Chapter 90: Ebb and Flow
After inviting ADM's executives to take a local plane, the other three companies of ABCD also became nervous and increased their vigilance.
However, the FBI's investigation ran into trouble, mainly because it had not yet figured out how the bomb entered the building.
Recently, a large number of FBI agents conducted a carpet search throughout the city and its surroundings in Decatur.
Philip, who is in charge of the local FBI work, was not placed on administrative leave, but continued to preside over the investigation. It was not because his superiors took care of him, but because this matter was a big trouble and no one was willing to take over.
Philip, who had been watching the surveillance video for three days, rubbed his dry eyes and picked up the black coffee beside him.
"Boss, the results of the explosives analysis are out. It's 133 to 135 kilograms of TNT, and the explosion location is on the ceiling of that conference room." Assistant Kelly walked in with a report.
Philip had no intention of looking through the documents, because based on the explosion at the scene and his years of experience, his assessment and test reports were pretty accurate.
"I just want to know how the murderer installed more than 130 kilograms of TNT on the ceiling of that conference room without being discovered by ADM employees?"
Kelly shrugged. "According to the attendance sheet provided by ADM, there are meetings held in that conference room every week, and the cleaners clean it every day."
"Where are the latest maintenance records?" Philip put down his coffee.
"Two bulbs were replaced 76 days ago, and a projector was replaced 153 days ago. These are the most recent maintenance records."
Agent Jin from the Technical Department took out a structural diagram of the building obtained from the construction contractor, including the original structural diagram and the structural diagram after renovation.
Jin pointed to the floor where the explosion occurred and said, "This conference room only has two doors and four windows. The other air conditioning ducts, heating ducts, electrical ducts, etc. are not possible to sneak into, unless the other party is a group of rats."
Philip did not take King's joke to heart, but gave the most reasonable answer based on his own experience:
"The murderer must be very familiar with the situation at ADM headquarters, and is most likely someone inside ADM."
Jin nodded in response. Their technical department conducted a careful analysis of all surveillance data within one kilometer of the building over the past year, and still did not find any suspicious outsiders.
Since the suspicion of outsiders is very small, doesn't it prove that this matter is most likely an internal problem of ADM?
After all, dozens of kilograms of TNT had to be sent into the building without being discovered. In the eyes of the FBI, the murderer must have certain power within ADM, otherwise it would be inexplicable.
Although Philip felt that Ohm, the current interim president of ADM, had motive and suspicion in committing the crime, it was not easy to investigate the executives of a large company.
The investigation here seems to have reached a dead end.
The attack on ADM executives also caused a significant delay in the Southeast Asian food war plan that had already begun to be implemented.
Of course, ABCD's response speed was also very fast. Bunge and Cargill quickly took over the planning leadership from ADM, allowing the food war to proceed steadily.
Li Qingye was not surprised by this. These guys would not give up easily.
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November 10, 2019.
Hongsavady, Dawei Port.
Aoba Group Headquarters.
Thanks to the unremitting efforts of Yang Mengjiao, Domino and others, the Hongsawadi branch has now completely controlled the Golden Triangle area.
In addition, he secretly controlled many warlords and big family members in Hongsavadi by supporting spider web managers and soldiers.
At this time, the economy of Tuwei Port was becoming more and more prosperous.
As the local economic pillar enterprise, Aoba Group has also become the uncrowned king of this land.
In the basement of Emerald Manor in Dawei Port.
Yang Mengjiao and Domino recently returned secretly to headquarters from Shan State in the north.
As soon as the two returned to the headquarters, they were arranged to undergo a physical examination to check their physical condition. Especially Domino, who had AIDS, underwent a thorough and comprehensive physical examination.
Ma Chi saw the two men coming out of the medical room and greeted them with a smile, "You guys are doing well in the north. You have completely taken over the entire Shan State."
Yang Mengjiao sneered, "You must be kidding. Are you qualified to fight against us? If I wasn't worried about being exposed, I would have wiped out that bunch of trash two months ago."
"By the way, the boss has developed a targeted drug that can treat AIDS. It is currently undergoing human testing and it is expected to be available in a few months." Ma Chi told Yang Mengjiao the good news.
A hint of excitement flashed in Yang Mengjiao's eyes.
Domino patted her shoulder and said, "You have to trust the boss's skills. Let's go to the conference room to discuss the branch's affairs."
After arriving at the conference room, Yang Mengjiao regained her composure. She turned on the large screen on the mural and projected the entire map of Hongsawadi onto it.
At this time, the map of Hongsawadi was divided into large and small blocks by the four colors of red, white and blue.
The dark red area represents the absolute control area of the Hongsavadi Branch, and the light red striped area represents the infiltration area of the Hongsavadi Branch.
The white area represents the official power of Hongsavady, and the blue area represents the warlord-controlled area.
"The areas under our absolute control currently include Taninthayi Region, Mon State, Karen State, Kayah State and Shan State."
"The infiltration area includes Ayeyarwady Region, Yangon Region, Bago Region, Pyinmana Region, Mandalay Region, Magway Region, and Sagaing Region, which also highly overlap with the official control area of Hongsawady."
“The only areas where infiltration has not been completed but there are intelligence stations are Rakhine State, Kachin State and Chin State.”
Ma Chi asked, "How much do the troops in various places have?"
Yang Mengjiao calculated: "In the absolute control area, there are currently 120,000 regular troops and 320,000 militiamen; in the infiltration area, there are about 63,000 people who can guarantee control."
"It looks like we can almost close the net." Ma Chi showed a satisfied smile on his face.
"Are you sure?" Domino asked hesitantly.
"Don't you think this is a God-given opportunity? Because of the bad relations between Honsavadi and America, the coastal areas have been partially closed to varying degrees, not to mention the inland areas. In addition, this place has traditions, so we can definitely take advantage of the situation."
Ma Chi studied the current world situation and found that this was a difficult window period. He then added:
"The conflict between the great powers is intensifying. America's influence on some regions is fading, and our northern neighbors won't dare to make any moves for the time being. We can just make a concerted effort to completely take over the entire Honsawadi. After all, this is not Luzon, and there is no normal way to take over. We can only take over Honsawadi in this way."
Yang Mengjiao nodded : "Indeed, it is better to cut the Gordian knot directly. Anyway, our people have already occupied many core positions. As long as the speed is fast enough, we can create a fait accompli before the outside world reacts."
Domino thought for a while and did not object, but suggested: "We can't let our people get involved directly."
"What do you mean?" Ma Chi asked thoughtfully.
Domino reminded: "While the mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole is waiting behind. Wu Kaile is eyeing that position, and he is also very dissatisfied with some of Binmana's actions."
"I understand." Ma Chi reacted immediately.
Yang Mengjiao also guessed Domino's thoughts.
