Serious Case Tracking

Chapter 68 Death Invitation
According to Meng Shaohui's instructions, the investigators disguised themselves as ordinary salesmen and entered the company of Hu Haoting and Jiang Guowei, and took them to a big hotel in the city. Meng Shaohui had already opened two sets of guest rooms in the hotel. Also registered as a third party.

As for Zhao Xudong and Cai Wenbin, Meng Shaohui had already sent investigators to secretly protect them.

In one of the guest rooms of the hotel, Meng Shaohui and Hu Haoting were sitting opposite each other, and the notebook of the investigator responsible for recording was still blank. At this time, it had been 10 to [-] minutes since Hu Haoting entered the room.

Meng Shaohui glanced at the clock on the bedside table, and then lit a cigarette. Although he was very anxious, his movements were still very relaxed, and there was no sign of impatience on his face.

"Hu Haoting, how is it? It's been almost half an hour. I have already said what I should say. You should be very clear about your situation now. It is money or life that is important. You can weigh the pros and cons yourself! I'll give you the last 10 minutes."

"I……"

Hu Haoting held back for a long time before squeezing out the word from his teeth, but he couldn't continue. Meng Shaohui's 10-minute time limit was a terrible pressure for him. His facial features were almost wrinkled together. Of course, if he had no ghosts in his heart, he didn't need to be so nervous and worried.

There was another long silence, the whole room was surprisingly quiet, and Hu Haoting's heavy breathing was particularly obvious at this time.

Meng Shaohui glanced at the clock on the bedside table again, then put the cigarette butt in his hand into the ashtray, stood up and said, "The time is up, our conversation for today ends here."

"Don't, don't, don't say anything!"

Hu Haoting finally had no choice to continue to remain silent.

"It's not that I don't want to talk to you, it's that I have already told you well, but you don't want to cooperate." Meng Shaohui stood still at the door, his hand on the doorknob.

"I need your protection." Hu Haoting wiped off the cold sweat from his forehead and said nervously.

"In this case, you must tell me what I want to know." Meng Shaohui sat back on the chair.

"I try my best, I try my best."

"Well, I want to know, after Chen Haitao was killed a few years ago, why did you all leave Nova Century, and then you all lived a good life, where did the money come from?" Meng Shaohui didn't want to waste time, Straight to the point.

"Hey! People died for money, and birds died for food. That's why we left." Hu Haoting sighed, and said embarrassingly, "Things back then were indeed disgraceful. If I could go back in time, I really don't like it." I hope it will happen, because until now, I have been worried all day long, worrying that this matter will be revealed, but now it seems that I can't hide it."

According to Hu Haoting, although Chen Haitao entered the company late in Xinxing Century, he soon became the vice chairman of the company due to his relationship with Liao Xinxin, and officially launched the Golden Silkworm Project. Li Jian, Wu Likai, etc. People were selected by Chen Haitao to participate in the research.

Originally, everyone was full of hope for the Golden Silkworm Project, because once it succeeded, it would be equivalent to creating a miracle of mankind's fight against cancer, and they were all part of this miracle.But ten years have passed, and the experiment is still in a half-baked state. They found that the main reason why the research is so difficult is that Chen Haitao did not take out all the research materials. Each of them is responsible for part of the research, and even All of them gathered the results of their research together, and the golden silkworm was only half completed. The most important part of the research materials was always in Chen Haitao's hands, and he was in charge of the research himself, without anyone's help. Obviously, Chen Haitao He didn't trust them at all, and maybe he never thought of sharing the results of his research with anyone.

After that, Li Jian asked Wu Likai and others to go to the bar. At the wine table, with the help of alcohol, he began to complain about his dissatisfaction with Chen Haitao, and his complaint was affirmed by everyone, so Li Jian took the opportunity to express his thoughts Speak up.

Out of dissatisfaction with Chen Haitao, Li Jian had already contacted an overseas medical institution in private to sell the research materials of the golden silkworm. Golden Silkworm was very interested in this idea, and the price it offered was also very high.

At first, everyone was hesitant when they heard this idea, because once this matter was exposed, they would no longer be able to gain a foothold in the biological research field. Of course, judging from the price offered by the other party, even if they no longer engage in biological research, They could have done other things as well.

In the end, at the instigation of Li Jian, several people agreed with his idea. Afterwards, everything was traded secretly by Li Jian, and the money was distributed by him according to the amount and importance of the information in each person's hands. .

At the same time, Chen Haitao disappeared and was later found murdered. Li Jian and others also took advantage of the failure of the Golden Silkworm Project to leave Nova Century and take the money they got to find another job. went.

"What's the name of this overseas medical institution?"

"We don't know. Li Jian said that the contact is through a middleman, and the other party doesn't want to reveal his identity. After all, this kind of thing is not a glorious thing. Everyone hopes to conduct transactions secretly. Through the middleman, we have mutual respect for each other. We don’t know each other, and we’ll save trouble in the future.”

"What about Chen Haitao's death? Did you kill him in order to steal all the research materials?"

"No, no, we didn't kill people!" Hu Haoting hurriedly explained, "We were only doing it for money, and the money was already in hand, why did we kill people? Although we have a lot of dissatisfaction with Chen Haitao, there is no need to kill him! We It's just asking for money."

"You haven't, what about Li Jian?"

As soon as Meng Shaohui said this, Hu Haoting was at a loss for words, not knowing how to answer.

After a while, Hu Haoting hesitated to say: "Actually, officer, we also had your idea at that time, because according to Li Jian at the time, if all the research materials on golden silkworms were available, the buyer would be willing to buy them." The purchase price was five times higher than that at the time, but it is a pity that in the end, only half of the information was traded. During this process, Li Jian also tried to steal the information from Chen Haitao many times, but he did not know that Chen Haitao hid the information in the In the end, I can only give up. If Li Jian killed Chen Haitao, I really dare not say this casually. Chen Haitao’s death was indeed very sudden, but I think there is no need to kill Chen Haitao, because he is dead. There is no benefit to us.”

Hu Haoting's words are indeed reasonable. Chen Haitao holds half of the most important data in the study of golden silkworms, and only he himself knows where the data are hidden. If he is killed, he will never get that half of the data. Since In this way, I believe that Li Jian should not kill Chen Haitao, because if he kills or not, he can use half of the information to trade, so why take the risk of killing someone?This is completely a behavior that outweighs the gain.

"You only have half of the research materials in your hands, which is not enough to study successful golden silkworms, so why is the other party willing to buy them at a high price?" Meng Shaohui asked curiously.

"If the research is successful, it will become a miracle in the history of medicine and will be recorded in the annals of history. This is a matter of fame and fortune. Why not do it? It is also because of this that Chen Haitao did not put all the research Let us know all the information. Although the research materials in our hands are not enough to complete the golden silkworm experiment, since the other party is an expert, I believe it is completely possible to spend some time researching a creature with a similar shape, let alone the other party. Overseas medical institutions are much better than us in terms of manpower and ability, if they put in some thought, they may still be able to research the golden silkworm."

"Then based on what you know about golden silkworms, besides fighting cancer, is it possible for it to cause harm to the human body?"

"If it fails, it may indeed endanger human life. After Chen Haitao was killed, his wife, Liao Xinxin, the company's chairman, wanted to continue the research, but after experiments on animals, it was found that although the golden silkworm had form, but we can't effectively control its activities in the animal body, and eventually lead to the death of the animal, and none of us can solve this problem, so in the end we can only declare the experiment a failure, Liao Xinxin also destroyed all the experimental materials."

"Since you know the dangers of golden silkworms, and you dare to sell the research materials privately, don't you worry about being bought by terrorists and made into biochemical weapons?" Meng Shaohui scolded.

"Probably not! The golden silkworm is not like anthrax, which can be transmitted through the skin or by inhalation. The golden silkworm itself is a living creature with a form. When it is just formed and very small, it must pass through immediately. The human mouth enters the human body, just like taking medicine, otherwise it will die if it is in contact with the air for a long time, because the time that this kind of creature can be exposed to the air is limited, according to the data we studied at that time, only half Hours! As for whether the information in Chen Haitao's hands can prolong its survival time in the air, then I don't know."

Hu Haoting explained in a low voice. It is not difficult to hear from his words that he is actually well aware of the dangers of golden silkworms, but in front of money, he has already left his conscience behind. While defending, he also shifted the responsibility to Chen Haitao, who had already been killed.

After Meng Shaohui listened to Hu Haoting's explanation, he didn't reprimand him any more, because he knew that it would not help the matter, and he was more concerned about what Hu Haoting said about the golden silkworm.

"You said that golden silkworms cannot be exposed to the air for more than half an hour, so what if they are put in wine for people to drink?"

"This is possible. Although the original form of the golden silkworm is still a silkworm, scientific methods have been used to mutate its genes so that its epidermis has a breathing function, which is a bit like a frog breathing with its skin underwater. The principle, and this layer of epidermis can resist strong corrosive liquid, otherwise wouldn’t it be corroded by gastric acid when it enters the human body?” Hu Haoting said.

"Among the few of you, what about Zhao Xudong and Cai Wenbin? Did they get any benefits?" Meng Shaohui asked a new question.

"They also have, but very few, because they were still very young back then, and they were just researchers. If you are dissatisfied, report us."

"Have you received any invitations to a banquet recently?" Meng Shaohui asked further.

"This..." Hu Haoting hesitated to speak, and lowered his head with flickering eyes.

"Now that we've reached this point, is there anything else you don't want to say?"

"No, no, ah! No, yes, yes..." Hu Haoting was nervous and incoherent, "I just received an invitation card. A big hotel will open tomorrow. I am invited to attend the opening ceremony."

"Really only received one invitation?"

Seeing Meng Shaohui cast a questioning look at him, Hu Haoting said nervously: "There is still a note."

"What's the content, tell me!" Meng Shaohui snapped.

"Tell me to participate, otherwise my scandal of selling golden silkworms will be exposed, and I will have nothing by then."

Hearing this, Meng Shaohui finally understood why the previous victims would obediently submit and go to those banquets. This is the crux of the problem.

On the other hand, Jiang Guowei's inquiry got the same answer as Hu Haoting's, but he didn't receive any invitations. It seemed that the murderer was not in a hurry, but was carrying out his plan step by step.

After learning the details of the matter, Meng Shaohui quickly began to deploy the operation code-named "Snake Catch" tomorrow night. It can be said that this is an excellent opportunity, and it is also an opportunity not to be missed. Undoubtedly, it will play a vital role in the detection of the case.

(End of this chapter)