I am a super cop

Chapter 651 Old Shoemaker 【Seeking Monthly Pass】

"So it's like this? Is this how the traces were created?" Anna was overjoyed, feeling that Gu Chen's understanding of traces had far surpassed that of herself and her colleagues.

With only a few traces on the wall, Gu Chen can perfectly restore the scene, which seems unbelievable to Anna.

"When the murderer picked up the brick and threw it at the beggar, due to the narrow space, the brick leaned back and hit the wall, forming this mark."

"Afterwards, while hitting the beggar repeatedly, such marks appeared many times until the beggar was crushed to death."

"Officer Gu." Hearing Gu Chen's words, Uncle Sam asked hesitantly: "How can you conclude that the beggar was killed by someone?"

"Because of the corpse." Gu Chen gave the answer directly, "When I checked the charred corpse before, I already found that there were obviously several grooves in the skull of the corpse."

"So, that's the wound from the murderer?" Lu Weiwei asked.

Gu Chen nodded silently, and said: "Before, I could only make a rough judgment, until I came here now and found traces on the narrow wall."

"So now it is basically certain that the charred corpse should not be Paul, but a beggar monkey."

"Really?" Uncle Sam couldn't believe it, and he froze there: "Officer Gu, this monkey is a very responsible person. He has never provoked anyone, I swear."

"It's useless if you swear." Gu Chen clicked on the picture of the shoe print on the photo, and said in front of everyone: "The most important thing now is to find the person who wears this leather shoe."

"Only by finding him can we know who the murderer is and why he burned the monkey to death."

Anna took Gu Chen's cell phone, and after thinking about it for a moment, she said, "The outsole of these leather shoes has an eagle totem. I want to go to the shoemaker's shop in Luocheng, and I should be able to find it."

"Then what are you waiting for?" Gu Chen couldn't wait, and reminded: "It's not too late, you should act now."

"Okay, I'll take you there." Anna readily agreed.

After all, being able to find this clue is already very helpful to the detection of the case.

Gu Chen simulated the situation at the scene, and from Gu Chen's analysis, the man wearing leather shoes is obviously the key murderer in this case.

The heavy rain gradually dissipated, and everyone returned to the police car and drove directly to Luocheng's famous shoemaker's street.

Italy's handmade leather shoes are well-known at home and abroad, and it is also one of the origins of modern leather shoe craftsmanship.

Wenzhou City in Zhejiang Province, China, once learned from Italy, learned advanced shoemaking technology and level from Italy, and combined with local conditions, it also opened up the glory of Wenzhou's shoe capital.

In Italy, custom-made leather shoes have always been popular with customers, but due to high labor costs, custom-made leather shoes are also expensive in Italy.

Anna brought Gu Chen's Chinese team to an ancient street in Italy.

This is the birthplace of hand-made Italian leather shoes in the early days, and the birthplace of many well-known leather shoe brands was born here.

However, compared with other well-known brands, there are still some old shoemakers who are content with the status quo and open a custom leather shoe store as their daily work.

According to different brand positioning, for well-known shoemakers and artists, a pair of leather shoes in the studio starts at a minimum of a thousand ohms, and even depending on the material, leather shoes of tens of thousands of ohms can be found everywhere.

In recent years, many apprentices from East Asia and Southeast Asia have set up their own businesses and started to operate custom-made businesses in Lao Cai.

But most of them take the cheap route...

Therefore, in this old street, handmade custom leather shoe stores at various prices can find their own suitable customers.

"It's here." Anna turned her head to look at Gu Chen, and said, "The craftsmen who know the most about shoes in Luocheng basically set up shop here. If you want to know where the pair of shoes in the photo in your hand come from, you'd better ask a senior craftsman. ask."

"Then who is the senior shoemaker?" Gu Chen asked.

Anna hesitated for a moment, when an old man carrying a shoebox happened to pass by, Anna simply stopped him and asked, "Who is the most experienced shoemaker on this street?"

"A family of craftsmen." The old man turned around and pointed to a shoe store not far away, "In this street, his shoe craftsmanship is the best, and the boss has a lot of research on shoes, he is a shoemaker."

"If you can afford it, you can ask the boss to make a pair of high-quality leather shoes for you. It is guaranteed to be the best on this street."

"Okay, thank you." Anna nodded silently and sent the old man away. Then she turned her attention to the "Craftsman's Family" not far away, an old shoe store decorated in a medieval style.

"Let's go and have a look." Gu Chen said with a smile.

A group of people walked into this shoe store one after another.

From the moment they enter the door, everyone is attracted by all kinds of exquisite leather shoes in the living room showcase.

Not only that, but on the background wall of some leather shoe styles, there are also photos with exquisite wooden frames.

According to the text introduction, many of them are custom-made leather shoes of local celebrities, and there are photos with the boss.

Of course, apart from business chaebols, there are also some entertainment stars and sports stars who are regular visitors here.

The boss is uniquely favored, and has photos taken with almost all the celebrities. This is invisible, which is tantamount to promoting the "craftsman family".

"It's no wonder the business of this handmade leather shoe store is so good. Their single business is enough to eat and drink for a year. They are all high-end customization." Yuan Shasha pointed to several business celebrities who took pictures with the boss, turned to Gu Chen and said: "I know these people, and they are all frequent visitors to the European Forbes wealth list."

"It seems that the boss is very good at doing business." Gu Chen walked to the front desk, but did not see a waiter, and asked curiously: "Is this store always coming by appointment? Why is there not even a waiter?" .”

"Hee hee, Senior Brother Gu, you guessed it right." Yuan Shasha, who was standing on the side, said with a smile: "This store really accepts appointments, and it's normal if there are no shop assistants. The group photo in the exhibition hall is actually the boss. An image display for customers."

"What kind of service can you enjoy at what price? The boss has several top handmade shoemakers in Italy, all of whom are outstanding."

"Huh?" Listening to Yuan Shasha's words, Lu Weiwei didn't understand, so she said, "I said Xiao Yuan, how do you know this shoe store so well? Have you ever been here?"

"This..." Yuan Shasha felt that she had slipped her tongue, so she quickly shook her head like a wave drum, and retorted: "How could I have been here? This is one of the most expensive shoe shops in Italy. I... I Just, I heard from my friends that they have been here."

"I really envy you, Xiao Yuan, your friends are all very good." Although Gu Chen knew that Yuan Shasha was lying, he didn't deliberately expose it.

Yuan Shasha nodded silently, and said with a smile: "Yes, my friends like to travel and have a lot of knowledge. I heard from them that this store has different shoemakers on duty every day to accept reservations."

"If we want to find the master shoemaker, just go directly to the second floor."

"Really?" Anna, as an Italian, had never heard such a statement.

However, looking at Yuan Shasha's serious face, it didn't seem like she was joking, so she readily accepted it and said, "All right, let's go to the second floor."

A group of people continued to go upstairs and came to an exhibition hall similar to the decoration style of an old castle.

To say that "Craftsmen's Family" is in this old street, the storefront can be regarded as a giant, at least compared with other mini-storefronts, it seems a bit bullying.

The area of ​​a toilet on the second floor is comparable to that of a mini store in Old Street.

How about you?Being able to accept orders from many celebrities also requires some prestige.

"Excuse me, is anyone there?" Gu Chen looked around for a week, but found that there was no one in the huge space.

Seeing no one answered, Gu Chen asked again: "Excuse me... is there anyone here?"

"Are you here to order leather shoes?" Just as Gu Chen finished speaking, an old man wearing a brown shoemaker's apron suddenly walked out from a hallway.

He adjusted his glasses, only to realize that it was a group of policemen who came, and asked in a daze, "Excuse me, are the police officers here to order leather shoes?"

"But let me say it first. Our leather shoes are expensive. If the police officers don't have a lot of money, I can recommend a few cheap shoe shops next door to you."

"Hehe, you are really interesting." Gu Chen also took a step forward, and said with a light smile: "There is no reason to recommend the business to outsiders. It can be seen that your shoe store is not short of business."

"Young man, are you a policeman?" Looking at Gu Chen's clothes up and down, the old shoemaker, who was a bit confused, couldn't help squinting his eyes, feeling baffled.

He quickly looked at Anna and George beside him, and then at Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha.

Although everyone is wearing police uniforms, there are obviously some differences.

The old shoemaker doesn't play social networks very much, so the so-called hot news is always perfectly missed.

He didn't know which country Gu Chen was a policeman, but he could speak Italian fluently, which surprised the old shoemaker.

"Old man, this is the Chinese police team. They came to our country for exchange and study. We are dealing with a case now, and we need your help with something."

Anna was as polite as ever, and stepped forward to communicate with the old man.

The old shoemaker was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "It turns out that they are Chinese policemen. Nice to meet you."

"Me too."

Gu Chen accepted the old shoemaker's handshake.

The old shoemaker smiled and said, "So you are not here to order leather shoes today, but to investigate the case?"

"Yes." Gu Chen said without hesitation: "I have a question about leather shoes and I want to ask you about it. I don't know if you understand it."

"Hehe, young man, you are joking." Also under Gu Chen's provocative method, the old shoemaker suddenly frowned, and said lightly: "You don't even ask, in this old street, in terms of understanding leather shoes, If we say number two, no one dares to say number one."

"Really?" Lu Weiwei was dubious, and urged Gu Chen directly: "Then Junior Brother Gu, show him the picture and see if this master is really as powerful as he said."

With the mentality of giving it a try, Gu Chen simply clicked on the photo album on his mobile phone, and showed the shoe print with the eagle totem to the old shoemaker for reference.

"Master, this is a footprint we found at the scene. It is very important to find this person. However, we don't know much about this pair of leather shoes. I would like to consult you."

"Let me see." The old shoemaker adjusted his glasses and squinted his eyes to examine carefully.

In just three seconds, he burst out laughing.

This puzzled everyone in the room.

Lu Weiwei stepped forward and asked, "Master, what are you laughing at?"

"I laugh that you are really lucky." The old shoemaker smiled lightly, and pointed out with Gu Chen's mobile phone: "This shoe sole with the eagle totem is currently the latest mold developed in our shop."

"The style of this rubber outsole changes every year. I'll find it for you, and you will know."

Having said this, the old shoemaker walked back to the entrance, and not long after, he held a copper mold in his hand and came in front of everyone.

Throwing the copper mold on a wooden table, the old shoemaker smiled and said, "Look, is it this?"

Gu Chen put the phone flat on the wooden table, and then put the eagle copper mold on one side. Comparing the two sides, the details are fully revealed.

Using his professional observation ability, Gu Chen repeatedly compared the details and textures in the photo with the copper mold, and they were almost exactly the same.

"How is it?" the old shoemaker said quite proudly.

"It's really the same." Gu Chen said.

"Let me see." Anna on the side couldn't believe it, so she came over again to verify.

Lu Weiwei was very curious and said: "Master, you can make copper molds, how can you be sure that these are your shoes?"

"It's very simple." The old shoemaker pointed to a logo of the eagle totem on the copper mold, and said, "This is the trademark of our store. Anyone who dares to steal my trademark on this street will be prepared to go bankrupt."

"But..." Gu Chen hesitated for a moment, feeling quite puzzled and said, "Your copper mold is not a shoe sole mold, but a high-frequency ironing mold."

"Even if the rubber outsole is pressed with high frequency, it is impossible to have such deep lines. How did you do it?"

Hearing Gu Chen's remarks, the old shoemaker was also quite taken aback, with a look of astonishment on his whole face.

"Young man, do you know so much about the craft of shoemaking? Do you even know the craft of high-frequency ironing?"

Gu Chen smiled lightly: "I understand a little bit."

"It's already very good." Seeing that Gu Chen also knew some shoemaking techniques, the old shoemaker who was a little proud before suddenly became polite.

He walked to a wooden frame, picked out a semi-finished outsole from above, threw it in front of Gu Chen and said, "We press it with high frequency, mainly to position the outsole."

"And the pattern you mentioned is actually carved by hand according to the positioning of the copper mold after high-frequency hot pressing."

"What... what? Your rubber outsole pattern is actually hand-carved?" Gu Chen was quite shocked when he heard this exaggerated craftsmanship.

I have only heard that Italy is famous for its pure handmade, but I never thought it would be exaggerated to this extent.

In Gu Chen's opinion, it is really difficult to understand the hand-carved outsole.

It can be seen that the leather shoes in this shoe store are the Rolls Royce of leather shoes, so there is a reason why they are expensive.

Seeing this, Anna was quite shocked and said: "According to what you said, there should not be many people who come to the store to order this kind of leather shoes, right? You should have customer information, right?"

"Of course, but..." the old shoemaker stopped suddenly as soon as he spoke.

"What? Inconvenient?" Gu Chen asked.

"Haha, guess what." The old shoemaker was a little helpless, and said with a dry smile: "The information of these customers is absolutely confidential. I have no right to disclose it to outsiders. This is a rule."

"But we are handling the case, I hope you can cooperate." When Anna encountered this reason, she couldn't help but feel bad.

But the old shoemaker still seems unwilling to reveal too much, even if in front of him is a mixed formation of Italian police and Chinese police, so what?

The old shoemaker from a family of craftsmen will never admit defeat...

Seeing that the old man was a bit stubborn, Gu Chen simply explained the reason: "Master, this person is very likely to be the murderer of a murder case. It is unreasonable for you to do so."

"You have the rules, but the laws of the country do not allow it. After all, you don't want to cover up the murderer because of your so-called rules, do you?"

"If you don't confess, the murderer is likely to commit another crime. By then, how many innocent people will die. Have you ever thought about it?"

In terms of reasoning, the Chinese police will never admit defeat.

After Gu Chen said this, the old shoemaker began to waver.

In order not to embarrass the old shoemaker, Gu Chen said directly: "Then let me ask you, how many people are there who order this kind of leather shoes? You can always tell me, right?"

"Only one." The old shoemaker finally let go.

Gu Chen looked back at everyone, everyone was overjoyed, feeling that the truth was gradually approaching.

Excited, Gu Chen looked back at the old shoemaker again, and asked, "Then the customer of the custom leather shoes, is he called Simon?"

When Gu Chen said the name of "Simon", the old shoemaker's eyes changed.

The whole person froze for a moment, as if feeling a burst of deep thought and extreme fear.

Looking at the old shoemaker's abnormal reaction, Gu Chen actually knew the answer he wanted very well, so he smiled and said: "Looking at your expression, it seems that I am right."

"No... that's right." After repeated questioning by Gu Chen, the old shoemaker finally said with certainty: "The customer who came to our 'Craftsman Family' to customize leather shoes is indeed called Simon, a tall and thin man."

"And he manages several charitable funds." While answering the call, Gu Chen found out the business card that Simon had sent to him, showed it in front of the old shoemaker, and said, "Check carefully again, the phone number, charitable fund, see See if it matches the information Simon left in the store."

"If it's him, you don't need to speak, just nod and wink."

The old shoemaker could no longer remain calm.

He adjusted his glasses again, this time studying the business card Gu Chen handed over like a lottery ticket.

After some final confirmation, the old shoemaker finally nodded and admitted: "Needless to say, the person you are looking for...is him."

(End of this chapter)