I am a super cop

Chapter 2994 Secret Contact
"So you hate him?" Gu Chen asked curiously.

The shorter man paused for a moment, then asked, "You mean, Brother Liu?"

"Yes." Gu Chen nodded silently: "Do you hate him?"

"Of course," the short man replied without hesitation, seemingly not trying to avoid the question.

"This Brother Liu has indeed caused me a lot of trouble, so it's only right that I hate him."

"After all, he caused a lot of trouble for my work, but if you're going to say that I killed him because I hated him, then I think you're getting the wrong idea."

"The problem between him and me is just a conflict caused by work incompatibility. Our conflict is limited to work, and I don't have any personal hatred towards him."

With a soft sigh, the short man continued, "Sometimes, I really don't understand how a good hand can be played so badly?"

"But I was also very surprised by Brother Liu's death. However, this matter has nothing to do with me. I spent the whole afternoon maintaining clients, and I didn't arrive until late at night."

After a pause, the short man continued to explain, "You can ask our other colleagues about this. I'm the busiest person in the whole team."

"Where is your boss now?" Lu Weiwei asked.

“He’s in Hangzhou, our company is in Hangzhou, so our boss is also in Hangzhou,” the short man said.

"Could you contact your boss? We'd like to have a talk with him," Gu Chen said.

"Of course." Upon hearing Gu Chen's words, the short man also took out his phone and proactively dialed a video call with his boss.

Shortly after, the call was connected, and a middle-aged man wearing glasses appeared on the screen.

The short man quickly reported, "Mr. Wang, the police are investigating Brother Liu's death, but the police here say they want to talk to you."

"Give the phone to the police," Mr. Wang on the other end of the line reminded the short man, urging him to hand the phone over to the police.

The shorter man then obediently did as he was told and handed the phone to Gu Chen.

According to the rules, the shorter person could only return to the next room and wait for news.

Gu Chen, meanwhile, was holding his phone and began a conversation with Mr. Wang:
"Are you the big boss of the company the deceased works for?"

“That’s right.” Mr. Wang, on the other end of the video call, nodded silently and explained:
“I am the big boss of their company, and the deceased is my partner, the company’s co-founder, and the chief technology officer.”

"What is your surname?" Officer Wang asked, leaning closer.

"My surname is Wang."

"Yes, Mr. Wang." Seeing that Mr. Wang had said this, Officer Wang quickly asked him:
"I heard that you have some conflicts with your technical director? And that you two often argue. Is that true?"

Upon hearing Officer Wang's words, Mr. Wang on the other end of the video call seemed quite embarrassed.

After a long while, he sighed and slowly said, "Yes, that's right."

"Then can you explain why you had such a big argument with the deceased?" Officer Wang quickly pressed.

Mr. Wang, on the other end of the video call, sighed and said helplessly:

"Actually, things weren't that complicated. It's just that our personalities and beliefs don't align."

It seems that Mr. Wang was aware that his employees had probably all been questioned by the police.

So he probably explained all the messy things that happened in his own company, which is why Mr. Wang seemed willing to cooperate when answering the police's questions.

Lu Weiwei quickly asked, "You mean, the two of you have different ideas?"

"Yes." Mr. Wang sighed and said slowly:

“We are a startup, so we need investment more, that is, to raise money.”

"But he only cared about technology, and he locked himself in his office, burying himself in research and development."

"But research and development is very expensive, and the responsibility of raising funds falls entirely on me. What can I do? I can only keep promoting our company's technology."

After a pause, Mr. Wang tried to calm himself down before continuing:
"So, I have no choice but to frequently use Xiao Liu's technological breakthroughs to create all sorts of overwhelming hype."

"Only in this way can we gain the attention of industry leaders and make our mark in the capital market."

"Otherwise, with so many companies listing every year, why would the capital market recognize yours? First, you have to make yourself visible, right?"

“That’s right.” Gu Chen nodded silently upon hearing this.

On the other end of the video call, Mr. Wang said without hesitation, "So I have no choice but to hype things up. I can hype up technology or gossip, as long as it gets attention in the industry."

"Face and such are not important to me. As long as I can make money, I am successful."

"Of course, I also relied on this method to get some investment, otherwise where would Xiao Liu get so much money for high-end investment?"

In the end, Mr. Wang, who was on the other end of the video call, seemed to be very emotional.

So Lu Weiwei asked him again, "Do you know who the deceased had conflicts with during his lifetime?"

"I don't know about that." Mr. Wang on the other end of the video call shook his head and said without further ado:
"All I know is that he has a bad temper and is prone to offending people, but even so, it's not enough to harm him, right? It's all just work-related squabbles."

After a pause, Boss Wang added, "But recently I discovered that Xiao Liu has been privately contacting other companies in the same industry."

"You mean, the deceased was in private contact with other companies?" Officer Wang asked.

Mr. Wang nodded silently, and said without further ado, "This is something I discovered through my own investigation."

"After all, Xiao Liu is our company's technical director, mainly responsible for technology development and application."

"So overall, he is our company's core competitiveness, and no one in the company can do without him."

"However, on the other hand, we have ideological conflicts, but I am also very afraid that he will take his technology and team and move to another company in the same industry. That is what I fear most."

"Does he have this idea?" Lu Weiwei asked.

During the video call, Mr. Wang hesitated for a few seconds before slowly saying:

"As for whether it exists or not, I really can't tell, but I still have to be careful."

"So I've instructed the company's employees to keep a close eye on Xiao Liu's movements."

"Later I found out that he was in private contact with some senior executives of companies in the same industry, and often spent time drinking and eating with them."

"This made me feel uneasy, so recently I've been having other people in the company keep an eye on Xiao Liu."

"After all, the company can't fall apart. If everyone leaves, it's just an empty shell." "Good that you understand." Seeing Mr. Wang say this, Gu Chen asked him again:
"Do you know which companies' executives he has been in contact with?"

“I know, of course I know,” said Mr. Wang.

"Alright." Gu Chen was satisfied, but quickly added a reminder:
"Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Wang, to provide the names and addresses of all the companies the deceased had contact with."

"Alright." Seeing that Gu Chen wanted it, President Wang began searching on his desk.

Before long, Mr. Wang sent over photos of all the information he had collected.

At that moment, Gu Chen received the specific information through the small man's phone.

As Gu Chen looked through the list, he discovered that Zhu Wei's company was also among them.

Gu Chen glanced at Officer Wang beside him, who was also feeling a mix of emotions.

"Senior Brother Wang," Gu Chen reminded him.

Officer Wang nodded silently and then asked Mr. Wang on the other end of the video call, "Are you familiar with that Zhu Wei?"

"Zhu Wei? You mean the one who defeated our company's robot in the robot fighting arena?" President Wang seemed to still be bothered by the fact that his company's robot had been defeated.

Officer Wang nodded silently and said without further ado, "Yes, it's the robot company that defeated you."

"Not very familiar." Mr. Wang shook his head and said without further ado:
“I’m not very familiar with this person, but the person I sent out to monitor Xiao Liu reported to me that Xiao Liu had communicated with Zhu Wei in private, and that this wasn’t the first time the two had met.”

"Especially on many occasions, they drink and eat together, and it feels like they are old acquaintances."

"That's a bit strange." Hearing Mr. Wang's explanation, Gu Chen also had doubts, so he asked again:

"So, do you think the deceased was familiar with this Zhu Wei?"

"We're very familiar with each other. How could we not be familiar with each other when we often eat and drink together?" When Gu Chen asked, President Wang could only answer in a cooperative manner.

So Gu Chen asked again, "They're so close, but how come I couldn't tell they were old acquaintances during the arena match?"

"Not only that, when the two of them were fighting while controlling the robots, they both seemed to want to kill each other."

"Hehe, who knows?" Seeing Gu Chen's comment, President Wang chuckled dryly and retorted:
"That's just how Xiao Liu is—neurotic, a tech-savvy straight man."

"But the people I sent to monitor Xiao Liu told me that he has been frequently hanging out with these people lately."

"But you should know that these are all our company's competitors, our mortal enemies."

“It always makes me a little worried that Xiao Liu is getting close to executives of a rival company.”

"Are you worried that the deceased will start their own business?" Lu Weiwei asked.

But this seems to have touched on the most vulnerable part of Mr. Wang's heart.

On the other end of the video call, Mr. Wang choked up, took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes with his right hand, and said:

"That's right, officer, you're absolutely right."

"I was indeed scared. I was afraid that Xiao Liu would kick me aside and take the whole research team with him. That would be a very dangerous thing to do."

"So I have to take precautions and pay close attention. But he frequently contacts executives of his competitors. If you were the boss, you would do the same."

“I have to take precautions, otherwise if one day Xiao Liu takes away the company’s core team members, then our company will basically be declared bankrupt.”

"Because our company relies on Xiao Liu for all its technology from start to finish, I have long suspected Xiao Liu's behavior."

"But this time, he died suddenly from drinking inexplicably, which I find very strange. Maybe it has something to do with these competitors."

Mr. Wang's words seemed to make Gu Chen sense some strange crisis.

A person who died suddenly from drinking had actually been in frequent contact with a rival company, which was a prelude to changing jobs.

Moreover, the fact that the deceased died from poisoning indicates that someone wanted to harm him. If it wasn't this Mr. Wang, then it's very likely that it was one of the companies that had contact with the deceased.

Thinking of this, Gu Chen quickly asked, "I want to know, when did the deceased start having frequent contact with executives from these rival companies?"

"Uh..." Upon hearing Gu Chen's words, President Wang on the other end of the video call hesitated for a moment before slowly saying:

"If I'm not mistaken, it should take about a month."

"So, in the past month or so, the deceased was frequently in contact with executives of a rival company?" Lu Weiwei also found it unbelievable.

This behavior seems to be akin to trying to dismantle the family.

Mr. Wang looked aggrieved and slowly said, "I've noticed that Xiao Liu often goes to places like bars after get off work."

“And those executives usually go there in advance if they want to meet with him.”

"Moreover, their movements always give people a sneaky feeling, so I feel that they are not simple."

"Besides, there's been a robotics summit or something recently, so I haven't been paying attention to that."

"But my gut feeling tells me that Xiao Liu is very likely to take the team with him after attending the AI ​​Robotics Summit."

"But……"

At this point, Mr. Wang paused again.

Gu Chen looked puzzled and quickly asked, "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

"No." Mr. Wang shook his head and couldn't help but sigh, "Actually, it was all told to me by the people I arranged. As of now, Xiao Liu hasn't broken ties with me yet."

"Wait a minute." Gu Chen interrupted, then asked, "The person you planted in the R&D team, isn't that Ah Ming with the dyed yellow hair?"

"You all know?" Seeing that Gu Chen could quickly say A Ming's name, President Wang could guess that A Ming must have provided it during the interrogation.

So Mr. Wang didn't mind at all, and generously admitted: "That's right, Amin is my spy planted in the R&D team."

"But before this, I didn't know that Amin and Xiao Liu had a conflict."

"Later I learned that Amin often clashed with Xiao Liu, so I would observe them secretly and found that the two of them were simply incompatible."

With a soft sigh, Mr. Wang continued, "So it was at that time that I saw what I needed in Ah Ming."

"That's a personality that's unwilling to admit defeat, dislikes being lectured, and is all about fighting if you disagree."

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