The investigation into Kong Liwei's submitted opinions was quickly approved.
In the special task force office, Ge Qing was assigning tasks, and all members were on high alert, awaiting orders.
"Da Lin, you and your team will be responsible for monitoring the high-level personnel of Shengdu Group. Remember, they must not be allowed to escape the capital."
"Yes!"
"Xiao Gui, the investigation procedures have been approved. You and your team will investigate Shengwei Finance Company, which is under Shengdu Group. This company is an underground money house. Take two members from the information department with you, just in case they destroy evidence."
"Yes!"
"A Dong, contact Captain Wang Desheng of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Capital Police Department now. Ask him to bring a few trusted team members. We will meet at Guangling Street."
"Yes!"
Order after order was issued, and all members of the special task force sprang into action.
After finishing his assignments, Ge Qing called his mentor, Zheng Changlian.
Zheng Changlian was a high-ranking official in the capital city, with one foot already in the core of Dragon Country's power.
Now that the investigation of both sides was merged, he was in charge of leading and commanding the 526 special task force.
As soon as the call connected, Ge Qing outlined the entire operation plan. He then mentioned another matter: "Master, the internal issues have not yet been resolved. During the crackdown phase, I hope to use police from another jurisdiction to prevent insiders from leaking information."
"Good, as long as you are confident you can apprehend the person, I can contact the Binhai City Police Department immediately and ask them to send reinforcements to the capital."
"Thank you, Master!"
"Go ahead, I'm waiting for your good news!"
...
The Third Ring Road of the Capital.
A twenty-eight-story building stood tall in the economic and trade zone of the Third Ring Road.
Four magnificent gilded characters adorned the exterior of the building: 'Shengdu Group'.
In the chairman's office on the top floor.
Kong Liwei paced back and forth in the office, holding his phone.
Listening to the automated voice on the other end, his expression grew increasingly grim.
"Damn it, when it comes to taking money, their appetites are huge, calling each other brothers. Now that there's trouble, they're all running faster than rabbits! They're all rabbits!"
His relatives weren't answering his calls, and Kong Liwei became agitated.
He threw his phone onto the desk, lit a cigarette by the floor-to-ceiling window, and gazed at the bustling street, lost in thought.
The entrepreneurship competition at Capital University was now under scrutiny by the tax, audit, and disciplinary departments. If the investigation continued, his illegal acquisition of entrepreneurial projects would surely be exposed. Furthermore, it was only a matter of time before his under-the-table dealings with the competition leaders were discovered. Additionally, Qiao Nima had surrendered, and Feng Kunlin had been arrested again, this time held by the special task force, making it impossible for him to pass any more information. Kong Liwei had lost contact with Feng and Qiao. The investigation into the reversal of the high-risk chemical case was also a matter of time. Whether it was the entrepreneurship competition or the special case, it would eventually lead back to him.
"This storm is blowing a bit too hard!"
Kong Liwei took a deep drag of his cigarette, then hardened his resolve and picked up his phone to call his wife.
After the call connected, he asked his wife to take their children abroad, and they would meet in America's capital.
After hanging up, Kong Liwei sighed with reluctance and hesitantly dialed a contact on his phone.
"Hello, who is this?"
"Senior Brother Long, it's me, Kong Liwei!"
"Oh, it's Ah Wei, what do you need?"
The man on the other end of the line was Long Chenyan, the founder of Longyun Group and the current president of the Capital University Alumni Association. (Mentioned in Chapter 184!)
Listening to the inquiry from the other side, Kong Liwei felt a pang of bitterness. He had clashed with Long Chenyan during the entrepreneurship competition at the alumni association, and they were essentially rivals. Now that the competition had exploded, his old friends and contacts were avoiding him like the plague. Kong Liwei hadn't expected that the only person he could reach out to in the end would be his old adversary, Long Chenyan.
"Senior Brother, have you heard about the school's entrepreneurship competition?"
"I have. I only received the news not long ago."
"Then... Senior Brother, do I still have a chance to salvage this?"
Kong Liwei humbled himself and asked cautiously. But as soon as he finished speaking, the line went silent. After a few seconds, Long Chenyan sighed and said, "Ah Wei, take your family and money and leave quickly. Go to America; our country and theirs do not have an extradition treaty."
"Is there really no chance to save it?"
Kong Liwei was still unwilling to give up. Shengdu Group was an empire he had built. The group had just completed its third round of financing. Now that it was about to go public, he didn't want to give up and leave like this.
Long Chenyan sighed and continued to persuade him, "Various departments have formed an investigation team to look into this year's entrepreneurship competition, and you are also involved in the 526 special case. If you don't leave now, you'll have no chance once the special task force and the investigation team come knocking."
"Senior Brother Long, Shengdu Group is about to go public. If you are willing to help me, I am willing to offer you..."
"Ah Wei, money can be earned again, but if your life is lost, everything is lost!" Long Chenyan's voice suddenly turned cold, losing its earlier warmth. "I told you back then that in any business, it's best to seek peace and prosperity. But you, for your own selfish gain, insisted on a life-and-death struggle with Gao Fei. If you two had chosen to cooperate, would this situation have arisen?"
"Gao Fei can navigate the even more complex entertainment industry; do you think he can't handle a mere entrepreneurship competition? For money and projects, you wanted to suppress him using social connections and background. In terms of social connections, Yu Min has always wanted to connect with him; can you compare to Yu Min? As for background, he is currently favored by the authorities. Within our association, no one can compare to him!"
Kong Liwei's face turned red and white at the reprimand. But every word Long Chenyan spoke was the truth, piercing him to the core. Ultimately, he had no choice but to compromise and leave.
At the same time.
Two black sedans and an SUV exited the Third Ring Road overpass and sped towards Shengdu Group.
In the lead car, Ge Qing and Wang Desheng sat side by side.
Ring ring!
Ge Qing's phone suddenly rang.
"Hello."
"Team Leader, we just received news from the airline that Kong Liwei's wife booked two tickets to America ten minutes ago, along with a ship ticket to Gaul. Two minutes ago, he booked a ship ticket to Jia Da Country and a plane ticket to America."
Hearing the news from his team member, Ge Qing's expression changed. He said, "Kong Liwei is trying to escape! Quickly contact the airport police and the port police. You must stop them and prevent them from leaving the country."
"Yes!"
After hanging up, Ge Qing asked the driver, "How much longer until we reach Shengdu Group?"
"About fifteen minutes!"
"We can't wait any longer. Sound the alarm and drive to Shengdu Group at full speed!"
As he spoke, the streets were filled with the piercing sound of police sirens.
Eight minutes later.
When the special task force's vehicles arrived at Shengdu Group, they caught Kong Liwei just as he was about to drive away.
Upon seeing Ge Qing's identification and the investigation order in his hand, Kong Liwei offered no resistance and left with the special task force. He knew that the task force coming to him in person meant they had solid evidence of his crimes. Therefore, he did not want to struggle in vain.
As the special task force was escorting him away, the team searching the finance company also reported back. Shengwei Finance Company was indeed an underground money house, involved in various illegal activities such as money laundering. With Kong Liwei, the big fish, taken away for investigation, the crackdown was imminent.
Nine o'clock in the evening.
With Zheng Changlian overseeing the special task force and Ge Qing leading the operation, supported by police officers dispatched from Binhai City.
At nine-thirty in the evening, after the arrest teams were in position, the crackdown operation officially began.
Capital City, Chenyuan Residential Area, Unit 3, Room 302.
Crash!
The sound of a door being forced open echoed in the hallway. Ge Qing, along with four team members, rushed into the room. Upon seeing two foreign women and a middle-aged man in the bedroom, Ge Qing was momentarily stunned.
"Director Xu, you're quite the player. Others just fool around domestically, and you're learning foreign languages. Not one, but two foreign languages! Impressive!" he said, mocking the middle-aged man who was hiding under the covers.
"Ge Qing, for the sake of our past working relationship, give me some face and let me go tonight, okay?" the middle-aged man cautiously pleaded, peeking his head out.
But Ge Qing just gave him a cold smirk, pulled out the prepared arrest warrant, and said, "Want to beg for mercy? Go beg the judge! Get dressed, handcuff him, and take him away."
"Yes!"
The western suburbs of the capital, along a dark river.
A boat was docked by the bank, pitch black. However, upon closer inspection, several glowing cigarette butts could be seen. As one approached the ship, the roar of an engine could be heard, masked by the sound of flowing water. Suddenly, the darkness was dispelled by several beams of light. The sand-dredging ship, lurking by the riverbank, was exposed under the powerful spotlights. Immediately, plainclothes officers and special police officers, armed, stormed the ship. A few criminals attempted to jump into the river to escape, but at that moment, lights illuminated the river, and a police speedboat surrounded the vessel. After all the arrests were made, Wang Desheng confirmed that not a single criminal was missed on the ship. He left a detachment to document the scene and then drove away with the criminals for immediate interrogation.
The arrest operation lasted a full half hour. By eleven o'clock that night, all members of the criminal group led by Kong Liwei, as well as his associates, were apprehended.
...
Old Cosmetics Factory.
Gao Fei leaned back in his office, resting his eyes.
Buzz!
The phone on his desk vibrated. It was a text message. He looked at the content: "Kong finished."
"It's finally over!" Gao Fei breathed a sigh of relief and immediately deleted the message. Now that Kong Liwei was arrested, his feud with the entrepreneurship competition was officially over. Whether there would be future entrepreneurship competitions was no longer his concern. With Kong Liwei, Feng Kunlin, and others arrested, the production of the cosmetics factory had to be accelerated. In the afternoon, Ding Yao had already taken Gao Qilan and others to Old Feng's cosmetics factory to recruit staff. Except for some of the factory's middle and senior management who were still observing, the workers in the workshops had overwhelmingly chosen to switch jobs. As soon as Huo Dongcheng's raw materials arrived, the factory could start production immediately. Furthermore, during his early struggles with Feng Kunlin, Gao Fei, as someone with a system, had already simulated the profession of a senior cosmetics engineer. The Lily perfume from before was developed after he simulated this profession. Gao Fei looked at the research and development of various types of cosmetics on his computer; it was enough to support the factory's independent operation for ten years. Everything was ready, only the raw materials were needed. Just as he was considering which product line to focus on for the first batch of cosmetics, Jin Qiqi pushed open the office door and walked in quickly.
"Boss! I just received a call. Hank Antonia, a top screenwriter from Gaul, wants to collaborate with you on a film to compete in the next Birdlaiwu!"