Liao Qiu interrupted him: "This matter is very complicated. There are several old cases that have been going on for many years... Well, are you busy now?"

Hu Pingtao quickly replied: "It's okay. There are many people in the place now, so there's nothing going on for the time being."

"I'm here with Lao Shi of the branch's economic investigation team." Liao Qiu said: "Shi Hongwei, captain of the economic investigation team, you met him last time we had dinner."

Hu Pingtao said: "I remember Brother Shi. He was quite good."

Liao Qiu continued: "Arrange your work, come to the economic investigation team now, we are waiting for you."

Hu Pingtao nodded: "Okay, then I'll rush there as soon as possible."

…

Half an hour later, Hu Pingtao walked into the office of the economic investigation team of the branch and saw Liao Qiu sitting on the sofa opposite, and Shi Hongwei next to him.

The three of them walked out of the office and entered the small conference room next to it.

Liao Qiu held a thick pile of information in his hand. He placed it on the coffee table and pushed it to Hu Pingtao, who was pulling up a chair and sitting down: "Here, I will find these information for you after making the call.

All of these are Xixi Village cases, all caused by money and loan sharking."

Hu Pingtao was frightened by these words - the case file in front of him was more than one meter high. Even if he looked through it casually, it would take at least one or two hours, let alone looking at it carefully.

He quickly sat down on the chair and asked curiously: "Brother Liao, what on earth is going on?"

Before Liao Qiu could speak, Shi Hongwei placed a cup of hot tea in front of Hu Pingtao and said with a smile: "Drink first, don't be in a hurry, let's talk slowly."

Hu Pingtao took the tea cup, looked up at Shi Hongwei, and asked doubtfully: "Brother Shi, what do you mean by this, you already know about the things in Xixi Village?"

Shi Hongwei smiled and pointed at Liao Qiu: "Old Liao, you used to be the director over Eryuan Road. Xiaohu came late, so you should introduce the situation to him!"

Liao Qiu was not pretentious. He picked up a kraft paper file on the top, untied the tether, took out the documents inside, handed it to Hu Pingtao, and said seriously: "You should go to that place in Lujiazui, Shanghai City."

Do you know?"

Hu Pingtao was stunned. This question obviously had nothing to do with the case of the Wang family and his son in Xixi Village. After hesitating for a moment, he nodded: "I know."

Liao Qiu seemed to be thirsty. He picked up the tea cup and took several sips. He wiped the corners of his mouth with the back of his hand and continued: "The transformation of Lujiazui is very successful, and it also has a strong stimulus to other cities. Whether it is the transformation of old cities or

Urban management provides good ideas and examples."

"Many relocation projects in our provincial capital started from that time. To some extent, they can be regarded as following the trend, and many problems have arisen. Especially in terms of the scale of demolition and subsequent resettlement of residents, as well as the use and sale of land, etc.

There is a disgraceful difference.”

"Xiaochong Village is just sandwiched between the old bus terminal and the bus company, as well as the material area of ​​the steel rolling mill, all in that area. The province issued a document in 2005, and the city used it as a pilot project. The next year,

That is to say, the demolition project was launched in 2006, all units were moved, and the area was re-planned to become an important hub of the second and even third ring roads."

"The passenger terminal and bus company were the first units to be moved. The government gave them a piece of land each. The passenger terminal was allocated to the eastern hub of the Third Ring Road, and the bus company was allocated to the north, connected to maintenance workshops, warehouses, parking lots, and additional

We gave them a piece of land to raise funds internally to build houses and solve the problem of employee accommodation."

"The steel rolling mill has been completely restructured. Except for a few old factories with abandoned equipment that cannot be dismantled, they have been handed over to relevant companies for transformation and conversion into theme parks. The rest of the land has been bulldozed and used for real estate projects."

"The location of Xiaochong Village is very special, and it is also an important pilot project in the city. Therefore, another piece of land was given outside the Second Ring Road, and the developer took the lead to build relocation housing according to the specified area. In addition, each household

In accordance with the policies at the time, they were compensated with high demolition fees."

"Let's put it this way! At that time, there were 127 households in Xiaochong Village. In addition to a resettlement house with a certain area, each family also received a compensation of no less than 100,000 yuan."

"Think about it, this is 100,000 yuan in 2006! I had just graduated from the police academy and had just joined the job, and my monthly salary was only about 800 yuan. Later, I became a full-time employee and finally got more than 1,000 yuan.

"

Hu Pingtao felt deeply about this: "Yes! In 2006, this was indeed a large sum of money, enough to buy a very good house."

Liao Qiu smiled faintly: "The villagers in Xiaochong Village are not short of houses. At that time, housing prices were not as high as they are now. Many villagers chose to relocate to houses that only required half of the specified area, and the excess was made up in the form of currency. In this way,

Come, many people in the village have received more than three times the compensation. That is, a 70-square-meter resettlement house, plus about 300,000 yuan in compensation."

"When you have more money in your pocket, your thoughts change. You no longer have the desire to work honestly and diligently. Instead, you just think about how to spend money, have fun, comfort yourself, and drink and drink all day long."

"The whole atmosphere in Xiaochong Village was very impetuous at that time. Especially after the relocation, according to the village's rules, moving to a new house was a big event, so every household held a big banquet and made it noisy for more than a week, creating a mess."

"At that time, I was working as a household registration policeman at the Eryuan Road Police Station, and I watched every household buy firecrackers. At first it was 10,000, then it became 50,000, and then it was 100,000... Anyway, it's just a comparison, you

There are a lot of firecrackers at home, and there are more firecrackers at my house. Firecrackers alone are not enough, we also buy them.

To "raise" the box, we made a special wooden clip. It was spread out five meters long on the ground, and a slot was made, and the "raiser" was inserted diagonally into it. Dozens or hundreds of them could be made at one time, and the medicine string was used alone.

Get up and light firecrackers together, blowing up here and making noise there, making it more lively than the Chinese New Year."

"When hosting a banquet in the village, the emphasis is on eating as you go. But everyone has moved to new houses, and every family is the same, so running water banquets are boring. I don't know who started it. I went to the mall and ordered a lot of gift boxes. Every family

Give one. At the beginning, the gifts were just fruits and pastries, but later they became tobacco and alcohol, and the quality became higher and higher."

Hu Pingtao shook his head when he heard this: "Just to show off? Do you think you have money in your pocket?"

Liao Qiu sighed: "As the old saying goes, madness brings disaster! The villagers of Xiaochong Village quickly attracted the attention of outsiders."

"On the third day after the whole village was relocated, many vacant houses near the community were rented, and teahouses and mahjong parlors were opened."

"People are directly focused on the money in their pockets. Although our country's laws do not prohibit playing mahjong, everyone knows that there must be winners and losers in mahjong. If I were the operator of a mahjong parlor, I would definitely be happy that there are people nearby who come to visit every day.

It’s business!”

"The income of mahjong parlors and tea rooms comes from the commission of each session. This is a legal operation to a certain extent. But if someone is interested in it, it will be different."

Hu Pingtao understood this as soon as he heard it: "Brother Liao, are you saying that there was someone operating an underground casino in Xiaochong Village at that time?"

Liao Qiu nodded: "Mainly pushing Pai Gow and fishing for pickles. The base bet is one hundred, and the winning or losing in one night can be tens of thousands, sometimes hundreds of thousands. Sometimes I think about it, I think these people are really

It’s very confusing, it was 2006! Wouldn’t it be fun to do anything with the money? As long as you are willing to invest, you can basically make money. But those villagers would rather throw their money on the gambling table, and no one is willing to do it.

Something."

"Gambling must be hidden from the police. If you don't play during the day, you will sneak out at night like a night owl. At that time, the police station did not have enough police personnel, and it was not possible to recruit auxiliary police officers like it is now. The jurisdiction area is large, and it is impossible to focus all the attention.

Somewhere, so the problems in Xiaochong Village were ignored...until later, people died."

As he said that, Liao Qiu pointed to the file on the table: "The fourth file from the bottom. There are three people in the family. The father is an honest man, but his wife likes to play mahjong. She usually has a bad reputation in the village and is troublesome.

Yes and no, it is said that she is having affairs with several men...Although it is just a rumor, people in the village usually don't talk nonsense, especially when it comes to men and women."

"The woman often went to underground casinos, and it was said that she even got involved with two men who were watching the casino. Later, she lost more than 200,000 playing Pai Gow. She wanted to recoup her losses, so she stole the house ownership book of her family without telling her husband.

He came out, mortgaged it to a loan shark, and borrowed a sum of money."

"She played a game that night to determine the outcome, and even cut off one of her fingers specifically for it. This was the rule in the underworld in the past: whether it is dice, pai gow, stud or gold and silver, as long as the bet exceeds 100,000 yuan,

The party that wants to recover their losses must not only put up enough money to bet, but also have to cut off their fingers and put them on the table in front of everyone. This is called blood town."

This was the first time Hu Pingtao had heard of such a thing, and he asked in surprise: "It's normal for losers to want to recover their money. But why do you want to cut off your fingers?"

Shi Hongwei was listening and interjected to explain: "This was a practice before the founding of the People's Republic of China. Cutting off fingers meant that one had no extra things. The rules before were very different from now. I have read relevant literature: Cutting off fingers at that time

It means that it can be worth fifty silver dollars at the gambling table, and in some places it can even be worth one hundred silver dollars. If the gambler can't come up with the money, cuts his finger and loses again, it is equivalent to selling himself to the casino and letting someone else do it.

To decide your life or death."

"In the past, casinos had a group of such "hardworking" people. The rules were passed down from Beijing and Tianjin. The gangster sect is also commonly known as the underworld. Generally speaking, a common dispute is that casinos look at each other.

They don't like each other, and they want to annex the other party and make themselves bigger. When this happens, you definitely can't call the police. It's not economical for both parties to arrange a fight. After all, there will definitely be casualties on each other in the fight, and in the end, it will give the police an excuse.

So the fight turned into a competition between the two sides."

"The person on your side will cut off a finger, and the person on my side will use a knife to cut off a large piece of meat from the arm or thigh. If you use the ax to chop off half of your foot, the person on my side will just chop off the hand.

"

"There will be something even more outrageous later on, killing people directly on the battlefield."

"Those were all things in the old society, and they definitely wouldn't work now. The woman cut off her fingers to hold the table in order to be a witness to everyone present, and to prevent the casino from losing money. On the other hand, she was also forced into desperation.

, I want to give everything I have to give it a try. This kind of behavior shows that everything is voluntary and has nothing to do with others.”

Hu Pingtao looked at the thick pile of case files, frowned and asked: "In the end, she still lost?"

Liao Qiu nodded: "If you lose, you will really lose everything. That woman left the casino and went home that night. While her husband was asleep, she opened her mouth, poured in half a bottle of pesticide, and then covered her daughter alive with a pillow.

She died, and she drank pesticide in the end... The family of three was just gone."

"The casino got the news very early. When we launched the investigation the next day, we only caught a few peripheral members."

Shi Hongwei explained: "These people who run underground casinos are very smart. Whether they rent a house or set up a trap, they have a clear goal. As long as they get the money, they run away. And these people are very cunning... The woman played dice that night, and the casino is sure

We used some tricks. We later investigated and dealt with several cases, all of which were electromagnetic gambling tables. Usually the dice look very ordinary, but once the magnet block installed on the bottom of the table is activated, you can control as many points as you want."

Liao Qiu said seriously: "Since then, we have included this underground gambling gang as a key investigation scope. In recent years, the government has engaged in real estate development, many urban villages have been relocated, and underground casinos abound. Those people have spotted it right.

The villagers had an inflated mentality after getting rich overnight, so they set up a trap near the residential areas where they were relocated."

"In 2017, we caught the leader of this underground gambling gang." As he spoke, Liao Qiu pulled out a document from under the case file and handed it to Hu Pingtao.

On the paper was a printed photo: a male, in his forties, smiling, with a square appearance.

Liao Qiu explained: "This man's name is Bian Kai. His surname is Bian, which is a rare surname. Because this case is under the key monitoring of the provincial department, and there are a series of other involvements, I won't go into details. I will give you a general introduction.

This person——Because our Yunnan Province is located in the southwest and has always been an economically and culturally backward area, Bian Kai is a very ambitious person. He wants to make his business bigger and stronger with the provincial capital as the core.

."

Hu Pingtao was amused for a while after hearing this: "Becoming bigger and stronger? Is he trying to clear his name? Want to turn the underground casino into a legally operating enterprise?"

Liao Qiu also laughed: "You have to understand. In the early years, our country's laws were far less perfect than they are now, and many people were taking advantage of loopholes. People like Bian Kai had been hanging around on the road for a long time, and everyone knew them.

, he also has money in his hands. It takes a long time

They called each other brothers and complimented each other. In addition, he had always had smooth sailing in those years, which gave him the illusion that there was nowhere he could go and everything he could do. There was a king who despised everything and was the only one who respected himself.
Chapter completed!