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It was dark when the Asian men rose at the VIP House. Ru went straight to the communications room. It was three-thirty in the morning local time, three-thirty p.m. in Beijing. He heard William, Froggy, Hai and Danny leave the premises and start the cars for the trip to the beach. While yawning and stretching, Ru chatted with his counterpart in Beijing. He watched and waited and within fifteen minutes, he could see his four colleagues on the beach.
Ru leant forward, detecting a movement on the beach, but could not see it on the monitor again. He confirmed Beijing was picking up the signal from the four men, then called Danny Huang to report Beijing was happy, the cameras were working and there appeared to be nothing suspicious at any of the locations.
“In place, all clear,” Ru said. H
