Chapter 358 What a storm!
Fengshui County, Taihe Square, ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The square was surrounded by one-meter-high guardrails, and the onlookers stood on the outside, watching the square blooming with flowers and flags fluttering.
Because there were so many people and celebrities were present, the security guards wore green reflective vests and held hands to prevent outsiders from entering the square.
There was a red carpet on the platform, and "Taihe Real Estate Ribbon Cutting Ceremony" was written on the background wall. There were long tables on both sides, and all the important figures in the county were sitting in the chairs, looking solemn.
The male and female hosts stood under the platform, holding scripts and microphones in their hands, preparing to go on stage.
"Excuse me, please give way."
"Sorry, please give way."
At this time, Tian Guanghan and Yang Bo pushed through the crowd at the front and separated a path to let Luo Rui, Cai Xiaojing, Lin Chen and others come to the front.
Luo Rui and his party had just arrived at the Fengshui County Bureau and heard that none of the leaders were there, so they had to come here to see what was going on.
At this moment, no one had eaten. They originally planned to have a toothpaste ceremony in the county bureau canteen, but now they don't have the time, so everyone has a piece of bread and a bottle of mineral water, chewing while looking at the podium.
Tian Guanghan swallowed the bread and pointed to the left and right: "I asked why there is no one at the county bureau. Look, everyone is here to maintain order."
Luo Rui took a closer look and saw that uniformed police officers, with the cooperation of security guards, seemed to be wary of the onlookers.
Lin Chen took a sip of mineral water and pointed to a man with a crew cut in a black shirt in front of him on the left. "Team leader, that is Xu Chengzhi and Team Xu from the Fengshui County Criminal Police Brigade."
Luo Rui narrowed his eyes slightly: "Are you sure it's him?"
"I'm sure, I've seen his profile, it's exactly the same as the photo."
Cai Xiaojing went to the rostrum and nuzzled her lips again: "There, the one wearing a blue shirt on the stage is Shen Huai Min Shen Bureau."
Everyone quickly focused their attention on this man and saw him bending down and talking to a man sitting on the podium.
This man's identity should not be simple. He was sitting in the middle, giving instructions to Shen Huaimin.
Luo Rui just glanced at it, and then looked outside the venue. He saw two armed police cars parked on the left side of the square, with a special police officer standing beside the car.
Tian Guanghan also noticed it and couldn't help but sigh: "What is the origin of Taihe Real Estate? With so much effort, the whole county..."
Before he finished speaking, a bald man holding a thermos cup next to him took over: "Taihe Real Estate is the pillar company of our Fengshui County. Seventy percent of our latest developments belong to them. < br>
To put it bluntly, without this company providing help to the county and paying more than one billion in taxes every year, our county has not yet taken off the label of a poor county. ”
Tian Guanghan frowned and said: "It's not that exaggerated, right?"
The bald man glanced at them and said, "Looking at the accent, you are not from here, are you?"
"Coming for a trip." Tian Guanghan said perfunctorily.
"That's what I'm telling you." The bald man said, "Of course you outsiders don't know. Taihe is not just real estate. It also built several factories in the county in the past few years. The Taihe Food Processing Factory supports thousands of people." People, don't underestimate them. This may not matter in your big cities, but in our county, it has indeed created a lot of jobs and boosted our economy
As for the leaders above, we have to give them face. If we don't give it, it won't work. If they threaten to withdraw, our local economy will not be able to survive. Who will invest in this remote country?
Not only how many people are unemployed, but even if you look at the taxis on the street, they have to attract customers. Without the support of several big factories in Taihe, who has the spare money to take a taxi or ride a motorcycle? It takes less than half an hour. Take a walk around the county. ”
"So, isn't Taihe Real Estate the local emperor of the county?"
"If you say that, it's true."
Luo Rui took over: "What is the name of the boss of Taihe Real Estate?"
The bald man pointed to the rostrum: "The one in the middle wearing a white suit is called Bai Kangyong."
Luo Rui looked in the direction he pointed, and there was indeed such a person. He was tall, in his fifties, wearing a valuable suit, and a Patek Philippe on his wrist.
The people sitting next to him were all well-known figures in the county. One of them was the person who lectured Shen Huaimin earlier. In addition, there was a young man sitting in a chair with a languid expression, digging out of boredom. Hand nails.
Seeing that this man looked familiar, Luo Rui raised his finger and pointed: "Who is that young man?"
The bald man replied: "Bai Kangyong's son, Bai Xianxian."
"Xianxian?" Tian Guanghan almost laughed out loud: "You are still called by this name now? If I just heard the names, I would have thought that Bai Xianxian was my father and Bai Kangyong was my son."
The bald man was amused by these words: "Who says it's not true, but I gave this name."
Hearing this, eight people including Luo Rui, Cai Xiaojing and Lin Chen were shocked and turned to look at the bald man.
I saw him wearing a white vest, shirtless, holding a thermos cup in his hand, with a large amount of red wolfberry soaked in the cup. The wrinkles on his face were deep, and he looked like an ordinary walking man.
Tian Guanghan took a breath, remained silent for a long time, and then said, "May I ask what your name is?"
"Bai Xibei." The bald man blinked, took out the origami fan stuck on his belt, and opened it with a "pop" to block the sunlight coming from above.
Then, in the surprised look of everyone, his pupils shrank and his eyes instantly lost their luster. He frowned slightly and his expression suddenly turned gray.
"What did you just say?"
Seeing his appearance, Tian Guanghan felt something was wrong: "I just asked you what your name is?"
The bald man was stunned and muttered: "What is my name? Do you know what my name is?"
Tian Guanghan was shocked, glanced at Luo Rui, and whispered: "Team leader, I'm afraid there's something wrong with this guy."
Luo Rui said nothing, but he saw a look coming down from the rostrum. He looked up and saw the man named Bai Kangyong suddenly jumped off the rostrum and ran towards here.
Seeing his movements, the female secretaries and assistants around him followed suit.
"Dad, why are you here?" Bai Kangyong looked panicked and frowned.
The bald man looked confused and had no idea what was going on.
"Old man, why are you out?" asked the woman following Bai Kangyong. Even though this woman was wearing a summer shirt, she was still valuable. She had exquisite makeup on her face. She looked to be in her forties and had a well-maintained figure. very good.
"I..." The bald man faltered, with a dumbfounded expression.
Bai Kangyong shouted to his assistant: "Why are you still standing there? Help the old man away quickly."
The secretary and assistant climbed over the guardrail to help.
When the work was finished, Bai Kangyong was still angry. He glanced at Luo Rui and his group, with a smile on his face: "Sorry for disturbing everyone."
Luo Rui was waiting for a reply, but Bai Kangyong walked to the podium without looking back.
Tian Guanghan was angry and snorted: "That's so rude. Who does he think he is? Does he really think he is a local emperor?"
Lin Chen said: "You want to say that he is rude, but he also apologized. I think Bai Kangyong has a very set of rules for his own behavior. Although he is reasonable, he is talking about his own reasons. He is very independent, but At the same time, it is not tolerated.”
"Ouch, Officer Lin has analyzed it now? That's awesome." Tian Guanghan scolded her, ignored her rolling eyes, and turned to look at Luo Rui.
"Team leader, what do you think?"
"How can I watch if I stand and watch?" Luo Rui shrugged, not paying attention to Bai Kangyong's impoliteness.
Tian Guanghan choked, touched his nose boredly, and took a bite of the unfinished bread.
Afterwards, the ribbon-cutting ceremony began, and the male and female hosts came on stage. The two sang and praised Taihe Group. It seemed that with the arrival of Taihe Real Estate, Fengshui County would have hope. As long as Taihe Group existed, the lives of ordinary people would improve. Well-off.
After the announcement, Bai Kangyong, the chairman of the group, naturally spoke. This man had a strong and deep voice, talking about the development history of Taihe Group in Fengshui County.
Behind the background wall is the newly built Taihe Plaza, which is planned to be the most prosperous commercial plaza in Fengshui County and will also include a new 52-story commercial building.
In recent years, most cities have followed foreign countries and built new skyscrapers, often referred to as landmark buildings, such as the Burj Khalifa in Dubai and the World Trade Center in New York. Of course, these things no longer exist.
52-story buildings are rare even in third-tier cities. This shows that Fengshui County attaches great importance to this matter. It is no wonder that Shen Huaimin and others did not stay at the county bureau and came here to support it.
But within half an hour, Luo Rui knew that his idea was wrong.
This old Shen actually had other plans.
When Bai Kangyong spoke eloquently for almost half an hour, while the people outside the square were waiting to receive rice and eggs, a group of people suddenly appeared.
These people, their heads wrapped in white cloth and armed with sticks, rushed directly into the square, and neither the security guards nor the police on duty could stop them.
Luo Rui took a closer look and saw that the leader was an old man with a wrinkled face. He was waving a shovel in his hand and shouting loudly: "Bai Kangyong, come down! Come down here. Today I risked my life. I have to settle accounts with you too!”
When he said this, dozens of people behind him began to shout. Behind these people, there is a mother, holding a black and white photo frame in both hands. The photo frame is one foot square, with a black and white photo of a boy embedded in the frame.
She looked tired and stumbled while walking, and there were several people gathered around her, all of them were in a raging mood, looking like they wanted to fight Bai Kangyong for their lives.
The sudden change attracted all the policemen in the square.
It was obvious that the police were well prepared and seemed to be taking precautions against this, holding batons and shields in their hands.
Shen Huaimin and Xu Zhicheng had already ran forward. They did not argue with the leader, but tried their best to comfort them.
Shen Huaimin shouted loudly: "Master Xiang, stop making trouble, okay?"
"Director Shen, I know you are in trouble, but this matter is not against you or the police. We are here today just for the sake of the child. This Bai Kangyong is not a human being. I must let him give an explanation!"
After hearing this, Bai Kangyong was still standing on the stage, but the young man sitting behind the rostrum, Bai Xianxian, quit. He glanced at the security personnel, then jumped off the rostrum, and a large group of security guards followed. They gathered around.
"You fucking old man, what do you want? Who do you think you are? Do you dare to cause trouble for us?"
Seeing him say dirty words, Mr. Xiang's face turned red with anger, and the people who followed him wanted to rush up.
Shen Huaimin, Xu Zhicheng and other policemen formed a human wall and were caught in the middle. The two groups of people pushed each other, and they were almost squeezed into meat buns.
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"What a kid, your Bai family is really lawless?"
Xiang Ye was older and a little more rational. He stopped the young man behind him who was holding a stick and was about to speak out: "Shen Bureau, Taihe Group won't give an explanation, so you have to give us an explanation, right?"
Shen Huaimin's face turned the color of pig liver. He turned sideways and raised his hands in the air, which meant that he would not support any party. He said loudly: "Master Xiang, I promised you that the case will continue to be investigated, and the city has also sent people Come investigate, you all know this, why are you still making trouble here?”
"What if we don't make trouble?" Mr. Xiang swallowed, pushed the young man behind him aside, and asked someone to pull the white-haired mother forward.
"Look, this child is only eight years old. He has been missing for five years. For five years, we all thought that these five children were abducted by human traffickers. The children's father and mother shed tears all day long. Five families Ah, I have to go out to look for the whereabouts of the children almost every year.
We all thought there was no hope and we couldn't find them, but who knew that Xiang Ke's bones were dug out from the wasteland in the southern suburbs. This child is pitiful. We finally found one, but who would have thought that he would have died long ago... …”
Speaking of this, the eyes of the people watching the excitement in the square became red. Everyone knows that on the Spring Festival day of 2004, five children suddenly disappeared while playing together. The local county bureau organized police and streets to investigate everywhere, almost every mountain and every river was searched, but no trace of these children was found.
Luo Rui and his party watched the two groups arguing closely. Only then did he realize that Shen Huaimin had not called in the special police and civilian police to help the Taihe Group maintain order, but had already predicted that a conflict would occur.
In this regard, the director was wrongly blamed.
Luo Rui listened attentively. In order to clarify the matter, he glanced at Tian Guanghan and others. The eight people spread out and approached the two groups of people confronting each other.
The old man named Xiang Ye continued: "Everyone knows that the corpses were dug up in March and what the county bureau did in April..."
Shen Huaimin felt annoyed and helped him: "DNA identification."
"Yes, it's DNA testing. The police found that this body belongs to Xiang Ke. This child had a hard life. He was killed by someone. Who is the murderer? The police haven't investigated yet. Who knows that this Taihe Group is greedy for profit and is not a human being? Ah, I just used an excavator to dig up the site, which made it impossible for the police to investigate. The big guy said, was this done by someone?
Your Taihe Group is amazing. Emperor Tu, no one can care about you no matter what you do, but we ordinary people must ask you to give an explanation and apologize to the dead children! ”
As soon as he said this, not only Shen Huaimin, but also the group of people sitting on the rostrum all looked ugly.
Just as Shen Huaimin was about to speak, Xu Zhicheng, who was beside him, rushed over and said, "Master Xiang, we have explained this to you. We have checked and found that the workers at the construction site dug up the site without permission. The excavator driver, we also He was detained for obstructing the police’s handling of the case and destroying the crime scene. This matter has been settled, why are we still arguing?”
Mr. Xiang was so angry that he took the photo of the deceased from the mother's arms and said to Xu Zhicheng: "You said this matter is over? Come on, tell this child, how did you handle the case?"
He pointed at Bai Kangyong on the stage: "This is obviously the good deed of the man named Bai. He asked people to dig up the child's grave. He is so unconscionable!"
Upon hearing this, Bai Xianxian, who was being blocked by Xu Zhicheng, became furious and pointed at Xiang Ye and yelled: "Old man, do you have the nerve to say, that's a grave? That's a construction site! That piece of land in the southern suburbs is to be built into a new residential complex, and there are buried things inside. Dead people have already affected the reputation of our group. You still bring people to the construction site to burn paper money. What do you mean?”
"Let me tell you? If you continue to argue with me and make trouble with me, I will make you walk around without food!"
"Ah, it's incredible, listen..." Mr. Xiang held up the child's photo: "Listen, everyone, this man named Bai admitted that they ordered workers to dig up the child's grave, and they were the ones who ordered people to destroy the scene. You did it, Mr. Qingtian, who will make the decision with us? One child died, and four more are missing. Children..."
As soon as the people behind Xiang Ye heard his cry, the young men began to rush forward regardless, pushing against the wall of people, hoping to start a fight with Bai Xianxian and his group.
Bai Xianxian was not an energy-efficient person. He took the baton from the security guard and wanted to hit Xiang Ye on the head.
"You're fucking looking for death!"
At this critical moment, Bai Kangyong, who had been standing on the rostrum, shouted through the microphone: "Stop! Stop it all!"
The sound transmitted through the microphone vibrated in the square.
Seeing his exit, everyone stopped shouting.
Bai Kangyong's face was ashen as he walked down the steps on the side of the rostrum.
Bai Xianxian hurriedly approached him: "Dad, do it with them, damn, we can afford to injure a few of them!"
"Shut up!" Bai Kangyong scolded him and came to the middle of the confrontation team.
Shen Huaimin was trapped in the crowd and felt helpless. He said, "Mr. Bai, you really should give us an explanation for this matter. If we continue like this, it won't be good for anyone, right?"
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"Don't worry, Bureau Shen." Bai Kangyong glanced at the rostrum. All the leaders who were sitting on the stage had already left to avoid getting into trouble.
"Master Xiang..."
"If you can't afford it, just call me a dead old man!"
Bai Kangyong smiled and rubbed the collar of his suit: "I heard that you have a high prestige on Huainan Street. Should I call you Mr. Xiang?"
"As you wish!" Mr. Xiang stared at him coldly, gritted his teeth, put the child's photo on his chest, and faced Bai Kangyong.
Bai Kangyong glanced at the photo frame and narrowed his eyes slightly. He sighed and said, "Let me tell you first. Regarding the construction site being dug up, the people in charge above us, including myself, really don't know about it. It's not us.
If the workers at the construction site stop working for one day, they will lose one day’s pay. This is really what they do in private..."
Seeing that Mr. Xiang was about to refute, Bai Kangyong immediately stretched out his hand to suppress it and said comfortingly: "Of course, we also made mistakes. I am here to apologize to the families of the victims."
Said to be an apology, Bai Kangyong just lowered his head slightly, without much sincerity.
He sighed: "But, I still want to say that the real estate projects in the southern suburbs have been launched. More than a thousand households in the county have bought the houses and paid down payments. We will complete the construction by the end of next year.
These more than a thousand households have worked hard for most of their lives. If they buy a new house, they can't let this matter delay their move-in, right?
In March, a corpse was suddenly unearthed at a construction site in the southern suburbs. Because of this, our construction schedule had been delayed by a month and we lost a lot of money. Later, it was said that the corpse belonged to a child who disappeared five years ago, and there were four others. The whereabouts of the child are unknown, and it is unknown whether he is alive or dead.
I understand that this is a big deal. After all, I was also in Fengshui County during the Spring Festival five years ago. At that time, I also organized factory workers and company employees to go to the mountains and rivers to investigate. Don’t believe it..."
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When Bai Kangyong said this, he pointed at Shen Huaimin and said: "Old Shen knew it. You were still the captain of the criminal police team at that time, right? Is what I just said correct?"
Shen Huaimin nodded: "That's true."
Bai Kangyong smiled with satisfaction: "Except for this, I remember that I organized three thousand people to search for several days. All the drinks, food, tents and other materials during those days were all paid for by me, right? Old Shen, you said, right?”
"Yes." Shen Huaimin answered with great reluctance. This was obviously to cheer him up and use his identity to sing along with others. In the eyes of ordinary people, it didn't seem right, but what he said was also true.
"I say this because I hope you understand that I want to catch the murderer of the child and find the whereabouts of the other four children more than anyone else.
But... I have to say no. If the construction site in the southern suburbs continues to be suspended indefinitely, how can I explain it to the owner? If the construction period is late and the property is delivered to the owner late, how much liquidated damages do I need to pay?
Is it awesome if one person dies? The Taihe Plaza behind me has invested one billion to build a 52-story building to attract foreign investment and build factories. If another dead person is buried inside, will I have to stop work unconditionally?
Will you pay me this sky-high liquidated damages? ! ”
Bai Kangyong's previous words were quite precise, but the next few words were almost shouted, causing everyone who was originally impressed by him to suddenly return to a hostile attitude.
Shen Huaimin almost thought his ears had heard it wrong.
Are you here to break up the fucking fight? You're obviously here to add fuel to the fire. Damn it, this bitch Mr. Bai is no different than his son.
When Xiang Ye and the crowd behind him heard this, their eyes turned red and their emotions suddenly soared.
"Bai, you are nothing! We will fight with you!"
Bai Xianxian pulled his father behind him. Without saying a word, he waved the stick in his hand and led a dozen security personnel to push open the wall and hit Xiang Ye head on.
Seeing that the two groups were really about to fight this time, Shen Huaimin felt dizzy and quickly called the police to break up the fight. However, with sharp eyes, he suddenly saw a tall, dark-skinned, handsome young man standing aside with a cold look. Looking at all this.
Shen Huaimin blinked several times, remembering the call he received from the city bureau in the morning, saying that a criminal investigation expert named Luo Rui was bringing someone here today.
Shen Huaiming had seen Luo Rui's appearance before.
Isn't it the person in front of me? !
Shen Huaimin was so anxious that he raised his hand and pointed forward, shouting to the surging crowd: "Don't get excited, everyone, the detective is here, the detective invited by the city bureau is here! There is hope for our case!"
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