little extra money I make for myself."
Martin finally showed a sly smile on his face. He said calmly, "After you have these documents, you can change your name by getting married, or by applying to the local court in your state, or you can let me help you change your name." Gao Yi blinked, and then he finally asked, "How much?"
"Ten thousand dollars."
Gao Yi thought about it and felt that something was wrong.
When he contacted the Red and Blue Group on the dark web to ask about the naturalization process, the customer service did not tell him that he would need to pay extra fees.
Ten thousand dollars is a large sum of money for most Americans, but compared to the total cost of half a million dollars, it seems very small.
Therefore, the name change is actually included in the total cost. Martin just wants to make some extra money, but he just wants Gao Yi to pay some extra money that he doesn't have to pay.
Gao Yi thought for a moment and shook his head, "No, that's not what the dark web customer service told me. I have to ask him."
Martin was stunned for a moment, then he immediately said: "Wait a minute, well, forget it."
Gao Yi didn't want to be cheated, but he also didn't want to offend the person who was doing things for him. There was no way, the idea of harmony being the most precious thing was still deeply rooted in the Chinese people.
Gao Yi thought for a moment and said, "Should I tell you something? I might buy passports from you often in the future."
Payment is made online and processing is done offline, so the staff handling the business offline do not know the specific identity of the customer, which is normal.
Martin obviously didn't understand Gao Yi's identity, and he seemed a little scared at the moment. Of course, he was not afraid of Gao Yi, but he was afraid that the fact that he had taken money would be known by his superiors.
Martin's expression changed. He was no longer as relaxed as he was at the beginning. Instead, he frowned and whispered, "Uh, sorry, I don't know, can we just pretend that this never happened?"
Gao Yi spread his hands and said, "I don't know what you are talking about. What happened?"
Martin smiled with difficulty, then walked to the suitcase, took out a printer-like object from it, and said to Gao Yi, "What do you want to change it to?"
A real man will never change his name or surname. For Gao Yi, you can have an English name, but you cannot change your surname.
"Uh, still Booth, but I want the last name to be Gao."
Martin operated the tablet for a while and input the pinyin that Gao Yi wanted. After a while, the printer squeaked again and spit out a card.
Gao Yi saw that the pinyin "zhuang" became "gao".
"That'll be fine?"
"No."
Martin said seriously, "Your name on your social security card will also have to be changed, and you will keep the original document. Then your birth certificate cannot be changed, but you will have a legal document that proves the necessity of your name change and replaces your birth certificate."
As Martin spoke, the printer started working. Soon, a new social security card came out. The number remained the same, but the name was changed. Then Martin picked up a blank piece of certificate paper, put it into the printer, and after some operation, the document proving that Gao Yi had legally changed his name came out.
Handing the full set of documents to Gao Yi, Martin whispered, "Keep all the original documents. With this certificate, your name change is legitimate. It can be used in place of your birth certificate. Take this certificate and your driver's license with you to apply for a passport."
It's unbelievably fast, but the key is that the proof is quite solid.
Gao Yi picked up the certificate, and the three largest letters on it were FBI.
This is a letter from the FBI proving that Gao Yi had to change his name for security reasons. This document can be used instead of the birth certificate.
In just a few brief sentences, no reason was given for the name change, but it seemed that no reason was needed.
Gao Yi took a breath of cold air, but he didn't show it too obviously.
Maybe this Red and Blue Group is run by the FBI.
The FBI is not fishing to arrest people on the dark web, but doing business.
It’s okay to just do business, but are you willing to establish a long-term cooperative relationship with a killer account like Gao Yi?
Why do I feel uneasy?
But it doesn’t matter, because the fingerprint Gao Yi entered is fake. It was a fingerprint patch that Sean helped him stick on and has not removed until now.
If you enter a fake fingerprint, it will be more troublesome the next time you need to take a fingerprint. However, no matter how troublesome it is, it is better than letting others know all your real information.
After all, fake fingerprints can be made at any time. Gao Yi doesn't know how to do it now, but the technology is not difficult. The difficult part is having the fingerprint data.
Even if he couldn't do it, Gao Yi would rather deal with the garden and ask Sean for help than hand over his fingerprints and irises to the FBI.
It's really hard to go out on your own. Do you want to contact Sean again?
Gao Yi was a little confused for a moment, and Martin saw Gao Yi's confusion. He said, "If you want to verify the authenticity, I can go with you to verify it. You can pay after you confirm that there is no problem with these documents."
Martin misunderstood the reason why Gao Yi was troubled.
Gao Yi shook his head and said, "No, thank you."
Rejecting Martin's flattering move, Gao Yi took out a thousand dollars from his bag, and when he handed it to Martin, he smiled and said, "This is to thank you for your service, please accept it."
Martin should be a man who gets things done, and a thousand dollars should be enough.
Gao Yi meant only one thing: I can give it to you, but you can’t take it, and you can’t cheat me.
Martin had to know Gao Yi's kindness. He took the cash, smiled awkwardly, and then suddenly said, "Are you in a hurry to get a passport? I can take you there. Well, if I go, it will be faster."
(End of this chapter)