Gao Guang didn't know specifically with whom he was dealing since the buyer was Salah's core resource; such matters are not easily inquired about. After all, it's not uncommon for sellers to bypass middlemen and deal directly with buyers, which in industry jargon is called 'poaching,' and it's a big taboo.
All he needed to know was that the other party was also one of the Kurdish militants; Gao Guang had no intention of making personal contact with the buyer. As long as the buyer brought the money at the appointed time, Salah would take thirty million and he would take seventy million, and the deal would be done.
The convoy did not enter the city but skirted around to the north of Erbil. They were now approaching the mountainous region, with the brightly lit city on one side and the dark mountains on the other. A small house stood not far from the roadside, which was the agreed-upon location for the transaction.
