I am a super cop

Chapter 2997 This Dumpling Meal Was Made for This Bottle of Vinegar

Zhu Wei became depressed. He knew his plan was almost perfect, but he didn't realize that Liu Wen would suddenly die from poisoning.

This sudden situation was beyond Zhu Wei's control, so he seemed somewhat at a loss when questioned by the police.

Fortunately, Zhu Wei realized that if he didn't reveal the secret between him and Liu Wen, he wouldn't be able to clear his name.

Meanwhile, after listening to Zhu Wei's account, Gu Chen gradually realized that Zhu Wei seemed to have nothing to do with Liu Wen's death.

After all, the two are partners with shared interests, and Liu Wen's addition will inevitably strengthen Zhu Wei's company.

But this is only theoretical. Gu Chen is also very curious about what Zhu Wei did to make Liu Wen want to join.

So Gu Chen quickly asked, "Did you invite Liu Wen to join the company?"

“Yes.” Zhu Wei nodded silently and said without further ado, “We both work on artificial intelligence robots, so I know Liu Wen to some extent.”

"He has been engaged in this kind of development for a long time, and has achieved a lot of results."

"He is a typical tech fanatic who won many awards during his university years."

"At that time, many internet companies wanted to recruit him, but Liu Wen was a rather arrogant person. He didn't think that he would create much value for them."

"So, after Liu Wen graduated, he started a business with some friends in the industry."

After a pause, Zhu Wei continued to think and slowly said, "At that time, they were just small-scale operations and didn't amount to much."

"In the end, his partner, who is now the big boss of their company, paid for the team to be built."

"After all, that big boss is also a second-generation rich kid. His family is wealthy and willing to invest. He also thinks highly of Liu Wen."

"As for Liu Wen, he originally thought that if he could cooperate with that big boss, the development costs would be covered."

"But later Liu Wencai found out that the so-called rich second generation was just a facade."

“His family has some money, but he has far underestimated the investment required to develop artificial intelligence robots.”

"So?" Lu Weiwei asked.

Zhu Wei sighed and slowly said, "So? Hehe, so that guy surnamed Wang started to run into financial difficulties. He began to realize that continuous development and investment was not as good as turning the company into a financial product."

"Then he keeps hyping it up and promoting it to increase the company's market value, because only in this way can he sell the company for a good price."

"So, Mr. Wang never intended to make this robot project a success from the very beginning?" Gu Chen asked.

"Yes." Zhu Wei nodded silently, then added without further ado, "That guy is just an opportunist; what does he know about technology?"

"Whenever Liu Wen makes a technological breakthrough, he starts to hype it up constantly, which causes Liu Wen to encounter many problems in project development, and he is always annoyed by it."

"At first, Liu Wen would argue with his boss, but the response he received was always that the company's scientific research and development required a lot of funds, but the investment cycle was too long and new investors were needed to keep the scientific research and development sustainable."

"So there was nothing Liu Wen could do but endure it. But the big boss's repeated actions made Liu Wen gradually realize that this big boss never intended to make robots at all."

"From beginning to end, they were just turning the company into a financial product and packaging it as a high-tech gimmick."

"Having learned all this, Liu Wen finally realized the truth, but because they were so deeply intertwined, he was often powerless to change his fate."

"So Liu Wen had already planned to withdraw, and after our company received this information, we actively contacted Liu Wen."

"Won't what you're doing involve legal issues?" Yuan Shasha asked curiously.

Lu Weiwei quickly chimed in, "That's right. If you poach Liu Wen, then what Liu Wen took with him must be the results of his research. If the person surnamed Wang doesn't agree, then your two companies will have to keep fighting in court."

"Hehe, that's for sure." Hearing Yuan Shasha and Lu Weiwei's explanation, Zhu Wei nodded silently and said without further ado:
“Under normal circumstances, a lawsuit would be inevitable, but many of these patents and copyrights are in Liu Wen’s hands.”

"Moreover, Liu Wen and the big boss were almost at the point of falling out; they were just maintaining the last shred of dignity."

"Moreover, we have contacted Liu Wen and discussed these issues with him."

"And what was the result?" Gu Chen asked.

Zhu Wei sighed and slowly said, "The result is that Liu Wen can leave with his team, but he must give up the projects that the company was developing before."

"In other words, Liu Wen cannot take the research and development results from his previous company with him."

"Impossible." Upon hearing Zhu Wei's words, Gu Chen also shook his head in denial.

"As far as I know, that Mr. Wang doesn't understand development at all, and their development team has always been led by Liu Wen."

"With Liu Wen gone, his development team can basically be declared disbanded. Even if someone else is brought in, it will be difficult to entrust them with important responsibilities."

"But at this point, would he be willing to let Liu Wen leave? I think it's unlikely."

"I'm not quite sure either, whether they reached any agreement?" Zhu Wei said.

"You've been in contact with Liu Wen, and you know you can't poach him from us, so why are you saying this?" Gu Chen seemed to have noticed Zhu Wei's problem as well.

What Zhu Wei said is simply impossible in reality.

Therefore, the information Zhu Wei just told me was basically fabricated.

Zhu Wei, whose secret had been exposed by Gu Chen, was now somewhat flustered.

Lu Weiwei frowned slightly and pressed Zhu Wei, "Zhu Wei, why did you lie to us? From beginning to end, Liu Wen never intended to leave, right?"

"Uh, this..."

Seemingly unsure of what to say, Zhu Wei appeared somewhat flustered.

At this moment, Gu Chen continued to press, "Liu Wen went easy on you in the robot arena competition, so you must have given him what he wanted, right?"

"Yes." Seeing that Gu Chen had said so, Zhu Wei sighed and nodded silently.

"What did you give him? Money?" Gu Chen asked again.

“That’s right.” Zhu Wei nodded again, stating without further ado:
"Liu Wen has always used technology as equity, and after years of entrepreneurship, he has also realized that scientific research is an industry that burns through a lot of money."

"If he were to conduct research at a large, well-established company, he probably wouldn't need to worry about research and development costs."

"But now he's partnered with a capitalist who only wants to speculate. Under these circumstances, his research funding will be repeatedly cut or restrictions will be imposed on him." "It's almost impossible for him to do development work and achieve results in this company."

"But if they part ways now, Liu Wen won't get much money, but he also has family pressures to support. He needs money to make a living."

"So Liu Wen now is no longer the spirited young man he was when he first graduated from school; he's even somewhat down on his luck."

“His wife has argued with him more than once or twice. If she doesn’t see any money soon, they might get divorced, which would be a devastating blow to Liu Wen.”

At this point, Zhu Wei rubbed his face with both hands and let out a heavy sigh.

"So, you reached an agreement with Liu Wen?" Yuan Shasha asked.

Zhu Wei nodded silently: "We are mutually benefiting because our company's products are actually quite good, but they don't stand out as much in this industry."

"But the purpose of our participation in this summit is to let more people know about our products, which is the marketing effect we want."

"Liu Wen's scientific research and development over the years, along with the intermittent financial investment, has left him physically and mentally exhausted."

"At this point, it was actually a good thing for everyone if I put on a show with him."

"He got the money, we got the fame, it was a win-win situation for everyone."

"But his company is the biggest loser," Gu Chen said calmly.

Zhu Wei was taken aback for a moment, but quickly smiled and said, "That company is barely surviving. Liu Wen actually knew about it a long time ago."

“His research requires a lot of funding, but his boss will not give it to him and always uses it to hold him back.”

"They often let him make some small technological breakthroughs, and then spend a lot of money to make a big fuss and hype up the company."

"For someone who is focused on artificial intelligence research and development, Liu Wen couldn't stand it; he felt humiliated."

"But if we don't do this, Liu Wen won't get research funding, which is a very difficult thing for him."

"But at this point, it seems only natural that we are willing to give him a platform and he would help us promote our company's products."

"But relying on his verbal promotion is useless, so we planned this competition."

"Wait a minute." Hearing this, Gu Chen suddenly interrupted:
"So, you deliberately orchestrated this robot arena tournament for publicity purposes?"

"That's right, it was for this bottle of vinegar that I made these dumplings. There was no robot arena competition before, only robot marathons."

"However, because this kind of competition is more likely to attract media attention, we proposed this plan to the summit organizing committee and received their support."

"What about the group assignments? You didn't deliberately let the organizing committee assign your two companies to the same group, did you?" Lu Weiwei asked.

But Zhu Wei nodded and admitted, "That's right, we arranged it ourselves."

"Because there aren't many robot products that are qualified to participate in this competition."

"Therefore, it is more operable because our company's robots are excellent in all aspects, while other companies' robots may not have been designed with combat mode as their main feature."

"Does this mean you've been planning this competition for a long time, leaving the other participating robot teams unprepared?" Gu Chen seemed to have noticed the trickery.

After all, compared to the robots from Zhu Wei and Liu Wen's families, other robot competitions on the competition stage are more like children playing house, and there is no comparison at all.

"Hehe." Hearing Gu Chen say this, Zhu Wei nodded silently and said without further ado:

"You figured it out after all. That's right, because we planned this robot fighting competition a long time ago, so we were better prepared."

"We will repeatedly verify the parameter settings for the robot because we have plenty of time."

"Furthermore, we asked Liu Wen to produce a fighting robot, which was one of his early research and development products."

"And this robot is virtually unbeatable in fighting arenas."

"If we can defeat Liu Wen's robot in the robot arena competition at this summit, we will get the most attention, which is the effect we want."

Taking a deep breath, Zhu Wei tried to calm himself down and slowly said:

"So we prepared a lot for this competition, and other robotics companies also know their own limitations."

"Because they are all afraid of Liu Wen's robot, they will deliberately avoid it when arranging the competition."

"Because everyone knows that if you make a fool of yourself at such a high-level robotics summit, it will be a huge blow to the company's reputation. No one dares to gamble their company's reputation on this robotics competition."

"Therefore, there are relatively few companies that have signed up. In fact, the manufacturers in the other robot competitions are all small, unknown companies."

"Their robots are like toys. They're only there to make our company's robots look more impressive."

"So, we finally executed our plan in the game, we won the game, and we got all the attention."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Wei looked dejected: "But I never expected that Liu Wen would suddenly die of poisoning when everything was going well."

“We originally planned to work together on more projects, and I would help him get out of his current company. This was something we had agreed on before.”

"I don't know why? Why things turned out this way."

In the end, Zhu Wei could only sigh repeatedly.

Gu Chen also reminded him, "Does your company have any cash transactions with Liu Wen?"

"Yes." Zhu Wei nodded silently, and said without further ado:
"Because Liu Wen helped us, we transferred some money to his account as a reward for his help," Zhu Wei said.

"Can I see that account number?" Gu Chen asked.

“Of course you can, but this isn’t Liu Wen’s account; it’s his wife’s,” Zhu Wei said.

"So, it's Xiao Lili's account?" Lu Weiwei confirmed.

Zhu Wei nodded silently: "Yes, because there would be many problems if the money were transferred directly to Liu Wen's account."

"So, as Liu Wen requested, we transferred the money to his wife Xiao Lili's account."

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