The cost of smuggling them from northern Myanmar to the United States was US$15,000, payable in instalments, with interest, for a total of US$30,000 to be repaid to the snakeheads.
The snakeheads were not afraid that they would run away, because they did not take them directly to the United States, but to Mexico first.
As long as they were on Snakehead’s ship, they were just like the slaves sold by the Europeans back in the day, and it was up to them to live or die.
If they obeyed, they lived until the ship docked, but if they didn’t, they were strapped to their feet and thrown into the sea to sink.
The two men had only managed to escape with their lives, so they dared not disobey, and followed the ship all the way to Mexico.
Once they got off the boat in Mexico, they were forced to stuff their rectums with a few packets of contraband and then traveled from Mexico to the United States with false identities provided by the snakeheads.
According to Snakehead’s price, the price for one shipment was discounted at US$3,000.
If one does what one is told honestly and makes money to pay off what one owes, one can regain one’s freedom.
If not, the Mexican gangs that work with Snakehead, as well as the American gangs, can have their bodies buried in the wilderness at any time.
The two men had no choice but to do as they were told.
It took two months and ten trips back and forth for the two to regain their freedom.
It was Mei Yu Zhen who was responsible for arranging for them to enter and leave the border, and for picking up the goods on the American side.
Mei Yuzhen had already made a name for himself and had met an Asian brother who specialised in dumping contraband from Mexico to the US and around the world, and had since become a “carrier” who found ways to help them move their goods.
Although Mei Yuzhen was a vicious person, she knew the importance of stability in her team, so she did not treat them badly when they were with her.
Xu Mixi worked relatively hard and had also secured some orders herself, so she had earned at least US$2-3 million over the years, which was equivalent to RMB10-20 million.
Man Yingjie is younger and less likely to fool the middle-aged and elderly, so his income is relatively low, but even so, he has earned a million dollars over the years.
As for Sun Huina, who played his wife, she had just been taken on by Mei Yu Zhen a few years ago, and because she was the most marginal in the team, she did not earn much money.
At this point, Xu Mixi’s mind became even more flustered.
He was afraid that not only would his a*sets be seized, but he might even have evidence of his crimes in the hands of the domestic police.
If that were to happen, he would never be able to return home again in his life.
So, he asked Mei Yu Zhen in a panic: “Sister Mei, you said we have never committed any crime in China, and we have not been back much recently, how could the police investigate us?”
Mei Yuzhen said in a cold voice with a grave expression, “It may not be that the domestic police have found us, and as you said earlier, we have never broken the law in China, and those people we tricked into bringing goods back to China do not even know our true identity, so in the eyes of the domestic police, we are transparent people.”
Xu Jianxi couldn’t help but ask, “Sister Mei, then what do you think is going on here? Why did the domestic police find our two families with such precision?”
Mei Yu Zhen said with a stern expression, “I think this matter must have been reported to the domestic police from the United States!”
“From the United States?” Xu Mixi blurted out, “We haven’t offended anyone in the US either! Besides, I’ve known you for so many years, I don’t know anything about your family situation, and I don’t think you know much about my family situation either, so what kind of person would be able to provide such accurate information about us to the domestic police?”
Mei Yu Zhen shook her head with a very gloomy expression and said, “I don’t know this either, but I always have a gut feeling ……”
Xu Mianxi was busy asking, “What intuition?”
Mei Yu Zhen said, “I feel that this matter, with that Ma Lan, seems to be somewhat related!”