726: Chapter 718: Translation 726: Chapter 718: Translation Gao Yang was extremely furious because he began to think of the worst, especially since he still couldn’t confirm the identity of the Huaxia person who had died in Pointe Noire, which only fueled his anger.
With the body, wouldn’t one glance be enough to know whether it was Li Jinfang or not?
How could it be that even now, the identity was still unconfirmed?
After Gao Yang roared in fury, Li Pengfei also expressed his extreme frustration over the phone, “Brother Yang, the person who went with Jinfang is utterly useless, can’t do a damn thing.
I’ve told him to find a way to go see the body.
Maybe we’ll have a sure answer soon.
That’s it, I can’t talk anymore, I need to get on a plane.
I have to go to Kenya first before I can transfer to Congo.
I’ve no idea how long it’ll take to get there.
Let’s meet up in Pointe Noire.”
Gao Yang angrily hung up the phone.
Being anxious was useless.
Now, he could only wait for news, or he had to see for himself whether that body was indeed Li Jinfang.
Seeing Gao Yang’s rage, Frey was so scared he turned paler than Gao Yang, and with a trembling voice, he asked, “Is there any news?
Jinfang, Li Jinfang, is he…”
Gao Yang shook his head and said, “Not confirmed yet.
As long as we haven’t seen his body, we can’t say he’s dead.
Who knows what happened that he can’t contact us?
But he’s definitely okay, don’t worry.
How could anything happen to Li Jinfang?
He’s so capable, right?”
Gao Yang was desperately trying to comfort Frey, and even more so himself.
But as he spoke, his voice grew softer.
Glolov asked in a deep voice, “What did you just say?”
After a moment of silence, Gao Yang swallowed and said, “A Huaxia person in Pointe Noire was shot dead.
He killed seventeen people, sliced five with a knife, and then took a gun to kill the remaining twelve.”
Frey covered her mouth, turned away, and then Tommy also lost color and said, “That’s incredible.
Then, that…”
Glolov also silently stared, and after Gao Yang shook his head, he said loudly, “There are many powerful people in the world, especially among Huaxia People.
It’s common for one to fight ten.
Who says it must be Li Jinfang who’s capable?
Who says Li Jinfang is the only one who can fight?
Unless I see Li Jinfang’s body, I’ll never believe he’s already dead.”
As they were talking, the plane’s captain came out of the cockpit and approached Gao Yang, saying, “Sir, we are ready for takeoff.”
Gao Yang waved his hand and said, “Take off.”
Flying from New York to Pointe Noire in Congo-Brazzaville took about twelve hours, and for Gao Yang and his companions, those twelve hours were exceedingly hard to bear.
The economy of Congo-Brazzaville was fairly decent, and the security was much better than some of the neighboring countries.
Pointe Noire boasted the largest and busiest international airport in Congo-Brazzaville, but it lacked a large private airport that could accommodate Morgan’s plane, so Morgan had to find a way to land at Pointe Noire International Airport instead.
Because Congo-Brazzaville was so peaceful, Morgan had no influence that could help Gao Yang in Congo-Brazzaville; just landing the plane at Pointe Noire City International Airport was already stretching his limits.
So, although there were weapons hidden on Morgan’s plane, Gao Yang and his men were unable to carry them on their persons.
Without someone familiar with the local environment and without weapons, Morgan wasn’t capable of allowing Gao Yang and his men to safely leave the airport with arms.
There’s about a six-hour time difference between New York and Pointe Noire, and after flying for more than ten hours, it was afternoon when they left New York, but it was morning when they arrived in Pointe Noire.
Going from springtime in America to the equatorial region of Pointe Noire, Gao Yang was dressed a bit too warmly, as were Glolov and the others; in their haste, they had not had the time to prepare suitable clothes for the tropical area.
After leaving the airport, Gao Yang and his party were greeted by the scorching heat and the barrier of not speaking the local language.
Congo-Brazzaville was once a French colony, and Pointe Noire is the French translation of “Black Point,” with French being the official and common language of Congo-Brazzaville.
Looking at the incomprehensible French signposts and facing taxi drivers soliciting in French, Gao Yang hesitated before asking the people behind him, “Does any of you speak French?”
All three shook their heads, then Frey said, “Eileen speaks French, but when will she get here?”
Gao Yang helplessly took out his phone to call Eileen, but couldn’t get through.
The only explanation for not being able to reach Eileen was that she was on a plane.
The flight from Germany to Pointe Noire wouldn’t take too long, but it was unclear whether there was a direct flight from Germany to Pointe Noire.
If there was, it would be certain that Eileen would arrive in Pointe Noire within a few hours.
Unable to reach Eileen, Gao Yang then called Li Pengfei, but Li Pengfei’s phone was also unreachable.
It seemed like another person was on a flight.
Nearly twenty-four hours had passed, and the closest, Li Pengfei, hadn’t arrived yet whereas Gao Yang, who was farthest away, had arrived first.
After a resigned chuckle, Gao Yang put away his phone and yelled at the taxis lined up outside the airport, “Who can speak English!
Who can speak Chinese!
Who can speak Russian!”
At this moment, Tommy also shouted, “If you can speak Serbian, that works too!”
Gao Yang called out all the languages he knew, hoping to increase the chances of finding someone he could communicate with, while Tommy was just joining in for fun, trying his luck.
The likelihood of finding someone who spoke Serbian in Heijiao City was truly slim.
Gao Yang thought he would surely encounter a taxi driver who spoke English, after all, it’s the most widely spoken language in the world.
But after yelling out loud, whether it was because the taxi drivers didn’t hear him from inside their cars or simply because no one spoke English, not a single person responded to him.
Just as Gao Yang was about to take a few steps and shout again, he heard someone speaking in an incomprehensible language behind him.
Surprised, he turned around to see a man and a woman, who looked to be in their forties and appeared to be a couple, and the woman was talking to Tommy.
Tommy’s face lit up with excitement as he said a few words in Serbian.
After the woman babbled on for a couple more sentences, Tommy excitedly said, “Yes, yes, besides Serbian, we can speak other languages too.
Can you speak English?”
The man standing next to the woman nodded and said in English, “Hello, my wife doesn’t speak English, but I do.
You can talk to me.
Do you need help?”
Gao Yang was overjoyed, “Yes, yes, sir, we need help, we need a translator.
Can you assist us?”
The man shrugged his shoulders and said, “If you need a translator, you could go to a local travel agency.
There are many tour guides who can speak English.
Or if you don’t want a guide, there are plenty of people who speak French.
I can make a call and find you a translator.
It would cost around twenty dollars a day to find a qualified translator.”
Since a tour guide clearly couldn’t handle the tasks they needed, Gao Yang said urgently, “Sir, may I ask if you are a local or are you here for travel?”
The man shrugged and said, “I do some business here and live long-term in Heijiao City, so, you can consider me half a local.”
Gao Yang said eagerly, “The thing is, sir, we need to go to the police station to ask about some matters, and we might also need to deal with some local government issues.
So I would like to hire a translator who is familiar with these government institutions.
Can you help us?”
After pondering for a moment, and following a brief conversation in French with his wife, the man finally nodded and said to Tommy with a smile, “My wife is thrilled to meet a fellow Serb, so she wants me to help you.
Alright, I will do what I can to assist.”
Tommy then began speaking with the woman in Serbian, while the man thought for a moment and then said to Gao Yang, “Here’s the situation: I have someone in my company who speaks both English and French.
He often assists me with local government negotiations.
I think I could let him be your translator temporarily.
However, my company cannot do without him, so he can only spare one day for you, and you will have to pay him, of course.”
Gao Yang said excitedly, “Thank you, thank you so much, sir, and your wife.
How much do you think would be appropriate to pay your employee?”
After thinking for a moment, the man said, “Fifty dollars should do.
That’s a lot, but he’s worth it.”
Ecstatic, Gao Yang said, “No problem, absolutely no problem, sir.
When can we meet him?”
The man shrugged and said, “Follow me.
He should be in the office right now; I’ll take you directly to my company.”
The couple also wanted to take a taxi.
After informing Gao Yang’s driver about their destination, a delighted Gao Yang and his companions let Tommy and the couple share a taxi, prepared to pay the fare, and finally set off toward the city center of Heijiao City.
Arriving in the city center, the taxi stopped in front of a three-story building.
After getting out of the taxi, Gao Yang and the others followed the kind couple into the building, which was the couple’s company.
Gao Yang and the others only waited for a moment on the first floor before a black man was brought before them.
The black man, who looked to be in his thirties or forties, extended his hand to Gao Yang and said, “My name is Pascal Mbuya.”
Finally having a translator, Gao Yang and his companions didn’t linger to converse with the kind couple nor did they talk much with Pascal.
They exchanged a few polite words and then hurriedly urged Pascal to leave with them.
The taxi was still waiting outside.
Once in the car, Gao Yang told Pascal, “Here’s the situation: we want to go to the police station to inquire about some matters, but you’ll have to tell us which station to go to.”
To secure some goodwill for help, Gao Yang casually pulled out a few hundred-dollar bills and handed them to Pascal, whispering, “This money is for your trouble.
If everything goes smoothly for us, we will give you more.”