Tsu Chi was in charge of ship investments at a company by the name of BVT Private Equity. He was currently working on a contract with a major Asian Corporation by the name of Maxxic. The CEO of Maxxic has arranged with Tsu Chi’s company to invest in a fleet of ships that will be used to transport computer equipment from China to California.
Kong Xian was a man of power. At the young age of thirty-eight, he was the owner of seven major companies, four in China and three in the United States. He owned five mansions all over the world. Kong Xian studied the art of Karate when he was a young boy. When he was involved in a violent brawl with another student, he was caught using his skill to harm another. This is dishonorable to the art of Karate. Therefore, at the young age of thirteen, Kong Xian was cast out of the school and was forced to live alone.
Kong Xian had lost his parents a year before joining the Karate school. A mad man had run them down on the sidewalk as they waited outside the theatre for a dinner show. Kong Xian was only six-years-old. Master Hu was a dear friend of Kong Xian’s parents and wasted no time making a place for him at the school.
Tsu Chi first met Kong Xian at an art show his company sponsored four years ago. The two became acquainted with one another over an interesting painting that featured three small red dogs about to be eaten by one very large, purple cat. As soon as Kong Xian found out that Tsu Chi worked in ship investments (Schiffsbeteiligung), he knew they would be fast friends, whether Tsu Chi knew it or not.
Kong Xian began visiting Tsu Chi on a regular basis, at his apartment and at work. He would always ask many questions about Tsu Chi’s job, like who his customers were, where all the money goes, and how everything operates. Tsu Chi became suspicious and tried to stay away from Kong Xian as much as he could.
While going through all of the final paperwork for the ship investments for Maxxic, Tsu Chi noticed something interesting. Both the company in China as well as the company in the United States were owned by Kong Xian. Neither of them were computer companies, so why would he specify he was shipping computer equipment? What was going on? What was in those crates? Tsu Chi just had to know.
Tsu Chi headed over to the shipping docks on his way home from work that day to have a look around Kong Xian’s ships. He thought best to stay in the shadows undetected for the time being. He saw two men standing on the pier. One of the men was Kong Xian, the other man Tsu Chi did not recognize. They seemed to be having some sort of an argument. Tsu Chi needed to get closer.
He snuck on top of the ship closest to the two men so he could hear their conversation. Kong Xian was yelling at the other man for not doing his job. Tsu Chi listened closely and realized the man’s job had been to kill Tsu Chi. The ships were filled with guns to be sold off on the streets of California and throughout Mexico. Kong Xian knew who Tsu Chi was before they met; he had set up the encounter himself. He had used Tsu Chi to get the information he needed to move these weapons disguised as ship funds for an Asian corporation.