Original sin

Luo Sen followed Xiao Qiushui to "Litian Century Advertising Co., Ltd.", and the company employee killed in the case was an employee of the Plaza Department of this advertising company.

The name of the deceased was Luo Youcai, 25 years old, and he had worked in the company for almost three years. His ability to work was undeniable. In his group, his performance was almost equal to the sum of the rest of the group.

The boss of the advertising company is a middle-aged man in his 40s. He looks very elegant, a bit like the Jin male god who plays TV.He always had a smile on his face, but that smile was somewhat professional.

His name is Zhang Ziran.

"You two police officers, didn't you come here for a talented case?"

It's not the first time Xiao Qiushui and Luo Sen have come to the advertising agency, and this is the third time.

However, Zhang was not there the first two times, he was on a business trip.

"Mr. Zhang, we are here today to learn more about the situation." Rosen said.

Zhang Ziran was actually very depressed. Luo Youcai was an employee of his company, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen.In terms of personal feelings, he didn't feel much about Luo Youcai's death. He just felt a little regretful. Such a capable subordinate could at least bring a lot of benefits to the company every year. It would be a pity to lose him like this .

Zhang Ziran asked the two to sit down, asked the secretary to make tea, rubbed his hands together and said, "Xiao Luo has not been in the company for a long time, less than three years, but he is really suitable for this job. I remember that he is still in the company." During the probationary period, he has already shown his talent in this area, which is a piece of marketing material."

Rosen asked, "Does he have any bad preferences personally?"

Zhang Ziran frowned: "Bad preferences? I really don't know about this. I am the boss of the company, and I don't get too close to the employees under me on weekdays. Even if I have occasional contact, it is limited to communication and exchanges at work. Down below, I don't know what they are like. But as far as I know, this kid doesn't prostitute or gamble, so he shouldn't have any bad habits!"

Xiao Qiushui asked again: "You just said that his performance alone is more than the sum of the rest of the group. Such a person should be very envied?"

Zhang Ziran nodded, not to be envied by others is a mediocrity, and someone with some ability like Luo Youcai will definitely be envied by others.

There is a commission for the business of the advertising company. Among other things, his commission alone is more than the sum of the commissions of the others. It is impossible to say that no one has sour grapes.

Zhang Ziran narrowed his eyes: "You are suspicious..."

Xiao Qiushui interrupted him before he finished speaking: "Mr. Zhang, we just inquired about the situation, and we don't have any doubts."

Zhang Ziran looked at the two of them: "Why don't I call a few people from their group, and you can ask again?"

Rosen coughed lightly: "We have already asked them once before, so there is no need to call them here for the time being."

Zhang naturally didn't quite understand, did they come here just to hear what he, the boss, had to say?

Rosen added: "This time, we came here to find out what projects Luo Youcai ran before the accident. Last time we seemed to ignore this issue."

Zhang Ziran said "Oh": "Well, I'll ask the marketing manager to come over, and you can ask him."

Rosen waved his hand: "Let's go to the marketing department."

Zhang naturally accompanied the two to the marketing department.

Seeing them coming, a woman with a big belly got up quickly: "Mr. Zhang!"

Zhang Ziran hurriedly said, "Lijuan, sit down quickly and stop blinking."

Xiao Qiushui and Luo Sen also knew this woman. She was Luo Lijuan, assistant manager of the marketing department. Luo Lijuan was in charge of receiving them last time. Luo Sen also greeted the woman with a smile, "Sister Luo, I'm here to trouble you again."

A smile appeared on Luo Lijuan's face: "What trouble is it? It is our duty to cooperate with the police in handling the case."

"Is Manager Peng there?"

"Oh, he went out to meet an important client from the Shanghai stock market."

Zhang Ziran patted himself on the head: "Look at my memory, he told me about this. But it's okay, it's the same when you ask Lijuan, Peng Ming probably doesn't know about the marketing department yet."

Luo Lijuan led Xiao Qiushui and Luo Sen into the reception room of the marketing department. Zhang Ziran said that he had something to do and left first. His boss did have something to do.

Luo Lijuan wanted to make tea for the two of them, but Xiao Qiushui and Luo Sen didn't agree. Luo Sen went to the water dispenser and poured two glasses of water for Luo Lijuan to sit down.

"Sister Luo, we forgot to ask a question last time. What projects has Luo Youcai been working on recently?"

Luo Lijuan thought for a while and said: "In the past two months, he has seven or eight projects in his hands, including three major projects. One is the road sign advertising business on the highway from Lincheng to Qiaocheng. The project has been negotiated. And signed the contract, our company got the agency right of this highway sign advertisement, and the price he signed was the lowest. For this piece, the general manager specially organized a celebration banquet for him. Visually, this project can give the company annual Bringing nearly 100 million benefits."

Luo Sen smiled slightly: "Last time I heard Manager Peng say that Luo Youcai was able to achieve such results in the company because of you, Sister Luo, who led you well. Manager Peng also said that Sister Luo, you are a gold medal salesman. benefit the company."

Luo Lijuan was a little embarrassed: "Manager Peng is flattering me, and I am nothing compared to Youcai. But I have always had a good relationship with Youcai. I liked him when he first joined the company. It’s sweet, and besides, our surname is Luo. In his words, we can’t write two characters of Luo in one stroke. We might have been a family 200 years ago. But he is a real person, and he really made me As my own sister, if there is anything on weekdays, just ask him to move."

Thinking of this, Luo Lijuan sighed: "He is good at everything, but he is too addicted to cigarettes. Tell me, what does a young man look like with a cigarette in his mouth all day long?"

When she said this, Xiao Qiushui, who was about to take out a cigarette, stopped, a little embarrassed, and then he realized that Luo Lijuan was pregnant, and it was inappropriate for him to smoke in front of her.

Luo Sen said: "The last time I heard people say that there seems to be some conflict between you and Luo Youcai recently, and you kicked him out of your office several times."

Luo Lijuan frowned: "It's not a conflict, how should I put it, he likes to run to my office, and he is willing to talk to me about everything on weekdays, but he likes to smoke. It was not a big deal in the past , but now that I am pregnant, I am afraid of smelling the smell of smoke, and I have also heard that the smell of smoke in pregnant women has a great impact on the development of the baby. I told him many times that he would come to my office Smoking is not allowed, but he ignored it, and said that his father had been smoking all the time when his mother was pregnant with him and gave birth to him, and he didn't see him missing arms or legs. Just say it, he said so angrily Not annoying, so anytime he smokes in my office I kick him out and tell him to fuck off!"

Xiao Qiushui nodded slightly: "Smoking does not have a good effect on the fetus."

Luo Lijuan said: "Isn't it? The current living environment is already very bad. There is pollution everywhere. Even the food we eat cannot be guaranteed to have no toxins. You don't know. I worry about my children all day long. Will there be any problems, sometimes I can't even sleep."

Luo Sen smiled: "Sister Luo, you are too nervous, in fact, sometimes children are not as delicate as you think."

"Officer Xiao Luo, why does your tone sound like talent? As a mother, I still hope that my child can grow up in a healthy environment. Especially this period is very important."

Rosen couldn't say anything more, and continued to ask, "Then what are the other two big projects?"

Luo Lijuan was stunned for a moment: "Ordinarily I shouldn't say it, because these two projects haven't been finalized yet, Youcai is gone, and now Manager Peng is running in person, and today he went to meet the client of one of the projects, One of these two projects is the video advertisement in the elevators of various districts in the East District, and the other is the agency right of the Southwest Film and Television City."

Xiao Qiushui and Luo Sen glanced at each other. The three major projects that Luo Youcai was responsible for were really not small. Although Lincheng is not a first-tier city, it is also a quasi-second-tier provincial capital. How many communities are there in the entire Eastern District?How many elevators are there in a community, and how many video advertisements are placed in the elevators in the entire East District?Coupled with the agency rights of Southwest Film and Television City, Southwest Film and Television City is also called Qinhan Film and Television City. It is located in Qiaocheng, but it is only an hour's drive from Lincheng. That film and television city has filmed many famous TV series, "Celebrating More Than Years" It was filmed there, and it has long been a place where Internet celebrities check in.

"There should be quite a few competitors in these two projects, right?" Rosen asked.

Luo Lijuan smiled wryly: "The advertising industry has not been easy to do in the past two years, but our company is doing well, at least everyone's income can be maintained. So the competition is naturally fierce. Let's take these three projects as an example. As long as they are successful One of them is enough to feed the entire staff of a small advertising agency."

"The other two projects, can Luo have the ability to win?" Rosen asked with concern.

"There should be no suspense in the elevator advertisement. Youcai has done a lot of work in the early stage, but the film and television city project seems to be a little troublesome. Another advertising company and the people in the film and television city are relatively familiar, but Youcai doesn't know where to go. What is the relationship, the film and television city has already planned to give up the negotiation with another company, and I heard that the project manager of the other company who is in charge of this project almost got into a fight with Youcai."

"Oh? Is there such a thing?"

Luo Lijuan nodded: "Advertising business is not easy to get, and the competition among salesmen is also very high. Sometimes when everyone bumps into each other, there will always be a time when the nose is not the nose and the eye is not the eye. Don't look at those advertising companies on TV. The business managers of the company all wear suits and ties, sit on the negotiating table, and then talk about it, which is very awesome. But the reality is not like this. To win a big project, it often takes a lot of effort. The most important thing is that when we actually sit on the negotiating table, the project is almost ready to take shape, and then we sign the contract.”

Luo Sen knows that Luo Lijuan is telling the truth. Many TV dramas nowadays are really superficial, especially those domineering presidents. The money is like floating in the water. What you do is just lip service. , but the real fact is not like this.

Luo Lijuan said again: "It's a pity that you are really talented." After she finished speaking, she sighed.

Xiao Qiushui said: "Do you know who the salesman from another advertising company was that almost got into a fight with him?"

"I know, his name is Wang Yibing, and he is also a gold medal salesman in that advertising company. He and Luo Youcai seem to be classmates who graduated from college."

Xiao Qiushui asked again: "How is the relationship between the other people in the business team where Luo Youcai works and Luo Youcai?"

"Generally, if you are talented, sometimes you don't pay much attention to solidarity with them, but this unity can't be achieved. After all, his professional ability is there. With him, others will look dim, but they There is no way to get Youcai. Youcai has always been in the company and doesn’t like to be in his own office. He said that he didn’t want to face those people, and he said that they didn’t seem to be very friendly to him. This is normal, It would be a lie to say that his business ability is not envied by others. So he often runs to my office, how should I put it, the relationship between us is really like a brother and sister. "

Luo Sen looked at Xiao Qiushui. He was asking Xiao Qiushui if he had anything else he wanted to ask. Xiao Qiushui shook his head, and the two stood up to say goodbye to Luo Lijuan.

After getting in the car, Luo Sen took out a cigarette and handed it to Xiao Qiushui. He knew that Xiao Qiushui was also suffering from suffocation in front of Luo Lijuan just now.

"Do you think Luo Youcai's death has anything to do with his competitor?" Xiao Qiushui asked Luo Sen.

Luo Sen shook his head: "Captain Xiao, my opinion is the same as Shen Da's. The modus operandi of the three cases is the same. If Luo Youcai's death has something to do with his competitor, then the other two victims How do you explain your death?"

When he asked Xiao Qiushui like this, he was also stopped, but Xiao Qiushui asked: "Is there a possibility of paying for murder?"

Rosen smiled: "I don't think there is such a possibility, but these three victims should have some kind of inevitable connection."

"A company employee, a gold-medal salesman, a decoration worker, and a pickup truck driver. I really don't know what is the necessary connection between them." Xiao Qiushui frowned, puffing on his cigarette.

Rosen started the car: "I also went to find out about that decoration worker. This person likes to do some petty theft. He would short the owner of some materials for the house decoration several times. He likes to gamble and often goes to a Ask Fat San to play in the chess and card room."

"But these have nothing to do with Luo Youcai!" Xiao Qiushui still didn't understand, and Luo Sen nodded: "That's right, these really have nothing to do with Luo Youcai, so I'm wondering if it's ours. The direction is wrong, for example, there is some kind of connection between the three victims, so now we have not found the medium of this connection."