227, they are a gang [asking for a monthly ticket]
Gu Chen was not surprised. Every criminal has their own so-called motive for committing a crime.
In fact, from that night at the Japanese restaurant, Gu Chen concluded that Wang Zhe and Ah Wei had a conflict.
This subconscious mind has been guiding Gu Chen to think in this regard.
But Officer Wang and Lu Weiwei were a little uneasy.
Officer Wang glared and said, "Wang Zhe, what's going on with your debt?"
"Comrade policeman, my family's conditions have always been poor. I also have a younger brother who is addicted to gambling and is repeatedly in debt."
Wang Zhe didn't want to say this, but since he had already reached this point, he had no choice but to give up his fate.
"What does your brother's debt have to do with you killing Ah Wei?" Lu Weiwei didn't understand very well, and asked him with a slight frown: "You can't blame your master for this, right?"
"Comrade police, you don't know something." Wang Zhe raised his head and said anxiously: "My brother was originally a motivated young man, but since he met a group of bad friends, his whole outlook has been distorted by them.
"
"Since then, I have lost my job. I hang out in various chess and card rooms all day long. I owe hundreds of thousands in handwritten notes alone."
"You said I'm the brother, so the headquarters can't care about it? I'm just a biological brother. If I hadn't helped him fill the gap in time, he might not have been able to save his hands."
Gu Chen was halfway through writing when he suddenly paused and said, "You helped your brother pay off hundreds of thousands of arrears. Isn't it time to turn around?"
"As a brother, you have a responsibility." Wang Zhe was also ashamed and said: "I originally thought that was the case. My brother should change his ways and find a good job so that he no longer lives a depressed life."
"But God is playing tricks on people. After getting drunk, my brother walked into the casino again. This time he owed more than 500,000 yuan. The creditor even poured paint on the house in his hometown."
"This debt collection is too harsh." Lu Weiwei was also quite shocked.
"What do you know?" Officer Wang complained at the side: "There were people who poured gasoline before, and these people are the ones who deserve to die. If a fire suddenly breaks out, the whole building will be ignited. Some people will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals."
, completely throwing aside human life and death."
"Yes, Comrade Police." Wang Zhe said this and choked for a moment: "Now, my family doesn't even dare to live in the old house. They have moved several times in a row, but they are found by these people every time. My brother is found every time.
He was beaten half to death every time."
"Moreover, the interest on their debts was extremely high, and the interest rates compounded. The amount they owed quickly doubled from 500,000 to 1 million."
"This is a bit usury." Gu Chen suddenly remembered that there was a case before that was very similar to this situation.
These people drive all kinds of luxury cars on the streets and hit the accelerator, but in fact, all of them are loan sharks.
In Jiangnan City, he is commonly known as Lao Gao.
Moreover, these people commit crimes in groups and often use threats and intimidation tactics to get victims to sign unequal contracts.
If you refuse even a little bit, you will be beaten and kicked by these people.
"Wang Zhe, this million shouldn't be a small amount for you. How are you going to fill this gap?" Gu Chen asked again.
"I use my works." Wang Zhe said.
"What is it specifically?" Gu Chen looked up at him.
"This is the entry I took, and the copyright is worth two million."
When Wang Zhe said this number, Lu Weiwei and Officer Wang on the side couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
The copyright of photographed works has indeed become a hot topic in the market in recent years.
Many works, especially award-winning works, can be bought by market valuation.
For trainee directors like Wang Zhe who shoot short videos, this money is enough to fill the previous loopholes.
"But you said that this is the hard work of you and your master. How can you use this kind of work to pay off debts?" Gu Chen thought for a while and then said: "Also, the estimated value of your work is 2 million, but the other party
But I don’t necessarily agree with it.”
"You are absolutely right, comrade policeman." When Wang Zhe said this, his emotions suddenly became excited.
"I also spent a lot of time and energy to complete the filming of this work. Originally, my master Awei was not involved at all. When he knew that I wanted to use the work to save my brother, he strongly opposed it."
"That means that this work was completely completed by you and has nothing to do with your master Ah Wei?" Lu Weiwei asked.
Wang Zhe nodded and affirmed: "It has nothing to do with him. But later, out of good intentions, my master lent me a sum of money to help me solve my urgent needs. But the other party wanted 1 million, and my master only gave me
500000."
"I begged the master to lend me another 500,000 yuan. The master's name should be added to the work and it should be ranked in front of me. The master agreed, but he asked that all future profits from the work go to him. I am just in name."
"Due to the situation at that time, I had no choice but to agree, so I gritted my teeth and agreed to this request to take advantage of the situation."
Looking at Gu Chen who was taking notes, Wang Zhe said with some reluctance: "That work has been valued at 2 million, and the actual profit may be higher. It took me a total of five years of hard work, but it was because of my brother's matter.
As a result, I lost the right to profit from this work. If I hadn’t insisted on it, I might not have even signed it, and it would have become Master Ah Wei’s exclusive work.”
"There is nothing we can do about it. You are in urgent need of money, and your master is the only one who can help you." Lu Weiwei thinks there is nothing wrong with this operation.
In fact, this situation is very common in the market.
The final signature of many works is not actually the author, and the author only plays the role of a gunman in this environment.
Gu Chen wrote the notes silently without raising his head.
Wang Zhe said unconvinced: "I also thought at that time that I was unlucky. If I gave my master 1 million for a work valued at 2 million, and I could still leave my signature, it would be the capital to make a comeback in the future."
"But then I never expected that these creditors would regret it temporarily, thinking that the 1 million was the interest plus the principal the day before yesterday, and they wanted to add an extension fee of 15%, which is 1.15 million."
"I don't know if this is a trap. Anyway, they took my brother and broke his fingers if he didn't give me anything. I had no money to borrow anymore. Finally, I made an agreement with these people and used 1 million to add my works."
As a mortgage, I can redeem my works after I get the remaining 150,000."
"But didn't you sign an agreement with your master?" Gu Chen was suddenly curious, could this contract be signed twice?
"No, the master and I just signed a written agreement. He believes in me, so he will supplement a complete agreement after I deal with the debt."
"But what I signed with these creditors was a debt settlement agreement, that is, I voluntarily mortgaged the copyright of my work to the creditors to pay back the 150,000 yuan in debt, redeem my brother, and wait until I raise 150,000 yuan in cash in the future.
Redeem the copyright in the work.”
Hearing this, Lu Weiwei couldn't sit still and slapped the table angrily: "These damn bugs, what's the difference between this and an open robbery?"
Then she looked at Wang Zhe and said angrily: "I said you are also a pig-brained person. You can give as much as you are told. Do you know they are blackmailing you?"
"Of course I know." Wang Zhe had a mentality of voluntarily being beaten, and said: "But my brother is in their hands, and there is also a blood letter sent by my brother. It can be said that they are serious. I am afraid that my brother will have some shortcomings. He
You're still young and not married yet, so you can't have any accidents."
"What happened next?" Gu Chen looked at Wang Zhe with some confusion.
"Later? Later I found out that I was still too young." Wang Zhe was heartbroken and said: "The master found out that I had privately mortgaged the copyright of my work to an outsider. At that time, he asked me to pay back the money within a month, otherwise he would have to pay back the money.
Expelling me from the school will make me no longer have a foothold in the industry."
"You did something wrong from beginning to end in this matter." After carefully analyzing the results, Officer Wang was a little disappointed with Wang Zhe.
But Wang Zhe suddenly laughed: "I know, you will definitely say so. Yes, I originally thought about asking the master to borrow another 150,000 to redeem the copyright of the work, but I am too simple. The master can't do it.
It doesn’t make sense, and because I privately mortgaged the copyright of my work to others, he is determined to claim his 1 million back within a month.”
"He knows that I can't do it at all, and he wants to ruin my reputation. I feel that my master is no longer the Awei I once knew."
"So... is this the reason why you want to kill him?" Gu Chen couldn't help but was stunned and shook his head: "I think this is impossible. If this can be your reason for killing, then I think you are a madman.
A complete lunatic."
"It was him who drove me crazy." Wang Zhe suddenly stood up and said angrily: "This is all a trap. Everything is planned by him, Awei, but I was so stupid that I didn't know it."
After being yelled at by Wang Zhe, Gu Chen, Officer Wang and Lu Weiwei looked at each other for a moment, feeling that this guy might have something hidden.
"You said this was a trap set by your master Ah Wei?" Gu Chen glanced at Lu Weiwei, then turned around and said, "What's the reason?"
"The reason? He had been eyeing the copyright of my work early on, and he knew the characteristics of my brother, so he specially instigated several bad youths he knew to induce my brother to drink, and finally entered the chess and card room together."
"That night, my brother was not clear-headed and was fooled into winning 500,000 yuan. At the time, my master Ah Wei was watching all this happen behind the scenes. He and this group of creditors... were originally in the same group.
"
Lu Weiwei was suddenly shocked and said: "They are all in the same group? Then how did you know?"
"Isn't this simple?" Wang Zhe suddenly sneered: "That day I went to the creditor and asked them to temporarily return the copyright of the work to me so that I could get another 150,000 from the master, that is, return the contract to me first.
I'm using the contract to make amends with the master."
"Of course, I don't have high hopes. After all, this is not realistic at all. I just try my luck because this is my only hope."
"But I was in a car in front of the chess and card room and saw the master chatting with the creditor. I thought the master sympathized with me and scolded me harshly on the surface, but behind the scenes he secretly redeemed the copyright that originally belonged to me and used money to redeem it."
"Thinking about it now, I was extremely stupid at the time. It wasn't until I sneakily approached the vehicle that I discovered that the content of their conversation was actually to celebrate the success of the conspiracy."
"The 1 million I paid to the creditor was refunded 500,000 to Ah Wei, and the copyright mortgage agreement I signed with the creditor was also handed over to Ah Wei by the creditor. What the two discussed in the car was probably,
My master spent 500,000 yuan to buy it from a creditor, but I invisibly owe my master a total of 1.5 million yuan."
"In fact, he only spent 500,000 to defraud me of the copyright. The later 500,000 yuan repurchase and mortgage copyright contract will require me not to sign my name on the work, and I must stay there for the rest of my life.
Give him work in his studio until the 1.5 million in cash is repaid."
"This...isn't this too scary? Your master actually colluded with creditors to frame you and your brother?" Lu Weiwei couldn't believe what she heard, and she didn't realize how serious it was.
"Your master is tying up your freedom." Gu Chen suddenly made the point. He raised his head and asked Wang Zhe: "Have you ever thought about leaving Ah Wei?"
"This..." Wang Zhe suddenly froze, and after a long while he said: "Yes, there is a good film and television company that wants me to join, and that's what I have in mind. I want to bring this work that has been polished for five years,
Officially join that company and give yourself a high net worth."
"I didn't expect that the industry circle is really small. My master Awei found out about this very quickly, so he set up this trap with these bad young people, hoping that in the coming days, I would always be a good person.
Honestly help him work for free."
Looking at the bottle of mineral water on the table, Wang Zhe couldn't help but unscrew the lid and take a few sips of it.
Then, he poured all the remaining water on his head.
"So, when you were at the Japanese restaurant that night, you begged him but didn't tell him the truth, and yesterday you came to Awei's house for lunch just to have a showdown with Awei and make things clear, right?" Gu Chen asked.
"That's right." Touching the water stains on his face, Wang Zhe sneered: "I had a showdown with him, but he was at a loss and even threatened me to ruin my reputation."
Looking at the tableware in the kitchen, Wang Zhe regretted: "So I was so angry that I walked directly into the kitchen, took out a fruit knife, and gave him a fatal blow without him being prepared.
"
"Then you used the astronomical telescope and Ah Wei's habit of smoking cigars to create the fact that Ah Wei died after 1:25, to confuse the police?" Lu Weiwei asked.
Seeing the three policemen staring at him, Wang Zhe knew that there was no possibility of him cheating.
Thanks to the coincidence of focusing the Awei family's astronomical telescope, Wang Zhe came up with an ingenious way to stagger the time of killing.
Therefore, even experienced police officers may be misled at this level if they carefully arrange the situation in a short period of time.
This feeling is like the pleasure a superb artist feels after completing a beautiful layout.
"Yes, your guess is absolutely correct. I am misleading you in all this." Looking at Gu Chen, Wang Zhe said: "I know that the matter may be exposed. You police may think of these clues in a few days.
So I bought a ticket to another place early this morning, and I’m going to hide in a place where you can’t find me to avoid the limelight.”
"I didn't expect that you would be waiting for me downstairs at my house. It can be seen that your speed in handling the case really surprised me."
Several people asked at the scene for a long time.
At this time, the time just reached 1:25.
At this moment, Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei looked at each other, stood up and walked to the window sill in front of the astronomical telescope.
The long-awaited spotlight was exactly on the cigar.
Drama of light, focused on the butt of the cigar.
Not long after, the butt of the cigar started to smoke, and then the cigar actually started to burn.
Seeing this scene, Lu Weiwei patted her chest with relief: "It's true, Junior Brother Gu, as you wish, this cigar was indeed lit like this."
Compared to Lu Weiwei, Gu Chen was not too excited. Instead, he looked back at Wang Zhe on the sofa and said, "If you can use these little clevernesses in your works, maybe this kind of thing won't happen."
"Also, although your master Awei is hateful, you shouldn't adopt this approach of destroying both the stone and the stone. If he dies, you can't escape the blame. Just because he framed you, you want to kill him? Then you and him
What’s the difference?”
"I am lucky to have gained, and I have lost my life. I have one thought of heaven and one thought of hell. When you see through everything, loss is more practical than possession. We police are not decorations. If you have difficulties, you can call the police. But you use this very violent method
Use other means to solve the problem, Wang Zhe, you are too impulsive, you have to take responsibility for your own actions."
After being taught a lesson by young Gu Chen, Wang Zhe also accepted it.
From the moment Gu Chen started to use the small notches on the table and window sill to set up astronomical telescopes, Wang Zhe knew that everything he did was already seen by the young policeman.
Officer Wang picked up Gu Chen's transcript, checked it carefully, and handed it to Wang Zhe and said, "No problem, just sign here."
Wang Zhe did not resist. After he finished writing, he handed it to Officer Wang and asked, "If I had not taken action at that time, could you police officers help me get justice?"
"Wang Zhe." Gu Chen said angrily: "Don't you think you still don't know? Our police are here to serve the people. We have zero tolerance for any criminal behavior. We don't allow you to know the circumstances of the other party's crime.
Next, privately use brutal methods to vent your emotions."
"Yes!" Lu Weiwei also said: "If you hand over the case to the police with sufficient evidence, maybe they are the ones being taken away now, and the debts owed by you and your brother will not be eliminated at all.
It’s so troublesome.”
"Wang Zhe, if you have nothing to say, please write down the creditors who are blackmailing your brother. None of these guys can escape." Officer Wang handed the transcript to him again, feeling that he could get it all in one go.
With a stroke of his pen, Wang Zhe finished writing the list of all previous personnel, then looked up at Gu Chen beside him and asked:
"Comrade police, I have a small request. Can I give the copyright proceeds from this work to my brother?"
