Chapter 499 The Desperate Gambler(1/2)
Jiang Feng had dinner with his wife at the confinement center and hugged his son for a while. Then he heard the staff at the confinement center discussing the fire at the Minghu Hotel.
The media in this era is developed and everyone is a photographer. A major event such as a fire in the Minghu Hotel is naturally taken by many witnesses and uploaded to WeChat Moments.
Through the circle of friends, it quickly spread throughout Nanning.
Fires, even ordinary house fires, will attract public attention as long as the fire is relatively large. As a long-established four-star hotel in Nanning, it is normal for the Minghu Hotel to suddenly have a fire and attract public attention.
After all, this is the client's hotel. After Jiang Feng heard the news, he took his son back and handed it to his confinement sister-in-law. Then he took out his mobile phone and called Su Yao.
"Master Jiang!" The phone was connected, and Su Yao's slightly tired voice came over.
Jiang Feng asked: "Mr. Su, I just heard people talking about a fire in your hotel. What is this? Are there any casualties?"
Su Yao said: "Thank you, Master Jiang, for your concern. There were no casualties. The cause of the fire has been initially investigated. It was caused by electrical lines. However, this was not an accident, but man-made. The details are still under investigation."
"It's good that no one was injured."
Speaking of this, Jiang Feng asked: "Mr. Su, have you offended anyone recently? If you have any doubts about a candidate, just give me his (her) name and mobile phone number, and I will help you make some calculations.
Let's see if we can catch this bastard.
If you deliberately set fire to a hotel, you are making fun of other people’s lives!”
Su Yao shook her head and said: "Master Jiang, I have thought about it carefully before. I really haven't offended anyone in the past two years, so I don't know who wants to harm me for the time being."
"Has the hotel's surveillance been compromised?"
"Yes, after putting out the fire, the police immediately investigated the surveillance system and found that the surveillance system had been artificially destroyed and the hard drive was smashed!"
Jiang Feng said: "It seems that this matter must be related to the internal staff of your hotel. Have you checked the employees after the incident? Have you found any suspicious personnel?"
Su Yao said: "We also have suspicions in this regard. However, after preliminary investigation, no employee was found to be suspected. It is really puzzling."
Jiang Feng thought for a while and asked, "Mr. Su, are all your hotel employees still in the hotel now?"
Su Yao responded: "Well, they are all here. They are indispensable for the aftermath."
Jiang Feng said: "Then I will rush over now to help you investigate."
As an old customer, Su Yao is naturally aware of Master Jiang's accomplishments in the field of "divine calculations". With Master Jiang coming forward to help with the investigation, it is no exaggeration to say that the results of the police investigation are more reliable.
Therefore, Su Yao did not refuse, but said happily: "Thank you, Master Jiang. I'm sorry to trouble you. I believe that no one can escape your fiery eyes."
"You're welcome, that's it for now, see you later!"
"Well, see you later!"
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Feng said hello to his wife and his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and then drove to the Minghu Hotel.
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after an hour.
A conference room on the second floor of Minghu Hotel.
Jiang Feng looked at Kong Nanshan and Su Yao and said, "After my investigation, the problem does not lie with the hotel employees. Then let's change our thinking. Could it be related to the guests staying at the hotel?"
Su Yao said: "The police have also considered this issue and have even started investigating, but they haven't found any doubts yet."
Jiang Feng said: "Mr. Su, please ask someone to bring me the customer information about hotel stays in the past two days. I will check it to see if there are any problems."
Su Yao nodded and said, "Okay, Master Jiang, please wait a moment. I'll have someone send the information up right away."
After saying that, Su Yao called to arrange the matter.
A few minutes later, an employee sent the printed customer information.
Jiang Feng took the information and started to check their detailed information one by one according to their names and ID cards. Because he did not view all the information, only the latest information, the speed was very fast.
Both Kong Nanshan and Su Yao knew that Master Jiang was making calculations. Neither the couple said anything, but just waited expectantly.
Hard work paid off. When Jiang Feng checked the information of the 36th customer, he instantly became energetic. He pointed at the customer's name and said: "Mr. Su, this customer named Liu Xiaohua has a problem. Please let the police know."
Focus on investigating him, I believe you will gain something."
Kong Nanshan and Su Yao were both refreshed when they heard this.
They are trying their best to find the "culprit", not to ask the other party to compensate them for their economic losses. To be honest, most people cannot afford such a huge loss.
Their purpose is actually very simple, which is to send this vicious guy to jail. It is best to sit through the jail, otherwise it will be difficult to relieve the hatred in his heart.
Su Yao stood up immediately and said, "Nanshan, you and Master Jiang will have tea here. I'll go down and negotiate with the police and ask them to focus on investigating this guy."
Kong Nanshan nodded and said: "Well, you go ahead!"
Jiang Feng added: "Mr. Su, you may not be familiar with this guy, but he actually has a deep connection with your hotel, because he worked in your hotel five years ago, and his job was to maintain electrical facilities and lines.
That's why he was able to conceal the truth and create this fire easily."
Su Yao didn't expect this guy to have such a connection with her hotel. She frowned and said: "This hotel didn't belong to me five years ago. This is really strange. An employee who has resigned for five years, I
I have no grudge against him, is he crazy? Why did he come to destroy my hotel?"
Jiang Feng said leisurely: "He is actually just a pawn. Although he caused the fire, all he did was use people's money to eliminate disasters."
"There's actually someone behind the scenes?"
Su Yao's expression changed when she heard this, "Master Jiang, can you figure out who is behind this?"
Jiang Feng shook his head and said: "This cannot be calculated for the time being, because even the fire maker does not know the identity of the person, and I cannot deduce the true identity of the person from him."
Su Yao understands this. After all, Master Jiang is not a real god. If he wants to calculate something, he at least needs a "media", such as name and ID number. There is no "media" to calculate out of thin air.
Isn’t that embarrassing!
"Master Jiang, you drink tea here first. I'll go down and negotiate with the police and ask them to focus on Liu Xiaohua to see if they can find out the mastermind behind this."
"Well, go ahead. You should know what to say to Mr. Su, right?"
"Master Jiang, don't worry, I understand."
After Su Yao went downstairs, Jiang Feng started chatting with Kong Nanshan.
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at the same time.
At a food stall not far from Minghu Hotel, Liu Xiaohua ordered four dishes by himself and ordered a few bottles of beer, eating and drinking there with relish.
No one would have thought that this average-looking guy would cause a fire in a four-star hotel in the morning.
Liu Xiaohua was originally a conscientious person and not very courageous. He would never dare to do something as serious as causing a fire in a four-star hotel that could easily attract social attention.
But as the saying goes, when a person is cornered, he will do things that he did not dare to do in the past without hesitation.
Just last year, Liu Xiaohua became obsessed with gambling.
Needless to say, the dangers of gambling. Once you get addicted to this thing, it will be really difficult to get out.
When many gamblers feel extremely regretful about losing, they even stamp their fingers with a knife and swear to never gamble again. However, after the stamped finger heals, it doesn't take long for them to sit down at the gambling table again.
It can be seen that it is not easy to truly quit gambling.
Gambling basically means nine times out of ten you lose. As a member of the general public, Liu Xiaohua is not qualified to be an exception. He has only been addicted to gambling for more than half a year. Not only did he lose all his savings over the years, but he also owed more than 20 yuan to relatives and friends.
Thousands of debts.
The most terrible thing is that he still owes more than 200,000 yuan in online loans.
It was this debt of four to five million that directly overwhelmed Liu Xiaohua.
Before he was addicted to gambling, it was easy for Liu Xiaohua, an honest and conscientious person, to borrow thirty to fifty thousand from relatives and friends. But after relatives and friends found out that he was addicted to gambling, his credibility in front of relatives and friends was now ruined.
It dropped to negative points.
No one was willing to lend him even three to five hundred, let alone three to fifty thousand.
Because all his relatives and friends know that lending this kind of money will not only fail to help him, but will also harm him.
Just when Liu Xiaohua was desperate, someone suddenly contacted him and asked him to use electrical lines to create a fire in the hotel where he used to work. As long as he completed this task, he would be given 500,000.
If it was before, Liu Xiaohua would definitely not have the guts to make this money, but now that he is crazy about money, he readily agreed without thinking too much.
Hence, the fire at Minghu Hotel happened.
The reason why he chose to create this fire in broad daylight instead of at night was naturally because he was afraid of killing people. After all, customers were sleeping at night. If the fire spread and failed to be extinguished in time, it would really be a disaster.
It may take an unknown number of lives.
Liu Xiaohua is very courageous now, but unless he is really crazy, he would not dare to take human life.
Now, with half a million in hand (he collected the money first and then did the work), and the matter was completed smoothly, Liu Xiaohua's gambling heart that had nowhere to rest took off again, and he called the owner of a certain chess and card room early.
Let him leave a place for himself.
At 7:30 in the evening, after Liu Xiaohua had eaten and drank enough, he took a taxi to a certain chess and card room where he often went, smelling of alcohol.
When he saw Liu Xiaohua, a familiar poker player said hello: "Old Liu, I haven't seen you playing mahjong for a while. Where have you made a fortune recently?"
When Liu Xiaohua heard the word "get rich", he was somewhat sensitive at this juncture, so he just found some excuse to deal with it.
Because everyone came at the agreed time, when Liu Xiaohua arrived, other card players also arrived one after another, and soon the sound of mahjong could be heard from a certain box in the chess and card room.
As a result, less than half an hour after playing mahjong, the box door was pushed open by the police...
To be continued...