Hong Kong Storm: The King of Jobs

Chapter 578, Section 168: A Surprise in Warehouse Number Fifteen (Seeking Monthly Tickets!)
"Brother Feng, we've caught a big fish this time!"

When the panda cub saw the exotic animals in the warehouse, it was so frightened that its scalp tingled and its mouth gaped wide open.

Hong Kong has clear laws and regulations regarding the import of wild animals. A license issued by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department is required for their transportation, and wild animals are not allowed to be stored with other food products, as wild animals carry bacteria and viruses that can easily infect other food items.

The situation before them was beyond what the Sixth Investigation Division could handle on its own, but Liu Wenfeng did not notify his superiors. Instead, he sent his trusted henchman to Ge Wei's villa to tell Ge Wei everything.

"Scrape out the warehouse manager!"

Liu Wenfeng took out a cigarette case and a disposable lighter, lit the cigarette in his mouth, and ordered his men to bring over the Wen family's warehouse manager.

One of the customs officers nodded, ran out of the warehouse, and went to the second floor to handcuff the man.

"Orchid Boy, take pictures, take pictures of everything."

“Panda Boy, take the camera and two other people. Check the front, don’t miss a single box, open them all and inspect them all.”

Liu Wenfeng gave the order, gesturing the number four with his hand, signaling to Panda Boy to do the job.

Chi Sheng had instructed that there was a big surprise in the front warehouse, and it needed to be searched carefully.

Upon seeing Feng's gesture, Panda Boy immediately understood and led his two good brothers, with whom he shared joys and sorrows and always shared the benefits, to the front to do the work.

Panda Boy and the others used crowbars and pliers to open all the boxes of dried sea cucumbers, carefully inspecting each box and removing all the ice packs used for moisturizing and temperature control.

Indeed, a great discovery was made: bags of counterfeit British pounds, wrapped in plastic wrap, and large gold bulls were all brought back to light and neatly stacked on the ground.

The manager of warehouse number fifteen also appeared in the warehouse quickly, but he looked a bit disheveled. His hands were tightly handcuffed by the twin leaves, and he was kicked into the warehouse by the officers of the sixth section.

"Damn it! This isn't a cold storage warehouse, it's the Dragon King's treasure vault."

"Take it! Hold it tight!"

The panda boy picked up the double lions stepping on the globe from the top of the dirty bag, carefully wiped the outside of the bag, and then stuffed it into the warehouse manager's hands, asking him to act as a model for him.

The warehouse manager, unaware of what was in his hands, was already terrified of the customs officers. He was willing to cooperate as long as he could avoid being beaten a little.

"What? Raw pork? Forget it! This time, we're going to make this case airtight!"

Liu Wenfeng, his face ashen, told Panda Boy to stop, and then told the warehouse manager to put down Miss White No. 4.

If this photo is included in the investigation, this loser will be imprisoned for at least three years. Even if he hires a lawyer to fight the case, he will at most become a witness for prosecution.

Even if they don't end up in jail, they'll still have a criminal record and become a key target for the police and the cops.

“You little brat, listen to me. The thing you were holding just now was Miss White. It looks like it weighs three kilograms. If it were ten years ago, three kilograms of Miss White would have been enough to send your whole family to the gallows.”

How much is your monthly salary?

Liu Wenfeng now needs to play the bad cop and try to get closer to the warehouse manager in front of him, even though the warehouse manager's legs are as limp as cooked noodles.

And it's cooked thin noodles, not spaghetti!

After all, cooked spaghetti is incredibly firm; if placed in front of your chest, it could block an attack from a peanut.

"Three hundred and fifty yuan! There's a one hundred and fifty yuan bonus at the end of the month!"

"The boss treats us very well and pays us very generously."

"I really don't know."

A monthly salary of 500 yuan is indeed generous, but compared to the blame I have to take, this amount of money is not even a fraction.

"Do you know the market price of those three kilograms of Miss White No. 4?"

"These three pieces of Double Lions Treading Earth are of extremely high purity. Fellow Daoists are willing to pay hundreds of thousands for them."

"Hundreds of thousands! Even if you worked your whole life and sold your mother, wife, and daughters to brothels in Macau, you still wouldn't earn that much."

Liu Wenfeng took out a cigarette case, picked out two cigarettes, put one into the warehouse manager's mouth, and then lit it with a disposable lighter.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) is keeping a close eye on things and looking for trouble everywhere. If someone were to take out a diamond-encrusted Dupont lighter, they would definitely attract the attention of those with ulterior motives and end up getting themselves into legal trouble.

The warehouse manager, after taking a drag of his cigarette, began to calm down under the influence of nicotine. He knew he couldn't handle any of the stuff in front of him.

"I'll help you get away with this. You'll be my informant, and you'll get the Good Citizen Award. All you have to do is stand up and identify the source. Don't tell me you had no idea this stuff went into the warehouse!"

"Do you think I'm stupid? Go ahead and fool me!"

“But you can’t lie to yourself. The Wen family’s lawyer will tell you that they’ll give you a sum of money to take responsibility for the matter, or they’ll kill your whole family.”

"I can tell you this clearly: you can't take the blame! You can't hold on!"

"Tell me, what can you tell me about the goods in the warehouse?"

Liu Wenfeng waved his hand, signaling the surrounding customs officers and staff to leave first. He then gave a long and earnest pep talk, persuading the Wen family's warehouse manager to betray them and become a double agent.

"These goods were delivered by Young Master Wen of Xinye Real Estate Company. All the goods in the back warehouse were delivered by Young Master Wen of Xinye Real Estate Company."

The warehouse manager finished his cigarette, but under Liu Wenfeng's shrewd verbal attack, he managed to get rid of Young Master Wen.

"Confession book! Confession book!"

When the warehouse manager finally spoke up and provided some useful information, Liu Wenfeng snapped his fingers and told Panda Boy to bring over the statement book.

"Was it delivered that day? How can you prove Young Master Wen was present? What evidence do you have?"

Liu Wenfeng is a seasoned veteran in the workplace and knows that these testimonies are useless. Without direct evidence, Young Master Wen's lawyer can easily find a reason to settle the matter. Direct evidence is essential.

"On the evening of the 28th and 29th of the lunar year, Young Master Wen and a gangster named Black Tiger came together."

"The manager told me to turn off the CCTV surveillance and burn the film, but I didn't burn it or turn it off. I secretly hid the film."

"It's in the office upstairs. I can show you." The warehouse manager had taken precautions, secretly hiding all the videotapes just in case.

Upon hearing that there was a videotape, Liu Wenfeng immediately beamed with joy and began to fabricate a statement, directly portraying the warehouse manager as an inside man, claiming that he noticed something was wrong and immediately went to the building to report the incident.

That's the situation, simple and straightforward. By the way, change the time to today and get the warehouse manager to sign it.

Now that things have come to this, the warehouse manager can't turn back. He can only glance at the contents and sign in the blank space.

After the signature was completed, Liu Wenfeng had the warehouse manager taken into custody and the CCTV tapes were retrieved as direct evidence.

“Brother Feng, something’s not right! This looks like a silver vault. There are HSBC’s gold bulls, worth at least seven or eight million, and there are also quite a few 20-pound notes, worth one or two million.”

"This time we're rich!"

The little panda quickly counted the banknotes on the ground and excitedly reported back, but a sudden flash of light startled him. When he came to his senses, he quickly pointed to the two people in front of the warehouse door: "Don't take pictures!"

"This is a crime scene, we haven't finished investigating yet! Don't take pictures!"

Liu Wenfeng, who was looking down at his statement book, quickly looked up and saw two foreigners standing in front of warehouse number 15, taking pictures non-stop.

Foreign reporter!
Liu Wenfeng was startled. Why were there foreign reporters? He quickly stood up, slapped the statement book in his hand onto Panda Boy's chest, and strode over to the two foreign reporters.

"Hello, Officer, I am Luna, an investigative reporter from the BBC. I have received anonymous intelligence that there is smuggling of contraband in Warehouse No. 15 at Wan Chai Pier."

"So I've come to check things out! Officer, may I interview you?"

Luna's report on the drug trafficking using the bodies of Uyghur women from the north made her a world-renowned investigative journalist and earned her the British Press Award for Young Journalist of the Year.

With this award, Luna became a lifetime investigative journalist for the BBC, receiving £8,000 a month in investigative funding, a £3,000 increase in her salary, and the ability to build her own investigative journalist team.

£8,000 a month for the investigation seems like a lot, but it's a bit tight when you need to hire two or three staff members.

She didn't have many options. One was to relentlessly push herself to find new trending news, accept interviews from various media outlets and television programs, and attend various press conferences to earn appearance fees.

Secondly, it can become the mouthpiece of a certain force, speaking out from the perspective of the boss.

Luna hasn't decided which option to choose yet, even though two green organizations have already extended offers to her, promising to make her the bravest investigative journalist in the world.

However, she will most likely side with these two environmental organizations because they are very wealthy, and they are the New World Group in New York. Behind the CEO's desk at the New World Group sits an ambitious woman.

This woman wants to change the world and promote global integration.

But even a fool knows that this is impossible!

Anonymous intelligence!

Liu Wenfeng's clever mind immediately realized that this was a little trick arranged by Chi Sheng. He remembered the young foreign woman in front of him; she was a big reporter investigating the North Korean girl case.

His eldest daughter has recently been clamoring to change her major, not to go to medical school, but to go to journalism school, wanting to become an investigative journalist, which is related to this foreign journalist.

"Of course you can, but you can't ask questions, you can only take pictures, and you can't touch the objects or leave fingerprints, because a large team has arrived, and you don't want to be arrested as a criminal."

"The officers will be here soon. I guarantee this is a case worth hundreds of millions."

"You can film first. The banknotes and drugs on the ground are just appetizers. The real main course is all in the back warehouse."

"By the way! Miss Luna, would you like to take a picture with me? My eldest daughter is a fan of yours. She has transferred from medical school to journalism school and is preparing to become an investigative journalist."

"She would be very happy if she got your autograph and a photo with you."

Since Chi Sheng had notified the reporters, he was preparing to escalate the matter significantly. Given the circumstances, Liu Wenfeng had no reason to refuse.

Luna nodded. Taking a photo was a small matter, and signing autographs was a small matter too. Ever since she became famous, she had a thick stack of photos in her Burberry handbag, all of which had her signature.

We are all civilized people, and signing our names on blank paper is extremely dangerous.

She crouched down, looked at the pounds on the ground, and sensed something was wrong. She quickly said, "Sir, could I have a pair of gloves? I feel something's off about this banknote!"

Luna's Cantonese pronunciation was strange and unnatural, and it took Liu Wenfeng a lot of effort to understand it. He quickly had someone find a pair of rubber gloves and handed them to Luna.

After taking the gloves, Luna asked the customs officers present to open a stack of pounds and pull out a bill. She held it in her hand and examined it carefully before realizing that the pound was counterfeit.

"Officer, this is a counterfeit pound sterling. Congratulations!"

After determining whether the banknotes were real or fake, Luna handed them to Liu Wenfeng, offered a perfunctory congratulation, and then continued, "If one banknote is fake, then it's very likely that every single banknote here is fake."

"Such a large quantity of counterfeit money is definitely suspicious."

"You should ask HSBC's banknote verification experts and the Commercial Crime Bureau to assist in the investigation."

Luna gave this warning because the anonymous intelligence she received mentioned that the Golden Bull stolen from HSBC back then was very likely in Warehouse No. 15.

But she cannot expose Black Knight, who has been providing her with intelligence. Without Black Knight's intelligence, she would not have succeeded in becoming a world-renowned investigative journalist.

Luna's suggestion was good, but Liu Wenfeng couldn't do it. He didn't have the influence to invite HSBC's banknote verification experts. He could only wait for Ge Wei to arrive and let his superiors make the decision.

After filming the previous scenes, Liu Wenfeng took Luna to film the back compartment. When Luna saw the various small animals filling the back compartment, she was shocked and immediately asked the cameraman to go back to the car and bring over the shoulder-mounted video camera. This would be big news that would shock the world.

This exclusive news must be shared with the two green organizations that are planning to invest in it, so that they know its value.

Ge Wei arrived quickly by car, accompanied by the officers from the First and Second Investigation Divisions, the Evidence Collection Team, and HSBC's banknote verification experts.

The banknote verification expert from HSBC was someone that Shan Sijie had arranged in advance for Ge Wei. After all, with a large number of counterfeit pounds appearing, hiring a banknote verification expert was not excessive.

Ge Wei knew there was something sinister in Warehouse No. 15, and even if there wasn't, the young Chi Sheng would frame him. But he never expected that Warehouse No. 15 would hold such a huge bombshell.

HSBC's banknote verification experts could tell the pounds on the ground were counterfeit after just a glance, but they were stunned when their eyes fell on the golden bull.

The reason is simple: the giant golden bulls on the ground are all real.

(End of this chapter)