I am a super cop

Chapter 2999 The Biggest Winner

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Lili told Gu Chen the details: "I remember they went to a restaurant for dinner, about a month ago, right?"

"After we got back, my husband didn't seem to be in a good mood. Of course, I didn't want to ask too much, since he already had a lot of worries."

"But there's one thing: one night my husband suddenly asked me, 'If he leaves me one day, can I really live a good life?'"

"What do you mean?" Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha were also confused when they heard this.

Xiao Lili also said helplessly, "I don't know what it means either, it just feels inexplicable."

“I didn’t know what he was thinking before, but now it seems like my husband knew all along that he might leave one day. Oh dear, I really don’t know if there’s any connection between these two things?”

It seems that the police's questioning has also begun to make Xiao Lili feel confused.

Gu Chen quickly reassured him, "Don't worry, we'll investigate this thoroughly."

"Officer Gu, please, you must find out who killed my husband. I really don't know what to do now."

"A perfectly healthy person just died like that. I don't know how I'm going to live from now on, sob sob."

In the end, Xiao Lili also started to cry.

Gu Chen was well aware that Xiao Lili was somewhat afraid. Liu Wen's sudden death, coupled with the fact that she had been poisoned, made Xiao Lili instinctively feel scared.

Moreover, now that Liu Wen is dead, Xiao Lili is also worried about whether she will be able to get the money she was owed.

One million of that came from Zhu Wei's company.

Of course, there are other companies as well. Gu Chen asked Xiao Lili about this, but Xiao Lili did not give a direct answer.

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After ending the call with Xiao Lili, Gu Chen also received a call from He Junchao, who informed him of the specific booth of YunChuang Technology.

Afterwards, Gu Chen, along with Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha, began searching the venue.

Before long, everyone was drawn to the X-shaped banner design at the entrance of one of the booths.

The logo is a fire-fighting robot, and the booth's name is YunChuang Technology.

Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, and Yuan Shasha exchanged a glance and then immediately headed towards the booth.

At this very moment, the staff at the booth are still introducing the products to customers.

Gu Chen glanced at the scene. The company didn't have any actual products, but instead had some robot models displayed inside the booth.

On the walls of the booth, screens would display promotional videos of the company's products.

"Who is General Manager Gao here?" Gu Chen asked as he walked over.

A young man in a suit quickly stood up.

Lu Weiwei asked, "Are you General Manager Gao?"

"No, no, I'm not Mr. Gao, I'm his assistant. Our Mr. Gao isn't here," the young man said.

"Where is he now?" Lu Weiwei asked.

"He's probably resting at the hotel. Mr. Gao has been receiving a lot of clients these past few days and is a bit tired. He specifically told us today that he might not be coming," a young woman quickly explained.

“We need to find him now. Can any of you take us there?” Yuan Shasha asked.

"This one……"

The group exchanged bewildered glances. Then, the young man pulled out his phone and explained to them, "Which organization are you from?"

Lu Weiwei showed her police ID.

Upon seeing this, the young man quickly nodded and said, "Okay, just a moment, I'll call Mr. Gao."

Shortly after, the young man made a phone call and walked to the side to speak quietly with General Manager Gao.

After a moment, the young man hung up the phone and said slowly:

“Our General Manager Gao said he’s waiting for you on the first floor of the Huarui Hotel. You can go there to find him if you need anything. He also works there normally.”

Upon hearing what the young man said, Yuan Shasha reminded Gu Chen, "Senior Brother Gu, the Huarui Hotel is nearby."

"I know." Gu Chen nodded silently, and then said without further ado, "Give me your boss Gao's phone number."

"No problem." The young man didn't dare to be negligent at this moment and quickly took out a business card from the table and handed it to Gu Chen.

Gu Chen glanced at Gao Feng's name, then left with Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha.

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Stepping out of the summit venue, just across the street is the Huarui Hotel, and on the first floor is a very spacious lobby.

There are many seats inside for drinking tea.

Gu Chen and his group entered the Huarui Hotel and found that there weren't many people drinking tea there at the moment, but one person was sitting in a corner with some documents on the table.

After exchanging a glance with Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha, Gu Chen immediately walked over.

At that moment, the tall, thin middle-aged man also seemed to hear footsteps approaching.

He put down the credentials in his hand, turned to look at Gu Chen and the others to the side, and quickly stood up to ask, "Who are you?"

Gu Chen showed his police ID and said, "Your colleague just called you."

"Oh, so it's you? Please have a seat." Gao Feng, knowing the identities of Gu Chen and the others, seemed to become exceptionally polite and immediately asked everyone to sit down.

Gao Feng then quickly followed up by asking Gu Chen, "I wonder what business you have with me?"

"You and Liu Wen have a good relationship?" Gu Chen didn't mince words and asked directly.

Gao Feng paused for a moment, then slowly said, "Liu Wen and I? Well, we're friends."

"There can't be anything more than just ordinary friends between you two, can there?" Lu Weiwei asked in return.

Gao Feng smiled slightly and said slowly, "We... can only be considered ordinary friends. After all, our relationship isn't that deep yet."

"So you spent 20 yuan just to meet him?" Gu Chen asked Gao Feng in return.

Gao Feng paused for a moment, seemingly somewhat surprised.

He hadn't expected that the police had investigated him before, so he quickly asked Gu Chen, "How did you know?" "We were able to find you, so you should understand that it's important to cooperate with our police investigation. Liu Wen is now dead, and we are investigating the cause of Liu Wen's death based on clues."

“We need to investigate anyone who has been in contact with him, especially since you and Liu Wen are from different companies in the same industry.”

"But you've met him privately, and you even paid to meet him. I'm curious, is Liu Wen worth 20 yuan to meet him?"

"And 20 is not a small amount. Is there some kind of deal between you two?"

Gu Chen has already made his point very clear: there must be money involved between the two of you, so there must be some kind of transaction.

After all, spending 20 yuan to meet the other party seems absurd, but in the industry of artificial intelligence robots.

This 20 yuan is not just a meeting fee, but also an endorsement.

Seeing Gu Chen say this, Gao Feng smiled slightly and said slowly, "Actually, I don't want to spend this 20 either, but in order to meet Liu Wen, I think I should just consider this 20 as making friends with him."

"Did Liu Wen ask for 20 yuan on his own initiative?" Yuan Shasha asked curiously.

Gao Feng nodded silently and said without further ado, "That's right, it was Liu Wen who brought it up, because Liu Wen... seems to be short of money."

"How so?" Lu Weiwei asked.

“It’s very simple.” Gao Feng pushed the documents aside, leaned back in his chair, and explained with his hands outstretched:
"Liu Wen says this to everyone: 20 yuan for a single meeting, that's the threshold."

"However, many companies felt that Liu Wen looked down on them and deliberately set up a threshold for them."

"But only I know that Liu Wen was really short of money at this time. On the surface, he offered 20 yuan for a meeting, which seemed a bit domineering."

"But in reality, 20 yuan can get you a meeting with this tech guru and ask him some technical questions, which is itself a kind of equivalent exchange."

"Moreover, I think it's well worth it to be able to become friends with him for 20 yuan."

"So you seized the opportunity?" Gu Chen asked.

“Yes, to be precise, I guessed correctly. I knew Liu Wen’s current financial situation was very tight,” Gao Feng said.

Gu Chen leaned back in his chair and continued, "How did you figure that out?"

"I've heard some rumors about Liu Wen and his company. Liu Wen's research project needs funding, but his boss doesn't have the resources to keep pouring money into it."

"Moreover, their big boss never intended to develop any robot products from the beginning; he simply operated the company as a financial product."

With a sigh, Gao Feng couldn't help but lament, "So Liu Wen is destined to waste his time and energy at his company."

"And I learned from rumors that his relationship with the big boss had reached a very tense point."

“That is usually the best time for him to leave. We don’t want to miss out on a talent like Liu Wen. This is our opportunity.”

"So when Liu Wen said it would cost 20 yuan to meet him, I readily agreed."

"What was Liu Wen's reaction?" Yuan Shasha asked.

"Hehe." Gao Feng chuckled twice and slowly said, "I could tell Liu Wen was embarrassed the moment he said those words."

“I said 200,000 was no problem. It was worth it to make friends with Liu Wen. I immediately asked for Liu Wen’s bank account number and readily had the finance department transfer the money.”

"Liu Wen was very surprised at the time because he thought I would refuse like others, or be very conflicted, but I was very straightforward, which far exceeded Liu Wen's expectations."

With a soft sigh, Gao Feng slowly said, "So from then on, we became friends."

"You spent 20 yuan to meet with Liu Wen, probably to find out some technical questions, right?" Gu Chen asked.

"Hehe." Gao Feng chuckled dryly and shook his head.

"No? Then what are you after?" Gu Chen asked curiously.

Gao Feng calmly replied, "Of course, businessmen need to discuss the exchange of benefits, but making friends with a top-notch tech expert is a win in itself."

"So? What did you talk about when you first met?" Lu Weiwei was also very curious.

But Gao Feng said unhurriedly, "When we first met, we just had a casual meal, chatted about all sorts of things, from funny stories from our school days to trivial matters in life, but we didn't talk about work at all."

"You're not talking about work? Then you've wasted your 20 yuan?" Lu Weiwei asked, also very curious.

But Gu Chen seemed to understand Gao Feng's intention and slowly said, "Actually, you used 20 to make friends with Liu Wen, so you don't need to talk about money when you meet in the future."

"Yes." Seeing that Gu Chen had hit the nail on the head, Gao Feng nodded silently and said without further ado:

"Since it was our first meeting and we didn't know each other well, this 20 yuan was a stepping stone."

"But the first time I didn't talk to him about work, I only talked about trivial things between friends, because I didn't want Liu Wen to think that I was eager for quick success."

"If we can become friends with Liu Wen, we can talk about anything, and at any time, not necessarily at the first dinner."

"So that's how it is?" Upon hearing Gao Feng's explanation, Lu Weiwei was genuinely impressed and couldn't help but exclaim:
"You businessmen are really good at shrewd calculations, but I'd like to know if you have any plans for further cooperation?"

"It hasn't started yet." Gao Feng picked up his teacup, took a sip of tea, and put it down, remarking with a sigh:
"We hadn't even discussed any technical matters when Liu Wen died, which surprised me greatly."

"So your money went down the drain?" Lu Weiwei said.

Gao Feng nodded silently: "You could say that, my money went down the drain."

“We originally wanted Liu Wen to join our company, after all, we, as insiders, know about Liu Wen’s technical skills.”

"And I've also noticed that some companies are already in contact with Liu Wen, such as..."

Gao Feng paused suddenly halfway through his sentence.

Seeing this, Lu Weiwei frowned slightly and continued to ask him, "For example, what?"

"For example, the company that competed against Liu Wen in the robot challenge at the summit had actually been in contact with Liu Wen before, and they had a good relationship."

"You mean Zhu Wei?" Gu Chen asked.

"Yes, it's Zhu Wei." Seeing that Gu Chen knew Zhu Wei, Gao Feng simply explained:
"As far as I know, Zhu Wei and Liu Wen have a good relationship, and this competition was actually a charade between the two of them on stage."

"What do you mean?" Although Gu Chen already knew that there was some kind of exchange of interests between Zhu Wei and Liu Wen, he still wanted to hear Gao Feng's opinion.

Gao Feng calmly replied, "It's a very simple principle. There's actually an exchange of interests between Liu Wen and Zhu Wei."

"In other words, their competition was just for show."

"Just putting on a show? You mean they're using robots to throw fights?" Gu Chen asked knowingly.

Gao Feng smiled faintly and quickly explained, "Yes, it's a fixed fight. I actually knew that a long time ago, but I didn't expect their ring match to have such a big impact."

"And after this competition, Zhu Wei's company actually became a star enterprise, making him the biggest winner of this summit."

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