National Forensic Doctor-Chapter 1209 - 1139 Black

Jiang Yuan pointed at the location next to the bookshelf and then called over the Criminal Science team, saying, "Take photos and videos, and find the switch for the secret room."

Miao Ruixiang immediately led his team over, took photos first, and then under the camera, removed all the books from the bookshelf, finally discovering a button flush with the wall on the third level.

The button was parallel to the wall and matched the wood grain color, making it quite concealed. When pressed, a churning sound was heard, and the bookshelf moved as a whole, revealing an embedded safe inside.

Dong Xifeng was shocked as he watched this scene.

Of all the people present, none were more surprised than Dong Xifeng.

The police, needless to say, had to accept whatever they encountered. The imagination of criminals is unimaginable to normal people, but encountering a deranged criminal wouldn’t surprise anyone.

But Dong Xifeng was different; he thought he understood Yue Hongxu. At times, Dong Xifeng even felt he had mastered Yue Hongxu; he could easily hide things from Yue Hongxu and easily isolate himself, gaining benefits more than once or twice. freeweɓnøvel.com

Dong Xifeng never imagined that Yue Hongxu would create such a mess in his office.

"Open it," Miao Ruixiang took a picture of the safe and made room for Yue Hongxu.

"Sorry, these are all our company’s confidential documents. You will need to provide the necessary documents, and only after the company lawyer confirms can I open it." Yue Hongxu stiffened, mentioning nothing but the company. Personal strength, compared to public authority, was too insignificant.

Jiang Yuan shook his head and said, "We came here following clues, and I suggest you cooperate with the investigation. Otherwise, we will have to forcefully unlock it."

Saying so, Jiang Yuan looked at Dai Mingsheng.

Dai Mingsheng immediately responded, "I’ll arrange for a locksmith to come over right away and also find someone with acetylene cutting equipment."

The high-end behavior understood by ordinary people, listening to the sound of a safe to unlock it, was more something espionage agencies did to avoid detection. Typically, the French back in the day, when they stole across Paris’s embassies, wanted to take a peek at everyone’s safes.

Why are such stories rarely heard of now? Because of the Prism program, because the advancement of the internet has rendered pure paper data nearly meaningless.

And for the police, opening a safe undamaged isn’t so crucial; cutting it open is quite alright, too.

Yue Hongxu’s face turned red and white alternately, but he still stubbornly remained silent.

Not until the locksmith entered with the acetylene cylinder did Yue Hongxu finally break his silence.

"You were prepared for this?" Yue Hongxu felt a chill all over; this was too much. As the dignified general manager of Lanyue City Film and Television City, who had contributed to the city for many years, was he not to gain a bit of trust?

Dai Mingsheng felt that perhaps they wouldn’t be able to execute Yue Hongxu, so he didn’t want things to get too tense. Seeing Yue Hongxu’s difficult expression, he chuckled and said, "It’s not specifically against you. Since we’ve come to this office area, we surely need to prepare to open the safe. So Jiang Yuan said for you to cooperate with the investigation, right."

"What’s the difference whether I cooperate or not?" Yue Hongxu scoffed.

"The difference is significant," Dai Mingsheng knew exactly how to deal with people like Yue Hongxu.

"Oh?"

"For instance, if you cooperate, your sentence could be reduced. One to three years could go down to one year, and sentences from a few months to a year might get suspended parole, meaning you wouldn’t have to serve a day in jail. You are a smart person, and if you can make contributions by reporting, the sentence could be further reduced, which isn’t impossible," Dai Mingsheng’s smile was now gone.

"We don’t even know the situation yet, and you’ve started sentencing me," Yue Hongxu said with a slight color change, unmoved.

Dai Mingsheng nodded towards the safe with his lips, saying, "In my experience, the probability of these safes being harmless isn’t high."

"This safe was set up during the renovations, only for the sake of keeping documents safe," Yue Hongxu argued forcefully.

Dai Mingsheng chuckled, "Do you think I believe that or not?"

The team leader, Jian Louyuan, who had reviewed the information, said, "When the office building in the film and television city was built, Yue Hongxu was already the general manager."

In the end, Yue Hongxu was just an ordinary person, and his resistance against the police was less than that of a yellow dog. He tried to argue logically, "That doesn’t prove anything also..."

Jiang Yuan grew a bit impatient and said, "If you unlock it now, you can save us half an hour to an hour. If you insist on wasting this time, when we submit for examination, I will specifically request the examiner to consider harsh penalties."

Today, Xu Taining led the search, and everyone’s tasks were significant. Jiang Yuan himself also felt he should be tense. At the very least, the Lanyue City Bureau couldn’t end up spending all the money without completing the arrests.

Dai Mingsheng nodded secretly and added pressure, "Old Yue, you’re sensible. Captain Jiang isn’t one of us Lanyue people, but if he makes a request, the examiner will certainly consider it seriously. There’s no need to make things uncomfortable for yourself. Open the safe, let’s all save some trouble."

Yue Hongxu hesitated for a few seconds, got up, and went to the safe, starting to turn the dial.

The man-high safe gently opened.

Inside, the first thing that caught the eye was money stacked from the bottom up, in red, green, and blue, all in bundles.

The police present all had expressions of indifference.

What’s unusual about a general manager of a film city having ten million in cash in a safe?

Only the youngest, Miao Ruixiang, took a deep breath, staring at the best-looking euros inside without blinking.

Jiang Yuan stepped forward and immediately retrieved a gun from the middle layer of the safe.

A full-loaded revolver.

"It’s a good choice. It doesn’t require frequent maintenance and won’t jam. For a gun in the office, reliability is everything," Jiang Yuan was highly familiar with handguns, possessing Level 3 shooting skills.

Yue Hongxu’s lips quivered a bit; he didn’t know what to say.

He is usually very careful, and there is another safe in his office. The safe hidden behind the bookshelf is used for secret dealings, according to his original thought, even if things go wrong, this safe should be unknown to anyone. Several teams operated separately during construction, and with so many years passing, it should be very safe.

Even when handing a script to Yue Hongxu, he never expected that Jiang Yuan would immediately see through the secret room the moment he entered.

Yue Hongxu looked at Jiang Yuan with resentment, we are friends who’ve had two meals together, I even brought beauties over to accompany us with drinks...

"These boxes are all contracts or something." Jian Louyuan pulled out a few cardboard boxes from the safe, flipped through them, and recognized them very proficiently: "These are drawer agreements. There’re actor contracts, equity holding contracts, and some financial ones... Oh, and racy photos..."

Speaking of racy photos, Miao Ruixiang subconsciously turned his head away.

Dai Mingsheng turned to look at Yue Hongxu’s expression, seeing he was still tense, he said, "There should be more stuff."

So, the group began to search even more fervently.

Jiang Yuan meanwhile put on gloves and started examining.

"This ledger is interesting." Jiang Yuan picked out a black leather notebook, flipping through it almost made him laugh.

"Recording gossip?" Miao Ruixiang was curious.

"It’s a ledger."

"Huh, no numbers?"

"He’s using punctuation as numbers. The text itself isn’t very important." Jiang Yuan held LV3 file inspection and LV5 cryptography, and saw through Yue Hongxu’s little tricks at a glance.

Yue Hongxu listened beside but was unable to control his facial expression.

Unable to bear it any longer, Yue Hongxu jumped up and said, "Someone leaked this to you, right? Who’s the mole?"

"Old Jian, send someone to escort Mr. Dong back to the police station to record a statement." Dai Mingsheng first instructed Jian Louyuan to send Dong Xifeng away.

Dong Xifeng suddenly panicked, quickly saying, "Mr. Yue, I was unaware, I’m not the mole."

Dai Mingsheng waved his hand, waited for Dong Xifeng to be pulled away completely, then turned to Yue Hongxu and said, "Old Yue, let’s talk, you should want to make a merit too, right?"

This was also Xu Taining’s strategy and requirement. If there’s something different about Lanyue City’s Criminal Police Brigade’s usual work, it’s that on-site surprise interrogations are greatly strengthened.

Xu Taining and Dai Mingsheng dared not drag on for a long time, especially with interrogations, casually wasting a day is something the special task force cannot afford.

However, surprise interrogations are not simple, compared to regular interrogations, they require more skill.

Yue Hongxu collapsed in his chair: "The matter has come to this point. What can I say, it’s unnecessary now. Also, don’t keep bringing up increased sentencing to threaten, selling your favors twice only diminishes the weight of your promise."

Jian Louyuan listened with a tut-tut sound: "A cultured person indeed knows how to speak."

Dai Mingsheng sat opposite Yue Hongxu, took a sip of water, and said slowly: "It’s still necessary. If you honestly confess, I can let you choose which prison to serve your sentence."

"What?" Yue Hongxu was puzzled.

Dai Mingsheng smiled and said, "My personal recommendation is for you to go to Yuehu Prison. Yuehu Prison is a provincial jail, formerly the province’s number one prison, built by Yuehu Lake, surrounded by mountains and water, and with a very good environment. Moreover, because it’s a provincial prison, its hardware conditions are also very good, ordinary prisoners can live in rooms for six to eight people, with individual bathrooms, have TVs, and shower facilities. With your status, you can strive to live in a four-person room."

Dai Mingsheng: "Our Lanyue City’s municipal prisons are also good, generally 12-person rooms, but there are 8-person rooms, 10-person rooms, but those require connections. However, no showers, and sports fields cannot be used freely. Additionally, meals and such, the provincial ones are better. Yuehu Prison’s handmade noodles are especially good, made by a chef from Beijing, said to have worked in the prison for over ten years after serving his sentence."

Yue Hongxu listened dumbfounded.

Dai Mingsheng looked at him with a smile.

40-something Yue Hongxu hadn’t just started being a general manager today, his 20-year prior lifestyle could be described as comfortable, belonging to those who have fought without starving, but never tasted the hardships of life.

Therefore, when faced with the imposition of criminal law, any hardships of life are unbearable to people like Yue Hongxu.

Dai Mingsheng casually said: "Those who frequently stay in prison know that it’s better to serve in bigger cities, if you can serve your sentence in a first-tier city, don’t choose second-tier, if in second-tier, don’t go to third or fourth-tier small cities..."

"Do you know what the Ministry of Justice’s regulations for modern civilized prisons are? It’s no more than 20 people per cell. Small cities have weak finances, even building their own residential blocks is difficult, so the prison will definitely operate at maximum capacity. A room with 20 people, can you imagine what that’s like?"

"Moreover, the quality of the personnel in the cells is different. Yuehu Prison is a provincial prison, with a higher level, treatment is relatively better, frontline officers are generally university graduates. Our Lanyue prison can guarantee above junior college. In the smaller cities below, there are few new hires, many of whom are connections, let’s speak frankly, would you prefer your officer to be a university graduate who passed the exams or a prison scion inheriting the family business?"

Yue Hongxu’s lips couldn’t help but tremble: "You are so ruthless."

"Look at what you’re saying, Yuehu Prison can only hold 800 plus inmates, like schools and hospitals, good schools have only so many places, good hospitals only so many beds, everyone wants the best, ultimately can only satisfy some people’s requirements." Dai Mingsheng summarized: "It’s a structural contradiction."

Yue Hongxu only felt dry mouth and tongue.

Dai Mingsheng continued to up the intensity, saying: "You shouldn’t think you can secure a prison slot yourself, let me tell you clearly, if you don’t fully confess, don’t even think about getting into Lanyue Prison."

Yue Hongxu’s lips twitched.

"Can’t hear you." Dai Mingsheng frowned.

Yue Hongxu said: "Zhang Jianxin, Yang Weidong, Ma Jinpeng, Cao Xue, Xue Hu, Wang Xinyue."

Yue Hongxu spat out six names at once, then asked Dai Mingsheng: "Is that enough?"

"Specify," Dai Mingsheng replied, inwardly thinking: You all are so ruthless.