I am a Big Player
Chapter 647 - 638, Receiving Equipment_1

Chapter 647: 638, Receiving Equipment_1

Horgos is a division-level county-level city in Xinjiang, constructed and planned by the Party Committee of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. The Fourth Agricultural Division collaborated with the Horgos Port to construct Horgos City. The State Council formally approved the establishment of Horgos as a county-level city under the jurisdiction of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, covering an administrative area of 1908.55 square kilometers, with a population of 85,000. It governs four street offices, two townships, two corps farms, and is managed by Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture.

In the vast Northwest, sandstorms fill the sky, yet there are always some cities in this desert that shine like green pearls.

With its moist climate and abundant greenery, Horgos is completely different from the desert landscape of No Man’s Land. Ren He was finally able to take off his scarf with relief. If one wasn’t careful in those hellish weather conditions, they could end up with a mouthful of sand.

This city is a new port and tourism city developed in Xinjiang. Some tourists who visit Ili also express their interest in seeing what the westernmost port of the country looks like.

When his phone signal was restored, Ren He called Steve to notify him of his arrival in Horgos and to see when they could exchange equipment.

Steve was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief. His informant had been waiting for a full four days outside Horgos and feared that if he waited any longer, Ren He might not show up, and the informant might be spooked enough to flee.

After arriving here, Ren He really felt the difference between Xinjiang and the mainland, often seeing armed soldiers.

He thought back to the first scene in the movie No Man’s Land, where a police officer pointed an automatic rifle at Huang Bo. At that time, Ren He had wondered whether the police were really permitted to carry automatic rifles around so casually.

Coming here... It seems that the movie stayed true to reality...

After contacting the informant, Steve instructed Ren He, "Receive the goods at the border trade market in four hours. Look for a small store called Fresh Produce Wholesale in the northwest corner."

Ren He turned on his navigation to find the border trade market and drove there. Heading towards the northwest inside, he saw the Fresh Produce Wholesale shop where a middle-aged man was sitting. The man wore the common clothes of a small vendor, but the tough aura he emitted made Ren He frown slightly. This man was likely not an ordinary person.

Without needing any secret signal, the man saw Ren He and walked deeper into the store. He brought over a foam box on a trolley to Ren He: "All the vegetables you wanted are in here. Pull the trolley to load them onto your car and remember to bring the trolley back to me."

Ren He clearly saw a flicker of doubt in the man’s eyes, as if wondering why a student-looking individual like him needed so much military hardware.

Ren He couldn’t care less what the man was thinking. This was probably a small-scale smuggling operation with people delivering goods from outside and others receiving inside, but this was none of his concern now.

He tried lifting the heavy foam box and didn’t bother returning the trolley. Instead, he shouldered the large foam box and walked out, leaving the trolley aside.

He didn’t need to pay the middle-aged man; the money was for Steve. How much Steve would pay these people was Steve’s business.

The pupil of the middle-aged man behind Ren He constricted for a moment. The seemingly weak youth easily shouldered a box that even he would struggle with, and walked steadily without showing any signs of effort.

He was wrong about him!

The middle-aged man took a deep look at Ren He’s retreating figure, turned back into the store to quietly arrange the vegetables and ledger. With this deal done, he would lay low for a long time.

Conducting such business within China’s borders meant risking one’s life. If it weren’t for someone vouching, the deal wouldn’t have gone so smoothly. Recalling the identity of the person who initiated this deal, the middle-aged man harbored a deep fear.

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After Ren He left the border trade market, he threw the foam box into a secret compartment at the back of his car. There was no need to open the box just yet; the first thing he had to do was to get from National Highway 312 back to the vicinity of Karamay. Once there, the goods would be considered safe.

He sped off towards National Highway 312 when suddenly, a young girl at the roadside abruptly turned to look at the SUV speeding away, with an incredulous expression in her eyes.

The older sister next to the girl asked, "Yuting, what’s wrong?"

"I think I saw that person," Xia Yuting was uncertain, mainly because she also felt there was no reason for him to appear here.

Xia Yuting’s assistant sister felt a headache coming on: "You’ve been like this several times on the road. Do you think he would come here? You must have seen wrongly. We came out to relax, so put him out of your mind, have fun, and forget about him when we go back. Don’t have any more dealings with him in the future. It will hurt you."

"I’ve already taken his script. After they finish filming No Man’s Land, they’ll start on the next movie," Xia Yuting shook her head.

"Then return the script. With your current clout, what kind of script can’t you get?" The assistant sister was helpless. Xia Yuting had suddenly become obsessed all because of the script for A Chinese Odyssey. She had seen it and felt that it didn’t seem particularly special or like a good script at all.

Little did they know, A Chinese Odyssey itself was a highly controversial film. Only those who had experienced bitterness, sadness, lowliness, despair, and loss would feel deeply moved after watching it.

Xia Yuting hesitated, then said almost pleadingly, "I want to act."

Looking into Xia Yuting’s eyes, her assistant sister felt extreme pity for her: "Go ahead and act, and forget about him after that!"

To change the subject, the assistant sister asked, "Where do you want to go next?"

"I want to see the No Man’s Land he wrote about," Xia Yuting said without hesitation.

"Xia Yuting!" The assistant sister’s eyebrows shot up. Were all her words spoken in vain? Why was this girl so helpless? Was it worth it for an in-demand actress to bring herself down to this state? It seemed that the heart-clearing excursion had done no good! They could go to No Man’s Land. With four top-tier bodyguards, there was no need to worry about safety, even in the face of lawbreakers. While some bodyguards were just for show, these outrageously priced ones were indeed reliable according to insider consensus.

And now in Xinjiang, even the gray areas were well hidden underground, not openly flaunted.

But the issue was that this girl wanted to go to No Man’s Land because of that young man!

The assistant sister suddenly deflated: "You’re truly beyond help!"