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 his 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.
Old Ma 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 forty 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 police 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?"
"right."
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."
Led by 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, this police officer?"
"My surname is Li, and 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. Come over someday when you have time, and I will cook for myself."
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 really 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 we just need to 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 be more than 20 years. We 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?"
"To make 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?"
“At the beginning, I had no identity, but after I had identity, I was reluctant to part with money.
This trip back to the country is not only a round-trip air ticket, which relatives are not allowed to buy anything, 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 wasted. "
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 used to work in my store for a while, and then moved to another store.
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 reads him well. "
"What kind of taboo did he commit? You can't just because you worked in your shop, you can't open your own shop, right?"
"It's not about opening a store. It's his ability to open a store. They are all fellow villagers, and no one looks down on him.
The key is that what he did was too taboo, and he did not allow others to survive. "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 **** 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 saw that his house was cheap, so they all ran to his house to eat. You said that he doesn’t attract people’s hatred, but who attracts 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. I thought he didn't understand at first, so I went to him at night with a bottle of good wine, and I 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 figured it out later, this guy just wanted to attract customers with a time difference, his restaurant price cuts, customers went to him, the restaurant's popularity 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 store, but the price of vegetables has dropped, and the profit has also decreased. He is just a thankless idiot.
Because of him, 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 tell whether it's Chen Jianxin who has a dark heart, or Ma Jiehui who is harming others and benefiting himself.
However, there is an old saying that cutting people's fortunes is like killing their parents, and Ma Jiehui is sure to be hated.
"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. "
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 anymore.
I came to my store to apply for the job later. If you don’t believe me, 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?"
"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 like he was in his thirties, he was not tall, and he was a little nervous. "Your name is Song Bo?"
"right."
"How long have you been working in Ma Jiehui's shop?"
"I've been working for less than a year, what's wrong?"
"Why did you leave 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 time, one day of work is one day's wages.
The number of his customers is not directly related to our income.
There are more customers in his store, and he earns more money, so he doesn’t pay us more wages.
I work in other restaurants, the same money, less work.
I'm sure to find a free time, are you 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, can he be 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 raised, 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 bleed and sweat to help him earn those three melons and two dates. "
Luke said, "It sounds like you have a lot of resentment towards him."
Song Bo complained, "This guy is immoral.
If you lower the price of the food in the restaurant, the profit of your own restaurant will be reduced, and there will be more customers, so you won’t be able to make much money.
Even making the business of other restaurants difficult.
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 you are annoying or not, but he destroyed 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 see it anymore and took him away in advance."
Luke "…"
Afterwards, Luke took out a photo of the first 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."
…
The Office of the First Squadron of the Robbery and Murder Division.
Luke returned to the police station and called everyone to a meeting.
While Luke was taking notes on the people involved, the deputy team had been watching the crime scene.
Luke called a meeting with everyone to gather clues.
I don’t know if it’s because I ate 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 9:30 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, and no witnesses were found. "
Luke recalled the heights of Chen Jianxin and Song Bo. They 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 still some regular 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 peers, 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 first deceased Hashimoto Yoshimi, but no connection between the two cases has been found yet. "
Little underworld, "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, one 'H' and one '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 and wrote down two letters. After reading it for a long time, he had no idea.
Xiao Hei seemed to have thought of something, and said, "The first deceased, Yoshimi Hashimoto, was a part-time street girl, and her private life was quite chaotic.
The second 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 connection 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 any thoughts of finding other women?
Ma Jiehui will not find a suitable one for a while, will he go to a street girl?
The first victim, Hashimoto Yoshimi, was a street girl. "
Although there is no evidence yet, if Luke's speculation is true, the two cases will be linked.
(end of this chapter)