Pei Pengfei said, "Actually, Lin Anqi is the one I'm most optimistic about. Her sales are the best, and she's often the first to come to the shop. She's also very responsible. I'm planning to promote her to the manager position soon. "
"Why didn't your gold shop have a manager before?"
"The shop was small, and I was the one in charge at the beginning. I didn't think there was a need to find a manager, and I even had to pay more. Later, I didn't stay in the shop often, and I thought about finding a manager, but my wife didn't agree. She said that she was the one in charge of the shop, and there was no need to spend more money.
But to be honest, my wife isn't good at business, and she can't manage the shop at all. So, I'm thinking about promoting a manager. Although I'll pay more, as long as the sales go up, the money is nothing. "
Han Bin wasn't interested in the arrangements in his shop, and continued, "Let's call it a day. Contact me if you think of any new clues."
"Yes, yes, I have your number."
…
At six in the evening, the people from Team Two of the Municipal Criminal Investigation Unit returned to the temporary office.
Han Bin gathered the members of Second Platoon for a summary meeting.
Other than Team Two, Ma Jingbo was also invited to the meeting.
Han Bin chatted with Ma Jingbo for a while, then looked at the rest of the team members. "It's getting late, let's talk about today's investigation progress."
Wang Xiao said, "I'm responsible for tracking the suspect's whereabouts, and the main method of tracking is through surveillance cameras. After the suspect left the gold shop, he ran west along Dingxi Road, and the last time he appeared in Skynet's surveillance cameras was at the intersection of Dingxi Road and Liuqing Street.
I suspect that the suspect may have escaped to a nearby village, and because the suspect's mode of transportation is a motorcycle, it'll be difficult to track him down, and it'll take some time. "
Han Bin said, "The motorcycle is small, and it's not easy to track. Be more careful when you investigate."
"Yes."
"Team Leader Zhu, did you find anything?"
Zhu Jiaxu answered, "I brought some people with me to visit the gold shop and re-record the statements of the employees in the convenience store. One of the employees, Sun Ming, recalled some new details. According to him, he did hear a knocking sound that night, and it seemed to be coming from the gold shop."
Ma Jingbo asked, "Since he heard the abnormal noise, why didn't he check and call the police?"
"In his words, I'm just an employee of the convenience store, not the jewelry store's employee. Even if something really happens to the jewelry store, it has nothing to do with me. I have no obligation to risk my life to investigate. If I get hurt, the owner of the jewelry store won't care, so why bother?" Zhu Jiaxu's tone was imitated perfectly.
Through Zhu Jiaxu's description, Han Bin could feel that this Sun Ming was the kind of person who would 'sweep the snow in front of his own door and ignore the frost on other people's roof'.
His behavior was not considered a crime, but it was considered an indirect connivance, which would have a certain negative impact on society. Today, the gold shop was robbed, and tomorrow, the convenience store might be robbed as well. If you did not help them this time, they would definitely not help you.
If everyone did that, it would only make the criminals more arrogant.
Zhu Jiaxu continued, "Also, Sun Ming mentioned another situation. According to him, a few days before the incident, he saw a suspicious man loitering around the jewelry store. The man even came to the convenience store to buy something, and after he was done, he sat by the window and stared at the jewelry store diagonally across the street. At that time, he didn't think too much about it. Now, he feels that there might be something wrong with the man, and he's even a little scared. "
Han Bin asked, "Do you have the surveillance footage of the man?"
"Yes." Zhu Jiaxu walked to the projector and played a video. In the video, a man wearing a baseball cap entered the convenience store, picked up a bag of instant noodles, and ordered a grilled sausage. He sat by the window and ate the instant noodles and grilled sausage. Diagonally across the convenience store was the jewelry store.
"According to Sun Ming's identification, the man wearing the baseball cap is the suspicious man."
Ma Jingbo frowned. "We didn't see his face. Is there any surveillance footage of him not wearing a baseball cap?"
Zhu Jiaxu shook his head. "In the surveillance footage of the convenience store, the suspicious man was wearing a baseball cap. I've asked someone to collect the surveillance footage of the convenience store and the jewelry store. Maybe we can find a clearer surveillance footage. "
Li Qin walked over, picked up the photo, and looked at it carefully. "I've checked the surveillance footage of the jewelry store, and this man is indeed suspicious. Pan Ru, the jewelry store employee, saw him around the store two or three times. He even went into the store to look at jewelry, but he didn't buy anything.
I have a clearer video here. "
In the video, a man wearing a baseball cap entered the jewelry store, looked around, and walked to the glass cabinet on the right. He took off his baseball cap and placed it on the glass counter, then began to look at the jewelry under the counter. He stayed for nearly ten minutes, looking through all the jewelry under the counter, but he didn't buy anything. Then, he left the jewelry store with the baseball cap on.
Ma Jingbo stared at the video and looked at it carefully. "This man is indeed suspicious, but his figure doesn't look like the two robbers. He's probably the suspect in charge of scouting and keeping watch."
Han Bin asked, "Captain Ma, according to your memory, were there any similar cases in the two robberies seven years ago?"
Ma Jingbo recalled for a moment and replied, "This man doesn't look old, about twenty-five years old. Seven years ago, he was only eighteen or nineteen, so I don't have any impression of him. However, this man's behavior is very suspicious, and he may be a new criminal.
I suggest we track this man as soon as possible and find out more about him. "
"Captain Ma is right." Han Bin responded and ordered Zhu Jiaxu, "Team Leader Zhu, you're in charge of tracking this suspicious man."
"Yes."
"Who else has any new developments in the investigation?"
Zhao Ming said, "Captain Han, after we finished Pei Pengfei's statement, I brought someone to check his whereabouts during the time of the crime and found the restaurant called Zhe Bie House that he mentioned. However, according to the owner of the restaurant, he didn't see Pei Pengfei that night."
Jiang Yang said, "There were so many customers in the restaurant. Could the owner have forgotten?"
Zhao Ming said, "That's what I thought at first. I wanted to check the surveillance, but Zhe Bie House didn't have any. I looked around and found that the restaurant opposite Zhe Bie House had a surveillance camera. I checked the surveillance camera and found that it could capture a distant view of Zhe Bie House. I checked the video several times, but I didn't see Pei Pengfei. He probably lied about his alibi last night. "
He Yingsheng asked, "Isn't Pei Pengfei the owner of the gold shop? He's the victim. Why would he lie about this? He wouldn't rob his own gold shop, would he?"
Zhao Ming smiled. "That's hard to say."
"What do you mean?"
Zhao Ming said, "Last November, the owner of the gold shop, Pei Pengfei, bought an insurance policy. If the gold shop was robbed, he could get compensation of the corresponding value. When we went to the scene to investigate, we happened to meet the insurance man. Pei Pengfei was with us the whole time, and he was much more enthusiastic than us. "
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