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Chapter 172 Professional extortion and fraud

Liu Xing checked "The Man of Variety of Shadows" carefully again, and this novel is indeed a one-star novel.

According to the score, at least 1.5 points can be achieved.
Li Xingchen only gave 0.2 points.

Li Xingchen has been a book appraiser for nearly 20 years, and has identified tens of thousands of novels. With his experience, it is impossible to make such a low-level mistake.

The only explanation can only be that Li Xingchen deliberately gave "The Ever-changing Shadowman" a low score.

However, Liu Xing did not intend to expose Li Xingchen right away, because this kind of matter is difficult to determine, as long as Li Xingchen prevaricates that he was negligent, Liu Xing will have nothing to do with him.

More importantly, if Liu Xing exposes Li Xingchen's cheating behavior, it will have a negative impact on the "Shadow Man Cup" essay contest.

The essay contest has only just begun, and if there is a serious problem of fraud in the jury now, it will easily make the writers who are preparing to participate lose confidence in the fairness of the contest.

Considering the overall situation, Liu Xing decided to deal with Li Xingchen's problem in a more subtle way.

……

In the next month, Liu Xing didn't say a word about this matter, just pretending that nothing happened.

He spends most of his time reading "Sentimental Swordsman Ruthless Sword". Occasionally, when he is free, he goes to the office to chat with the jury to learn about the progress of the essay contest.

In the evening, Liu Xing went to the underground library of the book bar to test the waste manuscripts eliminated by the jury.

The review work of the jury is generally quite good, with an error rate of less than 0.02%, and almost no qualified entries are missed.

The only exception is Li Xingchen.

After giving "The Variety of Shadows" a low score, Li Xingchen didn't stop there. In just one month, he gave nine other good-quality novels a low score.These nine novels were originally eligible to enter the second round of the competition, but they were rejected because of Li Xingchen's interference.

The reason why Li Xingchen dared to be so unscrupulous was mainly because he thought that his actions would not be discovered.

So far, the number of entries has reached more than 90000, and the works that can be shortlisted for the second round of the competition are already one in a hundred, and most of the works will be eliminated in the first round.

No one has the ability to review such a large number of eliminated works.

Therefore, Li Xingchen threw 10 masterpieces among more than 90000 waste manuscripts, and almost no one could notice.

From an ordinary person's point of view, Li Xingchen's thinking is indeed correct.

It's just that he didn't expect that Liu Xing would have a pair of book eyes!
It only takes five seconds for him to detect the information of a novel.
After observing for a month, Liu Xing was basically sure that there was something wrong with Li Xingchen, and had some evidence.

Liu Xing felt it was time to teach Li Xingchen a lesson.

……

Late at night, Fiction Street.

Li Xingchen was walking alone on the street. He had just finished today's audit work and was about to go home.

When they reached No. 12 Street of Fiction Street, suddenly, several men in black came out of the alleyway, grabbed Li Xingchen directly, and dragged him into the dark alleyway.

"What are you doing?" After being dragged into the alley, Li Xingchen found himself surrounded by five men in black.

Among the five men in black, there was one wearing sunglasses, which was Black Eagle.

"Li Xingchen, you are awesome!" Hei Ying said jokingly, "As a judge of the essay contest, you can give high marks to the entries if you want, and low marks if you want to, you really are very courageous! "

Hearing this, Li Xingchen's face suddenly changed: "I don't know what you are talking about."

Hei Ying smiled and said: "I thought you were very kind, but it seems that I overestimated you, and dare not admit it. I have already investigated, and during the month you have been a judge, you have intentionally given a total of 10 entries to the competition." The works scored low and eliminated them. Among them, "The Ever-changing Shadowman", "The Shadowman and the White Rose", "The Shadowman in the Night", "The Guardian of the Night" and so on, I didn't wrong you, did I?"

Li Xingchen's chest trembled, and he felt guilty immediately, his breathing became rapid, and his feet even felt a little weak.He couldn't figure out why the group of men in black in front of him knew these things.

Hei Ying said again: "Li Xingchen, if I write an anonymous letter to the jury of the essay contest to expose your cheating behavior, what do you think will happen?"

Li Xingchen panicked all of a sudden.

If this matter is exposed, he may be arrested by the police, and he may have to bear certain legal responsibilities at that time, because it has already involved fraud.

At the same time, Li Xingchen's "Book Appraiser Qualification Certificate" will be revoked.

It is very difficult to become a book appraiser, and you need to study for at least ten years.If the "Book Appraiser Qualification Certificate" is revoked, Li Xingchen's previous efforts will be in vain, and it will be impossible to gain a foothold in the novel world in the future.

"You...what exactly do you want?" Li Xingchen asked with trepidation.

"Don't worry, we won't kill them all. We just want to ask for some money to spend." Black Eagle said, "2000 million! As long as you give us 2000 million, I don't know anything. You can continue to be your judge. "

"2000 million?" Li Xingchen's eyes were fixed, and he said weakly, "I don't have that much money. Brother, can you make it cheaper..."

"2000 million is already very cheap." Hei Ying said, "Don't you have a big brother named Li Ming? Li Ming is the chairman of Liming Book City, and his net worth should exceed 2000 million, right? It shouldn't be a problem to take out [-] million."

Li Xingchen tremblingly said: "It's all my brother's money, not mine..."

"You can do it yourself. If I don't receive the money tomorrow night, I will bear the consequences."

After a few more threats, Hei Ying and the other five men in black turned around and left.

After staying in the alley for a while, Li Xingchen hurried back to Liming Book City to find his brother Li Ming.
……

after an hour.

Liming Bookstore, Chairman's Office.

"What? You were blackmailed for 2000 million?" Li Ming's face darkened, "Who is so arrogant?"

"I don't know either. These men in black said that if they don't receive the money tomorrow night, they will be responsible for the consequences." Li Xingchen begged, "Brother, you must save me, these people know that I cheated on the jury. If this comes to light, I'm done."

"You put it lightly, 2000 million is not a small amount!"

"Brother, you won't do nothing, will you? At the beginning, you asked me to be a judge." Li Xingchen reminded, "The five men in black said that if they don't give money, they will expose my relationship with you." By then, I'm afraid you will also be in trouble..."

"What?" Li Ming was startled.

Li Ming and Li Xingchen are half-brothers, but only the two of them know about this, and no outsiders know about it.

Liu Xing didn't know about it at first, but after he sent Hei Ying and others to investigate repeatedly, he found out that Li Xingchen was Li Ming's half-brother.

"It seems that this matter must be ruthless." Li Ming showed a stern look on his face, "Even if we paid 2000 million, we still have to be controlled by others. Instead of doing this, it is better to cut the grass and roots to avoid future troubles."

Li Xingchen was taken aback: "Brother, what are you going to do?"

Li Ming said: "There is a secret killer organization in Tianhai City. The boss of the killer is called 'Mr. B'. It is said that this person is very trustworthy. Let's spend some money and ask them to help us get rid of the five men in black, so as not to Out of season."

Li Xingchen said worriedly: "Is the 'Mr. B' you said reliable?"

Li Mingdao: "As far as I know, Mr. B has existed in Tianhai City for more than 20 years, and his reputation has always been very good. You are waiting, and I will contact you immediately."

……

After half an hour.

Heiying received a call from Li Ming.

"Hello, I'm looking for Mr. B." Li Ming's voice came from the phone.

"Our boss doesn't directly contact the sponsor." Hei Ying said, "If you have anything to do, just tell me."

"It's like this. I want you to help me kill five people. Five men in black threatened me and wanted to extort 2000 million yuan." Li Ming explained the ins and outs of the matter.

Black Hawk is very familiar with this matter, he said: "As long as the price is right, everything is negotiable."

Li Mingdao: "You said the number?"

"Old rules, one life is 500 million. If you want to kill five people at once, then it will be 2500 million." Hei Ying felt a little regretful. If he knew it, he would have called a few more brothers to blackmail Li Xingchen last night.

"2500 million? No problem." Li Mingyi gritted his teeth, "However, I can only pay half of the money first, and the other half will be paid after the matter is completed."

"No problem. When will we do it?"

"Tomorrow night we will make a deal with five men in black, and then you will do it."

"Row."

……

The next night, Black Hawk directed and acted a good show.

Hei Ying first led four men in black to Novels Street, made a deal with Li Xingchen, and got 2000 million.

Afterwards, several other killers from Bohai Book City came out again, pretending to bring Hei Ying and other five men in black to a hidden place, and killed them.

After the matter was completed, they got another 2500 million from Li Ming.

After the play was over, Hei Ying and others got a total of 4500 million from the Li Ming brothers.

With this huge sum of money, Hei Ying returned to Bohai Book City to do business.

……

Bohai Book City, underground library.

"Boss, the matter is settled, all 4500 million is here." Black Hawk reported.

"Yes." Liu Xing nodded and asked, "Didn't Li Ming see that you were acting?"

"No. Li Ming was afraid of revealing his identity, so he didn't dare to show up, so he hid more than 100 meters away and observed with a telescope, but he couldn't see clearly." Hei Ying said, "We sprinkled half a bucket of dog blood on the ground, and Li Ming Believe we did kill someone."

Liu Xing smiled lightly, and then said, "You all worked hard tonight, and I will share 500 million equally with everyone later."

"Thank you boss."

"Also, Li Ming is a ruthless old fox. In order to become the president of Novel Street, I'm afraid there are backups." Liu Xing warned, "You send someone to spy on Li Ming, and report to me at any time if there is any situation."

"clear."

……

Liming Bookstore, Chairman's Office.

"Brother, how is the situation?" Li Xingchen asked anxiously.

"The matter is settled." Li Ming said, "The five men in black have all been killed."

"Really killed them all?"

"All killed, I heard screams and saw a pool of blood." Li Ming sighed and said, "This Mr. B is really ruthless, as long as he is paid, he can do anything. .”

Li Xingchen breathed a sigh of relief: "Brother, what should I do next? Do I still want to be a judge at Meteor Book Bar?"

Li Mingdao: "Why don't you go? You can at least collect some insider information as a judge. However, out of caution, you should stop cheating for the time being so as not to be discovered again. Also, you should find a way to Find the 10 novels with low scores, and don’t let these handles fall into the hands of others.”

Li Xingchen nodded.

……

The next day, Li Xingchen arrived at Meteor Book Bar early.

After arriving, he went to the underground library of the book bar, and began to search for 10 books including "The Ever-changing Shadow Man" that he had eliminated before.

When Li Xingchen was in a hurry, Liu Xing walked over.

"Professor Li Xingchen, what are you busy with?" Liu Xing asked.

"No...it's nothing." Li Xingchen pretended to be calm, and said, "I was not in a good state of work a few days ago, and I was worried that I missed some good books, so I wanted to come over and review these books again."

"Oh." Liu Xing praised, "Professor Li Xingchen is indeed a commendation committee member of Huaxia Kingdom. He is really dedicated."

"Wherever it is, this is what it should be."

"Okay, take your time, I won't bother you."

"Commissioner Liu, go slowly."

……

Farewell to Li Xingchen, Liu Xing returned to the reading room and continued reading his "Sentimental Swordsman Ruthless Sword"

[Book Title] "Sentimental Swordsman Ruthless Sword"

[Genre] Martial Arts Novels (Stream of Consciousness)
【Grade】Five-star
[Matching degree] 91%
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(End of this chapter)