"How could it be gone...?", the police officer was stunned.
At first, the police officer thought that perhaps he had mistaken where he parked.
He wandered around the dedicated parking lot inside the detention center.
After all, it's impossible for a vehicle this large to suddenly disappear.
However, after circling around,
he realized.
The car really was gone...
Could it be that a thief stole the car?
But that wouldn't make sense either.
Who would dare to steal a police car? And steal a police car inside a detention center?
Crazy?
Even a thief gutsier than a leopard wouldn't have the guts to do that!
Puzzled,
he went to check the surveillance footage.
The results showed that his car was driven away by two people wearing police uniforms.
Seeing this, the police officer breathed a sigh of relief.
"It was taken by one of our own."
Then it's no big deal...
He could just ask later who took it.
Hold on!
The police officer suddenly remembered the earlier "scam call" where the caller claimed to be traffic police.
It's very possible that the call wasn't a scam at all.
The person calling could have really been traffic police.
And his car may have truly been towed away to the traffic police station for a violation.
After a few seconds of silence, the police officer yelled at the surveillance camera: "Who the hell are those two people!? Not only did they take my car, they even had the nerve to have the traffic police tow it away to their station??"
...
In the rental apartment.
Xu Mo and Zhou Qiaoqiao had already changed out of the police uniforms they wore as disguises.
Right now, the three of them were gathered around a computer.
Discussing plans for robbing a bank.
Zhou Qiaoqiao was very knowledgeable about banks.
She was currently pointing at the map on the computer screen, analyzing which banks they should target.
"This one, this one, and this one...not very easy to hit. These few banks are all in busy downtown areas with heavy foot traffic. Too many people around would get in the way and make getaways difficult after the fact."
"We can't rob these few either. They're too close to police stations. I doubt we could finish robbing them before the police arrive."
"And these few no good either. You see, traffic flow on these roads is very high, with frequent jams. No matter how we plan our escape route, it would be hard to avoid these roads and get away."
"..."
Yang Jingxuan couldn't help but interrupt Zhou Qiaoqiao's words.
"Hold on, hold on...if we go by what you're saying, there would barely be any banks left for us to choose from!"
"We can't just go rob some rural credit union right? How much money could those places even have..."
"I say we hit the big banks, rob the biggest one right in the busy downtown area. That bank must have huge cash reserves."
Having said this, Yang Jingxuan nudged Xu Mo with her elbow.
"What do you think, Xu Mo? High risk, high reward. Go big or go home!"
Before Xu Mo could even respond, Zhou Qiaoqiao smiled wryly and shook her head.
"It doesn't work that way. The big banks do have more cash reserves, but they're also harder to rob. That bank is right downtown surrounded by crowds. Even if we succeed, it would be hard to get away after."
"And that's not even considering how much cash we could physically take. You're ignoring the weight of money itself."
"A new 100 yuan bill weighs 1.15 grams. A million yuan weighs 23 kg. For old bills it would be even heavier. That's just the weight. A million yuan in cash takes up a considerable volume too. Too bulky and it gets hard to carry."
"Even with a car, we'd have to consider the time needed to haul the cash from the vault to the vehicle. We're shorthanded, if we take too much we wouldn't be able to load it into the car before the cops arrive."
"Bottom line is, taking too much and we wouldn't get away at all. I estimate at most we could take around 5 million."
"If we can only take 5 million, why insist on the big banks downtown? Smaller banks wouldn't have reserves under 5 million either."
Having said this, Zhou Qiaoqiao also looked to Xu Mo.
"What do you think Xu Mo? Should we just target a smaller bank?"
Xu Mo smiled.
"You both make good points, but you're overlooking one issue."
Hearing this, Zhou Qiaoqiao and Yang Jingxuan were somewhat puzzled.
What issue did they overlook?
Next second, Xu Mo pointed at the camera clipped to Yang Jingxuan's collar.
"How much cash do you think the damn show producers would leave in the banks, knowing we plan to rob them?"
"Instead of discussing how much we could take and get away with, we should think about how much they'd let us take."
Hearing Xu Mo's analysis, the two were taken aback for a moment.
Xu Mo's words hit the nail on the head.
Of course.
The show producers knew Xu Mo planned to rob a bank.
In fact, this bank robbery was arranged by the producers themselves.
They wanted Xu Mo to help test bank security.
For this, they even promised Xu Mo.
All money from the robbery would be his to keep, legally.
In this situation.
How much would they leave in the banks?
It was obvious with a little thought.
Definitely not much.
After all, the producers also had to control costs.
What if Xu Mo actually managed to completely clean out all the cash reserves in a bank vault?
The producers didn't dare gamble on that, much less afford it.
Hearing Xu Mo's analysis, the livestream viewers also immediately felt he made sense.
"Whoa, nice catch Xu Mo!!"
"I knew it! The producers must have tampered with the bank reserves."
"Damn producers, saying they want Xu Mo to test security then sabotaging things behind his back."
"Xu Mo's not a god, at most he could take a few million. More than that would be too difficult to handle. Can't believe the producers, don't play if you can't afford to lose."
"Not necessarily, Xu Mo never does things normally. How do you know he could only take a few million? What if he really empties out the entire bank vault? The producers are just covering their ass."
...
Backstage at the show.
Song Yixue bit her lip.
Earlier, she had been gloating to herself.
Thinking she could pull one over on Xu Mo for once.
She was even looking forward to it already.
Seeing Xu Mo's disappointment and anger when he got into the bank vault and found only a pitiful amount of cash left inside.
Who would've thought...her little scheme completely seen through by Xu Mo.
...
"If what you're saying is true, then probably none of the banks in Hang City would have much cash reserves...", Yang Jingxuan frowned slightly.
Suddenly, as if struck by inspiration, she exclaimed: "Let's just hit all of them, accumulate bit by bit! How about it?"
"That's one way to go about it...", Zhou Qiaoqiao looked at the map on the computer screen. "But not very realistic. No way we could hit them all."
Just when the two were at a loss, Xu Mo smiled and spoke up.
"Robbing one, the take would be too small. Hitting them all has too much risk. But we could target armored trucks, that would work nicely. Easy to grab the goods then drive off. I'll drive, you handle disabling cameras and alerts. The cops won't even have time to check surveillance footage before we're gone!"
As he spoke, Xu Mo dipped a finger in a nearby glass of water, and wrote three characters on the table.
Due to the viewing angle, the camera clipped to Yang Jingxuan's collar did not capture the three characters Xu Mo wrote down...