Chapter 396 On-site Teaching
Chapter 396 On-site Teaching
It took Gao Yi eight hours to get from Germany to Moscow.
Considering the difference in distance, it was incredibly fast for the buyer to reach Moscow in ten hours.
Luo Changyou sent Gao Yi and the others to the hotel booked by the travel agency, a three-star hotel. It was not good, but not bad either. It was definitely not luxurious, but it was not bad either.
After settling Gao Yi and the others, Luo Changyou drove away again. Before leaving, he left a message that he was waiting for the tour group to gather together for dinner in the evening.
He didn't feel much enthusiasm, but he wasn't ignored either. Only Luo Chang and a driver and tour guide showed up during the whole trip. After arriving at the hotel, Gao Yi met only Russians.
This is a group tour that couldn't be more normal.
In Gao Yi's room, Gao Yi couldn't help but ask Green, but after he finished speaking, he couldn't help but look around the small hotel room and waved his hand, meaning to ask Green whether this room was safe.
Green said calmly: "It's absolutely safe, you can talk about it."
“Is it normal to feel unappreciated?”
If you don’t understand, just ask. It doesn’t matter if Gao Yi doesn’t understand, there is an experienced Green here.
"You are already very valued. For the sake of safety and to ensure a smooth transaction, the buyer even activated one of their secret lines, which is only used once and costs a lot. What else are you not satisfied with?"
Gao Yi was puzzled and asked: "What do you mean? Activate a line?"
Green nodded and said calmly, "Everything is for safety, but it is helpless. The one you are trading with is the KGB, so anyone related to you will be exposed, and those who are exposed will lose the meaning of continuing to lurk. Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of the transaction, the buyer can only use an absolutely reliable and good enough covert line."
"A line, not a person?"
"One person is not enough, at least it's a line."
Green said calmly, "If nothing important happens, they will live peacefully in this country as immigrants. They will not contact each other and will not know each other's existence. But once something important happens, they will be activated and enabled to complete their mission. That's it."
Gao Yi thought for a moment and said, "So that's how it is. Well, that makes sense... Wait, what if the KGB lied to me and this deal was a scam? Wouldn't that be a huge loss?"
Green smiled, then he looked at Gao Yi and said, "Compared to this secret line that has been activated, a billion dollars is nothing! Compared to decades of time, a billion dollars is nothing, but after the metallic hydrogen transaction, you are trustworthy and worth the risk."
Patting his thigh, Green said with emotion: "The reason why I came to Moscow with you is because I really want to see how the buyer does things. There are not many opportunities to directly participate in the whole process."
Gao Yi once had the idea of acting alone without Green, but considering that he might really mess up if he didn't have someone knowledgeable around him, Gao Yi decided to continue to trust Green and take Green with him to complete the entire transaction process.
Gao Yi said seriously: "Then what attitude should I adopt to conduct this transaction?"
"A transaction is a transaction. Don't mix any personal feelings into it. Otherwise, it will be difficult for everyone. You should understand one thing."
Green became serious. He looked at Gao Yi and said calmly, "CIA, Pentagon, KGB, French External Security Agency, Saudi Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, think about how complicated your identity is. You can only make all of them think you are valuable, but you will never gain anyone's trust. You will have no motherland for the rest of your life. You only have one identity: you are the gardener of the garden. Do you understand?"
You gain a lot, but you also lose a lot.
Gao Yi thought about it, nodded, and said helplessly: "I understand."
"As long as you know."
Green smiled and said, "You are very tired. Go back and rest. Don't think about anything. Don't contact your people. Don't let them get close. Now just wait for the Russian middleman to arrive in Moscow and then contact him. As for the rest, just do whatever the tour guide tells you to do."
"Just wait and do nothing else?"
"Waiting has done everything."
Gao Yi understood.
Then wait.
Compared with decades of waiting, the mere two or three hours that Gao Yi waited was really just a blink of an eye.
Luo Changyou brought people to the hotel again. He brought four people with him. After he arranged for the four people to check in at the hotel, it was almost dinner time, so Luo Changyou took a total of seven people to a Russian barbecue restaurant near the hotel.
Including Luo Changyou, there were eight people in total, just enough to occupy a long table for dinner.
Gao Yi really couldn't understand why a group of people who seemed abnormal and shouldn't be together were arranged to meet in a hotel in public.
Also, the four people brought by Luo Changyou probably don't know each other, and they are not professionals, because even a half-baked person like Gao Yi can see the strangeness and alienation between these four people.
There were four men, the oldest was in his fifties, wearing glasses and looked gentle and refined. There was also a middle-aged man in his forties, also wearing glasses, but he did not have the elegance or the feeling of a gentle scholar, but was very neat and straightforward.
There was also a young man, who looked to be about 27 or 28 years old, with very short hair, obviously having just had a haircut, and very fair skin. He seemed a little stiff when walking and sitting. It was not mental stiffness, but all his movements were very small. He must be someone who was used to living in a small space for a long time.
There was another man who was in his thirties and looked like a leader judging by his speech and behavior, but if there was any characteristic about him, it was that he had no characteristics at all.
The seven people met for the first time and sat at the same table. Luo Changyou said politely and perfunctorily, "This is a famous Russian barbecue restaurant. Please try the authentic Russian barbecue. There is plenty of meat. Don't be polite." The waitress was a beautiful Russian girl. The menu was ordered in advance. If nothing unexpected happened, every tour group would eat similar dishes because Luo Changyou clearly showed that he was already tired of it.
The BBQ was prepared in advance and served quickly.
Roast beef, roast pork, roast chicken, roast sausages, large skewers and steaks on plates, two bowls of salad, and basically a plate of pickles for each person.
When all the dishes were served, Luo Changyou picked up a glass of beer and said enthusiastically, "Come on, everything is ready now, everyone, eat and drink, and be at your leisure."
Green picked up the beer glass, raised it to Luo Changyou, and then took a sip.
Putting down the wine glass, Luo Changyou smiled and said, "Eat when you should eat, drink when you should drink. Since this is the first time we meet, I will simply tell you about the precautions for this trip. It's actually nothing to worry about, as long as you don't conflict with the locals, there won't be any trouble. Of course, after you get to know the locals in depth and have contact with them, there are some things you should pay attention to."
Gao Yi still didn't understand why Luo Changyou gathered so many people in public to say these things.
But Luo Changyou quickly gave an explanation.
"Why do we invite everyone to have a meal here? Mainly, we hope that you can meet each other and get to know each other. Moreover, we always come here to eat every time we form a group. This is our cooperative restaurant. Although it is not opened by us, it can be guaranteed to be clean and hygienic. Instead of letting everyone contact and communicate privately and find a place to gather by themselves, it is more convenient to come here."
Luo Changyou tried his best to use metaphors to explain why they came here to eat, and then he smiled and said, "Everyone is hungry, let's eat."
Gao Yi picked up a big skewer of meat, took a bite and found it tasted good.
Then Gao Yi saw the reserved young man at the scene start to eat the salad with a fork without hesitation. It was the salad made of lettuce and cucumber.
I took a bite of something roasted, a small tomato.
At this time, the middle-aged man who wore glasses but looked very neat suddenly said: "Eat more meat."
The middle-aged man placed a bacon steak in front of the young man, who immediately said, "Oh, thank you, I'll do it myself."
Without touching the steak on his plate, the young man picked up several pieces of vegetable leaves with a fork and put them into his mouth.
The middle-aged man whispered, "Eat meat!"
The tone was a little heavy, and the young man was stunned for a moment. Then he immediately looked enlightened, quickly put the vegetable leaves into his mouth, and began to concentrate on eating the steak in front of him.
Green took a deep breath, and then he suddenly said: "Well, I enjoy observing your reactions, but now I can't remain silent and watch, considering my students..."
Pointing at Gao Yi who was sitting next to him, Green continued, "Since my student lacks experience, I can only explain the situation on his behalf to prevent you from making a wrong judgment due to not understanding the situation clearly."
Luo Changyou looked at Green.
Green pointed to the young man who loved vegetables and said, "He is the sonar operator who just got off the boat. He is very passionate about fresh vegetables."
Pointing at the middle-aged man, Green continued, "He is a sonar operator who has left the submarine and should be working on land now, but you are an old sonar operator of the Kilo-class."
Both of them had changes in expression.
Green pointed to the older man with glasses and continued, "He is a scientist. He is an expert in sonar mapping. If I'm not mistaken, he should also be an expert in sonar imaging. He is an expert who meets several technical requirements. They all received the order temporarily and gathered together in a hurry. He is the leader of the team."
Everyone was silent, only Luo Chang was looking at Green with a smile on his face.
Green smiled and said, "It's just a live teaching for my students. This opportunity doesn't come often, I can't miss it."
Luo Changyou immediately said, "I understand. It's okay. We will cooperate with whatever you want."
Green nodded, and then he said calmly: "I am from MI6, and the other middleman is the KGB. Please forgive me for being so blunt, because before coming to Moscow, we had already sold the information on metallic hydrogen to the CIA. Do you know what this means?"
Gao Yi didn't understand why Green said this, and he couldn't help but look at Green.
Luo Changyou obviously understood. He pushed the plate in front of him forward and said with a smile, "I suddenly remembered that there is still soup stewing on the fire at home. You guys eat first. I'll go add some water to the soup. Don't worry, my home is nearby and I'll be back soon."
Green said calmly, "Don't use these vague metaphors. There are too many laymen here. It's better to speak frankly. Colleagues, although I am a member of the middleman team, I don't have a safe time that I can absolutely control."
After that, Green waved his hand and said with a smile: "So, the time to test you has come."
Gao Yi looked at Green in surprise.
First, Green said all this in Chinese, and second, he had never communicated with Gao Yi before.
At this time, Luo Changyou still said with a perfunctory enthusiasm: "It's okay, it's okay, Lao Ke is not a problem, Lao Cai can also be entertained if he wants to come, everyone eat and drink well, I will be back soon."
(End of this chapter)