The kind of talent Zoge is looking for is just too high a demand. In this day and age, to find someone who's clever, smart, greedy, yet still a penniless pauper—that pauper must be downright unlucky.
Clever, smart, greedy, and fearless—someone like that wouldn't be too poor, unless they're temporarily lacking a springboard to take off, willing to stoke Zoge's cold stove. Otherwise, why would they follow Zoge?
So, Gao Guang decisively abandoned the idea of helping Zoge find people, simply because Zoge's standards were too high.
But since Zoge had no one to rely on, his efficiency in handling matters was bound to be low. Passing a message would be difficult, arranging a reasonable meeting opportunity even tougher. After exhausting every possible avenue, he could only manage to set up a lunch meeting the next day. Using Pierre's eagerness to strengthen ties with the CIA, he brought Pierre, Scott, and Mitchell together for a meal.
