Charlie asked him, “What’s in the internal report?”
Rachel recalled: “The internal notification told us that the two scholars who had infiltrated the An family had been exposed, and their families had been massacred by the organization. They hoped that we would learn from this and never reveal our identities…”
Charlie asked in surprise, “They’ve wiped out the whole family?”
“Yes.” Rachel nodded and said, “This organization never gives leeway to people like this. Anyone who reveals their identity will have their entire family implicated and killed.”
Charlie said with a smile, “Victoria’s methods are really cruel.”
Rachel’s eyes widened in shock. He didn’t expect that Charlie not only knew his identity and the Shattered Qing Society, but also the name of the Hero.
The name of the leader is always the main secret. Most members of the Anti-Qing Society, even mid-level members, did not know who the leader was, or whether the leader was male or female. Leaders even use voice changers when giving orders, making it difficult to differentiate between men and women. He happened to know Victoria’s name because his maternal grandmother’s younger sister had been in a relationship with a member of the Wu family from the Left Army Governor’s Mansion when she was young. He heard Victoria’s name and her story from the Wu family’s bedside. Otherwise, even if Charlie said Victoria’s name, he would be completely confused.
Charlie noticed Rachel’s surprise and smiled, saying, “You don’t need to be too surprised. Although I have never met Victoria, I know that she has lived for more than four hundred years and was the founder and sole leader of the Qing Dynasty Conqueror’s Society.”
Rachel, who was still shaken, looked at Charlie and said, “Mr. Chen, you probably know more about the Qing Dynasty Breaker Society than I do…”
Charlie waved his hand and said calmly, “You don’t need to be too humble. All I know about Victoria’s background is that I don’t know anything about the Left Army Governor’s Office. I asked Steve to invite you here because I wanted to ask about the Left Army Governor’s Office.”
Rachel pursed her lips and said awkwardly, “To be honest… I don’t know much about the situation of the Left Army Commando. After all, the scholars are an organization excluded from the core circle. We scholars are just satellites that they discarded and scattered in various places. They know everything about us, but we know very little about them.”
Charlie asked him, “Will the people from the Left Army Commander’s Office be in direct contact with you?”
Rachel shook her head: “No, at least they won’t be related to me. At most, if an emergency or major event occurs, the Left Army Commander’s Office will send a representative to convey instructions. Moreover, the other party is very skilled and can come and go without a trace. We don’t know who they are, let alone where they come from or where they are going.”
“Assistant?”
Charlie raised his eyebrows, subconsciously thinking of Song Ruyu.
Song Ruyu was originally a deputy commander in the Right Army Command, which should be considered a middle to high level management position within the Command.
So Charlie asked Rachel, “Have you ever met with the Deputy Commissioner of the Governor’s Office?”
Rachel answered honestly, “I met him once.”
Charlie asked again, “Why did the officer come at that time?”
Rachel said, “At that time the reason was because the Governor’s Office of the Left Party had oil-related businesses, and the Governor’s Office hoped that my mother could help establish a relationship with the Getty family.”
“Business problems?” Charlie wondered, and couldn’t help asking, “The Po Qing Society shouldn’t be so reckless, right? If they had your mother act as a middleman to do business with your father’s family, wouldn’t that be the same as dismantling their own company?”
Rachel explained, “The incident was a bit unusual. The Left Army Governor’s Office had a quantity of crude oil in the American shale oil fields that they wanted to sell through the Getty family’s channels. They specifically requested that the oil not be sold publicly; the crude oil was mixed into the Getty family’s inventory, sold together with the Getty family, and then settled in cash with the person contacted by the Left Army Governor’s Office after the Getty family paid the taxes. The total amount was almost a hundred million US dollars.”
Charlie frowned slightly, then relaxed after a while, and smiled at Maria, “It seems like the people in the Left Army Commander’s Office also have their own selfish motives.”
Maria smiled and nodded, then said, “It seems that the oil field under the command of the Left Army Governor’s Office hid part of its production from Victoria, and then secretly converted the hidden crude oil into money through the channels of the Getty family.”
Charlie nodded and smiled, “Anyone capable of doing something like this must be a member of the Wu family, or even a high-ranking official in the Governor’s Office.”
While speaking, Charlie muttered with some hesitation, “The five Military Commands each control a large number of killing camps, and all of them should be large industrial and mining enterprises with very low labor costs. Logically speaking, the income of each Commandery should be very large, perhaps hundreds of billions of US dollars per year. As a member of the Wu family and a regional official of the Qing Dynasty Breaking Society, Victoria would not treat them unfairly. Why would they risk earning such a small amount of money?”
Maria shook her head and smiled, “Brother, think about it. The Governor’s Office of the Left Army is located in the rich land of North America. There must be many profitable businesses under his command. Shale oil alone can bring in an additional 100 million US dollars. If every business is run the same way, it can bring in hundreds of millions or even billions of US dollars in net income every year. All of this is tax-free and can go into our own pockets.”
“Even though the Qing Dynasty Destroyer Organization has many assassins and high incomes, the amount of funds required to maintain the operations of the various governor’s offices and headquarters is enormous. Moreover, there are countless families of scholars scattered throughout the world. In order for them to receive the best education and access the highest levels of society, the funds that the Qing Dynasty Destroyer Organization requires for them are probably also very large. Taking all this into account, the amount of money that can be left for the Grand Governor and his family every year is probably not very high. Everyone has selfish desires, and it is natural that some people want to earn more money.”
FAQ Novel
Q: What is the main dilemma Rachel faces in this chapter?
A: Rachel must decide whether to cooperate with Charlie to save herself and her family from the Po Qing Society, whose tracking methods are highly sophisticated and unforgiving.
Q: What does Charlie demand from Rachel?
A: Charlie demands comprehensive information about the Po Qing Society, including details about her family members involved and any contacts she has within the organization, in exchange for not revealing her identity.
Q: Why is Rachel willing to cooperate with Charlie?
A: Rachel realizes that working with Charlie is her only chance to avoid certain death for her and her family, as revealing her identity to the Po Qing Society would seal their fate, even if she reported it herself to the Left Army Command.
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