Chapter 195

The families who had paid the money were extremely anxious, fearing that something might happen again. They ran to the village director's house and asked him to call his son immediately.

The village chief remembered that his son said that the expert was now staying at the county guesthouse, so he called there, but was told that there was no such person.

Now they were completely panicked. The relatives forced the village chief to hand over his son, but the village chief had no idea where his son was.

"Since you can't find your son, let's call the police!"

"Yes! Call the police! We have to go quickly! All our family savings are in his hands!"

The village chief quickly stopped them: "No! No! Hey! Isn't it just a little late? Why call the police? My Ah San is not a bad person."

The others didn't care what he said and insisted on calling the police. As the group walked to the entrance of the village, they saw a police car driving towards them.

They raised their hands and called out, "Comrades from the Public Security Bureau! We need to call the police!!!"

"Stop the car! Stop the car! Our money has been stolen!"

The police car screeched to a stop, and two police officers got out and asked, "What happened here?"

A group of people responded in quick succession, "We gave our money to someone to invest! He said he'd come today to sign the contract, and now he's nowhere to be found!"

"Yes, yes! All my family's savings! One thousand yuan! The police must help me get it back!"

Someone else pushed the village director forward and said, "The one who collected the money was his youngest son!"

The village director quickly explained, "Comrade Public Security! My son is not a liar! He just helped the villagers find investment projects. The money was used for investment, not for him to take! He didn't benefit at all!"

The two officers exchanged a glance and said, "We're here today precisely because of this matter. We received a report yesterday and went to investigate the scientist you mentioned. We discovered he wasn't staying at the guesthouse at all, but was staying in a private hotel every day. He wasn't using his real ID card, which was extremely suspicious. That's why we came today to learn more about the situation."

After hearing the news, the villagers rushed to the village committee office. The public security comrades' hands were numb from taking notes. In the end, it was counted that there were a total of 23 households that originally wanted to invest, and five households had already paid. The current amount involved in the case is 7,250, including 2,000 yuan from the village director's family.

The police officer closed the notebook and said, "Based on your description, we've preliminarily concluded that this is a scam. Currently, there's no technology that can turn water into oil, and even if there were, they wouldn't be soliciting investment in this way. You should be grateful to the grandfather who didn't sign yesterday, otherwise all your village's money would have been swindled away."

As for those scammers, we will do our utmost to track them down. Also, please don't shield your son just because he's one of them. Any news about your son must be reported to us immediately!"

The village director couldn't believe that his son was a liar and had made up such a big lie to deceive his own village and his own family. But now that so many people were staring at him, he could only nod bitterly.

Su Miao, who followed his father back to Ning County, saw this scene and thought that after this incident, the village director might have to be replaced.

Meanwhile, at the Liu family home in Ning County, Wu Hua looked at the large bag on the table and asked her husband worriedly, "Are we really going to invest? With so much money, how are we going to pay it back if we lose it?"

Liu Ming took a sip of white wine and said with a grin, "Don't worry, Xiao Wei said it's guaranteed. No matter how much you earn later, the principal will be returned."

"But... logically speaking, my brother-in-law would definitely do such a good deal! But he turned him down. Is there something wrong?"

"Hey! My brother-in-law is in a bigger business. He wouldn't care about this small amount of money. Besides, didn't you hear that day that my brother-in-law said he wanted to invest in a new factory and he had no working capital. Otherwise, he would have invested too."

"But I'm still feeling a bit uneasy. Ah Ming, why don't we just invest our own money? Don't take so much!"

Liu Ming slammed his wine glass down on the table and cursed, "What a woman's opinion! What kind of profit can we make with the little money we have? The more money we put in, the more we can earn. Then I can return the money without anyone noticing."

"Brother-in-law spent so much money to donate a small official position for you. If something goes wrong, I'm afraid brother-in-law will not help our family anymore."

Liu Ming ate a mouthful of sashimi with great relish and said, "Don't worry, as long as my sister whispers a few words, nothing is impossible. Besides, when I make some money, my brother-in-law will definitely look at me with new eyes, and maybe he will let me help him manage the factory.

That's much more impressive than being at work. I've had enough of groveling and fawning at work all day long!"

He drank the wine in the glass, took advantage of his drunkenness to put on his big backpack and went out. Wu Hua followed him out of concern.

After walking around in the alley for a long time, he finally arrived at a house. He knocked on the door and someone inside asked, "Who is it?"

"Brother Wei! It's me, A-Ming!"

The wooden door opened, and the person standing inside was the "college student" who had often gone to Su Ji for dinner some time ago.

"Amin is here, come in!"

There were two other people in the living room of the house, looking over piles of documents on the table.

Seeing them come in, one of them said casually, "Xiao Wei, Boss Jiang said he wants to invest 1 million! At this rate, there won't be many spots left, and we won't be accepting investments after that."

When Liu Ming heard this, he became anxious and said quickly, "Didn't we agree on this? Leave a spot for me. I've brought the money."

He put down his large backpack, unzipped it, and revealed the cash inside. Xiao Wei asked him to be patient and went up to talk to him, saying, "Teacher, this is my fellow villager. He told me a long time ago that he wanted to invest 100,000 yuan, and I also agreed to reserve a spot for him. Now he has brought all the money. Can you take a look?"

The man sighed and said, "In that case, for your sake, I'll accept it. However, this is the last one, and I won't accept any more after that."

Later, when Xiao Wei and Liu Ming were signing the investment contract, he said, "Luckily you came just in time. If you were a few minutes later, my teacher might not have accepted me. This project is so hot, so many big bosses are vying for it!"

Liu Ming said gratefully, "Thank you, Brother Wei! I will never forget you when I become successful!"

"Okay, let's not talk about all that. I'm not short of money following the teacher. I just want to help my fellow countrymen and make my hometown rich. Okay, this contract is yours. Just go back and wait for the dividends."

Liu Ming hugged the contract tightly and went back to pursue his dream of getting rich.