Chapter 1043 High Fees

At this time, Hao Jianghe was no longer at the door of the store. He went to a restaurant next door for morning tea with an old man.

Han Li walked into the store that was said to be Hao Jianghe's store. It was full of British style and petty bourgeoisie, and every space was used reasonably.

Han Li didn't know what level such decoration would be in Hong Kong, but if it was in China, he knew that there would be a lot of trouble.

Han Li had just sat down when a beautiful waiter came up to greet him. He ordered a cup of black tea and a French toast, and asked the waiter to bring the pot of flowers in the window to his table.

This request was not strange, because the flowers in their store were used to attract customers, so the waiter brought it over quickly.

The reason why Han Li asked the waiter to do this was because there were no mobile phones or pagers in this era to contact at any time, and this kind of thing was not suitable for shouting after entering the store.

So this pot of flowers was a mark agreed upon by Han Li and the two detectives, and when they saw this situation, they would come directly over.

At the same time, Han Li briefly learned about the situation of the store from the waiter. The situation the waiter knew was similar to what Hao Jianghe wrote in the letter to Jing Shujuan.

Hao Jianghe is currently the only owner of this store. The first floor sells boutique coffee, various teas, and some exquisite snacks and cakes.

The second to fourth floors are accommodation hotels. The waiter said that the decoration, interior, and style are no worse than the Regent Hotel in Victoria Harbour, but the price is only half of the Regent Hotel.

The fifth floor is not open to the public. It belongs to the boss and employees’ dormitory and restaurant.

However, no matter how Han Li induced, the waiter never said too much about the boss Hao Jianghe.

If Han Li asked further, it might arouse the waiter’s vigilance, so he praised the pure tea and the taste of French toast.

He casually asked if they had branches in other places, but the waiter said that he had not heard of the boss opening stores in other places.

However, at this time, the person from the Wesley International Detective Agency that Han Li had arranged had arrived. He was holding a large briefcase agreed upon by both parties when they called, and a SLR camera.

The detective agency person sat down in front of Han Li to confirm, and then asked the waiter to bring him a cup of coffee. After the waiter left, the two began to talk quietly.

In Han Li's cognition, this kind of detective agency is generally related to adultery and women.

But after this person's introduction, Han Li knew that the business of this Wesley Detective Agency is very wide.

These include commercial investigations, eavesdropping detection, civil evidence collection, marriage and family background, company undercover, children and relatives' whereabouts, etc., etc.

Among them, the marriage investigation, this pre-marital investigation of the other party's family situation and assets.

And whether the other party is a coquettish woman or a coquettish spirit, to prevent oneself or one's own children from being wronged, being cheated on, etc.

(Jiao Po: This refers to a woman who is dissolute, frivolous, has constant scandals, and behaves improperly.

Jiao Jing: This word is used by both men and women.

Generally speaking, it is equated with "shopping" and "fox spirit".

In fact, these two words are similar to the descriptions of scumbag men and scumbag women in later generations.)

The whereabouts of children and relatives are even more interesting. The whereabouts of relatives usually involve investigating whether the other party has an affair, who the affair is with, and what the general situation is.

But the whereabouts of children are complicated, because the rapid economic development of Hong Kong in recent years and the cultural influence of the Little Red Dot have affected many children who are still in school.

This is mainly because some parents feel that their children are not right recently, so they entrust the detective agency to investigate.

Whenever there is such a commission, most of the children have some stories.

They either go out with the gangsters of the society, or are deceived into smoking "leaves".

Or they are vain, like beautiful clothes and like to dress up, but their families don't give them money, so they follow the students of the Little Red Dot to learn to help others and make money.

And once this happens, the client will often pay double or even several times more.

This money is hush money for the detective agency, which means that the matter must be kept completely confidential.

As for those who are older, close to adulthood, or already have children, it is another situation.

Hong Kong has been greatly influenced by the atmosphere in England in recent years, and ordinary families will not easily get involved in these things of their children at this time.

However, Han Li commissioned them to investigate the details of a person, and this commission does not need to leave Hong Kong, because this commission is much simpler, so the price is also much cheaper.

But when the two people really talked about the commission and the price, what Han Li did not expect was that the detective agency's charging standards were so high.

The charging standards given by the detective agency are based on the duration, number of people, location to be designed, and number of vehicles and equipment.

For the simplest investigation of investigating the details of a local, the detective agency gave a detailed list and explanation of the charges.

During the investigation process, whenever necessary witnesses and evidence are involved, evidence must be collected, photographed, recorded, and a detailed report must be made afterwards.

These contents are closely related to the number of days, manpower, transportation and equipment used. Generally, no additional fees will be charged for food and accommodation.

However, during the investigation, some necessary high-end consumption will be paid by Han Li afterwards.

This includes following the subject to nightclubs, hotels, high-end restaurants, and taking boats and planes to follow the subject, etc., but these expenses are paid according to the invoices afterwards.

Moreover, the detective agency promised that even if they followed the subject to those high-end places, they would take the most cost-saving consumption measures during the period.

At the end of the matter, the person from the Wesley International Detective Agency had already figured out the situation of the subject, and secretly took a photo when Hao Jianghe came back.

Then the detective listed a rough expense list for Han Li, and the entrance fee marked on the first line required Han Li to pay 30,000 Hong Kong dollars.

The detective agency adopted a three-person shift system for tracking investigations, and the basic cost per day was 1,000 Hong Kong dollars.

Because the consumption of this store is relatively high, it is not a small roadside store or street stall, so Han Li also needs to pay for the consumption here.

This does not include the places where the subject of the investigation went to the nightclub mentioned above.

Because Han Li proposed that he would see Hao Jianghe's information in Hong Kong within a week at most.

The detective thought about it and kept the entrance fee, but the daily fee was raised to 3,000 yuan because they had to mobilize more people to complete this task.

Han Li also asked for a refund if there was no news at the expiration date, but he didn't expect the detective to agree quickly, but he also put forward additional conditions.

That is, if they used special means and special relationships during the investigation, the fees would be calculated separately.

The other party didn't say what means and relationships, but the detective promised that he would not hurt the person being investigated, nor would he arouse the other party's suspicion.

Han Li was stunned after hearing this. He borrowed more than 300,000 Hong Kong dollars from Kowloon Walled City last night, nearly one million beautiful coins.

He picked up more than 100,000 Hong Kong dollars when he went downstairs this morning. Han Li didn't care about this little money now.

What he thought in his heart was that the Hong Kong Detective Agency was really profitable. You know, the salary of ordinary people in Hong Kong is only about 1,000 yuan a month, and not many white-collar workers can get 3,000 yuan.

Their detective agency can earn 100,000 or 200,000 Hong Kong dollars a week, although it takes a lot of people and a lot of equipment to make it.

But the gap is too big, and the money is too easy to make. No wonder I saw a lot of small advertisements for private detectives on the road today.

Han Li was thinking that he had the ability of primary beast control. Although he was not as accurate as the other party, his speed was definitely much faster than everyone else. Should I come and open a business when the time comes?

After the detective finished speaking, he saw that Han Li's expression was a little hesitant. He estimated it again on the spot and said that the cost of this investigation would definitely not exceed 400,000 Hong Kong dollars in the end.

The other party's words made Han Li come back to his senses. After a few more words, he signed a contract with the detective. When handing over the cash, he reminded the other party of the time issue again.

When the other party received the money and was guaranteeing the contract, another private detective that Han Li had arranged also came over.

The two people obviously knew each other. As soon as they met and introduced themselves to Han Li, the boss, the two sides started to mock each other.

"Yo Yo, this is not."