Chapter 89: Li Jie Returns (contd)


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    <strong><em>After ten days somewhere near Arab borders-</em></strong>


    I have left the ce as my mission there was aplished. Next was to infiltrate the Emirates.


    It is a lot easier said than done, my head hurts just to think up an entry point to the luxurious world of the Sheiks.


    Till now all the information that I gathered left me speechless. The more I walked ahead of the road set by Bai Chang, the more shocked I was. The amount of nning and resources involved with this whole setup is unimaginable.


    ''What did the Shui family get into?''


    I moved through a small vige on the outskirts of the border, this time I am nk and without any back-up, identity to work with.


    As I moved around the vige, there were very old phone booths around the marketce.


    [Tring Tring! Tring Tring!]


    Suddenly the phone rang. I look around unconcerned and walk away from there.


    Later at dusk, I explored the vige and the market and as I came across the telephone pay booth from earlier in the morning-


    [Tring Tring! Tring Tring!]


    The phone rang again. This time out of curiosity I answered the call after looking around the booth.


    "Hello"


    "Hello, Brother Li Jie, your next identity will be provided to you after forty-two hours. Please head towards the Al Habibi Inn and ask for Siarah. Rest would be exined to youter," a mechanical voice said from the other side.


    "Jiffy?" I asked.


    "Yes" and the phone line went dead.


    The other party hung up.


    As not many people knew about her Artificial Intelligence Robot, it is safe to assume that the other party was indeed Jiffy.


    I had already scouted out the whole vige during day time so it was not a difficult task to locate the Inn.


    As I enter the ce, it is a quaint and beautiful bed and breakfast type of ce. It''s decorated in handmade carpet tapestry.


    I walked towards the reception desk. There a sweet middle agedy sat behind the desk,


    "Marhabaan, kayf yumkin uni ''ana asaedk?" <em>( Hello, how may I help you?)</em>


    "''Ana ''abhath ean Sairah!" <em>(I am looking for Sairah!)</em>


    "Min fadlik aintazar huna sa''atasil biha." <em>(please wait here, I will call her)</em>


    I stood there beside the reception counter while I waited for the said person.


    After some time a young man in his twenties came out.


    "Marhabaan" <em>(Hello)</em>


    "Marhabaan," I replied.


    "Taeal maei ''ia alddakhil , sanatahadath fi aldaakhil,"he invited. <em>e inside with me, we will talk inside).</em>


    The man turned towards thedy and said, "''Iinah dayf sayabqaa huna alt ''uhdirh shyyana liyushrabah." <em>(He is a guest, will stay the night here. get him something to drink.)</em>


    We walked through a narrow passage. I simply follow the man''s lead while I keep my guards up.


    We walked into the inner courtyard and through there we walked across a small garden and walked into a room.


    As I entered there were more modern gadgets and high-quality servers andputationalponents.


    "Stay here for the night with me, your parcel will arrive tomorrow and then you can move on," he replied in a very thick ent English.


    "Shukran jazn," I replied. <em>(Thank you)</em>


    I looked up the country''s regtion in the meantime.


    The governingw, Federal Law No. 18 of 1981 ("the Agency Law"), is extremely broad and capturesmercial activities ranging from a ssic principal/agent rtionship to franchising and distribution agreements. The Agency Law is a framework which serves to champion the rights of the localmercial agent, normally at the expense of the (typically foreign) principal.


    The Commercial Agents (Council) Regtions 1993 ("Regtions") promulgated under the Agency Law recognise thatmercial agents are often in a rtively weak position when contracting with principals, and for this reason, the regtions seek to impose certain restrictions on the actions of principals whilst conferring benefits on agents. The Regtions are in favour of protecting Emirates Nationals with the persons or entities able to qualify asmercial agents being very narrowly defined.


    Themercial agency is defined as the "representation of a principal by an agent for distribution, sale disy or provision of amodity or service in the state in return formission or profit". This very broad definition is further clouded with a narrow qualification on who may actually carry out such activities.


    Commercial agency activities in the Emirates may only be carried out by Emirates Nationals orpanies wholly-owned by Emirates Nationals. Once an agency is granted and registered with the Emirates Ministry of Economy, the termination of an agency rtionship by a principal can be extremely difficult to effect and in most cases, such terminations result in significantpensation awards in favour of the local agent.


    ording to the strictest rules, I found myself in major disadvantage.


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    The next day-


    A Ferrari was parked outside the Inn and Sairah handed me an envelope and left.


    I look through the stuff, there are new passports and identities as well as a work profile and details for the new target.


    ****


    Two monthster-


    "Masa'' alkhayr sayidi al anthayt min eamalik hna?," the immigration officer at the airport asked me. <em>(good evening sir, are you done with your business here?)</em>


    "Masa'' al khayr nem antahayt min ramli.qad kana ''iiqamat muthmiratin. shukraan lisuaalika," I replied. <em>(good evening, yes I finished my work. It was a productive stay. Thank you for asking.)</em>


    Listening to my fluent Arabic, the officer turned a little soft towards me.


    <em>(Wherever you go, if you speak the localnguage of the ce you visit, the locals are more weing towards you. That is an added advantage.)</em>


    I am finally flying back to my own country.


    After spending such a long time across the globe, I am homesick and would like to go back to my ce. More than homesickness, it is my worry for the Youngdy that keeps me awake all night long. While the recent missions and collected data had added more fuel to it.


    "Min fadlik , atabae hdha altariq liltahaquq al''amin," the officer called out to me, breaking my reverie. <em>(Please, go through this way for a security check.)</em>


    "Shukran jazn," I replied and moved along the path towards the security check line. <em>(Thank you)</em>


    I moved through the line, after waiting for another hour or so finally my flight details were announced.


    I went through a final check and boarded the flight.


    "Young Lady, I hope you are fine, I will be back and by your side in a few hours," I said to myself.


    It still keeps me worried, I wonder how she is fairing through all the matters?


    ****


    "Wee to the capital city, hope you have a pleasant stay here," the generic announcer''s voice has never sounded so pleasant.


    I walked outside the airport.


    There were rows of taxis waiting for travellers to approach them.


    The smog in the city, the crisp chilliness in the air, all seems to wee me home. It is not like I never stayed outside the country for an extended period of time, but the information that I gathered is of such sensitive issues that it subconsciously makes me worried about what we are going to face in future.


    One may run away from one''s ill fate but can''t outrun them. We really need to tighten our seat belts to face the numerous stormy waves that are about toe our way.


    We have to stand and fight this time asst time almost four years back we already lost out and came close to death. This time it is our turn to turn the tables and fight for our survival in its truest essence.


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    <em><strong>Author''s Disimer as well as a note-</strong></em>


    We have finally managed toe to the end of the first volume, now the story would move towards a more fast pace, futuristic version, where we are going to build-up to the climax. For this chapter, thenguage written is mostly done using the aid of google trante. If there are any mistakes, please point it out, I would immediately make the changes.


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