Hong Kong Film Intelligence King

Chapter 370 Unexpected
Commissioner Smith roared at the Mastercard tycoon:

"Jimmy, why are you running?"

The head of the CMB (China International Bank) bowed his head and remained silent.

"Are you fucking trying to hire a lawyer?"

"Would you like me to find one for you?"

"Don't bow your head like a girl."

"Look up and speak."

Smith was furious.

Is this something people from the Ugly Country would do?
You dare to print counterfeit money, yet you're too ashamed to face people?
Chen Guozhong reminded him:

"Commissioner, this is the Kowloon General Police Department's interrogation room, not your U.S. consulate."

"We agreed on this beforehand."

"Look around, everyone is staring at you."

Smith looked up at the people around him and found that Yuan Haoyun, Michael and others were all looking at him.

"OK, you come, you come."

Chen Guozhong said to Michael:

"Prepare a cup of black tea for him to cool him down."

Smith shouted:

"I'd like an iced Americano."

Chen Guozhong nodded, then turned and said:

"Did you hear that? The commissioner needs some cooling herbal tea."

Smith was speechless and was about to protest when he saw Chen Guozhong's eyes.

He helplessly raised his hand and said:
"OK, OK, you're in charge here."

Michael went off quickly.

Yuan Haoyun and the others secretly gave Chen Guozhong a thumbs up, thinking that the big sir was really amazing.

Chen Guozhong asked:
"Big classmate, why are you running?"

Jimmy, the tycoon at Citibank, sighed:
“You’ve all found my hideout. If I don’t run now, I’ll be going to jail.”

“Even Master Shen has run away, let alone me.”

Chen Guozhong frowned and said:

"Do you know what case we're investigating?"

The head of the Citibank said indifferently:

"No matter what the case is, if they take our ledgers, it means they've found our weakness."

“You can’t get along with any of the senior executives at Citibank.”

Smith was horrified:
"what?"

"Was the counterfeit money case a joint operation by your bank?"

The head of the Citibank was also greatly surprised:
"what?"

"How could our bank be involved in a counterfeit money case?"

Smith shrieked:

"If you weren't making counterfeit money, why are you running away?"

The voice of the Wan Guo Bao Tong senior class was louder and higher:
"Are you investigating a counterfeit currency case? Not a case of corruption among senior executives?"

An eerie silence fell over the interrogation room.

Everyone was stunned!

Smith loosened his tie forcefully and shouted:
"what is happening?"

He found the sudden turn of events quite unbelievable.

The headmaster of Citibank roared:

"Are you investigating a counterfeit money case?"

“We at Citibank would never do such a thing.”

"Call your manager over here, I'm going to file a complaint against you!"

Chen Guozhong looked at him with a half-smile:
"I am the Chief Superintendent of the Kowloon Police Station. What do you want with me?"

The head of Citibank suddenly wilted.

Chen Guozhong mocked:

"Didn't I tell you that there's a case to investigate and I need your cooperation?"

"When did we say we were going to investigate a corruption case?"

"but……"

"I stumbled upon a big fish while doing nothing."

"Haoyun, reopen a case file, titled 'The Case of Collective Corruption by Senior Executives of Wanguo Baotong Bank'."

Yuan Haoyun shouted loudly:

"Yes, sir!"

The executives at Universal Bank were stunned and quickly said:
"Don't, don't!"

Chen Guozhong sighed:
"I'm protecting you, don't be ungrateful."

The senior class was furious:

"You haven't explained the case clearly, and you've made me jump out on my own. How dare you say that?"

Chen Guozhong said expressionlessly:

"I can let you go right now if you want."

"Do you want to leave?"

The senior classmate of Wan Guo Bao Tong looked at him suspiciously:
"You're really letting me go?"

Chen Guozhong said calmly:

"Really."

"Are you going?"

The head of the Citibank branch instinctively stood up—who would want to stay in the police station if they could go home?

Then he saw Smith's cannibalistic gaze.

His heart skipped a beat.

"Chen, you're not playing tricks on me, are you?"

Chen Guozhong mocked:

"I told you to leave, but you're too scared to leave?"

Smith cursed:
"Chen told you to leave, do you dare to leave?"

"You spent the whole night at the police station, and then you were released right afterward."

What do others think?

"If you don't confess anything, will the police release you?"

What will your accomplices think?

"Won't they think you became a tainted witness for the police in order to get yourself out of trouble?"

"If you want to die, then go ahead and leave."

"Let's see how your accomplices treat you?"

The head of the Citibank was ashen-faced.
"You guys are so vicious!"

boom!
Smith slammed his fist on the table:

"Bastard thing."

“After you were arrested, Chen contacted the consulate immediately.”

"I rushed over as soon as possible."

"First of all, if you weren't running away with a guilty conscience, do you think Chen would have nothing better to do than stop you at the airport?"

"If you hadn't done anything wrong, why would you run away?"

The head of Citibank collapsed in despair; it was all due to a single wrong decision.

Chen Guozhong immediately increased the intensity of his treatment:

“We have no interest in knowing about Citibank’s privacy. I will ask experts from Citibank to review those bank books.”

"I think even if there are any problems, the experts at Citibank will probably turn a blind eye because we're both from the US."

The headmaster of Citibank was trembling with fear.
"Could we switch to another bank?"

What are the experts like at HSBC?

Chen Guozhong looked at Smith and said:

What's wrong with Jimmy?

Smith's face darkened:
"According to intelligence, Citibank is interested in acquiring Citibank, and the two are direct competitors."

Chen Guozhong was taken aback:
“Citibank reported the counterfeit money first.”

The implication is that this is quite a coincidence.

An investigation into Citibank revealed the trouble it had caused.

Smith nodded slightly:
"No matter what, let's get the case straight first."

Chen Guozhong asked Jimmy:

"Six months ago, Citibank seized a counterfeit bill with an extremely realistic design. This kind of counterfeit bill could even fool bank tellers, and only professional appraisers could distinguish it from a real one."

"Did you do this?"

The head of the International Bank angrily retorted:

"You mean Franklin worth a hundred dollars?"

Chen Guozhong nodded:

"Correct!"

The head of the International Bank angrily retorted:
"Shit!"

“That was clearly found by our Citibank, but our experts only found this one.”

"So I took this to Citibank."

"Our bank is very sensitive to the US dollar."

"In Hong Kong, the only bank with such a background is Citibank."

"Our two banks exchanged information and reminded them to be careful."

"This is out of kindness on our part!"

Ok? !

All the officers and Smith were stunned.

"Was that hundred-dollar bill found by your Citibank?" Smith couldn't help but ask.

The head of Citibank was furious:

"certainly!:"

"When it comes to expert level, our bank's are still more advanced."

"Citibank's level is nowhere near ours."

“I was just trying to be helpful by informing them to be cautious, and the Citibank executive asked me to leave the counterfeit bill with him.”

"I thought about it and then agreed."

"I never expected this guy to be so insidious, daring to slander us!"

Chen Guozhong reminded him:

"The other party did not slander you; they simply informed Smith."

The head of the World Bank was so angry his face turned red:

"Isn't this insidious?"

"There are two influential banks in Hong Kong with US backgrounds, one is ours and the other is theirs."

"They took the counterfeit money that we detected to the police."

"In your view, we are naturally the most suspicious."

"But the truth is, we are law-abiding citizens!"

"I'm furious!"

"If I get out of here, I'll make sure they don't get away with it!"

Chen Guozhong shrugged:

"Let's talk about it after you get out of here."

"Alright, now you should explain the problem with Citibank."

"There are special envoys here; you can't escape!"

"Think it through carefully before you talk to me!"

The headmaster of the Citibank was horrified:
"Commissioner, I am innocent."

Smith angrily said:

"Then explain things clearly!"

"Otherwise, I suggest Chen release you."

The tycoon of Citibank looked ashen-faced—walking out directly would definitely mean death, but confessing directly would only get him a suspended death sentence!
Smith tugged at Chen Guozhong: "Chen, I have something to tell you!"

Chen Guozhong nodded slowly and instructed Yuan Haoyun:
"The rest is up to you."

Yuan Haoyun naturally understood Chen Guozhong's meaning: he was giving them the credit.

The two arrived at Chen Guozhong's office, where Smith's expression was grave and he could not relax.
"Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a misunderstanding."

Chen Guozhong brewed a cup of Longjing tea for the two of them:
"Wow, today's events have really taken a turn for the better."

"Is this what they call a business war?"

Smith thought for a moment and said:
"probably."

"Only the banks themselves truly understand the situation."

"Perhaps Citibank knew about the inside story of Citibank and used the pretext of counterfeit money to lead us to investigate them."

Chen Guozhong picked up the conversation and said:

"Afterwards, even if we find out that he used us, we won't be too harsh on them."

"Their intentions were good."

Smith muttered angrily:

"Damn it, good!"

Chen Guozhong countered with:

"Do you think Citibank did something wrong?"

Smith was helpless.

That's right. Citibank eliminated the top executives of Citibank through some means, and both the starting point and the result were excellent.

Smith sighed:
"Chen, I'm afraid you've wasted your time."

Chen Guozhong shrugged:

Whether or not this matter should be reported depends on your negotiations with the Governor's Mansion.

“Unless otherwise, the merits of my brothers cannot be erased.”

Smith gritted his teeth and said:

"Don't worry, as long as we can cover this up, they will definitely get a lot of credit."

Chen Guozhong shrugged:

"That would be perfect!"

Smith suddenly asked:
"Did the experts at Citibank really not detect those counterfeit bills?"

Chen Guozhong shrugged:

There are two possibilities.

"One possibility is that they genuinely did not detect it; the other is that they detected it but pretended not to."

"Both bank executives said that these banknotes are so exquisite that they can even fool the eyes of tellers, and only experts specializing in this field can distinguish between real and fake ones."

"Na..."

"What's the difference between this kind of money and real money in a general sense?"

Smith suddenly fell silent!

Chen Guozhong, holding his teacup, thought for a moment and offered an idea:
"Perhaps we can ask an expert we trust to make a judgment."

"That'll tell you."

Smith casually remarked:

"I don't trust Citibank or International Bank."

Chen Guozhong smiled and said:
"And HSBC too!"

Smith thought about it and realized he was right.

So HSBC's banknote expert was brought in.

After a flurry of activity, HSBC's experts were quite certain:

"After our testing, apart from the ones we identified, the rest are all genuine banknotes."

Smith picked up two banknotes and asked:

"Are these two also real?"

The experts then went through another round of work and gave an affirmative answer:

"That's right, these two are real too!"

Smith sighed heavily:
"Okay, thank you."

After seeing the experts off, Chen Guozhong asked:

"Did your American experts examine the counterfeit banknote reported by Citibank?"

Smith sighed:

"It was checked long ago; it's counterfeit."

"The expert just now couldn't tell the difference."

"The cost of producing these counterfeit banknotes is much higher than we imagined."

The two exchanged a glance, both feeling a sense of unease.

Chen Guozhong thought for a moment and said:
"Then, the amount of work we need to do is enormous."

Smith asked:
"What are you going to do?"

Chen Guozhong said calmly:

"I'll need your help with this."

"Contact the U.S. mainland and see which banks in Hong Kong have ever dealt with the US dollar."

I'm talking about the real original.

"Based on my consultations, the counterfeiters must have had access to genuine US dollar bill printing plates."

"This proves one thing..."

"The source of technology must be in the bank."

Smith gave a wry smile:
"That's still Citibank and International Bank!"

He felt incredibly embarrassed!

Who would have thought that Citibank would use the police as a weapon in order to bring down Citibank!

Chen Guozhong gently shook his head:
"uncertain!"

Smith was taken aback:
"uncertain?"

Chen Guozhong explained:

"Based on our speculation, banks with US capital backgrounds are likely to get priority access to the scrapped US dollars."

"But it's only a possibility."

“Besides them, there are two other banks in Hong Kong that are also qualified.”

"You should know who they are, right?"

Smith said incredulously:
HSBC and Standard Chartered?!

Chen Guozhong nodded slightly:
"That's right, only the two banks that have the right to issue currency have the need to refer to the US dollar as a template."

Smith vigorously rubbed his hair:
"Why does it feel like things have gotten a little backwards?"

Chen Guozhong shrugged:

"That's how investigations are done!"

"Any intelligence must be verified. After eliminating all the impossibilities, the one that remains is most likely the truth."

Smith immediately said:

"You're the expert, I'll listen to you."

Chen Guozhong shrugged:

"That's the old rule. You take care of the paperwork."

Smith smiled wryly:

"Okay, I'll do it."

Banks are always special; if the police want to inspect a bank, they have to go through a series of procedures.

Banks wield considerable power, and police stations cannot simply investigate at will.

Fortunately, HSBC was very cooperative.

Chen Taotao received Wang Dao's instructions early in the morning: the police station could do whatever it wanted.

Of course, with Chen Guozhong watching over them, the police wouldn't act recklessly.

Chen Guozhong asked:
"Is this the situation with HSBC?"

Chen Taotao respectfully reported:

"HSBC's reputation is slowly recovering, but the incident involving former CEO Shen Daban continues to affect our reputation."

"However, as time goes on, this effect will gradually fade, and everything will be alright."

"Right now, my main focus is on the various outlets in my hometown."

Chen Guozhong nodded slightly:
“Adao said that our hometown is our root.”

"The economic growth of my hometown will be the best in the world in the future."

“Managing the business well in our home country will become a new growth point for HSBC.”

Chen Taotao nodded repeatedly.

"Brother Zhong, is that case complicated?"

Chen Guozhong sighed:
"Citibank made a good use of its resources."

He briefly explained the situation, and Chen Taotao was speechless.

Chen Guozhong didn't stay at HSBC for long either, and followed the others back to the police station. Yuan Haoyun reported to everyone:
"The last scrapped motherboard that HSBC received was twenty years ago."

"That base plate has been in the warehouse for a while, and it's already half corroded."

"Leaving aside the issue of versions, the version itself has already lost many details."

"It cannot serve as a master template."

Smith nodded slightly; this was roughly in line with his assessment.

Anyway, after seeing the blank at HSBC, he had a feeling that this was not the master plate they were looking for.

Seeing the tense atmosphere, James quickly said:

"Don't we still have another bank to investigate?"

Chen Guozhong said:
"That's what makes it troublesome."

James asked, puzzled:

"why?"

Chen Guozhong bluntly stated:

"I have a feeling we'll get something out of this."

James asked curiously:

"Isn't this a good thing?"

Chen Guozhong smiled:

"Of course it's a good thing, but the problem is, you two are going to be in trouble."

James glanced at Smith instinctively and noticed that the latter's expression was quite unpleasant.

"Why do you say that?"

Smith said with annoyance:

"With this case, I've offended all the major banks in Hong Kong."

Chen Guozhong smiled and said:
"HSBC was very cooperative."

Smith said bitterly:

“Those bankers have a lot of power.”

"What if they take their anger out on me..."

Chen Guozhong said calmly:

“If this case doesn’t become airtight, and people want to take their anger out on you, there’s nothing you can do.”

"But this case is airtight, and no matter what dirty tricks they try, it won't work."

Ultimately, the case must be the deciding factor.

"As long as we can solidify the case, do you think anyone will dare to make a fuss?"

Smith and James's eyes lit up immediately.

James said with admiration:

"As expected of Brother Zhong, no wonder you can solve cases so easily while also striving for promotion."

"This is something we should learn from."

Smith thought to himself, "The reason people can keep rising in rank is because they are billionaires."

But then I thought, being a police officer is a very professional job.

If you don't have any special skills, even if you get promoted, no one will be convinced.

These past two days, he's been by Chen Guozhong's side, and everything he's seen and heard has made the officers at the police station unconvinced of Chen Guozhong's abilities.

There's nothing more to say, just keep bragging!

(End of this chapter)