After listening to this, Wen Qianqian flipped through the case file in her hand again and found that the content was similar to what Zhao Shan described. The facts were indeed clear and the conclusions were clear, and there didn't seem to be any problems.
She closed the file with some regret, and just as she stood up to put it back into the iron cabinet, she suddenly caught a glimpse of the camera in the corner of the archive room.
As the most confidential case file storage room of the Public Security Bureau, in order to prevent the case files from being maliciously destroyed, this room is naturally equipped with a number of high-definition cameras that can clearly record the actions of everyone in the room.
The moment she saw the camera, she suddenly had a flash of faith and turned to Zhao Shan, "You just said the police checked all the cameras around the scene. Is there any footage from the accident scene?"
Zhao Shan looked at her and said, "Of course. It was because of the footage from the accident scene that the police determined it was an accident."
Zhao Shan shook his head. "Forget about the investigators at the time. I've seen the video. There wasn't a third person at the scene, and the cameras at the surrounding intersections didn't show any suspicious individuals. From the footage, the accident scene showed two cars getting closer and closer. It was probably the Lu couple's car that lost control first, causing the two cars to collide and overturn.
After hearing this, Wen Qianqian immediately shook her head: "No, that's not right."
She thought about it carefully. "Perhaps a novice driver might get nervous and make rash moves in a hurry, leading to an accident. But I've heard from Lu Xingyan that his father was very fashionable in his youth. When he was studying abroad, he spent a lot of time racing cars. He's a serious racing driver. Cars can easily get into all sorts of trouble during racing, so driving on a rainy night wouldn't be a problem for him."
After she finished speaking, she frowned and looked at Zhao Shan. "If the accident was caused by the mixer truck driver's drunk driving, I would understand. But when you said that the Lu couple's car lost control first, I suddenly felt something was wrong."
"Is it true?" Zhao Shan was skeptical.
Wen Qianqian pursed her lips and said, "You'll know if it's true or not after you take a look." She looked up at Zhao Shan and said, "You just said you saw the video of the accident, so is the video still here?"
Zhao Shan exhaled and spread his hands. "Alright, alright. Looking at you like this, I know you're not going to give up until you hit the wall. I've kept all the videos from back then. They're stored for 50 years as required by important electronic archives. Just wait here. I'll go find them for you."
After saying that, he stood up and went behind the iron cabinet. Wen Qianqian followed him and saw him open a password cabinet, which was full of various CDs sealed according to the case time.
He searched quickly in chronological order and soon found a file bag under the cabinet. When he opened it, he saw four CDs inside.
He handed the CD to Wen Qianqian: "Come on, I know you won't give up, I'll go watch it with you again."
Wen Qianqian raised the corner of her mouth, very satisfied: "Brother, it seems that my afternoon tea was not given in vain~"
Zhao Shan snorted, "You're so heartless! I've never worked for you just to get a little food."
Wen Qianqian laughed: "Okay, okay, I was wrong. Officer Zhao, thank you for your hard work in watching the video with me today. I'll cover the afternoon session and dinner."
Zhao Shan grinned and looked very happy after hearing this.
The two of them acted quickly and got to work as soon as they said they would. They were still joking one second and the next they had already started to divide the work tacitly, picked up the dedicated computers and started watching the videos on the CD.
Wen Qianqian took out a CD and quickly glanced at it. She found that the police in City N who assisted in the case were quite capable. Perhaps because of Lu Pingchuan's special identity, they had reviewed all the videos available in the surrounding area, so there were a lot of videos on the CD. Not to mention analyzing these videos, it would take several days just to watch them all.
Faced with piles of video footage, Wen Qianqian took a deep breath and didn't panic. She quickly browsed through it, then took out a map and divided it according to the road sections of the county town in N city. She quickly classified the videos. After finishing everything, she found the video of the accident and looked it up. This is the most intuitive way to see the entire process of the car accident scene, and almost all the dynamics at the scene can be presented on the camera.
She opened the video and was surprised to find that the camera position was very good. Although the pixels of the camera from ten years ago were average, everything was captured because of the good angle.
About 5 minutes into the video, a black sedan appeared in the camera lens. Due to the average pixel quality and the fact that it was 9 o'clock in the evening and visibility was low, and the bad weather with drizzling rain, the image in the camera was not so clear. However, the license plate number could still be roughly seen the moment the car came out. Wen Qianqian stared at the car and her heart tightened. She knew that this was the black Mercedes-Benz that Lu Pingchuan and his wife were driving at the time.
A few seconds later, a mixer truck suddenly drove into the camera range.
Logically, this kind of large mixer truck would not drive very fast due to its huge size and often have speed limits on the road. However, this car was driving very fast and came next to the Lu couple's car in a short time, and even seemed to be trying to overtake them.
Speeding, she thought to herself.
The camera couldn't capture the driver's expression, but it was obvious that the Lu couple didn't expect it, so the black Mercedes paused and instinctively wanted to dodge to the right.
Anyone who has taken a driving test knows that the traffic rules questions clearly indicate not to drive side by side with a large vehicle, nor to follow closely behind it, as both can be dangerous.
The pressure of the truck was great. The camera showed that when faced with a mixer truck that was many times larger than his own vehicle, the driver of the black Mercedes-Benz clearly felt the danger and wanted to drive to the right to create a little distance.
Wen Qianqian stared closely at the movement of the vehicle. If the car had followed its original trajectory, it should not have collided.
The black Mercedes wanted to turn right, but the next second, for some reason it suddenly turned hard to the left!
She was sitting at the computer when she was suddenly startled.
Fortunately, although the front of the car turned to the left, it did not hit the mixer truck, and there was still a lot of space between the cars.
However, the next second, although the mixer truck was not hit by the Mercedes-Benz, it seemed to be frightened, and the entire front of the truck flashed to the left. However, the next second, it seemed that the center of gravity was unstable due to the dodge just now, and the entire mixer truck suddenly flipped over to the smaller Mercedes-Benz next to it!
The mixer truck was many times larger and heavier than the Mercedes-Benz. In just a blink of an eye, the Mercedes-Benz didn't even have time to react before it was crushed by the mixer truck.
Seeing this scene, Wen Qianqian suddenly stood up from her seat, feeling a tightening in her heart, followed by an indescribable sourness.
In just a short moment, three lives were gone...
She couldn't help but cover her mouth with her hands, and suddenly thought that she felt indescribable discomfort when she saw this scene, let alone Lu Xingyan who was fifteen or sixteen years old at the time?
Zhao Shan noticed her actions and came over to watch. He found that the picture was frozen at the moment of the overturned car. He looked at the screen, then at Wen Qianqian, and suddenly sighed: "Oh, it's really too tragic. No wonder you are like this. I saw it once before, and I was scared for a long time. For several months, I had a psychological trauma when I saw large trucks on the road..."
Seeing Wen Qianqian didn't say anything, he continued, "Okay, now you've seen the video yourself. Is it the same as what I said before? If you insist that the mixer truck forced its way into the Mercedes-Benz, then there's a possibility of retaliation. But judging by the situation at the scene, it was the Mercedes-Benz that pulled to the side first, startling the mixer truck driver and causing the tragedy. All of this can only be called an accident."
Wen Qianqian stared at the scene of the overturned car in front of her, unable to calm down for a long time. After a long while, she suddenly asked, "But why did the Mercedes-Benz turn left?"
Zhao Shan spread his hands and said, "Who knows? Maybe he saw a car suddenly rushing out, got nervous, and turned the steering wheel the wrong way?"
Wen Qianqian bit her lip and shook her head for a moment. "If it was someone else driving, it would be possible, but Lu Pingchuan is a professional racing driver. He's mature and steady. He shouldn't be scared by a big car suddenly appearing..."
Zhao Shan thought for a moment and said, "Well, who knows? Maybe it was just a sudden brain malfunction at that moment, and that one blow cost him his life."
After listening to it, Wen Qianqian lowered her head and thought about it, but still felt that something was not right, so she rewound the video and started watching it over and over again.
Zhao Shan touched his forehead with his hand, feeling somewhat helpless: "Well, alright, if you don't believe it, just read it a few more times. I'm going out to eat first."
After saying that, he turned around and went out to get takeout. However, by the time he had eaten and drunk his fill and took a walk to take care of some things, he came back an hour later. When he returned to the archives room, he found that Wen Qianqian was still watching the video, and she was watching it at 2 times the speed.
He couldn't help but be stunned: "Fuck, Qianqian, why are you still looking at it?"
Wen Qianqian didn't say anything. She stared at the scene of the rollover and slowed down the speed to watch it again. She had watched the entire video at least dozens of times, and now she couldn't even remember how many times she had watched it.
This view actually confused Zhao Shan. He simply moved closer to the screen and said, "Qianqian, you played it so slowly and even turned up the screen brightness. Did you find anything?"
Wen Qianqian did not answer him immediately, but frowned and rewound for a few dozen seconds again. Then, seeing Zhao Shan's confused expression, she seemed to see something important and quickly pressed the pause button.
Then, she pointed at a flashing mark on the screen and asked Zhao Shan, "What do you think this is?"
Zhao Shan was confused and looked in the direction she pointed. He found a slanting trail in the rainy night. He was stunned and realized that he had never seen this before. But when he looked at other places in the video again, he felt that it didn't seem so unusual. "It must be rain, the trace of rain. It was raining at the time."
"No!" Wen Qianqian immediately shook her head. "I felt something was strange when I was watching the video just now. After brightening the screen, I could see it more clearly. This shouldn't be rain."
After saying this, she pointed to both sides of the screen and said, "The direction of the rain is affected by the wind direction at the time. Look at the screen. All the rain was drifting from right to left, which means the wind was blowing from the southwest."
"And this one runs from left to right, in the opposite direction, which doesn't fit in with the other rain marks."
Zhao Shan's eyes widened. He had never imagined that such a subtle detail could be found in a video he had watched countless times. He felt strange at the same time. "This... you may have a point, but Qianqian, look at this trace. It's so fast and so fine. If it's not rain, what else could it be?"
Because the thing was moving so fast, only a thin shadow could be captured in the video.
Wen Qianqian enlarged the video again, pointed at the traces and said to Zhao Shan, "Watch carefully." After that, she pressed the play button.
Zhao Shan stared at the screen, wishing he could stick close to it. However, because of this, he saw clearly that this thing, which he didn't know what it was, was flying rapidly towards the front wheel of the Mercedes-Benz in the video, and then the car swerved towards the mixer truck.
Zhao Shan stared at the screen, nearly jumping up in shock. "Qianqian, are you trying to say that this thing caused the Mercedes-Benz to deviate from its course?!"
Wen Qianqian nodded. "Yes, I watched it over and over again. It was this thing that looked like raindrops flying towards the Mercedes-Benz tire that triggered the subsequent series of actions that led to the car accident."
Zhao Shan looked at her and suddenly felt his hair stand on end. The archive room was not cold, but it made him shiver. What kind of weird thing was this?
He grinned: "Qianqian, what do you think this thing is... Why do I feel so scary when I hear you say it, like I've seen a ghost..."
Wen Qianqian stared at the screen intently, paused for a few seconds, and then slowly said, "I think it was a bullet."
"Bullets?!" Zhao Shan's eyes widened. "Why are there bullets here?"
Wen Qianqian didn't answer his question. Instead, she moved her hand to the cursor, trying to change the camera's position, but it didn't seem to work. So she pursed her lips and said to Zhao Shan, "Contact the N City police and see if they can retrieve the data on the building on the right side of the video and its owner. I just watched the video carefully, and I think that line is coming from the building that's not visible in the video here."
Zhao Shan took a deep breath, realizing the seriousness of the situation, and immediately agreed. However, just as he was about to leave, Wen Qianqian stopped him and said, "By the way, does our system have a technician who can perform video data restoration? I want to use technology to adjust this video to high definition. This kind of thing couldn't be done with the technology ten years ago, but maybe we can try now."
Zhao Shan immediately agreed: "Okay, leave it to me. You go eat first, and I'll come find you as soon as I'm done."
"Okay." Wen Qianqian agreed.
On the other side of the city, the Lu Group building.
A day ago, all directors of the Lu Group’s board of directors received news that all board members would come to the group’s headquarters building for a meeting today, and no one was allowed to be absent.
In the past, the Lu Group's board of directors did not meet frequently, usually only once a quarter. For daily work, meetings of senior executives were sufficient. Unless major events occurred within the group, the full board of directors would be convened temporarily.
All the directors who received the news were a little confused. This meeting even clearly stated that no leave would be allowed unless there were special circumstances, which made people even more confused.
Some directors were curious and called the secretary's office directly, but the reply they got was "I don't know, the specific matters will be announced at the meeting."
Mysterious and strange, this is the unanimous feeling of the directors of Lu Group about this meeting.
As the largest commercial empire in the imperial capital, every move of the Lu Group attracted the attention of the entire business community. Therefore, even though no media interviews were arranged after the board meeting, reporters from major financial newspapers still crowded in and staked out the gate of the Lu Group.
All the reporters who came to the scene had heard that the meeting was very mysterious, so a few of them plucked up the courage to sneak in, but the security and confidentiality were too good this time. Just as the reporters were about to enter the group building, they were discovered and kicked out. In the end, they could only squeeze at the door and stare blankly.
A group of reporters gathered at the door, like headless flies, asking random questions:
"Hey, what on earth are the board members discussing this time? Why are they being so secretive?"
"I don't know! I've asked everywhere, but I still don't know. Damn! Is it really necessary to keep it so secret?"
"Okay, it seems no one knows, so guess what will happen today?"
"Major project discussion?"
"Group transformation and upgrading?"
"Business mergers and acquisitions and restructuring?"
…
The reporters were all speculating, except for one slightly older reporter who shook his head after hearing their speculations. Finally, he said, "If I had to guess, it might be a major personnel change. I remember twelve years ago, when Lu Pingchuan, then chairman of the Lu Group, passed away, his brother Lu Zhanxun took over. It seemed like something very mysterious happened. I heard from the directors at the time that everyone thought Lu Zhanxun was just acting, but he unexpectedly announced at the board meeting that he would become chairman, leaving Lu Xingyan no chance at all."
He paused, looking at the towering Lu Group building not far away: "This time, the situation is almost exactly the same as before..."
After hearing this, the reporters became even more curious. Damn, is the power struggle among the rich and powerful about to begin again?
The board of directors had been replaced a long time ago, but the old directors who had participated in the board of directors' power grab had already vaguely guessed that something was going to happen. They didn't talk much to each other, but communicated with their eye contact. Soon, both new and old directors gathered in the largest conference room of the Lu Group.
After all the people arrived, Lu Xingyan and Lu Zhanxun arrived late and sat in the middle of the conference room.
But today, both of them had obviously serious expressions, and Lu Zhanxun's face looked particularly ugly, as if he hadn't slept all night.
At the beginning of the meeting, as usual, the project leader and the financial leader reported this year's financial situation and project status at the meeting. Then the board members discussed this year's financial situation and project status, and finally talked about the company's operational issues and the next development plan.
In the past, the Lu Group's board of directors meetings had always gone smoothly. However, this time, after the financial director finished reporting on the financial situation, the directors all frowned, clearly dissatisfied.
After watching this scene, Lu Zhanxun adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses, his eyes dark and silent. Lu Xingyan also looked at the directors with dissatisfaction, without saying a word.
The atmosphere with only the two of them in the room was completely different from that of everyone else.
After all the meeting procedures were completed and the meeting was about to end, Lu Xingyan suddenly spoke from his seat: "Good afternoon, directors. I invited you all here today. In addition to announcing the financial report and projects, I have also temporarily added an agenda item that requires your discussion and approval."
The directors below looked at each other, all wanting to know what was going on.
"Yuan Ying." Lu Xingyan called out lightly. Assistant Yuan beside him understood and immediately asked someone to distribute another document he had placed aside to the members of the board of directors.
After all the information was distributed, Lu Xingyan suddenly raised his eyes, his voice revealing an unshakable majesty: "Directors, the next item on the agenda I want to bring up is to remove Lu Zhanxun from his position at the Lu Group and sever all ties between him and the Lu Group!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the originally noisy meeting room suddenly became quiet, and even the sound of flipping through documents could no longer be heard.
All the directors present stared wide-eyed, as if they couldn't believe what they were hearing. What was going on? President Lu wanted to remove Vice President Lu and sever all ties between him and the group?
After the silence, there were sounds of people gasping for breath one after another. It seemed that everyone was stunned and short of oxygen by this decision. After a moment of silence, their brains were all focused on inhaling.
The news came too suddenly, and all the directors knew it. Although the two of them did not get along well, after fighting for so many years, they had reached a certain balance and each was responsible for their side.
After many people came to their senses, they couldn't help but sweat for Lu Xingyan. Although he was the chairman of the company and the highest executor, he could not completely control the power of Lu Zhanxun's side. In fact, Lu Zhanxun's power in the company was not small and he could almost compete with him. Now he suddenly proposed to kick Lu Zhanxun out and decided to break the situation of "joint resolution of the two kings" with his own hands. If he was not careful, it would backfire and it would be difficult to end!
Sure enough, Lu Zhanxun sneered across from him: "Dismiss me? On what grounds?"
Lu Xingyan glanced at him coldly: "Just because you have brought losses to the Lu Group."
After that, he took out the last document and said in a firm and powerful voice: "Directors present here can take a look at the last document in your hands."
"The information details the projects that Lu's Group and Xie Yunjin have collaborated on. According to incomplete statistics, the total is 70 billion."
"As everyone knows, Xie Yunjin has been arrested by public security authorities for reselling national treasures and cultural relics, embezzling state-owned assets, illegally robbing tombs, and illegally using firearms. All projects and assets under his name have been frozen and seized. Consequently, our 70 billion yuan project has also come to a standstill, causing significant losses to the group and bringing about a huge disaster."
"So, with such serious consequences, shouldn't someone be held accountable?!" He scanned the entire audience with deep hatred for the culprit.
As soon as he finished speaking, the directors in the audience began to discuss while flipping through the documents. Their expressions showed their shock. They flipped through the documents quickly, as if they couldn't believe that the group actually had so many projects cooperating with the Xie Group. 70 billion, a full 70 billion of projects were frozen. As members of the board of directors, this was also their money!
Several indignant directors immediately expressed their concerns, saying, "Of course they have to be held accountable! This isn't just a few hundred million, it's 70 billion! Someone should be held accountable for such devastating consequences!"
"That's right! 70 billion! How can we just let it go?"
"No, absolutely not! I'm about to have a heart attack. I absolutely demand severe punishment!"
Lu Xingyan's lips curled up slightly without leaving any trace. This was the sentence he was waiting for.
So, he raised his eyelids and looked at Lu Zhanxun sharply: "All projects that cooperate with Xie Yunjin are led by Vice President Lu. Do you have anything else to say about this?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
