Making a connection

While Cloud prospered in New York, and Billy Ray built his oil trading business, Feng Jian-mei suffered under the hand of the Korean, Ki Jin until one day at the age of seventeen, she snapped. Big Chang’s men found the old man crumpled in a heap of broken bones. Jian-mei expected to lose her life, but she heard nothing from Big Chang. Over the years, she had proven to possess a high level of academic prowess, but she was surprised to learn that Big Chang had enrolled her in the University of Macau. Three years later, she graduated at the top of her class. Soon, offers from graduate schools around the world arrived. Big Chang chose Cambridge and informed her through an intermediary. After reading international finance, she returned to Macau, met with Big Change, and they ironed out the details of their relationship. Jian-mei would take a position in Chang Limited and perform the wet work he prescribed. If she followed the plan, her mother would remain safe. Jian-mei agreed to the plan but promised retribution if any harm came to her mother. Big Chang would have expected nothing less.


We tried a number of products that our heroes could trade that would involve the Texas connection, but could come up with nothing other than oil. Since the Iranians had oil, we need something to trade to the Iranians for oil. At first, we tried cruise missiles, but found that Iran already had a stable of such weapons. We decided to steal nuclear warheads from the military, and in order to do that, we needed a People’s Liberation Army person to pull off the theft. Along came General Ping and his two politburo companions. Nearing retirement, the general found no satisfaction with his future, so he chose to do something about it. He arranged to substitute counterfeit warheads for the real thing and move them to Macau for shipping. Then, he and his companions met with the Iranians and arranged to trade the warheads for a tanker of oil.

Having no expertise in the movement and sale of oil, the renegade Chinese contacted Big Chang and gave him the task of arranging to have the oil picked up from the Iranians, shipped to India, and sold at market value. Chang contacted Billy Ray and charged him with the task. Viola! We made the connection. Now we had a story involving Jian-mei, Cloud, and Billy Ray. Next, we needed to bring in Maryanne.