Chapter 70 Zhou Mingtang

Before the return, the public security in Hong Kong was really not good. In addition to the rampant gangs, there were also many people who wanted to get rich overnight through robbery.

There are many gangsters in Hong Kong, but only three of them can be called "fierce gangsters".

Two of them became famous overnight because they robbed a large amount of gold and escaped successfully. Ye Tianhua, who was beaten up by Wen Yue and sent to prison a few months ago, was such a person.

But there is another person who has set his sights on many wealthy people in Hong Kong and made a fortune by kidnapping and extortion. This person is Zhao Zikun.

Zhao Zikun's first crime was 37 years ago. He kidnapped the only son of a trading company owner and extorted one million.

Maybe he tasted the sweetness, including the boss of a trading company. That year, he extorted three small wealthy people in succession, each of whom demanded a ransom of one million yuan, and a total of three million yuan.

In that era, three million yuan was a huge sum of money. Even if Zhao Zikun's gang had more than one person, a share of it was enough for them to buy a house and a car.

So after the third kidnapping case, Zhao Zikun never appeared again.

Until 22 years ago, he returned to the underworld with his gang. This time they targeted Wen Rongsheng, who was already worth hundreds of millions at the time, and kidnapped his eldest son Wen Kai.

After catching Wen Kai, Zhao Zikun quickly contacted Wen Rongsheng and asked him to raise 30 million yuan within three days and send it to a designated location, and sternly warned him not to call the police.

According to the system, after receiving a call from Zhao Zikun, Wen Rongsheng asked someone to find out about the three kidnappings he committed more than ten years ago.

After learning that Zhao Zikun had kept his promise to release the three kidnapped people after receiving the ransom, he refused to cooperate with the police and directly arranged for someone to raise money.

After raising the money, Wen Rongsheng followed Zhao Zikun's instructions and delivered the money to the designated place alone. But after paying the money, he waited for a day and a night, but never waited for Wen Kai to be released.

When the police followed the clues to find the hiding place of Zhao Zikun and others, the scene was already empty, leaving only bloodstains dripping to the seaside.

After identification, the blood was all Wen Kai's. Considering that he was missing, the police guessed that he might have jumped into the sea.

If he were an adult, jumping into the sea might be a way to survive, but Wen Kai was less than eight years old that year, and the wind and waves were strong that night, and he was injured. If he really fell into the sea, it would definitely be fatal.

The problem is that if he really died, his body should have floated up, not to mention that the police searched nearby for half a month and did not find his body.

But if he was rescued, his people would have seen the missing person notices published by Wen Rongsheng on major TV stations and newspapers, and they would definitely send him back even for the reward.

Moreover, he was already able to remember things at that time. When he was young, he might not have been able to do it. After so many years, if he was still alive, he would not be impossible to find.

But 22 years have passed, and Wen Kai is still missing, and his body is still missing.

It wasn't just Wen Kai who hadn't been heard from for 22 years, but also Zhao Zikun and his gang.

The kidnapping of Wen Kai made Zhao Zikun famous, and he became someone who could make children cry at night. Years later, when people counted the desperate criminals in Hong Kong, he was always on the list.

And as the Wen family became richer and richer, the police's reward for Zhao Zikun became higher and higher. Just telling him the clue would get a six-digit reward, and if the clue was important enough to catch him, it would be a seven-digit reward.

In addition, 30 million in the 1970s was not a small number. Even if Zhao Zikun's gang divided the money equally, each person could get 6 million.

As long as they didn't squander it, this money would be enough for them to live out the rest of their lives.

It may be that a variety of reasons have caused Zhao Zikun's gang to lie low. Wen Yue did not expect that they would choose to make a comeback this year.

Thinking of another gangster who made a comeback, Wen Yue asked in confusion: [What's going on this year? How come these people who have been hiding for so many years chose to come back this year? ]

[Not this year. ] The system replied, [Strictly speaking, Zhou Mingtang's incident happened in January 1995. According to the solar calendar, Ye Tianhua and Zhao Zikun did not come back in the same year. ]

[But according to the lunar calendar, it is one year. ] Wen Yue said, [Looking at the time, it's only been a few months. Did they agree to spend all the money this year? 】

The system thought for a moment and said: 【In fact, Ye Tianhua’s money has not been completely spent. He chose to make a comeback at this time, partly because he wanted to make another move before the handover. 】

In order to prepare for the handover in 1997, Hong Kong had already purged a number of evil forces, but these desperate criminals living in Hong Kong knew that this was just the beginning, not the end.

They all knew that after the handover, public security would definitely become more and more stringent, and it would become more and more difficult for them to commit crimes again.

Therefore, these people began to get restless and wanted to make another move.

Wen Yue continued to ask: 【How was Zhou Mingtang kidnapped? 】

【I don’t know the details, but what is certain is that he was kidnapped after school. 】

【Didn’t the Zhou family arrange bodyguards for him? 】

It shouldn't be possible. The wealthy people in Hong Kong all attach great importance to safety issues. It is common for a family to have dozens of bodyguards.

Zhuang Shaoyun and his wife said that they were traveling with their children as a family, but in fact, they were accompanied by a lot of bodyguards. You have to know that the exclusive villa they came to is still owned by Zhou.

It can be seen that Zhuang Shaoyun and his wife have a good sense of safety. It is impossible for them not to arrange bodyguards for Zhou Mingtang, right?

But then again, arranging bodyguards does not mean that everything will be foolproof. Although Wen Rongsheng broke his appointment on the day when Wen Kai got into trouble, he arranged bodyguards to pick him up, but the number of bodyguards was not enough and they could not protect Wen Kai.

Zhao Zikun's group should have firearms.

But Zhou Mingtang's situation is a little different from Wen Kai's. The system said: [Yes, but I don't know why Zhou Mingtang got rid of his bodyguard.]

Wen Yue: [......] This naughty kid is

looking for death! Continue to ask the reason why Zhou Mingtang was killed.

The system replied: [Because they cooperated with the police and were discovered.]

Thirty-seven years ago, Zhao Zikun kidnapped three wealthy people or their only sons in succession, and after receiving the ransom, he kept his promise and released the kidnapped people safely.

Twenty-two years ago, Wen Rongsheng refused to cooperate with the police because he was afraid that calling the police would anger the other party because he found out about Zhao Zikun's style of doing things. He actively raised money, thinking that this would bring back his son, but to no avail.

So more than a month later, when Zhou Jiahao learned that the person who kidnapped Zhou Mingtang was Zhao Zikun, he did not dare to believe their promise to release him for money and chose to cooperate with the police.

However, the result was that their cooperation with the police was exposed, Zhao Zikun was enraged, and after getting the money, he killed the hostage again.

This time, the police found Zhou Mingtang's body in the place where Zhao Zikun's gang was hiding.

Putting the cause and effect together, Wen Yue asked thoughtfully: [Director, do you think Zhao Zikun really killed Zhou Mingtang because Zhou Jiahao called the police? ]

[I don't know? ] The system didn't think about it at all, and simply answered, [The host has never met Zhao Zikun, I don't know what he thinks. ]

Wen Yue obviously didn't care much about the system's answer, and continued: [If Zhao Zikun killed the hostage because Zhou Jiahao called the police, then why did Wen Rongsheng kill Wen Kai when he didn't call the police? 】

Although Zhao Zikun has done something like kidnapping, he is definitely not a good person, and his behavior cannot be inferred from ordinary people's thinking, but a person's behavior style usually does not change much.

Or his thoughts may change at a certain time period, but it is highly unlikely that his style would be the same thirty-seven years ago and more than a month later, but twenty-two years ago, his style suddenly changed.

This is either because something happened when Wen Kai was kidnapped twenty-two years ago, or Zhao Zikun was lying when he contacted Zhou Jiahao, and he never thought of letting Zhou Mingtang go.

Although she was puzzled, Wen Yue did not keep dwelling on this issue.

Before meeting the person in person, it would be in vain for her to think more.

The more important issue at the moment is whether she should remind Zhuang Shaoyun and his wife to arrange more bodyguards to follow Zhou Mingtang?

It is now mid-November, more than a month before Zhou Mingtang is kidnapped. Now remind Zhuang Shaoyun that there is a high probability of rescuing Zhou Mingtang.

But if they can't kidnap Zhou Mingtang, will they target other people?

Will rescuing Zhou Mingtang lead to the murder of other innocent people? Just like when she rescued Zhou Xiaobing, another person was killed by the Zhong family.

Moreover, in the original novel, Zhou Mingtang was killed because Zhuang Shaoyun and his wife and the police were in the open, while Zhao Zikun's gang was in the dark, so Zhao Zikun's gang could easily find out that Zhou Jiahao called the police.

But with her in this life, the situation is different.

As long as she meets Zhou Mingtang during this time, she can find out his location and the location of Zhao Zikun's gang through the system as soon as he is kidnapped, and then tell the police the news, maybe she can save him.

By then, Zhou Mingtang will be safe and sound, and Zhao Zikun's gang will be arrested, which can be regarded as revenge for Wen Kai.

But even if the system can find out Zhou Mingtang's location based on the environment he left, can the police definitely rescue him safely?

In the original book, Zhao Zikun's gang killed Zhou Mingtang because Zhou Jiahao called the police. If they are surrounded by the police in this life, will they also kill the hostages as soon as possible?

Because of the entanglement, Wen Yue tossed and turned that night, and Yi Huai couldn't sleep well. He got up in the middle of the night and asked her what happened?

If it were daytime, Wen Yue would probably digest the matter by herself, but at night her mind was not so clear, and she hesitated and asked: "If you know someone is going to get into trouble, you can't just stand by and watch, but if you warn him, he will escape the disaster, but someone else may be in trouble, what will you choose to do?"

It was a bit strange to ask this question late at night, but Yi Huai didn't ask the reason. He thought for a long time and asked: "Can I only warn one person?"

"Huh?" Wen Yue didn't react for a while, and was stunned for a while before she made a sound.

"Are there any restrictions on warnings? Can I warn the person who is going to get into trouble and other people at the same time?"

Wen Yue didn't answer, and she fell into thinking.

She was right!

There is still more than a month before Zhao Zikun returns to the arena, and she can definitely send a message to various newspapers to alert these wealthy people in Hong Kong.

To be on the safe side, she can also take advantage of this time to attend more banquets, meet more wealthy people, and then find a way to meet their children.

In this way, if Zhao Zikun's gang changes their targets, and she happens to have met the kidnapped person, she can still find out the location of the hostage through the system and notify the police for rescue.

Although doing so may still involve innocent people, it is indeed a relatively compromise method, and it is also the method that she can feel most at peace with no matter what the result is.

Having made up her mind, Wen Yue no longer worried, but because her mind was too active, she still closed her eyes and thought until after four in the morning before falling asleep.

Yi Huai also fell asleep at about the same time, but when he woke up the next morning, the two were in completely different mental states.

Most successful people are energetic. Ordinary people need to sleep eight to ten hours a day, but they can often greet a new day of work in a full state after resting for five or six hours.

Some people can even keep their minds clear after sleeping for three or four hours a day.

Yi Huai is the one who can sleep only three or four hours a day, so even if he gets up at seven o'clock the next day, there is no dark circles under his eyes.

Unlike Wen Yue, she slept for several hours yesterday afternoon and slept from four in the morning to nine in the morning, but she still felt that she did not sleep enough.

When meeting Zhuang Shaoyun's family of four, Wen Yue was listless and yawned constantly. Even Zhou Peiwen could see that she did not sleep well and asked her what she did last night.

Zhuang Shaoyun patted her daughter's shoulder and told her not to talk nonsense. Zhou Jiahao also coughed several times. It was obvious that the couple had wrong ideas.

In order not to affect her image, Wen Yue had to explain: "We went hiking yesterday morning. I felt very tired when I came back, so I slept for a long time in the villa. As a result, I slept too much and couldn't sleep at night."

"Mountain climbing is indeed very tiring." Zhuang Shaoyun said sympathetically, and asked the two which route they took yesterday. When he learned that they started from Bogongao, he said that the scenery there was good, and briefly talked about his previous experience of hiking with Zhou Jiahao.

The barbecue area in the villa is quite large, with a barbecue stove next to each table, and coal tools are very complete.

There are two rows of L-shaped workbenches at the edge of the barbecue area, and behind the workbenches, staff are processing various ingredients quickly.

The ingredients are very rich, with all kinds of meat, seafood and vegetables.

Zhou Jiahao and Zhuang Shaoyun often go out to play and have rich experience in barbecue. They quickly started the fire, then brushed oil on the ingredients one by one and put them on the charcoal fire to grill.

Wen Yue and Yi Huai were also not idle. Although they were not as skilled as them, they still knew how to brush oil and turn them over.

The four of them kept moving their hands and their mouths were busy, chatting casually.

They were casual, but Wen Yue was intentional. She knew that Zhou Jiahao and Zhuang Shaoyun often took their children out to play, so she said it was fun to barbecue with a lot of people.

Although Zhou Jiahao is a domineering boss, he has a very easy-going personality. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "If you like, our two families can go out together next time, as long as you don't mind the trouble of having children."

"No problem, Awen and his sister are quite sensible," Wen Yue deliberately mentioned Zhou Mingtang, "I heard Sister Yun praising him last night, and I'm curious about him now."

"Okay, let's invite Mingtang to come along some other day." Zhou Jiahao was a man of action, and he asked right after he finished speaking, "When are you free?"

Wen Yue immediately said, "We are always free."

Yi Huai saw that Wen Yue wanted to get along with Zhuang Shaoyun and his wife, and although he didn't know the reason, he said in accordance with her wishes, "Then let's tentatively plan for next weekend. If everyone is free then, let's go out to sea or camp together?"

"Okay."

...

In order to meet Zhou Mingtang, Wen Yue deliberately turned down all invitations for the weekend, and so did Yi Huai.

After dinner on Saturday morning, the two took a car to the Victoria Harbour Pier.

The activity they finally decided on was going out to sea. This season is not suitable for swimming, but sea fishing is good, and you can also have a barbecue on the cruise ship. It is no problem to spend a whole day leisurely.

The yacht for going out to sea belongs to Zhou Jiahao.

Although Zhou Jiahao is much better than those dandies in terms of lifestyle, it does not mean that he does not know how to enjoy himself. As the heir to the top wealthy family in Hong Kong, he has no shortage of yachts, horse racing and private jets.

His yacht is quite large, with three floors, six rooms in total, as well as a living room, dining room and game room, which is no different from a small villa.

When Wen Yue and the others arrived, Zhou Jiahao and his wife had already arrived with their children. After saying hello, they took them to the yacht.

During the time, Zhou Jiahao has been introducing today's activities. Wen Yue looked at Zhou Mingtang several times while listening.

Zhou Mingtang is obviously taller than his father. Zhou Jiahao is only a little over 1.7 meters tall. He is only fourteen years old this year and has grown to 1.6 meters.

His facial features are not particularly delicate when viewed individually, but they are very handsome when combined. He is very outgoing and stable, and he takes good care of his younger siblings.

After the cruise ship set off, the group did not rush to take out their equipment. The three children went to the game room, and the four adults sat in the living room to chat and enjoy the scenery on the shore.

Wen Yue has been here for so long, and has seen Victoria Harbour from both sides of the strait, and has seen the night view many times, but this is the first time to sit on a ferry and enjoy the high-rise buildings on the shore.

As for the feeling, it is really not shocking.

Although Hong Kong was already developed enough in the 1990s, the city where she lived in her previous life was not bad either. She could take a boat across the Yangtze River, and there were many high-rise buildings on both sides.

It was novel, indeed. Wen Yue had taken a ship in her previous life, but she had never been on a private yacht like this one.

Yi Huai and her original body didn't have a yacht either. The former didn't care about these material possessions, and the only thing he had a lot of was a house, while the latter was poor, and his monthly pocket money was not enough, let alone buying a yacht, it was difficult to maintain a yacht.

Thinking of this, Wen Yue wanted to complain about Wen Rongsheng. They were both second-generations of wealthy families. Look at the life Zhou Jiahao lived, and then look at the savings in the hands of the Wen family's children, wow.

But on second thought, the gap was not entirely on the male owner of the family.

Zhou Jiahao is in his early forties and has been in Zhou's for more than ten years. He has taken over many family businesses and has also made investments. Naturally, his various incomes add up to a lot.

His younger brothers and sisters are not so well-off.

Wen Jiaqi, the oldest member of the Wen family, does not produce anything and still relies on money from her parents. Wen Jiadong is relatively better off, but not much better. He is a person who does not have much idea about making money.

Wen Yue has more sources of income. In addition to the annual salary as president, there are also profits from the newspaper company, dividends from personal funds, and rent.

She recently met Zhuang Zhijun and maintained a good relationship with Zhuang Shaoyun. With this relationship, it will be more convenient for her to invest in movies in the future. With the system's golden fingers, this path is almost a sure win.

After things in Hong Kong are sorted out, she will turn to investing in the mainland. Although the rich people in the novel world do not overlap with those she knew in her previous life, the business trends are similar. If she can't find Jack Ma, she can find someone who runs a communication software online mall.

When she reached Zhou Jiahao's age, Wen Yue was confident that she could achieve financial freedom without relying on Wen Rongsheng and Yi Huai.

Of course, it would be better if she could inherit the Wen family, then she wouldn't have to work hard.

While chatting, the yacht sailed out of Victoria Harbour. There were fewer high-rise buildings on both sides of the strait, and the view became wider. The group began to move from indoors to outdoors.

After blowing the wind outside for a while, Zhuang Shaoyun thought of her three children and went to the game room to call for help.

Wen Yue took the opportunity to inquire about the system about the whole story of Zhou Mingtang's kidnapping, that is, the reason why he got rid of his bodyguards.

The system had been holding back a lot of words, waiting for Wen Yue to ask, and quickly answered: [Because he wants to buy a gift for his girlfriend! ]

Wen Yue was surprised, and turned to look at Zhou Mingtang who was called out by his mother. Although he looked immature, he gave people a mature feeling, and he was not ostentatious. He was a good boy.

That's why Wen Yue was so surprised: [Is Zhou Mingtang in a premature love relationship? ]

The system hesitated and said: [Actually, it’s not a premature love relationship. They haven’t confirmed their relationship yet, but the two like each other. Because they usually meet in school, and occasionally go out to play with several friends, so his parents don’t know that he has a close female classmate. ]

Wen Yue hummed and asked: [Then what? 】

【January 15th is the girl's birthday. Zhou Mingtang wanted to prepare a birthday gift for her, but he didn't want to be discovered by his family, so he got rid of the bodyguard after school. 】

As a result, he didn't buy the gift and was caught by the kidnappers.

With Zhou Mingtang's death, the kidnappers escaped, and the reason why he got rid of the bodyguard became a mystery.

Zhou Jiahao and his wife, who appeared in the original book, never figured out the answer in their lives, and they were immersed in the pain of their choice to call the police, which led to the death of their son.

【So, early love kills people. 】

Wen Yue sighed and asked: 【So where is the hiding place of Zhao Zikun's gang? 】

【I don't know, Zhou Mingtang was knocked unconscious, and when he woke up, he was locked in a shabby house. 】

【So, now, no matter from Zhou Mingtang or his parents, we can't find out where his kidnappers are hiding? 】 Wen Yue was a little surprised, rubbed his eyebrows and asked, 【Then if Zhou Mingtang was kidnapped, can you find out where he is? 】

【You can get photos of the scenery around him】

Wen Yue was relieved. As long as he could get the photos and send them to the police, the plan would not be affected.

Just thinking about it, he heard the system say: 【But there is a problem...】

【What problem? 】

【It seems that the kidnapper of Zhou Mingtang is not Zhao Zikun. 】

Wen Yue was stunned: [Didn't you say that it was Zhao Zikun who was written in the original book? The news that Zhou Jiahao and his wife received was that Zhao Zikun kidnapped Zhou Mingtang, why do you say it's not Zhao Zikun now? ]

[Because the kidnappers introduced themselves like this when they called, but Zhou Jiahao and his wife, and even the police, have never met anyone from the kidnapping gang. ]

[But did Zhou Mingtang meet the leader of the gang? ]

[Yes, the other party did not hide his appearance from beginning to end. ]

This statement confirmed Wen Yue's previous guess that the gangsters who kidnapped Zhou Mingtang had no intention of letting him go, and calling the police to kill him was a pure lie.

The system continued: [In fact, the three people who were kidnapped by Zhao Zikun at the beginning had never seen him. The police found Zhao Zikun's information based on minor details. He was 35 years old when he committed the first crime. Thirty-seven years later, he should be 72 years old. But the gang leader who kidnapped Zhou Mingtang only looks to be in his 50s, and his younger brothers all call him "Brother Hou."

People in their 60s can maintain themselves to look like they are in their early 50s, but people in their 70s rarely look like they are in their 50s. The change in address is not that important. After all, now they don't know whether the bandit leader's last name is Hou or his nickname is Monkey.

The problem is that the person who kidnapped Zhou Mingtang is not Zhao Zikun, so can she still follow the clues to find out the truth of 22 years ago?

In addition, since the other party is not Zhao Zikun, why did they commit the crime under Zhao Zikun's name?

Although this can scare the hostage's family, it is also more high-profile and easy to be targeted by the police, right? They are not kidnappers who want this false reputation?

There should be some connection, right?