Chapter 83 Suspected Ransom
Winter is coming, and Nanzhao City hasn't seen the sunshine for almost a month. It's either raining and snowing or foggy, and the whole city gives people a wet feeling.
At around 8 o'clock in the morning, Zhou Jiyao was woken up by a ringtone of his cell phone. He opened his eyes and saw that Ouyang Juan, who was naked beside him, was still sleeping and couldn't help but curse.
Then he reached out and touched his cell phone, looked at the caller ID, and saw that it was called by his assistant Yu Houhong, so he answered it and said a little annoyed: "What can't you talk about when you go to the company?"
Yu Houhong seemed to never be afraid of her boss, but instead said angrily: "Boss, I know you were too tired last night. If it weren't for something important, I wouldn't have called you so early. In fact, I didn't close my eyes all night."
Zhou Jiyao sat up, walked to the bathroom, and closed the door, then whispered: "What's wrong?"
Yu Houhong said: "Yesterday afternoon, a company went to our construction company to collect debts. It said that there was a payment that was payable. It was originally agreed to pay it recently, but it still owed it now. The other party said that if it didn't pay, it would be suspended."
"Which construction company?" Zhou Jiyao asked.
Yu Houhong said: "A construction company under Jianwei contracted a commercial and residential dual-purpose building last year, with a target of 300 million yuan. The main body has basically been completed."
Zhou Jiyao hesitated for a moment and said, "Didn't Li Dewang have replaced Jianwei to the branch? What did he say?"
Yu Houhong said: "This money was handled by Jianwei, and he didn't know it. I asked someone to check the accounts all night. Now it's basically confirmed that the money has been paid, and Jianwei's signature is here."
"How much?" Zhou Jiyao asked.
"Three million." Yu Houhong said.
When Zhou Jiyao heard that it was only three million, he was not very irritated, so he walked out of the bathroom, leaned against the head of the bed, casually playing with Ouyang Juan's snow-white little butt with one hand, and asked, "Where has the money gone?"
Yu Houhong said: "This money was transferred to the account of a technology information company in Donglin City, S Province. I contacted this company just now, but it was impossible to contact it at all."
"Technology company? What kind of name did he pay for it?" Zhou Jiyao said casually. Unexpectedly, Ouyang Juan woke up, hummed a few times, turned around, and wanted to get into Zhou Jiyao's arms, but he pressed his head between his legs.
Yu Houhong hesitated and said, "What is shown is the payment for the goods, but the company cannot find out any supply contract with this company."
Zhou Jiyao was a little overwhelmed by Ouyang Juan's little mouth, so he hurriedly pushed her away, thought for a while and said, "Can you make a mistake? Please let someone contact that company again."
Yu Houhong hesitated for a moment and said, "No need to contact us, that company must no longer exist."
Zhou Jiyao asked a little annoyedly: "What do you want to say? Is it necessary to be so suspicious for three million yuan? I must have gotten something wrong."
Yu Houhong hesitated for a while before saying, "Maybe I'm thinking too much, the money was paid just a week after Xiaohu was kidnapped."
Zhou Jiyao slowly sat upright and said in confusion: "What? Do you think Jianwei kidnapped his son for three million yuan?"
Yu Houhong said: "I didn't say that, but it is possible that Jianwei paid someone a large ransom, and then he died."
Zhou Jianwei sat there and was stunned for a while, and said, "You wait, let's talk about it when you meet." After that, he hung up his phone.
Ouyang Juan got up lazily and said in a soft voice: "Oh, Dad, what's going on in the early morning? It's annoying."
Zhou Jiyao seemed to have no intention of paying attention to Ouyang Juan. While putting on his clothes, he said, "Stop sleeping, how long do you want to sleep?"
Ouyang Juan pouted and said angrily: "You must have no time to treat my mother to dinner today, and you don't keep your word every time you speak."
Zhou Jiyao was stunned for a moment, reached out and patted Ouyang Juan's butt, and smiled, "What? Is your mother unable to wait?"
Ouyang Juan fainted and said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense. My mother is worried that I will be deceived."
Zhou Jiyao said angrily: "I was deceived? Are the cars in this house and the car fake? By the way, your mother wouldn't go out and spread the word that her daughter has found a big money, right?"
Ouyang Juan muttered, "My mother is not a fool. I have never told anyone about this. If you didn't want to see her, I wouldn't even say it."
Zhou Jiyao stared at Ouyang Juan's half-naked body for a while, and smiled and said, "I'm not afraid of being known. Everyone is in love with me, and I didn't rape you. However, it's natural that it's not harmful to be low-key. If your aunt and cousin know, they will inevitably be stimulated. It's better not to let them know for the time being. When your belly is big, everything will be easy to say."
Ouyang Juan said angrily: "If you have a big belly, you want to marry me."
Zhou Jiyao stared at Ouyang Juan for a while and said, "I didn't expect you to have such great ambitions."
Ouyang Juan said with confidence: "What? Shouldn't you give your son a home?"
Zhou Jiyao was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Of course, but the problem is that you must first make your stomach work, otherwise you won't think about it." After that, he walked into the bathroom.
An hour later, Zhou Jiyao walked into his office and saw Yu Houhong and Vice President Lu Gang waiting there. To be honest, the only ones who could enter the chairman's office privately were the only ones.
Yu Houhong waited for Zhou Jiyao to sit at his desk, and then said: "Reliable news, this technology company was empty a month ago, but it turned out to be a few days after Jianwei was killed."
"Then we should be able to find out where the money is going." Zhou Jiyao said.
Yu Houhong shook her head and said, "That's not what we can do."
Zhou Jiyao said in confusion: "Do you mean to call the police?"
Yu Houhong didn't say anything, Lu Gang said cautiously: "We have nothing to hide about the two things of Xiaohu's kidnap and Jianwei's murder. I think we should call the police, at least the police can figure out where the money will go."
Zhou Jiyao was silent for a while and said, "I understand what you mean, but if this money is related to the kidnapping of Xiaohu or even killing Jianwei, would they let the police find where the money goes? And so long has passed, the money must have been broken into pieces and finally withdrawn."
Yu Houhong hesitated: "But this is a clue after all."
Zhou Jiyao frowned and said, "If Jianwei paid the ransom, why did he embezzle public funds without hiding it? I, Zhou Jiyao, could not afford three million yuan for my grandson?"
Yu Houhong said: "It is obvious that he should have unspeakable difficulties, or have reached an agreement with the kidnappers."
"Then he should tell me too." Zhou Jiyao said angrily.
Yu Houhong hesitated and said, "In theory, he really has no reason to hide you, but if he concludes that you will definitely not agree to the conditions of the kidnapper, the situation will not be certain.
You should also know what Xiaohu means to Jianwei. As long as Xiaohu can be retrieved, he will be willing to pay any price. To be honest, as long as he can recover Xiaohu, even if you know that he pays the ransom privately, you will definitely not blame him."
Zhou Jiyao stared at Yu Houhong and asked, "In your opinion, what other conditions will the kidnappers raise besides asking Jianwei for ransom, I will definitely not agree to it?"
Yu Houhong hesitated for a while before he said cautiously: "I can't guess at the moment, but from the grandfather who the kidnapper asked Jianwei for ransom instead of looking for a child, they obviously have concerns about you. Perhaps they have mastered Jianwei's psychology and know that he will submit."
Zhou Jiyao seemed to be talking to himself: "Is Jianwei's killing really related to the kidnappers? Since he has paid the ransom, why should he kill him?"
Lu Gang guessed: "Can Jianwei already know who the kidnapper is?"
Yu Houhong nodded and said, "There is such a possibility, maybe the kidnappers are trying to kill people to silence them."
Zhou Jiyao picked up a big cigar and lit it. He stood up and stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window for several minutes. Finally, he turned around and said, "Will this beast Jianwei be riled with someone secretly joining me with? In the end, he was silenced because the dog bites the dog inside? For example, Sun Qian."
Neither Lu Gang nor Yu Houhong made a statement.
Zhou Jiyao closed his eyes and pondered for a while, and asked, "Is there any problem with that construction company?"
Lu Gang said: "There is no problem and can withstand the police's investigation."
Zhou Jiyao was silent again and finally said, "Since that's the case, I'd better report the case myself, as this is more important."
Zhou Jiyao naturally would not go to the Public Security Bureau to report the case in person. He just called his in-laws Tang Bin. Since the procedures for inheriting Zhou Jianwei's inheritance were completed, the two families seemed to have made up as before.
Zhou Jiyao even restored the supply of Tang Bin's "magic medicine". This was not because he was kind to Tang Bin, but because he was worried that Ouyang Yunsu would not be able to stand it and find another man.
Of course, Ouyang Yunsu cuckolded Tang Bin, no matter what he did, but he did not allow other men to get involved in the woman he liked, and would rather share it with the two in-laws.
Tang Bin was naturally worried about the safety of his grandson. After hearing such an important clue, he naturally told Lu Tao himself, and also provided the public security organs with the situation of the technology company and the payment certificate and other materials.
Lu Tao immediately took action and contacted the public security organ in Donglin City, S Province through the Provincial Public Security Department. The other party informed that half a month ago, the boss of the company had already ran away with the money.
In fact, this is a telecommunications fraud company. The case is still being solved. They suspect that the boss has left the country. As for the huge sum of 3 million yuan, the final whereabouts have long been found. However, one thing has been found that the boss of this company is Tu Zhijun, a native of Provincial S, and it seems that there is no relationship with Nanzhao City.
Chapter completed!