Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 717 He was a bit too flamboyant.
"No."

Zhang Jiangke answered very readily:
"If I had to say, my contact information with the other party is Lao Gu."

"Without him acting as a bridge, I would never have been able to get in touch with people of that level."

From his expression, it was clear that he seemed to have great respect for that person.

This also piqued Yu Dazhang's curiosity.

"From your perspective, tell me in detail what kind of person the other party is?"

He can only understand the mastermind behind the scenes from Zhang Jiangke's perspective now.

Finding a human trafficker like Zhang Jiangke and using him to achieve one's own goals requires a skill that is beyond the capabilities of ordinary people.

It appears that the person was seeking cooperation with Zhang Jiangke, but in reality, they were exploiting his network of connections.

Yu Dazhang once heard Qu Tuotuo discuss business topics.

Those who truly make money are those whose behavior patterns naturally change after they have reached a certain level of understanding.

Zhang Jiangke's approach of simply buying low and selling high to make a profit represents only the most basic and fundamental level of understanding in the business world.

Those with a slightly higher level of understanding will recognize the importance of connections and will try their best to leverage the connections of others for their own benefit.

Those that go even higher are playing the "premium" game.

For example, becoming a member.

Whether it's a membership for video streaming software or a gym membership, the real business is making money off the premium.

You haven't even enjoyed the full service yet, but they've already made their money off the whole package.

For example, Taobao.

Its market capitalization peaked at seven trillion, but later returned to one trillion.

What about the six trillion in the middle?
Those who truly profited were those who profited from the six trillion yuan premium.

Round after round of financing, do you think it's just about raising money?

That's a process of making the cake bigger.

In this process, early investors are able to enjoy the substantial returns brought by the premium.

So when Yu Dazhang heard Zhang Jiangke say that the other party was a big shot, his first reaction was that this person must have a considerable status and influence in the business world.

“I’ve never met him, but just by listening to his manner of speaking, I can imagine how wealthy and powerful he is.”

As Zhang Jiangke recalled, he said:
"He speaks in a strange way, which sounds very powerful, sometimes even arrogant, and his tone is undeniably forceful."

"Gives people a sense, a kind of..."

He suddenly stopped talking, as if he wanted to summarize it in one sentence, but couldn't find the right words to describe it.

Yu Dazhang wasn't in a hurry; he just quietly watched him from the opposite side.

Zhang Jiangke lowered his head, thought for a long time, and then slowly raised his head after a while:

"He gave me the impression of someone who was just using someone else's power to intimidate others..."

He had barely opened his mouth when he shook his head and said:
"No, it's still not quite accurate, but the meaning is similar. What's that word again?"

As he muttered to himself, his brows furrowed tightly, as if he were rapidly searching his mind for the more appropriate word.

Seeing this, Yu Dazhang couldn't help but remind him:

"A dog relying on its master's power?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Jiangke immediately looked at him:

"Yes, they are just bullies relying on their master's power."

"I can't explain why, even though the other person speaks with composure and authority, it's just that I get this feeling."

He paused for a moment, thought for a moment, and then continued:

"Perhaps it's because he lacks that kind of composure and confidence in strategizing. He's a bit too flamboyant, which reminds me of a character similar to a servant in period dramas."

A household slave? Yu Dazhang felt that his description was a bit of an exaggeration.

What era are we living in? The concept of household slaves has long since disappeared. Even the nannies and housekeepers working for the Qu family only have an employment relationship with Qu Wannian.

They can decide whether to continue working entirely according to their own wishes. They can resign at any time if they don't want to work there anymore, so they are not anyone's slaves at all.

However, that person might just be doing someone else's bidding.

If that's the case, then this case will be really difficult to handle.

They finally tracked down the mastermind, but still had no clue whatsoever. It turned out there was someone else behind him.

Is this a nesting doll?
If we continue investigating like this, the trail will eventually go cold.

"Can you tell where the other person's accent is from?" Yu Dazhang asked again.

He's most interested in the mastermind right now; the guy called "Old Gu" is obviously just a middleman.

“I can’t tell.”

Zhang Jiangke looked somewhat bewildered.
"It sounds like standard Mandarin to me, I can't hear any accent at all."

They've hidden it really well... Now Yu Dazhang is also having a bit of a headache.

Not knowing his name or what he looked like, Zhang Jiangke only spoke with the other person twice via voice, yet he couldn't even discern their accent.

"How do you trade?" Yu Dazhang pressed.

We now know how Zhang Jiangke handed over the people to his superiors, but we don't know how they paid him.

"The headcount is tallied once a month."

Zhang Jiangke replied:

“When Lao Gu contacts me, we will verify the information, and then the other party will transfer the money to my overseas account through the casino.”

Tracing the source of funds was also out of the question... Yu Dazhang had originally intended to track the other party's account information by using their payment account.

It seems the other party had anticipated this and taken precautions in advance.

Once money passes through a casino, it's essentially laundered, making its origin impossible to trace.

Even if the payment account is traced, it belongs to the casino, and the casino can easily explain it as gambling funds.

This road is blocked.

Those border casinos cannot be dealt with by the police alone; joint operations between China and Myanmar are required.

Because every country's borders are sacred and inviolable.

Moreover, Yu Dazhang didn't intend to make such a big fuss. Even if the casino was shut down, there was no guarantee that the other party's account information could be found.

After all, there are many ways for the other party to give money to the casino, and it doesn't necessarily have to be through account transfer.

It seems there's no hope of finding the mastermind directly... Yu Dazhang has no choice but to focus his attention on another suspect.

When did Lao Gu return to China?

From what Zhang Jiangke said, we can tell that Lao Gu returned to China after Zhang Jiangke, but we don't know the exact time of his return.

"Well..."

Zhang Jiangke recalled for a moment, and then said:

"It should have been in November of last year, but he first contacted me using an unfamiliar number in December."

He then explained:
“When he contacted me, there were already several places in China where people could be placed, which meant he had obviously found them in advance.”

"So this timeframe needs to be pushed back by one month."

Those hideouts were found by Lao Gu? Upon hearing this information, Yu Dazhang immediately realized that he had underestimated this man named Lao Gu.

Since he was in charge of finding the hideout, it means he was definitely not just a middleman.

Last November... Yu Dazhang mentally calculated the days.

This month happened to be the time when mentally disabled women in N province went missing, and at that time Zhangjiangke had just acquired its first batch of women of marriageable age.

"Next, tell me all the hideouts you know."

Yu Dazhang's voice turned cold:

"The addresses must be detailed; not a single one can be omitted."

(End of this chapter)