Chapter 39: The Antique Turmoil
All the people who participated in the auction, including the auctioneer, were taken back to the police station.
Despite repeated protests, the police did not listen.
As for the carving, after the seal was put on, it was naturally brought back.
The police are dispatched by the Economic Investigation Detachment, and this kind of suspected economic crime is handled by them, and the treatment on their side is obviously much better than that of the Criminal Investigation Bureau.
The inquiry room was decorated a bit like a reception room, not as strict as other police departments, and someone offered to bring coffee after entering.
Most of the people who can enter this kind of place are not ordinary people, and the treatment is naturally different.
The police handled the case very standardly, and the carving was always in the sight of Cang Hao and Yao Junhui, but the two of them had no chance to get in touch.
Taking advantage of the police's inattention, Yao Junhui asked Cang Hao in a low voice: "What should I do?"
"What should I do?" Cang Hao smiled coldly: "Cold salad!"
Yao Junhui was stunned: "What are these words?!"
Soon, two gray-haired, bespectacled old men walked in, and without speaking to the others, they went straight to the carving.
Obviously, these two professionals were invited by the police, took out a magnifying glass, and looked carefully around the bloodstone carving.
After a while, one of the old men nodded to the police and said, "There is no doubt that it is genuine, it is in excellent condition, and the carving is of high quality, and the market price of such a carving will not be less than two million." ”
"What?" the police officer in charge of the case was dumbfounded: "This ...... Is it true? Do you want to see it again?"
"We have been in the jewelry and jade appraisal for decades, and we can't go wrong. "A real professional, his temper is often very bullish, the two old men dropped this sentence, ignored the police, and left.
Yao Junhui was also a little surprised: "How can this be?" Immediately, he stood up and asked the police angrily: "What else do you have to say?"
"This ......" the policeman sweated on his forehead: "Maybe there is a mistake in the identification, we need to re-evaluate!"
"I sue you ......" Yao Junhui pointed to his watch and said impatiently: "My time is very precious, because your mistakes in handling the case have caused me a serious loss." If you continue to delay, I will make you compensate!"
Several policemen got together and discussed a few words nervously, and after a while, the policeman led by the policeman told Yao Junhui: "I'm sorry, we also received a report, and we need to handle the case for our duties! The matter has not been clarified yet, and we may need to delay you for a while!"
"Whose report did you receive? What kind of report?" Yao Junhui's voice suddenly raised a lot: "According to the report that came out of thin air, you have detained us for so long without any evidence and for no reason, are you serving the people like this?"
Yao Junhui's words drove the others, and several of the nurses who Luo Badao found shouted one after another: "We have to catch a plane, when will you handle the case, can you give me a message!"
Some people protested in a thick accent: "I am an overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia, and I came to Guangsha to investigate and invest, and your handling methods have disappointed us very much!"
The policeman's attitude was much more polite than just now, and he tried his best to appease everyone's feelings, but he didn't let everyone leave immediately.
It is clear that there is indeed a problem with their case-handling procedures, but in fact, this cannot be said to be wrong.
A small group, especially a small group that did not play with antiques at all in the past, suddenly began to concentrate on auctioning off a large number of antiques, which is generally known as money laundering, and as long as a surprise attack is investigated, it will definitely catch the horse.
However, this time something was different, and the antique turned out to be genuine. The police had no choice but to suspect that the two old men had lost their eyes and asked other professionals to identify them again.
Soon, three more professionals rushed over, and after more than half an hour of careful identification, they affirmed this carving from all sides: "There is no doubt that the genuine product is difficult to see such a good bloodstone on the market today, if it is put for a few more years, the price may double!"
"Is enough enough!" Yao Junhui looked at the police handling the case and asked angrily: "You brought us back for no reason and slandered us for participating in criminal activities, I have every reason to suspect that you are handling a personal case!"
There was no point in continuing the identification, and several police officers who handled the case broke out in a cold sweat on their foreheads and looked at each other a few times.
"Did you hear me?" Yao Junhui took out his mobile phone and began to dial: "I want to complain to the police officer, you must be responsible for today's incident!"
"Mr. Yao, wait a minute, please listen to me a few words......" The policeman led by him hurriedly came over and stopped Yao Junhui: "We have indeed been negligent in this matter, and I sincerely apologize to you here!"
During this time, Zou Feng vigorously rectified the style of policing, and once Yao Junhui's phone call was made, because the accusations were fully substantiated, coupled with Yao Junhui's social status, it would cause a lot of trouble to these policemen.
"Just apologize?" Yao Junhui sneered: "If you are suddenly taken away by your own peers, insisting that you are engaged in some illegal activity, but you can't produce evidence at all, how should you deal with it?"
"This matter is that the information we got is wrong, we will investigate it thoroughly in the future, no matter who is responsible, we will not tolerate it!" The policeman said with a smile: "Mr. Yao, you are all people who do great things, don't embarrass us!"
"It's like a human saying. Yao Junhui put away his mobile phone and nodded: "I advise you, if you encounter similar cases in the future, you must first sit on the chain of evidence before acting." Everyone's time is precious, not an idle vagrant, while being responsible for us, don't waste your own time and energy!"
"Yes, yes, that's very true. The policeman nodded vigorously, and then said loudly: "I'm very sorry to tell everyone, this is a complete misunderstanding, and then we will send everyone back to the auction house by car, thank you for your cooperation!"
Yao Junhui glanced at Cang Hao: "What do you think?"
"That's pretty much it. Cang Hao sighed lightly: "It's not easy, they are also duty!"
All the people who were brought back complained to the police for half an hour before they were sent back.
The police didn't have the slightest temper, so they could only make a bitter face and make a hard compensatory to everyone.
When Cang Hao, Yao Junhui and others were sent away, the policeman led by him took out his mobile phone and dialed a call: "The surname Zhang is not playing me, are you?"
The person on the other side of the phone was Zhang Peishun, and he was very surprised when he heard this: "What do you mean by that?"
"You said that someone in your company laundered money through antiques, but other people's antiques are genuine at all, and two sets of experts were found to identify the problem!" The policeman said angrily: "Did I do something to offend you, or did you provide me with this kind of fake news because you were idle and boring?!"
"Impossible!" Zhang Peishun was even more surprised: "They are just laundering money, and there will be no mistake in the news!"
"There's no going to be a wrong fart!" The more the policeman spoke, the more he wanted to curse: "You patted your chest and assured me that this case would definitely be confirmed, but I didn't go through the normal procedure and brought people back! Now that things are like this, what do you think I should do?"
Zhang Peishun's head was completely wooden: "Yes...... What to do......"
"What should I do? Of course, I should release them quickly, and then apologize to others!" The policeman was furious, and his voice was much higher for a while: "Do you know that our economic investigation detachment has just been rectified, and now everyone is worried. If you ask me to handle the wrong case at this juncture, if people really investigate it, I will be in big trouble!"
"So...... Yao Junhui didn't pursue it?" Zhang Peishun laughed dryly: "That's good......"
"Okay, you're big!" The police really wanted to arrest Zhang Peishun and beat him up: "Yao Junhui is not an ordinary person, he has a head and a face in society, so since then, I am equivalent to falling into the hands of others, what will you do if I want to work in the future?"
"No...... If you have a problem, I'll help you level the ......" swallowing his saliva, Zhang Peishun said very carefully: "Their fake antiques are all made by a monk named Unbeliever in Haishan Temple, you can ask if you don't believe it, you know what's going on." ”
Just now, another policeman came over and whispered something in his ear, and the policeman immediately said to Zhang Peishun: "My colleague has just returned from Haishan Temple, and there is indeed a non-believing Zen master there, but he has gone out to travel in the past few days!"
Zhang Peishun was completely dumbfounded: "Ah...... How can this be......"
"You better put your own problems out first!" The policeman interrupted Zhang Peishun's words impatiently: "Oh, I remember, there has always been a personnel struggle within your company, and this Yao Junhui is at odds with you! You can do it, Zhang Peishun, use the power of the police to handle personal cases, and give you personal anger, just with your behavior, I can hold you accountable now!"
The policeman's words were completely right, and Zhang Peishun shuddered: "Don't ...... Don't do that, anyway, we're old classmates!"
"You know it's an old classmate, and you still treat me like this, isn't this a slap in the face?" The policeman snorted heavily, and said: "It's because it's an old classmate that I let you go, but don't interact with everyone in the future, I can't afford to deal with people like you." ”
"I don't know how things came to be like this......" Zhang Peishun almost cried: "They do fake antiques and use them to launder money, how did this antique become real......"
"You ask me, who do I ask?" The policeman was even more impatient: "Forget it, just let me toss once in vain, and I haven't lost any benefits if I offend people!
After that, the policeman hung up the phone, sat there angrily and muttered: "Damn Zhang Peishun, he has lived for dozens of years in vain!"
In fact, the policeman guessed that Zhang Peishun's report might be true, and that the bloodstone carving was actually dropped.
As for how the bag was dropped, the police couldn't think of it for a while, because it had been in the hands of the police since the carving was sealed, and Cang Hao and his gang couldn't find a chance at all.
The crux of the matter is that since no evidence of money laundering was found in this raid, the case could not be handled. In the future, even if they know that people are laundering money, it is impossible for the police to investigate again, after all, the police are at a loss.
The current form is not to seek merit but to seek no fault, and we must stay away from this kind of case where there is almost no evidence to speak of.