The people in the message room discussed for a while, and the person who picked up the letters collected several letters and prepared to go to various departments of the army to ask one by one to see if some careless police officer left the address and phone number of the headquarters but forgot to write his own name.
The color scheme of the movie here is cold, and the calm and gloomy feeling has visually been "inserted" into the audience's first impression. From the beginning, it can be seen that the beginning has made a good start, which has improved the texture of the movie.
When Shu Pain saw this, his originally raised heart had already fallen back halfway.
"Criminal Suspect" sets the pace early on, and some doubts are revealed at the beginning without any concealment. It can be seen that Huo Zhiming was at his peak in his early years, which makes Shu Peien's expectations for this movie much higher.
Tao Cen sat next to Huo Zhiming. She was in the crew throughout the filming of this movie. She knew exactly what roles she played, what the movie was about, and the direction it was going.
She also watched and filmed this scene with her own eyes, but she has never seen the complete film composed of these small scenes strung together.
On the movie screen, a man was holding a letter and asking everyone if anyone hadn't received a letter recently. Everyone he asked shook their heads. When he asked the criminal investigation team, everyone kept shaking their heads. The man held a stack of letters, turned around and was about to leave, muttering to himself:
"It looks like a prank."
As soon as he finished speaking, a slightly serious female voice sounded:
"What 'prank'?"
When Shu Payen heard Tao Cen's voice, he perked up, subconsciously changed his sitting position, and stared at the screen.
Tao Cen's line delivery skills are very good. Pronunciation and intonation are the most basic skills. The most important thing is that the tone of the lines follows the characters. She hasn't appeared yet, but just one sentence is enough to make people imagine this voice.
I can almost outline the character of the person who said this in my mind. He had a serious face, with the gentleness of a woman, but more of the majesty and righteousness of a police officer.
As soon as she finished speaking, the person holding the letter shuddered. It was obvious that he had recognized the person's voice before he even saw the person. He showed a slightly flattering smile on his face and turned around and said:
"Captain Shen, you are here."
The camera followed the man's gaze and fell on Shen Xunran behind him. She had long hair parted in the middle and tied tightly behind her head, revealing a fair and pretty face.
In the sunlight, her complexion looked a little pale, her cheeks were narrow and thin, her lips were tightly pursed, and she looked a little serious.
The camera gave a close-up of her face, allowing the audience to see her eyes, which were not pure black, but rather light brown, as if they could see through a person's heart at a glance, making people unconsciously lower their heads in front of her.
"What 'prank'?"
She asked again, and the man holding the letter said:
"It's like this. Recently, the mail room has received several unsigned letters one after another. I asked around and everyone said they weren't theirs. I guessed it was a prank by someone, so I'm going to deal with it later."
In the Wangjin Corps, Shen Xunran is a legendary character. After graduating from the police academy, she entered the police system and has made many outstanding achievements over the years.
At work, she is decisive and resolute, has keen observation skills and fearless courage.
In terms of personality, she possesses the gentleness and meticulousness of a woman, yet is as decisive as a man. Therefore, her presence can be seen in some of the team's serious and major cases, and her subordinates are convinced of her judgment.
"mischief?"
Shen Xunran frowned after hearing the man's conclusion. She vaguely felt that this matter was a little abnormal.
She spread out her hands and motioned the man to hand her the stack of letters in his hand:
"Okay, give it to me first, and I'll think about it later."
There are a total of six letters without sender or recipient signatures. The earliest one was received more than half a month ago. It is definitely not a coincidence to receive so many similar letters in such a short period of time.
Although the people at the reception desk believed it was a "prank" at first, there were so many pranks, and only a few of them could be brought to the police station as a joke.
Even if someone is bold enough to play such a joke on the police, one letter would be fine, but six in a row is not normal.
What's more, this letter has no sender's address, and there is no extra information except the recipient. Based on Shen Xunran's years of experience in solving cases, he feels that there is definitely something strange about this.
The letter was marked as being addressed to the Wangjin Corps. Since there was no specific person's name written on it and it was clearly sent to the police station, after reporting to his superiors, Shen Xunran opened the letter.
As she expected, the first letter she opened said: There are still two months before Wu Chunhe's death!
In just one line of words, the news revealed is chilling.
The second, third, and fourth letters all had the same content as the first, the only difference being the time of notification.
Someone wanted to kill Wu Chunhe, and sent this "death notice" to the police in the form of a countdown.
What is this? This is a blatant provocation, this is arrogance and conceit to the extreme!
As soon as the content of the letter was announced, the entire Wangjin Corps was in an uproar.
Some people laughed, some ridiculed him, thinking that the sender might feel that life was too quiet and wanted to find something to do.
"Who is Wu Chunhe? Wu Chunhe is General Wu! In Wangjin, who doesn't know him?"
In the headquarters, a group of people burst into laughter. "Boss Wu has done pretty well in business in recent years. I guess he has offended too many people."
Someone stood next to Shen Xunran, picked up a letter that Shen Xunran had opened on the table, and said with a smile:
"But a big shot like this has no shortage of bodyguards and guards around him. If we really want to kill him, we'll probably have to do it stealthily. Now that they've made such a big fuss, and President Wu is not stupid, how can we succeed if we strengthen our defenses?"
Shen Xunran frowned but didn't say anything. She vaguely felt that something was wrong.
A 'murderer' who was preparing to kill someone was so bold as to announce his 'murder' plan in the form of a letter, or to the police. This matter seemed a bit suspenseful no matter how you looked at it.
Just as my colleague said, once the news of the 'death notice' was announced, Wu Chunhe had plenty of money, and the government valued entrepreneurs like him, so they would naturally give him certain protection. The public would also pay more attention to this matter. After the news was exposed, the possibility of the 'murderer' behind this succeeding was very low.
Why did 'he' do this
Intellectually, Shen Xunran's view on this issue is the same as his colleagues'. They all believe that the person who wrote the letter is "too stupid" and it is very likely that he was venting his anger and telling a prank to get revenge or play a prank on others.
But instinctively, Shen Xunran felt that this matter was a big problem.
Judging from the surface of the letter, not much information is revealed. The number of words in the letter itself is also controlled within a certain range, and the paper used is also cut from ordinary 4A paper, so as to leave as few clues as possible for the police.
Anyone who can do all this must be quite vigilant and have certain anti-detection capabilities, which forms a sharp contrast with his seemingly "rash" behavior, and there are contradictions in the details.
However, this letter is not without "flaws". It is handwritten, and the sender intentionally concealed his own information while deliberately leaving his own handwriting. These actions gave Shen Xunran a feeling that "he" was provoking the police.
She went against the crowd and decided to investigate the origins of these letters.
Although the paper had been cut and it was difficult to trace its source, she still asked someone to compare the handwriting to see if it was written by the same person.
Based on handwriting identification, it is possible to determine whether the person writing the letter is pretending or copying from the writing habits, handwriting characteristics, etc.
On the other hand, after reporting to his superiors, Shen Xunran prepared to investigate whether Wu Chunhe had offended anyone recently.
At this point in the movie, the atmosphere has been set very high, leaving many doubts and arousing people's interest.
In contrast to the situation in the cinema where everyone's interest had just been piqued, Tao Cen was distracted.
She was a little anxious, but there was no reason for that anxiety. She was still resisting, feeling unwilling to admit it.
Huo Zhiming has made the most of the images, and with the cooperation of the actors, the story is told in an orderly manner. Compared with his works in recent years, it is full of surprises.
But Tao Cen found it difficult to remain calm. Up to this point in the movie, she had a feeling that the film was paving the way for the 'suspect' played by Jiang Se. She believed that she was not the only one in the cinema at this moment. Many people were like Tao Cen, feeling both uneasy and expectant about the appearance of the 'suspect' behind the scenes.
The emotions were stirred up before the person appeared. Even Tao Cen was not immune and fell into the "trap" created by Huo Zhiming. One can imagine how the other audience members who were watching the movie felt at this moment.
After an in-depth investigation, the police found out that Wu Chunhe had offended many people.
He was a government official in his early years, but later resigned and went into business. His business failed at first, but he made a comeback and founded an enterprise. Now he has become a leader among the businessmen in Wangjin City. With his wealth and power, it is inevitable that there are many people who are jealous of him.
Shen Xunran read the files and sorted out several people who had the deepest grudges against Wu Chunhe and were very likely to take his life. Among them, a woman named "Su Yi" attracted Shen Xunran's attention the most.
"Su Yi, my ancestral home is No. 167 Qingshui Road, Changheng Street, Wangjin City. I am 28 years old this year."
This woman named Su Yi was born in Wangjin. Her connection with Wu Chunhe came from her father.
Because of Wu Chunhe, her father was burdened with a huge debt for no reason. Eventually, he was unable to repay the debt and hanged himself.
The Su family was originally poor. When their father passed away, the pillar of the family fell. Their younger brother was seriously ill and could not be treated, so he also died.
In order to pay off the debt, my mother worked day and night, and eventually died suddenly at home from overwork.
Her family experienced misfortune when she was young, but she did not fall into depravity. Instead, she achieved excellent results and was admitted to the top university in China in the college entrance examination, and left Wangjin.
During her college years, she was also a popular figure in the school, with excellent grades, beautiful looks and outstanding abilities.
These few words almost seem to summarize some of Su Yi's personality traits.
After knowing that Shen Xunran was going to investigate Wu Chunhe's "death notice" case, the Wangjin Corps asked Dijing for Su Yi's information and delivered it to Shen Xunran.
"Su Yi."
Shen Xunran frowned, flipping through the file, muttering the girl's name, his eyes fell on the photo of Su Yi in the file.
This photo should have been taken during school days. Even though it is an ID photo, you can tell it's been a few years old, but it's still very well taken.
The girl in the photo has bright eyes and white teeth, and she is smiling at the camera. Such ID photos are quite a test of one's face, and most beauties may not be able to withstand the camera's pickyness, but she turned out to be quite dignified and beautiful, and indeed deserves the word "beautiful" as stated in the information.
But for some reason, although the girl in the photo was smiling, perhaps because the photo was taken a long time ago, no matter how well the file was preserved, the surface of the photo had changed color a little, which made Shen Xunran always feel that her smile gave him a chilling feeling.
She kept frowning, trying to see clearly what was in the girl's eyes. The death of her family members could be said to be related to Wu Chunhe. In fact, if there was anyone who had a deep hatred for Wu Chunhe so much that he wanted to kill him, Shen Xunran felt that it must be Su Yi.
"Find someone to scan this photo and enlarge it so I can take a look..."
Su Yi returned from studying abroad and stayed in Dijing to work after graduation. Judging from her location, it seemed that she was no longer a suspect.
"Captain Shen, why do you need to go to see her?"
The person who brought the information laughed as soon as he heard Shen Xunran's words:
"After you gave us your instructions last time, we kept an eye on him. Su Yi asked for leave from the company a week ago and bought a plane ticket back to Wangjin, saying that he wanted to pay respects to his parents. He is now in Wangjin!"
As soon as these words came out, Shen Xunran's expression changed immediately.
At this point in the movie, the theme is finally revealed.
Seeing this, Shu Pain became more interested.
To be honest, Huo Zhiming's level of control over the camera is still there, and all the details such as color tone and scene are serving the storyline, but what Shu Peien can't understand is that the plot of the movie does not follow the conventional routine.
Generally, such criminal investigation movies like this like to put the murder case in the front, and then unravel the mystery to track down the murderer, allowing the audience to follow the police's footsteps and the camera to catch the real murderer.
But Huo Zhiming did the opposite. He used several seemingly plausible "death notices" to present the most straightforward, unsolved cases to the audience, and the biggest suspect surfaced at the beginning.
Shu Peien saw this and checked the time. So far, Huo Zhiming has grasped the rhythm of the plot well, but the two biggest "burdens" of suspense movies have been revealed by Huo Zhiming at this time. How can he capture the audience's heart in the remaining 80 minutes? (To be continued)