369 Thats Not Haggling (1/2)
With Madam Grace was busy rescuing her son and Luther's people were busy rescuing their old boss and serving their new boss, the only two forces from the money-laundering organization that had stayed behind in China decided to temporarily ignore the organization account that should be quite important.
Certain things might be important, but it did not mean that they were irreplaceable. For Jennifer, how to make use of this opportunity to expand her forces was the most important, and for Madam Grace, even though she could afford to lose a son, this was an interesting and completely new experience for her.
These people's attitudes provided more than enough time for Han Chu to find and locate a suitable buyer.
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”This is a special agent from Egmont. He came to negotiate and discuss the price with us because he heard we have something valuable on our hands.” When the information inside the code was only half-way decoded, Han Chu brought back a black-haired, black-eyed man who looked like he had a mixed heritage due to his impressive facial features. Han Chu made the introduction and said, ”Ol' K, show him part of the information you've decrypted. Mr. Ray wishes to confirm the authenticity of our information.”
The FATF or Financial Action Task Force was an official, intergovernmental organization and thus followed many of the international laws. This formed a contrast to the Egmont Group, who had less rules. In fact, strictly speaking, the ways most Egmont agents obtained their information could be seen as illegal like through whistleblowing, leaks, and so on… As a seller of illegal information, Han Chu admired a group who found a way around the rules like Egmont. Moreover, if they were willing to pay the price and not intent on brainwashing him to surrender the information with the value of love and justice, Han Chu believed that he would admire them even more…
Ray got his phone and, with a few clicks, pulled out a business chart of a certain big companies on the screen of the old phone. He compared it to the information that Ol' K had pulled up. He examined the charts and referenced the numbers. Then, Ray put his phone away and nodded. Very politely, he pushed the laptop back to Ol' K. ”The data has no problem, and it is very important to us.”
”In that case, name your price.” Han Chu was calm.
”…” Ray was stumped. Then he saw the data that kept on surfacing on Ol' K's computer, and he gasped in shock and suppressed his excitement. Even so, he could not stop himself from repeating with emphasis. ”This store of information is very important!”
After a pause, he stressed, ”Not only for us.”
”I know, so with this information in your grasp, your group will be able to do many things,” Han Chu replied calmly. ”So, your price is?”
Finally realizing that the man before him did not have any intention of sharing the information freely for the sake of humanity, Ray sighed with regret. ”If that's the case, I'll need to contact my superior. As you should know, a group like our has a limited budget.”
Without financial support from the government, without a large-scale method to collect money, Egmont's source of income was kind donations and the reward they obtained after resolving a financial crime. Sometimes, the victim might present them with part of the recovered fund as thanks. In reality, other than the few official clerks and a small number of members at the group's headquarters in Canada, most of the members were freelancers and volunteers. In other words, these people belonged to other official bodies and had permission from their government to assist and share information with Egmont for ease of investigation.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click visiting.
Therefore, compared to an actual official organization, even though Egmont enjoyed respect from most, in reality, they were very strained.
To be frank, they were poor!
It was a sad story indeed.