After a cup of coffee, Superintendent Zhang walked to the door of the tea room with a piece of information: "Sir Li, we have found out."
"Both Li Wen and Ruan Wen have lived in Paris for a long time. They should be old acquaintances."
Li Shaoze took the document, flipped through two pages and said with a smile: "I have been staying in France for seven years. I think they are not old acquaintances, but old lovers."
"No wonder the painter group would kidnap her to the scene when there was internal strife. He probably took her as a hostage because of her relationship with Li Wen."
This kind of cliche story happens every day, but there is nothing surprising about it.
He closed the document, turned around, picked up a cup of coffee and handed it to Superintendent Zhang, and then continued to ask: "Sir Zhang, have you contacted Ruan Wen?"
"Contacted."
"After she was released in London, she went directly back to China to visit relatives and will cross the border and arrive in Hong Kong in the afternoon."
Superintendent Zhang took the coffee and smiled. Feeling favored by the boss, he quickly took a sip of the coffee. Well, the coffee tasted much better.
Li Shaoze nodded noncommittally: "Okay."
"Then let's wait until the afternoon for the trial. Let's lock Li Wen in there for a while. Remember not to let him eat."
"Call Ruan Wen to bring him food and save some rations for the police force."
"clear."
Superintendent Zhang nodded slightly to express his understanding.
Sir Li is trying to survive and use psychological tactics.
Next, Li Shaoze did not stay in the Interpol Department to talk nonsense. After all, the coffee at Interpol is not so good that you can drink it here all morning.
After drinking the coffee, he took the initiative to say goodbye and returned to his daily work in the office of the Criminal Department. I have so much free time, wouldn't it be good to sign two more documents?
As for Li Xin'er, he didn't care too much. Anyway, Li Xin'er has a staff card and can eat in the canteen of the General Administration at noon. You can do whatever you like the rest of the time, as long as you make sure to be there during the interrogation in the afternoon.
The reason why Li Shaoze wanted to handle the "Li Wen" case was actually because he considered the impact of the incident in the Intelligence Department, so he decided to handle a big case to cleanse the recent atmosphere, and not to let the Criminal Department lose its limelight.
The "Painter Group" is, after all, one of the top sellers in the international counterfeit banknote market in recent years. If we work with the Interpol Department to get this thing done, both our subordinates and the senior bosses will feel happier.
Of course, the main thing is that Sir Li will feel happier.
After all, our old Li is also a face-saving person...
After Li Shaoze signed several documents, he sat in the office and played two Spider Solitaires.
When it was time for dinner, he and A-yin went to the restaurant of the General Administration for dinner.
Chen Jiaju, Liu Baoqiang and others looked at them, silently held their plates and chose another corner to sit down.
Four o'clock in the evening.
"Sir Li, Ruan Wen is here."
Li Shaoze was reading documents when he heard the phone on his desk ringing. He picked up the phone and immediately heard Superintendent Zhang's voice.
"I know, I'll go down right away."
"Has Professor Li arrived?"
"arrive."
Superintendent Zhang glanced at Li Xin'er and saw Li Xin'er sizing up a pretty girl in a red dress sitting on a chair in the office area. When a woman meets a woman, the atmosphere is always not good.
Li Shaoze hung up the phone, tidied the desktop slowly, and then walked out of the office. In less than five minutes, he arrived at the office area of the Interpol Department.
"Sir Li." Superintendent Zhang came forward with the police officers, pointed to the elegant beauty wearing sunglasses next to him and said: "This is Ruan Wen."
"We have already told him about Li Wen's situation."
"Um."
Li Shaoze nodded, looked sideways, and found that the other party was wearing a long red skirt, red high heels, and was very enchanting in red. It's just that he is wearing sunglasses and looks a little arrogant when he doesn't look people in the eye.
Those who engage in art like to show off.
Coupled with the oval face and small nose of the other party, she is indeed a beauty. It's understandable to be arrogant.
Li Shaoze nodded, stretched out his hand to the side and said, "Miss Ruan Wen?"
"It's me, hello." Ruan Wen stood up with a handbag in both hands. He didn't mean to shake his hand, but just answered him expressionlessly.
This was the first time Li Shaoze had been treated like this. Fortunately, he was thick-skinned enough. He retracted his hand very naturally, put it into his belt and said, "Li Wen won't speak until he sees you. Let's go."
"Okay." Ruan Wen did not refuse, nodded, and the group walked towards the interrogation room.
However, on the way, Li Xin'er suddenly asked: "Miss Ruan, have you ever had plastic surgery?"
"This lady, a beautiful woman doesn't need plastic surgery."
Ruan Wen kept walking and replied expressionlessly.
Gee, these words are really sharp.
Li Shaoze and Superintendent Zhang looked at each other, pushed open the iron door, and walked into the room with Ruan Wen and Li Xin'er.
"You guys go out first."
The two police officers in the interrogation room nodded and left.
Superintendent Zhang led them into the observation room and stood behind the glass looking at the surveillance footage.
Ruan Wen pulled out his chair and sat down, then reached out and put a bag of fast food on the table.
"Eat."
Li Wen had a few more bruises on his face. At this time, he looked at Ruan Wen numbly, and his expression finally changed.
He opened the plastic bag, picked up the plastic spoon, leaned on the table and swallowed the lunch in a panic.
Ruan Wen crossed his long legs and looked at him with a cold expression.
Li Shaoze and Li Xin'er also sat down in their respective seats, wanting to hear what news was coming next.
After Li Wen took two bites of the meal, he chatted with Ruan Wen while eating. But it's just you and me talking about the current situation, but there is nothing of value.
Sir Li said it was understandable that he was not surprised by this... When we meet old friends, and we meet under such circumstances, I always ask you how you are doing recently, why you are like this, and other unavoidable questions. .
Li Shaoze heard the two of them finish the process of reminiscing about old times, and saw that Li Wen had almost finished eating the fast food. He looked down at his watch, stood up, closed the fast food box, swept it into the trash can, looked at Li Wen opposite and said, "I've eaten and drank enough, and the people have arrived, can we talk now?"
Li Wen looked up at him with very angry eyes, almost complaining that Sir Li didn't save him enough face in front of his old lover.
But what kind of face do criminals want? Giving him a full meal is the best treatment for him!
Miss Ruan Wen, who had always had a cold face, finally softened her expression and spoke out to advise: "Li Wen, just say it."
"I have submitted a bail to the police. As long as the police can catch someone, you can leave here with me right away!"
"Okay." Li Wen nodded, lowered his head, and began to speak slowly: "I graduated from college twelve years ago and have been painting in Paris with Ruan Wen."
"My dream is to be an excellent painter, but for three years, five years, six years... no one is willing to sell my paintings."
"During that time, Miss Ruan and I stayed in a basement painting..."
"Later, a painting exhibitor was willing to buy Miss Ruan's paintings, but Miss Ruan asked him to buy my works together..."
Useless nonsense, Li Xin'er didn't write anything. Li Shaoze raised his eyebrows, knocked on the table and said, "I don't want to hear you miss your youth, let's talk about the key points."
Li Wen nodded and continued: "While I was frustrated in Paris, Miss Ruan Wen became more and more famous."
"That's when I met the painter."
"He started spending a lot of money to buy my paintings and promised to help me hold a painting exhibition. The price was to help him draw a U.S. dollar bill, which was exactly the same as a real dollar bill."
Li Wen said this and took a deep breath: "His eyes are calm and intelligent but always filled with murderous intent. He likes to wear white suits and hold a cane, but his rough fingers can firmly pull the trigger."
"The U.S. dollar bills he wanted me to draw were not just simple sketches, but everything from watermarks to textures should be perfect replicas of real bills! He wanted to use my paintings to make electrical boards for counterfeit bills."
At this time, Li Xin'er began to write, using his brush strokes on the white paper to depict a pair of majestic pupils with thick eyebrows and big eyes.
"In order to paint this U.S. dollar bill and hold an exhibition... I was forced to join the artist's counterfeit banknote group and hide in a factory in the suburbs for a long time."
"After more than a year, I drew countless versions of manuscripts and finally came up with a perfect drawing."
"This drawing was later made into an electrical board."
Li Wen swallowed and carefully recalled the original process: "After the electronic boards were completed, other members of the group were responsible for handling the banknotes, machines, and ink."
"But an accident occurred while robbing the ink, and we didn't get as much ink as expected."
"In order to rush the goods, I started to be responsible for preparing ink, and finally succeeded in preparing ink that was exactly the same as the US dollar... Since then, the artist's counterfeit banknotes have surpassed the previous super banknotes on the international market and become the most sought-after source."
Li Shaoze chuckled. Unexpectedly, the counterfeit banknote group also knew how to make up for its weaknesses. Even the only shortcoming of the previous "super banknotes" was improved by them.
No wonder their banknotes are so popular in the market.
Unfortunately, their machine is not a real money printing machine, but a counterfeit machine of their own design. Just imagine, if "Stephen" had joined forces with "Painter", wouldn't he be able to make real money?
But there are not so many coincidences in the world. What is fake is fake, and counterfeit banknotes will always have flaws.
Li Wen was still telling the story slowly: "Later, the painter made a lot of money and his influence became more and more important. He took us to the Golden Triangle for revenge and started a war with a big boss. I was led by him all the way through life and death, but He didn’t fulfill his promise, he didn’t give me a painting exhibition, he just wanted me to help him make counterfeit money.”
"But he never told me or anyone his real name, but from the accent, I knew he was from Hong Kong. He speaks Cantonese! He used to like to visit Portland Street."
"Later one time, Uncle Wu, who was in charge of making machinery in the factory, secretly took counterfeit money to buy something and was discovered by the painter..."
"I clearly remember that it was an evening. The painter was standing in the square outside the door. The setting sun stretched his back very long. There he shouted, 'The rules are the rules, there is only a dead end!'"
"boom!"
When Li Wen said this, his whole body suddenly trembled. The ending of Uncle Wu was self-evident.
Li Shaoze was also immersed in this story. When he saw Li Wen stop, he urged: "Continue!"
(End of chapter)
