Chapter 23 Manipulating Public Opinion

The brown haired Russian thought about it and asked hesitantly "you said you are wealthy can you prove to us that you can afford to buy enough equipment to arm a complete soviet infantry battalion each year".

Fang Ming laughed and said "of course, i am here in China to do some business, you guys can come along to witness the volume of the transactions of our side businesses and judge for yourself".

Fang Ming extended his hand for a handshake to the blond Russian who subconsciously extended his hand to meet Fang Ming's before saying " I am Fang Ming a pleasure to cooperate with friends from the soviet union".

The blond Russian replied with a smile while trying to exert strength on Fang Ming hand " I am Senchenko the pleasure is mine friend from China".

After some time Senchenko who was trying to exert some pressure on Fang Ming by displaying his strength was surprised to find out that Fang Ming just kept looking at him with a smile even though his hand was being crashed he didn't display anything on his face.

Senchenko let go of his hand before standing to the side and letting the brown haired Russian shake hands with Fang Ming.

The two just shook hands hands normally as the Russian introduced himself as Makhachev.

Fang Ming and the two of them proceeded to leave the hotel while chatting in Russian about their adventures, while Fang Ming was trying to inquire about the background of two Soviet partners he just made, Makhachev was trying to find out more about Fang Ming mercenary group and the aria they were active in, as for Senchenko Fang Ming suspected the guy was just asking for the fun of meeting someone in a similar business.

Suddenly two police car that were speeding stopped right next to the trio and police mans got of their cars and pointed their pistols at the trio before asking them to rise their hands in the air.

Fang Ming and the two soviet guys were surprised before compiling with the orders, Two police mans closed in than hand cuffed Fang Ming and the two soviets before starting to search them.

Makhachev remembered seeing Fang Ming put the browning BPM D pistol in hist pocket and his face turned pale, as he start imagining the troubles coming their way, but after few minutes of searching the police only found some money and the passports the three were carrying.

Fang Ming already put the BPM D pistol in his portable space some time ago and there was nothing for the police to find, being cautious all the time is a basic quality for a smuggler to stay in the business you never knows who will leak your information to the police.

After searching all of them repeatedly the two police officers turned to their captain and gestured to him that they didn't find anything on them, the captain however wasn't convinced just few minutes ago they received a call that a Chinese man was holding two foreigners hostage with a gun in the Internationale hotel, he immediately gathered his comrades and rushed in to the rescue without further though.

The police captain had a very ugly look on his face as he walked in front of Fang Ming and proceeded to interrogate him with a load voice trying to intimidate him.

The police captain didn't think much from his point of view Fang Ming was the primary suspect anyway there wasn't any other Chinese with this two foreigners he and grabbed Fang Ming by the collar and said:

"Where is the gun? where did you hid it?".

Fang Ming who was grabbed by the collar showed a fearful look and his replied in an anxious tone

"What gun? what do you want? let me go this is police brutality i will sue you".

The police captain didn't hear what he wanted and seeing Fang Ming fearful look started to have some doubt but he stubbornly continued to interrogate Fang Ming.

"Who are you? what are you doing in Internationale hotel?".

Fang Ming started to struggle and shout loudly in English to the crowed gathering in front of the Internationale hotel.

"Help! Friends from the free world are you going to just stand by and watch as this Chinese police mans discriminate against us Hong Kongers Help me".

Seeing this the foreign guests in the hotel who just came to watch the fun were incited by Fang Ming words especially when he praised them for being citizens of the countries that worshiped freedom. they immediately started to shout at the police mans to stop the discrimination on Hong Kongers and to let Fang Ming go in their own native languages.

Fang Ming could even distinguish some Arabic and even french words among the their shouts.

The police captain who heard Fang Ming speak in English was surprised that this guy was educated and he could even speak few words in this foreign language and his face became uglier he didn't want to mess with this educated bunch of people because the country valued them, and he would be severely punished for detaining him without evidence.

However things were far more complicated than he could have ever thought in fact the true nightmare was just starting.

The police captain who was about to ask Fang Ming to cooperate with him and put up a show in front of this foreign guests to save china image before releasing him, was completely overwhelmed by the outburst of foreigners guests in the hotel who started shouting at him in different languages.

At this moment Senchenko and Makhachev by the side joined in with the screaming crowed as they started to berate The police captain in Russian.

The police captain face was turning uglier by the second as he looked at Fang Ming angrily and said:

"What did you say to them? look what you have done now, you have tarnished our police image in front of this foreigners".

Fang Ming was still handcuffed and being lifted by the collar looked at the police captain with a nonchalant expression and said in a calm tone:

"What does your police image have to do with me, you just wait once my family heard about this in Hong Kong and contact your higher ups, your miserable life will be flipped upside down".