Chapter 33: Stepping on the Storm (Part 2)
Ten minutes later, the police began to negotiate with Dolly through the door. Dolly had only one request, asking the hospital to operate on his daughter. It turned out that Dolly was Polish. His daughter had been treated in Poland without success, so he took his wife and eight-year-old daughter to the UK for treatment. After studying the condition, the medical team believed that surgery was the only way to confirm the diagnosis. But because Dolly was not British, the hospital did not agree to operate on his daughter. In addition to the medical expenses, the most important thing was that the operation was very difficult and risky.
This operation is called deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. First, the patient is put into a state of suspended animation by rapidly lowering his blood pressure, and then a large amount of blood is drawn from the patient and then pumped back in. After the location of the blood clot in the patient's brain is found through blood flow, a craniotomy is immediately performed to remove the blood clot and complete the treatment. This operation is extremely difficult, and any link may go wrong. Even if there is no mistake, the god of luck needs to be favored. Considering the patient's physical condition, a god of luck may not be able to bear it.
The hospital decided to discharge the little girl after one or two days of conservative treatment. The little girl's father, Dolly, could not accept the fact that his child would die sooner or later. With nowhere else to go, he stole his cousin's gun in London, rushed into the hospital, and took hostages to force the hospital to operate on his daughter.
The attending doctor personally went outside to talk to Dolly. He told Dolly that if she was lucky with conservative treatment, her daughter could live for several years. Dolly asked the doctor, if she was lucky, her daughter would have to struggle in pain for several years before dying, right? The doctor was silent for a long time, and said to Dolly: The operation is extremely risky, and she may not be able to get off the operating table. Dolly asked desperately: At least there is hope, right? If you were the doctor and your daughter, what would you choose?
Dolly yelled angrily: "You only care about the reputation of the hospital and never consider the patients, never, never."
Faced with Dolly's emotional outburst, the police asked the doctor to leave. Dolly cried again, crying desperately. Facing this poor father, the hostages began to comfort Dolly. A 60-year-old man told Dolly about his grief over the loss of his son. His son died on the operating table. He should not have agreed to the operation, and he still cannot forgive himself. Because of his son's death, his wife divorced him, and he became an alcoholic.
You and I persuaded each other, and Liang Xi, who had been silent the whole time, said: "Don't threaten me to help you, because I can help you."
Everyone didn't understand and looked at Liang Xi. Dolly was confused, and Liang Xi said, "Don't threaten me."
Dolly raised his gun and said, "Help me, or I will kill the hostages."
Liang Xi said helplessly: "For the safety of the hostages, I can only help you. Let's analyze one thing first. The police have thermal imaging, and their bullets will penetrate the wooden door and kill you directly. They can also launch a direct raid with stun grenades. You need a hostage to sit by the door so that the police will temporarily give up the attack." Liang Xi looked at the fat nurse.
Fat nurse: "Hey!" Am I fat and eating your food?
Liang Xi apologized for letting you talk too much, "I'm sorry."
Dolly raised his gun: "Go ahead."
The fat nurse glared at Liang Xi, walked to the door and shouted, "I'm a hostage. I'm sitting at the door now. Don't mess around."
Liang Xi said, "You need to know two things. First, the police will not negotiate with criminals, because if you can achieve your goal by holding hostages today, someone else can also achieve their goal by holding hostages tomorrow. Normally, the police will not agree to your final conditions. Second, if a hospital performs an operation that the health supervision department believes should not be performed, they will face rectification and huge fines regardless of the success or failure of the operation. Even if you hold hostages, the hospital will communicate with the police, and will only help your daughter perform the operation if both parties agree. In comparison, a violent attack is much easier."
Liang Xi said: "The best way is to kill a hostage. Of course, if you really kill the hostage, I will not help you. Therefore, we can't use the best way, so we can only use the second best way: find reporters and let the public know about this. The first purpose is to quickly ferment public opinion. The public will not pay attention to bureaucracy, interests, rules and other issues. They have the most direct preferences. Most people can accept the life of seven hostages in exchange for an operation."
Liang Xi said: "The second purpose is to let the hostages' families put pressure on the police to further stop the police's plan of storming. The reporters have to choose Internet celebrities. These Internet celebrities will do anything to become famous. They know very well that this is a great opportunity to hype and attract fans. They will definitely put you in the position of a weak and victim. If you ask to see the Internet celebrity reporter within an hour, the police will definitely tell you that one hour is not enough. You answer that if the Internet celebrity reporter does not arrive within 45 minutes, one hostage will be killed. The police will also talk nonsense and explain why the time is not enough. You shorten the time to 30 minutes. Let the police bring in a deck of playing cards. The police will ask you for the reason. You answer that you will draw lots to decide which hostage will die first."
Karin couldn't help but whispered, "You'll get into trouble if you do this. The judge won't think you're being threatened."
Liang Xi nodded: "That makes sense, then I won't say anything. Dolly, even if you threaten me again, I will not give in and help you." He winked .
Dolly was smart enough to pick up her phone and call the police negotiator, asking, "Who is the famous online celebrity reporter in London?"
Liang Xi spread his hands. He really didn't know. The fat nurse spoke: "Catherine."
Dolly said into the phone, "I want to see Catherine within the hour and give her permission to go live."
Negotiation expert: "No problem, but it's very difficult to find someone in London in an hour..."
Dolly: “Forty-five minutes.”
Negotiation expert: "Mr. Dolly, calm down. We must first ensure the safety of the hostages."
Dolly: "You only have half an hour now. Give me a deck of cards."
The negotiator asked, "Poker?"
Dolly: "The hostages are equal. It is God who decides who dies first."
"Okay, okay, please calm down. We are already contacting Catherine." Negotiation expert: "Based on humanitarianism, we must provide you and the hostages with enough water and food. You also know that there are three patients inside. If possible, we can ask a doctor to bring food and water into the locker room and check the patients' conditions, okay? A little more kindness, a little more hope."
Dolly warned, "Don't play tricks."
Negotiation expert: "I will never play tricks. Female doctor, okay?"
Dolly looked at Liang Xi, Liang Xi nodded, pointed at the gun, and then pointed at himself.
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The fat nurse removed the iron chain and opened the door a little. A female doctor brought food, water, and a first aid kit and entered the locker room through the crack of the door. The fat nurse closed the door and hung the iron chain.
Dolly pointed the gun at Liang Xi: "You go."
Liang Xi stepped forward: "Sorry." He took the food and water and put them aside.
Liang Xi reached out to take the first aid kit, but the doctor blocked it with his right hand: "I'm a doctor."
Liang Xi said helplessly: "I'm a hostage." But he still took the first aid kit.
Opening the first aid kit, there were syringes and medicines inside. It was really a first aid kit. The female doctor shook her head slightly to hint to Liang Xi, who pretended not to see it and took out a small pistol from the bottom of the first aid kit: "Report the criminals, she is a police officer."
The female doctor stared at Liang Xi with wide eyes. Liang Xi explained: "Didn't you see the gun pointed at me? I'm very afraid of death. Please face the wall, put your hands on your head, cross your fingers, and spread your legs. I want to search you."
