When Wu Xiaojun and his apprentice arrived at No. 18 Jinhai Road, they did not act rashly. Instead, they listened to the commotion until the police reinforcements arrived. Only then did they get out of the car and rush into the warehouse with the reinforcements.
There were indeed quite a few smuggled goods in the warehouse, and a few people were arrested along the way, but Zhuang Zhennan was nowhere to be found.
Qin Chuan did not give up and interrogated the captured warehouse guards.
Only one of these people recognized Zhuang Zhennan, saying that he had suddenly said he felt unwell in his stomach ten minutes earlier and left the warehouse, but it was unclear whether this was true or not.
Upon hearing that he had just left, Wu Xiaojun asked, "Which direction did he run off in?"
Whether intentionally or unintentionally, he casually pointed in a direction, and Wu Xiaojun chased after him in that direction. Unfortunately, he ran for more than half an hour but still couldn't find Zhuang Zhennan.
Later, Qin Chuan caught up with him in his car and let him in, saying, "Wu Xiaojun, are you stupid? You're just going to go wherever the suspect tells you to go?"
Wu Xiaojun looked bewildered and said, "What's wrong? Did I do something wrong?"
Qin Chuan glared at Wu Xiaojun and said, "I'm not saying you're wrong, but you need to use your brain. Have you found any clues in this direction?"
Wu Xiaojun shook his head and said, "No, I didn't see anything!"
"On the contrary, we found urine in the opposite direction, which is very likely Zhuang Zhennan's!"
Wu Xiaojun slammed his fist on the back seat of the car in anger, shouting, "I can't believe I've been tricked again!"
Qin Chuan smiled and comforted him, saying, "Alright! Don't be angry. You should be secretly happy that you were able to find out about Zhuang Zhennan's smuggled goods! I'll recommend you for a commendation when we get back. It's just a little short of being officially recognized, otherwise you could have become a full-fledged police officer!"
Wu Xiaojun thought for a moment and said, "What if I were to take down another pornographic film production site?"
"Do you really know?"
"Jiang Xiaoyue told me this. Isn't she one of Zhuang Zhennan's people?"
"If we can shut down another pornographic movie theater, I won't even need to protect you; the police station will step in and make you a full-fledged police officer!"
Wu Xiaojun said excitedly, "Is this true? Let's go!"
Where are we going?
Qin Chuan, looking completely bewildered, asked Wu Xiaojun, "Do you have any leads?"
"My sister's movie theater!"
"Ah! You're going to betray your own family for the greater good!"
Wu Xiaojun chuckled and said, "No, I'm just being selfless!"
Qin Chuan ignored him and led his colleagues who had come to help directly to Wu Shanshan's movie theater.
When Wu Shanshan saw so many police officers arrive, she was terrified. But when she saw Wu Xiaojun, it was like seeing a lifeline. She grabbed Wu Xiaojun and asked, "Xiaojun! What happened?"
Wu Xiaojun didn't dare to say directly that he had brought people with him, so he quickly said, "We received a report from the public that you were showing pornographic movies here. We responded to the call, so please don't blame your brother, sister!"
Wu Shanshan frowned, thought for a moment, and suddenly remembered that when she was talking to Jiang Xiaoyue, a kid had asked her if she had any new tapes and she had scolded him. Perhaps it was this kid who reported her, so she asked Wu Xiaojun, "Was it that kid named Wei San?"
"Wei San? No, no, we have to keep the whistleblower's identity confidential, sister, please don't make things difficult for me, okay?"
Wu Xiaojun dared not speak to Wu Shanshan again. He went straight into the movie theater. The police officers who went in to search did not disturb the moviegoers. Instead, they walked along the corridors on both sides. When they reached the end, they searched from right to right and from left to left. The right side was the movie theater's office. Zhou Chengzhi was smoking in the office. When he saw a lot of police officers come in, he was so frightened that he quickly put out his cigarette, stood up from the sofa, and said, "Officers, what are you doing?"
Qin Chuan immediately said, "We received a report from the public that you were showing pornographic films here, so we came to search the place!"
Zhou Chengzhi hurriedly took out two packs of his best cigarettes from the drawer and handed them to Qin Chuan, saying, "We're a law-abiding cinema here. How could we possibly do anything illegal? Don't worry, we absolutely won't show any pornographic films!"
Qin Chuan refused Zhou Chengzhi's cigarette, saying, "You don't need to bribe me. Let's talk about it after we've finished the inspection!"
Clearly, Zhou Chengzhi's smile had vanished, because he hadn't expected the police to come and raid his movie theater.
Just then, a colleague searching on the left called out to them, "Team Leader Qin, we've found something here, could you please come and take a look?"
Qin Chuan said to his colleague, "Keep an eye on him!"
"yes!"
Qin Chuan turned and left the office, saying to the staff at the door, "Turn off the recording equipment! Clear the audience out!"
Some of the ticket holders were unhappy and shouted, "We bought tickets, why won't we be allowed to finish watching the show? Why?"
"Because this cinema is suspected of violating the law, we are going to shut it down. If you don't want to leave, that's fine too; we can seal you up here!"
"you,,!"
Now the audience, even if they were angry, had no way to express it and all got up and left.
Qin Chuan also started walking to the left. When he arrived at the left-hand cubicle, he saw a video camera inside, but he didn't see any pornographic videotapes.
Qin Chuan said, "Take a close look. If we can't find the videotape, then we've come all this way for nothing!"
"yes!"
Four or five policemen were in the small room. Some were knocking on the walls, some were rummaging through the cabinets, and some were staring at the floor tiles. They were practically using magnifying glasses to examine the cracks in the floor, but unfortunately, they found nothing.
Qin Chuan glanced at Wu Xiaojun, who was waiting for news at the door, and said, "Looks like we've come all this way for nothing. We found the video camera, but without the videotapes, it's all for nothing!"
Wu Xiaojun bit his lip and nodded. He hadn't expected this to happen. He couldn't blame anyone but himself for being too eager for quick success.
Several police officers searched the house for nearly half an hour, but found nothing. They could only report to Qin Chuan that they had found nothing.
After hearing his colleague's report, Qin Chuan ignored Wu Xiaojun and went directly to Zhou Chengzhi's office, saying, "We saw your video recorder in the cubicle. Tell me! Where did you put the videotape? If you confess voluntarily, we will handle the matter accordingly. If you resist, then I'm sorry, it will be handed over to the court, and you will be sentenced to at least three years! Think about it!"
Zhou Chengzhi looked troubled and said, "Captain Qin, my videotapes are all out there, but they're all legitimate. What do you want me to hand over? Pirated ones?"
Qin Chuan was probably still unwilling to give up. He walked to the VCR outside the door, dumped all the videotapes in the box onto the ground, and then looked at the names on each tape one by one. He looked through them all but didn't find a single one that was pornographic. Just as he was about to get up and leave, he noticed a conspicuous colored paper under the flap of the box containing the videotapes. He quickly folded the flap, and the colored paper underneath turned out to be the cover of a pornographic videotape.
Qin Chuan happily took the cover and returned to Zhou Chengzhi's office, saying to Zhou Chengzhi, "Look at this, is there anything else you want to say?"
Zhou Chengzhi was startled at first, but the surprise quickly passed before he smiled and said, "It's just a piece of paper, isn't it? Maybe someone planted it in there to frame me."
"You're still going to be stubborn, aren't you?"
"Officer Qin, it's not that I'm being stubborn, it's just that you haven't obtained any substantial evidence, so I can't back down!"
Qin Chuan glanced at the cover in his hand. Although it was also evidence, without the videotape, the cover was essentially worthless. He angrily said, "Let's call it a day!"
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