bookpower Chapter 365 - 170: United Nations Passport_2
Chapter 365 - 170: United Nations Passport_2
Ye Lei extinguished his cigarette butt and slowly extended a finger.
"10 million, the cost is 10 million per month."
High...
Very high...
10 million a month, that would be over a hundred million in a year...
Such bodyguards, unless you are a top-tier tycoon, ordinary small business owners wouldn’t even dare think about it...
However, such a bodyguard team is actually established specifically to protect such people...
For ordinary wealthy folks, spending a few tens of thousands a month to hire a few bodyguards is completely sufficient. Why would they need these super bodyguards comparable to active special forces?
"Can I meet the team before making a decision?"
Ye Lei nodded upon hearing this, "Of course, but not all 37 members are currently at the company. Some are on vacation at home. It might take two days to gather everyone.
Right now, only some core members are here training newbies. Do you want to wait until everyone is gathered, or see them now?"
"There’s no need to gather everyone; I just want to see what a bodyguard team capable of protecting presidents looks like."
"Alright, I’ll notify them to come over."
Ye Lei didn’t say much and directly dialed a number on his landline.
If it were an ordinary client, Ye Lei might not have been so attentive, but Gu Heng had recently become a well-known figure in the business circles of the capital. Ye Lei, a third-generation local, how could he not have heard of Gu Heng?
He truly believed that Gu Heng had the capability to hire the entire bodyguard team...
After hanging up the phone, Ye Lei smiled at Gu Heng, "I’ve notified them. They should be here in about half an hour. Let’s wait a bit."
Gu Heng wasn’t in a hurry and smiled back in response.
"But may I ask, if you don’t mind, what are you planning to do? Why do you need such a large team of bodyguards? Of course, if it’s inconvenient to say, just forget I asked."
Listening to Ye Lei’s question, Gu Heng smiled, "There’s nothing inconvenient to say. I’m hiring a whole team of bodyguards simply because I fear death.
I’m planning to travel to Europe, perhaps to many countries."
Don’t laugh at me, but this is actually my first time going abroad. I know about foreign countries only from the internet and I’m not sure about the real situation, but I’ve heard it’s quite chaotic.
So, for my own safety, I’d rather spend more money to hire a reliable bodyguard team."
Ye Lei just smiled and didn’t say much...
He wasn’t very familiar with Gu Heng and took it as Gu Heng not trusting him enough to share more. Anyway, as long as Gu Heng was paying, whatever he was up to was none of his concern.
10 million a month for bodyguard services, just because he wanted to travel abroad safely?
Even the current richest man in Hua Country wouldn’t be that extravagant, would he?
He obviously knew that the number of countries with visa-free or on-arrival visas was pretty limited. If he was planning to travel in style, how could he not be prepared?
He then pulled out a passport from his pocket that he had just received that morning and hadn’t had the chance to put away yet, sliding it across to Jiang Wen, "I had someone get me this passport, which allows easy entry to most countries for the next 5 years."
Jiang Wen looked at the blue passport on the table...
"A United Nations passport?"
Jiang Wen was not surprised that Gu Heng had this passport...
It wasn’t anything very precious...
The American Express Company had helped Gu Heng to apply for this United Nations passport, and it had taken less than half a month in total...
People online always spoke highly of this passport, even claiming that only three people in the country owned one: Lao Ma, Li Ming, and Li Lianjie, which was just nonsense...
Lao Ma’s red passport was indeed impressive...
After all, red passports were generally issued only to senior officials from governments around the world and came with a host of privileges like diplomatic immunity...
But the blue one...
Even many volunteers working at the United Nations had one...
It really wasn’t all that precious...
The only difference was that those volunteers had many restrictions on their passports, like not being able to use them outside of work periods and having to surrender them for safekeeping among other limitations...
Gu Heng’s wasn’t like that...
This passport, specially applied for by the American Express Company for Gu Heng, provided visa-free access to 224 countries and didn’t even require entry inspections...
The passport was valid for 5 years, after which it would expire, but as long as Gu Heng remained a black card customer of American Express, he could continue to apply for it.
After flipping through the passport, Jiang Wen put it back on the table and gave Gu Heng a thumbs up, "Awesome, you could even get your hands on this."
"Come on, it’s not all that great. If you wanted one, couldn’t you easily get it yourself?"
Jiang Wen rolled his eyes, retorting, "Give me a break, sure it can be done, but do you know how much of a hassle it is? Running around, pulling strings, even making donations to the United Nations’ charity departments, all for a lousy passport."
"It’s so much hassle, I might as well just apply for a visa directly to whatever country I want to visit. How much simpler is that? It’s done in a few minutes."
Gu Heng said nothing more upon hearing this.
The whole thing was just a matter of convenience. If it hadn’t been for his relationship with American Express, he probably would have felt much the same as Jiang Wen.
As for Ye Lei...
He cared even less about this...
With his third-generation status, if he really wanted one, not to mention a blue one, even getting a red one wouldn’t be a big deal. He just continued chatting with the others, smiling, as they awaited the arrival of the bodyguard.