conspiracy crime 2

Chapter 29: Serious Accident (1)
criminal investigation dossier
(positive volume)
Name of the case: Case of Concealment of Major Accident in Jinshan Building
Case Number: A55175582920140301
Name of suspect: XXX
Case filing time: 2014.3.1
Closing time: 2014.3.18
Filing unit: Qingyang City Public Security Bureau
1
Chen Ming is from Jiangxi. After graduating from university, he went to work in Qingyang City. He changed seven or eight jobs, and finally joined a "New Architecture Newspaper".

This is an industry tabloid contracted by a private owner. It is published once a week and mainly publishes some news and advertisements in the construction industry.

The president of the newspaper, that is, the boss, is called Zhang He.

Although the newspaper office is small, there are about a dozen people who are called reporters to the outside world, but they are actually advertising salesmen under Zhang He.

Although Chen Ming, a graduate of the Department of Chinese, has the highest quality of news articles and the largest number of articles in each issue, but because he is a newcomer, he is not familiar with the place, and he is naturally thin-skinned and unsociable. So far, he has not gotten a single advertisement.

Zhang He has issued an ultimatum to him: If he does not get another advertisement this month, he will pack up and leave.

Today, when Chen Ming came back from an interview outside, he passed the Jinshan Building under construction, and saw a line of advertising slogans printed on the wall of the construction site, including the words "Developer: Zhenglong Real Estate Development Co., Ltd." and so on.

It was this line that caught his attention.

Some time ago, a high school classmate told Chen Ming on QQ that Shen Ling, their school beauty in high school, is now working as an assistant to the general manager of a company called Zhenglong Real Estate in Qingyang.

I don't know "Zhenglong Real Estate", but is it "Zhenglong Real Estate Development Co., Ltd."?
If yes, maybe through this relationship, we can pull the sales advertisement of Jinshan Building to our own newspaper.

Anyway, go ahead and take a look.

Chen Ming hesitated and walked into the construction site of Jinshan Building surrounded by high walls.

On the construction site, machines were roaring, voices were buzzing, and dust was flying. A huge building had already reached thirteen floors.

On the high scaffolding, hundreds of workers are busy up and down.

The safety net hanging outside the scaffolding was already broken and full of loopholes. From time to time, bricks and cement fell down and hit the ground with a bang.

Chen Ming turned his head and looked around, and saw a row of simple work sheds under the wall not far away. Outside the work sheds were two stoves with two large pots on them. Three middle-aged women wrapped in gray cloth scarves were standing in front of the stoves. Busy, there is also a girl of eighteen or nineteen years old who is helping to stuff firewood into the stove.

Chen Ming walked over, coughed lightly, and said loudly, "Excuse me—"

The girl turned her head when she heard the sound, and looked him up and down: "What's the matter with you?"

Chen Ming said: "I want to find someone, it's a woman, her surname is Shen and her name is Shen Ling, is she here?"

"So you're looking for Assistant Shen." The girl smiled and said, "She's not here now, and she usually only visits the construction site when everyone finishes work." Looking up at the sky, she added, "But it's almost here now." It's time to call it a day, why don't you sit here and wait for her." He handed over a small stool.

Chen Ming said: "Okay, thank you." He took the small stool and sat down in front of the work shed.

Maybe it was the first time we met, the girl was a little curious about Chen Ming, and asked him again: "Assistant Shen is a busy person, what can you do with her?"

Chen Ming said: "I am a reporter from "New Construction News" and a classmate of hers in high school. I have some business matters and I want to ask her for help."

"So you are a reporter."

The girl's eyes lit up, and she looked at Chen Ming in surprise.

Chen Ming nodded, took out a business card and handed it to her.The name card reads: "New Construction News" reporter - Chen Ming.

When handing over the business card, Chen Ming felt a little guilty.Because he did not have a press card issued by the National Press and Publication Administration, and only had a counterfeit press card printed by the newspaper itself. Strictly speaking, he was not a real reporter, at most he was just a working reporter.

From the girl's mouth, Chen Ming learned that his high school classmate Shen Ling really worked in this Zhenglong Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., and that he would come to the construction site of Jinshan Building later. In terms of saving face, handing over the sales advertisement of Jinshan Building to our newspaper will really solve my urgent need.

He was making wishful thinking in his heart, but the girl looked at his business card over and over again, suddenly raised her head and looked at him and said, "Your name is Chen Ming? I have read your philosophical essays in many youth magazines. The writing is really good. My name is Han Xiang, Han Xiangxiang from Korea, my hometown is Jiangxi, and now I am studying at Nanchang University, and my parents work with a construction team in Qingyang."

She pointed to a middle-aged woman who was busy cooking by the stove, "That's my mother, and my father is a big worker on the construction site, who is building walls there. They haven't been home for three years. As the school is on summer vacation, I'll come by train to see them."

Chen Ming chuckled: "So we are still fellow villagers." Pushing his glasses, he couldn't help but glance at her more.

No wonder when they met, Chen Ming felt that this girl was different from other people on the construction site, she turned out to be a college student who was out on vacation.

At this moment, only a "beep" was heard, and a small silver-gray car turned into the gate of the construction site from the side of the street.

The girl smiled and pointed, and said, "The person you are waiting for is here."

Chen Ming turned his head to look, and saw the door of the small car opened, and two people got out, a man and a woman.

The man is in his fifties, short and fat, with a big belly like a barrel, and walks with three steps; the woman is only in her 20s, wearing a dark black U-neck vest on her upper body, revealing Half of her snow-white breasts are fashionably and sexyly dressed.The young woman walked over slowly, holding the chunky man's arm.

When Chen Ming saw that the young woman was Shen Ling, he couldn't help being overjoyed, and immediately went up to her, shouting: "Shen Ling!"

Shen Ling was taken aback, looked at him sideways, her face was full of doubts, she was stunned for five seconds, and then she stared at him and asked, "Are you... Chen Dacai?"

"Great Talent Chen" is exactly what Chen Ming was nicknamed when he was in high school.

At that time, Chen Ming was fond of literature, and from time to time he made up two love poems and published them in the school magazine.Those hazy poems with a hint of sadness touched the hearts of many girls. They secretly nicknamed Chen Ming "Chen Dacai".

Shen Ling was also one of Chen Ming's many fans, and she secretly gave him a red sweater she knit by herself.

Unexpectedly, after so many years, she still remembered Chen Ming's nickname at school.

Chen Ming nodded, and smiled happily: "I really didn't expect that we could meet again in Qingyang."

Shen Ling also laughed happily, a white and plump arm slipped out of the old man's arms calmly.

The old man glared at Chen Ming, with a sullen face, and went to the construction site without saying a word.

Shen Ling let Chen Ming into a red brick room with a "Construction Site Office" sign, poured him a glass of cold water under the water dispenser, and said with a smile: "Usually, Mr. Zhou and I, oh, the person you saw just now , is Zhou Zhenglong, the boss of Zhenglong Real Estate, and Mr. Zhou and I usually stay at the head office. We only come to this construction site in the evening to inspect the progress of the project. I really didn't expect to meet you, an old classmate, here."

Chen Ming smiled wryly and said, "We didn't meet each other, I came here specially to wait for you."

He took out a business card and handed it to her, and then explained his situation in the newspaper office and the purpose of coming here to find her.

She said, "It's not difficult. I'll tell Mr. Zhou that it should be fine."

While talking, Shen Ling's mobile phone rang. After answering the phone, she smiled apologetically at Chen Ming and said, "Sorry, it's rare to meet an old classmate. I wanted to treat you to dinner tonight, but Mr. Zhou called Come and ask me to accompany him to discuss a business tonight, so I have to have dinner with you another day to catch up with you. Don't worry, I will give you a confirmation letter in two days about the advertisement. "

Chen Ming had already seen that the relationship between her and Zhou Zhenglong was extraordinary, and what she promised should not be difficult to do, so he stood up and left happily.

2
In the blink of an eye, three days passed, but Shen Ling never called Chen Ming.

Early in the morning on the fourth day, Chen Ming was sleeping in the rented house when his cell phone rang suddenly.

He thought it was Shen Ling who was looking for him, turned over and picked up the phone, but he didn't think it was the president Zhang He calling.

Zhang He said: "Xiao Chen, get up quickly. Just now a reader reported that there was an accident at the construction site of Jinshan Building last night. Go and get me some news."

"An accident happened in the Jinshan Building?" Chen Ming got up from the bed in shock, "What happened? Is anyone dead?"

"Nonsense, is it news that no one is dead? Stop rambling, what's going on, you'll know when you go to the scene."

Chen Ming hung up the phone, picked up the interview bag, and boarded the bus to the construction site of Jinshan Building.

When he came to the construction site, the machines were still roaring, the voices of people were buzzing, and the workers were busy nervously, which was no different from the scene he saw a few days ago.

Chen Ming thought that the information received by the president was wrong, but when he turned to the other side of the main building, he realized that something was wrong.

On the other side, the ten-story-high scaffolding originally built with bamboo had completely collapsed, and the protective net was almost torn to pieces.

Looking further up, the load-bearing wall that had just been built on the top floor also collapsed, and bricks and cement were scattered all over the ground.Two smashed and inferior safety helmets were crushed under the bricks, bloodstained and shocking.

Some journalists like Chen Ming who heard the news had already surrounded the scene, some of them were snapping photos of the blood stains on the ground, and some were recording something in their interview notebooks.

Shen Ling, the assistant to the general manager of Zhenglong Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., was explaining to the reporters what happened last night over and over again.

It turned out that due to the rain a few days ago, the progress of the project was delayed, so the workers have been burning the lights and working overtime in the past few nights.At one o'clock this morning, the workers were busy on the scaffolding. Due to improper operation, the boom of a crane hit the scaffolding. The brick wall that went up also collapsed.

Shen Ling said: "This is a man-made accident caused by improper operation of the crane workers. Our company will cooperate with relevant departments and the news media to investigate the responsibility for the accident." A reporter asked: "Are there any casualties?" Shen Ling said : "Unfortunately, two workers' helmets were not fastened securely. When they fell, their heads landed on the ground and died on the spot. Another two workers broke their legs and are currently receiving treatment in the hospital. But please rest assured, the company On the one hand, the aftermath of the injured workers has been properly dealt with. The remains of the dead workers have been transported to be cremated. After negotiation with their families, each dead worker will receive 20 yuan in compensation, and the company will be responsible for all the medical expenses of the injured workers. This is Representatives of the families of the injured workers, all journalists and friends can ask her for relevant matters.”

She turned around and pulled out a girl from behind, but it was Han Xiang.

Chen Ming's heart sank, only to hear Han Xiang say with tears in his eyes: "When the accident happened last night, my father was on the scaffolding...his helmet came loose, and he couldn't do it if he fell off... Assistant Shen said everything Really, after the accident, the company dealt with it in a timely manner, and the compensation will be in place soon. The family members have no complaints. We are very grateful to the company for being so responsible..."

The reporters asked a few more questions, and Shen Ling answered them flawlessly without any flaws.

The reporters gradually lost interest when they saw that they couldn't dig out any serious information.

Shen Ling took out a stack of red envelopes and said: "Every reporter and friend has worked hard. This is a little sympathy from our company. Please accept it." From the beginning to the end, each person gave out a red envelope.

Chen Ming squeezed it casually, it was thick, and it might cost no less than 1000 yuan.

The reporters took the hush money and scattered.

Chen Ming turned around and wanted to say some words of comfort to Han Xiang, but she was nowhere to be seen, so he had to leave feeling disappointed.

He left the construction site, walked a few hundred meters along the wall, turned a corner, and was about to take a bus when he heard a rustling sound behind him, a figure strenuously walked from the wall of the Jinshan Building construction site He got out of a hole blocked by sundries and called out to him, "Reporter Chen."

Chen Ming was taken aback, and took a look, it turned out to be Han Xiang.

Han Xiang looked around vigilantly, took out an envelope from his clothes, and handed it to him, saying, "I have something, and it's inconvenient to put it on the construction site. I would like to ask you to keep it for me, can you?"

"of course can."

Chen Ming took a look, and saw that the envelope was not big, but it was tightly wrapped with transparent tape on all sides. When he pinched it with his hands, there was a small piece of hard stuff inside. I don't know what it was.

Chen Ming guessed that it might be her personal valuables, and it would not be safe to put them in a crowded work shed, so she handed them over to him, the only "acquaintance" she knew in this city, to keep them for safekeeping.

She looked a little anxious, and said, "You keep it for me first, and I will call your mobile phone to tell you how to deal with it, okay?"

Chen Ming said: "Okay, no problem, we are fellow villagers. You have my business card, you can come to me at any time."

In the distance, a worker on the construction site of Jinshan Building came over.

Han Xiang's expression changed, and he immediately became nervous. Before he could say thank you, he got in through the hole in the wall again.

Chen Ming felt that something was a little strange, he said "Hey", and was about to stop her to ask a few more questions, when the bus he was waiting for just came.

Before he had time to think about it, he hurriedly put away the envelope and stepped onto the bus in three steps at a time.

Back at the newspaper office, Chen Ming reported the interview information to the president Li He.

Li He seemed a little disappointed, leaned back on the executive chair, and said indifferently: "Only two people died, it's not big news, please write a short message, no more than two hundred characters."

On Sunday, this issue of the newspaper was printed, and the news about the accident at the Jinshan Building site written by Chen Mingcai was published in an inconspicuous corner of the third page, which did not arouse much response.

A few days later, Chen Ming remembered Shen Ling's promise to publish a sales advertisement in their newspaper, and thought that the aftermath of the construction site accident should have been dealt with, and now she should have time to talk about the advertisement.That afternoon, I took a bus and arrived at the construction site of Jinshan Building.

When he arrived at the construction site, Chen Ming realized that he had arrived early. Before Shen Ling and Zhou Zhenglong arrived at the construction site, they sat in the open space in front of the shed and waited.

At this time, Chen Ming suddenly discovered that among the three middle-aged women cooking in front of the stove outside the shed, Han Xiang's mother was missing.And he sat on the construction site for a long time without seeing Han Xiang.

He asked a woman who was cooking, did Han Xiang and her mother go back to their hometown?

The woman said with regret: "You said Han Xiang, that child is so pitiful. Her father just had an accident, and she also had a car accident. She was hit by a car while shopping on the street, and she hasn't been sent to the hospital yet. , died...the driver who hit her has never been found..."

"What, Han Xiang had a car accident?" Chen Ming was taken aback, "When did that happen?"

"Three days ago."

"What about her mother?"

"I received the compensation from Boss Zhou yesterday, so I took the train back to my hometown with the ashes of my husband and daughter."

Chen Ming's heart sank, and he froze for a moment.That evening, he sadly left the construction site of Jinshan Building without waiting for Shen Ling.

3
After work in the afternoon of the next day, Chen Ming was standing on the platform in front of the office building waiting for the bus. A white imported Peugeot slid silently beside him. The window was rolled down. Shen Ling poked her head out and showed him Yan Yixiao: "Great talent, get in the car."

Chen Ming couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Hey, you even have a private car, when did you become a rich woman?" He opened the car door and got in.

Shen Ling smiled and shook her head: "I'm not qualified to be a rich woman, this is the car my boss gave me."

Turning the steering wheel, the car turned onto the street.

Chen Ming asked, "Where are you going?"

She said, "Go to the vegetable market."

Chen Ming said, "Go to the vegetable market? What are you doing?"

She turned her head to look at Chen Ming, and suddenly there was some charm in her eyes: "It's rare to meet an old acquaintance in another country, I told you that I owe you a meal."

Chen Mingle: "Don't you want to go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, and then cook a delicious meal to reward your old classmates?"

She smiled slightly and said, "You guessed it right. I wanted to invite you to the hotel, but I'm tired of the hotel food. I remember that you kept praising me for cooking when I was having a picnic at school. The food is delicious. I thought it would be better to let me show my skills, buy some food and go to your residence to cook a home-cooked meal, which may be more to your taste."

Chen Ming said happily: "Okay, if you don't think my rental house is shabby, then go to my place."

Twenty minutes later, with a few side dishes in the white Peugeot trunk, it drove straight to the downstairs of Chen Ming's rental house.

Chen Ming rented an old building with one room and one living room, the place was cramped and very simple.

After opening the door and entering the room, Chen Ming looked at the books, newspapers, magazines, clothes, shoes and socks littered all over the floor, and smiled apologetically at Shen Ling: "This place is too messy, I'm sorry."

Shen Ling smiled and said, "Fortunately, although it's a little messy, it doesn't smell bad. Bachelor's residences are like this. When I'm free, I'll clean it up for you."

She carried the vegetables and ran into the kitchen like a gust of wind.

Not long after, the smell of food wafted from the kitchen.

While eating, Shen Ling took out a bottle of red wine from her bag as if by magic, and poured two full glasses.

Chen Ming couldn't help showing embarrassment, and said, "A Ling, I don't know how to drink."

Shen Ling suddenly raised her head and stared at him with strange eyes: "You are not a reporter."

Chen Ming felt cold, thinking that she saw that he was just a fake working reporter, but she suddenly laughed: "Reporters have always been good at drinking, so how can there be a reporter who can't drink?"

She stretched out a light-white hand, took a glass of red wine and handed it to Chen Ming.

Chen Ming smiled wryly, in order to prove that he was indeed a popular "reporter", he had no choice but to take the wine glass and drank it heartily.

Shen Ling poured him another glass of wine and said, "Come on, let's have another drink for our old classmates' reunion in a different place." After finishing speaking, she clinked glasses with Chen Ming, raised her head and drained the wine in her glass.

(End of this chapter)