I am a super cop

Chapter 2998 Multi-line Cooperation
Gu Chen was now very eager to know whether the money had ultimately been deposited into Xiao Lili's account, so he asked Zhu Wei to investigate immediately.

"Zhu Wei, call your company's finance department now and get that account back for me," Gu Chen said.

"No problem." Seeing that Gu Chen had said so, Zhu Wei saw no need to hide anything, so he quickly took out his phone and started dialing his company's finance department.

Shortly after, the call was connected. Zhu Wei communicated with the person on the other end of the line for a while before taking out paper and pen to write down the account number.

Zhu Wei then hung up the phone and handed Gu Chen a piece of paper with the account number written on it: "This is it. We transferred 100 million to him in the early stages."

"100 million? Just for the initial stage? What did you agree on?" Gu Chen asked, very curious.

Zhu Wei then slowly said, "The amount we discussed was 200 million. We split it into two payments. The first was before the competition, when we gave him a 50 deposit. The second 50 was given to him after the competition."

"We will pay the remaining 100 million within a month as payment for his cooperation in promoting our products."

"It's worth the 200 million yuan to make your product stand out at the entire AI Robotics Summit. It might even attract bigger investments," Yuan Shasha said.

"Yes." Upon hearing Yuan Shasha's explanation, Zhu Wei nodded silently and said without further ado:
"At first, we didn't think about how this kind of double act would help us, or whether it would even be effective."

"But later we found that the effect was surprisingly good after the competition."

"Because of our excellent teamwork, we were able to witness a thrilling robot competition where the underdog triumphed over the strong, which gave our company's products a lot of exposure quickly."

"This is much more effective than spending more money on advertising."

When he said this, Zhu Wei could not hide his excitement.

But after regaining his composure, Zhu Wei tried his best to control his emotions and slowly said, "We are grateful for the help Liu Wen brought to this summit, and we also feel sorry for Liu Wen's passing."

Zhu Wei confessed a lot, revealing almost every aspect of the relationship between his company and Liu Wen.

Gu Chen then asked He Junchao to investigate the account provided by Zhu Wei.

Based on the transfer records provided by Zhu Wei, the specific destination of the funds was clarified, which was that they were directly transferred into Xiao Lili's account.

Gu Chen then told Zhu Wei to go back first, but not to leave Jiangnan City immediately, and to cooperate with the police investigation at any time.

At that moment, Gu Chen dialed Liu Wen's wife Xiao Lili's mobile phone number again.

Shortly after, the call connected, and Xiao Lili on the other end quickly asked, "Officer Gu, is there any new lead?"

"Don't rush." ​​Gu Chen paused, then continued, "Xiao Lili, where are you now?"

“I’m in my hotel room, what’s wrong?” Xiao Lili asked.

So Gu Chen quickly asked again, "Are you aware that your husband, Liu Wen, wants to leave his current company?"

“I know, he’s not happy at this company,” Xiao Lili said on the other end of the phone.

Gu Chen then asked, "So you know that he and other companies discussed and arranged a robot competition at the AI ​​Robotics Summit?"

"I know," Xiao Lili replied without any apparent intention of hiding it.

Gu Chen was taken aback: "You know?"

“Yes, my husband told me that you can make money by playing an exhibition match.”

"But Liu Wen is using robots to throw fights," Gu Chen also reminded him.

But Xiao Lili on the other end of the phone seemed unconvinced, and slowly said:
“This is not a fixed fight, it is just an exhibition match. Other companies need to promote their robots, so my husband operated the robot and cooperated with other companies to put on an exhibition match.”

Hearing Xiao Lili's explanation, Gu Chen was speechless.

After all, she romanticized the fake fight as an exhibition match.

However, this match only involved publicity for both sides and did not involve gambling, so Gu Chen did not ask any further questions, but he did mention the reward.

"Did you receive a remittance from that company before this robot competition?" Gu Chen asked.

"Yes."

"How much?" Gu Chen asked.

“50 yuan. I received 50 yuan before the competition,” Xiao Lili said.

"And then what? How much did you receive after the competition?" Gu Chen asked again.

“50, that’s also 50.” The number Xiao Lili gave was exactly the same.

Gu Chen hesitated for a moment, but still pressed on, "How much did they promise to give?"

"The remaining 1 million will be paid within a month, as this is what the other party promised. It's a reward for cooperating with their company's product promotion, equivalent to an advertising fee."

"But by doing this, you've put Liu Wen's company in the spotlight, and the losses to the company will be immeasurable," Gu Chen reminded him.

But Xiao Lili on the other end of the phone chuckled and said slowly, "What's so good about that company? They made it sound so good at the beginning, and they tricked my husband into becoming a co-founder."

“They asked my husband to do the development and make artificial intelligence products, but later they refused to provide the research and development funds they had promised.”

"We are constantly facing bottlenecks in R&D investment. My husband has no financial support, and he is really suffering in the research process."

At this point, Xiao Lili on the other end of the phone said indignantly, "I have never seen such a shameless guy."

"You mean Liu Wen's business partner, the big boss of that company?" Gu Chen asked.

"Who else could it be besides him?" Xiao Lili seemed to still harbor resentment, and said irritably.

“I told my husband long ago that this person was unreliable, but my husband felt like he was under some kind of spell cast by that guy surnamed Wang, and he kept thinking that the other person would help him achieve his dreams.”

"But the result was that my husband was deeply tied to that company and had no way to pursue his own dreams."

With a heavy sigh, Xiao Lili choked up as she said on the phone, "Over the years, my husband and I haven't had a happy life."

"Ultimately, it's a matter of money. My husband invested his technology, but due to a shortage of development funds, he couldn't even pay his salary. And the investment was always controlled by someone surnamed Wang."

"It can be said that my husband has been working for his big boss for free all these years, and he is also subject to all kinds of interference from the big boss."

"Over the years, my husband has grown tired and has long since seen through the true colors of that big boss."

"So he thought he might as well take advantage of this robotics summit to help his friend out and promote his product."

"So we came up with the idea of ​​a tournament and agreed on the final reward, which is 200 million." "Then you still haven't received 100 million, right?" Gu Chen asked.

"Yes, but that person was my husband's friend. Now that my husband is gone, I'm afraid they won't acknowledge it."

At this point, Gu Chen realized that from the beginning, Xiao Lili seemed not to care about her husband's life or death at all; she only cared about whether the remaining 100 million yuan could be deposited into the account.

All that was said before seemed to be for the sake of 100 million, and according to the information provided by Zhu Wei, Gu Chen knew that there was a conflict between Liu Wen and Xiao Lili.

The couple's married life was not ideal, which escalated their conflicts and led Xiao Lili to ask Liu Wen to earn extra money.

But what good is knowing Xiao Lili's true intentions? Liu Wen's death must be investigated, and the murderer must be found.

Gu Chen sighed and slowly said, "Ms. Xiao Lili, your husband was poisoned, but based on our current investigation, it seems that none of the people around your husband had a motive to kill him."

"I don't know what happened either?" Xiao Lili on the other end of the phone said slowly after hearing Gu Chen's words.

"My husband was perfectly fine, but suddenly he's gone. I don't know what to do. Waaah..."

On the other end of the phone, Xiao Lili was still crying.

Meanwhile, Gu Chen looked helplessly at Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha beside him.

Lu Weiwei asked curiously, "Junior Brother Gu, does Liu Wen only cooperate with Zhu Wei's company? Could it be..."

“That makes sense.” As soon as Lu Weiwei said that, Gu Chen immediately understood.

Thinking that Xiao Lili's appetite might not be limited to 200 million, perhaps she has other companies to cooperate with.

So Gu Chen quickly asked Xiao Lili, "Ms. Xiao Lili, did your husband only cooperate with this robot competition company before? Could there be other companies he's been in contact with as well?"

"Uh, this..."

Hearing this, Xiao Lili on the other end of the phone seemed to be stunned as well.

So Gu Chen quickly added, "Don't rush, think about it slowly."

"It seems that several companies want to cooperate with my husband because he no longer wants to stay at his current company."

"My husband came to the robotics summit this time because he wanted to find an opportunity to meet with executives from these companies in the same industry."

"Has he been in contact with executives from these companies in the same industry before?" Gu Chen asked.

"Yes, I do." After thinking for a while, Xiao Lili finally said slowly.

Upon hearing this, Gu Chen quickly pressed, "Could you please elaborate on the specifics?"

"Okay." After a brief silence on the other end of the phone, Xiao Lili slowly said:

"About a month ago, my husband Liu Wen and I had a big fight because of the company's development."

"Because for so many years, my husband has been putting in so much effort, but he has never made any money, but he has never starved either."

"It feels like I was tricked by that big boss and trapped in a kind of captive situation."

"So I had a huge fight with my husband and we argued about getting a divorce because I didn't want to live like this anymore."

With a heavy sigh, Xiao Lili continued:
"Later, after that argument, my husband seemed to have come to a realization that one shouldn't put all their eggs in one basket, so he decided to make more contact with these senior executives in the same industry."

"Because many senior executives in the industry wanted to get to know my husband, after all, his technical development capabilities are there for all to see, and he also has a certain reputation in the industry."

“If my husband wanted to leave, many companies would want to cooperate with him, but my husband hopes to cooperate with a strong company.”

"Of course, this kind of cooperation can't be like this company now, refusing to make empty promises."

"So my husband also kept looking into it, and finally decided on a few large companies with good growth potential."

"Is this the company that makes robot arena matches?" Gu Chen asked.

"Yes, this company is one of them, and one of their executives is a long-time friend of my husband, so we have a relationship of trust with each other."

"But my husband isn't someone who can be easily poached. After all, he's been burned before, so he'll be quite cautious. He needs to do a lot of research before he can finally decide which company to go to."

"Besides that company that gave you 200 million, have you received any money from other companies?" Lu Weiwei asked into the phone after hearing this.

But Xiao Lili on the other end of the phone suddenly stopped the call. After a long while, she slowly said:

"Yes, there are some, but we haven't had any direct cooperation yet. However, one company directly gave my husband 20 yuan as a meeting fee."

"What does that company do? Are they attending this robotics summit?" Yuan Shasha asked into the phone.

Xiao Lili on the other end of the phone thought for a moment before slowly saying:

"Yes, I remember that company also makes robots, yes, they make firefighting robots."

"I think I'll come to this exhibition too, since most people in the industry will be here."

"What's the name of that company? Who was the executive your husband was in contact with?" Gu Chen continued to press.

Xiao Lili then slowly said, "That company seems to be called Chuangyun Technology. They mainly make fire-fighting robots. The executive who contacted my husband was the one who met with him once and gave him 20 yuan..."

"Um, what's her name?" Seeing that Xiao Lili stopped mid-sentence, Gu Chen quickly followed up with the question.

"I don't quite remember his name, but I do remember that his surname was Gao."

"Surname Gao?" Gu Chen frowned.

"Yes, his surname should be Gao. One night, I overheard that person making a phone call to my husband to discuss a robot collaboration."

“At that time, I heard my husband call him General Manager Gao, so his surname must be Gao.”

"Chuangyun Technology? Mr. Gao?" Hearing this, Gu Chen turned to look at Lu Weiwei and reminded her:
"Senior Sister Lu, could you ask Senior Brother He to help me find out where Chuangyun Technology's booth is at this year's Robotics Summit?"

"No problem, I'll go ask right away." Upon hearing Gu Chen's words, Lu Weiwei immediately took out her phone and began contacting He Junchao.

Meanwhile, Gu Chen continued to press Xiao Lili: "Do you know if this CEO of Chuangyun Technology has met with your husband privately?"

"Yes." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Xiao Lili gave an affirmative reply from the other end of the phone.

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