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Liu Rulan readily accepted Tong Junhui's apology.
Xiao He stood at the door and glanced around. After confirming Tong Junhui's situation, he turned around and waited at the door, giving Liu Rulan and Tong Junhui some space to chat.
There was a police officer standing at the door, so Xiao He decided to chat with him.
The officer clearly recognized Xiao He and said, "I'm a police officer from the Haibin District. Team Leader Zhang once mentioned you to me."
Xiao He immediately thought of Officer Zhang and Officer Li.
When he first entered the industry, he was almost mistaken for a real murderer. The officers who came were Officer Zhang and Officer Li, a mentor-apprentice duo. He encountered them a few more times later because of cases, but he has been too busy lately, flying back and forth between different cities, and hasn't seen them for a long time.
He nodded and said, "Oh, how's Officer Zhang doing lately? Has Officer Li been promoted to a regular officer position?"
He remembered that Officer Li was a rookie at the time and had to follow his mentor, Officer Zhang, when going on duty. Now, more than a year has passed in the blink of an eye, and Officer Li should have officially become a full-fledged officer by now.
"Yes, Officer Li can now lead a team on independent missions."
"That's what the police officer at the door replied."
Xiao He was somewhat moved.
Time flies...
With someone he knew as a common topic of conversation, it wasn't abrupt for Xiao He to ask about Tong Junhui. He leaned closer to the police officer and tentatively whispered, "What's going on with Tong Junhui's crew? I saw it's causing quite a stir online, saying that the entire crew has disappeared."
The officer glanced at Xiao He, his mouth tight, and his answer was similar to what Liu Rulan knew: "They are involved in an important case and are currently very safe. As for the situation online, we don't know anything about it, but the General Administration should issue a relevant announcement to clarify it soon."
Xiao He frowned, having formed a rough guess in his mind.
Tonight should be the end for the police.
This operation wasn't just a crackdown on the film crew here, but also involved operations in Hong Kong and against overseas drug trafficking groups or forces.
Xiao He clicked his tongue inwardly.
Has this scheme, which lasted for almost a year, finally come to fruition today...?
Xiao He chatted with the police officer for a few more minutes. The officer was very cautious about the case and didn't reveal much, but Xiao He didn't mind. After greeting him, he sat down to wait.
Of course, Xiao He wasn't idle either. He took out his phone and continued searching for information online.
The situation was urgent earlier, and Xiao He didn't have time to catch up on all the details of the gossip. Now that he has some time, he has finally learned about the trending topic of "Silent Search" from the internet.
This story is actually quite dramatic.
Yesterday, the release of "The Silent Search" drew widespread ridicule from viewers. Feng Zhengyang and Dong Zeng were already planning to abscond, so naturally they couldn't afford to hire online trolls to suppress the news. As a result, news of "The Silent Search" being a terrible film spread like wildfire. Investors who were deceived by Feng Zhengyang and Dong Zeng only realized they might have been ripped off after seeing the online reviews.
Even several theater chains that had worked closely with the "Silent Search" production team found that their screening schedule was very likely to be canceled!
As the situation spiraled out of control, the deceived parties tried to contact Feng Zhengyang and Dong Zeng, but all of them were blocked and unable to reach them.
Even when we contacted the publicity staff, they knew nothing about it. In fact, a large portion of them were outsourced teams hired by the "Silent Search" production team!
Now that the contract has expired, these outsourced workers will naturally no longer be responsible for the promotion of "Silent Search".
As for the publicity director who had been in charge of liaising with them... he also went missing along with Feng Zhengyang.
They immediately sensed something was wrong.
Some experienced investors felt a chill run down their spines, suspecting that Feng Zhengyang and his associates had absconded.
They still found it hard to believe.
After all, Feng Zhengyang is one of the best directors in Hong Kong, and his previous works were very popular with mainland audiences. He has a very high reputation and fame throughout China.
This is also the main reason why they trust Feng Zhengyang and are scrambling to buy his share of the film!
No matter how much he runs away, it's impossible for him to really abandon all his fame and fortune in Hong Kong, or even everything in China, and then leave China, right?
That's impossible! Who would be willing to do that?
What these people didn't know was that Feng Zhengyang was indeed reluctant to give up everything here, but he had a life on his hands! If he didn't run, he would spend the rest of his life in prison.
After multiple unsuccessful attempts to contact him, the head of Shanghai Everbright Cinema Circuit went directly to the hotel where Feng Zhengyang was staying that very night.
Unsurprisingly, Feng Zhengyang and his accomplices had already vanished.
Clearly, their worst fears have come true.
The person in charge remained relatively calm and immediately called the police. Other investors also called the police one after another after a period of chaos. Meanwhile, the news from "Mo Xun" spread quickly and reached the internet.
It was the middle of the night, and many people were already asleep, but there were still a lot of night owls. After the public opinion fermented, the incident spread rapidly on the Internet.
Initially, netizens just treated it as a joke, but as several investors came forward to question Moxun's official representatives and Feng Zhengyang himself, they gradually realized that the matter was not so simple.
After learning the whole story, Xiao He found it somewhat amusing.
Who could have imagined this?
Judging by the time, the police announcement should be coming soon.
Sure enough, Xiao He sat for a while longer and then received the police report.
Of course, the official statement did not directly say that many people in the "Silent Search" production team had problems. Instead, it said that the financial flow of "Silent Search" was highly abnormal, involving the entire production team. The police have now intervened in the investigation, and the rumors about the disappearance of some members of the production team have been clarified.
As for what the real investigation will entail, we'll have to look at what good deeds these individuals have done.
If the police were unaware of the "good deeds" these people had done before, then once they all joined the same highly problematic film crew, the police would certainly conduct a thorough investigation just in case.
Once the police conduct an investigation, their individual problems will naturally be uncovered.
For example, Lu Qiu, the screenwriter of the drama "Silent Search," plagiarized and illegally used other people's script copyrights...
For example, there's the case of a certain female lead in a novel, whose family used her connections to open a company and evaded taxes...
For example, there's the story of a certain second male lead who allegedly slept with fans in private and even flirted with a young girl...
This case is very serious, involving foreign forces who wanted to use the connection of the Chen family, Hong Kong's richest family, as a cover to sell addictive drugs to the mainland, attempting to use drug addiction to erode the physical and mental health of teenagers, while also carrying out other unspeakable illegal activities.
Therefore, against this backdrop, the police will certainly not let any of the problems involving these actors go unpunished, even if they have nothing to do with the case itself.
This might become a typical case and be dealt with seriously in the future.
Looking at the list of people, Xiao He recalled the severity of their crimes and felt a pang of emotion.
The police officers conducting the investigation might have been surprised themselves, not expecting to uncover such a large group of corrupt officials, all of whom were eligible for promotions and raises!
Slurp, don't even mention it, he's getting a little hungry too.
