Chapter Thirty-One: Information Pursuit

  Yu Ming is studying the materials provided by Li Fu Ge. From half a year ago to three months ago, this lawyer accepted eleven litigation entrustments. The clients were all from that financial company. All of them requested the court to enforce compulsory execution on debtors. The mediation meetings organized by the court were all rejected by the lawyer. He did not accept any deferred payment.

  Because there was clear evidence, eleven lawsuits were won by the lawyers. Among them, seven cases required debtors to repay loans within the time limit set by the court. The other four cases resulted in the court auctioning off mortgaged properties. They were all very ordinary lawsuits. Only one case had three mediation sessions. Upon closer inspection, it turned out that the debtor was an elderly couple in their sixties who borrowed money for their child's kidney transplant. Due to the complexity of bank procedures, they went through informal channels and eventually borrowed 200,000 yuan. In the end, their son survived, but the high-interest loan period had also arrived. The judge helped the couple plead with the lawyer, hoping to be given a one- or two-month extension. However, the lawyer refused, and in the end, the court could only auction off the house according to legal procedures.

  This is no different from other tragedies, but Li Fu added a note below. Li Fu casually inquired about the child's information and was shocked to discover that two months ago, the couple had bought a second-hand house in the child's name, with a price similar to the one being auctioned off, or even slightly higher. At the same time, they also paid off the hospital bill. Li Fu raised a question mark, why did this couple suddenly have so much money? Were they Robin Hoods? Or was there something hidden?

  Yu Ming agreed, now the house price is rising by one day, and the houses sold through court-ordered auctions are always cheaper. The difference in price between two houses is at least 200,000 yuan. If this couple's economy is so relaxed, why do they still want to borrow usury?

  Yu Ming arrived at the door, and soon found the home of the elderly couple according to the address. The mother was not there, she had gone to the hospital. Yu Ming took out a photo and said: "Hello master, I'd like to ask about this person."

  Father put on his glasses and took a look at the photo, puzzled and asked: "Why find me?"

  "Here's the thing, this is a photo of a screenshot from a surveillance camera. This girl lost something during a business consultation at our company. After we reported it to the police, they couldn't spare any manpower for such a small matter and told us to just leave it alone, maybe the girl would come back for it herself. One of my colleagues remembered that this girl mentioned in chat that her home was in the suburbs, so she's basically a local. We looked up that suburb and found out it was a small town with only one middle school. We went there to ask around, and a teacher said they had some impression, and also said that maybe she was your student. So I'm bothering you now, can you take a look and see if you can recognize who this is?"

  Father nodded and looked at the photo: "I was a private teacher in that school for 20 years, let me see... I don't know, it's been so many years, and this photo is a bit blurry."

  "Have you seen this girl recently?"

  "Hmm... no impression." Father shook his head: "Sorry, can't help you."

  "It's okay, thank you."

  Father saw Ming off downstairs, closed the door and dialed a phone call: "Just now there was a young man who came to say that you lost something."

  "Got it, teacher. If someone comes looking for me with a photo of me in the future, just say you don't know me. Teacher, I'm hanging up now."

  The residential area opposite was a hotel. The people in the hotel took out a monocular telescope and looked at Yu Ming, who was leaving the district, saying: "Banana, check this person's background and see how much he knows."

  At the bus stop, he knew that the teacher had not told him the truth. With the teacher's phone number, how to get the teacher's communication records? There are masters on the Internet. (Specifically, how to find out through the internet won't be said, it might teach bad things to kids.) A university classmate of Ming was a part-time network expert who did this kind of thing. Ming dialed his phone number and after being scolded for asking about prices, the other party decided to provide free service to Ming once. Soon, Ming got a phone number that was dialed after he left.

  How to know the other person's name with just a mobile phone number? Or should I explain it briefly. Yu Ming went to the business hall, recharged 50 yuan for this number, and asked the counter staff to report the name for verification. Then Yu Ming took out his mobile phone and pretended to check, saying that the number was wrong. He took back the 50 yuan and left. Got the other person's name: Ke Lan Er. Mobile phone real-name system is really convenient.

  Yu Ming identified this group of swindlers as a high-end fraud gang. People like them usually dress up and enter high-end clubs. However, all fraudsters have one characteristic: they will not buy real estate. Therefore, if they are operating in the city, there is only one possibility for their residence - a hotel. Moreover, they will not live together. All hotels in City A register guest information. If Ke Lan'er checked into a hotel with her ID, Yu Ming would be able to dig her out.

  Even if it's a fake ID, the phone and hotel registration ID should be the same.

  Yu Ming returned to the company and started dialing phone numbers of various hotels through online queries: "Hello, I have a friend named Ke Lan'er. She is staying at your hotel, may I ask which room number she is in?"

  "I'm sorry, we don't have a guest by that name."

  Du Qingqing came and went several times, seeing Ming squandering phone bills without any heartache. She was just a little moved by Ming's perseverance. This guy is quite like herself. Knowing that her starting point is lower than others, she works especially hard. Ni Qiu went to find the cat and dog again, this year there are more missing cats and dogs than missing people. Li Fu then received an important task, to verify the companies in the Wan Shi Tong plan and explain their intention to cooperate. Most of these companies were very satisfied, with multiple sources of business not bad either, anyway the extra 15% was added to the client's bill.

  "I'm sorry, our guest information is confidential." The operator replied politely.

  "Alright, you take the phone call in her room."

  "This... sir, our guesthouse doesn't have this person."

  Yu Ming hung up the phone again. The previous sentence was a cliché. When Yu Ming asked to have the phone connected to her room, the operator replied: "Okay. Please wait."

  Yu Ming immediately hung up the phone. His efforts were not in vain, and he finally found the hotel where the other party was staying. But as soon as he checked, Yu Ming was greatly shocked. The hotel was only a few hundred meters away from his teacher's residential area. Yu Ming felt a sense of unease, thinking that he might have been discovered by the other party. Swindlers and ordinary criminals are different, they are more organized, have an emergency withdrawal plan, and will not use force to confront. If everything is true, then the other party must be trying to escape.

  You must get the other party's ID number.

  Set out at dawn and took a taxi straight to the hotel.

  The banana behind the swindling group followed, the more I looked at it, the more it didn't feel right. The phone said: "Tangerine, he seems to have gone to find you."

  "Huh? Found me so quickly?" Mandarin oranges dragged his luggage away from the hotel entrance.

  Ten kilometers away from the hotel, the taxi driver couldn't help but say: "Little brother, have you gotten into some kind of trouble?"

  "What's wrong?" Yu Ming asked.

  "Someone is following you. The black one."