Hong Kong News: Police Talker

Chapter 1059 Arrival in Shanghai

The next morning.

When Watson brought He Wenzhan and others to the airport, they found that Li Wenbin and the other three had already arrived.

"Hey, Li Sir, you're here early!"

Li Wenbin looked at his watch and said in a deep voice, "Hua Sir, it's already 7:55."

Watson smiled nonchalantly and said, "Don't worry, this is a special plane. Even if we are late, we can still board the plane, not to mention that we are not late yet!"

As he spoke, Watson looked at Kuang Zhili and Liu Jianming behind Li Wenbin, and then shouted, "Let's go, we're going to board the plane."

Shortly after the group boarded the plane, it took off.

Hong Kong Island is about 1,200 kilometers away from Shanghai. It only takes a few hours to get there by plane.

Soon, the plane arrived over Shanghai.

Zhou Xingxing suddenly exclaimed in surprise: "Wow, the mainland is so prosperous! I thought our compatriots here in the mainland had a hard life!"

Watson said disdainfully, "Did you read some third-rate tabloid? Shanghai! Not to mention now, even a few decades ago, it was a prosperous city!"

Zhou Xingxing smacked his lips and said nothing, just looking at Shanghai below with eyes full of curiosity.

As soon as he got off the plane, Watson saw a group of people walking towards him from a distance. The person leading the group was a young man. When he saw Watson coming down, he immediately smiled and extended his hand and said, "Welcome fellow Hong Kong Islanders. I am Shi Qing, the city's secretary-general. I warmly welcome everyone to come!"

After hearing about the position, Watson did not show any negligence. Even though it was just a secretary general, one should know that only the confidant of the big leader could hold this position.

Watson said in fluent Mandarin, "Hello, Secretary Shi. I am Watson from the Hong Kong Island Police Force and the representative of this exchange team."

As they spoke, their hands were tightly clasped together.

After hearing Watson's words, Shi Qing's eyes flashed with surprise. He didn't expect that the other party spoke Mandarin so standardly. The reason why he was sent to greet him was because he could understand Cantonese.

"I've heard of Superintendent Hua's name even in Shanghai. Haha, everyone must be tired after coming all this way. I'll take you to the guesthouse to rest first. I've prepared a welcoming banquet for you tonight."

Watson smiled faintly: "There's no need to rest. We all come from the front line, so this isn't too hard. Let's discuss the case first. By the way, let me introduce my colleagues behind me!"

"This is Assistant Commissioner Li Wenbin of the Police Force, Superintendent Kwong Chi-lap of the Serious Crime Squad, and Superintendent Lau Kin-ming of the Criminal Intelligence Bureau..."

Shi Qing smiled and shook hands with everyone, then said, "Let me introduce everyone behind me."

"This is Comrade Qin Chuan, Deputy Director of the Provincial Public Security Department. He also came from the front lines and has solved countless major cases."

When Watson heard the name, he was shocked. Qin Chuan, could it be the Qin Chuan in "I Am a Detective"? After looking at the other person's appearance, he was indeed somewhat similar to the Qin Chuan in his impression.

He immediately extended his hand respectfully and said, "Hello, Officer Qin!"

Qin Chuan looked at Watson's cautious expression, and was slightly startled. Then he smiled and extended his hand and said, "Hello, we will be working together from now on. Thank you for your guidance."

Watson shook his head slightly and said, "I don't deserve your advice, let's just discuss it together."

Watson has great respect for people like Qin Chuan. What he said about "exhaustion" really shows the determination of a criminal policeman when handling a case.

Shi Qing then introduced them: "This is Wu Yingde, a criminal investigation expert from the Provincial Criminal Police Corps, and Cao Zhongshu, a criminal technology expert..."

Hearing these names, Watson understood that this task force was truly full of hidden talents!

At Watson's insistence, everyone did not go to the guesthouse, but went directly to the task force's handling location.

Sitting in the conference room, Shi Qing and other government officials had already left, leaving only Watson, Qin Chuan and others to discuss the case.

"Everyone, we should be the first to discover this counterfeit money case, so let us first talk about the situation of this counterfeit money case!"

Watson sat on the right, looking at Qin Chuan and others on his left, and slowly said, "Half a year ago, on June 6th, our Hong Kong Island police accidentally discovered two parties trading counterfeit money while carrying out a mission."

"We later arrested the two groups. Unfortunately, they were both armed with guns, so the officers had no choice but to shoot them dead. The surviving suspects were all sent to the hospital for treatment."

"But on that day, someone silenced these people, resulting in the death of all the suspects."

"We conducted a technical investigation of the US dollar bills and found that the quality of these counterfeit US dollars was very high. The three most important technologies of the US dollar bills were acid-free paper and color-changing ink. Only the gravure printing had a slight flaw."

"But this flaw isn't noticeable enough for ordinary people to detect. Even if they were to touch it, they'd still be unsure whether it was real or fake."

Hearing this, Qin Chuan and the others frowned slightly. Watson continued, "Afterwards, we confirmed the identities of the two groups. One group is from the Hong Kong underworld gang, the Number Gang, and the other group is Thai."

"After our confirmation, we found that this number belonged to the buyer. They didn't know much about the seller, and it was the other party who contacted them. Because it was the first transaction between the two parties, the transaction amount was relatively small."

"We have also asked the Thai police to confirm the identities of the Thai gang, but until now, the Thai police have not confirmed their identities. Therefore, we, the Hong Kong police, suspect that there must be a problem with the Thai police, and it is even possible that the counterfeit banknote gang members are staying in Thailand."

"We also suspect there must be problems within the counterfeit money ring. Otherwise, they wouldn't be interested in buyers like the Number Gang. They're part of an international counterfeit money ring, and their trading partners are the big players, not the likes of the Number Gang."

"So the Hong Kong Island police have issued a reward notice, soliciting information about counterfeit banknotes from the general public. This is also to alert the public and remind them not to accept US dollars that are difficult to verify their authenticity."

"These are the only clues we have at the moment. We're issuing this announcement to see if there's really any discord within the counterfeit money ring. If there is, then this is our chance. There's a good chance someone will report it."

After listening to this, Qin Chuan nodded and said, "Superintendent Hua, I have a few questions after listening to this. If there is anything wrong, please correct me!"

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