Chapter 674: Looking for Xu Zhangtai
Liu Chen and Wu Sheng came to Hongtianxia Company according to the previous plan, Hongtianxia was not located in the center of the provincial city where every inch of land is valuable, but was located in the suburbs 50 kilometers away from the city center.
This is the first time Liu Chen has seen the office building of Hongtianxia, which is more magnificent than the photos circulating on the Internet, with more than 20 floors, which is particularly conspicuous on the flat ground of a factory.
It is very strange that just an investment company, why does it need such a large office building, generally speaking, the investment company does not have any workshop production and processing, it is an asset-light company, and it does not need to occupy a lot of office space, so those companies will try to rush their companies to the city center, which is the most concentrated place of capital. Hongtianxia Investment Company, on the contrary, chose to stay away from the city center and squeezed between a cluster of factories.
At present, he does not know about this Hongtianxia company, and it is inconvenient for Liu Chen to make a conclusion, but his intuition tells him that there may be ulterior reasons for this.
When they came to the office building of Hongtianxia Investment Company, the security guard at the door looked at Liu Chen's vehicle very cautiously, because the company's employees have vehicle passes when they enter and exit the vehicles, and Liu Chen and they don't have them, and they are uninvited guests at first glance.
The security guard came out of the sentry box, walked to the cab window, knocked on the window gently, and after Wu Sheng lowered the window, the security guard immediately asked, "Who are you looking for?"
Wu Sheng replied, "We're looking for you Mr. Xu." ”
"Which Mr. Xu?"
Hearing that there were several Xu presidents in the world, Wu Sheng said by name: "Mrs. Xu Zhang." ”
The security guard nodded slightly: "Oh, our Mr. Xu didn't come to the company today." ”
Wu Sheng asked, "Did he say it anywhere?"
The security guard scratched his head and laughed: "Hehe, how can the leader's whereabouts be reported to us low-level employees." ”
Wu Sheng continued to ask, "Then do you have his contact information here?"
"Haven't you been in contact privately?" the security guard looked at Wu Sheng and Liu Chen in the car with a suspicious gaze, and became alert again.
Wu Sheng smiled and made up a reason: "We are from Jiangxia, and we have an investment project that we want to talk to you about Mr. Xu. ”
"It's our calling card. Liu Chen took out a business card in a timely manner, of course, this business card was also prepared in advance, a fake identity.
The security guard took the business card in Liu Chen's hand and looked at it, "Jiangxia City Aggregation Construction Co., Ltd."
"Yes, we are an aggregate building. ”
The security guard flipped through the business card, and there seemed nothing suspicious, so he said: "That's it, I don't have our Mr. Xu's phone number here, I'll give you a marketing manager's phone number, you can talk to her, she should know our Mr. Xu's contact information." ”
"Okay, thanks. ”
The security guard found the mobile phone number of the marketing manager from an address book in the sentry box, copied it on a note and handed it to Liu Chen, "Her surname is Zhang, Manager Zhang, and she is a woman." ”
"Thanks, uncle. Liu Chen took the note, and then asked Wu Sheng to drive the car to the open space on the side, he picked up his mobile phone and dialed the phone number of Manager Zhang of the marketing department.
The marketing manager belongs to the middle level of the company, and should have access to high-level information, Liu Chen dialed the phone and thought about how to ask Xu Zhangtai's phone, and after a while, the other party picked up the phone and asked, "Hey, who are you?"
Listening to this voice, the other party should not be very old, about thirty years old, Liu Chen was silent for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "You are Xu Zhangtai's wife, right, let him pay back the money quickly!"
Manager Zhang on the phone thought he had misheard and said in surprise: "What? Pay back the money? Who are you?"
Liu Chen tugged at his collar and continued to threaten: "You don't have to care who we are, let Xu Zhangtai pay back the money quickly, otherwise be careful that you will be dead on the street one day!"
Manager Zhang heard it clearly this time, it turned out that Xu Zhangtai owed money outside and was collected for debts, but she was unfortunately mistaken for Xu Zhangtai's wife, she hurriedly explained: "What are you doing? I am not Xu Zhangtai's wife, he is my leader, he owes you money, you go to him, don't come to me!"
Liu Chen felt panicked from Manager Zhang's eager tone, his strategy was half successful, so he continued to threaten the phone: "Don't quibble, we found out that you are his wife, you must know where he is, right, let him come out quickly, otherwise don't blame us for being ruthless." ”
Manager Zhang's family has never been threatened like this by a woman, what a corpse on the street, what a ruthless heart, she was really stunned, and tried to explain: "I'm really not his wife, you are mistaken, I ...... I gave his phone number to ...... For you, go to him yourselves, don't ...... Don't come to me!"
Liu Chen trembled when he heard Manager Zhang's words, and the effect was almost achieved, so he drew out his purpose: "Seeing that you are very cooperative, then give me a chance, give me his phone number, don't fake, otherwise the consequences will be very serious!"
"Okay, I'll send you the phone via text message. After saying that, Manager Zhang hung up the phone in a hurry, she was quite honest, and sent Xu Zhangtai's mobile phone number half a minute later, there are three mobile phone numbers in total, it seems that this Xu Zhangtai is also a cunning person.
After Liu Chen took out his mobile phone and recorded three numbers, he removed his mobile phone card, broke it, and then threw it in a ditch.
Seeing this, Wu Sheng asked, "Brother Liu, how many calling cards do you have?"
"I don't know how many there are, but there are a lot of them. In our business, the lifespan of a calling card is only a few days, and sometimes you can't continue to use the number after making a single call. Liu Chen said as he changed his new calling card.
Wu Sheng asked the curiosity he had been burying in his heart, "Brother Liu, you have a really strong sense of anti-investigation, by the way, what did you do before?"
After Liu Chen paused for a few seconds, he said with a smile, "Bounty Hunter." ”
"Brother Liu, don't be kidding, in this society, how can there be any bounty hunters. Wu Sheng laughed.
Liu Chen laughed with Wu Sheng, but did not continue to answer Wu Sheng's words.
Wu Sheng said with interest: "Since this is Brother Liu's secret, then I won't ask, let's go, go to Xu Zhangtai." ”
Liu Chen was very embarrassed by Wu Sheng's attitude, it stands to reason that as a good brother, he shouldn't hide anything, but his past really can't be revealed, he thought for a while and said, "You'll know later." ”
Wu Sheng turned his head, reached out and patted Liu Chen's shoulder, expressing his understanding of Liu Chen, Liu Chen also reached out and patted Wu Sheng's shoulder, apology turned into gratitude.
Liu Chen and the others drove away from Hongtianxia, came to a tree not far away, pulled over, and the two of them smoked a cigarette and took a break after getting out of the car.
Liu Chen dialed Xu Zhangtai's phone while smoking, and sure enough, this Manager Zhang was quite acquainted, and not every Xu Zhangtai's number could be called.
Three numbers, the first one is empty, the second one has been turned off, only the third one is picked up, it is a middle-aged man's voice, deep and steady, "Who are you?"
Because it was an unfamiliar number that came in, and Xu Zhangtai's number was only known to a few insiders, he was a little cautious in his tone.
Liu Chen adjusted his tone and replied, "I'm Cao Minghui." ”
"What? Who are you?" Xu Zhangtai confirmed repeatedly.
"I'm Cao Minghui, don't remember me, Mr. Xu. Liu Chen pretended to be Cao Minghui's identity and said in surprise.
Xu Zhangtai was very surprised by this name, and then unconsciously exclaimed: "You...... You're not...... It's not ......"
"I haven't paid you back yet, how can I die, hehe. ”
"You ......"
Liu Chen could clearly feel that Xu Zhangtai's mood had become very unstable, and he was very scared and shocked by this phone call from the "underworld".
Liu Chen was more certain of the results of his investigation from Xu Zhangtai's reaction, Xu Zhangtai and Cao Minghui's death must be inseparable, and in the whole incident, Xu Zhangtai was an insider.
"You...... ...... the hell Do you want to ...... ...... are you" Xu Zhangtai snorted and didn't know what to say or what to ask, at this time he was completely less calm and calm when he just picked up the phone, he was so scared that he wanted to hang up the phone, and he wanted to know the purpose behind the call, he had a huge doubt in his heart, whether Cao Minghui was dead or not.
If Cao Minghui is dead, who is the person who made this call, why do you want to pretend to be Cao Minghui, if you don't die, then many of the next secrets will no longer be secrets, and the sky above your head may change at any time.
Liu Chen saw that Xu Zhang was too nervous to speak, so he took the initiative to ask, "Mr. Xu, where are you now?"
"What do you want to do?" Xu Zhangtai asked rhetorically, he seemed to be afraid of revealing his whereabouts, and he was afraid that Cao Minghui would go to him.
Liu Chen laughed lightly and said, "Mr. Xu, don't be nervous, I just want to return the money to you, and then ask you something." ”
When Xu Zhangtai heard this, he felt that things were not so simple, and continued to ask, "What do you want to ask?"
Liu Chen didn't answer positively, and said coldly: "Very important things, I can't say it clearly on the phone, and I need to be interviewed." ”
Xu Zhangtai is not a simple person, he is not so easy to fool, he realized the flaw between the changes in Liu Chen's tone, and questioned: "You are not Cao Minghui, who are you, and what is the purpose of calling me?"
Liu Chen didn't panic to be discovered, but continued to follow the topic, "You will know who I am when you meet, where are you?"
Xu Zhang retorted to Liu Chen too slyly, "Where are you, I'll go look for you." ”