The employer had already made contact and was waiting for Gao Guang to recruit personnel before starting work. The minimum requirement for a three-person team had been met, and they could start working now.
Actually, Gao Guang should have practiced with Mike and Grant first. The three of them had no teamwork whatsoever, and it felt quite dangerous to go on such a high-risk escort mission like this.
However, seven thousand dollars a day meant losing seven thousand if they waited another day. Gao Guang couldn't bear to wait, so he spent a day getting to know Mike and Grant. The next morning, he brought them straight to work.
"Mike, did you take your medicine? Hmm, let me see you take it."
Gao Guang watched as Mike swallowed a handful of pills, feeling slightly relieved. Then he turned to Grant in the back seat and said, "Grant, when you meet the employer later, you are not allowed to speak. Not a single word."
Grant raised his eyebrows and was about to retort, but Gao Guang immediately said, "Every word you say will be fined a hundred dollars. If you cause trouble, I will fire you immediately!"
His eyes were almost spitting fire, but after several deep breaths, Grant finally managed to turn his head to the side without saying a word.
Gao Guang still felt a little uneasy. Mike was an unstable bomb, and Grant was definitely a fuse. A few words from Grant could easily set Mike off.
It was exhausting to go to work with a bomb and a fuse.
They set off and headed straight for Beverly Hills.
"You're planning on driving this car to Beverly Hills?"
Grant had been holding back for a long time, wanting to not say a word out of spite. But he realized that Gao Guang had said not to say a word after meeting the employer. So now, he could say whatever he wanted.
So Grant was definitely going to make a few sarcastic remarks.
"Do you know what Beverly Hills is? If you're going to the flat area south of Sunset Boulevard, it's okay. But where you're going is the mansion area north of Sunset Boulevard. Do you believe your car won't even be able to get in?"
Gao Guang knew, and he also believed that Grant had a point.
Los Angeles was a big city, but it was also very scattered. Simply put, it was divided into patches. Beverly Hills was part of the greater Los Angeles area, but it was the most expensive and best part of it.
Beverly Hills is known as the most expensive community in the world, located at the foot of Beverly Mountain. It is home to many wealthy people and celebrities.
Sunset Boulevard divides Beverly Hills into two parts, north and south. The south is the flat area where most of Beverly Hills' residents live, while the north is the mountainous area where the real mansions are located, and only the truly wealthy and famous can live there.Beverly Hills is more like a city than a residential area, so it has the most luxurious shops and hotels in Los Angeles. Therefore, Beverly Hills is also a very important tourist destination in Los Angeles, and many tourists come here for sightseeing and shopping.
However, the shopping malls and shopping streets of Beverly Hills are concentrated in the flat area. In other words, the mountainous luxury residential area north of Sunset Boulevard is not easily accessible to ordinary tourists.
Note that tourists are not easily allowed into the northern part of Beverly Hills, but there is no legal rule prohibiting tourists from entering. So how can tourists go to harass those luxury houses, and how can homeless people be prevented from invading the residential area? The answer is continuous police patrols and regulations prohibiting foreign vehicles from parking.
Gao Guang knows this, but he is confident because he made a phone call in advance, and he didn't let Grant hear it.
Grant is still talking incessantly, sarcastically saying, "You not only drove a cheap car to Beverly Hills, but also let a black man drive. Ha ha, I can already imagine what will happen later. Get off the car and be checked repeatedly, open the trunk for inspection, until the police find our guns..."
Gao Guang couldn't help it anymore and whispered, "Your worries are unnecessary. Shut up now, don't say anything, or I'll deduct your pay!"
"I haven't seen the employer yet!"
"I'm the boss, and I'm the one who pays you! I have added a new rule now, you are not allowed to talk!"
Grant fiercely raised his middle finger and refused to put it down.
Mike's breathing became heavy, and Gao Guang sternly said, "Mike! Drive well! If you can't control yourself, take your medicine!"
Grant finally shut up, and after panting heavily for a while, Mike finally calmed down.
The power of money made Grant shut up and Mike control himself, but Gao Guang couldn't help but worry about what to do if they can't get the money today.
After thinking carefully for a long time, Gao Guang decided that if the employer didn't like them and they really couldn't get the money, then let Mike and Grant fight to the death in Beverly Hills, and he would just watch.
With this determination, it was not so painful anymore.
Finally, they arrived in Beverly Hills and turned onto the road to the luxury residential area. There were no roadblocks or security guards stopping the vehicles for inspection, but as Grant predicted, Mike had only driven less than 300 meters before they were pulled over by a flashing police car.
Grant let out a strange and unclear laugh with ups and downs, but he didn't speak, so Gao Guang couldn't deduct his pay.
Gao Guang whispered, "Roll down the window, I'll talk, and both of you shut up."The police knocked on the car window and politely said, "Roll down the window."
After seeing that the driver was a strong black man, the approaching police officer stepped back without a word, placing his hand on his gun handle and using a polite but unyielding tone, "Sir, you were speeding. Put your hands on the steering wheel and let me see them. You two, put your hands on your heads and don't make any moves."
Gao Guang raised his hands and put them on his head. Then he said to the police officer, "Sir, I am the owner of King Defense Company. They are my employees. We are responsible for the security work of Mr. Renato Salvini. Mr. Salvini's security director, Sam Gravichi, should have already greeted you. I have a certificate issued by Sam in my pocket. Can I show it to you?"
The police officer looked at Gao Guang, hesitated for a moment, and then stepped back, holding his shoulder radio and asking, "Has Mr. Salvini's security personnel arrived yet? Does anyone know the situation?"
After a moment, the police officer said to Gao Guang, "Show me your documents, but slowly."
Gao Guang slowly reached into his pocket and took out a piece of paper, then slowly handed it to the police officer standing outside the passenger window.
The police officer opened it and said, "It's a cooperation agreement signed by Sam Gravichi and Otto Schmidt. Who is Otto Schmidt?"
Gao Guang said naturally, "I am Otto. I can show you my driver's license."
The police officer looked at the license in surprise, then at Gao Guang's face, then at the license again, then at Gao Guang. Finally, he closed his wallet and said, "Thank you for your cooperation. You can go now."
Gao Guang took back his wallet and the cooperation agreement, and they started walking. However, after Mike drove the car away, the police car behind them followed, without flashing lights or sounding sirens, as if escorting them, but more like monitoring them.
Mike finally said indignantly, "This is racial discrimination. I wasn't even speeding."
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Gao Guang said weakly, "Enough. We can go in now. We won't be stopped again in the future."
Mike continued, "I could have lived here too. If I made it into the NFL, and besides, the security here is already good. The police patrol like private security guards 24 hours a day. Do we still need to be hired as security guards?"Grant couldn't bear it anymore. He wanted to speak, but he forced himself to hold it in and only let out a contemptuous laugh.
"Laugh all you want, you can quit if you don't like it. I'll find someone else and won't put up with your attitude!"
Gao Guang felt a little dizzy and would rather fail the mission than endure Grant's torture.
Grant's laughter abruptly stopped.
The car drove up to a huge mansion. Mike was a little nervous and asked, "Is this really where the navigation is taking us? Do we need to go in?"
The mansion had a green tree-lined entrance and a narrow road that could accommodate two cars side by side. About 100 meters away from the mansion's gate, there was an ice cream truck and a sedan parked on one side.
Gao Guang pointed to the gate and said, "Drive up to the gate, and don't worry about the rest."
Suddenly, Grant said, "You can deduct my pay, but that's the FBI's car, the FBI's surveillance car. I want to know why the FBI's car is here and who we are protecting!"
Mike panicked and asked, "The FBI? Where is the FBI? Should we run?"
As they were talking, the car stopped at the mansion's gate, and Grant continued to angrily say, "Idiot, the ice cream truck is an FBI symbol. They like to disguise their surveillance communication as ice cream trucks. Now the FBI isn't secretly monitoring, they are openly monitoring the employer. Aren't you curious why the FBI is doing this?"
Mike breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I don't care what they're doing, just give me the money."
At this point, the mansion's gate opened, and two men in suits appeared behind it. After one of them glanced at the people in the car, he waved and signaled for them to get out.
"Shut up, if we mess up, we'll lose the business."
Gao Guang got out of the car and said to a burly man in front of him, "I'm from King Defense, Sam sent me."
The burly man, wearing a suit and an earpiece, looked at Gao Guang sternly and said softly, "Boss, the King Defense people are here."
Gao Guang couldn't help but glance at the mansion, where he could see at least four people aiming guns at him in plain sight. Even in the safest Beverly Hills, where the police patrol 24 hours a day, the FBI monitors openly outside the gate, and armed guards await behind it. Just from what he could see, Gao Guang knew that this money wasn't easy to earn.