574: Chapter 521 Surrender 574: Chapter 521 Surrender Jiang Yuan’s office was at the other end of the downstairs floor, a small one about twenty to thirty square ters in size, roughly the sa as Yuan Yushan’s changing room.
The office contained a desk, sofa, and filing cabinet, all looking brand new and hardly used.
In contrast, the cigar humidor, safe, and tea table seed to have seen much more use.
However, they were all in a state of disarray now; the shattered teacup and dropped cigars indicated the haste of the owner’s departure.
Walking out of Yuan Yushan’s office and into Jiang Yuan’s, even the several police officers could feel a stark disparity, as if they had left a panda enclosure and stepped directly into a black bear’s.
Mu Zhiyang couldn’t help but say, “Even though I can’t afford such a big house, I still think Jiang Yuan is quite pitiful.”
“Others transform into CEOs, he’s fallen from being a CEO, and doesn’t even have an assistant anymore,” Lu Tongda also lanted the downfall of the wealthy, shaking his head and saying, “If my office space was reduced to a tenth of its size, I probably wouldn’t want to go to work either.”
“Your previous work location was a motorcycle…” Mu Zhiyang teased.
“That’s why the office space can’t get any smaller!” Lu Tongda emphasized.
Since they had already found clues to Yuan Yushan’s whereabouts, Mu Zhiyang and the others were relatively relaxed.
They hadn’t yet considered the possibility that Yuan Yushan and Jiang Yuan would split up and escape separately; after all, setting up one escape route was already difficult enough, and for two people to part ways and flee independently was sothing perhaps only a drug trafficker of Jianyuan’s caliber would attempt.
Learning from previous experience, Jiang Yuan collected so necessary evidence upon entering the office, then went to look for Jiang Yuan’s wardrobe.
After moving to this office, Jiang Yuan had done so redecorating, but his requested wardrobe was only about two ters in length.
It was filled with several suits, ties, and shirts that were now in complete disarray, clearly having had no one to properly organize them.
It seed that after losing an office with a bedroom, Jiang Yuan no longer had any demands regarding changing his clothes.
Jiang Yuan scanned the wardrobe and found nothing.
Proving innocence was extrely difficult; at least on Yuan Yushan’s side there was a witness, but Jiang Yuan had long since lost anyone by his side.
“This guy uses drugs,” a Bald Strike Team mber comnted, holding up a crystal-clear hookah from the bathroom, its dragon design slightly yellowed, an object that at a glance appeared rather attractive.
But a closer look at the hookah’s accessories made it clear this was no innocent item, reminiscent of bidding farewell in a college entrance exam cram class and eting again at the White Horse Club.
At that mont, the cram class’s handso, studious heartthrob no longer shone from his forehead, and the waist of the plump, insecure girl who struggled academically straightened out.
“People use a hookah for drugs?” Lu Tongda, helping to collect the evidence, curiously asked the Bald Strike Team mber, “What do they smoke with this thing?”
“th, ketamine, marijuana,” the Bald Strike Team mber had seen it all before and even mimicked a smoking gesture, adding, “This Jiang Yuan really is like a ‘Prince’ for a second term.
Drug users, if they knew he could produce drugs himself, would probably get so high they’d want to be him.”
“But Jiang Yuan still wasn’t satisfied,” Lu Tongda said.
The Bald Strike Team mber snorted twice and said, “In Captain Wu’s words, what this guy lacks is discipline.
No matter how good the food is, they’ll always want better, and the ones who train the hardest are usually the best behaved.”
Jiang Yuan, unconcerned with the others’ conversation, continued to search the office at a slow pace.
Jiang Yuan hadn’t tried to hide things when he left; clothes were thrown about, drawers had been opened and not closed, and the door of the safe was left ajar.
Inside the safe, there were still quite a few things left behind, including official seals, so rose gold jewelry, several boxes of stamps, all items that were not easy to liquidate.
The cigar humidor in the office had also been rifled through; a box of Cohiba’s GR cigars had been opened, with only about five taken.
Jiang Yuan recorded each detail, summarized them, then relayed them to Liu Jinghui, saying, “Judging by the state of the cigars, Jiang Yuan probably wanted to take the whole box, but was stopped.”
“That indicates their escape will not be easy,” Liu Jinghui concluded with a single remark.
This was considered corroborative evidence.
If the escape route was accessible, especially with a vehicle, carrying a bit extra could be tolerated.
Only with the foresight of a difficult escape would subordinates prevent Jiang Yuan from taking too much.
While Jiang Yuan was still pondering, Liu Jinghui added, “Xu Taining has arrived.”
“He’s here already…
Huh, already?” Jiang Yuan was surprised.
If Xu Taining had arrived now, it ant soone had already summoned him at the first sign of trouble in the early hours.
Liu Jinghui humd in affirmation, “He’s been directing the city lockdown on his way here, and now he plans to deploy a search party for the mountains.”
“Searching the mountains…” Jiang Yuan muttered the term, feeling the budget burning at the thought.
However, for a case this big, the budget certainly wouldn’t be an issue anymore, or perhaps, from another perspective, the Jianyuan Group itself could serve as the budget…
probably.
“What about the police dogs, how’s that going?” Jiang Yuan inquired further.
“Not deployed yet, as the current focus is setting up the blockade.
There’s also Yuan Jiansheng…” Liu Jinghui was sowhat overwheld.
The Jianyuan Factory Area was extensive, and capturing the mbers of Jianyuan’s gang required a thorough search of the factory area.
They couldn’t assu that all the gang mbers had fled with Yuan Yushan and others; it was possible that so deed it safest under their own lamp, or that there were long-established safe houses within the factory premises where they could hide.
On the other hand, with Yuan Jiansheng sitting in the warehouse, holding such a large bomb and threatening to set off an oversized “dirty bomb,” every police officer entering the Jianyuan Factory Area was at risk of losing their life.
Deploying too many officers for the search was becoming increasingly perilous.
Jiang Yuan shook his head, empathizing with the pressure Liu Jinghui and others were facing.
…
Ti passed amid the anxiety.
Yuan Jiansheng appeared increasingly weary, with every move startling everyone into a cold sweat.
The police officer responsible for the negotiations was also covered in sweat, holding a cellphone and ceaselessly conversing with Yuan Jiansheng.
As noon approached, Yuan Jiansheng grew irritated.
According to the agreed ti, he had almost delayed long enough.
He had no desire to engage further with the police; he was unwell, and speaking and acting were exhausting for him.
Ordinarily, he would be taking a nap by now, sustained only by dication.
Buzz buzz.
The cellphone rang again.
“Brother Sheng,” his loyal old friend picked up the phone.
“Don’t answer.
Day after day, it’s the sa old drivel.
If talking were useful, we wouldn’t have ended up here…” Yuan Jiansheng felt various dissatisfactions within.
The old friend hesitated, then glancing at the phone screen, he said, “The call is from Li Fu.”
“Li Fu?” Yuan Jiansheng hesitated for a mont, then with a sigh, he said, “Put it on speaker.”
Heeding his words, the old friend activated the speakerphone.
“Little Fu?
Have they found you?” Yuan Jiansheng asked.
From the other end of the phone ca a simple laugh, “They found ; they’ve dredged up everyone who took big money from Jianyuan in the past years.”
In earlier years, Yuan Jiansheng had not thought about dealing drugs but simply wanted to extend his life with high-yield compounds like special precursors.
Once the company was safe, naturally, he would cease such business.
So, when it ca to dividing money, it was also done through Jianyuan’s public accounts, which was safer than laundering money externally.
Yuan Jiansheng had not anticipated this to beco a vulnerability.
“They leave no stone unturned.” Knowing the police were listening, Yuan Jiansheng continued, “Back then, you were unaware, rely an engineer following orders.
When you guessed sothing later, you resigned, and I couldn’t have kept you if I wanted.
There’s no reason for you to be arrested.”
“Shared too much,” said Li Fu with a simple chuckle.
The amount of profit is often used by dostic judicial authorities to assess complicity.
For example, in a company that commits telecom fraud, is the janitor involved in the cri?
If the janitor earns a salary of 3,000 or 5,000 a month, they can be presud ignorant, but if they earn 20,000 a month and claim ignorance, it’s highly unlikely to be believed.
The sa principle applies to Jianyuan’s chemical plant, which employs nearly ten thousand workers; including those who have worked there before and other staff mbers, who are the criminal participants?
Who are the ignorant working stiffs?
There’s a saying: pull out a horse or mule for a stroll to see which it is.
Those receiving an average salary can be seen as horses or mules, but those receiving several tis or even ten tis the standard salary are mostly mules, at a minimum, they need to explain the source of their inco.
Yuan Jiansheng, who knew the law, said over the phone imdiately, “Little Fu, don’t be scared, the police have to stick to evidence too.
Back then, Jianyuan couldn’t go on, and you all voluntarily took pay cuts.
Later, you even just received living expenses, and we all got through together by rallying together.
When things turned around and we made money, you took a bit more, and that was in return for the loans, unrelated to anything else.”
“I’ve explained it, and the investigating officer told too, as long as I honestly confess and then make this call to you as they said, I might get a suspended sentence or, at most, two to three years of actual imprisonnt.
I’m retired now, so a suspended sentence would be best; otherwise, three years isn’t too bad.” Little Fu said with a sigh, “They asked to send you so photos and videos and then tell you a story.”
“Go ahead, send them.” Yuan Jiansheng knew that this was another of the police’s conciliatory tactics, but he couldn’t harden his heart to refuse.
Had he just stepped down from the position of general manager, he might have been able to remain steadfast.
Now, he was prepared for death, and was most nostalgic for the past; how could he possibly resist Li Fu’s voice and pictures.
As he had said, Li Fu and others were his loyal brothers who had accompanied him through the most dangerous and difficult tis.
Thinking back on the tough road trodden as a company, Yuan Jiansheng himself dare not reminisce.
Ultimately, when the dawn broke, Li Fu and the others courageously retired, taking only a small amount of money before they chose to retire.
Over the years, living their lives quietly, they never once troubled Yuan Jiansheng, nor did they threaten to report him.
At this mont, how could Yuan Jiansheng possibly reject the other party’s voice and images.
Soon after, Li Fu sent a photo to Yuan Jiansheng via WeChat.
It was just a travel photo of a portly man holding his thin grandson, standing in front of a beach and grinning foolishly, but from the image, Yuan Jiansheng could see Li Fu’s happiness, the joy of pampering a grandchild, as well as his future…
Yuan Jiansheng let out a deep sigh.
At that ti, another man’s voice ca from the other side of the phone: “Yuan Jiansheng, don’t turn a major criminal case into a terrorist attack.
If you do so, even if we arrest and sentence people, it will all go by the Criminal Law.
Jianyuan is also your hard work; leaving behind Jianyuan Group is better than leaving ruins.
Surrender.”
Yuan Jiansheng was silent for a long ti.
The phone filled only with the sound of static.
“What ti is it?” Yuan Jiansheng looked up at his loyal old friend.
“It’s 11:40 a.m.,” whispered the old friend softly.
“Alright.
I surrender,” said Yuan Jiansheng, without making any additional demands.
By this ti, it was already past the agreed deadline.
Detonating the explosives would indeed be advantageous for the escape of Yuan Yushan and Yuan Yuming, but from their attitude, Yuan Jiansheng did not feel that blowing up the bomb would increase their chances of survival.
For Yuan Jiansheng, it was all over.
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