Zhao Liangze packed his things and went back to his room to sleep.
Although Huo Shaoheng said to sleep early and wake up early, they didn't sleep much because of the time difference and woke up at four or five in the morning the next day.
They showered in their respective rooms and went downstairs to find something to eat, only to realize that the other had woken up as well.
Zhao Liangze smiled at Huo Shaoheng. "Biological clocks are scary. I can't believe I still have to deal with jet lag."
"It's okay. I wake up early in the Hua Xia Empire anyway," Huo Shaoheng said calmly. He walked to Zhao Liangze's side and whispered, "Bring your things. We're going to the crime scene with Little Zhao from the detective agency today."
They had come to the United States on L-1 visas as IT engineers.
However, they were now employees of a Chinese detective agency in New York.
Tan Guiren was Chinese. Although her case had been filed by the local police, the case had progressed very slowly because she had never been found, and because she wasn't an American citizen. Furthermore, the local American police force was inefficient, and the quality of their personnel varied. Almost no one really tried to investigate her whereabouts.
It had been six days since she disappeared.
Generally speaking, the first 24 hours of a disappearance was the golden period. If the missing person couldn't be found within the first 24 hours, it was probably a disaster.
It was also because of their special status this time that the Tan family was able to secretly send the most outstanding Special Operations Forces personnel from the Hua Xia Empire to the United States to investigate the case after 24 hours.
And the news that Tan Guiren's father, Tan Dongbang, was a popular candidate for the Hua Xia Empire's Prime Minister election had just reached the United States through certain channels.
…
At six in the morning, the entrance of the police station on the Upper West Side of Manhattan was filled with media and all kinds of onlookers.
The police officers who drove their own cars to work and the normal police officers who drove police cars to work were shocked by the scene.
"What happened?"
"Did a celebrity use drugs?"
"Or another celebrity stealing from a store?"
The confused police officers got out of their respective cars and whispered to each other, exchanging opinions.
Their police station was located in one of the wealthiest areas in New York City and even the United States.
Tycoons from all over the world lived there, and many Hollywood celebrities also had their own houses there.
The cases that the police here often investigated were either celebrities or tycoons committing petty thefts in stores for the thrill of it, or a certain celebrity or tycoon who had drunk too much and was sent to the hospital by a police car or ambulance.
But these things happened almost every day. What was so special about it that could attract so many media outlets?
The police glanced at the equipment in the hands of the media and found that there were even signs of ABC, NBC, and CBS, cable networks such as CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News. There were also traditional print media such as the Washington Post and the New York-Times. There were even people from social media such as Twitter and Facebook who had sent people to watch over the area.
Seeing that the police had come to work, the media, who had been waiting for the whole morning, swarmed up and handed the microphones to the police officers or officials. A series of questions were thrown at them.
"Excuse me, officer, do you know that the daughter of one of the candidates for the Prime Minister of the Hua Xia Empire has gone missing in your police district?!"
The person who asked this was a reporter from the Washington Post. This old print media had started off by exposing President Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal.
Back then, the female boss of the newspaper had stood her ground and supported her reporters to follow up on the Watergate scandal. She had withstood all kinds of obstacles from the government and finally forced a sitting president to resign or be impeached by the grand jury.
Only they had this kind of political sensitivity.
They had also just received news that Tan Guiren, the daughter of the most popular candidate for the Hua Xia Empire's Prime Minister this year, had mysteriously disappeared from Juilliard.
Although she had been missing for six days, they had just received news that the missing girl's identity was not ordinary.
They had originally thought that they had an exclusive, but when they arrived at the entrance of the Upper West Side police station in New York, they realized that the informant had probably leaked the news to all the major American media outlets …
"Excuse me, madam, did you go to Juilliard to investigate? I heard that she disappeared directly from her dormitory?! Did you guys launch an investigation on such a strange thing?! "
The person who asked this was a CNN reporter who was famous for creating big news. In order to create big news, they didn't even hesitate to fabricate fake news to attract attention.
The citizens of the Hua Xia Empire once had a saying, "You can't be too CNN."
Although the police officers in the Upper West Side Manhattan police station were not very well-educated, they were still fans of television dramas. In the face of such a large number of media outlets, their vigilance and sensitivity developed from watching CSI (Crime Scene Reports) for many years was revealed.
"Sorry, no comment."
"Please move aside. Don't obstruct the police during normal business hours."
"Please move beyond the yellow line. Anyone who crosses the line will be arrested for obstructing police work."
A series of orders came from the chief of the police station, and the surrounding media immediately retreated.
The police officers finally managed to squeeze into their own offices with great difficulty before they happily discussed the grand event outside in twos and threes.
Only the chief of police had a dark expression. He walked into his office and took the internal phone to call in a few sergeants and public relations personnel for questioning.
"What the hell is going on outside?! Why are there so many reporters?! Even the X Files is out! Did they grow up eating sh * t?! "Police Chief Carmo roared, his voice shaking the entire room.
He was a white Latino man in his late fifties. He was short, and his fat belly was protruding like a ball. His belt was about to burst.
The sergeants and public relations personnel looked at each other and took out the prepared documents to report to Chief Carmo.
Carmo listened for a long time, his expression unreadable.
After a while, he took out a thin booklet from the files on the table and patted it with his chubby hands. He frowned and said, "Your Little Zhao told me that the girl from Juilliard who was reported missing a few days ago is the daughter of the Hua Xia Empire's Prime Minister?!"
"Not the Prime Minister, but a candidate for the Prime Minister's position. However, I heard that she is a popular candidate and has very high poll numbers." The police public relations personnel carefully corrected Chief Carmo and added, "I only found out about it after reading the news online."
Boom!
Chief Carmo slammed his fist on the desk, causing the coffee cup on the desk to jump up. The brown coffee instantly spilled all over the desk.
However, he didn't care at all and said word by word, "What the hell is going on with that case?! I remember someone telling me that the girl might have run away from home on her own! How did it become missing in the dormitory?! "
"Chief, running away from home is one of the reasons for her disappearance in the dormitory. It's not contradictory." Sergeant A was a little displeased. He was the main investigator of this case, and he really didn't expect an ordinary foreign student to have such a powerful background …
In the past, when there were children of politicians from other countries living in their district, they would always inform them, and they would also give special protection to their residences.
However, this girl had lived in their district for three years, and no one had ever told them that she was the daughter of a Hua Xia Empire politician!
"How would we know if they didn't tell us?" Sergeant B muttered and pouted. "Her father was only a minister of the Ministry of Justice before this. He wasn't important enough for us to pay special attention to."
"Yes, her father just announced his candidacy not long ago." Sergeant C loved to watch "House of Cards" and was very interested in the bloodshed of the political elite. He said excitedly, "Could it be an internal conflict between their country's candidates? That we were just implicated? "
"Yes, yes! This kind of thing happens a lot. When our country was electing a president a while ago, didn't the candidates from both sides fight fiercely?! It's not like kidnappings and murders have never happened before … "Sergeant A became excited. He really didn't want to admit that this happened because there was a problem with public security in his district.
This was related to his year-end bonus, so he couldn't let anything go wrong.
If they could elevate a criminal case to a political issue, then both sides wouldn't have to take responsibility.
Of course, the American government couldn't punish their own police because of a foreigner's political disappearance. At the same time, the people of the Hua Xia Empire couldn't punish the American police because of their own internal conflict.
Once Sergeant Carmo heard this, his small eyes narrowed. He sat on the swivel chair and spun around, causing the pitiful swivel chair to squeak. It was as if he was going to torture it to pieces in the next second.
"… Do you have evidence to say that the disappearance was caused by internal conflict between their country's people?" Sergeant Carmo thought for a long time and asked thoughtfully while rubbing his furry cheeks.
"Evidence?" Sergeant A shut up. If his imagination could be used as evidence, he could talk for three days and three nights. Unfortunately, he couldn't.
"If you don't have any evidence, then why are you talking about internal conflict between other countries?! Do you think everyone else is as stupid as you?! "Sergeant Carmo was so angry that he threw all the files at Sergeant A's face." You idiot! Hurry up and get to work! Go to Juilliard immediately to collect evidence again! Lock down her dormitory! At the same time, inform the media that we will be holding press conferences every day! Announce the progress of the case! "
The public relations officer at the police station was overjoyed.
Great!
With press conferences every day, this case would be known throughout the United States, no, the world!
She would be able to fight for more exposure and become famous. Then she wouldn't have to deal with this group of uneducated people in this small police station!
She was only 30 years old. In the future, she could still make a name for herself in the media industry!
Sergeant B and Sergeant C wished they could tape their mouths shut.
They didn't care about this kind of "exposure"!
Only Sergeant A picked up the scattered coffee-spilled files from the floor, tidied them up, and placed them on Sergeant Carmo's desk. He stood at attention and said, "Yes, Sir Sergeant!"
After leaving the Sergeant Chief's office, Sergeant A brought a few of his agents out the back door and drove the police car to Juilliard with its flashing lights.
At that moment, Huo Shaoheng and Zhao Liangze had already followed Little Zhao from the Manhattan Chinese Detective Agency to Tan Guiren's dormitory.
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