While everyone was using their expertise to inquire about the news, Zou Yaohua, who had followed everyone here to find the whereabouts of the pancake proprietress, also approached Gu Chen and whispered:
"Officer Gu, the dock here seems to be contracted by a private person. I seem to have heard about it from the boss of the aquatic base that I have contacted before."
"Private boss? What do you do?" Gu Chen glanced at Zou Yaohua beside him.
Zou Yaohua frowned and shook his head helplessly: "What exactly does it do? I don't know very well, but I heard that this boss has a mine here."
"Mining boss?" When Officer Wang heard this, he immediately became alert: "Co-authoring the mine boss is amazing?"
After thinking for a while, Officer Wang said again: "No, mining boss, what are you buying this dock for? Or was this dock originally built by the mining boss?"
"It seems that the mining boss invested part of the money. After all, it is more convenient to transport minerals from here by water transport."
"Now even Jiangnan Iron and Steel Plant has begun to improve the water transportation of steel, especially products such as ore, which are transported by trucks or trucks. The cost is also very high."
"But if we use water transportation, the situation is completely different, and we can save a lot of costs."
"Wait a minute." As soon as Zou Yaohua finished speaking, Gu Chen asked him directly:
"You're saying that the wharf here is the property of the mining boss. So, for all the management rights here, you can just go to the mining boss, or in other words, their manager here, right?"
"Well……"
Although he didn't feel very clear, when Gu Chen asked, Zou Yaohua could only nod silently and said in agreement: "That's more or less the idea. All the management rights here should be managed by the mining boss's people."
Looking up into the distance, Zou Yaohua immediately pointed to one of the directions and said:
"Look over there, it seems like the mine boss's opponent's ore is piled up there. It feels like it's all piled up into a mountain."
"Gu Chen, why don't you go over and ask the management over there? I feel like asking the management is more reliable than asking the people on the pier here." Anyway, Officer Wang has hit a wall here, and he doesn't have much to offer to the small traders here.
impression.
Now I feel like it's time to make a change.
Gu Chen nodded silently and reminded him, "Let's wait until Senior Sister Lu and Xiao Yuan come over."
Within a moment, Yuan Shasha and Lu Weiwei also walked over from the two vendors.
"How's it going?" Officer Wang asked quickly.
Yuan Shasha shook her head: "I asked the merchant, but he didn't seem to pay attention. After all, this pier was relatively busy a week ago."
"So, he was just doing business and didn't pay attention to these situations."
"It's the same thing over there. I told him to buy him something, but he said he didn't know. It seems like he really didn't pay attention." Lu Weiwei also gave an explanation here.
When Officer Wang heard this, he also looked disappointed: "Why are these people so blind?"
With his hands on his hips, Officer Wang looked around and said helplessly:
"From this point of view, I still feel that the only vendor at the previous pier is more reliable. After all, he is very discerning. He also sells some information and makes money from the information difference."
With a faint sigh, Officer Wang turned to look at the Sanming vendors on the pier, and said somewhat speechlessly:
"Looking at them again, I feel that every one of them is reliable. Fortunately, we have backup options."
"Backhand? What backhand?" Lu Weiwei was also confused when she heard this.
Officer Wang smiled and said: "The dock here is the property of a mining boss. His ore is transported from the dock through waterways."
Pointing to the mountain of ore not far away, Officer Wang added, "Did you see the ore storage area over there? That's also where the boss's ore snacks are stored."
"The management staff there should be the same as the management staff at the terminal. Let's ask them. Maybe it's more reliable."
"That's right." As soon as Officer Wang finished speaking, Yuan Shasha also agreed:
"Then let's go over quickly and ask about the situation."
Since we just left, soon we all arrived at the door of the ore storage area.
This is an open-air area, surrounded by barbed wire, with only one entrance and exit in front.
The entrance and exit are blocked by roadblocks, and the mobile cabin on the right side of the intersection should be the management center here.
Gu Chen and others came directly to the door of the cabin. At this moment, a middle-aged man at the outermost part of the cabin was crossing his legs, lying on the seat and scrolling through his mobile phone.
Seeing a group of people standing at the door, the middle-aged man also asked curiously: "Who are you looking for?"
"Excuse me, is this the dock management office?" Officer Wang asked curiously.
"That's right, this is the dock management office of the mining plant. The dock is also under the management of our company."
With his cell phone in his hand, the middle-aged man kept looking at it and didn't pay attention to the group of people at the door.
Seeing this, Lu Weiwei took a step forward and continued: "Then we are looking for you."
When he heard a gentle female voice, the middle-aged man looked up and saw that Lu Weiwei was beautiful, and his tone became much gentler and he spoke politely:
"Oh! So you are really looking for us? But, what are you looking for here?"
"We are from Furong Branch." Lu Weiwei directly showed her police card, then took it back, then took out her mobile phone, showed the photo of the pancake proprietress in the album, and asked:
"This woman came to your dock a week ago. Have you seen her?"
"Yo? So you're a comrade from the police?" Seeing that they were a group of policemen, the middle-aged man no longer acted casually.
I put down my phone and began to carefully identify the photos provided by Lu Weiwei.
After just a moment, the middle-aged man nodded and said:
"Yes, this woman did come to our terminal a week ago and asked me if I was from the terminal management office? Did she have any vehicles to our mining area?"
"She really said that?" Lu Weiwei was also overjoyed when she heard that this middle-aged man seemed to have met the pancake proprietress.
But the middle-aged man said directly: "I just met him once, and I feel that the photos you provided look familiar."
"Only when I saw it did I realize that it was the woman I had met a week ago."
Picking up the tea cup on the table, unscrewing the cap, and taking a sip of water, the middle-aged man said again:
"I was also on duty here at the time, so I asked out of curiosity. What was she doing here? Who was she looking for?"
"Then what did she say?" Seeing this, Zou Yaohua took a step forward and asked quickly.
The middle-aged man thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "But she didn't tell me much. It feels like she didn't say anything?"
After thinking for a while, the middle-aged man confirmed again: "Yes, I just didn't say anything."
"She didn't tell me who to look for. But she asked me how to get to the mine? Did she ask me if there was a ride here?"
"Then how do you answer?" Yuan Shasha also quickly asked.
The middle-aged man smiled and said: "I said trucks from our company often come here at the dock."
"The main purpose is to transport some ores refined from our mines."
Turning to look out the window, the middle-aged man pointed outside and reminded everyone:
"As you can see from the outside, there are several types of ores here."
"There is a coarse ore, which means the stones are relatively large, and there is a fine ore, where the ore is refined in a small volume."
"Anyway, our mine will provide different products based on different customer needs."
After a pause, the middle-aged man continued to think: "I only remember that I told her that she had to wait for the mine car to come, and you could go back together in the mine car."
"Did she agree?" Officer Wang asked.
The middle-aged man nodded silently and couldn't help but said: "Yes, she agreed."
"Then I poured her a glass of water and asked her to sit outside and wait."
"Just like that, there was a big truck that was just unloading the ore. When it was about to leave our open field, I stopped the truck driver and asked him to take her for a ride."
"So? She went to the mining area with the truck driver, right?" Zou Yaohua looked nervous and quickly asked.
The middle-aged man nodded silently and agreed, "Yes, I'm helping her find a ride."
"The place she is going to is our mining area, and this truck driver also happens to be going back to transport goods, so he just needs a ride."
"What's the driver's name or license plate? Do you remember it?" Gu Chen heard this and quickly asked.
The middle-aged man scratched his cheek and said reluctantly: "I know who the driver is? But I can't remember the license plate."
"No way?" Upon hearing this, Gu Chen also took a step forward and continued to ask:
"With so many vehicles coming and going here every day, you must have records, otherwise how would you do this when entering and exiting the warehouse?"
"Uh..." It felt like there was no point in pretending in front of Gu Chen.
The middle-aged man sighed and said helplessly: "Okay, I'll look for it for you. It's just that it takes a lot of time to find it."
After he finished speaking, the middle-aged man began to take out a stack of thick folders from the old desk.
Then, open the folder and find a file similar to a table.
Not long after, the middle-aged man found the driver's name, quickly raised his head and said:
"The driver's name is Zhou Xiang. The truck he drives is local. The license plate number ends in 5768. You can go to the mine to have a look."
"Whenever you find this car, you will basically be able to find the driver named Zhou Xiang. You can just find him and find out the buzz."
"Thank you." Hearing what the middle-aged man said, Gu Chen felt that it was indeed a coincidence.
At least it shows that the pancake proprietress has indeed been here.
But thinking of this, Gu Chen quickly asked: "Oh, by the way, there is one more thing."
"Say." Seeing this, the middle-aged man also extended his right hand.
Gu Chenze quickly said: "It's this woman. Did she go there alone? Or was there someone else around her who went there with her?"
"Only one person?" Feeling a little confused, the middle-aged man also quickly said:
"I remember that she came from the pier alone that day, and then another person came to me and asked me about the situation."
"And when she got into that truck, she was still the driver arranged by me. Watching her leave, he must have been alone."
"Okay, thank you." I felt that the information provided by this middle-aged man was indeed accurate.
At least it means that the pancake proprietress has indeed been here, and she came alone.
After having this reliable information, Gu Chen also decided to go to the mine to check out the situation.
So he quickly asked the middle-aged man: "Do you know how long it is from the dock to your mine?"
"About... about 10 kilometers." Hearing this, Gu Chen said, and the middle-aged man also said it casually.
So Gu Chen said again: "Then can you do us a favor? Find us some rides so that we can go there and see the situation together."
"Okay." I felt that Gu Chen was a policeman and he couldn't afford to offend him, so he thought he could help a little bit.
So, the middle-aged man came to the door of the mobile house and checked a folder hanging at the door.
He looked at the open-pit mine again and then said:
"I remember there were two trucks, not long after we entered."
"We are probably unloading the goods right now. How about you wait a moment until these trucks come to the door? I will talk to them and let them take you for a ride."
After hearing what the middle-aged man said, everyone looked at each other in shock.
Lu Weiwei also said gratefully: "Thank you so much. Your words have helped us a lot. Thank you, thank you."
Lu Weiwei said a lot of words of thanks.
The main reason is that everyone took a boat from the Ferry Bridge to this pier, which is already very far away from where everyone parked.
At this time, it is rare to get a taxi at the loading dock.
This means that everyone may have to walk about 10 kilometers to the mine.
But now I heard that there was a ride, which made everyone very happy. It felt like a long drought was followed by good rain.
So everyone waited for a while in the mobile cabin.
Not long after, there was indeed a truck, slowly approaching the door.
Seeing this, the middle-aged man quickly pushed open the door of the mobile house, came to the door, and signaled the driver to stop.
"What's going on?" Along with the truck driver's huge engine roar, the driver stuck his head out and asked what was going on.
The middle-aged man hurriedly came to the driver's side and reminded him with his eyes: "These people are going to the mine, just in time. You just happen to be back. Please help me with them on the way."
"Are all of these going? But I don't have so many seats." The truck driver took a look and saw that there were as many as five people going to the mine.
Therefore, a car will definitely not fit in it.
The middle-aged man let out a "tsk" sound, and then looked behind the truck. In a burst of dust, another truck was slowly approaching.
Since the seats are set up for 3 people, there is also an area behind the seats for the driver to sleep and rest.
Therefore, two trucks are enough to fill these five people.
When the truck driver in front saw this, he nodded silently and agreed:
"Okay then, get in the car quickly."
"Senior Sister Lu, you and Xiao Yuan get in this car first. Senior Brother Wang, I, and Zou Yaohua will sit in the car at the back."
"That's okay." Seeing that Gu Chen arranged it this way, Lu Weiwei said she had no objection.
Later, Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha took the lead in getting into the car and drove directly out of the open-pit mine.
The truck driver who was stopped in the back also expressed his willingness to help after some communication from the middle-aged man.
So, Gu Chen, Officer Wang and Zou Yaohua also got into the car behind at the same time.
The two cars, one behind the other, kicked up a lot of dust on the road.
Since this area itself is a suburb within a suburb, the roads have long been dilapidated and rarely repaired.
Fortunately, the road surface is only a little broken. You must know that these roads are crushed by trucks over and over again. No matter how good the quality is, there will be some problems.
When the truck Gu Chen was riding in was parked in an open-air parking lot, Gu Chen, Officer Wang and Zou Yaohua came belatedly from the car.
At this moment, Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha have been waiting here for a long time.
While seeing Gu Chen and others, Lu Weiwei also reminded: "The mines here are really shocking."
"It feels like there is no end to the ore in this mountain. We should go find the manager here now."
"Yeah." After listening to Lu Weiwei's suggestion, Gu Chen looked back at the driver sitting in the driving seat of the truck and said:
"Where is the manager of your mine?"
"What?" Because there was a lot of noise here, the truck driver couldn't hear it very clearly.
So Gu Chen continued to speak loudly: "I said, where is your manager here? He is the one in charge of the mine."
"Over there, that's the office. You can go over there and ask about the situation." After understanding the situation, the truck driver also pointed to an old two-story building and said.
"Okay, thank you." Gu Chen thanked him profusely, and immediately led everyone to the old building.
This is an old building, which is easy to tell from the color of the building structure and the thick retro windows.
However, many retro windows in scenic spots are deliberately made old to retain the sense of age.
But this building is different. It is a living fossil of time.
"Go in and take a look." Gu Chen didn't care too much and walked directly into this old house with a semi-enclosed courtyard.
The reason why it is mentioned as a semi-enclosed courtyard is because one-third of the fence here has fallen down.
Apparently no one has cleaned up the weeds in the yard.
Therefore, the weeds here can grow as tall as an adult.
But these are not the point. The point is that although this office is shabby, the decoration inside is pretty good.
"Hello." Gu Chen walked into an office near the door and asked hurriedly: "Is your boss here?"
"Haha." When an old man saw this, he also smiled and said:
"The boss has such a big business, why would he come here? He usually works in the city."
"Do you have an office area in the city?" Lu Weiwei asked quickly after hearing this.
The old man chuckled: "Of course, we not only have our own offices in the urban area, but also many family houses, all of which are built in the urban area."
"My boss usually works in the city. He comes here occasionally, but not often."
"Are you coming today?" Gu Chen also wanted to know eagerly.
But the uncle shook his head: "I don't know about this."
"Do you know Zhou Xiang?" As soon as the uncle here finished speaking, Lu Weiwei quickly asked.
This question stunned the uncle on the spot, so he turned to look at Gu Chen and the others, and asked hurriedly: "Do you know Zhou Xiang?"
"Yes, I know him. Isn't he the truck driver?"
"Yes, it's him." It felt like Gu Chen and the others didn't look like they were joking.
Upon seeing this, Officer Wang quickly asked: "Uncle, where is this Zhou Xiang now? Is he still at this end of the mine?"
"Maybe there. I guess they're waiting in line at the other end of the mine to load the truck. It might take some time."
After a pause, the old man pointed to the area in front and said:
"Over there, I guess it's over there. The car is parked there. If you go over there, you should be able to see him."
"Thank you." Officer Wang also expressed his gratitude to the uncle who gave him the guide.
Afterwards, everyone continued to wander around.
It can be said that from the moment they entered the mining area, everyone was a little confused by the majestic scene in front of them.
After all, this mining area is very large and covers a large area, basically surrounded by mountains.
And based on the information provided by the old man, everyone found the truck with that license plate number in the current area.
So Gu Chen and others walked under the truck, but found no one in the cab.
Lu Weiwei reminded: "All the drivers waiting in line here to load the car are not in the car."
"Definitely not here." As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, Yuan Shasha on the side quickly reminded:
"Look over there, the group of people playing cards over there should be these truck drivers."
"Only the truck driver at the front stayed in the car and waited quietly."
He turned to look in the direction of the mining area, especially the extra-long iron frame with a shovel and various loading vehicles.
Lu Weiwei finally understood and felt that the loading work here was very relaxing.
"Hey, who is Zhou Xiang among you?" Lu Weiwei walked to the hut, held the door with one hand, and asked curiously.
Upon hearing this, everyone in the room subconsciously looked behind them.
But within a moment, a fat man raised his hand and said, "I am Zhou Xiang, are you looking for me?"
"Yes, I'm looking for you." Lu Weiwei quickly took out her ID and reminded: "We are from the Furong Branch. We are looking for you because we want to know something about the situation."
"Oh, the police are looking for you." A man sitting next to Zhou Xiang deliberately touched him with his arm.
The driver and card player on the other side also deliberately joked and said: "A beautiful policeman is looking for you. Go quickly and let the monkey come over and do some tricks."
As soon as he finished speaking, the driver nicknamed Monkey was called over by other drivers to replace Zhou Xiang.
The card game continued, and Zhou Xiang was called outside by Gu Chen's team, to a corner of a building.
"Are you Zhou Xiang?" Officer Wang looked up and down at the fat man in front of him.
The fat man also nodded silently and couldn't help but said: "Yes, I am Zhou Xiang, but I don't know you, but you want to come to me?"
After a pause, the fat man Zhou Xiang continued to ask: "So, what are you looking for me for? I seem to have always obeyed the law and haven't committed anything?"
"Don't be impatient, don't be nervous." It felt like everyone hadn't even started asking questions yet, so Zhou Xiang began to speculate on his own.
Gu Chen quickly comforted him with a few words.
The fat man Zhou Xiang was stunned, and then asked Gu Chen: "Then why are you looking for me?"
"Do you know this woman?" As soon as the fat man Zhou Xiang finished speaking, Gu Chen took out his mobile phone, opened the photo album, and showed the photo of the pancake proprietress in front of Zhou Xiang.
"Do you know him?" Gu Chen said.
"Eh?" Zhou Xiang was also stunned and quickly squinted his eyes to think.
After a moment, he slowly said: "This woman seems a bit familiar."
"Is it just a little familiar? Take a closer look. Did this woman give you a ride and come to this mine together last week?"
"Hitchhiking? There are many people who hitchhike with me every day. I need to think about this carefully." I feel that I have a lack of memory and need some time to clear my mind.
But soon, the fat man Zhou Xiang nodded and said: "Yes, I remember that there is such a woman."
"I remember that day, I was coming back from unloading goods at the open space at the dock, and I was stopped by the administrator there, saying he was my friend or relative or something?"
"Anyway, just let me take you to the mining area."
"Then you have seen her?" Officer Wang asked quickly.
Zhou Xiang nodded silently: "I've seen each other before, and I have some impressions of them being tall."
"When you put it like that, I feel like the woman I brought with me that day is the person in your photo."
Seeing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
It felt like I had been looking for the pancake proprietress for a long time, and finally got some information from the driver Zhou Xiang.
Lu Weiwei also sighed and quickly asked: "Then did this woman say anything to you that day?"
"What are you talking about?" Zhou Xiang answered the question with a confused look on his face.
So Lu Weiwei continued to guide and said: "For example, didn't you talk about anything during the 10 kilometers of the journey?"
"Chat?" Zhou Xiang was stunned, and nodded silently:
"We seemed to have been chatting for a while. I seemed to ask her what she was doing in the mine?"
"Then what did she say?" As soon as the fat driver Zhou Xiang finished speaking, Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha asked in unison.
Zhou Xiang was stunned for a moment, tried to calm down, and then said:
"I remember she said, come to the mine to find a friend."
"But when I continued to ask her who she was? It felt like she didn't want to tell me. I guessed that the friend she was looking for might be a leader here."
"Are you sure?" Lu Weiwei also looked curious after hearing what Zhou Xiang said.
But Zhou Xiang grinned: "Anyway, I just guessed based on my feelings."
"Because most of the people who come here to look for people are workmates and relatives. Everyone is working as a laborer, so they all wear ordinary clothes. They are very ordinary."
After a pause, Zhou Xiang continued: "But that day, I remember when that woman came over, the clothes she was wearing didn't look cheap at first glance."
"Besides, I feel like I'm well dressed, and the person I'm looking for should be pretty good, at least a senior manager, right?"
"Based on this, do you think you are looking for the leader?" Officer Wang felt that Zhou Xiang's statement was not necessarily without reference value.
After all, these truck drivers travel between the mine and the dock all year round, so they know something about the conditions inside the mine.
After all, when it comes to understanding the mine, probably no one knows it better than these drivers.
Zhou Xiang raised his chin to think, and said slowly: "Anyway, it feels like he is a relative of a certain leader, right? It's probably not the boss, but a few senior executives."
"The boss usually doesn't stay in the mine. I heard that there is an office area in the city, where he mainly handles customers."
"So, if a customer has needs and needs to come to the mine for on-site inspection, then if it is a big customer, the boss will usually send him here personally."
"So, I think the woman that day should have come to see the manager. There are three managers here, responsible for different areas."
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"Three managers?" Gu Chen frowned and thought, so he quickly asked Zhou Xiang:
"Then which one of these managers do you think this woman is looking for?"
"How do I know this?" After thinking for a few seconds, Zhou Xiang continued:
"But, I feel like I should go to Manager Zhao. Anyway, Manager Zhao is the one who has the most fun in our entire mine."
"Because he has strong abilities and is good at communication, major clients appreciate him, and even his boss likes him."
"So, when he was in the mine, he felt like he was inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people."
"Although the other two senior managers are at the same level as him, they obviously feel that they are valued very differently by the boss."
With a faint sigh, Zhou Xiang also smiled and said: "This manager Zhao, there are still a lot of gossip news in our mining area."
"What kind of gossip is this?" Lu Weiwei immediately became interested when she heard it.
But Zhou Xiang pretended to be mysterious and said: "It's nothing? It's this Manager Zhao who plays around outside and owes a lot of emotional debt."
"A woman came here to look for him before. At that time, we thought she was Manager Zhao's wife, but later we found out that she didn't seem to be."
"Because, there was a truck driver who went to a KTV in the city with some friends, and I heard that he saw that woman working there."
"So, everyone guesses that it should be one of Manager Zhao's lovers outside, right?"
"However, after a while, another woman came to see Manager Zhao."
"Later, Manager Zhao's myth spread in our mining area, and many people were talking about it."
"It's said that Manager Zhao has at least 10 good friends outside."
"Is this nonsense?" When Officer Wang heard this, he said angrily: "Is this nonsense? How can you cope with so many people? A master of time management?"
"Isn't that what I said?" Seeing that Officer Wang was still anxious, Zhou Xiang also smiled and said: "These are worn in the mining area."
"So you ask me, is that woman looking for someone?"
"Anyway, I don't know, but I know that the probability of finding Manager Zhao will definitely be much higher than others."
