Hidden moth

Chapter 90 Silently Sitting Down and Sneaking into the Night

That door is not cheap. If we can find the original purchase invoice or a reference to similar products in the market, the amount would be enough to constitute the crime of destroying public or private property.

The police arrived and the property management also showed up at the scene. After some investigation and evidence collection, they did not solve the case on the spot.

The two guys were wearing property maintenance uniforms and drove a closed van into the community. They wore masks when committing the crime, left quickly after finishing their work, went straight to the suburbs, and disappeared in the blind spot of the surveillance. They were obviously veterans at doing evil things.

As for the license plate, it was found to be forged after investigation.

If the police put the same effort into investigating homicides, it would probably not be difficult to solve the case. However, it is impossible to devote so much energy to solving this kind of public security case where there is no personal injury and the amount involved is not large.

He Kao couldn't accept his bad luck, so he went to the property management to settle the score. He had a quarrel with the property management, and as a result, the property management fee for that year was waived.

The commotion was so loud that not only the neighbors in the building but also the entire community heard about it. He Kao simply replaced the gate with a new one and kept the invoice as evidence of the amount involved.

Gu Ziyuan must have heard about these things as well. Imagining He Kao's helpless and furious look, he must be secretly happy. So let him be happy.

The investigation into Gu Yunteng has finally officially ended. The investigation team still exists in name, but the relevant personnel have returned to their respective positions in their original units, which is essentially equivalent to being disbanded.

He Kao did not hear this news from Yao Shaolan, but was told by Gao Xue'e.

Gao Xue'e had also been keeping a close eye on the situation at Bada Group and Gu Yunteng. With Gu Yunteng under investigation, a lot of gossip had been circulating, and it wasn't ruled out that it was deliberately spread by someone.

Gao Xue'e had also read the document. In her opinion, if it was all true, three executions would have been enough twenty years ago, but she also did not think that the Qiyuan side would take down Gu Yunteng based on this.

Yao Shaolan believes that the evidence is insufficient, while Gao Xue'e believes that the impact is too great.

Bada Group is the largest real estate company in Qiyuan. Its business scope has expanded to the whole country, but its main base is still in Qiyuan.

According to the available financial statements, its total assets are 800 billion yuan, total liabilities are over 700 billion yuan, and its net assets are close to 100 billion yuan. Its financial situation seems to be relatively healthy, but who knows how many landmines are buried there?
In particular, contingent liabilities, joint guarantees, inventory impairment, etc. may not be reflected in the existing financial statements.

Its assets mainly include real estate, land reserves, projects under construction, goodwill, etc., but its liabilities are real cash, mainly loans from major local financial institutions, as well as unpaid material and project fees.

Bada Group also issued a large number of commercial bills and issued a number of financial products through private placement and other means. As long as the cash flow can be maintained, there will be no problems on the surface. However, once liquidation occurs, the trouble will be very serious.

With a total debt of 700 billion yuan, and various hidden debts included, the total debt could be close to 1 trillion yuan, so Qiyuan dared not act rashly. If the Bada Group collapsed, the impact on all parties would be too great.

The real estate market has been very sluggish in recent years, but Bada Group still acquired land and started construction in Qiyuan, making a significant contribution to local finances and GDP indicators.

At least in Qiyuan, the Bada Group is considered "too big to fail" in the eyes of some people, so Gu Yunteng has become a piece of porcelain that cannot be touched easily.

This time, the reporting materials were finally transferred to Qiyuan for processing, which meant that Gu Yunteng would finally pass the test.

That night, in his private office on the top floor of Yunteng Building, Gu Yunteng stood with his hands behind his back in front of the French window, gazing out at the night view of Qiyuan City. He didn't turn on the lights, and there was no one else on the entire floor.

He didn't know when it started, but he seemed to enjoy this feeling, as if he was the king and had everything under control.

The Bada Group was originally founded to help him practice the art of Qigong, but later on, it seemed that his identity as a Qigong master was more helpful to his business.

As a result, his magic skills have not advanced since then. For many years, he has been a second-level broker, but his business has grown. In the Qiyuan area, he has long been a major figure.

Is that putting the cart before the horse? He doesn't think so! As for those who privately hold such views, it's simply because they can't achieve what he has.

There are so many people in the sect whose lifetime achievements are only at the second level, but who can compare to him, Gu Yunteng? Even if his cultivation is higher, what difference does it make? For example, people like Qian Guran have to come to him for help when they need help...

This time he was able to escape from the investigation safely. Outsiders seemed to think that he had escaped danger, but in fact, he had already known it in his heart and knew that the investigation team would not touch him and could not touch him.

Even the sect's Dharma Hall did not do anything to him this time. I heard that the geomancer Gu Chun also left Qiyuan today.

This made him feel more accomplished.

He has not been back to this office for more than a week. A week ago, he attempted to go to Honggang Special Economic Zone and then go abroad in the name of attending a business forum, but was restricted from leaving the country.

Many people in the group were panicking at the time, but he remained calm. It was simply because of the document, which he had already seen and was fully confident that nothing could happen to him.

Of course, he would not admit that he tried to go overseas just to avoid the limelight. Now that everything is over, it once again proves his strong control ability and important position. He comes back here to enjoy the feeling again.

At this moment, the faint and noisy buzzing sound in the environment disappeared, and it became exceptionally quiet.

Gu Yunteng realized—there was a power outage! How could there be a power outage in Tengyun Building? He felt it more carefully and it seemed that the power outage wasn't affecting the entire building, but only the 36th floor where he was.

Although he didn't turn on the lights, there were still many devices on the entire floor that were connected to the power supply, which would emit some faint background noise. Ordinary people might not notice it, but a second-level warlock could detect it.

He had already noticed something was wrong and turned around. He saw someone sitting on the sofa opposite the desk.

"Don't touch your phone or make any movements that might mislead me. I know there's no surveillance here, so we can have a good chat."

The mysterious visitor's words stopped Gu Yunteng from reaching for his phone. Although the lights were off, the nighttime light pollution in modern metropolises was severe. With the help of the light coming in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, Gu Yunteng could still make out the other person's outline.

The person who came should be a young man. There was a gun on the coffee table next to him. The cold metal texture showed that it was a real gun.

"There is no intention to kill. He took the gun just to demonstrate, or to give himself courage..." Gu Yunteng quickly made an assessment in his mind and tried his best to calm himself down.

He didn't walk towards the desk, nor did he make any movements that might cause the other party to misunderstand. Instead, he slowly walked to the sofa on the side and sat down, then said, "What's the exam?"

If it was a kidnapping, exposing the other party's identity right away would be very risky, but Gu Yunteng had his reasons for doing so. If the other party was an ordinary person, as a second-level sorcerer, he was already close enough to make the other party unable to raise their gun.

He Kao: "Oh, do you know me? This is the first time we meet!"

Gu Yunteng: "You've become quite famous in Qiyuan recently. How could I not have heard of you? Your father and I were good friends back then, so I've been following your progress closely. It's not surprising that I recognized you when we met."

He Kao: "You actually said that you were good friends with my father? How come I didn't know that he had a friend like you for all these years?"

Gu Yunteng: "You were still young at that time, so it's normal that you didn't hear about it or don't remember it, but I worked with your father many times back then. You should have recently obtained Mr. Zhou Du's belongings. That house was the one I gave him."

He Kao: "Are they really that close? He died in the detention center, and his family didn't even know about this house for twenty years. Did you forget to notify your friend's family?"

He Kao didn't want to believe a single word Gu Yunteng said. But he was also a little surprised by Gu Yunteng's calmness. In such an emergency, Gu Yunteng's reaction was really fast, and he lied without hesitation.

Since Gu Yunteng wanted to talk, He Kao didn't mind chatting with him for a few more words. He also wanted to find out what had happened to his father back then. Although he had already had a guess in his mind, it could only be confirmed by Gu Yunteng.

Gu Yunteng sighed. "What happened back then was very complicated, and it involved some of my personal privacy. You should have seen it all. The property title deed was placed together with a document. I absolutely did not want anyone to find that document, not even a clue."

He Kao: "What's with that information? My father is your good friend, so why would he collect dirt on you?"

Gu Yunteng shook his head and said, "That wasn't collected by him... Have you heard of Jia Laoliu?"

He Kao said nothing and waited quietly for him to continue.

Gu Yunteng could only ask himself and answer, "More than 20 years ago, Jia Laoliu was a well-known figure in Qiyuan, a famous gangster boss. He wanted to whitewash himself and started to get involved in real estate.

At the time, he and I had our eyes on the same piece of land, so he secretly collected some negative information about me and used it to threaten me. He said he had put the information in a bank safe deposit box and would make it public if I won the bid.

He Kao interrupted, "Who got that piece of land?"

Gu Yunteng: "He got it at the time; I didn't even bid. But he never developed it. Not long after, he ran into the anti-gangster campaign, and people had long wanted to deal with him, the gang leader.

He fled overseas and reportedly died in the Black Wasteland Continent a few years later… Later, that piece of land was put up for auction again, and it was still developed by our Bada Group.”

He Kao: "Where is that document? How did it appear among my father's belongings?"

Gu Yunteng: "That was before Jia Laoliu ran away. Although I didn't fight for that piece of land, that document is always a hidden danger. So I discussed with your father and first confirmed whether there was that document and then confirmed its content.

I don't know exactly how your father did it. It seems he failed and was taken away by the police, but he still managed to send me a message from the detention center.

The document did exist, but he had already taken it out and put it in another safe deposit box. He also rented a safe deposit box at the same bank, and in that safe deposit box was the property deed I gave him.

He Kao: "For something like this, why don't you discuss it with a small boss who runs a decoration company?"

Gu Yunteng: "Son, you should know your father's identity by now."

He Kao finally asked the key question: "So twenty years ago, you already knew he was Yin Moth?"

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(End of this chapter)