As Li Du expected, after discovering that it was a big scam, the angry old men and women quickly overwhelmed the organizers.
The tourists were even more violent than he had expected.
The police station had arranged for two police cars to come over to check on the matter, but when they found that there seemed to be a riot on the beach, the police did not even dare to get out of their cars. The police cars drove slowly on the beach, and they called for backup from the car.
Then, four more police cars drove over. Then, more police officers rushed over from all directions. Among them was a city anti-riot vehicle.
The police arrested the scam organizer and separated the tour group to calm the tourists down.
Some of the old men and women were so agitated that they could not be calmed and almost attacked the police.
Seeing this, the Australian police did not hesitate. They pressed them to the ground with their shields, put them in handcuffs, and took them away.
By this time, the angry old men and women had calmed down. They found that the foreign police were not as timid and helpless to the elderly as they were at home. These blonde, green-eyed police did not care how old you were. Once they thought you were attacking the police, they would be very violent.
After the police had put down a few people and arrested a few more, the rest of the people behaved themselves.
However, they had nowhere to go. The tour guides were taken away by the police, saying that they would be taken back to assist in the investigation.
Li Du and his parents were the parties involved and could not leave. The police arranged for them to stay on the beach.
At this time, the connections of the Harry Winston executives worked. They did not even need to be released on bail, because Li Du and his parents were all victims. The police let them go directly.
Some people were anxious when they saw this and asked, "Why can they leave, and we have to stay here?"
The police shrugged and said, "They are not with you."
"But they also drew a prize. I know them, especially that young man. His surname is Li. He won the grand prize, a big yacht," the man said anxiously.
The police asked, "Would you like some coffee?"
The man was dumbfounded and said, "I want to know when we can leave."
"Very soon," the police smiled. "We are not detaining you, but to protect your personal safety. As soon as the investigation is over, you will be sent away."
The man said angrily, "Well, give me a cup of coffee."
The police nodded, waved to his colleague and said, "Come, pour auntie a cup of cappuccino."
Li Du left with the big yacht, leaving no trace of himself.
Of course, this was only an ideal situation. After all, he had won the biggest prize, and the police would still investigate him.
However, the case had nothing to do with Li Du. The police could only investigate and collect evidence. They could not even confiscate the yacht.
That night, the report of the case appeared on the news.
According to the report, the police had cracked a major transnational fraud case. The criminals were of many nationalities, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, American, and British.
The gang used the free lucky draw as an excuse to contact travel agencies and send tourists to participate in the event. The prizes were all fake and inferior products.
They made money through two methods. One was to pretend to help the tax bureau collect taxes that did not match the value of the prizes, and the other was to help sell the prizes as an excuse to collect handling fees from the tourists.
For example, if a tourist won a car and it was not easy to bring it back to the country, the scammers would sign a sales agreement with them and charge them for handling fees, site fees, labor costs, and other reasons.
After collecting the money, they would leave the city on the same day, taking away the money they had swindled and leaving behind a bunch of worthless things for the tourists.
This kind of fraud had happened in many countries, but this was the first time it had happened in Australia, so the local police did not notice anything unusual in advance.
The scammers had been successful many times and could be said to be rich. In the past, their grand prize was just a real luxury car. This time in Sydney, they decided to go big and get a luxury yacht.
The yacht was the only real prize among the prizes, and it had to be real because they had to pass an official inspection in Sydney to check the prizes, and the yacht was used to pass the inspection.
They had planned to drive the yacht away on the same day after the fraud was successful, return it, and leave Australia with the money.
Who knew that the yacht would be taken away, the fraud would be exposed, and the end result would be a loss of money and shame.
Australians were not interested in this kind of scam news. For them, it was just an after-dinner conversation, a joke about the stupidity of the scammers.
They did not think deeply about what was going on in the case. The scammers did think that there was something wrong with Li Du and that all this was probably related to him.
However, they were going to be put in prison and could not investigate the matter. They could only suffer in silence.
Li Du read the news on the yacht. He was overjoyed that the platform had gotten a luxury yacht.
The yacht was made by Saint Searle, England. The specific model was Manhattan55, which had just replaced the old 53 model. The scammers bought it as Australia's first Saint Searle M55.
Luxury yachts needed to be customized. The one in his hand was a sample. The scammers had no time to customize it and bought the sample at a high price. In fact, if it had been customized, the M55 would have been cheaper, only about 4.5 million Australian dollars.
Compared to Li Du's Starfish X60 yacht, this yacht was more advanced and luxurious.
The M55's hull was smooth and had three decks. The proportions and space utilization were perfect, the shape was very dynamic, and the internal room capacity was very large.
This was a sightseeing double-deck yacht. Like the Starfish X60, it also had a double-deck driving area that could be driven comfortably all day. The cockpit was very spacious and could accommodate a bed.
The hull was nearly 20 meters long, with a spacious main reception area, a master bedroom, a VIP room, and four small rooms. It also had a well-equipped kitchen and entertainment facilities.
In the past, it was quite crowded for Li Du and the other seven or eight people to live on the Starfish. It was no problem for the Saint Searle M55, which could accommodate 17 or 18 people.
In terms of power, the M55 used a strong and silent dual diesel engine and propeller. Big Ivan said that this was double insurance. The two engines and the propeller could work independently, and if one was broken, the other could continue to be used.
In the evening, Li Du could not wait to move in and experience the feeling of driving this luxury yacht.
The yacht itself had a sightseeing floor, and one could sit on it to watch the sunrise and sunset, or lie on it to look up at the endless starry sky.
If there were more people, they could go to the salon area at the back of the yacht. There was a seawater bathing platform at the stern of the yacht. This platform not only allowed people to bathe in the sea, but also could accommodate multi-purpose rubber boats and motorboats.
In short, Li Du's new yacht was a luxury mansion on the sea!
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
