Chapter 148 Counterfeit Money



"Brother, why did you paint that kind of picture? It's so embarrassing," Li Mingzhu whispered.

The girl was so shy that she packed up and left, leaving only the two of them in the classroom.

“Treat this as a public service announcement,” Wang Peng said. “Syphilis and AIDS can be fatal; it’s for people’s health.”

Li Mingzhu blinked and said, "My brother is a businessman who won't do anything without profit; he must have something on his mind."

Wang Peng scratched his head and said in a low voice, "I've registered a family planning products company in Scotland, and I'm preparing to open up the domestic family planning market."

"Huh?" Li Mingzhu's head buzzed.

The amount of information in those few sentences was too much for her to process.

"Brother, why register a company in Scotland? Who will manage that company for you?"

Li Mingzhu shook her head. "There aren't any stores selling condoms anywhere in the country. Do you want to be the first to try it?"

Being the first to eat crab is very risky; you either overeat or starve.

"So I want to promote condoms, starting with a small promotion, and then promoting them more vigorously when I have the money to produce them."

Wang Peng said, "The production I'm referring to is OEM manufacturing. Other manufacturers produce the products, put our trademark on them, and then import them into China."

The process was too complicated for Li Mingzhu to understand, so she simply stopped thinking about it.

She gently bit her pencil, brainstorming ideas for a public service announcement, then picked up a new sheet of paper and began to write.

By the time school ended in the afternoon, I had drawn five A3-sized posters.

It has a cute cartoon style, and one of them is quite interesting.

Two cartoon characters, a man and a woman, are hugging each other.

Below is a cartoon condom holding a shield and sword, gritting its teeth as it tries to fend off the massive army blocked by the HIV virus.

"Haha, interesting." Wang Peng gave a thumbs up.

"Brother, I'm so embarrassed." Li Mingzhu quickly kissed her boyfriend and hurriedly looked out the window.

"We're an old married couple, what's there to be shy about?"

Wang Peng put the painting away, took her hand, and said, "Let's go home, honey."

"Mmm." Li Mingzhu was in a great mood; it was the first time her boyfriend had called her "wife."

The two drove away from the campus, and their car was always surrounded by students, attracting 100% attention.

First, she went to the market to buy groceries. When she got home, Li Mingzhu cooked two simple home-style dishes.

After dinner, Wang Peng took her to his mother-in-law's house.

Driving to the tobacco and liquor store, Du Lei found three customers inside, and he was entertaining them.

Two men and one woman, all dressed in suits and carrying briefcases, looked like business people.

They ordered a case of Fengjiu liquor, six bottles in total, at 98 yuan per bottle.

The square-faced young man took out six hundred-yuan bills from his wallet.

Du Lei put the money through the money counter, handed it to Wang Peng, and opened the drawer to give change.

Wang Peng counted the money first, then checked whether it was real or counterfeit.

After checking the last one, I suddenly realized something was wrong and hurriedly checked it again.

Judging from the watermark and the raised texture, the first one is definitely real money, and the remaining five also seem to be real.

But the feel of these five banknotes is completely different, which definitely reflects their price.

"Comrade, could you exchange these for me?" Wang Peng handed five banknotes to the middle-aged man.

"Why do I need to exchange it? I only have loose change left, not enough." The middle-aged man showed his wallet.

“Comrade, this money is all real; it’s all been checked by the money detector,” the short-haired girl said.

Counterfeit money is constantly being updated, and if the money detector isn't updated in time, it won't be able to recognize the latest prices.

Wang Peng didn't want to waste time talking to them, so he said with a smile, "Comrade, if you don't have any money to exchange, the wine is still mine."

"Comrade, I don't like hearing that," the middle-aged man said. "This is clearly real money, why are you saying it's counterfeit?"

"You're slandering my character, how could you do this?" He stared directly at Wang Peng.

"Heh heh." Wang Peng laughed angrily. This is what happens when you're given a chance but you don't know how to use it.

"Brother Lei, help me stop them, I'm calling the police."

Wang Peng placed six 100-yuan bills on the counter and dialed Feng Dali's private phone number directly, instead of calling 110 to report the incident.

Du Lei walked straight out from behind the counter, blocking their way.

"You've gone too far! I only earn a few cents selling a pack of cigarettes, and you're giving me five hundred yuan in counterfeit money?"

Du Lei grew angrier as he spoke, "Brother Peng didn't want to argue with you, and was even willing to forgo doing business with you, but you actually turned around and bit me?"

"Who's turning the tables?" the short-haired woman sneered. "You're the ones bullying us. It's clearly real money, so why are you slandering us?"

"Slander?" Du Lei sneered. "We're in business. If it's real money, why would we turn down money?"

At that moment, Wang Peng made a phone call.

"Uncle Feng, I received five counterfeit bills. Even the latest money detector can't detect them."

"..."

"I suspect it's a recently released counterfeit bill. The person in question is in my shop. Please come quickly."

"..."

This is no longer just ordinary malicious spending of counterfeit money; it may involve a counterfeit currency criminal gang.

Counterfeit money capable of silencing a banknote detector must be technically very sophisticated, and must be the work of a large organization.

Wang Peng put down the phone, turned around and walked to the door, locking the glass door with a U-lock.

When the three saw that he had closed the door, they immediately backed down.

"Comrade, calling the police is pointless. Let's just stop doing business."

The middle-aged man laughed and said, "I've been troubled by business matters these past two days, so I'm in a bad mood. I was wrong just now."

The short-haired woman hurriedly apologized, "Comrade, I'm sorry, we acted impulsively just now."

Wang Peng sneered, "Apologize now? Too late!"

The long-haired man, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up, "Comrade, we're all in business, there's no need to make things so tense, is there?"

His voice was low, and his eyes held a hint of anger.

Wang Peng looked at him and said, "The police have already been dispatched. Let's wait for them to arrive and handle the situation."

The two sides continued arguing, the middle-aged man and the short-haired woman became increasingly agitated, and the long-haired man's eyes grew increasingly fierce.

At that moment, two police cars stopped outside the gate, and eight police officers got out of the cars.

Wang Peng opened the U-lock and briefly recounted what had happened.

Feng Dali picked up the six hundred-yuan bills on the counter and examined them one by one.

He frowned, took out a hundred-yuan bill from his pocket, and compared them one by one.

"This one is real, but these five might not be."

Feng Dali said, "I need to have experts appraise your money. Please come with me to the bureau to assist in the investigation."

"Officer, I swear this is all real money. He's slandering me and trying to extort money from me."

The middle-aged man pointed at Wang Peng and turned the tables on him.

“Wang Peng, come with me too, let’s get to the bottom of this,” Feng Dali said.

“Okay, I will fully cooperate with your work,” Wang Peng said.

And so, Wang Peng arrived at the Public Security Bureau in a police car, where two police officers asked him to give a statement.

Then he was taken to Feng Dali's office.

"Comrade, you can wait here for a bit. You can go to the corridor outside to smoke," the young police officer said.

Wang Peng nodded, picked up the newspaper on the table, and waited for the expert's assessment results.

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