He had just married a policewoman when he was diagnosed with criminal genius.

The next morning, Jiang Xue reported to Ding Jianguo.

"Director Ding, Lu Chen said he's fine and will arrive on time next Wednesday."

Ding Jianguo laughed heartily on the other end of the phone: "Good! Good! Good! I knew this kid was reliable!"

After hanging up the phone, he leaned back in his chair, rubbed his chin, and began to ponder the details of the exercise.

Ding Jianguo took a sip of tea.

"It's just a drill, nothing more. The bank will cooperate, and we'll send out two teams of SWAT officers to storm in and 'kill' Lu Chen within fifteen minutes, film it, and that's it."

……

Meanwhile, Lu Chen, after receiving the "appointment," also began to think about how to play the role of a robber well.

Playing the role of a robber was not difficult for Lu Chen.

But to play the role of a successful robber, you need to use your brain.

Therefore, you should make thorough preparations before you start robbing a bank.

Information such as the structure and staffing of the bank to be robbed must be known in advance.

The next few days.

Every morning at seven o'clock sharp, Lu Chen would appear at the soy milk shop diagonally opposite the Jiangbei branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.

They sit there all day long.

On the first day, he figured out all the surveillance camera locations around the bank.

The next day, he memorized the coming and going patterns of all the employees.

On the third day, he obtained the bank's internal structure diagram.

The city bureau's coordination letter for the exercise included a simplified diagram.

Lu Chen got it over.

However, the simplified diagram is too rough.

So he then looked at the panoramic VR view of the bank's service hall on the official website.

Take screenshots and annotate the layout of each room, the orientation of each door, and the length of each corridor.

The sales hall is approximately 400 square meters in size.

There are six counter windows, a corridor leading to the office area, and at the end of the corridor, turning left leads to the vault area, and turning right leads to the staff lounge.

The vault area has two doors: the first is an electronic combination lock door, and the second is the Class C vault door.

On the fourth day, he went to the hardware market.

I bought a roll of black insulating tape, two nylon cable ties, a box of heat shrink tubing, a miniature signal jammer, and a set of lock picking tools.

Then I went to a work safety supplies store and bought some clothes.

On the fifth day, he made one last thing at home.

A counterfeit bank repairman's name tag.

The photo shows himself, with his name listed as "Engineer Li" and his department as "Equipment Maintenance Department".

The QR code cannot be scanned.

But what he was betting on wasn't scanning QR codes, but rather people's complacency when facing the exercise.

……

Wednesday, 9:50 a.m.

Inside the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Jiangbei City.

Lobby manager Sister Wang was drinking tea, security guard Lao Zhang was standing ramrod straight at the entrance, and several tellers in the counter were checking the morning accounts.

But they all seemed a bit distracted.

Because they had already received word that their bank would be conducting a drill today.

So I kept wondering when the robber would arrive.

"Sister Wang, how long do you think the robbers can hold out this time?" a bank teller asked while taking a sip of water.

Sister Wang put down her teacup: "Last year it was three minutes, this year it has to be stronger, five minutes, okay!"

A newly hired bank employee remarked, "Is it possible that the robbery was successful this time?"

These words drew ridicule from all the veteran employees around him.

"Do you know what level our bank's vault is? Level C!" Sister Wang sneered.

"Even if an atomic bomb exploded outside, this door wouldn't budge. No matter how powerful the enemy is, they can only manage to get a glimpse of the vault door at most."

……

The "directing team" for the exercise was located in a mobile command vehicle outside.

They had already set up cameras before the exercise began.

These cameras are separate from the bank.

At the same time, Lu Chen was told that these cameras were for shooting videos and then editing them later.

Even a power outage will not affect their operation.

It will not serve the purpose of monitoring Lu Chen.

The only cameras available to the police are those installed by the bank itself and those located nearby.

Ding Jianguo sat in front of the monitor screen, holding a teacup, and said with a smile to the bank vice president who was receiving him: "Don't worry, it's just a formality. Once the exercise starts, we will send two groups of special police officers over."

The robber was a young man we hired from the Jiangbei City Police Department. He'd never seen anything like this before; he'd probably be completely bewildered if we went in.

The vice president also laughed and said, "Then let's cooperate and complete the task together."

No one noticed what was happening not far from the bank.

Lu Chen put on his dark blue work jacket, donned his baseball cap, and pinned his name tag to his left breast. His right hand was in his pocket, his fingers rubbing the switch of the signal jammer.

He glanced at his phone: 9:56.

almost.

Security guard Lao Zhang wouldn't go to the back alley for a smoke for another hour or so. But he didn't plan to go in through the back alley.

He went in through the side door.

"Hello, Equipment Maintenance Department, here to check the fire sprinkler heads in the restroom." Lu Chenchong waved his name tag at the receptionist, speaking as casually as if he were there to fix a plumber.

The girl glanced at the name tag.

The photo matched the person in front of him, and the work clothes were correct too. He pointed casually and said, "Go to the end of the left corridor and up to the second floor."

Thanks.

Lu Chen did not go upstairs.

After turning into the corridor, he went straight to the right and entered the staff break room.

The lounge was empty; there were several thermos cups and a box of unfinished cookies on the table.

Lu Chen opened the bag he was carrying.

He took out a bright yellow vest from inside.

In three seconds, he went from a "repairman" to a "bank internal security inspector".

He then left the lounge and walked down the corridor to the first door of the vault area.

8: 59.

Old Zhou, the vault manager, happened to come out from inside, holding an enamel mug. He paused for a moment when he saw Lu Chen and asked, "You are...?"

"I'm a new recruit in the security department. Captain Wang asked me to familiarize myself with the fire safety facilities in the vault area." Lu Chen smiled and pointed to the fluorescent yellow vest he was wearing.

Old Zhou nodded.

It's just an exercise, so there have been quite a few unfamiliar faces at the bank these past two days, but he's already used to it.

"Just go in and take a look, but don't touch anything."

"rest assured"

Old Zhou swiped his card to open the door, and Lu Chen followed him inside.

The moment the first electronic keypad door closed behind him, Lu Chen pressed the switch on the signal jammer in his pocket.

Within a radius of 20 meters, all network and Bluetooth signals were completely interrupted.

The three wireless cameras in the vault corridor simultaneously went black.

At the same time, this electronic password door became useless.

In the monitoring room, the screen changed to a gray background with white text saying "Signal interrupted".

"What happened?" The clerk in the monitoring room frowned, tapped the keyboard a couple of times, and said, "Have all the cameras in the vault area fallen out?"

Outside the bank, on a mobile command vehicle, it was observed that several of the bank's security cameras had been knocked down.

Ding Jianguo frowned.

This was something he had never encountered in previous exercises.

The robbers in those previous drills just barged in recklessly, carrying replica guns and robbing people.

This time it's completely different from before.

Did Lu Chen make this?

Ding Jianguo's brows immediately relaxed, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly: "Interesting, this kid is quite the troublemaker."