Chapter 455 Competitor
Lu Qi went to the forensics department, and the results of the autopsy have come out. Yang Mufeng died between 8:00 and 9:00 in the evening. The direct cause of his death was taking a large amount of ricin, but in the wine glass The ingredients of ricin were not found, and it is still unclear how the murderer administered the poison.
Lu Qi decided to arrange for some of the staff to come and recognize people that night. Chen Weiwei was still dressed in yesterday's clothes.
Two staff members recognized that Chen Weiwei should be the woman who appeared in booth 17 last night. Her clothes and height were similar, but the color of her hair was different, and Chen Weiwei had just dyed her hair this morning.
The case seems to be becoming clearer. The people headed by Li Zhong believe that there are physical and personal evidence, and there is also a criminal motive. Basically, Chen Weiwei can be identified as the murderer.
But Lu Qi doesn't see it that way. Although there are a lot of evidence collected, every piece of evidence is worth scrutinizing.
For example, Chen Weiwei's appearance in the bar is questionable. Because of the lack of monitoring, no video of her entering the bar was found. Now the only person who can prove that she appeared in the bar is the waiter.
Under the circumstances at that time, the possibility of admitting mistakes cannot be ruled out.
Chen Weiwei hardly stopped on her way to Heytea. From several surveillance videos, they found Chen Weiwei passing the SEVENSTAR bar. When she passed by the door of the bar, she didn't glance in the direction of the bar.
Of course, these monitoring can't be all-round without dead ends. There are blind spots in the monitoring. It is impossible to record Chen Weiwei's actions every minute and every second.
Li Zhong made a presumption of guilt. He believed that Chen Weiwei had time to enter the bar and commit crimes on the way back and forth.
Lu Qi patiently listened to Li Zhong's opinion, but he still felt that Chen Weiwei was innocent. A person who could plan the whole crime meticulously would not leave so many omissions.
Since you are determined to kill, why leave lipstick marks? Why fingerprints? Why leave castor beans in the store?
All these evidences are obviously intended to direct the direction of the police investigation to Chen Weiwei.
There are too many doubts in Lu Qi's mind. Yang Mufeng's death was caused by ingesting a large amount of ricin. No toxin was detected in the wine glass in front of him. Did someone take Yang Mufeng's wine glass away after poisoning, and at the same time took Yang Mufeng's cell phone was taken away.
If Chen Weiwei is innocent, there must be another person at the scene. This person is not only familiar with Yang Mufeng, but also familiar with Chen Weiwei. This person can not only relax Yang Mufeng's vigilance and drink the wine with ricin, but also get Chen Weiwei's fingerprints and hair.
Pei Lin made a special trip to Carnival Plaza, and came to the mother and baby store opposite the nail salon. While absently selecting baby products, she observed the nail salon opposite. The nail salon was closed and closed. She knew that Chen Weiwei have run into trouble.
Yang Mufeng died, Chen Weiwei was investigated, Pei Lin knew that everything might be temporary, maybe one day the police would suddenly appear in front of her.
There is no seamless crime in this world. If the police continue to investigate, sooner or later they will find out that they had an old relationship with Yang Mufeng.
There are still many flaws in the clues left by him, and Xu Chunliang, he knows about himself and Yang Mufeng, if he tells the police that he asked him for help, then the police will suspect him.
Thinking of this, Pei Lin suddenly became uneasy again. She really wanted to escape from here immediately, but if she left now, wouldn't she be calling herself?
Pei Lin realized that Yang Mufeng's death did not mean the end, but the beginning of a new round of suffering.
Xu Chunliang accompanied Hua Zhuyue to attend the opening ceremony of OMMIA Bar, which is the flagship store built by Holland Group in Pinghai with a lot of money.
Pan Weidong, the general manager of Holton Group, came to Dongzhou to personally host the opening ceremony. He specially invited the popular traffic star Xie Weiting.
When Xu Chunliang and Hua Zhuyue arrived at the scene, they saw that fans of the bar had been surrounded by fans.
Seeing the overwhelming popularity of OMMIA, and thinking of the bleak situation in front of SEVENSTAR, Hua Zhuyue couldn't help sighing. The boss Ji Buyao has become more and more Buddhist, and their physical business will become more and more in this way. Poor, the market share will be constantly squeezed by Hedong.
Pan Weidong is twenty-seven years old and is currently the general manager of Holton Group. Different from the common dandies who are drunk and dreamy, he is one of the few sons who inherited his father's career. He studied in North America from middle school to university. He returned from his studies two years ago and created the OMMIA brand in Beijing.
In the past two years, the OMMIA brand has blossomed everywhere in China, and has created 21 stores, more than half of which are located in provincial capitals and municipalities.
This OMMIA in Dongzhou is the third one in the prefecture-level city. The reason why it was chosen in Dongzhou is because of its geographical location, and its influence can radiate to the surrounding five provinces.
Different from the vigorous development of Holton, Bluestar has fallen into operational difficulties in the past two years, and the two major brands of Bluestar and SEVENSTAR have stagnated. Hua Zhuyue suggested to Ji Buyao to close some poorly managed stores, integrate and reinstall, accurately position, and reshape the brand.
The plan has been sent up, but Ji Buyao has not given her a clear answer so far.
Lv Yumeng, head of OMMIA Bar in Dongzhou, saw Hua Zhuyue and hurried up to greet her. She used to be the manager of SEVENSTAR, but she was replaced by Xie Chunlei after she left.
Lu Yumeng was very afraid of Hua Zhuyue, and respectfully said: "Sister Hua!"
Hua Zhuyue looked at Lu Yumeng with a smile and said, "You came back from Shanghai?"
Lu Yumeng said: "For the time being, I will go back when things are sorted out here."
Hua Zhuyue nodded. Although there was no clear non-competition agreement in their line of business, Lu Yumeng was still guilty of jumping from Blue Star to a competitor. Today would be without her.
Hua Zhuyue introduced Xu Chunliang beside her to Lu Yumeng, and Lu Yumeng hurriedly sent her business card.
Xu Chunliang exchanged business cards with her, and noticed that her title is General Manager of East China Region of Hedong Entertainment.
Hua Zhuyue said: "Where is Mr. Pan?"
Lu Yumeng said: "We are receiving Xie Weiting."
Hua Zhuyue said calmly: "The popular traffic!"
Lu Yumeng smiled, and heard that there was dissatisfaction in Hua Zhuyue's voice, so she hurriedly invited her and Xu Chunliang to sit in the box. Hua Zhuyue said no, she wanted to visit and study.
Lu Yumeng originally wanted to accompany her in person, but Hua Zhuyue waved her hand and asked her to go to work. Today is the official opening, and there are still many things to be busy with. Check out this new bar.
OMMIA bar is luxuriously decorated, and the bar staff are young and beautiful.
Xu Chunliang took two glasses of red wine from the tray of the beautiful staff, and handed one of them to Hua Zhuyue.
Hua Zhuyue drank the lipstick and said, "How do you feel?"
Xu Chunliang smiled and said, "I'm not an expert, so I don't have much say in this area."
"Compare with SEVENSTAR."
Xu Chunliang sought truth from facts: "The decoration is more luxurious than yours, and the waiters are younger and more beautiful than yours,"
Hua Zhuyue said: "If this industry wants to maintain its popularity, it must continue to innovate. Our business model has fallen behind."
Xu Chunliang pointed to the door to remind Hua Zhuyue that Xie Chunlei is here.
Hua Zhuyue glanced coldly at Xie Chunlei, making no secret of her displeasure.
Xu Chunliang can understand that there are constant turmoil in Dongzhou's SEVENSTAR, which is related to Xie Chunlei's poor management. For example, when he made a big fuss about SEVENSTAR, it was entirely because the bar could not guarantee the safety of the guests. The matter of harassing Zhen Chun.
Afterwards, the bar couldn't uphold justice and help Tang Tianyi conceal the truth.
Xie Chunlei chatted with Lu Yumeng for a few words, looked around, and finally found Hua Zhuyue among the crowd, and he hurried over.
Xie Chunlei mainly reported to Hua Zhuyue the progress of the dead man in the bar. He went to the police station just now, and the police summoned many staff members including him. Show up at the bar late and drink with Yang Mufeng.
Hua Zhuyue doesn't know Chen Weiwei, as long as the culprit is not a staff member of the bar.
Xie Chunlei said: "I just applied to the police to unseal, but they refused. Sister Hua, it seems that you have to come forward in this matter. If it continues like this, our bar will suffer a lot."
Hua Zhuyue said: "What am I doing here? Even if the lockdown is lifted now, do you think there will be business? The incident of the dead man is spreading, and it's almost the Chinese New Year. Everyone avoids it. Who will patronize Sevenstar?" She paused for a while. Said: "Besides, there are more than one bar in Dongzhou."
Xie Chunlei sighed annoyedly, "I don't know what's going on recently? There are endless troubles." When he said this, he subconsciously glanced at Xu Chunliang, and if he didn't say anything, he caused them a lot of trouble .
Hua Zhuyue said: "It seems that you should find the reason from yourself. The camera in the bar has been damaged so much, why didn't you repair it in time?"
In front of Xu Chunliang, Hua Zhuyue didn't give him any face, Xie Chunlei said with a fever: "Sister Hua, I have already arranged it. It is because the security side did not implement it in time. I will fire him immediately."
The person Hua Zhuyuexin said should be fired is you.
At this time, Pan Weidong, accompanied by Lu Yumeng, walked towards them.
Pan Weidong smiled and stretched out his hand to Hua Zhuyue: "Mr. Hua is here to welcome you."
Hua Zhuyue shook hands with him: "Congratulations to Mr. Pan on the grand opening of the business and a wealth of wealth."
Pan Weidong laughed loudly: "By borrowing the auspicious words from Hua Zong, everyone will make a fortune together and get rich together. The market is so big that there is no end to making money." But he knew very well in his heart that they were competitors, and the opening of OMMIA in Dongzhou this time was no different. Hua Zhuyue must be upset to **** food from the tiger's mouth.
But the Blue Star Group’s momentum has not been as good as before, even if you are upset, you have to bear it.
(end of this chapter)