Chapter 21 — I Was Forced to Pay 400,000 Yuan for an Unreal Window

Temporary office of the interdisciplinary investigation team... Located in a small, unremarkable building inside the City Committee campus. The atmosphere here... Completely different from the busy traffic outside. Grave. It even carries a feeling of pressure that is hard to put into words. Truong Vi and I arrived fifteen minutes early. He was wearing his familiar, perfectly tailored dark suit. In his hand he held a heavy briefcase of documents. It's the entire file that we stayed up for several nights in a row to organize. Just wear a simple everyday outfit. Calm expression. We all understand very clearly... Today's meeting... Will decide the final direction of the whole thing. A young employee led us into a small meeting room. The room is not big. Extremely simple layout. A long conference table. Some chairs. On the wall hangs the national emblem. Besides that, there's nothing else. At the other end of the table... There were already three people sitting. The person sitting in the middle... is a middle-aged man about fifty years old. Filled face. Dark eyebrows. Sharp and deep eyes. Not angry but powerful. He did not wear a name tag on his chest. But the calm temperament of an acquaintance in a high position... Makes anyone who sees him know... He is the team leader - team leader Vuong. There were two people next to him… A man and a woman. Looks like a deputy. Looking down at documents. The expression is equally serious.

“Group leader Vuong, hello.”

“I am Chu Nhien.”

“This is my representative lawyer — Truong Vi.”

I proactively opened my mouth. Calm but not obsequious. Group leader Vuong raised his head. His eyes stayed on our faces for a few seconds. It feels like you can see through people's hearts. He nodded slightly. Point to the chair opposite. After we sat down… No one said a pleasant word. The meeting immediately got straight to the point.

“Comrade Chu Nhien.”

Group leader Vuong opened his mouth. The voice was low but powerful.

“Through various channels…”

“We have initially grasped some of the situation of the Phi Thuy Giang Nam project.”

“I also watched your press conference.”

“Everyone is invited here today…”

“I want to hear a more comprehensive and detailed report.”

“Our investigation team has principles.”

“Not a single bad guy.”

"Absolutely do not unjustly blame a good person."

“Why do you say that?”

“Most important…”

“It's evidence.”

He especially emphasized the word "evidence". I nodded. Looked at Truong Vi next to him. He immediately understood. Open the briefcase. Bring a thick stack of documents bound into neat folders... Gently push them to the middle of the meeting table.

“Group leader Vuong, leaders.”

“Here are all the documents we have prepared.”

Truong Vi's voice was calm and professional.

“We divided the whole case into three parts.”

“Part one…”

“The complete chain of evidence of the ‘window incident’.”

He pulled out the top file.

“Inside includes all call recordings between Ms. Chu Nhien and management board manager Vuong Chi Cuong.”

“Video of the scene when Liu Jianjun came to his house to threaten him.”

“The same video shot from many angles recorded by more than a hundred residents on the rooftop of an abandoned apartment building.”

“These evidences…”

“Enough to prove…”

“The investor and the management board…”

“In a situation where it is clearly known that the project is not yet completed…”

“Still trying to make up stories…”

“To carry out rape forced to blackmail Ms. Chu Nhien.”

The female team member next to team leader Vuong received the documents. Flip through very quickly. You frown even tighter.

“Part two…”

“It is a chain of evidence of retaliation and intimidation from the investor.”

Truong Vi continued to take out another file.

"Inside are photos and videos of the vandalized car of Mr. Ly Kien Quoc - a member of the residents' representative board."

“Along with IP information and network accounts…”

“But we can trace it through technical measures…”

"It was the first source of spreading the rumor 'Chu Nhien embezzled public funds'."

“Also…”

“There is also a complete report issued by our law office…”

"About all the truth and evidence related to Ms. Chu Nhien's resignation that year."

“These evidences…”

“They all point to the same clear truth.”

“After the residents decided to use the law to protect their rights…”

“The investor has used a series of illegal and intimidating tactics…”

“Including threats…”

“Slander…”

“Manipulating public opinion…”

“To hinder the protection of the legal rights of residents.”

Team leader Vuong's finger... Gently tapped on the table top. His face... It became more and more serious.

“And the third part…”

“It's also the part that we think is the most important.”

Truong Vi's voice became much more serious. He took out the last file. At the same time, it is also the thickest volume.

“This is the result…”

“After we conducted cross-reference and professional analysis…”

“Based on house purchase contracts and payment documents of more than two hundred and sixty households.”

“We discovered…”

“Honh Nghiep Giang Thanh real estate company…”

“In the Phi Thuy Giang Nam project…”

“It is very likely that there are extremely serious economic problems.”

Truong Vi opened the file. Point to a cash flow analysis chart prepared by a professional accountant.

“We discovered…”

“The entire house purchase amount that residents pay…”

“The total exceeds 700,000,000 yuan…”

“Has not been fully transferred to the project's custodial account.”

“In there…”

“There are nearly 300,000,000 yuan…”

“After entering the monitoring account…”

“It was transferred out again through several shell companies that seemed unrelated at first glance.”

"Final…"