Chapter Fifteen: Li Fu's Suggestion

  Monday back to work, business is still clearer than clear soup. Yu Ming was sent by Du Qingqing to investigate the company at Wanshitong. After returning, the news: busy. Du Qingqing sighed, it turned out that it wasn't the industry that was sluggish, but her own company that was sluggish.

  Business was bad, and Du Qingqing also lost a few points of deliberately created boss dignity. She couldn't sit still in the office, so she came out to take a stroll.

  Li Fu seemed prepared and found an opportunity to say: "Miss Du, I think we need to hype this up."

  "Hype?" The other three looked at Li Fu. This field is relatively high-end.

  "Do you know about the Grand Theft Auto game? The production cost of Grand Theft Auto 5 was $250 million, higher than Avatar, but within 24 hours they sold $800 million. However, many people don't know how Grand Theft Auto became successful. In its early years, the unknown Grand Theft Auto hired water armies to badmouth the company, saying that Grand Theft Auto was full of violence, gore, pornography, and profanity. This actually led to Grand Theft Auto selling well. The miscalculation was that the blackening was too excessive, resulting in constant lawsuits over the years. For this reason, the game company has already paid $10 billion in lawsuit fees. But they succeeded."

  Du Qingqing asked in confusion: "Do you mean to find a water army to smear us?"

  "No, I personally think we need to find a typical case. Many private detective agencies in the United States are famous for solving cases that the police cannot solve, and they become famous overnight. So this case needs to have enough social attention."

  Yu Mingdao said: "High-profile cases, one is related to the powerful, two is the crime is crazy, three is highly controversial. I think the first two we can't afford to provoke, only the third, which is highly controversial, can be considered. But also consider whether it will offend the police."

  Li Fu frowned: "Why are you all thinking like this? What's important is right and wrong, not the other person's identity."

  "You Americans certainly have the qualifications to speak like this."

  Du Qingqing knew that Nai Qiu was biased against the police. Without saying anything, she asked: "Li Fu, what suggestions and opinions do you have?"

  "The most closely watched case nationwide at present is a murder that took place in this city. You can see on the web, a woman was found bound and stabbed to death with a knife piercing her heart in her rental apartment. The suspect is her ex-boyfriend because he was the only one who entered the victim's apartment around that time. However, the suspect has not confessed, and the police also believe that the suspect lacks motive for the crime. But most netizens are ridiculing the ability of A city police. This case has been going on for two months now."

  The photo on the web is a simulated picture by netizens, with the woman's whole body tied up and her hands tied in front of her, only her palms can move. There is a dagger on her back, and she fell down at the door. Nian Qi said: "If this photo is real, it must be murder."

  "This is where the police are having a hard time, if it's murder, the suspect is the only suspect. It's said that there are also divisions within the police force, the police officer in charge of interrogation doesn't think the suspect killed the victim, while the police officer in charge of on-site investigation thinks all evidence points to the suspect. For example, the rope has the suspect's fingerprints, the time of death matches when he left the rental house and so on. It's expected that within about 10 days, they will transfer the case files to the prosecutor's office."

  Du Qingqing didn't understand: "Then what can we do?"

  Li Fudao said: "I have been paying attention to this case, and I very much agree that the suspect is innocent. The biggest doubt is why the deceased had no signs of sexual activity on her body? The suspect said that when they went to the rental house, the deceased took off her clothes and wanted to make up with him. However, since the suspect's wedding was about to take place, he refused. From a criminal psychology perspective, it looks more like a desperate revenge after being rejected."

  Ní Qiūdào said: "Psychology is not evidence, even I understand that. It must be him who killed, no question."

  Li Fu insisted: "I think we can go to the scene and take a look."

  "Are you saying sneak in?" Du Qingqing asked.

  "En." Li nodded.

  Yu Ming agreed with Li Fu's point of view, although he also thought the suspect was a criminal. But this was a lucrative business. If Xingxing Investigation Company could win this case, the company would survive and he wouldn't have to stand on the street handing out flyers in the wind and sun. Yu Ming asked: "If we privately enter the crime scene for investigation and get caught, what's the charge?" He couldn't go to jail, a detention center was still acceptable.

  Du Qingqing thought for two seconds, returned to the office and started searching through the criminal law. After a long while, she said: "State Council Order No. 493, intentionally destroying the scene of an accident, destroying relevant evidence, refusing to provide relevant materials and information, constitutes a crime. It seems that we are only investigating, not committing a crime."

  "I'm not going." Nian Qiu said: "You don't have a case, I won't take the risk. Don't instigate me, or it's incitement to crime."

  "Alright, you take care of the house. Remember not to go to the finance department."

  "......" Nian Qiu sighed: "Okay, I'll go."

  They set off immediately, with the four of them getting in the car. Du Qingqing's attitude was understandable; this was a good opportunity. Ni Qiu had been talked into it by himself. Why was Li Fu being so enthusiastic? Was it just his inherent interest in the case? Probably not. This guy was hard to figure out. Yu Ming said, "Li Fu, Ni Qiu, why don't you guys move house?"

  Ní Qiūdào said: "I have a girlfriend, living in a dorm is not very convenient."

  "What about you, Li Fu?"

  "I... have some personal reasons." Li Fu was not good at lying.

  Du Qingqing said: "There is still an empty large room, you consider it yourself."

  Yu Mingdao said: "Li Fu, can you show me your passport? I've never seen an American passport before."

  "I didn't bring it with me." Li Fu replied apologetically.

  "Oh, forget it then."

  ……

  The scene of the crime was found in a rental house at the junction of urban and rural areas. The landlord lived on the first floor, and the deceased lived on the second floor. The landlord, as an eyewitness, confirmed that only the suspect entered and exited at the time.

  The car pulled over and stopped, and the landlady was washing clothes in the yard. Yu Ming said: "I'll take care of the landlady."

  Ní Qiūdào: "Wǒ kāi mén."

  Translation:

  "Ni Qiudao said: 'I'll open the door.'"

  Li Fudao said: "I will investigate on the spot."

  Du Qingqing: "......"

  "Excuse me, Auntie. Hello! Do you have any rooms for rent?"

  The landlord looked at Yu Ming and asked: "Is it urgent?"

  "Not too urgent."

  "My apartment is upstairs, but the tenant upstairs still has a few days left on their lease. At most one week."

  "How much is the rent?" Yu Ming asked.

  Yu Ming walked to the other side, and Auntie naturally faced him. Li Fu and Ni Qiu passed by from the side and went towards the stairs. Then Li Fu kicked a broken flower pot with one foot. Yu Ming immediately said: "Auntie, did you drop some money?"

  The aunt was about to turn back, heard Yu Ming say so, looked down at the ground beside her, and indeed there was a crumpled 10-yuan bill in the puddle. She first picked up the bill and spread it out, then turned back to look around, no one was there. Continued to say to Yu Ming: "You got off cheap, 1,500."

  Du Qingqing sat alone in the car, feeling a bit strange. Even if it wasn't a crime, at least it was an illegal bad thing. Why were Li Fu and Yu Ming so active? This is not the normal behavior of employees. The whole thing, they are in charge, nothing to do with this old boss.