Chapter 42 Bomb Blackmail

After hanging up the call with Stark, Luke called his second aunt Monica Qin.

"Aunt, I'm Luke."

"How come our little genius has time to call me? Is he going to have another party?"

"My friend Stark, whose villa is next to mine, is planning to hold a party in ten days and needs some Hollywood stars."

"Okay, I understand. Ask him to contact my assistant to send the invitation over. I'll arrange the rest."

"Thank you, auntie."

"Come to my place when you have time. I have several projects for you to see if there is any need for investment."

"It just so happens that I'm free today. I'll come to your place later."

"Okay, I'll wait for you in the office."

After hanging up the phone, Luke said hello to Uncle Chen and drove to the Paramount Building in Burbank.

Because when Luke started to participate in family investment as a child, he began to plan the media business.

So it acquired Paramount Pictures, and then went on to acquire many small and medium-sized production companies and several small TV stations, magazines and newspapers.

Now merged into Paramount Media.

Luke was well aware of the importance of media groups in the Western world, so he started planning early on.

Having one's own media channels can be extremely attractive to politicians.

The most important part of a campaign is the media channel.

With this channel, the Qin family can win over many politicians and seek benefits for their own family.

Monica went straight to her second aunt's office and went straight to the point without exchanging pleasantries with Luke.

Gave Luke a lot of scripts.

Luke picked and chose, and did not deny everything.

Some scripts are suitable for small investments, while others can only be filmed with the right directors.

After discussing these issues with my second aunt Monica, I prepared to leave.

As soon as I arrived at the elevator, I heard a loud noise coming from inside.

Luke immediately recognized the sound of a bomb explosion and hurriedly asked his second aunt to call the police.

I also called Harris and reported the situation to her.

Second Aunt hurriedly arranged for people to evacuate the office staff in the building.

Luke found a way to open the elevator maintenance passage and looked into the elevator shaft.

The cable of an elevator was damaged by a bomb and it was stuck in the middle.

The elevator has an automatic protection device and will not fall even if the cable breaks.

There are emergency brakes on both sides that will keep the elevator stuck on the track.

After discussing the problem with my second aunt Monica, I asked her to leave the building first to ensure her safety.

Monica told Luke to be careful and then left.

Harris told Luke over the phone that she would send someone to back him up.

But time is running out and there are still people in the elevator, so they must be rescued first.

When Luke arrived at the floor near where the elevator was stuck, he met LAPD officers who came to deal with the matter.

They are from the SWAT team.

After Luke showed them his ID, he explained the situation to them.

They immediately reported the situation to their superiors.

The LAPD also received a ransom call.

They were asked to pay three million dollars within one hour.

Now half of the time has passed.

Luke thought about it and decided to go down to the top of the elevator to take a look. He is a professional in bomb disposal.

The two SWAT members, Jack Trevin and Harold Temple, also asked to go with Luke to check it out.

Luke did not refuse, and the three of them came to the elevator inspection entrance on the 32nd floor, which was closest to the elevator.

I carefully went down to the top of the elevator and saw the bomb on the lift gate.

The people in the elevator are calling for help.

Jack and Harold spoke up to comfort the hostages.

It was too late for Luke to stop it.

So he immediately began to check the situation of the bomb.

Fortunately, the method of setting this bomb is not complicated.

After thinking about it, he gestured to the two of them to leave.

After the three of them came out of the inspection port, Luke whispered to them:

"Since the other party called to threaten and blackmail the police, he must have surveillance on this elevator. Our arrival is likely to cause him to detonate it early."

The two looked at each other and then looked at Luke with questioning eyes.

Luke continued:

"You guys chat and act in the elevator, pretend that there is no solution and then leave. I will find a way to defuse the bomb."

The two continued to look at Luke in confusion, and Harold said:

"can you?"

Luke smiled and said:

"I'm the FBI's bomb disposal expert. I just checked. It's just a little troublesome and will take time. The elevator gates are all equipped with bombs."

The two nodded and prepared to contact their superiors through the intercom, but were stopped by Luke.

"No one knows the situation here right now. Once the criminals monitor the radio station, our plan will be exposed. Now the time he requested is running out."

The two of them thought silently for a while and said:

"Agreed. After we perform the scene in the elevator shaft, we will try other methods."

"it is good."

So the three of them returned to the elevator shaft again.

After the two chatted about some irrelevant topics again, they left on the pretext that the bomb was too complicated to be dismantled.

Luke stayed and took out the Blade of Kindness.

This thing can't cut living things, and it's easier to cut wires than hair.

Through the Eye of Insight, Luke quickly figured out the distribution of the bomb's route and decisively dismantled the bomb in the lift gate at the top of the elevator.

Next Luke has to go to the bottom of the elevator to defuse the bomb on the liftgate there.

Jack and Harold found a hook from a crane on the roof and prepared to hook the elevator.

The movement of the two people may have alerted the gangster. He hesitated for a while and pressed the detonation button.

Just before he pressed the detonation button, Jack hooked the top of the elevator with a grappling hook, and Luke just cut the fuse.

But the detonator still buzzed.

Fortunately, Luke cut the wires and the bomb did not explode.

Then Luke shouted to Jack:

"Jack, defuse the bomb and rescue the hostages quickly."

When Luke came out of the elevator maintenance entrance on the 31st floor, he saw Jack and Harold also coming to the 31st floor and prying open the elevator door.

The three of them worked together to help many hostages escape from the elevator.

To Luke's surprise, there was an "acquaintance" among the hostages.

It was Mrs. Condrick, the Governor's wife.

Mrs. Condrick was relieved to see Luke.

Thank you very much Luke.

But Luke didn't have time to chat with her, and hurriedly asked Jack and Harold to report to their superiors and arrange for someone to come and take the hostages away.

"If the criminal is monitoring the elevator, then he must be not far from here. The best place is inside the building. Send someone to check it out quickly."

Speaking of which, Luke was quite helpless because the support Harris promised had never arrived.

But Luke was not in a hurry. The bomb was dismantled and the hostages were rescued.

It’s not his fault if he can’t be caught, because he is isolated and helpless.

Jack said hello to Harold and Luke and went to check other places.

Luke simply said a few words of comfort to Mrs. Condrick and sent her away. The LAPD had already arrived.

After sending the hostages away, Luke followed them to the freight elevator, and then he heard gunshots.

It was the sound of a shotgun, and Jack and Harold were holding the QAP9 submachine gun produced by their own company (the appearance is similar to the tactical version of MP5, but the internal structure is a gas-operated 79 submachine gun, using 9mm Parabellum pistol bullet).

This must be a gunfight between the gangsters and Jack and his men.