Tiger Police

Chapter 344 Parking Fees

"The parking fee is not charged randomly! Even the state-owned parking spaces in the downtown area are not so high. Besides, I only parked for less than two hours. Why does she charge so much?"

"At that time, I argued with her, and she yelled that she would keep charging like this. I said that's fine, since you want to charge money, then show me the basis for charging. As long as there are regulations from relevant units, how much should I pay? Just give as much as you want."

"She said no, and even called a man to come over and threatened me that she wouldn't let me go without paying."

Yang Chao's narration is simple, clear and clear.

Hearing this, Hu Pingtao felt a little strange.He was not busy asking the old woman, but looked at Yang Chao suspiciously: "The office of Yinghong Community is next to this, why don't you go in and ask?"

With that said, Hu Pingtao pointed sideways to the Xinyan Hotel diagonally opposite.

Yang Chao belongs to the kind of person with a quick temper.He slapped his hands on his thighs and shouted angrily: "Hey, don't mention it. I just thought the community office was right next door, so I didn't argue with her. Close the door, lock the car, and I'll go in and find someone. But After asking around, the people inside either couldn’t explain clearly, or they simply didn’t know anything.”

After a pause, Yang Chao added: "By the way, officer, you made a mistake just now. This is not Yinghongjie community, but Shangyi community."

Hearing this, Hu Pingtao was stunned: "Yes, yes, yes, I made a mistake. This is indeed Shangyi Community."

The fork street across the road is called Shangyi Street, which used to be grouped with Yinghong Community.The year before last, the whole city was re-zoned, with the new cross axis as the boundary, and the part that originally belonged to the Dukou District was assigned to the Panjiang District.Since then, the two communities have been merged, leaving only one "Shangyi Community".

Hu Pingtao had come here for business before, subconsciously thinking that this is the Yinghong Community.In addition, the sign of Xinyan Hotel has been demolished long ago, and the signboard of the community faces the main street, which is just opposite to this side, so I didn't think about it.

He frowned, glanced at the community office building across the lane, and didn't speak.

It felt weird.

The land in front of me is obviously under the jurisdiction of Shangyi Community.Let’s not talk about how much the parking fee should be, but quarrels and disputes happen right under our noses, but the community stewards ignore it... This is obviously not right.

Thinking of this, Hu Pingtao turned around and stared at the old woman standing opposite Yang Chao.

I used to think that she should be around 50 years old, but now I look closely at the corners of her eyes, which are full of wrinkles.She has a plump body, high cheekbones, and very little white hair, so she looks young at first glance, but her actual age should be over 55, or even sixty.

Although the clothes on her body are cheap, the style is very trendy: pink stretch tights with bright colors, a white chiffon shirt, nude high-heeled shoes with a heel of at least eight centimeters, and heavy makeup... In short, this is a Very fashionable old woman.

While paying attention to various details, Hu Pingtao asked, "What's your name?"

"...My name is Wen Yongxian." The old woman hesitated, and she seemed a little nervous.Without waiting for Hu Pingtao to ask follow-up questions, he quickly defended: "The parking spaces near here are all managed by our family, and we must pay for parking."

"Your family is in charge?" Hu Pingtao grasped this sentence keenly, and asked: "Who are there in your family, and what exactly do they do?"

The old woman's mood became more and more tense.She stammered, "My man, and...my son..."

Hu Pingtao stared at him: "Where do they work?"

"...No...not at work." The old woman replied hesitantly, "We are guarding the parking lot here."

Hu Pingtao thought for a moment and decided to return the question to the parking fee.

He raised his finger to Yang Chao, and continued to ask the old woman: "When he stopped, did you record the time?"

The old woman licked her lips with too much lipstick, and replied with some reluctance: "...forgot."

Hu Pingtao stretched out his right hand: "Show me the record certificate."

The old woman had a crescent-shaped Kun bag slung across her body. She unzipped the zipper and took out a dilapidated and yellowed notebook. She handed it over slowly with a hesitant and cautious expression.

Hu Pingtao opened it and saw that the things recorded in the notebook were very messy: there were phone numbers, all kinds of messy numbers, and some names of people and places... He directly turned to the latest record page, only seeing a few A scribble of numbers and letters, but no license plate number.

He looked up at the old woman, frowned and asked, "Where is the parking record on here? I can't find it!"

The old woman hurried over, pointed to the crooked "one two five" on the paper, and hurriedly said, "This, this is it!"

"Is this the parking time?" Hu Pingtao looked confused and asked suspiciously: "Then why didn't you write the license plate number on it? How can you tell the difference?"

"It can't be mistaken." The old woman pointed to the seemingly inexplicable pattern in front of the number "one two five", turned around, pointed at Yang Chao's "GAC Trumpchi", and said seriously: "The front of his car There’s this one, and I drew it as it is.”

Although it doesn't look very similar, but hearing what she said, it seems that this is really the case.

Hu Pingtao understood and wanted to understand, but he still had to ask: "What about the number "one two five"? What's going on?"

The old woman explained: "He stopped the car at 25:[-], and I remembered this time too, so I was not mistaken."

Hu Pingtao turned to Yang Chao: "When did you pick up the car? Tell me the exact time."

Yang Chao opened his mouth and replied: "After 03:30...it seems to be 42:45 or [-]...In short, it will not exceed [-]:[-]."

Time to figure it out, things will not be so troublesome to solve.

Hu Pingtao looked down at the notebook in his hand, and faced the old woman: "Wen Yongxian...he parked for no more than three hours before and after. What is the basis for you to charge him 30 yuan for parking?"

"According to the "Provincial City Road Parking Charge Standard" promulgated last year, the on-street parking charges are divided into three grades according to the division of regions."

"Daytime hours in a first-class area: from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm, the charge is four yuan per half hour. Nighttime hours are from [-]:[-] pm to [-]:[-] am the next day, five yuan per hour."

"For the second-class area, it costs [-] yuan per half hour during the daytime and [-] yuan per hour at night."

"Then there are three types of areas, [-] yuan per half hour during the day, [-] yuan for the first hour at night, that is, [-] yuan for the first hour, and [-] yuan for every hour thereafter."

Hu Pingtao's memory is very strong, and he memorizes all relevant regulations by heart, and he can pick them up at his fingertips...Both Wang Xiongjie and Lei Yue admire his ability in this area.Especially Wang Xiongjie, who often said bitterly: How did your kid's head grow?It's just too scary.

Yang Chao immediately became happy when he heard this, and he questioned the old woman; "Yes! The first-class area only charges 24 yuan per hour during the day. Even if you stop for three hours, it's only [-] yuan. I stopped here for more than two hours, you I also wrote it down in my notebook, why should I be charged thirty?"

Wen Yongxian's face was flushed, she was anxious and angry, and she obviously couldn't make any sense, so she simply put her left hand on her hips, pointed at Yang Chao with her right hand and shouted: "I have always accepted it like this. What rules are not rules, I don't care. I know, but I don’t care about it. Anyway, you are not allowed to leave today without a gun, and you can’t lose 30 yuan a cent.”

Yang Chao was also in a hurry: "What are you talking about? Who do you think you are? How dare you say that in front of the police, you...you are not collecting parking fees at all, you are directly robbing!"

Hu Pingtao was also angry. He controlled his emotions, stared at the old woman, and asked coldly, "You said you charged for the parking lot here. Then you should have an invoice?"

Hearing the word "receipt", Wen Yongxian became more and more irritable: "I keep the invoice at home, but I didn't bring it with me."

Hu Pingtao said seriously: "It is the right of all consumers to ask for an invoice. If you haven't brought it, go back and get it!"

The old woman glared at him and said arrogantly: "You policemen are all bandits. Is it easy for me to collect this money? What invoice do I need... If I said I didn't bring it, I didn't bring it, and I will pay it another day."

Hu Pingtao was very calm and did not get angry: "Since you have said so, then I can only follow the procedure. Come with me and talk to the police station!"

The word "police station" had an extremely strong deterrent effect on the old woman.She panicked immediately, and said in a hurry, "Don't...that...the invoice is... yes. Wait a minute, I'll call and have someone deliver it."

She took out her mobile phone from her Kun bag, dialed the number, and whispered a few words.

About 5 minutes later, a strong young man appeared at the entrance of the alley.

He is about 30 years old, with a full face.When he first appeared, he looked very fierce, but when he saw Hu Pingtao and Li Yuanhai in uniform, his expression suddenly became a little unnatural.

Soon coming to the front, the man lowered his voice and asked, "Mom, who wants an invoice?"

The old woman raised her finger to Yang Chao and said angrily, "That's him! I don't even want to pay the 30 yuan parking fee. I'm so poor."

Yang Chao became angry: "Who are you scolding?"

The man obviously didn't want to be troublesome, so he hurriedly stopped the old woman who was about to get angry, stuffed two parking receipts over, and waved his hand irritably: "Okay, okay, my mother is getting old, don't be as knowledgeable as her. You Give me ten yuan, let's go!"

Hu Pingtao watched with cold eyes, and said lightly: "Didn't you say thirty yuan before? Why did it become ten yuan when you came here?"

The expression on the man's face was a bit ugly. He squeezed out a smile and explained in a low voice: "Well... my mother is old and her mind is not very clear. She can't tell the difference between the money and the money, and she can't remember too much. Please understand the rules."

This is quite reasonable.

Hu Pingtao ignored him and turned to Yang Chao: "Show me the invoice."

Yang Chao handed it over as he said, and Hu Pingtao took it in his hand and looked at it carefully.

Afterwards, he returned the invoice to Yang Chao.

"Okay, since there is an invoice, the matter is closed today."

Hu Pingtao turned to the man: "We have rules when we go out to the police. The person involved must leave his name and phone number."

The man nodded again and again: "Okay, okay. My name is Xu Qiang, and I live next door. This is the phone number."

He said a string of numbers.

Hu Pingtao asked both parties involved to sign the transcripts.

……

On the way back, Li Yuanhai was driving the electric car, puzzled, and asked, "Boss, the matter just now has been dealt with?"

Hu Pingtao smiled faintly: "Why, do you think my handling method is wrong?"

Li Yuanhai was a little afraid of him, and said coyly: "...that... That woman obviously collected parking fees in violation of the regulations. If it were me, let alone thirty, she wouldn't even give the ten yuan."

Hu Pingtao smiled and said, "You are right."

After a pause, he said seriously: "Actually, those two parking invoices with a face value of five yuan are fake."

Li Yuanhai let out an "ah", and almost let go of the steering wheel in his hand.

Hu Pingtao further explained: "That is an old version of the invoice. The authenticity of the bill is mainly manifested in four aspects: first, the handwriting on the real invoice is lighter, while the writing on the fake invoice is darker; second, the real invoice has an anti-counterfeiting watermark. That is, the red slashes on the face of the ticket can be seen by looking at the light; thirdly, the red number of the real invoice will disappear when it encounters water, and will reappear after drying; finally, the paper of the real invoice is thicker to the touch. The fake is very thin."

"The old version of the invoice was discontinued in June last year. If it is a formal parking lot with complete procedures, it will receive a new version of the invoice in accordance with the regulations."

"Today's matter is actually Li Gui pretending to be Li Kui, and this woman is quite courageous, and she just asks for 30 yuan. If she asks for less, the car owner surnamed Yang might give it to her, and she doesn't care about it." Will call the police."

Li Yuanhai was confused when he heard this, and asked suspiciously: "Director, since you already know, why didn't you expose them on the spot? Take them back to the institute and deal with them?"

Hu Pingtao didn't respond.

He thought for nearly half a minute before slowly saying: "This matter is not as simple as you think. I have to go back and discuss it with Tan Tao."

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Eryuan Road Police Station, Director's Office.

After listening to Hu Pingtao's account of the whole incident, Tan Tao said thoughtfully: "This matter is not complicated. It is unreasonable to charge 30 yuan for more than two hours. The parking receipt is also fake. Illegal parking fees."

Hu Pingtao knocked on the table hard: "That's true. But the problem is that the incident happened right at the gate of Shangyi Community. This is what confuses me the most."

Tan Tao suddenly understood: "You mean, this matter has something to do with the community?"

Hu Pingtao nodded: "It's not clear! The parking lot is next to it, less than 20 meters away from the community office building. The owner of the car named Yang Chao also said that the parking fee of 30 yuan is unreasonable. I went into the office building and asked someone to ask for clarification. But the people in the community either said they didn’t know, or they simply said—————— don’t know.”

Tan Tao smiled and said, "It's quite weird. You are right, this matter is indeed not as simple as it seems on the surface."

Hu Pingtao emphasized his tone: "Just that woman, Wen Yongxian, mother and son, are really blatant! How dare you do this in front of me."

(End of this chapter)