Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 600 I've never seen such spending before.

This is indeed a problem, and it should be mentioned upfront.

The other party was using VoIP, so Yu Dazhang couldn't contact them proactively. Therefore, he needed to prepare for any possible scenarios in advance.

"It's not just a gold shop inside."

The person on the other end had obviously thought about this question as well:
"If one store isn't enough, you can try several. If you still can't get enough, you can buy other gold products, but you can only buy gold, not diamonds or jade."

Finally, the other party didn't forget to add a word of advice:
Even if you run out of gold items in the end, you can't buy anything else; you can save some money.

This is someone who has a special fondness for gold... Yu Dazhang sighed inwardly.

I'd rather save my money than buy diamonds and jade.

It was clear from their voice that they believed only gold could retain its value.

During the pause in the other person's speech, Yu Dazhang surveyed the area in front of the vehicle that he could see.

No?

He immediately turned around, squeezed through the gap between the two seats, lay down on the money bag in the back seat, and looked out through the rear window.

Fortunately, the interior space of an SUV is more spacious compared to other vehicles.

In addition, he has lost a lot of weight recently, otherwise he might not have been able to squeeze through this gap.

Yu Dazhang stared wide-eyed, carefully searching for any possible hiding place for the target, not missing a single detail.

At the same time, he was still dealing with the other party:

"Let's make this clear first, I have eight bags of money in my car. I can't carry them all by myself, so I'll need to ask someone inside for help when I go in."

"If anything goes wrong along the way, like money being lost or missing, I'm not responsible. You insisted on buying gold; I'm just responsible for delivery."

As soon as he finished speaking, his gaze fell upon the entrance to an outer staircase.

Because it's the entrance/exit on the second floor of the mall, it's a busy area with people coming and going.

Right there at the doorway, there was a man standing there; you would hardly notice him unless you looked very closely.

Wu Rui!

Yu Dazhang recognized him at a glance.

This is a cleverly chosen location.

Go inside, and you can follow the crowd downstairs to the street.

Alternatively, one can exit and enter the mall with the flow of people.

He can change his position at any time if he detects anything unusual.

After confirming that he hadn't misread it, Yu Dazhang immediately took out his phone and dialed his master, Lü Zhongxin.

During this brief pause, the other party's voice rang out again:

"You've been talking too much nonsense. Just do as I say and get out of the car now to buy gold bars."

This time, he hung up the phone without waiting for Da Zhang to reply.

At that moment, Lü Zhongxin also answered the phone.

"At the four o'clock position of my car, there is an external staircase leading to the second floor of the mall, and one of the suspects is standing at the top of the staircase."

Yu Dazhang tried to keep it brief:
"Judging from his appearance, he should be the young man named Wu Rui. Try not to cause a disturbance during the arrest. There should be another suspect inside the mall."

After finishing his sentence, he immediately ended the call, then quickly opened the car door and got out.

There was no need for further words; Lü Zhongxin naturally understood what he meant.

If a disturbance is caused, it will inevitably alert the suspects inside the mall to the danger.

There's no need to talk about inside-outside cooperation or flanking from both sides; Yu Dazhang's experience in arresting others was all taught to him by Lü Zhongxin in his previous life.

After getting out of the car, he went to the trunk, took out a bag of money, and then quickly walked into the shopping center with the money in his hand.

This bag of money weighs about 55 kilograms, a weight that would be strenuous for an ordinary person, but it's nothing for Da Zhang.

Once inside, he quickly found a gold shop by following the signs at the entrance. All the gold shops here were brand-name stores, one after another, displaying a dazzling array of jewelry and precious stones.

"Buy gold bars."

Yu Dazhang went to the counter of a gold shop and placed the money bag directly on the glass display case:

"All the money inside was used to buy gold bars."

The teller was a girl in her early twenties, clearly a recent graduate. She was wearing a black and white business suit, had a pretty face, and a sweet smile.
"How many grams of gold bars would you like to buy?"

Gold bars also come in different weights, ranging from 5 grams to 200 grams. Some are sold by weight, which would be called gold bricks.

Yu Dazhang waved his hand:
"I'll take all the gold bars in your store."

"Want it all?" The clerk glanced at the black tote bag on the display case, then at the fat man in front of her, and inexplicably felt an urge to call the police.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

Fearing a misunderstanding, Yu Dazhang quickly opened his handbag and took out the bundled cash.

He took out several bundles of 100,000 yuan each, placed them on the display stand, and then turned the opening of the bags towards the clerk.

"I really want to buy gold bars," he urged.
"Hurry up and count the money and take the goods. Also, have your store manager find a security guard to help me get the money from the car."

No explanation is as convincing as real money.

When bundles of cash were neatly arranged on the display stand, the tellers' eyes widened in amazement.

Seeing the bag full of cash, she immediately realized she had run into a nouveau riche.

The reason is simple: truly wealthy people usually don't choose this kind of consumption.

Firstly, they wouldn't come here in such a high-profile manner to buy gold bars.

Secondly, they will not use cash for transactions.

"Sir, wait a moment."

The clerk immediately turned around and went into the store's office area.

After a while, several tellers came out from inside.

A woman dressed in a business suit and with a pretty face approached Yu Dazhang.

Her gaze first fell on the neatly stacked piles of cash on the display case, a flicker of surprise crossing her eyes, but it was quickly masked by a smile on her face:

"Hello sir, I am the store manager. Are you looking to buy all the gold bars in the store?"

“That’s right,” Yu Dazhang replied.
"Also, could you please tell the security guard that I have a few bags of money in my car and need their help to move them?"

While waiting, he surveyed his surroundings.

There weren't many people browsing the gold shops; almost every shop had a few scattered customers. If someone was hiding on the first floor, they would be easily spotted.

Relatively speaking, the escalator area is a good place for observation.

Especially the escalator entrance on the second floor, where you can get a clear view of the jewelry store below.

However, he had just observed carefully and found that although many people were coming and going, he did not see any familiar faces.

It must be a mobile sentry post... Yu Dazhang concluded in his mind.

Since the other party has arranged for people to observe from the outside, they must also have people watching from the inside; there is no doubt about that.

This is somewhat like a police investigation; no step can be missed.

Soon, the store manager called over several security guards, who went with Yu Dazhang to the SUV outside and took the remaining seven bags of money to the jewelry store.

If anyone previously questioned whether this fat man was a nouveau riche, they wouldn't now.

Even the richest people don't spend like that.

Looking at the eight bulging black tote bags in front of him, the store manager couldn't help but have an idea pop into his head.

Is this fat guy here to launder money?

(End of this chapter)