monologue

Chapter 22 Shareholders' Meeting (1)
Long Huamin was pacing in the office with an unlit cigarette. On the sofa next to him were two members of the Kan Sitong task force, as well as Shen Yue and Kang Ruxin.

It has been nearly 10 days since the case was discovered, but there is still little progress in the investigation of the case, which puts Long Huamin under tremendous pressure.

Long Huamin finally stopped, and said to the two members of the task force: "Go out first, and then continue to visit the people near the newsstand in Fenhe. It is best to find the person who called the hospital that day. Work." To be more detailed, I don’t believe that there is no witness. By the way, all the surveillance videos closest to the newsstand within an hour before and after that time period of the day were pulled out, and the little boss of the newsstand slowly identified .I think he should have the most basic impression of that person. In a word, we must find out the person who called."

The two people from the task force left.Long Huamin said to Shen Yue apologetically, "I'm sorry, I feel a little irritable. Xiao Shen, what are you going to do next?"

Shen Yue smiled wryly and said: "To be honest, I rarely come into contact with such cases. When I was in the United States, the intelligence agencies and the police would directly bring criminal suspects to the Wilson Institute for identification. That kind of work is not easy. too much."

Long Huamin asked: "If it was the American police, what would they do after encountering such a case?"

Shen Yue said: "Probably I will look for clues as you arranged just now. But there are cameras in the streets and alleys of the United States, and there are few blind spots, so it will be much easier to find clues." Long Huamin sighed and said: "Yes Ah. I also hope that cameras can be installed in every place in every city, so that our work will be much easier. But we have no money, what else can we do except adopt such a stupid method?"

Kang Ruxin said: "In fact, Dr. Shen has gained a lot recently." Shen Yue shook his head and said, "You can't get close to the truth, and all the gains you have are useless. But I still stick to my own way. At present Under such circumstances, the more you know about Kan Stone and the people around him, the greater the possibility of getting closer to the truth."

Long Huamin nodded and said, "Xiaokang has already told me about your thinking, and I agree very much. You are only helping us solve the case. I cannot and have no right to exert any pressure on you, let alone an expert like you." You can continue in your own way. Xiao Shen, can you tell us what you have learned so far? Perhaps after discussion, we can all open up our minds."

Shen Yue smiled wryly and said: "I really can't say anything more now, because my method is not to suspect anyone, but to find out the motive of the crime by gradually getting to know Kan Stone and everyone in his main social relationship. Besides, I want to be able to identify the liars among those people and find out the reasons for their lies, so that there is a high possibility of finding out who the suspect is-even if the suspect is clever, I will be here I found their clues in the process of searching."

Long Huamin asked: "A liar should be suspected." Shen Yue shook his head and said: "That's not necessarily the case. In fact, each of us can lie, or in this world, there is no one who can't lie. Lying is A way of self-protection, hidden behind the lies are some intentions that a person is trying to hide. For example, personal privacy that cannot be known to outsiders, selfishness and greed that are worried about being criticized by others, and even good intentions. For the purpose of protecting others, and people with high beliefs want to maintain the secrets of their organizations, etc. Therefore, lie is not simply a derogatory term, and there are many reasons for it. Whether it is truth or lies, it contains It is the true human nature of each person, whether it is greed, hatred, or kindness. In the final analysis, all of these are the fundamental attributes of human nature, which is desire." Long Huamin suddenly understood, and he said in a deep voice: "So far, The people you investigate are basically the most important people around Kan Stone, what if these people have nothing to do with this car accident?" Shen Yue frowned and said: "My purpose is to learn more about Kan Stone. Bizarre cases, especially when we are still in various unknown situations, in our eyes, various clues, useful and useless, true and false, they are all intertwined, so we must Ask everyone related to Kan Stone to find the correct direction of the clues through their yes or no, truth and lies in the process of answering the questions. Once all the correct dots are connected, the intertwined clues The direction will gradually become clear. But until all the clues are clear, what you have so far is useless for the time being, because your police haven't found anyone to suspect, and I haven't found out that Kan Sitong was murdered. root cause."

Long Huamin pressed his temples, frowned and said, "My head started to hurt again. Well, then you can continue to investigate, and Xiaokang will continue to assist you. Xiaokang, you go out first, and I will talk to Dr. Shen about other things .”

After Kang Ruxin went out, Long Huamin said to Shen Yue: "Xiao Shen, there is something I am also very embarrassed about, but it is not easy to refuse. The thing is like this, you have met Wu Qingshan, he came here on a special trip today Find me and tell me that several directors of the Stone Group are going to have a meeting, and I hope you can attend. You can see this matter..."

Shen Yue immediately understood Wu Qingshan's intentions, shook his head and said, "It's an internal matter of their group, and it's not appropriate for me to participate. Actually, I know what this Wu Qingshan wants to do. He just wants to help Kan Wang Take the chairmanship of Stone Group? Officer Long, I am assisting you in solving the case, and have nothing to do with the internal affairs of Stone Group. I cannot agree to such a thing."

Long Huamin said: "Yes, yes. But this is the meaning of someone above me, and I am also very embarrassed." Shen Yue became a little angry, and said: "The person above you? Why did he want to interfere in the Stone Group? The matter? It is simply unreasonable!"

Long Huamin shook his head and said, "Xiao Shen, it seems that you still don't know much about some situations. Chinese people care a lot about private communication between people. This Wu Qingshan has friendship with the person above me. During this time you I have been assisting the police in investigating Kan Stone’s case. I am also an expert in psychology. I have a strong ability to recognize and distinguish people. The interests of board members are closely related to the future development of Stone Group. They want to hear from you The opinion of this expert is also very normal.”

Still shaking his head, Shen Yue said, "I can't participate in such a thing. To be honest, I don't know who the Kan brothers are more capable, because my goal is very simple, and that is to uncover the Kan Sitong car accident as soon as possible." If I intervene in the internal affairs of the Stone Group, it may affect my judgment on certain matters."

Long Huamin sighed, and said: "I know, I know. How about this, you'd better go there, and then just don't say anything. I have to give face to the person above me, right? Xiao Shen, I know about this matter It's hard for you, but isn't the person above me just out of necessity? Let's just go through the motions so as not to embarrass each other. Xiao Shen, this is considered as you are doing me a favor, what do you think?"

Shen Yue couldn't laugh or cry, he never thought that such a ridiculous thing would happen to him.However, he can still understand such a thing, not to mention that the captain of the Criminal Police Corps in front of him has already said such a thing, and it is really hard to refuse.He said with a wry smile, "Okay. When? Where?"

Seeing that he agreed, Long Huamin breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Just tonight, they invite you to the No. [-] Hall of the Victoria Hotel for dinner. Xiao Shen, in fact, you can use this opportunity to learn more about Kan Sitong. However, after all, all the shareholders of the Stone Group participated. Of course, the Kan brothers will not be present."

He said, winking at Shen Yue.Only then did Shen Yue understand the other intention of the person in front of him, and he couldn't help admiring in his heart: "It's definitely not a fluke that this person is able to sit in the current position. From this, it seems that I am still too bookish."

This dinner was arranged by Wu Qingshan.Hall No. [-] of the Victoria Hotel is magnificent, and every piece of tableware is so exquisite that when Shen Yue entered it, he felt a sense of dazzling.

Wu Qingshan's enthusiasm seemed a little too much. He stretched out his hands to shake hands with Shen Yue, and said apologetically, "Dr. Shen, I didn't know that day that you were a psychologist who came back from the United States. I really neglected you. I'm sorry."

Shen Yue had no choice but to respond politely: "Mr. Wu was joking, and speaking of it, I have to thank you for taking the time to answer my questions that day."

Wu Qingshan laughed heartily, and then introduced the others to him one by one.There were a total of 8 directors present, all of whom were directors of the Stone Group. They were all over 40 years old and well dressed. Most of them smoked, and one of them smoked Cuban cigars.

Under Wu Qingshan's introduction, these directors were very polite to Shen Yue, and Shen Yue didn't see much falseness from the smiles on their faces.Shen Yue was a little confused: Although the wealth of these people in front of them is not as rich as Kan Sitong, they are considered rich in the eyes of ordinary people, but they still care about greater interests in the future, otherwise they would not come to open such a A meet and greet.

Shen Yue insisted on taking the last seat.He said: "I'm here as a nonvote, and I'm also here for Chairman Kan's car accident. I want to know more about Chairman Kan later."

Wu Qingshan didn't insist, he went to sit in the main seat by himself, and the rest of the people took their seats separately.Shen Yue found that they all sat down in a familiar and casual manner, and it was probably the same when they held the board of directors before.He looked at the people present one by one, and then he saw Wu Qingshan stand up and raised his glass, and said: "Dear shareholders, my brother Sitong is gone now, and it is inconvenient for his two sons to come to today's gathering. All the shareholders are here. The Stone Brothers are gone, but the Stone Group he created must continue to develop, not only for our common interests, but also for the cause of the Stone Brothers to flourish. Now I propose that this first glass of wine be to our brother Sitong, and I hope he is well in heaven."

Everyone stood up solemnly and poured the wine in their cups on the ground.The floor was a pure wool carpet, on which glasses of wine disappeared in an instant.Shen Yue also poured the wine in the glass onto the carpet.

Wu Qingshan raised the second glass of wine and said: "We still have to respect Brother Si Tong for this second glass of wine.

I believe that although his body left this world, his soul is still here.He is looking at us, hoping that we can help him choose the most suitable heir.We must also do the same. Only in this way can we be worthy of the huge returns that the Stone Brothers have brought to each of our shareholders over the years, and also worthy of the brotherly treatment he has always treated each of us. "

Everyone poured the wine in their cups to the ground again.Immediately, Wu Qingshan raised the third glass of wine and said: "Let us respect Dr. Shen together with this glass of wine. This is our respect on behalf of Brother Si Tong. Brother Si Tong died in a car accident, and this car accident is by no means accidental. We I hope that Dr. Shen can find the murderer as soon as possible, so that the chairman can rest in peace. Dr. Shen, please!"

Shen Yue felt it was a bit strange, the first two glasses of wine were toasted to the dead Kan Sitong, but the third toast was to him.At this time, all the people were looking at him with their glasses up, so he could only smile bitterly and said, "The police are mainly handling this case, and I'm just assisting them. But please rest assured, I will do my best."

Wu Qingshan smiled and said: "It's enough if you have Dr. Shen's words." Everyone sat down after drinking together, Wu Qingshan said: "Dear shareholders, it seems that we haven't gathered together for half a year? Today I called You must know the purpose of everyone coming here. As the saying goes, "A home cannot be without an owner for a day". The Sitong brothers are gone, and we have to elect a new chairman as soon as possible. To be honest, the two sons of the chairman are very good. , but the new chairman can only be one of them. I called everyone here today to discuss this matter, and I specially invited Dr. Shen to participate. Why did I invite Dr. Shen to participate in today's meeting? The reason for this is very simple, because Dr. Shen is a well-known psychologist in the world. Recently, in order to investigate the chairman’s car accident, he had contacted Mr. and Mrs. Kan many times. It is a very comprehensive understanding. As the saying goes, 'the bystander knows the truth', not to mention that Dr. Shen is also an expert in knowing and distinguishing people."

Shen Yue noticed that just now Wu Qingshan seemed to deliberately put the word "character" before the word "ability".And he also found that several directors present were frowning slightly.He smiled and said, "Mr. Wu, all the bosses here, I am only assisting the police in investigating Chairman Kan's case, and I don't care about the ability and character of the person I am talking to. My purpose is very simple, to find out as soon as possible. The truth of the matter. Therefore, I really cannot express any opinions on the candidate for the new chairman of Stone Group, and I am not qualified to do so." Wu Qingshan was a little embarrassed at once, but then smiled and said: "Dr. Shen, you can Just talk about your opinion, the final result still has to be decided by each of our directors through voting." Shen Yue stood up, raised his glass and said to the people present: "I'm sorry, everyone, I am just a scholar, and my research is Practical techniques of psychology, I really can’t do anything about this matter. I’m sorry, this matter should be decided by all the shareholders here, and I will leave first.” He drank the wine in his glass and said: “Yes Thank you everyone, I am very grateful for your invitation today, I may visit you one by one recently, I hope you can take some time to answer some of my questions."

As soon as he finished speaking, the shareholder who smoked Cuban cigars immediately said loudly: "Dr. For the future interests of each of our shareholders, I suggest that this matter should be decided by voting on a special board of directors. Today is a rare gathering for everyone to commemorate Chairman Kan. Dr. Shen is our distinguished guest , he can’t leave. Since the Stone Group is a well-known company across the country, we can’t be too realistic and petty. Colleagues, do you think this makes sense?”

This person is called Tan Huade. Wu Qingshan had introduced it to Shen Yue before, and Shen Yue had already read the information on this person.He is the largest building material supplier in the whole province. After Stone Group entered the field of automobile manufacturing, he was responsible for the supply of part of the group's auto parts, and he was also a pivotal figure in the group.

Shen Yue felt that this person should represent an important force supporting Kan Hong.You know, Kan Hong is in charge of Stone Group's automobile manufacturing industry.

Most of the people present are nodding.Tan Huade's words were very level, and he immediately reversed the situation that had been dominated by Wuqingshan since the beginning of the banquet.And what he said was not aimed at Wu Qingshan, but was talking about things from a reasonable point of view.

(End of this chapter)