Chapter 609: For money, nothing is unusual
"Lu Gang was a student at Peking University, but was later expelled because of his poor conduct."
Because Li Ye shouted, the investigators at the scene caught him and asked him a few questions. Li Ye also told them about Lu Gang.
Hengsan, who was standing aside, couldn't help shaking all over, thinking to himself that something was wrong.
This seemingly gentle young man is actually a ruthless person! I am afraid that I will fall into his hands again this time.
However, Hengsan was unwilling to admit defeat so easily.
When the searchers wanted to open the safe, Heng Sansi stubbornly said, "We are a formal investment institution in Hong Kong Island with formal license procedures. You have no right to investigate us."
The men in suits spoke in Hong Kong Mandarin even more arrogantly than Hengsan: "If you want to open the safe, bring a search warrant, otherwise we will never cooperate."
This company does have a license, and it is a Hong Kong Island license with Chinese and English translations, which looks quite impressive.
But in the eyes of professionals like Zou Mengcheng, it is just a cowardly act.
Although private lending has always been a matter of public safety and government non-compliance, your approach is too formal. How about opening a branch for you and taking over the bank's business?
Zou Mengcheng quietly said to his colleague: "Xiao Wang, go call Director Cui and tell him that this is a big deal and ask him to bring people over quickly."
My colleague Xiao Wang looked at the bulging schoolbags in the hands of the fat sheep, licked his lips and said, "Then the director asked me how serious the matter was, what should I say?"
Zou Mengcheng sucked his teeth and said, "Just say that the amount involved in the case is likely to be millions."
Xiao Wang almost rolled his eyes. In this day and age, how much is the monthly cash flow of a savings bank?
However, after Xiao Wang looked at the computer and the four large safes in the yard, he nodded and ran out quietly.
Li Ye pulled Zou Mengcheng's arm and asked in a low voice: "Do you think this is normal? This is under the feet of the emperor, how come no one cares about such blatant money-making?"
"Oh~, who wants to make trouble for no reason? Are you free? If you hadn't called me, I wouldn't have come. Of course, if I didn't come, I would have missed this big fish."
Zou Mengcheng raised his chin towards Hengsan again and said, "And this also depends on the ability of the local snake. This kind of business can only be done with the help of local people. The things involved are complicated. In a word, for money, anything is not surprising."
Li Ye nodded silently.
People nowadays have a weak awareness of fraud prevention. People like Hengsan use the name of Hong Kong Island Investment Company to help people around them make money. There are many people who make a fortune in silence. Anyone who blocks their way to wealth is an enemy.
For this kind of Ponzi scheme, no one will take the initiative to report it before it explodes, and those who benefit from it will help cover up for the schemers and even use all their connections to resolve the resistance around them.
This relationship
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Half an hour later, the police and the bank personnel arrived at the scene almost at the same time.
It seems that not only Zou Mengcheng realized that "the matter was serious", the joint defense team also felt that the matter was too big. If something happened, they might not be able to handle it, so they simply let someone taller come to take the blame.
The next group of people who came were much more experienced. They first carried those frightened fat sheep into the house one by one.
Nowadays, no ordinary citizen dares to say to the police, "I called 110, and you have to serve me," so a few fat sheep quickly spilled out everything they knew.
Then the police politely checked the passports of several men in suits, but they couldn't produce them.
"What? You are not from Hong Kong Island? Employees of Hong Kong Island Company? What is an employee? Interrogate each of you one by one and make sure you get everything clear."
Seeing the man in the suit and Heng San being taken into the house separately for interrogation, Li Ye knew that unless Heng San and his gang had something special to rely on, they were basically doomed.
Not everyone has the ability to resist interrogation. Under the questioning of public security and banking professionals, a person's psychological endurance will drop several times. Once a person confesses one sentence, he or she will not be able to hide the rest.
[You don't need to explain. They all said that you are the mastermind.]
Who can stand this?
Otherwise, why couldn't so many heroes who were usually unwilling to submit and feel resentful hold out for more than a few minutes?
There is no need to go to the police station, you can explain everything clearly in the police car.
Finally, a little girl opened a safe crying, "I don't know! They hired me to work here, and I only get paid 100 yuan a month. I really don't know anything."
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After the safe was opened, the whole place was silent for several seconds. The large safe was full of money, and the money on the bottom layer was obviously not RMB.
Director Cui couldn't help but ask the girl: "What do you mean by 'you don't know'? You don't even know how much money is in this?"
The little girl sobbed and said, "I really don't know. Sometimes they just take money. Just now, Manager Lu took away 50,000 yuan and said he was going to exchange it for currency."
"Which Manager Lu? Where is his home? Why don't you go and bring him back?"
"Not only do I have to go to his house, I also have to go to the train station and bus station."
"Don't let that person run away. Seal the door and don't let anyone out."
The scene was in chaos, and Zou Mengcheng took the opportunity to pull Li Ye out of the courtyard.
"Why are you pulling me? I haven't done anything wrong. If they want to ask about Lu Gang's situation, I will just tell them again."
"What Lu Gang? Didn't you see our director winking at me just now?"
Zou Mengcheng pulled Li Yetu into his Santana and said, "Hurry up, take me to a public phone, and then I'll lend you my car to go back to our company to pick someone up."
Li Ye turned around and said with a smile, "Are you sure that your director's look at you means this?"
"That must be what he meant," Zou Mengcheng said, "There's only so much money in one safe. If the four safes are all the same, wouldn't it be several million? Then I don't know how many people will come here later!"
Li Ye was driving the car and asked in confusion: "No matter how many people come, it won't have any impact on you, right?
Wasn't the money counted on the spot and then deposited into a special account at your bank, pending the results of the investigation?"
"Um?"
Zou Mengcheng was stunned, then said thoughtfully: "Li Ye, your suggestion is very good. The money should be deposited in our bank account first."
It is common sense that decades later, all stolen money, confiscations, and fines will be deposited in a special bank account. However, there was no such rule in the 1980s. Li Ye inadvertently provided Zou Mengcheng with a special idea.
When Li Ye drove to help Zou Mengcheng pick up his colleagues at Dacaochang Hutong, the gilded plaque at the entrance of the courtyard had been taken down. Many people were blocking the entrance, with shouting, crying, and cursing mixed together, making the noise give people a headache.
"They are a legitimate company, how can they be considered illegal? If you investigate them, where can we deposit our money? It's 7% interest a month! Will your bank give it to us?"
"My money is in there! Please give me my money first! Look, I have a receipt here."
"I don't want the interest, can you please give me the money? Please."
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Li Ye saw Old Hu making a fuss in Jiang Xiaoyan's store, crying and stomping his feet and beating his chest, as anxious as a gorilla.
Does he still have money in there?
Although Li Ye knew some helpless truths, he still asked Zou Mengcheng: "Can the seized money be returned to the innocent people?"
Zou Mengcheng was silent for a moment, then said, "Yes, I will."
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Things were more troublesome than Li Ye had imagined.
Two days later in the afternoon, Li Ye, Wen Leyu and Li Juan had just arrived at Zaojun Temple when they saw Wang Qiangdong and several other fellow villagers from Qingshui.
They were arranged by Li Zhongfa himself and lived to the west of Li Ye's house. They rarely showed up, but they would definitely show up whenever there was any disturbance in Li Ye's house.
But at this moment they were coming out of the alley on motorcycles, stepping on the accelerator in a hurry, like a biker gang.
Li Ye saw that they looked abnormal, so he waved his hand to stop them.
"What's going on? Running so fast in the alley? Do you know how dangerous it is?"
Wang Qiangdong said, "We are worried, Li Ye. Some people surrounded Chen's noodle shop and even used knives. Aunt Chen forced us to call Uncle Hong. Uncle Hong called us all over. We have to go over and take a look."
Li Ye: “.”
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The people who surrounded Chen's Noodle House today were still led by Lao Hu, but they were not the five or six people like the day before yesterday, but at least thirty people.
"It was because you reported the Hong Kong Islanders that Shunhua Company was closed down. Now we can't get our money out. You have to get the money for us."
"That's right! I was going to withdraw the money next week, but now I have no place to go to complain. You have to compensate us."
"You have such a big family business, four noodle shops, it's easy to make tens of thousands, hurry up and pay the money."
Chen Jinhua's husband Jiang Yougui stood at the door of Chen's noodle shop with two kitchen knives in his hands. Facing a group of "fat sheep" being slaughtered, his hands trembled like a Parkinson's patient.
He looked so scary that the thirty people on Lao Hu's side didn't dare to charge in.
Old Hu took out a stack of receipts from four or five meters away.
"Brother Jiang, we are not bullying you. This is our receipt. You know that this is exchanged for real money. When the police investigate, you can withdraw the principal and interest yourself. You can even earn interest!"
Jiang Yougui stared with red eyes and shouted hoarsely: "Why don't you bully me? We didn't buy it and you thought we were blocking your fortune. Now we are caught and you want us to pay compensation. Come on, come here, come over and I will give you money."
"Dad, don't be stupid."
Chen Jinhua wanted to stop Jiang Yougui from behind, but Jiang Yougui pushed Chen Jinhua away with his arm, and the kitchen knife in his hand trembled even more violently.
It was obvious that if Lao Hu and the others came over, it was hard to say whether Jiang Yougui would give money or not, but he would definitely give Yi Caidao.
(End of this chapter)
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