At that moment.
Xu Mo's phone suddenly rang.
The call was from the program team.
To be precise, it was from Song Yixue.
Since they had talked beforehand, Xu Mo remembered this number.
Almost without thinking, he directly hung up the phone.
"Who called, why didn't you answer?", Yang Jingxuan asked puzzledly.
"Why bother, it was Song Yixue's call.", Xu Mo sneered: "I can guess what she called for, she must want to say that 50,000 yuan was illegal, dirty money, and ask me to return it."
Yang Jingxuan was stunned when she heard the words "dirty money".
Previously, she hadn't really thought about the issue with the 50,000 yuan.
Now that it was mentioned, she also felt that the 50,000 yuan was ill-gotten.
Procedurally speaking, this money was indeed dirty money now!
"Why don't... we return the money?"
At this point, Yang Jingxuan had almost completely forgotten her own identity.
As a mistress, she was actually more worried than Xu Mo, who was the kidnapper.
Unexpectedly, Xu Mo shook his head without even thinking about it.
"No need to return it. I earned this money fair and square. Why should I return it? And this 50,000 yuan was money I transacted with the fraud gang. They paid me, I sold them a piece of information. Is information trading illegal?"
"While it's true their money was ill-gotten, but as money paid out for a transaction, is there any justification to ask for it back? They squandered all the money they defrauded, are the police going to arrest every small business owner who has transacted with them?"
"Moreover, this 50,000 yuan was just transaction money between me and the fraud gang. The police still owe me a 50,000 yuan reward. I didn't ask them for the extra 50,000 yuan, and treated this 50,000 yuan as the reward money, which is already very accommodating. What more do they want?"
After listening, Yang Jingxuan blinked.
Although she felt Xu Mo's reasoning was absurd.
But for the moment, she really couldn't find any counterarguments.
Pursed her lips, Yang Jingxuan said: "You have a point, but what if the police insist on this?"
"Insist on it?", Xu Mo sneered: "They were the ones who went too far first, only allowing the prefect to set fires but not the commoners to light lamps?"
Xu Mo's thinking was simple.
The kidnapper identity was forced on him by the program team and the pursuit team.
If they call him a kidnapper, how can he not break the law?
Especially for such a trivial matter that could be resolved by filling out some paperwork.
If the other party tries to pin charges on him for such trivial matters, and gets serious about it, then Xu Mo can also play hardball with them.
Who knows who will end up with the bigger headache in the end.
Just as he finished speaking, Song Yixue called again.
This time, Xu Mo picked up.
As soon as the call connected, he stated his stance.
"I know what you want to say. I won't be returning those 50,000 yuan. Don't try to use procedural technicalities to trap me, I don't fall for that."
Originally, Xu Mo assumed that after hearing this, Song Yixue would try her best to persuade him.
Unexpectedly, Song Yixue was stunned first on the other end of the phone, not expecting Xu Mo to have guessed their original intention.
But very quickly, Song Yixue smiled and said calmly.
"Don't worry, we don't plan on trapping you with procedures. Those 50,000 yuan are your reward money. You don't need to worry about the paperwork, the program team will help you handle it properly."
Xu Mo frowned slightly.
He really didn't expect Song Yixue to say this.
The next second, Song Yixue's lazy-sounding voice continued transmitting from the phone.
"Other than this time, no one will use trivial matters like this to threaten you again in the future. Playing the kidnapper, you should have some privileges. Rest assured, in the future, the program team will cover you on minor issues like these."
After speaking, Song Yixue paused for a moment.
Letting Xu Mo digest what she just said.
After Xu Mo finished digesting, she would continue.
Xu Mo laughed.
He was puzzled earlier, wondering what Song Yixue was getting at.
But after hearing this, he had roughly guessed.
"You didn't just call to tell me this, right?"
"That's right.", Song Yixue didn't beat around the bush, and got straight to the point. "Do you want to do something big? After discussing, our program team wants to ask you for help."
Xu Mo didn't reply, but tapped on his phone with his fingers.
It was as if he was contemplating something.
He was waiting for Song Yixue to continue.
Song Yixue continued.
"We'd like you to help test bank security."
Almost as soon as she finished speaking, Xu Mo gave his reply: "No interest."
Song Yixue sighed slightly.
While Xu Mo appeared to be declining, he actually wasn't really declining.
Song Yixue immediately understood the implication behind Xu Mo's words.
He wasn't declining because he lacked interest.
He wanted benefits!
He wanted the program team to show him they valued his help.
As long as the gesture was suitable, Xu Mo would then find the program team's proposal interesting.
"We won't ask for your help for free, there will be remuneration, how about 2 million?"
A smile appeared on Xu Mo's face: "Now that's interesting."
He thought to himself that this Song Yixue really knew what she was doing!
If they asked him to help for free, he definitely wouldn't agree. But with remuneration, that could be negotiated.
Song Yixue went on.
"Additionally, the program team will also assign an extra challenger to join, as your partner."
This time, Xu Mo directly declined.
"No need."
But Song Yixue acted as if she didn't hear Xu Mo's words, and continued on.
"The new challenger assigned is a woman, a beauty."
Xu Mo thought to himself, they think they can sway me with this!?
Huh? Add a beautiful woman partner just to appeal to me?
It'd take two!
"One partner may not be enough, why not add another? How about two?"
Song Yixue: "..."
Men...
Nothing else works on them.
Mention money and beauties, and they get motivated.
With a helpless sigh, Song Yixue said.
"Just one, no more available. Will you help test it out?"
Xu Mo didn't hurry to give a definite answer.
But murmured: "Let me think about it."
A few seconds later.
Xu Mo spoke.
"I've agreed to adding a partner, but the remuneration is still a bit lacking."
"How much do you want?", Song Yixue frowned.
Xu Mo didn't reply, but held up a finger towards the camera on Yang Jingxuan.
He knew Song Yixue could see his gesture on the live footage.
When Song Yixue saw Xu Mo hold up a finger in the backstage control room.
Her tone rose sharply.
"10 million? You're asking for the moon! We just gave you 10 million last time. And now you come asking again, shearing the sheep vigorously will leave the sheep bald!"
"No no no, not 10 million.", Xu Mo said.
Hearing this, Song Yixue was stunned.
She didn't expect Xu Mo to be so audacious!
"100 million? Impossible, no way!"
Xu Mo smiled.
"How could that be possible? Am I that sort of person who asks for the moon? What I mean is, this time using testing bank security as justification, all money obtained from the robbery is mine."
Song Yixue: "???"
Bold of you to say that!
That's not asking for the moon!?