Chapter 604 I am the one who takes the blame
Outside the village, on the coast, there is a desolate river beach. A canoe is hidden in the cracks between the coastal reefs.
In the darkness of the night, two dim flashlights maintained the most basic visual information. Several figures emerged stealthily from the forest on the shore and walked towards the canoe.
The leader is of course Li Jiahuang.
They wanted to take a canoe to a farther place, board a big ship, and go to Southeast Asia.
However, as soon as Li Jiahuang and his companions emerged from the forest, several beams of strong light shone on them.
Li Jiahuang looked closely and found that Lu Yiming and Zhao Tiezhu were sitting on chairs wearing thick clothes.
Lu Yiming yawned and complained, "Why did you come just now? I've been waiting for you for a long time. Do you know it's very cold here?"
Although it is located on the southeast coast, it is winter after all and it is the middle of the night, so the temperature at the seaside is only about 7 or 8 degrees.
Several people were almost scared to death. Li Jiahuang pointed at Lu Yiming as if he had seen a ghost, and trembled and said, "Why are you here?"
Lu Yiming blew a breath into his palm, yawned again, and said, "Isn't it just to wait for you? Are you touched?"
Li Jiahuang saw that there seemed to be a shadowy figure behind Lu Yiming, and immediately shook his head like a rattle: "Don't dare to move."
He didn't have an AK or even a fruit knife in his hand. He was caught and had no chance to resist at all.
Li Jiahuang knew that Lu Yiming had seen through his plan, but he still asked unwillingly: "How did you know that I would leave from here tonight?"
Lu Yiming said in a relaxed tone: "I wrote the article in the newspaper. And I didn't know you were going to leave from here. I'm not that amazing. I just told the people in the county about your situation. Several units have blocked all roads in and out of the county this morning. There are also people patrolling the mountain. Finally, they confirmed that you were on the mountain. But we didn't alert the enemy and just waited for the boat to pick you up."
Li Jiahuang was startled, as if he remembered something, and said, "Did you also arrest the boat driver?"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Smuggling is illegal, why not arrest them?"
At this time, Xiong Yanhua arrived with the armed police from the county. Xiong Yanhua looked at the man who almost killed him, gnashing his teeth in hatred, not bothering to say anything nonsense, and directly ordered the armed police to tie up all the people.
Lu Yiming said to Xiong Yanhua, "How is it? Have you found out? Do you believe what I say now?"
Xiong Yanhua remembered that she almost made a big mistake, and now she was still frightened. She said quickly: "I believe it. Thanks to you, Mr. Lu, for your keen observation and helping the government to crack down on such a harmful fraud gang."
Lu Yiming has promised that after the gang is defeated, he will help the county build up the eel industry. Not only aquaculture, but also processing of additional products will all be located in the county. Therefore, although Li Jiahuang's fraud case has had a certain impact on his political career, as long as Lu Yiming's project is firmly implemented, he will still be able to build it.
Therefore, Xiong Yanhua is now extremely respectful to Lu Yiming. After all, her life is in Lu Yiming's hands.
Lu Yiming was willing to increase investment and include Li Jiahuang and others because he wanted to do something for his hometown.
In Lu Yiming's vision, these eels will not only be exported, but also become suppliers to major domestic catering groups, and new products such as eel rice will also be added to Fan Zhenxiang fast food.
It can be said that as long as the breeding link is successfully established, there will be no shortage of channels for subsequent sales. That is why Lu Yiming has the confidence to take over Li Jiahuang's mess.
Lu Yiming naturally knew that Xiong Yanhua had no way out now and could only focus on developing the eel industry. So he smiled and said, "Reporting and exposing illegal and criminal activities is a social responsibility that all citizens should fulfill. You don't need to say more. What we need to do now is to recover the loans and villagers' investment as soon as possible."
After Lu Yiming's reminder, Xiong Yanhua slapped her forehead and said, "Yes, yes, this is the serious matter. Director Song, quickly bring the people back to the county and start the follow-up work."
"OK."
Tonight's operation not only took down Li Jiahuang's fraud gang, but also took down a smuggling gang, which can be considered an unexpected surprise.
"They are all busy tonight. Let's go back to bed."
Lu Yiming yawned continuously and felt that he could hardly open his eyes.
That night, the village was very lively. Many people knew that Li Jiahuang's gang had been arrested, and they couldn't sleep at all during the long night.
But Lu Yiming slept soundly.
By the time he got up, it was already noon.
Now, only he and Zhao Tiezhu live in the huge old house. Lu Ding and Ning Xuehua have already taken Lu Shishi to Baiyun to study.
Zhao Tiezhu had been up for a long time. Not only did he prepare breakfast for Lu Yiming, he also went for a 20-kilometer morning run around the village.
When Lu Yiming got up to eat breakfast, Zhao Tiezhu said to him: "The village is in chaos today."
"What's the mess?"
Lu Yiming was a little curious.
Zhao Tiezhu said: "It seems that the news of those people being arrested has spread in the village."
Lu Yiming reacted and said, "It's normal."
This was within his expectations.
It must be those who invested money who panicked when they saw Li Jiahuang and others being arrested.
They invested real money and were eagerly waiting for dividends. But now they haven't seen any dividends, and the company has been wiped out. It would be a bad thing if they could remain calm.
Zhao Tiezhu said: "They say there must be something hateful about pitiful people. I have seen it. I told them a long time ago that this was a scam, but they still gave money to others. Now they deserve it for losing money."
Lu Yiming laughed and said, "Yes, so they don't deserve sympathy at all. I guess they must have said something like, "It's not easy to make money, working is hard, and they have elderly parents and young children to take care of." It's funny to think about it."
As they were talking, a young man in uniform called out from outside, "Excuse me, is this Mr. Lu Yiming's home?"
Lu Yiming said to Zhao Tiezhu: "Go and have a look."
Zhao Tiezhu walked out the door and asked, "Yes, what can I do for you?"
The man revealed his identity and said, "The county magistrate asked me to come over and invite you in."
Zhao Tiezhu said: "Okay, we'll be there right away."
Zhao Tiezhu returned to the house and said to Lu Yiming, "They are from the county government. Let us pass."
Lu Yiming said: "Then let's go and take a look ."
Ten minutes later, Zhao Tiezhu drove Lu Yiming to the county government office building.
The yard, which was the size of four basketball courts, was packed with people.
Lu Yiming suddenly remembered the scene of attacking the county government office in a certain movie.
"Good fellow."
When Xiong Yanhua learned that Lu Yiming was coming, she hurried out of the office and went to the door to greet Lu Yiming .
"Boss Lu, you're here."
Lu Yiming asked curiously: "Why are there so many people?"
Xiong Yanhua sighed and said, "Come with me to the office first, and I will tell you slowly."
When they got to the office, Xiong Yanhua said, "According to our overnight interrogation and investigation, the number of people deceived in the county has reached 30,000, and the total amount involved is more than 400 million yuan."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "So the 300 million they said they would pay came from this."
Xiong Yanhua ignored Lu Yiming's ridicule and continued, "Unfortunately, a large part of this money has been transferred out through secret channels. Now we have traced the funds on the books to be only more than 40 million, with a little left."
This is actually quite normal. Judging from the composition of the entire gang, Li Jiahuang himself is just a small leader who was pushed to the front line to do the work. The money they got naturally had to be handed over, and it was good enough to have some change in their hands.
Lu Yiming said calmly: "At least they were caught. I've already said they are liars, but some people still invest money in them. What can I do?"
At this moment, there was a noisy sound outside. Xiong Yanhua frowned and said with some disgust: "They started again."
Lu Yiming asked: "Start what?"
Xiong Yanhua said: "Some people asked me to release these people, give them a break, let them continue to make money from the project, and give them dividends. Others said we arrested the wrong people and they are not scammers."
Lu Yiming scoffed at such remarks. He said: "These are just the cries of the deceived, the absurdity of despair. I think the country's judicial system is here, and everything should be done according to the process. Everyone is equal before the law."
After a night of interrogation, as well as the news from the bank and the information from Interpol provided by Lu Yiming, it was clear that Li Jiahuang and his gang were members of a fraud gang. Therefore, no matter how the ordinary people outside shouted, it would not affect the fundamental nature of the matter.
For Lu Yiming, he had seen the magic and strangeness of the real world a long time ago, so he was not surprised. He had even heard of things that were even more magical than this. Although it happened a long time ago, he still felt that some people were ruthless when he mentioned it.
After all, it was a major case involving hundreds of millions of dollars. The relevant departments acted very quickly, and the evidence was conclusive. After completing the procedures, Li Jiahuang and others were imprisoned.
The other side.
Las Vegas, the gambling city.
In a remote villa in the suburbs, several people gathered together to discuss, smoke and chat.
A bearded man with an oriental face said in English: "L and X are in trouble. They were arrested in Xia country, and the chances of being released are very slim."
L is Li Jiahuang, X is Xin Baifan. In the organization, letters are used as codes.
Someone asked, "Can't we hire a lawyer?"
Li Jiahuang committed many evil deeds and brought a lot of profits to the organization. Many people were unwilling to see them being arrested like this and wanted to get them out.
Someone who knew Xiaguo better said, "It's useless. Xiaguo is not America. No matter how good a lawyer you find, you can't win this case. Just give up."
In America, as long as you pay enough, calling black white is a basic operation. But it is different in Xia Country. At this time, Xia Country still has to have some face and integrity. It is a bit difficult to reverse black and white.
Someone said angrily: "According to the information we received, it seems that the little guy who claims to be the richest man in Xia Country is responsible? We don't have any conflict of interest with him, why would he interfere? Should we send someone to deal with him?"
The leader said sternly, "If you miss, go ahead and do it yourself. Threatening a young billionaire who is not even 20 years old, do you know how much money he has? If his family members have any hair, believe it or not, our heads will be clearly marked with a price the next day, just like the goods for sale in a self-service supermarket."
Some people were not convinced and asked, "Is this the end of it?"
After all, Li Jiahuang is their man, and this time he fell into Lu Yiming's hands, which is considered a provocation to their organization.
The leader glanced at everyone with a sharp gaze and said : "Remember, we are liars, not robbers and assassins. If the problem can be solved by brains, don't resort to knives and guns. Because when you start to do so, your opponents will also take equal actions. Don't put yourself in danger. Let's take a long-term view on this matter."
In the village, Lu Yiming had no idea that thousands of miles away, a group of people were discussing how to take his life.
But he does have a headache now.
Because Su Daye was sitting opposite him, chattering incessantly and talking crazily.
"It's all because of you that the eel farming project failed! You stole their plan, you used your connections to squeeze them out, and you even called them liars... I don't care, just give me my money back."
Su Da'e recounted Lu Yiming's "crimes" one by one.
In her logic, Lu Yiming used his power to plagiarize Li Jiahuang's ideas, and then used his connections to exclude Li Jiahuang. So all this is Lu Yiming's responsibility.
Li Yiwen said, "Lu Yiming and I both advised everyone not to be fooled, but you didn't listen and jumped into the trap. Now that you've lost money, instead of going to settle accounts with the scammers, you're looking for trouble with us? Don't you have to be reasonable?"
However, Su Da'e didn't buy into Li Yiwen's tricks. She stared at Li Yiwen with her eyes wide open and screamed, "It's obvious that you guys can't stand seeing others doing well, so you reported him privately. Otherwise, how could he be arrested? If he wasn't arrested, wouldn't we make money if the breeding cooperative was established? So in the final analysis, it's all your fault!"
Su Da'e has now thrown all her coffin money into it. Compared to the cruel reality, she is more willing to believe that this is Lu Yiming's conspiracy. At least this way she won't look too stupid.
However, Lu Yiming would not indulge her. Facing the irrational Su Da'e, Lu Yiming knew that it was useless to reason with her, so he directly said to Zhao Tiezhu: "Kick her out."
Zhao Tiezhu looked at Su Da'e unkindly and said, "Please come in."
Facing Zhao Tiezhu's murderous eyes, Su Da'e's temper disappeared instantly. Although she still had a lot of resentment in her heart, she didn't dare to bother Lu Yiming anymore. She stood up and left, muttering to herself.
However, it was not just Su Daye who thought so. Many people who invested money in Li Jiahuang also thought so.
Back to the beginning, Li Jiahuang approached Lu Yiming with a plan, wanting to form a partnership with him, but Lu Yiming did not agree. This is something everyone knows.
Then news came out that Lu Yiming said Li Jiahuang was a liar.
Then Li Jiahuang said that Lu Yiming took his plan but was kicked out by him, and that Lu Yiming had no moral integrity.
Later, Li Jiahuang cooperated with the government, sought bank loans, and villagers invested, and everyone worked together.
At this time, Lu Yiming once again said that Li Jiahuang was a liar, and Li Jiahuang was arrested after running away with the donation.
From the villagers' perspective, it was obvious that Lu Yiming took advantage of his status as the richest man and colluded with officials and businessmen. He not only snatched Li Jiahuang's projects, but also put Li Jiahua in jail.
Therefore, many people came to him and asked Lu Yiming to compensate them for their losses.
Some people were so angry that they even showed up with kitchen knives, claiming that they wanted to die together with Lu Yiming.
Two fists are no match for four hands. Although Zhao Tiezhu had practiced martial arts before, he was no match for so many villagers. Lu Yiming had no choice but to call Xiong Yanhua and ask him to organize police forces to maintain order and ensure his safety.
Now Xiong Yanhua's career is in Lu Yiming's hands, and he must serve Lu Yiming well and make Lu Yiming's project come to fruition so that he can make up for his mistakes. Therefore, when he learned that a villager had threatened Lu Yiming's life, he was so scared that his scalp numbed and he personally led a team to maintain order. Hundreds of riot police surrounded Lu Yiming's ancestral home to ensure Lu Yiming's absolute safety.
In the outside world, Li Jiahuang's gang was arrested and hundreds of millions of funds were swept away. This kind of thing cannot be suppressed. Within a few days, the newspapers started reporting on this matter. Due to the lack of authoritative information sources, all kinds of speculations and conspiracy theories were flying around. The reports of various media were like novels, one more exciting than the other, especially the plot where the life of the richest man was threatened. That was simply the traffic code and must be reported in great detail.
On this day, Ning Xuehua sent Lu Shishi to school. On the way home, she saw a newspaper with Lu Yiming's portrait printed on it in the newsstand. She was immediately shocked and quickly bought the newspaper and started reading it.
When he saw the report saying that some villagers were chasing Lu Yiming with knives, he was so scared that he quickly took out his cell phone to call Lu Yiming.
"What on earth is going on? The newspaper said that you colluded with officials to rob people, causing the villagers to lose all their money. The villagers took kitchen knives to chop you."
Lu Yiming had seen a lot of reports like this in the past few days. Now that Ning Xuehua had seen it, he was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He said, "If I hadn't intervened, they would have truly lost everything. This is what happened..."
Lu Yiming just had to start from the beginning and tell Ning Xuehua the whole story.
When Ning Xuehua heard someone falsely accuse Lu Yiming, she was immediately furious and cursed: "How can they be so ungrateful? It was obviously because of their greed that they were deceived. Now that they have suffered a loss, they don't blame the liar, but blame you instead? You dare to use a knife? Are you really bullying honest people?"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Mom, it's okay. This kind of thing is normal, so I didn't want to care about it at first. It was only because Su's party provoked me that I taught them a lesson."
Ning Xuehua asked, "Then what about the newspaper saying that you invested in eel farming and processing?"
