?316: Chapter 284 Secret Investigation   316: Chapter 284 Secret Investigation                                   “Jiang, take a look at this plot here; it’s all been leveled for you already, and the price is cheap.


    If you set up a cold storage facility, there are subsidies too.


    It won’t cost much over the course of a year…” The leather-jacketed agent gave an enthusiastic introduction, his gaze settling on the tall figure in the middle of the group.


    “No need to call me boss, I’m not sure if I’m going to do it or not.” Jiang Yuan dressed in casual clothes, speaking inly, said, “I just came to look around and to see if the people of the vige are easy to deal with.”


    “As a person from Jiang Vige, I won’t beat around the bush with you.


    Whether it’s easy to deal with them depends on the rtionships within the vige and how well you can manage them.


    Plus, it depends on whether or not you’re willing to hire people from the vige…” Thend-selling agent chuckled slyly, his shiny bald forehead seeming to almost have the word “sincerity” written on it.


    “Let’s leave it at that for today; we’ll go take a look at the vige.” Jiang Yuan said.


    The agent quickly responded, “Let me take you there.


    I know a few people…”


    “Your guided tour doesn’t inspire my trust.


    I’ll have to make a separate tripter anyway, so what’s the point, right?” Jiang Yuan, who had dealt with too many agents before, saw no need to mince words.


    The agent ‘ah’ed’ a couple of times in agreement, thenughed, “That works for me.


    Then I’ll head back first.


    If you need a ride after you’re done looking, just give me a call, and I’lle to pick you up.”


    “Alright.” Jiang Yuan said “goodbye” and then proceeded towards Dawan Vige with Wei Zhenguo and the others.


    Wei Zhenguo, with his weathered face tanned and wrinkled, felt a bit embarrassed for troubling others as they walked away and said in a low voice, “We’re not really buyingnd.


    It doesn’t seem right to make the agent give us a tour.”


    “No worries, even if they know you won’t buy, real estate agents are still willing to show properties.” Jiang Yuan exined nonchntly, “Agents not only need to be ountable to buyers, but they also must satisfy sellers.


    If there’s a long time without any viewings, sellers be unhappy.


    Hence, some agents even hire fake clients for viewings, at a cost…”


    “There’s such a thing?”


    “More clients they show, the better their position to make demands with sellers.


    Especially for those who want to get exclusive deals, they need a lot of clients.” Jiang Yuan paused, then added, “Later on, if you still feel ufortable, just give the agent a red envelope and that’ll be fine.”


    Wei Zhenguo hastily replied, “It shouldn’t be that ufortable.”


    They continued chatting as they entered Dawan Vige.


    The vige roads had be quite narrow.


    On both sides of the street, some buildings were factories while others were converted houses-turned-shops, mainlyrge-portion eateries and noodle shops, interspersed with a few teahouses and stir-fry restaurants.


    This setup was very simr to Jiang Vige after its first round of demolitions.


    Jiang Yuan confidently chose a teahouse, settled down, and then suggested to Wei Zhenguo and the others, “Let’s use this as our base and do our own investigating, shall we?”


    “Okay,” Liu Jinghui immediately agreed.


    Wei Zhenguo looked around; vigers were already eyeing them curiously, and he couldn’t help but smile wryly, “I’ve been in investigation for years, but this is the first time for such a tant secret survey.”


    With that said, he too went off to see to his task.


    Jiang Yuan, together with Mu Zhiyang, also slowly strolled out the door.


    The vigers were vignt.


    Strangersing in and asking questions would usually not get straightforward answers.


    Jiang Yuan knew this, which is why he specifically came up with the cold storage excuse.


    Inquiring under this pretense made it much easier to converse.


    For the people of Dawan Vige or migrant workers from elsewhere, the prospect of someone willing to invest and build a factory was very wee.


    Even if they wanted to take advantage of the neer, it would definitely be after the factory was built, not before.


    Before the construction, everyone’s expressions were extremely friendly.


    Jiang Yuan went into a small supermarket, bought a pack of Soft Zhonghua cigarettes, then asked, “Boss, do the markets around here only sell fresh pork?


    What about frozen meat, do people eat that?”


    “Locals eat pork that’s been ughtered the same day, the kind that’s fresh in the morning.


    By the afternoon, it’s hard to sell.” The supermarket owner handed a cigarette to Jiang Yuan and continued, “You’re the one who said he wanted to build a cold storage facility, right?”


    “Word travels that fast?” Jiang Yuan had just seen the cold storage with the real estate agent yesterday and had deliberately waited a day beforeing over, yet it seemed like everyone had already got the news.


    It was actually simr in Jiang Vige; say Jiang Yuan received a second-ss merit, within half an afternoon, even rtives overseas would know.


    The supermarket ownerughed and said, “People around here love to chat.


    You’re from Jiang Vige; why not set up in Jiang Vige instead?”


    “The cold storage has to be built near a big city.


    The geographical conditions in Jiang Vige just can’tpare to here.


    Ultimately, it’s the people of Changyang City who will consume the productsing out of the cold storage.” Jiang Yuan smiled.


    “Jiang Vige has nice scenery, good transportation, and you all have had several demolitions, haven’t you?


    Your family must have gotten a lot ofpensation?” The supermarket owner gossiped as usual.


    “Not that much,” Jiang Yuan chuckled and added, “It’s not definite yet; I’m just sent by my family to scout around and make some inquiries.”


    The supermarket owner promptly said, “Building a cold storage here would definitely be the right decision.


    Our locals don’t eat frozen pork, but the migrant workers do.


    Take, for example, the marinade noodle shop opposite.


    Frozen pork goes for a few bucks a kilo, whereas fresh pork sells for over ten bucks a kilo, so they definitely prefer buying frozen pork.”


    “I don’t know how much you can handle here…


    By the way, are there many local butchers?”


    “Just a few in the vegetable market.


    There are only two stores selling frozen meat, and they also sell frozen chicken.”


    “Are the butchers at the vegetable market locals or from out of town?”


    “Both.


    Nowadays, many vegetable sellers are from ‘Dot Dot, Horizontal, Vertical Hook, Horizontal, Vertical Fold, Hook, Horizontal, nt, Vertical, Horizontal, Fold, Hook, Dot, nt, Horizontal, Horizontal, Vertical,’ and among them, there are also meat sellers.”


    Jiang nodded, “These factories then, they all buy frozen pork, right?


    In their canteens, they couldn’t possibly use fresh pork.”


    “That’s for sure.


    So, you see, we use a lot of frozen pork here.


    If you build a cold storage over here, we won’t even be able to use up all the local supply.”


    “Whether we build it or not still depends on the preferential policies.


    By the way, if we hire disabled people around here, are there any incentives?


    Does the vige give any subsidies?”


    While talking, Jiang opened a newly bought pack of Zhonghua cigarettes and handed one to the supermarket owner.


    The owner epted it without hesitation, lit it with a lighter, offered it to Jiang, took a deep inhale himself, and began to exin in detail.


    A group of criminal police, all under the guise of building factories, began questioning around.


    A whileter, Liu Jinghui came back first and sat down in the teahouse, sipping tea while he started drawing a mind map.


    Wei Zhenguo and others returned from strolling around and reported some information to Liu Jinghui, then received new instructions and continued to go out and question.


    The vigers of Dawan Vige couldn’t possibly realize that they were being questioned by a group of criminal police.


    An eleven-year-old unsolved case, to the police officers, was a distant challenge.


    To the vigers, it was almost a forgotten memory.


    But for this very reason, the information everyone provided that could be linked to eleven years ago had already been filtered through their memories.


    Dinner.


    The group switched to a small private room in another restaurant, and once all the dishes were served, they sent the waiter out and began to converse amongst themselves.


    Liu Jinghui took out the notebook he had written in all day and said, “Let me summarize today’s findings.


    I think the main points are three things, I’ll start.”


    “First, there used to be a ughterhouse in Dawan Vige, a total of about a dozen people, semi-automatic type.


    That is, they had machines for dehairing, and manual work for breakdown, but they had overhead hoisting equipment, roughly speaking.”


    “Second, there are three rtivelyrge factories near Dawan Vige, each with a dedicated canteen.


    Their purchases are mostly from Changyang City, and there is staff movement between them.”


    “Third, Dawan Vige is one of the early-developed viges.


    Eleven years ago, there were butchers from other ces who brought pigs here, which led to fights with the ughterhouse in Dawan Vige.”


    Liu Jinghui waited for everyone to digest the information, then he started discussing other messages.


    After describing everything they knew, most of the dishes on the table had been eaten.


    Liu Jinghui didn’t mind, he took some chopsticks, and while eating, he said, “Take a look and see if there’s anything to add.”


    “Apart from the ughterhouse, we should also pay attention to the wood factories and logging sites,” Jiang suggested.


    “Sure.


    Next, we’ll send a team to follow up on these.”


    “Clinics as well.”


    “Right.”


    Jiang expanded the scope of the target again and then narrowed it down, “Have any of these factories, canteens, orpanies within the industry experienced any major changes eleven years ago?”


    “Of those three mentioned earlier, two have changed.


    One was the ughterhouse, and the other was the butcher from another vige.


    They were actually interrted,” Liu Jinghui made a note in his notebook, “The ughterhouse was the first to close down, and eventually, all their equipment was sold off.


    This led to an influx of butchers from out of town.


    Later, someone outside the vige was found to have been dealing in water-injected meat, and that got cracked down on…


    But no one mentioned ame butcher.”


    Jiang took out a photo from the case file and started looking at it again.


    In the photo, the victim’s head and neck were separated, showing that the murderer had slit the throat before dismembering the body, leaving several knife marks that revealed the killer’s technique.


    After examining it carefully for a while and taking a few bites of pork intestine, Jiang said, “I think we should focus on following these two leads.”


    “Okay,” Liu Jinghui agreed easily.


    Behind this consensus, at least a dozen detectives embarked on a busy journey.