"Qu Xing and Ling Xuzhi are both suspects. One is extremely arrogant, the other is extremely inferior, and their thinking is different from that of ordinary people, and neither can prove that they were not at the scene when the crime happened." Mingshu threw the notebook with a "pop". On the table, he raised his hand to unbutton his tightly buttoned shirt, "But if it was a homicide, because of the relationship between Ling Xuzhi and Sha Chun, he would not be able to convince Sha Chun to go to the entertainment group late at night. For Sha Chun, he Just an ordinary colleague who has met several times. Sha Chun's relationship with other people is better than his relationship with him. "
At present, the serious crime team has sorted out Sha Chun's interpersonal relationship in "Jianjia Bailu"-
Since he started teaching Guzheng in April, Sha Chun has brought a total of 37 students. These students range from old to young, school students and working parties, sometimes one-on-one, sometimes one-to-many. In terms of relationship, Sha Chun is naturally closer to the students who teach one-on-one.
There were only 10 students who signed up for the one-to-one course, and only 2 students who had not finished the course before Sha Chun was killed.
"Liu Mei, a model, says she likes traditional culture and uses her spare time to learn guzheng. Wang Dan, a junior high school student, just took two classes at Sha Chun. Both of them have photos with Sha Chun on their mobile phones." Mingshu said, "Among the 8 people who have finished the course..."
Xiao Yu'an said, "Is there someone named 'Wu Zhen'?"
Mingshu said, "Brother, have you understood?"
"This person named 'Wu Zhen' disappeared in late June this year." Xiao Yu'an said, "The police station also went to 'Jianjia Bailu' to investigate."
The information provided by Shi Hanshan was completely different from what Xiao Yuan had learned on the intranet.
Shi Hanshan said that Wu Zhen left Dongye City due to work, so the course was temporarily suspended. The field staff did not expect that Shi Hanshan would even dare to lie about this. He is currently verifying the situation of other students, but Wu Zhen has not yet been verified, so Mingshu does not know that Wu Zhen has actually disappeared.
Xiao Yu'an had transferred the case of Wu Zhen's disappearance from Dongcheng District, and Ming Shu hurried to check it.
Wu Zhen, a native of Xunchuan Town, Longhe City, is 40 years old this year. In his early years, he worked in a municipal TV station in Longhe City as the editor in charge of news. Later, he took advantage of the "movie craze" and joined the film and television industry. Before Ye Shi, he had traveled to many big cities to seek employment, and worked as a screenwriter in several production crews.
The hotter the film and television industry is, the more chaotic the interior will be. What we do with the screenwriters is often to temporarily rewrite the script according to the requirements of the stars and employers, delete the scenes that should not be deleted, and add some inexplicable scenes.
Nine years ago, Wu Zhen joined Dongye Liuguang Culture Media Company as a professional screenwriter.
Until his disappearance, Wu Zhen still worked in this company. His boss noticed that he had not handed in the script on time and could not be contacted, so he reported the case to the police.
In the eyes of Wu Zhen's family, Wu Zhen's work in the TV station is an iron job that he can be proud of, but the acting industry is the world of actors and unscrupulous men and women. So when Wu Zhen insisted on resigning as a screenwriter, he broke down with his family and cut off communication.
In June, the police found the family of Wu Zhen's hometown and learned that Wu Zhen had never returned home for more than ten years after leaving home. Wu's father had passed away three years ago, and Wu's mother was supported by two daughters.
"We don't have him as a brother. He has no conscience. When his father died, he didn't come back to take a look. He has never given a penny to support his parents for so many years. Everything at home is taken care of by me and the third child." Wu Zhen The second sister Wu Lin was furious, "If he disappears, he disappears, and it has nothing to do with our family! It's better for him to die outside, don't think that we will collect his body!"
Due to lack of clues, the case has not progressed much. As for ordinary disappearance cases like this, I don't know how many cases will occur in Dongye City in a year. They are handled by the branch or the police station themselves, and they will not be reported to the Criminal Investigation Bureau.
"Wu Zhen disappeared in June, Sha Chun was killed in August..." Mingshu folded his arms and whispered, "What is the relationship between the two?"
Xiao Yuan said, "Maybe it's just a coincidence. Wu Zhen happened to be Sha Chun's student."
Mingshu turned around quickly, "Brother, if you really thought so, you wouldn't have transferred Wu Zhen's case."
"I can't assert that the two cases are connected, but a training institution has two cases in less than three months, both of which are still pending. The victim is a one-on-one guzheng teacher of the missing person. I can't help but associate it." Xiao Yu'an said: "Only from the investigation report from Dongcheng District, Wu Zhen's image is still very vague to me. I have to figure out what kind of person he is."
Mingshu immediately understood, "I'll go check it now!"
The Dongye Liuguang Culture Media Company, which Wu Zhen worked for before his disappearance, is located in a mid-range residential area in Dongcheng District. This area is half high-rise and half dense townhouses, with a rather odd layout.
"Do companies like to open in the community now?" Fang Yuanhang said, "It's not cheaper to rent a townhouse than an office in a regular office building."
"The price is higher than the worst office buildings, but much lower than the high-end office buildings in the central area of the city." Mingshu has seen the two characters "Liuguang", "Working in this kind of place is more affordable and cheaper for some company bosses. There are rows. And if you work in an office building, the office can only be used as an office, and if you work in a residential area, the office can also be used as a dormitory.”
Entering the villa, Fang Yuanhang secretly cursed "Fuck".
The exterior of the villa is beautiful, and the main office area inside is also artistically decorated, but other offices are crowded and cluttered. The third floor has been transformed into a staff dormitory. The narrow, windowless cubicles are almost like group rentals. Some employees who have stayed up all night are sleeping, while others are wearing undershirts and shorts, tapping in front of the computer. Occasionally they raised their eyes, but there was only exhaustion and confusion in their eyes.
These people are all screenwriters hired by the streamer to work, and if they don't have to, they hardly leave their cabins from morning to night.
The man in charge of the reception was Ou Xianghe. He was in his thirties and claimed to be the director of the screenwriting department. When he saw Mingshu showing his credentials, he was so scared that he took a few steps back and tried to make a phone call.
There is a problem with the operation of this company at first sight, and Ou Xianghe is probably afraid of this.
Mingshu said: "I have no interest in your company, I just want to know about your missing employee Wu Zhen."
Ou Xianghe's eyes were full of distrust, "Didn't you already check it out?"
Mingshu asked back, "Wu Zhen is back to work again?"
Ou Xianghe was surprised, "No."
"Isn't that right?" Mingshu said, "It's missing, no one is alive, no dead body, we must not continue to investigate?"
Ou Xianghe frowned, "But I don't have anything else to say. I have finished explaining the last time I could. Wu Zhen was just writing the script here. I really don't know why he suddenly disappeared."
According to Ou Xianghe, although Liuguang Culture Media Company is under the banner of "cultural media", it is actually just a small company that produces scripts in batches.
There are no less than fifty small companies like this in Dongye City. They will recruit young people and newcomers who are interested in developing in the screenwriting industry but do not have teachers to lead them in in the name of recruitment, and pay a certain amount of money to let them write and change scripts day after day like machines. .
One day the script is finally made into a TV series, and the byline will never have their name on it.
In the screenwriter column, it will be written by a certain studio or a well-known screenwriter.
The screenwriting industry divides people into "classes" when they start.
If there is a master, it is the first class. If you get started, you will have the resources, and you can write your name on the work. Master specifically refers to the big screenwriters who have established a foothold in the industry and have massive resources. To put it bluntly, the big screenwriters use their own resources to feed the students. Such students either have backgrounds or amazing aptitudes.
The second category is those who are attached to the studio and have a fixed live connection. No matter whether the work has their own name or not, they can finally get paid according to the number of episodes, and the pay is not low. Although this category is not as beautiful as the first category, it is relatively free, and the income can maintain a decent life.
As for the last category, people like Wu Zhen. They are kept in the company by good or bad screenwriting companies, and they write mechanically every day. When they are lucky, they can receive dividends, and when they are unlucky, they can only receive basic wages. Many times what they do is useless and their names never appear on the work.
"It's so miserable." Fang Yuanhang said, "I don't even have a chance to sign, so what's the point of working like this?"
Mingshu turned over the work records provided by Ou Xianghe and found that since September last year, Wu Zhen stopped writing film and television scripts, and instead wrote propaganda scripts for government departments, schools, and companies.
"That's it." Ou Xianghe said: "Although it is said that film and television scripts are pipeline operations, and they are less and less valuable, as long as you enter the industry, you will know that pipeline operations also require certain talents. Wu Zhen works here with us. For many years, he is relatively old - our screenwriters are generally no more than 30 years old, and some of them are just adults - more practical than others, but what he writes really lacks spirituality. He is still high-spirited and wants to write scripts independently, How is this possible?"
"Because he can't write good things, Wu Zhen's position has always been awkward and his income is very low." Ou Xianghe continued: "We can also support him, anyway, no matter what he writes, he is always producing. But last year, he suddenly took the initiative to tell me that he didn't want to write film and television scripts for the time being, and wanted to write for quick money."
Ou Xianghe explained, "The fastest way to get money is the government propaganda script, a short video of a few minutes, as long as you find out the requirements of Party A, you can get it quickly, and the government can get money quickly."
Ou Xianghe said but sighed again, "But I don't think Wu Zhen is happy with the money he earned. Most of the people who eat screenwriters still want to write film and television scripts. Middle-aged, forced by reality, I have to compromise."
Wu Zhen's room was in the corner of the third floor, a small room, where he ate, slept and worked. However, not long after Wu Zhen disappeared, the company recruited new people, and this room became the newcomer's room, and there was no trace of Wu Zhen's life in it.
Ou Xianghe also said that Wu Zhen's personal items are now piled up in the storage room in the basement, which can be checked or taken away at any time.
Fang Yuanhang hurried away.
Mingshu inquired about Wu Zhen's learning of the guzheng, but Ou Xianghe was stunned for a while, saying that maybe Wu Zhen wanted to write an ancient drama, so he consulted professionals in advance.
"Old Wu is really a diligent person." Ou Xianghe concluded: "But it's a pity, he is too stubborn. I heard that he used to be an editor of a TV station. Although there is only one word difference between the editor and the screenwriter, the difference is significant. Big. He doesn't have the talent and luck to be a screenwriter. If I were him, I would have found another way."
"It's hard work, but also lacking talent!" Fang Yuanhang said, "Master, Wu Zhen and Sha Chun have something in common!"
"Two people who are diligent but seem to be working in the wrong direction. One has been killed and the other has been missing for more than two months." Mingshu's expression became more solemn, "One of them disappeared for so long, either killed or deliberately hiding. Killed, is this a serial murder of hard-working people?"
Fang Yuanhang gritted his teeth, "If that's the case, then the murderer is too hateful!"
"If Wu Zhen is still alive..." Mingshu murmured slowly, "What would he have to do with Sha Chun's death? This 'Jianjia Bailu' may be more complicated than we thought."
Criminal Investigation Bureau, Serious Cases Unit.
"There are three contributors to 'Jianjia Bailu', Shi Hanshan, Liang Lu, and Li Ke." Xu Chun said, "We have investigated all three of them and found no doubts about the case. Shi Hanshan's family is in good condition, and he started his own business. Qian is all supported by her parents. Before co-founding 'Jianjia Bailu', she also opened a physical women's shoe store, a creative beauty store, a lattice shop, and a homestay, and most of them lost money, but 'Jianjia Bailu' is now profitable."
"As for Liang Lu and Li Ke, both of them are friends of Shi Hanshan, who were persuaded by Shi Hanshan to invest and never participate in management affairs." Xu Chun continued: "Liang Lu is a friend that Shi Hanshan met when he was chasing stars in his early years. Li Ke runs a home appliance agency, has a wife and son, and has an improper relationship with Shi Hanshan."
Hearing the "improper relationship", Fang Yuanhang immediately became energetic, "Could it be that the relationship between Shi Hanshan and Li Ke happened to be seen through by Wu Zhen and Sha Chun, so..."
"You think too much, the relationship between the two is not a secret at all in 'Jianjia Bailu'." Xu Chun took the folder and patted it on Fang Yuanhang's head, "The marriage between Li Ke and his wife has long existed in name only, and the two are outside. Play with each other without interfering with each other.”
"That is to say, none of the three management members of 'Jianjia Bailu' has a clear motive for committing the crime. From the perspective of life experience and personality, they don't look like people who can commit murder." Mingshu leaned on the boss's chair, " In Sha Chun's case, the clues were scattered and numerous, and now with Wu Zhen, once our investigation goes in the wrong direction, we will make mistakes again and again."
"This is also my concern." Yi Fei said: "Wu Zhen case and Sha Chun case need to be investigated together or not. This has to be discussed. There are only two points of contact between them. First, they both worked very hard. , but did not do well in their own work. Second, Wu Zhen and Sha Chun had learned the guzheng, and it was a one-on-one course, which meant that they had a lot of private communication time. However, the merger was a bit hasty, because Wu Zhen There is almost no overlap between Sha Chun's circle and Sha Chun's circle. If they were both killed by the same murderer, why would the murderer lock them up? If it was the missing Wu Zhen who killed Sha Chun, it would be even more strange. People, will kill another person who works hard?"
Mingshu suddenly said: "This is a good idea."
Yi Fei: "Huh?"
"A person who worked hard killed another person who worked hard. Because he understands that such hard work will not change anything at all." Mingshu said: "In Wu Zhen's eyes, Sha Chun is a mirror that reflects that What he is unwilling to face is the most unbearable self. How many years has Wu Zhen been in the screenwriting industry? He has been tortured by reality to the point of exhaustion both physically and mentally. Last year, he began to shorten the script, perhaps because he understood that he worked hard There will be no gain. The existence of Sha Chun reminds him of himself who is powerless to change his destiny. He is a joke, and so is Sha Chun."
Yi Fei said, "That Wu Zhen is too distorted."
Mingshu picked up the tablet on the table and pulled out a few photos, "Let's take a look, this is Wu Zhen's living and working environment."
The cramped and depressing space, the books piled up everywhere, the windows with a thick layer of gray, and the blank eyes of the colleagues around.
Yi Fei sighed, "If you live in this environment for a long time, people may indeed be driven crazy."
"More than that." Mingshu said, "The most important thing is that Wu Zhen gave up his relatively prosperous life and his family, and spent several years dreaming in this environment, but in the end he found that there was no way for his dreams to come true. , he became a middle-aged man who accomplished nothing. Assuming he was the murderer, when he killed Sha Chun, he might have thought that he was helping Sha Chun to free himself. After all, Sha Chun was only in his early thirties, and Wu Zhen He's 40 years old. If you kill Sha Chun now, Sha Chun won't have to suffer until he's 40 like him."
"There's something that doesn't make sense." Xiao Yuan suddenly said, and everyone realized that he had been listening for a while.
Xiao Man quickly put out the cigarette, and glanced at Mingshu, which meant - look at how self-conscious I am.
Mingshu got up and said, "Xiao Bureau."
"The lighting team's analysis just now shows that Wu Zhen killed Sha Chun in an extremely distorted state of mind. In the past two months, did he create the illusion of disappearance?" Xiao Yuan said: "After disappearing for two months, Wu Zhen How to contact Sha Chun? Make Sha Chun secretly go to the Performing Arts Center?"
Mingshu frowned.
Xiao Yu'an continued: "Think about it, if Wu Zhen planned to kill Sha Chun, would he have caused a problem for him if he disappeared early? A missing person must be searched by the police, which means that he is exposing himself before he does anything. Under the police's sight, how can this commit a crime? Playing the disappearance is purely unnecessary for Wu Zhen?"
Mingshu asked: "What is the opinion of the Xiao Bureau?"
"The connection between the two points mentioned by the Yi team just now, if it is only the latter point - Wu Zhen studied with Sha Chun, I don't think it is enough to join the case." Xiao Yu'an said: "But 'no talent but extraordinarily hard work, hard work but failed Change the status quo, I can't let it go."
Yi Fei nodded thoughtfully.
"Now there are a lot of questions in front of us. With the existing clues, we can only make some reasonable speculations for the time being. But no matter how reasonable the speculation is, it may be contrary to the facts. Sometimes, the reality has no reason to tell." Xiao Yuan gently He knocked on the edge of the table and said seriously, "The case of Wu Zhen's disappearance must be solved. Finding Wu Zhen can either provide key clues for the Sha Chun case, or it can clear up some of the doubts that misled us."
The serious crime team is divided into several groups to investigate the Sha Chun case and the Wu Zhen case in parallel.
The technical investigation worked overtime, sifted through massive amounts of network and communication data, and determined that the last time Wu Zhen was photographed by surveillance was June 21.
The streamer reported to the police station on the 25th four days later.
The last time Wu Zhen used his mobile phone was on June 21.
"Huh?" Zhou Yuan rubbed his red eyes, and said to himself, "It was still photographed on the 21st, that means the night of the 21st or the 22nd disappeared completely?"
He picked up the milk tea that Mingshu had invited and drank a sip, "If he was killed, wouldn't he be dead on Sunday like Sha Chun?"