Original Sin (VIII)
Back then, Zheng Hongyuan deliberately went to the street office and first worked in the public security department. He was very capable and managed to coax the leaders in charge of public security around, and in just two years he was transferred to the Housing Management Department.
Zheng Hongyuan worked diligently in the Housing Management Section and received unanimous praise from everyone. By chance, he met a leader who came to inspect. Because he was good at observing people's expressions and was bold, he quietly helped the leader solve the housing problem and was appreciated by the leader.
At the instruction of his superior, he placed his own people in the Housing Management Department without anyone noticing. Five years later, when the time was right, he was promoted to deputy director. He is said to be the deputy director, but in fact he is the top leader. He is the deputy director just to cover up his tracks. Therefore, in just two years, Zheng Hongyuan became the director.
To express his gratitude, he followed his leader's lead. If the leader said go east, he dared not go west. The only time I had any thoughts was about Zheng Baochang.
After Zheng Baochang graduated, his job was unstable. Zheng Hongyuan wanted to place him in the subdistrict office, but his superiors rejected the idea. Both father and son entered the street office. The goal was too big, so they had to settle for the second best and satisfy Zheng Baochang financially.
So, Zheng Baochang was put into the construction company, which was led by someone else.
Zheng Baochang didn't want to be restrained by his leader, so after entering the construction site, he used some tricks to win over a group of people. When the project was over, he took these people away. Zheng Baochang was arrogant and didn't want to rely on Zheng Hongyuan, so he found a construction company and took on some small jobs.
But when the project was completed, the company refused to settle the bill, and Zheng Baochang's subordinates started a quarrel with him. They followed Zheng Baochang because he promised them big profits, but they had to support their families and make a living. They had no money, only big profits, and no way to fill their stomachs.
Zheng Baochang had no choice but to go to Zheng Hongyuan. Zheng Hongyuan used his power to put pressure on the construction company, and the construction company hurriedly settled Zheng Baochang's wages.
From then on, Zheng Baochang understood that this world is a world where the strong prey on the weak, and whoever has power has the final say. He began to use Zheng Hongyuan's connections to get projects, and his business grew bigger and bigger, and his wealth grew more and more.
The leaders naturally saw all of this. He was the one who promoted Zheng Hongyuan, so naturally he didn't want him to become more powerful and escape his control.
The leader decided to teach Zheng Hongyuan a lesson, otherwise he would not know who is the master.
At a performance review meeting, the leader reprimanded Zheng Hongyuan for secretly supporting his son despite being a member of the Guojia cadre.
Zheng Hongyuan swore that his son's business had nothing to do with him. In order to show his determination, he even took the initiative to ask the supervision team to investigate.
After the meeting, Zheng Hongyuan hurried to the leader's office to express his loyalty. He had absolutely no intention of betraying his leader. In order to gain the trust of his leader, Zheng Hongyuan took the initiative to retire.
The leader was still using him, so naturally he did not agree, but he placed people in Zheng Baochang's company to monitor Zheng Baochang's every move.
The leader's move of being cautious and cautious was brilliant, and Zheng Hongyuan didn't dare to have any other thoughts. At the same time, he warned Zheng Baochang to be more restrained from now on.
Zheng Baochang was feeling very proud at that time, so he refused to listen and continued to do as he pleased. However, he suffered a great loss in a bidding, losing nearly 100 million yuan. Zheng Baochang became obedient. He realized once again that he was just a kite in someone else's hands. How high he could fly depended on how far the other person's string was let out.
Under the instruction of this leader, Zheng Baochang's career once again reached a new high. It was also with the help of his leader that he entered □□.
Many things that are difficult to settle can be easily solved. Zheng Baochang came up with a new idea and started to recruit thugs. He specifically looks for orphans, feeds them, and then brainwashes and trains them to become tools in his hands.
This group of thugs played a crucial role in the demolition work in Qingtian Village.
With the leaders and Zheng Hongyuan around, the demolition and reconstruction of Qingtian Village was such a big pie that naturally fell on Zheng Baochang's head.
But when the time came to demolish the house, he found that it was too difficult. The villagers could not get satisfactory compensation and refused to sign. Zheng Baochang was in a state of panic, but the leader made a huge demand, wanting to take one third of the demolition compensation. What should he do? !
Seeing that the demolition work had stalled and the government had been urging for faster construction progress, Zheng Baochang hardened his heart and dealt with several people who were leading the trouble. Sure enough, the villagers became obedient and signed the documents. One third of the demolition compensation was given to the leader. Seeing that Zheng Baochang was so wise, the leader gave him the management rights of the black market.
Only then did Zheng Baochang realize that his leader had done such shameful things in private. He didn't take it seriously at first, but when he went to the black market and saw all kinds of contraband items, he realized the importance of the black market.
He handed over the management of the black market to Zheng Junliang. Zheng Junliang had grown up and it was time for him to gain experience. However, Zheng Baochang did not allow Zheng Junliang to interfere in the company's affairs, and even forbade him and Zheng Yingrong to come to the company to find him.
Zheng Junliang: "I know almost nothing about my father's company. I also got everything about that leader from my father. My grandfather was afraid that he would be too deeply involved and would not be able to get out of it in one piece, so he pretended to be sick and applied for retirement. Who knew that he could avoid the leader's sword but not Du Guohuai's knife."
Zheng Junliang slammed his fist on the table. "That leader must be afraid that my father would betray him, so he killed him to silence him!"
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The window of Zheng Baochang's office was open, but the height of the window was at waist level. If Zheng Baochang wanted to jump off the building, he would need to move a chair. There was no chair at the scene, but Zheng Baochang's fingerprints were found near the window. In other words, when Zheng Baochang was falling from the building, he had grabbed the edge of the window, but someone pried his fingers apart and pushed him down.
Jiang Shengyu carefully inspected Zheng Baochang's office and found traces of eavesdropping equipment installed under the desk. The computer host disappeared, and with it also disappeared Zheng Baochang's secretary Xiao Zhang.
Xiao Zhang's file was retrieved from the Human Resources Department of Changbao Real Estate Company. The address filled in on the file was a fake address. Xiao Zhang did not live there at all. His ID number and contact number were also fake. It was very likely that Xiao Zhang was a spy planted by the leader next to Zheng Baochang.
The police issued a wanted warrant and tried their best to capture Xiao Zhang.
The accounts of Changbao Real Estate Company were frozen. Through checking the transfer information, it was found that Changbao Real Estate transferred large sums of money to an overseas account every year. The finance department said that the money was signed by Zheng Baochang himself and was remitted in the name of service fees. The collection company was a company called Saluchi. However, this company is just a shell company and no one can be found there.
Zheng Junliang was very depressed when he learned that he could not find the leader. If he could not convict him, Zheng Baochang would have died in vain.
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The man who came to assassinate Zheng Junliang was called Chen Shier. He was robbing on the street, was caught by the police, and was sent to the Municipal Bureau.
The person who arrested him was Xiangfang, an intern from the Second Detachment. On his way home from get off work, Xiangfang saw Chen Shier robbing a passerby's gold necklace. Xiangfang bravely arrested Chen Shier and returned the necklace to the passerby.
After he arrested the man, he made a simple confession, put him in a cell, and then went off work. I have no idea what happened afterwards.
Although Xiangfang claimed to be innocent, Chen Shier was suspected of murder and was involved with that leader, so Gu Fang had to be cautious.
Zheng Junliang was transferred to the procuratorate because of irrefutable evidence of assaulting a police officer. Before leaving, Zheng Junliang told Gu Fang the place where the thugs were raised, hoping that he could deal with it appropriately. If these children had not been adopted by the Zheng family, they would not have become thugs.
The place where the thugs were kept was in a villa on the outskirts of the city. The villa was heavily guarded, and no one was recognized except the Zheng father and son.
In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, Gu Fang took Zheng Junliang with him. When the thugs saw that Zheng Junliang was quite respectful, Zheng Junliang felt deeply sorry for them and hoped that they could live a normal life from now on.
All the thugs were taken to the municipal police station and detained separately according to the severity of their crimes. After they all confessed their crimes, they were handed over to the procuratorate.
Zheng Baochang’s property was seized, his real estate company faced bankruptcy, and all contracted projects were stalled.
Nanfu City had to step in and take over the projects under Changbao Real Estate, including the post-processing work in Qingtian Village and compensate the villagers for their demolition compensation.
Behind everything that seemed calm, there was another disturbance. One morning, someone saw Xiao Zhang's body by the Fan River.
The corpse was swollen and emitted a faint foul smell. An autopsy confirmed that Xiao Zhang was strangled to death and thrown into the river, and had been dead for more than 24 hours.
During the dissection of the stomach, a small ball of paper was found. Due to being soaked in gastric juice for a long time, the writing on it had become blurred and only the word "11" could barely be made out.
Xiao Zhang swallowed this note before he died, which must have a special meaning. But what does 11 represent?
Neither Shen Xingyan nor Gu Fang could guess it.
Xiao Zhang was the only clue to finding the leader, but once he died, the clue was completely cut off.
Gu Fang held his breath and suddenly remembered that he had to catch this grandson to vent his anger.
That night, Gu Fang specially applied for special police and wiped out all the people in the black market.
Those who were gossipers, drug sellers, and weapon sellers were all detained without exception.
Gu Fang played with his pen and glanced at the depressed gossiper. "Now you can tell me the question I asked you."
Bao Da Ting laughed, "Officer, I just want to make a living."
"Stop talking nonsense and answer my question!"
"Zheng Baochang is already dead. Does it really matter whether he killed anyone during the demolition?"
"important!"
Bao Da Ting swallowed his saliva and said, "Actually, I also heard that the compensation Zheng Baochang gave was too little, not even half of it. Who would be willing to demolish it? What's more, part of it is a fish pond, which is the livelihood of the people in Qingtian Village.
Zheng Baochang was really cruel. He killed Tao Dacheng to make an example of him. Afterwards, he threatened the villagers with Tao Dacheng's case, saying that whoever did not sign would be the next Tao Dacheng. In order to protect themselves, the villagers had to suffer in silence. ”
Gu Fang's face was gloomy. "Since the villagers knew that it was Zheng Baochang who killed Tao Dacheng, why didn't anyone stand up?"
"Who would dare? It's obvious that the officials and the bandits are colluding. If we rush out now, it would be like hitting a rock with an egg. Even Tao Erlin moved out of the village with his wife and children and hid away, let alone others."
"Tao Erlin's wife has always said that her father-in-law fell ill suddenly." Gu Fang murmured softly. It seemed that Lin Fen did not tell him the truth.
Hearing Gu Fang's increasingly gloomy face, Bao Da said tactfully, "Zheng Baochang is indeed the manager of the black market. We have to split the money we earn every night with him 30% to 70%. Zheng Baochang sent people to protect us and tip us off. We use money to buy safety."
"Where did you get your news from?"
Bao Da Ting laughed dryly, "I have a private detective agency. I will investigate after the customer pays the deposit. I set up a stall in the black market just to be mysterious and make more money. Instead of interrogating me, you might as well interrogate the wood warehouse seller. He is the one with great powers."
Gu Fang raised the corner of his lips, "Do you know him?"
"No, I don't know him, but I know him. His business is either closed or it lasts for half a year. A wooden barn is very expensive."
"Where did he get the wooden barn?"
"He knows a retired soldier who is obsessed with weapons. He can make anything he has seen. The Type 54 you want can be made by him in just three days."
"What else do you know?"
"The guy who was selling drugs was a chemistry major. He made the hallucinogens he was selling himself. The effects were unstable and people had died from taking them."
"Are you sure he's not online?"
"No, but he does have subordinates, and several of them are his regular customers. Officer, I've told you everything I know, does that count as redemption?"
Gu Fang raised his eyelids and glanced at him, snorted, and didn't respond.
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