Zhou Huilan snorted:
"It's called a mutual aid society! I'm the nominal big boss of the mutual aid society!"
She figured that if she mentioned the name "Mutual Aid Association," the police officers would change their attitude.
She wasn't wrong; both female police officers' expressions changed as they simultaneously recalled the anonymous letter they had received six months ago.
The anonymous whistleblower letter clearly stated that the mutual aid society was a scam.
They also went to investigate.
The mutual aid society's boss was quite clever; he didn't keep any records. Without records, no loopholes could be found, and all the company's procedures were legal. They returned empty-handed.
In the past few months, the mutual aid society has become increasingly well-known, and the police have also been paying attention to it. Who would have thought that this unassuming Zhou Huilan was actually the owner of the mutual aid society?
The policewoman's name is Cheng Lanjun. She is 25 years old this year. In this day and age, if you are not married at 25, you are considered an old maid.
At the beginning of the year, Cheng Lanjun met a university teacher through a blind date. The teacher came from the countryside and did not own a house in Beijing. Cheng Lanjun's father promised to give her a house.
Cheng Lanjun found it strange that her parents, who only earned a fixed salary, would have the money to buy a house.
Cheng Lanjun only found out after asking that all of her father's family savings had been invested in the mutual aid society.
"That's not all! Our family's savings are so small, how much money do we have? Your Uncle Jiang invested 120,000 yuan in the mutual aid society, and the interest in just two months was 60,000 yuan! But your Uncle Jiang isn't stupid, he put the interest back in. Your Uncle Jiang complained that we didn't invest enough and said he wouldn't include us, so your dad and I discussed it and took out a 20,000 yuan loan from the bank, and we also sold our old house, investing about 45,000 yuan in total!"
Cheng Lanjun's mother's words made her dizzy.
Not only did her mother invest all her savings, but she also sold the old house and took out a bank loan.
She had two arguments with her mother, who didn't think she was wrong at all, saying that people in the mutual aid society were selling their houses to borrow money.
"You have to be ruthless to make money! Don't worry, before the New Year, we'll use all the interest from that 30,000 yuan to buy you and Xiao Zhu a new house!"
Cheng Lanjun, being a police officer, was more vigilant than her parents. As soon as she heard it, she felt that this mutual aid association was unreliable. Was the chairman an idiot, offering you 50% interest?
As the anonymous letter stated, this mutual aid society would eventually run out of funds and abscond.
Cheng Lanjun told her parents, but they didn't believe her at all. They even complained that she was stupid, old-fashioned, and out of touch with the times. They also said that the police were all paranoid, no wonder she would be poor her whole life.
Cheng Lanjun was furious, so she came to the police station to work overtime, only to run into Zhou Huilan.
Cheng Lanjun tapped her pen on the paper before frowning and saying:
"When was this mutual aid association established, and how many people are in it? Tell me the truth."
Zhou Huilan frowned, not daring to hide anything, and told everyone she knew.
Cheng Lanjun had been taking notes, and the more she listened, the more her brows furrowed. "You mean to say that the mutual aid association's monthly income is more than several million, and the actual amount may be even higher?"
"I'm not lying, this is all based on my observations. However, I am the legal representative of the mutual aid association, and the more the association earns, the more commission I receive."
How did you observe that?
"Isn't that simple? Zhou Fangchun is my sister. I know what she's up to the moment she bends over. She's a wicked woman. She's always been scheming against me since we were kids. How could she possibly share all her earnings with me?"
Cheng Lanjun fell silent. She thought this mutual aid society had only swindled a few hundred thousand or a million at most. Who would have thought that it could swindle more than a few million in a month? If that's the case, the mutual aid society has swindled at least tens of millions of yuan since its establishment.
This is all the hard-earned money of ordinary people.
Some people buy houses, some borrow money at high interest rates, some embezzle public funds... So many believers will do anything to contribute money to the mutual aid society. Many people put their life savings into it. If the mutual aid society collapses one day and the president runs away with the money, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Cheng Lanjun felt the problem was more serious than she had imagined.
She walked out with a serious expression and immediately reported the matter to her superior.
Cheng Lanjun's supervisor was Director Mai, a very experienced senior leader. When he heard Cheng Lanjun explain the details, he frowned repeatedly.
"Are you sure that rural woman is one of the leaders of the mutual aid association? Are you sure that so many retired cadres, leaders, employees, and intellectuals in Beijing have been swindled out of their fortunes by a woman like that?"
Director Mai didn't believe it; he always felt that fraud required brains.
An old friend of his had also joined the mutual aid society. He was an intellectual, a very intelligent person. How could such an outstanding person be deceived? Director Mai found it unbelievable.
Cheng Lanjun's parents had invested all their retirement savings in the mutual aid society, and she was more anxious than anyone else. She hoped to follow up on the matter as soon as possible, and if she could stop the mutual aid society from transferring funds, she could minimize her parents' losses.
“Director Mai, you must believe me. At first, I also found it unbelievable, but after my parents told me about the mutual aid association’s model, even I was almost tempted.”
"Oh? Tell me about it. All I know is that they attract people with high interest rates."
"Yes, you can get 30% interest after joining for 2 months. If your amount is high enough, like 100,000 or 200,000, the interest can be 50%, and it can also compound. That is to say, if you can invest 100,000, you can get 200,000 back in less than half a year. Not only that, the mutual aid society's old employees also get commissions for bringing in new people. New employees' amounts can be tied to the old employees' amounts and enter a cash pool with higher interest rates. For example, an old employee who could only get 3% interest originally can upgrade to 5% interest if they bring in a new employee with 100,000 yuan, and they also get a bonus of 3,000 yuan."
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