LA Detective

Chapter 377 Contact
Chen Hui thought for a while, "Probably not, I've never heard Lao Ma mention it."

"Did you know each other before coming to Los Angeles?" As far as Luke knows, people who come to work abroad are generally introduced by someone, either by relatives or old friends from the same hometown.

If you don't have an acquaintance to guarantee you, you don't dare to travel across the ocean rashly.

"do not know.

We met when we were working together. He took good care of me, so we got together naturally. "

"Does Ma Jiehui have any familiar friends from the same hometown?"

Chen Hui's face was a bit ugly, "Chen Jianxin, the owner of Shudu Restaurant, is from his hometown, and I heard that he has some relatives..."

It is not uncommon for relatives and friends to turn against each other because of interests. Luke felt that it was necessary to meet Chen Jianxin, the owner of Shudu Restaurant, and maybe he could find some new clues.

Chen Hui pointed out the car window, "Captain Li, the man in the dark blue T-shirt is Chen Jianxin, and he is still watching the fun outside the Yuxiang Restaurant.

The old horse was killed by someone, and it could be regarded as taking advantage of his heart. "

Luke got out of the car, walked to the entrance of Yuxiang Restaurant, and shouted, "Chen Jianxin."

"Hey." The man in the dark blue T-shirt turned his head and looked over. He was about 40 years old, of medium height, with a beer belly, and looked a little rich.

Chen Jianxin's eyes fell on Luke, "Who are you?"

Luke flashed his badge, "lapd."

Chen Jianhua took a step back. He has been in Los Angeles for more than ten years, and he has learned a lot of English, and he has basically integrated into the local life.

"Is there a problem?"

"Do you know Ma Jiehui?"

Chen Jianxin took a look at Yuxiang Restaurant, "I know you."

"I heard that the two of you are from Huaguo?"

"Correct."

Luke cut to the chase, "We want to know something about him."

Chen Jianxin was silent for a moment, then sighed, "Hey... go to my shop and talk about it."

Under the leadership of Chen Jianxin, Lu Ke and his party came to Shudu Restaurant. At this time, it was past the time for eating, and there were no customers in the restaurant, only two employees were cleaning.

"What's your name, officer?"

"My surname is Li. I'm the captain of the First Squadron of the Robbery and Murder Division. This is my colleague Jackson."

Chen Jianxin greeted people to pour tea, and asked, "Your ancestors were also Chinese, no wonder you can speak Chinese so well."

Luke glanced at the restaurant, and asked seemingly unintentionally, "Are you also a Sichuan restaurant?"

"Yes, an authentic Sichuan restaurant. Our Maoxuewang and Husband's Lung Pieces are excellent. When you have time, come over and I'll cook for you."

Luke asked, "How's business at the store?"

Chen Jianxin took the teapot from the clerk, "This is the tea that I asked my fellow villagers to bring from China. You can't buy it in Los Angeles. You can try it."

Chen Jianxin poured a cup of tea for Luke and Jackson each, and continued, "Business has been difficult for the past two years, so let's keep our capital and keep going."

Luke took a sip of tea and asked, "How long have you known Ma Jiehui?"

Chen Jianxin thought for a while, "It must have been more than 20 years. The two of us are somewhat related. To be precise, he is a relative of my brother-in-law's family. There is no blood relationship, so it is not close."

"Why did Ma Jiehui come to Los Angeles in the first place?"

"For making money, he is also a high-spirited person, and most people will not move their minds to go abroad to work."

"Does he have a criminal record in China?"

Chen Jianxin shook his head, "That's not what I heard."

"Then why hasn't he returned to China for so many years?"

"In the beginning, I had no status, but after I had status, I was reluctant to part with money.

This trip to the country is not only a round-trip air ticket, which relatives are not allowed to buy something, and some relatives ask to help with some medicines and milk powder, charge money, it is not good-looking; rise.

Going home for a few months has been in vain. "

Luke tentatively asked, "What do you think of Ma Jiehui?"

Chen Jianxin curled his lips, "He's not a sober person."

"I heard there was a conflict between your two restaurants?"

Chen Jianxin glanced at Luke, "Captain Li, I won't hide it from you.

I really don't want to see him. This product was still working in my shop for a while before, and then moved to another shop.

Later, when I opened a restaurant by myself, I started to fight against me.

No, it's not against me, it's against the whole street of restaurants.

You go outside to inquire about him, but no one likes him. "

"What kind of taboo did he commit? You can't just because you have worked in your shop, you can't open your own shop, right?"

"It's not about opening a shop. It's his ability to open a shop. They are all fellow villagers, and no one thinks highly of him.

The point is that what he did was too taboo, and he didn't give others a way out. "Chen Jianxin became more and more angry as he talked, poured a cup of tea,
"His restaurant didn't have many customers when it first opened. In fact, it's normal. Whoever makes money at the beginning of opening, doesn't have to take it slowly. After a long time, if you have repeat customers, you will naturally make money. It's not a rush. .

But he is different. When he sees that the restaurant is not making money, he has a wrong idea. It is also a bloody dish. I sell it for 20 dollars, and he sells it for 15 dollars.My couple's lung slices cost $16 and he's $12.

Many of my repeat customers went to his house to eat when they saw that his house was cheap. If you say he doesn't attract people's hatred, who will attract people's hatred? "

It is indeed a taboo to fight a price war, Luke said, "How did you solve it later?"

"I definitely have to find him. At first I thought he didn't understand, so I went to him at night with a bottle of good wine, and planned to have a few drinks with him, and discuss it carefully to resolve the matter.

To put it bluntly, he lowered the price, and my restaurant has no customers, so I have to lower the price too. The number of customers is certain, so why bother to hurt each other. "Chen Jianxin hates iron but not steel." I explained the truth to him clearly, and he told me that he needed money, and there was no way to lower the price. He just wanted to attract more customers and sell more with small profits.

He also pulled me to lower the price together, saying that he would steal business from other restaurants.

I thought to myself, other restaurants are not stupid. If you lower the price, they will not follow suit. Everyone lowers the price. Whether the business will continue in the future and where to make money.

I also figured it out later, this guy just wanted to attract customers with a time difference, his restaurant price cuts, customers went to him, and the popularity of the restaurant also increased, even if other restaurants followed suit, he was the first to benefit . "

Luke roughly understood that Ma Jiehui violated the taboo of his peers, "So, Ma Jiehui has made a lot of money in the past two years?"

"The money must have been earned, but I don't think it's much, it's just hard money.

Although there are many customers in his shop, but the price of vegetables has dropped, and the profit has also dropped, so he is a thankless idiot.

It is because of him that the surrounding restaurants have not been doing well in the past two years.

Bah, something that harms others and does not benefit oneself. "The old matter was brought up again, and Chen Jianxin was still full of resentment.

Luke doesn't work in catering, so he doesn't know how much profit there is, and he can't judge whether it's Chen Jianxin's evil heart or Ma Jiehui's harming others and benefiting himself.

However, there is an old saying that cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents, and Ma Jiehui is sure to attract people's hatred.

"What do you think about the killing of Ma Jiehui?"

Chen Jianxin glanced at Luke, and said a little vigilantly, "I don't know about it. I don't deal with him, I don't have much contact with him, and I rarely inquire about him.

However, if you think about it, he can do such wicked and smoky things, and he doesn't know how many people he has offended. "

Luke stared at the other person's expression, not seeing obvious signs of lying, "I heard that you also poached an employee from Ma Jiehui's restaurant?"

Chen Jianxin asked back, "You are talking about Song Bo."

"Yes, is he there?"

"In the store, but I didn't dig it, he resigned himself and didn't want to work with Ma Jiehui.

I came to my store to apply for the job later, if you don't believe me, you can ask yourself. "Chen Jianxin stood up and greeted, "Song Bo, come here." "

A man wearing an apron came out from the back kitchen, wiped his hands, "Boss, what do you want from me?"

"Ma Jiehui is dead, do you know that?"

"I heard, what's the matter?"

"These two police officers came to investigate the case of Ma Jiehui's murder. Didn't you work in his shop? The two police officers want to talk to you." Chen Jianxin pushed him onto a chair and slipped away by himself.

Luke looked at the other party. He looked about 30 years old, not tall, and a little nervous. "Your name is Song Bo?"

"Correct."

"How long have you been working in Ma Jiehui's shop?"

"It's been less than a year, what's wrong?"

"Why did you resign from his shop?"

Song Bo replied, "Because the business in his shop is so good."

Luke smiled, "It's the first time I've heard that the business is easy to leave."

Song Bo explained, "Officer, we calculate wages according to the time, one day of work is calculated as one day's wages.

The number of his customers has no direct relationship with our income.

There are more customers in his store, more money is earned, and he doesn't pay us more wages.

I work in other restaurants, the same money, less work.

I'm sure I'm going to find a free time, you're right. "

Luke asked, "Since there are many customers in Ma Jiehui's store and the business is good, why don't you raise your wages?"

"He regards money more dearly than his parents, so he is willing to give us more?
Besides, although there are many customers in his shop, the price of vegetables is cheap and the profit is low.

If the labor cost is increased, he can't make much money.

To put it bluntly, what he earns is our hard-earned money.

I'm not stupid, why should I shed blood and sweat to help him earn those three melons and two dates. "

Luke said, "It sounds like you have a lot of resentment against him."

Song Bo complained, "This guy is immoral.

If the prices of the dishes in the restaurant are lowered, the profit of the restaurant will be reduced, and there will be more customers, so it will not be able to make much money.

Even the business of other restaurants is not easy to do.

If this goes on like this, our restaurants in Shudu will hardly be able to pay wages.

I finally left his shop, and I had to be tricked by him.

You say it's irritating or not, but he knocked down the surrounding restaurants by himself, what is this called! "

Luke tentatively asked, "Do you have any clues about Ma Jiehui's killing?"

"No, maybe God couldn't stand it and took him away in advance."

Luke "..."

Later, Luke took out the photo of the No.1 deceased Yoshimi Hashimoto and asked, "Do you know her?"

Song Bo glanced, "I don't know."

Luke frowned, "Look carefully."

Song Bo picked up the photo, "Hey, she looks pretty pretty."

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The Office of the First Squadron of the Robbery and Murder Division.

Luke returns to the police station and convenes a meeting.

While Luke took notes on those involved, the deputy team kept an eye on the crime scene.

Luke called a meeting with everyone to gather clues.

I don't know if it was salty at noon. Luke always felt a little thirsty. He poured a cup of tea and said while drinking tea, "Let's talk about the progress of the investigation."

The deputy team said, "The time of Ma Jiehui's death was between 09:30 p.m.

A total of 5 stabs were stabbed, each of which was at a vital position between the chest and abdomen.

According to the position and angle of the deceased's wound, the murderer's height was between 183cm and 195cm.

The deceased fell to the ground after being stabbed, and there was no sign of being moved.

The murderer left a letter 'a' on the body of the deceased.

No murder weapon was found at the scene, nor were there any witnesses. "

Luke recalled the heights of Chen Jianxin and Song Bo. Both of them should not be 180cm in shoes, which does not fit the characteristics of the murderer.

Jenny said, "We visited the neighbors around, and most of them have a good impression of Ma Jiehui, saying that he is an honest man, dutiful, hardworking, and good at doing business.

There are also some old customers who feel it is a pity, saying that his food is not only cheap, but also delicious, and the boss is a kind person. "

Jackson said, "Judging from what we know now, Ma Jiehui is a shrewd businessman, even if he offends his colleagues, he won't end up with a death feud.

Moreover, the deceased Ma Jiehui also had letters on his body, which may be the same murderer as the No. 1 deceased Hashimoto Yoshimi, but no connection between the two cases has been found yet. "

Little gangster, "Is it because they are all Asian?"

Luke said, "Although they are both Asians, the two countries are feuds. This reason is unlikely."

Porter said, "The two deceased have letters engraved on their bodies, an 'H' and an 'a', what does it mean?"

The deputy team thought for a while, then shook his head, "Maybe there are too many, too many combinations.

It is difficult to think of the meaning behind these two letters alone. "

Luke took a pen to write down two letters, looked at them for a long time, but couldn't figure it out.

Xiao Hei seemed to have thought of something, and said, "The No. 1 deceased Yoshimi Hashimoto was a part-time street girl, and her private life was quite messy.

No.2 The deceased, Ma Jiehui, was married in Huaguo, but found a partner in Los Angeles. Both of them had a rough private life. Could it be because of this reason that they were killed? "

Jackson said, "Even if these two people have a rough private life, there is no intersection or contact between them. Their life circles are completely different. Why were they chosen as targets by the murderer?"

After hearing what the two said, Luke thought for a while and speculated, "Not long ago, Chen Hui's husband arrived in Los Angeles, and the doves took over the magpie's nest and drove Ma Jiehui away.

Ma Jiehui was forced to separate from his girlfriend Chen Hui. He must feel uncomfortable. Would he have the idea of ​​finding another woman?
Ma Jiehui will not be able to find a suitable one for a while, will he go to a street girl?
And the No.1 deceased Hashimoto Yoshimi is a street girl. "

While there's no proof yet, if Luke's speculation holds true, the two cases would be linked.

(End of this chapter)