Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 395 Profitable Businesses Are Everywhere
In the interrogation room.

After obtaining basic information, the officer in charge of the interrogation asked:
When did you first start doing this?

At this moment, Yu Dazhang was sitting in front of the computer in the observation room, watching Yang Jieru on the monitor screen.

Compared to before, her condition was much worse. She looked listless, her eyes were lifeless, and her face was as pale as paper.

"The earliest?"

After hearing the question, Yang Jieru thought for a moment and then replied:

"That goes back thirteen years."

“In 2001, I came to the city from my village to work. Through an introduction, I came to the shelter as a temporary worker.”

"The job involves cleaning. Although the pay isn't high, the job is stable."

Her voice was slightly low, as if carrying a hint of emotion:
“That was the most chaotic time at the shelter. I saw people being brought there almost every day, and they could only leave after paying a ransom.”

“There are also many homeless people with intellectual disabilities who really need help, but because they are already homeless, there is nowhere to send them.”

She paused for a moment, thought for a moment, and then continued:
“In such cases, the shelter will send these people to free training institutions and recommend them for employment after the training is completed.”

"That's when I saw the business opportunity."

So this thing has a prototype... Yu Dazhang finally understood.

Providing training for people with intellectual disabilities wasn't their idea; it's something that the shelters have been doing for a long time.

They simply copied this model.

Indeed, many of the homeless people wandering the streets are intellectually disabled.

Surprisingly, some homeless people have even become famous online celebrities.

The most famous one is Brother Sharp.

However, after becoming an internet sensation, Brother Sharp was taken back by his relatives and underwent a series of mental health treatments.

The sharp look in his eyes was gone; he had become intimidating and cautious.

However, Brother Sharp also had a few good years. At least he wasn't taken to a shelter or kidnapped to work as a cheap laborer.

"And then you hire people to arrest those homeless people?"

Even the officer himself felt awkward asking that question.

The initial stage of such a business is the most difficult because few people are willing to do illegal things.

Even Yu Dazhang could tell that the police officer's question had flaws.

"of course not."

As expected, Yang Jieru immediately denied it:

“I worked at the shelter for almost two years until the incident at the Yangcheng Shelter in early 2003, when I was dismissed.”

Yu Dazhang knew she was referring to the incident where a young man surnamed Sun was beaten to death at the detention center.

After that incident, the shelter became history and was transformed into a rescue and management station.

"After losing my job, I started thinking about starting a business."

Yang Jieru continued:
"So I started a small factory, mainly producing mother-and-child flues."

“Setting up a factory like this doesn’t cost much at all. You can just rent a yard in the suburbs and start operating. You don’t even need a business license. You can get one when they catch you.”

"That's when I realized that the biggest expense in doing business is actually labor costs."

She paused, her gaze shifting to the ground as if she were deep in thought.

After about two seconds, she looked up at the police officer opposite her again:

"Making a mother-and-child flue doesn't require much technical skill; anyone can do it. That's why I thought of homeless people with intellectual disabilities."

"After discussing it with Zhang Chao, we decided that he would first go out on the street to arrest people, then give them some basic training and get them involved in production."

That makes sense... Yu Dazhang believes this is the most reasonable start. First, start your own business, recruit people to work in your own factory, and you'll not only taste success but also accumulate your first batch of cheap labor.

However, Yu Dazhang noticed a small detail while she was speaking.

Yang Jieru always pauses briefly after speaking for a while.

At first, Yu Dazhang thought it was nothing. When narrating, how can you finish everything in one breath? It's normal to stop and recall.

The problem is that she stops at strange points, almost always at the transition points of each plot.

It seems that she came up with these ideas on the spot.

But judging from her expression, there was no sign that she was lying.

Yu Dazhang stared at Yang Jieru on the monitor screen, unable to figure out what the problem was.

If you're not lying, why stop and think while narrating the story?
Recalling and thinking are two different things.

Moreover, it can be discerned from their behavior and mannerisms.

Let’s talk about it in the simplest way.

When people are thinking, they unconsciously look at the ground.

When reminiscing, one tends to look upwards.

During the pauses, Yang Jieru never looked up; her eyes remained fixed on the ground. She only raised her head to look at the police officer opposite her when she was speaking.

Am I overthinking this? Just as Yu Dazhang was wondering, Yang Jieru spoke up again.

"Later, other factories often came to us to borrow workers. This kind of thing is actually quite common among those small factories."

She spoke a little faster this time:
"After borrowing them so many times, we simply started renting them out to them and charging them wages every month."

"Over time, we found that this was easier and faster to make money than opening our own factory."

That makes sense... Yu Dazhang could understand what she meant.

After all, opening a factory requires considering many things, such as purchasing raw materials, managing workers, and selling products.

Renting people out is much simpler.

Once you find a factory that needs workers, negotiate a price, and send the workers there, that's all you need to do.

This is a highly profitable business.

However, as long as you have a conscience, there are plenty of profitable businesses everywhere.

Finally, Yang Jieru concluded:
“We knew this wasn’t a long-term solution, so for safety reasons, we brought everyone back, closed the factory, and then focused solely on this business.”

Yu Dazhang knew what happened next.

They did this for eleven years.

If Fang Peng hadn't been discovered in Songhai, they would have continued this business indefinitely.

The provincial department has swept through the illegal brick kilns in the province several times in recent years, but has never found them, which is enough to demonstrate the meticulousness and secrecy of their operations.

The interrogation is ongoing.

Yang Jieru also mentioned the underground prison, which was the source of their wealth and could be considered their headquarters.

Yu Dazhang noticed that she was getting more and more fluent as she spoke.

Later on, Yang Jieru hardly needed to think, and she never paused again.

But she didn't mention anything about going to sea until she finished speaking.

She's still not being honest... Yu Dazhang knew in his heart that she still had a glimmer of hope.

The task force has already obtained all the information she has now provided, except for the initial stages of their investigation.

After a moment's hesitation, Yu Dazhang picked up the microphone from the table:
Ask her how many times a year she goes out to sea.

(End of this chapter)