The Sixth Bureau, Episode 1: Your Friend From Nanjing

Bloomberg Audio Studios. Podcasts. Radio. News.

Today's date is Wednesday, 04/25/2018. The time is 03:12PM. The following is a consensual body recording with the subject, G. Chow Chun. The recording starts now.

There's a guy sitting in a red Chevy Malibu in front of an apartment complex near Downtown Chicago. He's waiting for someone to walk out of the apartment building. After a few minutes, the person does. He's young, and he's wearing a warm up jacket and glasses. He has a buzz cut. His name is Ji Chowchun. The guy in the red car gets out, walks toward Ji, and yells to him in Mandarin.

Are you Ji Chao Jin? Yes? Hi. Hi. How may I help you? Is it a good time to talk? I beg your pardon? It's something I'd like to talk to you about.

We were all holding our breath because this is that interaction that we've prepared for.

The two men are being watched.

She's a little confused, a little flustered, and you can see that in his body language. He keeps his distance.

You are a friend from Nanjing, send me to you.

This reference to Nanjing, it's code. It's a way of saying, hey, we know the same people. And, gee, he understands it.