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Chapter 171 The mastermind of the agricultural product smuggling case: He Shichang

In a blink of an eye, it was more than three months later.

On October 2, 1980, under the operation of Fang Zhanbo, Xilai and other groups launched capital increase and stock raising, with the amount of funds raised to HK$1 billion and an additional capital issuance of 30%.

To be honest, this value is actually a bit high, and Xilai and other groups are not so valuable at all. But on the one hand, Fang Zhanbo's skills are relatively superb, and on the other hand, several retired leaders of Heliansheng, including Deng Bo, and even the active Red Stick, are all interested in Xilai and other groups' high-quality clean assets, and they have purchased stocks in large quantities.

With the completion of the additional issuance, the valuation and market value of Xilai and other groups exceeded 2 billion. As a financial speculator, Fang Zhanbo has made a lot of money, not to mention that he is about to go public, so he may be able to get a lot of leeks at that time.

Wang Fengyi firmly opposed this, because the additional issuance will inevitably further dilute her equity. However, this matter was initiated by Fang Zhanbo, and He Shichang strongly supported it. Even Deng Bo and Liansheng bosses also expressed their support. Even her chairman, it would be useless if she opposed it.

Besides, she dared not object.

As for the money for the increase in capital, I bought a very large piece of land in the Yuen Long area under the name of the group. Part of it was contracted farmland, and purchased several slaughterhouses, meat products processing plants, and juice processing plants in one fell swoop, and invested in introducing advanced European equipment.

In just over a month, the factory officially started construction. The sausages, juice and other products produced were very smoothly. With the high quality, low prices, and the signatures of Xilai and other groups, it quickly opened up the markets in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and even sold to Southeast Asia, with daily shipments of nearly tons.

Of course, because of the high quality and low price, the company's profits are not very generous. If the equipment depreciation and financing costs are included, the group will have a draw, which makes most of their peers hate them so much that they can't figure out what Xilai is going crazy.

How could they know that only a small part of the raw materials used by He Shichang were obtained through local acquisitions and legal entry, and most of them were provided by Han Bin.

Han Bin only sold him 6,000 yuan per ton of pork, and he only sold him 4,000 yuan per ton of oranges. By making fake accounts, He Shichangguang made a fortune in this income, and earned hundreds of millions in less than three or two months. On the contrary, Han Bin and Hao Ren themselves, because they were indeed cheap, they did not make much money. Excluding freight and labor expenses, they would make hard money.

In this way, in less than half a year, He Shichang gradually became richer and became the most outstanding rookie in Heliansheng.

But on the other hand, they finally successfully diverted the opponent's attention.

At this time, at the General Administration of Customs, a group of ghosts were having a meeting facing the projector. Among these ghosts, even the lowest level, there were at least three stars on their shoulders. The photo on the projector was He Shichang.

"This person is named He Shichang. According to information, he is a hall master of Heliansheng. At the same time, he is also the general manager of Xilai and other groups. Just half a year ago, as the former chairman of Xilai and other groups was arrested, this person became the actual controller of Xilai and other groups. On the surface, the chairman of the group is still Wang Fengyi, the daughter of Chaozhou and other groups, but in fact, almost all positions in the company, from the top to the middle, are monopolized by gang members."

"It was also before and after the Chaozhou Porridge incident that our anti-smuggling task force was officially established. The Tuen Mun smuggling group we had previously assumed became cautious. We set up a net of heaven and earth, and in the end we only caught three or two kittens. We once suspected that the news of the establishment of the task force had been leaked. Our cunning opponent chose to avoid the limelight for the time being, but at present, it seems that this is not the case."

"Just shortly after He Shichang became the general manager of Xilai and other groups, Xilai and other groups successfully entered the food processing industry through acquisitions and other means. At the same time, the group of rats on the sea became active again. What's more coincidental is that according to our information, this batch of agricultural products did not appear on a large scale in the market."

"The Business Investigation Department focused on investigating Xilai and other groups. What is certain is that their huge purchases are fake, whether it is meat or fruit, and the actual amount of raw materials purchased is far from supporting their daily products."

"At present, this smuggled income did not flow into the group's account, and it should be He Shichang's personal behavior. However, considering He Shichang himself has a close relationship with He Liansheng, I suggest that He Shichang be listed as the number one key suspect. At the same time, focus on He Liansheng and explore whether this is the behavior of the society."

This report is indeed reasonable and convincing, and many ghosts nodded in agreement.

Of course, no one raised any questions. One of the ghost guys asked: "So, is it possible that He Shichang is not the mastermind of the smuggling case, but is just a relatively large shipping channel?"

"This suspicion can be basically ruled out. According to the tips provided by the anti-gang team, He Shichang's power has expanded rapidly in the past six months, and there are also many high consumption, which fully demonstrates his wealth. We think that he has at least occupied most of the profits of the smuggling business. If he is not the mastermind, unless the mastermind does not make money or only makes some hard money, this is obviously impossible."

"In this way, the case is already very clear. Although the evidence is still insufficient, it is enough for us to take compulsory measures against him. What about it, there are colleagues from the Military Intelligence Bureau here. Colonel Wallace, what about your opinion?"

Colonel Wallace from the Military Intelligence Bureau may not be the highest-level ghost attendee, but because of the particularity of this case, he was the one with the most say. He pondered for a while and said, "I agree to list Mr. He Shichang as a key suspect for investigation, but I do not agree to take compulsory measures directly. This is too easy to alarm the snake. I suggest that we put a long line and catch big fish."

Everyone nodded after hearing this. Most of the participants were middle- and high-level British officials. They would not think about problems like ordinary policemen, and they still had basic political literacy.

No matter how you look at it, He Shichangdu should be a figure similar to a pawn. It is not known whether the mainland's national security department has been involved in this case and what role it plays. Rampantly arresting people can certainly eliminate this smuggler, but it can treat the symptoms but not the root cause.

Furthermore, there is only one who has surfaced at the moment. His identity is still the black club on Hong Kong Island. Whether such a person is caught or not will be of no help in politics. On the contrary, if he can really follow the clues and catch the mainland fish behind him, it may become a political bargaining chip for future Sino-British negotiations, and that would be a great contribution.

So, the meeting quickly set the basic tone, that is, focus on it and continue to let it go.
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