National Forensic Doctor
Chapter 558 - 509: Turtle in a Jar

Chapter 558: Chapter 509: Turtle in a Jar

"There was this one time when I helped a vice president handle a mistress issue. Actually, the main thing was to get the woman out of the house and send her away. The vice president was willing to pay, but he was worried she might come back, so he asked me to scare her off as quickly as possible. I did a good job, and one day the vice president asked me if I was short on cash..."

"I said I was short on money, who isn’t? Then the vice president said he had a job for me and had me deliver goods. Later on, because I did a good job, he gave me a sum of money, fired me, but also gave me severance pay."

"I had no choice but to help out with the deliveries. At the beginning, I didn’t know exactly what was inside the packages—I guessed it was nothing good, otherwise, they wouldn’t have had me deliver it... As time went on, I was allowed to know a bit more, and the delivery methods changed..."

Liang Yanrong kept talking more and more, unable to control himself.

He no longer had any hope of saving his own life. He had never really cared much for his life, but after his ex-girlfriend bore him a son, Liang Yanrong felt a sense of mission.

If there was any way to save himself, he would certainly choose to do so first; ex-girlfriends or sons could come later.

Now, without that option, Liang Yanrong’s care for his son had suddenly increased significantly.

He hoped his life could continue in another way, and, at the same time, his son’s upbringing would require money. Liang Yanrong knew he couldn’t possibly leave behind all his money, nor did he expect to, but he did hope a little could be left.

This intention of his was somewhat similar to that of one of the Huang-Li Drug Trafficking Group’s bosses, Li Jianfang. But Liang Yanrong was unaware of this; he didn’t even know that Li Jianfang existed... nor was he aware of the true identities of Huang Li and Lao Gui.

Even so, he had sold the Jianyuan Drug Trafficking Ring out thoroughly.

Firstly, he had confirmed that the Jianyuan Group did indeed have large-scale drug distribution, which firmly established the foundation of the case.

The information he provided deepened the police’s understanding of the Jianyuan Group significantly.

Three days later.

The first official case analysis meeting of the Twin Drug Special Task Force.

Liu Jinghui was leading the direction of the meeting:

"Based on the testimonies of the suspects and the clues we’ve unearthed from the Huang-Li Drug Trafficking Group, we have now secretly arrested five members of the Jianyuan Drug Trafficking Ring. One of them is mid-level within the ring, while the other four are low-level foot soldiers."

"From the current evidence we have, Jianyuan initially only sold specially made precursors, which are what we call controlled chemical compounds. The sale of these substances is not prohibited, but there are standards and requirements—they can only be sold to specific companies for specific purposes."

"It can be said that part of Jianyuan’s rise was due to treading this fine line. After forming the conglomerate, Jianyuan still kept a tight control over their chemical plants. Furthermore, the production of specially made precursors became less frequent. It seems they were trying to go legit."

"Because they controlled their chemical plants so well, in the following years, Jianyuan’s competitiveness in the market even increased."

"The turning point occurred seven or eight years ago, when the overseas market was sluggish. Jianyuan faced suppression from competitors, leading to financial chain issues. Their main bank began retracting loans, and from that point on, Jianyuan started producing controlled precursors in large quantities again. However, unlike before, they started to try producing new types of narcotics’ precursors that were popular abroad but not used much domestically, quietly earning a large amount of foreign currency."

"After a few years of this, the Huang-Li Drug Trafficking Group, which had been helping Jianyuan export these goods, grew and began to want a larger share of the profits. They started to attempt to manufacture drugs themselves."

"Thus, a situation was formed where Jianyuan sold raw materials to the Huang-Li Group. The latter no longer just resold these compounds; instead, they produced narcotics themselves and sold them abroad through the previous channels. This honeymoon phase continued until Jianyuan decided to go public."

"In fact, Jianyuan’s operations had started to have issues long ago. Their operating costs were too high, there was infighting within the family business, and the core members of the ring’s expenses had to be deducted from the group’s income, totaling a very high amount. Additionally, the long-term solidification of the upper management led to a high turnover rate among the company’s key personnel."

"Such an enterprise, if not for the income from specially made precursors, might have closed down long ago. But the company’s president, Yuan Jiansheng, was fixated on going public. He hoped to legitimize the business through this and completely resolve the company’s cash flow issues. By doing so with stock incentives, he wanted the entire ring to withdraw, thus passing on the company and wealth to his children. Otherwise, he believed Jianyuan Company wouldn’t survive after his departure."

"But the first hurdle was their financial statements, which were not adequate. Yuan Jiansheng needed more money to embellish the financial reports, but Huang Li wouldn’t provide it. In the end, Jianyuan started producing drugs themselves, both to increase profit and to threaten the Huang-Li Group. The death of Wang Xingzhai was Huang-Li Group’s threat in response."

Liu Jinghui finished going through the case to this point, largely comprising witness testimonies and his own preliminary deductions.

After all, they had only touched the edge of Jianyuan and had not penetrated its core.