Chapter 135 Meets the requirements
Chu Lingyun was stunned. This was once one of the four major medical equipment suppliers in Nanjing. Not only did it go bankrupt, but now it can't even afford a boat ticket back home?
"I remember the boat ticket from Shanghai to the United States was only about a hundred dollars, right?"
Chu Lingyun said slowly that he didn't know the exact price of the ticket, but he heard his father mention it once, that one of their colleagues had taken a ship from Shanghai to the United States.
"No, it's two hundred and eighty-five dollars." Smith sat up straight and seriously corrected Chu Lingyun's mistake.
"It's only been a few years, has it risen that high?"
Chu Lingyun frowned. As far as he could remember, there was no inflation in the United States at this time, and their domestic economic situation was not bad.
"No, I was talking about first class. You should be talking about second class tickets."
Chu Lingyun almost cursed. You have become so poor that you can't even afford a boat ticket, and you even want a first-class cabin when you return home?
No wonder he became like this, it's not surprising at all.
"Now, can you tell me what you need me to do?"
Smith was not stupid. As soon as Chu Lingyun arrived, he understood that the other party must have something to talk to him about. He had no power and influence now, and most people would ignore him.
In fact, he has another way to return home, which is to ask the embassy for help.
But even if the embassy was willing to help him, it would certainly not provide him with a first-class ticket. It would only give him the cheapest third-class ticket. He could not tolerate staying in such a dirty place on the ship for a month.
"What I want you to do is very simple. You just need to put on a show. After that, I can give you three hundred dollars so that you can return to China."
Three hundred dollars, more than a thousand French francs.
When the legal tender was first introduced, the exchange rate with the US dollar was 0.295, and one US dollar was equivalent to about three yuan and forty cents of legal tender.
This reward is not low, it can be said to be very high. When it was in Wuhan, the reward of 200 French francs made many people crazy. Chu Lingyun just let Smith perform a show.
If Chu Lingyun didn't value his identity as a foreign businessman, he wouldn't have given him so much.
"No, at least a thousand dollars."
Smith shook his head. Chu Yuan, who was standing behind Chu Lingyun, was dumbfounded. He was not satisfied with the three hundred dollars and actually asked for a thousand dollars.
This is more than 3,000 French francs, which is the net income of many low-income people for decades.
"Goodbye." Chu Lingyun laughed angrily and stood up to leave.
"Don't worry, give me this money and I can guarantee to complete your task. I swear on my dignity." Smith would not let Chu Lingyun leave, so he quickly stood up and shouted.
Chu Lingyun turned around and looked at him straight.
This is a man who would rather live in such a miserable state than work for his opponent for the sake of dignity. Chu Lingyun does believe in his oath a little.
"You need to clean yourself up and get rid of that smell of a failed businessman. I'll come see you in a couple of days."
After leaving his phone number, Chu Lingyun ignored Smith's calls and left.
Smith's asking price is high, but he is indeed a very suitable candidate.
Another very important point is that Smith is about to leave China, which is more beneficial to Chu Lingyun as he can better protect his parents' whereabouts.
It's okay to spend a little more money for your family, but Smith has to be worth the price, and he's clearly not in good shape right now.
Smith was not Chu Lingyun's only choice. When he was looking through the information before, Chu Lingyun also noticed two people.
After leaving, Chu Lingyun immediately contacted the two people and arranged a meeting time and place.
The first one was a small businessman who ran his own shop, which turned out to be an antique shop. His business was okay, but it was not large enough to meet Chu Lingyun's requirements.
The other one ran an English training school and was also a professor at Jinling University. His job was more suitable, but Chu Lingyun gave up immediately after meeting him.
The teacher had a sense of superiority towards Chu Lingyun. Not only that, after Chu Lingyun told him that he wanted to act, he asked for a huge price of five thousand dollars.
The professor thought Chu Lingyun was going to make a movie and said that if he wanted a celebrity like him to participate, he had to pay such a high price.
In comparison, Smith is more suitable.
Unfortunately, his image is not good enough, so we can only wait and see if Smith can change his image.
Back at the Military Intelligence Department, Loach and his team were still busy. It was not easy to investigate the detailed information of 102 people, and it would be impossible to find out without a few days.
What's more, we also need detailed information about their hometowns, master-disciple inheritance, etc., which will take even longer.
Liang Yu and Zhang Acheng began to review the files at noon. Chu Lingyun had assigned them a task: continue reading the files, find questions, and make a decision after reading them three times.
It is not an easy task to read so many files three times.
The next morning, Chu Lingyun came to the office early and continued to look through the files that he had not finished reading yesterday.
Chu Lingyun squeezed in some time to read through all the files. He required everyone to read all the files three times to ensure that nothing was missed.
"Ring, ring, ring."
The phone on the desk rang. Chu Lingyun rubbed his eyes and picked up the receiver.
"I'm Chu Lingyun, who are you?"
"Hello, Mr. Chu. I'm Smith. I've done what you requested. You can come over for inspection now."
Chu Lingyun glanced at his watch. It was only nine o'clock in the morning. In such a short time since he left yesterday afternoon, Smith had made himself energetic and no longer looked decadent at all?
"Okay, I'll be right there."
Chu Lingyun was very skeptical about this, but after comparing himself with the other two people yesterday, in the absence of a suitable candidate, he could only temporarily choose him as the first choice.
However, if Smith dared to lie to him, he would rather slowly look for the right person and never have any dealings with this person again.
When we arrived at Smith's house, his door was not closed. When we noticed the car coming, we immediately came to the door.
Smith was still wearing the same suit he wore yesterday, but it had been clearly ironed and was shiny and bright. If one only looked at the clothes and not the man, anyone would have thought he was a successful man.
What Chu Lingyun didn't know was that Wells only had this good piece of clothing left, having pawned all the rest.
This is his last storefront, and he would rather starve to death than sell it.
This suit was custom-made by someone, using high-quality materials and a first-class tailor. This suit alone cost him $100.
Smith's hair had been permed, and it was a little curly, but he looked very energetic. He wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and was looking at Chu Lingyun with a smile.
I've cleaned my face. There was some stubble after shaving yesterday, but it was cleaned up today.
Without the smell of alcohol, and with bright eyes, if Chu Lingyun didn't know his background, he would probably have thought he was some big boss from abroad.
His overall appearance completely met Chu Lingyun's requirements.
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