257: The Last Night
The Ghost Hunter Yang Jian of Dachang City is going to have a phone conference with people from the Ghost Handlers’ headquarters?
When Zhao Jianguo received this message from Liu Xiaoyu, he immediately realized the gravity of the situation.
Yang Jian was a Ghost Handler he had always paid close attention to.
Furthermore, with the Hungry Ghost incident in Dachang City nearly catching the world’s attention, the name “Ghost Eye Yang Jian” had already spread among the Ghost Handler circles. While discussing these Terror Level events, it was inevitable that they would talk about Yang Jian, and also Zhao Kaiming.
But there was not much good to say.
Things like, “what two unlucky bastards, they are as good as dead.”
But it was undeniable that, under the current circumstances, Yang Jian was without a doubt the most knowledgeable person regarding the Hungry Ghost incident.
“Immediately inform the minister and deputy minister, and have the technicians make sure that this phone conference is set up within ten minutes, and all relevant key personnel must be present,”
Zhao Jianguo did not work at the Ghost Handlers’ headquarters; he had flown to the outskirts of Dachang City several days earlier.
Once he hung up the phone, he immediately began to prepare.
And it wasn’t just the headquarters’ minister and deputy minister that Zhao Jianguo’s phone call alarmed, various leaders above were also startled and expressed their intention to attend the meeting.
After all, Yang Jian had made it very clear that this meeting was about the life or death of Dachang City.
Who would dare to take lightly the safety of an entire city?
If it weren’t for the fact that Yang Jian was a Ghost Handler dealing with supernatural incidents, his satellite-positioned phone would have been blown up long ago.
Within three minutes, the information had reached the ears of the leaders of each vitally important department.
Within five minutes, the list of participants for this phone conference was confirmed.
The list was highly classified; no one saw it, not even Zhao Jianguo, who was in charge of the matter, knew how many people would attend the meeting. He only saw several phones and telephones, continuously being placed on the table at the temporary command center outside Dachang City, and connections were already being made.
God knows which leaders stood behind each of these phones.
The minister of the Asian headquarters hadn’t arrived because he had flown overseas several days earlier to seek aid with a thick face, leaving Deputy Minister Cao Yanhua in charge of the command.
At this moment, Cao Yanhua’s face was covered with cold sweat.
His heart was trembling.
He wasn’t nervous about the content of the meeting, but that he had never expected that just one call from Yang Jian would blow so many significant figures out of the woodwork.
On the surface, there weren’t many people in this temporary command center, but secretly, numerous pairs of eyes had long been watching every move here.
Think about it, the case in Dachang City was so serious, stirring up national unrest and attracting global attention. If it couldn’t be resolved, who knew the extent of the impact it could bring? The higher-ups maintained silence because they did not understand these matters and feared adding to the chaos, but that did not mean they didn’t care.
“Minister, the phone conference has been set up and is ready to begin at any time,” Zhao Jianguo entered and placed his satellite-positioned phone at the center of the table.
As soon as Liu Xiaoyu switched the line over, Yang Jian’s communication would be transferred here.
“How long has it been now?” Cao Yanhua asked.
Zhao Jianguo replied, “Ten minutes, but Yang Jian gave us twenty minutes to prepare, and Liu Xiaoyu promised fifteen minutes, so we still have five minutes to get ready. Because this is related to a significant decision, for security reasons, I did not inform many people with insufficient clearance. Currently, there are only me, Li Jun, and you, minister, a total of three people in the conference room, with other leaders all connected by phone. However, those who have the qualification to participate in this decision-making…”
“Enough, as long as you understand. Some lines are already connected. Don’t say what you shouldn’t, order the guards to be on high alert, and no one is to enter the command room until the meeting is over. Additionally, all phones must be destroyed immediately after the meeting; we cannot allow any information to leak,” Cao Yanhua cautioned.
“Understood,” Zhao Jianguo nodded.
A mere phone conference had escalated to a level perhaps even surpassing an international summit of state leaders.
Because no one knew how much sensitive information could slip out with just a word from Yang Jian.
“Everyone take your seats, the meeting will begin in a minute,” Cao Yanhua steadied himself: “There will be only one copy of this phone conference’s recording, kept here with me.”
After he finished, he took out a recording pen.
Once this was confirmed here, Liu Xiaoyu notified Yang Jian.
“The meeting will start in thirty seconds, are you ready on your end?”
“No problem,” Yang Jian replied.
Soon, in less than thirty seconds, his line was disconnected and then reconnected.
“This is Deputy Minister Cao Yanhua from the Ghost Handlers’ headquarters, currently in charge of the Hungry Ghost incident in Dachang City. Ghost Handler Yang Jian, you requested this phone conference to discuss the existential crisis facing Dachang City. Is that correct?” Cao Yanhua asked calmly as he started the meeting from inside the command room.
Hearing the voice coming from the phone, Wang Xiaoming was stunned for a moment.
He hadn’t received any news of this sort.
“Strictly speaking, that’s correct, but there are some matters I need someone to verify, after all no matter what, I’m a Ghost Handler who has joined the headquarters. I can’t act recklessly based on my own whims; I need someone to consult,” Yang Jian said.
“Consult on what?” Cao Yanhua asked.
Yang Jian replied, “To resolve the incident in Dachang City, we need to fulfill two conditions, but unfortunately, to date, we fulfill neither. You’ve probably received the detailed documents by now, and you should also be clear about these two conditions.”
“Which two conditions? If they can be resolved, we will resolve them for you here. If not, we will also figure out a solution for you, as long as Dachang City remains safe.”
Suddenly, a voice with a strong presence of an older person came through the phone.
“Which old fart is butting in? Sneaking into a meeting without knowing anything? Go study up,” Yang Jian said.
Hearing this, cold sweat broke out on the foreheads of Cao Yanhua and Zhao Jianguo in the command room, and the corner of Li Jun’s mouth involuntarily twitched.
“Kid, be a bit more polite. If it weren’t such a critical moment, I’d take you down for talking to me like that, if it were normal times,” the man on the phone immediately bristled, obviously a person in charge with a volatile temper.