Chapter 470: Crucial Evidence
Lu Chuan temporarily sent Liu Guodong a filmed version of the video, but on his way back, he had already downloaded the original video to his phone and forwarded it to Qin Yong via WeChat.
Qin Yong fiddled with it for a while, and after storing the video on his phone, he was as happy as a child.
At the moment, he sat in his boss chair behind his desk, crossed his legs, and started humming a tune.
"The meeting will proceed as usual, how could it not? Moreover, we must continue to investigate North Second Lane on Qingguo Road and the No. 94 Market. Not only must we investigate, but we need to do so in a grand fashion."
If Sun Jun had just suggested investigating North Second Lane on Qingguo Road and No. 94 Market, while temporarily not touching Song Junwu after weighing the pros and cons, was a helpless measure.
Now, with the video of the conversation between Song Junwu and Wang Fugui, the No. 94 Market and North Second Lane on Qingguo Road can completely be used as the smoke bombs launched by the Criminal Investigation Team.
Qin Yong doesn’t even hold any hope of finding any clues at No. 94 Market or North Second Lane on Qingguo Road.
Whether that tow truck driver can be found now doesn’t matter.
The other side, with their back against such a large group like Songbei Mining, if they want to hide someone, there’s no need to think about it; they simply throw the person into a mine, and no matter how hard you look, it’s impossible to find them.
It doesn’t matter now; investigating No. 94 Market and North Second Lane on Qingguo Road will definitely make the other party drop their guard.
"Old Liu, you must pay attention to confidentiality on your side. Tell Old Bai and over in Yang Village that no one can be informed about this, the focus is on that pawnshop."
"Don’t worry, I’ll arrange it after I go back, and both of them are veteran criminal investigators, they know what they’re doing."
Lu Chuan nodded and interrupted, "There’s not much problem with the pawnshop; the other party doesn’t even know we’ve discovered this video, and we’ve already taken back some of the old pawn records as evidence, even if someone investigates, they won’t find out, or if the other party wants to destroy them, there’s no way now, it’s too late."
"Good! Old Liu, come with me to continue the case analysis meeting."
After the three left the office, Qin Yong and Liu Guodong continued to the meeting, and Lu Chuan also returned to his office.
At the same time.
In a luxuriously decorated office.
"How’s the situation over there?"
"I asked around, and I heard they’ve targeted North Second Lane on Qingguo Road and No. 94 Market."
The person who just spoke took a puff of a cigar, then nodded after a moment.
"Is everything arranged over there?"
"You can rest assured, brother-in-law, everything was arranged a long time ago, as soon as Liangzhou moved, things here were already set up."
"We opened the net wide a long time ago, only these useless cops took days to find out."
"Alright, still, we must be cautious. Has Old Fish been arranged?"
"He’s already in the mine tunnel, and not only can’t the police find him, even I can’t find him now; who knows where in the mine he’s hiding."
"I have to say, brother-in-law, you’re the one to manage this. Strategizing from a distance, you’ve got the entire Haizhou City Criminal Investigation Team dancing in circles."
"When they turn North Second Lane on Qingguo Road and No. 94 Market upside down and find nothing, let’s see how they’ll handle it."
"The troublemakers have been picked, they have nothing to do with us, Er Hu hired someone for a million, it’s settled, even if they get caught, it has nothing to do with us."
"Though, the fee is a bit too high..."
"Foolish!"
The man smoking the cigar straightened up from the sofa.
"Junwu, you must remember, money isn’t something just one person earns; we only take the small profit due to us."
"Even if it’s 10 million or 100 million, if we can erase the past, I’d pay a billion."
"Yes, yes, brother-in-law’s right to instruct."
"Hmm, arrange a dinner tonight. I’ll gather them for some air and have a meal."
"Alright, brother-in-law, I’ll arrange it right away, shall I still prepare language learning assistants?"
"Old Chen likes that, get him two, others don’t need it; bring me the calligraphy and paintings I acquired earlier, they’re fond of these cultured items."
"Junwu, remember not everyone loves money, but no one lacks weaknesses."
"If they like beauties, send beauties; like money, send money; like calligraphy and paintings, send those."
"Do you still remember Old Song?"
"Of course I remember. He wouldn’t take money, drink, smoke, accept beauties, or even a house; he’s like a stubborn stone in a latrine."
"But Old Song is a good father. His daughter wanted to study abroad; we helped with that, and now he’s ours."
"Right, right, brother-in-law has the moves!"
Song Junwu buttered up, then turned around: "Old Feng, brew some tea."
"Aba aba"
After a while, a middle-aged man holding a teapot came in from outside, muttered, poured tea into cups, bowed, and exited the office.
"Brother-in-law, do you keep this person around?"
"What does it matter if he’s around? When I was little, my mom raised us six siblings alone, and this old bastard would come to our house to tease my mom for no reason, and he cursed us little bastards. Look at him now, I cut off his tongue; does he still curse me?"
Hiss!
"Why is this tea so hot?"
Song Junwu got the hint, rushed over, and with a sidekick, knocked the mute down, followed by punches and kicks.
"Old bastard! You can’t even brew tea properly? Next time I’ll take your arms off!"
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Crime Scene Investigation office.
Liu Guodong had finished the meeting and was doing ideological work with the three.
"Captain Qin has already gone to report to the higher-ups. There will definitely be a decision on how the case will proceed; we must ensure confidentiality."
"You can be reassured on this basic common knowledge; the two of us have been around for many years, and Lu also keeps his mouth shut."
Old Bai lit a Zhonghua cigarette and idly chatted, "Old Liu, from your perspective, is Songbei Mining done for this time?"
Liu Guodong did not speak directly.
Lu Chuan lit a cigarette for him, then he said, "Do you remember when Songbei Mining first started?"
Yang Sen smacked his lips, "I don’t remember, back when Songbei Mining went bankrupt and restructured, then Wang Fugui’s group bought that mining company."
"They weren’t doing well at first, but it seemed that a mining accident was reported in less than a month."
Liu Guodong nodded, "This incident wasn’t reported at the time, but there was indeed a layer of mine tunnel that collapsed. Internally, we learned about it from a safety briefing, but luckily, when Wang Fugui took over Songbei Mining, they significantly reformed safety production measures, and no one died in the collapsed tunnel."
"Ever since that incident, Songbei Mining became a model for safety production, they got loans easily, developed well, and within a few years, they became the leading enterprise in Haizhou City’s mining industry."
"But... did really no one die back then?"