Thursday, continued ...
Some thirty minutes after the immigration officials left Hou Yi's office they arrived back at the local immigration department's office.
One official had the task to enter his superior's office and inform him of his failure to complete the task he had been given. On entering the office of Official Yang Meghwa, he looked directly at him realising within himself that he could not provide a satisfactory explanation.
"Where is that Laptop? Which cell is that girl in?" Yang Meghwa demanded.
"Supervisor Yang …"
"Answer my questions, now!" Yang Meghwa demanded even more firmly.
"I have to apologise to Supervisor Yang, but the woman you wanted me to report on being locked up was not able to be detained, and I was unable to get a hold of her laptop."
"What!" Yang Meghwa screamed. "You had one task to ensure happened and failed."
"This lowly worker has to apologise to Supervisor Yang, in failing in the tasks that he was given. The woman in question was able to satisfy the team leader for this raid that she had a valid right to be in the country and work. While I was unable to see the documentation to confirm this, what I observed would support the conclusion of the team leader that she had such rights. I tried everything to get a hold of that laptop but was unsuccessful. My apologies Supervisor Yang."
"Just get out of here." Yang Meghwa demanded. Due to the failure of his subordinate, he had to speak to the team leader of the raid to determine what happened before reporting to his cousin and her husband another failure to get a hold of that laptop.
Yang Meghwa, walked along the corridor to and entered another section. He asked "Could I speak to the team leader for the group that went to Hou Enterprises to deal with the report of a woman working there illegally, who was the same person we had a report about being illegally in the country? I need a little information to finalise our file."
A man stood up from a desk in the back of the room "That would be me Supervisor Yang. My supervisor has my report already, and he is talking to those higher up about both matters being finalised together based on my report."
"That is all well and good, until that request comes down to me, I have to work to finalise our file. All my subordinate was able to tell me was that you reviewed the documentation and were satisfied that this woman not only had the right to remain in country, but the right to work. What was that evidence?"
"Supervisor Yang, my supervisor has agreed that that information cannot specifically be disclosed. There are multiple reasons for this, including the woman's occupation and identity. I can confirm to you that the documentary evidence and other evidence I saw confirmed the woman in question had the right to remain in country and work. My supervisor has directed that any additional queries have to be directed to him."
"Fine", snapped Yang Meghwa, and he stormed, returning to his office. He realised that he was not going to get anything more at this time due to the games being played. It may take a few days to get the information, though other means, but he had to tell Yang Lin and Lu Jinhu, that there was another failure to secure that laptop.
Yang Meghwa, located his mobile phone and his cigarettes, and called out to his staff, "I need to have a cigarette break." With that he hurried outside and found a location to have a quick few puffs of his cigarette.
Once he did this, he located Lu Jinhu's mobile number, as he knew that he would be more reasonable to deal with and dialled. Lu Jinhu answered within 3 rings, sawing "Yang Meghwa, tell me you have that laptop."
"Lu Jinhu, I am sorry to report to you and my cousin I failed. Your tip as to her location came in about ten minutes after a tip from a Lawyer Mei at Hou Enterprises, stating that this Anna Jones was illegally working in county. As another section deals with those, they were given the case to run, the best that I could do was get someone on the team."
He paused briefly then continued "Somehow, she apparently convinced the team leader of the raid that she had the right to remain in country and to work. All I know if that that team leader saw satisfactory evidence to prove this, but I cannot get access to any of that information at present. I will try in a few days, when information will be within IT systems, but that is the best that I can do at the moment."
"F**k. We needed that damn laptop urgently. Somehow that b**tard Hou Yi, has satisfied his father and grandfather and is keeping the company. We need it now. However, the laptop is the key to get millions from Hou Enterprises, and deal with the b**ch I had to cosy up to for years. Keep me updated as to what you can find out, even if all it is, is where she is located."
"Apologies Lu Jinhu, I will keep trying." With that Yang Meghwa ended the call and returned into his office to continue with his work.
Lu Jinhu walked over to Yang Lin and gently woke her up. "Did Yang Meghwa get that laptop for us? Is that w**re in a cell?"
Lu Jinhu, braced himself for Yang Lin's reaction that he knew was coming "Sorry honey, he was not able to get it, and somehow she convinced other immigration officials that she has the right to remain in country and work."