Chapter 92 Chapter 92 1st update
Captain Huo's brows were tightly knitted together, his face dark.
"Cheated?"
His colleague Lao Gao looked at him in disbelief.
Huo Buwei had no time to explain. He held the information tightly and tried his best to suppress his surging emotions.
"What we are looking for is not produced in this small workshop at all." As he spoke, he took out the photos of the evidence bag and gave them to him, "Take a close look at the things in those photos."
Lao Gao looked solemn and stared at it suspiciously, then said in disbelief.
"How come so many of the cuts are broken and still broken in the middle."
It has to be said that these things are under the strictest control nowadays. Even though Lao Gao has never been in or out of the kitchen in his forties, he knows that his family's kitchen knives have hardly been replaced over the years. The only time he bought a new one was when he lost it during a move.
But why are so many things in this photo damaged?
Suddenly something came into his mind, and he hurriedly looked through the case records, and indeed found the answer.
It turned out that the reason for the raid on the workshop was due to reports from the public. The reason is that these things have problems. They break down within two or three years of use, and the kitchen knife will break when chopping big bones.
Huo Buwei motioned for him to look, and Lao Gao's head exploded with a buzzing sound.
The flash of light made his mouth tremble with excitement.
“This is…”
"Three years ago, the Qingshancheng kitchen knife factory in the provincial capital reported that due to improper logistics management, 100,000 kitchen knives were lost. For this reason, the factory director resigned and the relevant personnel were fired."
Lao Gao recalled and muttered to himself.
"So, these are the batch of kitchen knives that were lost that year, but why are they here?" The distance between the two places is not close, could it be that they stole them?
Huo Buwei pondered for a moment and then assigned the rest of the investigation to other people.
After Lao Gaoxing hurried away, he turned around and called the squadron to inform them of his current speculation.
The squadron leader on the other end of the phone finally smiled.
For the next week, the two teams worked day and night, and on the sixth day, a man named Hou Zhong appeared in their sight.
"So the reason why Hou Zhong, the logistics director of Qingshan City, was dismissed was not because of bad luck. It was because he enriched himself and took kickbacks." The news from the squadron surprised them.
Lao Gao drank half a pot of tea and said angrily.
"No wonder I was wondering what a coincidence it was. He must be connected with the people below." But the investigation over the past few days seemed to have yielded no findings.
According to the news, Hou Zhong has an incredibly good reputation in the countryside. Compared to the ridicule and sarcasm from the city people, the Hou family was praised by the entire village in the countryside.
But just based on the fact that he was able to escape unscathed and not be caught, we can tell that this Hou Zhong is a veteran.
So he had to make another preparation. Huo Buwei thought about it and read the police report materials from that year several times. At the same time, he used his connections to inquire about the kitchen knife factory.
Then, I received another shocking news.
The reason why the factory director resigned that year was not simply because of the loss of a kitchen knife. This is just a facade put forward by the factory to fool the public, and the factory has been constantly transferring and reassigning personnel over the past three years.
So at the beginning they had no idea that there was any inside story. The reason why Huo Buwei knew about it was because he was curious about Hou Zhong, so he asked for help from several connections and found one of the people involved in the incident back then.
Four years ago, the Qingshancheng Kitchen Knife Factory had difficulty purchasing raw materials for production due to insufficient funds. At that time, it had already reported to the provincial bureau and was preparing to go bankrupt.
But half a year later, a batch of raw materials was miraculously delivered to the factory.
According to insiders, the purchasing director who made the connection became quite famous because he advocated foreign investment cooperation. According to the agreement documents of that year, the foreign-funded company used this batch of raw materials as assets to invest in the Qingshancheng Kitchen Knife Factory, holding a 30% stake. And in the following six months, because of this batch of raw materials, the Qingshancheng Kitchen Knife Factory happened to catch an opportunity of the year and directly crushed other factories, becoming famous in the province in one fell swoop.
The countless sales orders made the leaders of the entire factory so excited that their eyes turned red.
Good treatment, good prospects, and a good factory were the thoughts of all the employees at the time.
The allocation of resources from government departments and the policy support from relevant departments made them very excited at that time. In order to monopolize the kitchen knife market in one go, they used all their funds to purchase raw materials.
The factory workers who were planning to reach the peak from now on did not expect that there is a saying that everything that goes up must come down.
In previous years, they ordered steel raw materials from the province, but due to the last incident, the purchasing department contacted the manufacturer again. In order to avoid any accidents, they even went on a business trip to check it out in person, but their good luck seemed to end there.
After considering all the round steels in the factory, they held a telephone conference with the factory leaders that day. I talked about the inventory cost, advantages and disadvantages of each type of steel, and felt very sorry for M12, because unfortunately its inventory was not enough.
So after some calculations, they ordered a full eight tons of M10, and the deposit alone was 100,000 yuan.
At that time, 100,000 yuan was almost three years' salary for all the employees in the factory.
Unexpectedly, after the M10 round steel was delivered to the factory, problems arose with the first and second batches of kitchen knives produced.
Every kitchen knife undergoes a final quality inspection before leaving the factory. Originally, the wear rate was considered acceptable if it was kept within 2%-3%. However, the first batch that year showed a wear rate of 3.5%, and the second batch that followed showed a wear rate of 3.7%.
Captain Huo, who had learned about it, had already understood.
Looking back now, it seems that the Qingshan City Kitchen Knife Factory had been set up long ago.
"So what should we do now?"
Although Lao Gao had figured out what was going on, there was nothing they could do about it. And the only thing we can do now is to watch from the dark. But looking at it this way, the batch of kitchen knives might not have been lost by mistake. Instead, someone lost it on purpose!
At this point in the investigation, more and more things were involved, and more and more people were involved.
Captain Huo and Lao Gao, who were sleeping later and later, sorted out all the case materials in their hands, trying to find out something more.
However, the more they sorted out the information, the more they felt that the suspect they were pursuing had disappeared. The original focus of the investigation gradually shifted and could not be seen.
But their professional vigilance told them that it would not be such a coincidence.
From the interrogated prisoner's words, he had no impression of the murder weapon. Moreover, everything that needed to be explained had already been explained, and most of those who needed to be arrested had been arrested. The reason why he was able to get this batch of goods was only because it was given to him by Brother Hu.
Lao Hu, who was a well-known middleman in the city a few years ago, was wiped out during last year's crackdown.
The clues end here. No one knows who Brother Hu met or who he contacted. But the comrades who were keeping an eye on Hou Zhong brought news in the afternoon that the man had actually gone to the county town from the countryside.
"Why are you going to the city all of a sudden? Did you say where you were going?"
"He said he was going to the city to mail a package!" Everyone who heard this knew it was wrong, but it was obvious that they couldn't take the initiative to intercept him.
Since we can't intercept the package proactively, we can only keep a close eye on his subsequent actions, which will definitely give him away.
"Ahhh, this is really cowardly, can't we do something else to check him out?"
Of course they are not the only ones who are angry, many people involved are also concerned.
Ever since Huo Buwei started his business trip, everyone around him who knew about this matter was paying close attention to it. Not to mention his current leader, even his colleagues in Shancheng were paying close attention to it after hearing the news.
As a former colleague, a comrade in the same trench, and with such a serious case in the bureau, how could one not be curious.
Lu Junhua and his family, who were not curious about the situation, finally returned from the countryside before the 16th day of the first lunar month.
The couple celebrated the Lantern Festival at Lu's house and returned to Yu's house that night.
Yu's father returned safely from a business trip and brought her a small gift, a book about sketching and portraiture.
When Yu's father took it out, Yu Jiajia was caught off guard and looked surprised.
Yu's father mustered up his composure and said, "I found it at Xinhua Bookstore. You can just take a look at it."
Yu Jiajia's lips curled up slightly and her tone was cheerful.
"I will keep it well. Thank you for thinking of me when you are on a business trip."
"Ahem, well, come in and eat. Your mom has been talking about having a reunion dinner these past two days."
The five of them finished their meal happily and stayed for a while before going home after it got dark.
The West Garden had already been cleaned during the day, so there was no need to tidy it up.
Yu Jiajia was busy in the bathroom for almost an hour. When she came out wrapped in steam, Lu Junhua hugged her head with a towel. "Hey, what are you doing?"
Lu Junhua used very gentle force. When he looked down, he saw that her face was flushed and her eyes were watery.
He pressed his whole body on her and pecked her several times.
She wanted to say something else, but he completely blocked her from saying anything else. By the time she realized her hair again, she was already extremely sleepy.
That's a lot to remember.
After a night of ridiculous exercise, Lu Junhua, who was the one who did the work, got up early.
Yu Jiajia slept until noon before waking up slowly. When she just got up, she could hardly hold up her body and almost fell down again. Then she simply lay down and rested for a while.
After he calmed down a little, he managed to stand up with half a breath.
After a simple cleanup, half an hour had passed.
Not finding any changed sheets in the room, she guessed that he had moved them. She walked into the living room and saw the clock reached twelve o'clock. She was about to go to the kitchen to cook something to eat when someone opened the door and came in.
"Wife, come quickly. I bought your favorite dishes." Lu Junhua came in with three lunch boxes.
Yu Jiajia looked at the alarm clock again, put down the cup, and walked over. "Why are you back? Aren't you going to work?"
Lu Junhua was happy to see that her complexion was normal and her tone was no different from usual.
I didn’t mind the somewhat awkward scene between the young couple last night.
"I just got to work today and didn't have much to do. I thought you might be tired, so I bought you something delicious to nourish you." As he spoke, he opened the lunch boxes one by one.
Fish-flavored eggplant, braised duck with young ginger, and pork with preserved vegetables. The staple food is konjac made from new rice.
The moment she opened the lunch box, her saliva started to flow.
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