City Criminal Police Office. Su Le and Zhang Pengfei are reporting to He Xiaohui with a piece of material.
"Team He, we found information about the down brand from this 2003 investment agreement," Su Le said.
"Oh, what does the agreement say?"
"This agreement was signed between Nippon Direct Machinery Co., Ltd. and the Zhongjiang High-tech Zone Management Committee. It contains this sentence: Build a factory with an annual output of 200,000 down watches in the Zhongjiang High-tech Zone."
"It seems that the watch left by Master was indeed produced by this company."
"Yes, there should be no doubt about this."
"Then what should we do next to investigate? This company is a foreign-owned enterprise, so we have to be careful. In addition, if the master was killed because of the investigation of this company, then our next actions will also be very dangerous.
"Yes." He Xiaohui said thoughtfully.
"Well, after discussing with Brother Fei, we plan to start from the outside first and learn about the company's operations from the side."
"What are you going to do?"
"I learned from my classmates in the fire protection system that due to the recent frequent fires in the country, Zhongjiang City is organizing fire inspections of all enterprises and institutions. Fei Ge and I plan to put on firefighting uniforms and go with them to have a look inside the company.
one look."
"Okay, keep it confidential. In addition, all your future investigations into the company must be approved by me first."
"receive."
Before conducting a fire inspection at Zhixia Company, Zhang Pengfei learned by chance that one of his distant brothers worked at Zhixia Company. With the consent of He Xiaohui, Su Le pretended to be the younger brother of Zhang Pengfei's colleague and went with Zhang Pengfei.
Met this distant brother.
The distant brother, whose surname is also Zhang, is Zhang Guoyong. He joined Zhixia Company five years ago and currently works in the quality department of Zhixia Company. He is mainly responsible for inspecting and managing the quality of products. Zhang Pengfei made an appointment to meet him in a small restaurant.
I personally ordered a few dishes and started drinking beer.
"Brother Zhang, please make a special trip today."
"It's okay. I have nothing to do after work. It's good to meet Brother Fei. We brothers haven't seen each other for several years."
"Brother Zhang, how about you go directly to the company?"
"What, you want to work in our company? Do you want me to introduce you?"
"Oh, I saw job postings online and wanted to give it a try, but I don't know if Japanese-funded companies are any good."
"It's good. The salary is high and the benefits are good. However, the management is a bit strict and I have to bear the wrath of the little devil."
"Why do you still have to be angry with the Japanese?"
"Well, you don't have to be angry with your boss, but if your boss is Japanese, you'll feel a little weird anyway."
"Oh, what does this company produce?" Su Le asked.
"Watches, this company only makes watches."
"What brand of watch is it?"
"We make all brands, and we do OEM for Japanese or European and American companies. In fact, we are just OEMs."
“Don’t they have a brand of their own?”
"No, I've never heard of it having its own brand."
"Are there many Japanese people in the factory?"
"More, there are a total of 12 people in the factory's management, all of whom are Japanese, but..."
"But what?"
"But we all discussed privately that two of them might not be authentic Japanese."
"Oh, what does this mean?"
"Because everyone feels that the two of them are not very fluent in Japanese, and they don't walk and act like Japanese people."
"So are they Japanese names?"
"have no idea."
"I don't know? There are only 12 Japanese in total. Are there any whose names I don't know?"
"Not just the two of them, but all three people in their department, we don't know their names."
"Aren't they from your company?"
"Yes, although the name of the department is Management Section, they never participate in the management of the company, and they do not attend company meetings."
"Haha, there is such a strange thing."
"Yeah, who knows what tricks the little devil is up to."
"Is it required to speak Japanese to join your company?"
"That's not necessary, but if you can, you will be taken more seriously."
“Is there anything bad about working for this company?”
"Didn't I just say it? Sometimes I feel bad, but if you think about it, it'll be fine."
"Oh, I see."
"How about it, brother, do you want me to recommend it to you?"
"Oh, thank you, Brother Zhang. I'll think about it and talk about it later."
After meeting with Zhang Pengfei's distant brothers, Su Le and Zhang Pengfei had a relatively general understanding of the direct company, and made preparations for subsequent inspections of the direct company.
The person who led the team to inspect the enterprises in the High-tech Zone was Huang Ji, a staff officer of the Fire Brigade of the High-tech Zone. Huang Ji was Su Le’s classmate. After graduation, he worked in the fire protection system and has now become an expert in fire prevention in the fire brigade. Su Le and Zhang Pengfei changed.
The firefighter's uniform was mixed in with the inspection team of more than a dozen people, and did not attract anyone's attention at all.
When you enter the company gate, you will see a three-story office building facing the gate. Behind the office building are warehouses and factories. The inspection begins with the warehouses and factories. The level of hardware construction and management of Japanese companies is indeed relatively high. The company's
Fire-fighting facilities and fire-fighting equipment have been inspected by professional institutions and comply with the requirements of the fire protection law. The company's various management systems are also very sound and the degree of implementation is relatively good.
After the inspection team put forward some rectification suggestions in the warehouse and factory, they entered the company's office building for inspection. For Su Le, the next inspection really got down to business.
From a publicly announced organizational structure chart in the lobby on the first floor, Su Le learned that this Japanese-funded company had six departments including the Human Resources Department, the Finance Department, the General Affairs Department, the Purchasing Department, the Manufacturing Department and the Quality Department. There was no Zhang Guoyong.
The management section mentioned above has two vice presidents and a president above these organizations. Judging from the list published on the structure chart, all middle-level and senior-level leaders of the company are held by Japanese.
According to the method that Su Le had discussed with Counselor Huang in advance, in order to have a more thorough understanding of the company, all the rooms in the office building must be opened for inspection. Although Section Chief Tanaka of the General Affairs Section complained about this requirement,
, but still led the fire fighters to conduct inspections one by one as required. Su Le and Zhang Pengfei did not find any problems during the inspection on the first and second floors, which was no different from ordinary companies. However, the two went straight down.
During an inspection on the third floor of the office building, two suspicious places were discovered.
The first suspicion was the discovery on the third floor of the mysterious department that Zhang Guoyong told them, the Management Section, which was not on the organizational chart. The signboard and office door style of the Management Section were no different from other offices downstairs.
Entering the management section office, Su Le found that there were three desks in the office. Behind two of the desks sat two middle-aged men in their forties and fifties. They stood up to greet him politely.
The inspectors all had Japanese signature smiles on their faces. Judging from their appearance, it was impossible to tell whether they were Japanese or not.
The other desk seat is empty. There are teacups and simple office supplies on the table. It seems that the owner of this seat is out.
In addition to these, Su Le found that there were obvious differences between this office and other offices. Except for three desks and chairs, there were no other office equipment such as file cabinets, printers, etc. The whole office looked empty.
, compared with the sign of the management section at the door, it seems too shabby.
The second suspicion Su Le and Zhang Pengfei discovered was a photo hanging in the corridor on the third floor.
Except for the office with the management class sign and a few other single rooms on the third floor, the rest of the place is an open space without partition walls. This is a place for employees to rest and entertain, with flowers, sofas, a bar table, and billiards.
Tables, table tennis tables, treadmills and other entertainment and exercise facilities.
On the wall of this space, there were some photos of employees participating in activities. Su Le walked slowly along the wall and browsed through the photos of smiling faces. Suddenly, where Su Le glanced, a
A group photo of a large number of people attracted his attention. The top of the photo was written in Chinese and Japanese in gold foil with the words "2019 Spring Festival company party photo". In the photo, there were about thirty or forty people lined up in several rows. People wore straight clothes and walked down the company's
Wearing work clothes and looking relaxed, they stood together for a group photo.
In this photo, Su Le saw a familiar face. The man was standing in the crowd with a smile on his face. He looked no different from the Japanese around him.
Su Le carefully observed the situation in the room and found that there was no equipment such as cameras installed. In order not to attract the attention of the Japanese personnel, Su Le deliberately stayed at the end of the inspection team.
After walking around the corner of the stairs, Su Le quickly took out his mobile phone and took a photo of the photos on the wall.
City Criminal Police Team Conference Room. Su Le projected the photos taken in Zhixia Company onto the big screen. Everyone in the conference room was very shocked. The person who was magnified and smiling in the crowd was clearly lying in the hospital.
Qin Lixuan on the hospital bed.
But just before everyone's mouths closed, what He Xiaohui said shocked everyone even more. She cleared her throat, looked around the people in the conference room and said:
"I received a call from the hospital this morning that Qin Lixuan died."
"Ah! Is there such a coincidence?" Zhang Pengfei stood up from his chair and asked excitedly.
"Hey, I think we can buy some welfare lottery tickets. This is really good luck!" Dr. Qiao said jokingly.
"You don't need to feel sorry. Based on our understanding of Qin Lixuan, even if we bring the photos to him, he will not tell us any information." Su Le said.
"Well, that's right. That Qin Lixuan has a very tough mouth. We can't ask him to say it." Zhang Pengfei said.