Chapter 677 - 668: The Boss Fires the Boss Lady
Chapter 677: Chapter 668: The Boss Fires the Boss Lady
People fear sudden fame, just like they fear getting too strong. Once you gain some abilities, people will flock to you with requests.
Su Qing is essentially a nouveau riche, and combined with the nature of his job, his relatives hadn’t even realized what was happening before he rose to success.
Especially after he made money from stocks, initially when it was just tens or hundreds of thousands, his mom, Zhou Hui, would mention it. But later, after he scored big, even she stopped commenting on it.
She understands the principle of not revealing one’s wealth. Especially the older generation, they might have some traditional habits, but some principles of life are still worth learning from for young people.
Even though a relative saw his so-called "Stock God" nickname online before the New Year, they didn’t know exactly how much he made. Plus, he didn’t show up online much, so some people didn’t even associate it with him.
But after the New Year, things changed. He made an eighty-million investment into a movie, and with his increased appearances in Su He’s live streams, his looks have become well-known.
After the New Year, his mom told him that recently, some relatives would call her from time to time, just to chat. He didn’t pay it much mind before, but with the narrator’s prompting today, he couldn’t help but start worrying.
Not to mention anything else, according to the narrator’s hint, out of those people that Li Zijun caught back in their hometown, there were a few he knew, and surely someone would approach him through connections.
It’s not for any other reason. He works in the police department, and Zhou Hui didn’t hide this last year since she considers it a proper job. What’s there not to say?
Originally, there should have been nothing to it; for half a year, there had been peace, but that’s because nothing happened to people around him. Once something did, wouldn’t people come to him?
After all, even if it were happening to him, if something like that happened, without even thinking, Old Su and his mom would surely use connections to find someone.
With that in mind, he decided to learn more about it. At the very least, he wanted to understand how severe their crimes were, what he could help with, and what he couldn’t get involved in. He had to measure it well and not bring trouble to himself.
He then had a detailed conversation with Li Zijun about the case, even went with her to see the group of people, though he didn’t show up, just looked at the records.
Little did he know, he was shocked upon seeing it; they were suspected of telecom fraud, amounting to over a million.
The least serious charge could be aiding and abetting, which means providing their own bank cards to facilitate funds, taking a cut in the process.
They even had tiers, with a top leader, then developing underlings, who would then develop more underlings. Within no time, this network of over ten people spread across three generations, quite fast.
The urgent task now is to follow the trail and catch the big fish above them.
How much can these thirteen people be worth? If this lead is cut, they’d have to bear the business end. Conversely, if they confess and help capture their superiors, not only could their charges be reduced, but they could also earn credit for assistance.
Su Qing listened for a while, knowing through the narrator that their leader wasn’t even in Jiang City, but in Yu Zhou; what a joke!
If it were in Jiang City, he might have inserted himself, but since it was outside the city, never mind. If he outright told others, wouldn’t they look at him like a freak? He might even end up with his photo pinned up in the criminal investigation department like Conan. It’s not that easy!
Moreover, if they can’t catch their leader, these people would likely face at least a year, more serious cases could result in three years or even more.
Of course, retrieving the stolen funds, essentially coughing up money, might lighten the sentence. This involves how much of the fraud money can be recovered, but these few people, let’s just say, their family conditions are average. If they were better off, they wouldn’t have done such things.
Of course, some simply don’t want to work, looking for easy money; this phenomenon is quite common among young people nowadays. They don’t like jobs, don’t like low-paid jobs, don’t like tiring jobs. He was the same, otherwise, he wouldn’t have gone into short videos.
Though he didn’t earn much, at least it wasn’t too exhausting.
Younger people, without parental help, it takes at least 20 years to build a fundamental framework inwardly, then another 10 years to reconstruct their understanding of the external world, inevitably running into some crooked or wrong paths in between.
But as long as they rectify it in time, and the deviation isn’t too severe, with a general direction about right, it’s not really a problem. Waking up by around thirty is considered fast.
The fear is that during youth, one veers off too drastically, and the cost of it is too great, possibly affecting one’s entire life.
Like him, Wang Xing, Li Zijun, and Du Qiang, they attended college, broadened their horizons, allowing them to move faster. They have the support of their parents; at least they won’t stray down the wrong path. Old Su, after all, is a university teacher, has knowledge and vision; even if Su Qing’s academic performance is average, he wouldn’t stray into crime.
His good fortune was that Yunnan’s friend sent him mushrooms, granting him narrator-like abilities that, though not always fully understood, could guide him to make the right choices, realizing himself in his early twenties, already fast and very lucky.
But not everyone is as fortunate as him; at least those thirteen are not. In this group, the highest education level is a junior college. Their parents have little ability, many quit school after high school, idling every day, and due to their youth, apart from gaming in internet cafes, they gather for drinking, eating, and flirting with girlfriends.
A group of hard-working people together will progressively improve the collective, as everyone is moving forward, even the lazy will be pulled along.
But if a group of idlers is together, inertia sets in, thinking everyone’s unemployed, I’m not in a rush.
When you’re not in a rush, I’m not in a rush, either; nobody’s in a rush, but gathering means spending money, naturally leading to some crooked paths; that’s how this group was.
After understanding, Su Qing stayed at the police station until 3 PM, then returned to pick up Shen Yi from work.
As soon as she got in the car, Shen Yi started with a laugh: "Hey, something big happened, did you see it?"
"What big happened?"
"The owner of Fengyang Restaurant held a press conference and publicly apologized."
"A public apology? That’s quite a quick response, seems pretty clever." Su Qing laughed, indifferent to it, knowing that Jiang Guimei’s three-day detention was inevitable, no escape, and the rest Old Master Wen would handle; just wait and see.
"Clever? I don’t think so. It’s my first time seeing someone take everyone for fools. This time, they’re being scolded even worse," Shen Yi chuckled.
Hearing this, Su Qing was momentarily stunned, curious at Shen Yi’s expression: "What’s going on? Do tell!"
At this, Shen Yi took out her phone, opened a video, and handed it over: "You should just watch it yourself!"
"As the owner of Fengyan Restaurant, the husband of the person involved, I represent my wife to apologize to everyone, sorry. My wife was just being tactless, absolutely no intention of revenge, she just spoke offhand, and we will apologize to the party involved, seeking her forgiveness.
Moreover, I announce the dismissal of Jiang Guimei from all positions in the company, more so, she’s being fired."
Watching the man confidently speaking in the video, Su Qing couldn’t help but widen his eyes in disbelief: "The owner dismisses the owner’s wife? Is this how he’s planning to apologize? Isn’t this taking everyone for fools?"
"Exactly, what’s with this guy’s brain? He can’t even apologize properly, and says he needs Qing Jie’s forgiveness; yet there’s no action taken so far. Looks like someone’s in for bad luck," Shen Yi chuckled.
Su Qing nodded, agreeing that the man indeed seemed a bit too clever for his own good.
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