Chapter 1061: Investigation Obstruction

In Dongzhou City, those who can drink the North Suburb Selenium-rich Spring Water can be said to be either rich or influential.

A so-called mineral water company was established here by the relevant parties; however, although it bears the name of a mineral water company, it does not actually sell these selenium-rich mineral waters to the public.

Because the output is really too small.

In one day, only about 1,000 bottles can be filled.

About half of these thousand bottles of mineral water need to be sent to the higher-ups, while the other half is available for enjoyment by Dongzhou City’s elite.

Long-term drinking of this selenium-rich mineral water can help improve the body and delay aging.

Therefore, there are quite a few people who insist on drinking selenium-rich mineral water, and these remaining 500 bottles of mineral water naturally end up in the hands of specific people.

And how much can that particular individual obtain?

There is a quota system in this mineral water company.

North Suburb Selenium-rich Spring Water Company.

"Sorry, the list of our customers is confidential and cannot be shown to just anyone."

What Lu Chuan did not expect was that he encountered some resistance while requesting these spring water allocation lists.

"Here is my ID. I am a member of the provincial major case unit, and I am here to investigate clues for a case."

Lu Chuan was surprised that even after revealing his identity, he couldn’t obtain the lists.

"Sorry, I don’t care whether you’re from the major case unit or a task force, all our lists are confidential. Without approval from leadership, we cannot give you this list."

The person receiving Lu Chuan was someone who claimed to be a sales manager.

"Moreover, our guests in Wu City are very wealthy and influential; it is impossible for them to be involved in any case you are speaking of."

Having no other option, Lu Chuan could only call Li Donglin.

Although Lu Chuan could take some extreme measures and arrest the person for obstruction of justice, he thought it wasn’t necessary.

He had actually drunk some of this selenium-rich mineral water back in Haizhou City.

With the capabilities of the Lu Family, getting some of this water wouldn’t be a big problem.

What’s more, this so-called selenium-rich mineral water isn’t exclusive to Dongzhou City; it is also available abroad, although it is relatively expensive, costing several hundred yuan per bottle.

Li Donglin, after receiving Lu Chuan’s report, unexpectedly lost his temper.

He over here was busy trying to solve the case, while Lu Chuan over there was meeting resistance just trying to get a list.

"Wait there, don’t leave. I’ll have the Dongzhou City Public Security Bureau Chief come directly."

After hanging up, Li Donglin immediately called the office of the Dongzhou City Public Security Bureau Chief.

Wu Guodong’s pressure had eased quite a bit these past few days.

As the chief of Dongzhou City Public Security Bureau, Wu Guodong holds significant influence in all of Dongzhou City.

But having influence depends on him remaining in the position of Dongzhou City Public Security Bureau Chief.

However, the Red-clothed Killer case had made his position extremely uncomfortable a few days ago.

This case had been reported twice to the city’s top leader by Wu Guodong.

Not a few of the previous city police chiefs had been dismissed because of this case; if it couldn’t be solved this time, Wu Guodong’s fate was uncertain.

Luckily, the major case unit had come to take over the case.

Once the provincial major case unit took charge, regardless of whether the case was solved or not, the pressure on Wu Guodong had decreased significantly, at least if questioned, it would be due to the major case unit’s incompetency.

Moreover, during the 15 years, 11 cases related to this had occurred. During such a long time with so many cases, the failure to capture the suspect could not be entirely blamed on inaction.

Even as a police officer, Wu Guodong still hoped the case could be solved, and the quicker, the better.

Therefore, during the major case unit’s resolution process, not only did the Dongzhou City Criminal Investigation Team have to fully cooperate, but the entirety of Dongzhou City Public Security Bureau had already held meetings, all to fully cooperate with the major case unit’s work, irrespective of other matters which should be put aside.

Yet now, a mineral water company dares to impede the investigation?

Insanity!

Wu Guodong certainly knew the North Suburb Selenium-rich Spring Water location, after all, he could still drink two bottles of selenium-rich mineral water every day.

The person managing this selenium-rich mineral water company, Wu Guodong also knew him, named Chen Debao, a relative of a certain influential person in the city.

However, that so-called influential figure was merely on par with Wu Guodong.

"Director Wu, no wonder Dongzhou City’s case solving rate hasn’t improved in recent years, if cooperating with the major case unit is met with such resistance, imagine the difficulty of solving your own cases!"

Li Donglin was not polite at all.

Once connected, he criticized Wu Guodong angrily.

Even though Wu Guodong was a leader in Tongzhou City, he had to maintain adequate respect towards Li Donglin.

On one hand, Li Donglin came from the provincial department; on the other hand, Li Donglin was the leader of the major case unit, and his presence helped the Dongzhou City Public Security Bureau.

After hearing everything, Wu Guodong was also extremely frustrated.

"Director Li, please wait a moment, I’ll head to North Suburb immediately!"

After hanging up, Wu Guodong immediately rose, called his office director, and drove straight to the North Suburb Selenium-rich Mineral Water Company.

Meanwhile, at the North Suburb Selenium-rich Mineral Water Company, Lu Chuan did not take any extreme actions and simply waited for Li Donglin at the location. He had already been informed via phone that Wu Guodong was arriving shortly.

On the way, Wu Guodong had apparently called this water company boss.

Just as he entered, a short and plump middle-aged man hurriedly ran down from upstairs.

"Director Wu! What brings you here?"

Chen Debao was somewhat puzzled when he received Wu Guodong’s call.

Wu Guodong is a significant figure in Dongzhou; Chen Debao definitely wanted to connect with him. However, the distribution of these waters is all predetermined, each person gets a fixed amount, and he only has an excess quota of about 10 bottles.

Was he asking for more?

Chen Debao had already decided that if Wu Guodong wanted two more bottles, he would squeeze them out from the excess quota of ten or so bottles, but at most only two bottles per day.

It’s worth noting, some lower-ranking officials are fortunate if they can drink one bottle every ten days or half a month.

Although Chen Debao was just a manager of a mineral water company, in reality, he had considerable power in his hands, and many people would plead with him.

Plus, given his connections to the city, many people would go to great lengths to curry favor with him.

But this certainly did not mean Wu Guodong was among those people!

"President Chen, your company’s people are incredibly bold, interfering with police investigations, are you looking to spend a few days detained?"

Chen Debao was immediately taken aback.

He initially thought Wu Guodong was here for the water, not for asking serious questions?

The sales manager nearby was already scared senseless.

He recognized the Chief of Public Security Bureau.

He just hadn’t expected the chief would personally come.

This was major trouble.