Xu Zheng and Nie Zhenglei had just finished eating and were about to leave when they didn't expect a call from Zhu Kaiwen.

It turned out to be the suicide case of painter Qin Lun. After Xu Zheng left, Songshan District Criminal Police Captain Qiao Shandong immediately organized personnel to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the case.

In addition to investigating the painter Qin Lun's largest client when he held his painting exhibition two months before his death, they also sent people to check his various social software, and also re-interrogated the confessions of his family, friends and agent...

More importantly, Qiao Shandong followed Xu Zheng's suggestion and checked whether there were any similar cases across the country.

The result shocked the investigators. It turned out that in addition to the case that just happened in Shanghai, a painter also died in Yangcheng three years ago. The cause of death was that the deceased's car was rear-ended and a fire broke out...

Five years ago, a painter in his forties in Yanjing suffered the same tragedy...

Further investigation revealed that there were no such cases in the national backlog. The local police in Yangcheng and Yanjing did not treat the two painters' cases as homicides at that time, but the investigators at the time had doubts. Therefore,

Put the case files into the backlog.

Qiao Shandong further researched and found that the death time of these three painters was a few months after holding personal exhibitions. Similarly, their paintings during their lifetimes had increased several times.

It can be said that the value of paintings increases after death.

If the three cases were to be investigated together, the Demon City Criminal Police Corps would have to come forward. No, this matter was left in the hands of the Fourth Criminal Police Detachment. Detachment Yang had long known about the case because of Zhuang Qiang and the others.

So Zhu Kaiwen and Liu Linlin were sent to the Songshan District Criminal Police Brigade to supervise the case.

At ten o'clock in the evening, after Xu Zheng said goodbye to Nie Zhenglei, he came to the Songshan District Criminal Police Brigade again.

After greeting each other in the conference room, Xu Zheng, Zhu Kaiwen, Liu Linlin, Qiao Shandong and their subordinates began to study and judge the case.

Qiao Shandong took the initiative to recount the clues he had now, and finally said: "As for the model in the picture of a girl, the cause of her death was the same as that of the painter Qin Lun, who committed suicide by jumping off a building.

It's just that the girl was not a native of the city, but a student of Qin Lun's studio. She committed suicide in her hometown of Yuhang City. The local police came to the city to investigate, but found no connection between the girl's suicide and Qin Lun.

However, Qin Lun later gave the girl's parents a personal donation of up to 2 million out of humanitarianism.

We re-investigated the girl's suicide case today, but we haven't found the truth yet.

Maybe Qin Lun committed suicide because someone forced him to jump off the building because of the girl's suicide case.

Of course, there may be other reasons, but I always feel that if Qin Lun is really related to the suicide of his student, then even if he is arrested for this case, he will not jump off the building, right?"

"It's hard to talk about this." Xu Zheng analyzed: "If Qin Lun is arrested, his paintings will basically have little value, and the foundation and reputation he has worked so hard for most of his life will be destroyed in one day. As a painter, his heart is better than that of ordinary people.

More fragile.

It cannot be ruled out that he committed suicide because of this."

Zhu Kaiwen nodded, "There are thousands of reasons for suicide. It's hard to speculate on this. Let me tell you something. At six o'clock in the afternoon, I contacted my colleagues in Yangcheng and Yanjing. They were very interested in this case and worked overtime to investigate. I just sent it back.

A set of investigative reports.

It is the customer information of two other painters’ art exhibition transactions.”

Liu Linlin said happily: "We sifted through these two documents and found that after more than a dozen customers purchased the paintings, they were all sold to a company in Pengcheng within two months. Yanhuang Culture International Communication

Ltd.

This company is involved in cross-border transactions of various artworks, and has associated auction houses and large galleries under its name.

I wonder if you, Team Qiao, have found Qin Lun’s customer information?”

Qiao Shandong frowned, "Qin Lun's personal paintings are basically purchased with personal funds. Except for a few paintings bought by some businessmen as gifts, only a few other paintings have been traded in the past two months.

But the person they were trading with was not Yanhuang Company.

Is it possible that because Qin Lun was not dead, this company did not purchase his paintings on a large scale?"

Xu Zheng rubbed his brows and connected the information in his mind. If it was Yanhuang Company that was behind all this, then they couldn't just use pictures of girls to force Qin Lun to commit suicide. There should be other means. Generally, if a painter wants

If the work sells well, in addition to the painting itself, it also needs to be promoted and packaged.

Some painters cannot bear the accumulation of time and want to become famous with one painting as soon as possible, so they will take shortcuts, such as spending a lot of money to buy a high-level painting as their own, or finding a master who is better than their painting skills to be their gunman.

....

As a large company with commercial operations, Yanhuang Company should be able to capture these secrets within the industry if they want to investigate.

Even the truth of this case is that Yanhuang Company secretly cultivated these painters, fattened them up, and then assassinated them. After the painters died, their paintings would inevitably increase in value.

It's just that this method cannot be commonly used. If Yanhuang Company really uses this method, it should mean that their company is not well managed or needs a lot of funds, because a legal company does not need to kill the goose to lay the eggs.

A win-win situation between them and the painter is the right way.

He asked curiously: "Team Qiao, have you investigated whether Qin Lun had contact with anyone from Yanhuang Company during this period? Can I see this company's information?"

Liu Linlin quickly handed him the information about Yanhuang Company, "This company has a market value of fifty to six billion. In addition to art, they also deal in antiques and jade.

There are jadeite and various nephrites.”

It turns out that this is still a listed company. Xu Zheng checked the company's stock prices in the past five years and found that they have been rising steadily and are not affected by industry fluctuations at all. This shows that they have sufficient cash and abundant resources.

Especially jade, which actually accounts for half of their company's revenue. They purchase a large number of jadeite rough stones from abroad and then sell them to several rough stone trading places in Nanhai Province for stone gambling transactions.

Seeing this, Xu Zheng felt that his speculation just now was wrong. Such a large company had a cash flow of more than one billion, and there was no need to spend time on a few unfinished painters.

Let's take Qin Lun. It took a few months for the painting to appreciate in value after his death, but it would only be an extra 100 million.

And it would take much longer to realize this 100 million, which is simply not worth it.

Qiao Shandong asked people to play several screenshots of people Qin Lun met in the office, home, teahouse and other places a month before his death. "After Qin Lun held an art exhibition two months ago, he frequently appeared in front of the public and saw

There are so many people.

Just a few days before he jumped off the building, he attended a party organized by the city's painting association.

Therefore, it is difficult to find out who is the agent of Yanhuang Company among these people."

At this time, Xu Zheng expressed his guess, "Everyone, I think we should not focus our investigation on Yanhuang Company, but on someone in this company.

Yanhuang Company makes hundreds of millions or even billions every year, so there is no need to mess with these painters.

But the actions of their company’s individuals cannot be ruled out.”

Zhu Kaiwen reacted quickly. Thinking that Xu Zheng had just checked the stock prices and jade transactions of Yanhuang Company, he asked: "Do you suspect that someone in Yanhuang Company lost all his money gambling on stones, so he took the risk?"

You can get rich instantly by betting on stones. The jade cut from a stone bought for 10,000 yuan can be sold for tens of millions or even hundreds of millions.

Gambling on stones can make you impoverished overnight. You can't even cut out jade worth tens of thousands of dollars from a big stone worth hundreds of millions.

So if someone in Yanhuang Company needs to do something illegal, such as embezzling public funds and losing all their money gambling, then it is possible to start with these painters.

Xu Zheng checked the shareholder composition of Yanhuang Company, "I think this was the motive for the murder. After all, they worked in Yanhuang Company, and it was easy to find the information about these painters, and because those who dared to run the jade business across borders,

His courage is higher than the sky.

But no, it still needs to be investigated by local colleagues in Pengcheng."

Qiao Shandong's serious face showed a smile when he heard this. It is much easier to check an individual than a company. Generally, there is no conclusive evidence. It is very difficult to check a listed company. "Then I will contact my colleagues in Pengcheng when I get to work tomorrow. I'm watching.

After reading the information about Yanhuang Company, I felt that there was no need for such a large company to murder these three painters.

But personally, it's really possible.

Not to mention Nanhai Province and Yunshan Province, there are also many jade trading places in our city that engage in stone gambling. This thing can be spent faster and more than a trip to Omen."

Gambling on stones is a legal act and is protected by law. Qiao Shandong was just complaining.

The research and judgment is basically over at this point. The case itself is not complicated, and it is not considered a major case. Several cities are jointly handling the case, and the truth will basically be revealed soon.

Qiao Shandong finally expressed his gratitude to Xu Zheng again, "Thanks to Director Xu's help this time, otherwise our brigade would probably have closed the case as the deceased committed suicide by jumping off the building due to long-term schizophrenia."

Xu Zheng shook his head and denied, "That's because I happen to have some knowledge of forensic medicine. Apart from these, you will still doubt the reason why the deceased jumped from the building after finding the picture of the girl."

Zhu Kaiwen quickly interrupted the two of them. He looked sleepy and wished he could just sleep in the conference room. "Okay, okay, don't be humble. It's almost early in the morning. Let's go. Let's talk about it tomorrow, okay?"

"Okay, okay, since everyone is tired, let's break up the meeting directly." Qiao Shandong said with a gentle smile. He was also a little sleepy. Besides, the case was already clear, so there was no need to work overtime or not.

Xu Zheng naturally had no objection, because the winter in the Magic City was almost as cold as Changming. After the meeting, everyone did not mention the intention of having a dinner together for supper. They exchanged a few polite words and went back to their respective homes.

Around twelve o'clock in the morning the next day, Xu Zhengzheng, Nie Zhenglei and the others were conducting an intranet investigation on the more than fifty rich women found yesterday, and received a call from Zhang Wen, "Xiao Xu, as expected, Pengcheng

After the police received our request letter early in the morning, they immediately sent people to investigate several shareholders and executives of Yanhuang Company.

I actually found a vice president who was mainly responsible for the jade business.

This person's itinerary showed that he had been to the Magic City five days ago, and he only left here three days ago, the day before Qin Lun committed suicide.

Moreover, this vice president has personally participated in stone gambling several times. According to investigations, he once lost 80 million in Caiyun City. He is just a vice president and does not have many shares. He only relies on his salary and dividends.

You will never earn so much money in your lifetime.

Now this person has been listed as a key suspect by us."

Xu Zheng became happy when he heard the news, "If you put it this way, when you find the evidence, Zhuang Qiang and the others will be freed from suspicion, and your Shanghai police's notice of restricting their departure from the country will have to be revoked."

"Ha..." Zhu Kaiwen laughed on the phone: "That's what I meant when I called you, to inform you that the suspicions of Zhuang Qiang and the others have been completely eliminated."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Zheng told Zhuang Qiang and the others the good news. Zhuang Qiang himself was mentally prepared and just smiled.

Long Chuchu always believed in Xu Zheng and had already corrected his mentality. Hearing this, he said thank you to Xu Zheng.

Only Situ Yao had the happiest face, and he stood up excitedly. Gu Jia patted him quickly, "You are such an adult, and you don't have any city government at all. Do you need to be so excited about this matter?"

"Hey, I've been imagining that someone wants to harm me these past two days, so I have trouble sleeping and eating..." Situ Yao saw everyone looking at him, sat down quickly, lowered his head and whispered to Gu Jia.

Xu Zheng ignored him, it was not a big deal in the first place.
To be continued...