"Director Lin, have you finished looking at the purchase order?"
Lin Xu replied without turning his head:
"Not yet, just a mont."
"What are you going to do?"
"Nothing, I’m just making a phone call."
After he finished speaking, Lin Xu took the purchase book to the kitchen door and dialed Ren Jie’s number.
He did not inform Ye Lixin or Qi Zhentao because he was unsure if notifying them would make a big issue small or a small issue disappear.
After all, this concerned the reputation of Yanjing Hotel, concerned the future of Qi Zhentao’s godson, and involved a series of complex intertwined interests.
As an outsider, he couldn’t manage so much and only felt that finding the police was the easiest way to solve the problem, while also allowing the thief to receive the punishnt they deserved.
As for why he didn’t call the police directly but reached out to Ren Jie.
Well, it’s just to let his own people accumulate more achievents.
"Brother-in-law, are you busy right now?"
"Not too busy, I just delivered a docunt with my colleague to the East City subdivision, what’s up, Lin Xu?"
"Does your team handle things like theft?"
Ren Jie imdiately laughed on the other end of the line:
"For that kind of thing, you can just find the local police officers... What did you lose?"
"No, it’s that soone has been stealing from the warehouse of Yanjing Hotel’s kitchen through false accounting for a long ti. I don’t know how long this has been going on, but the amount involved is at least hundreds of thousands, and it’s not just one person, it’s a gang. They even threaten and intimidate the supplier, Boss Huang..."
After hearing this, Ren Jie beca interested:
"Wow, you got interested; Yanjing Hotel, right? We’ll be there in no ti."
After hanging up the phone, Lin Xu didn’t leave but leaned against the door fra at the kitchen entrance, seriously going through the purchase records.
Not long after, Ren Jie and a sturdy-looking man ca in.
Although both were in plain clothes, the unique air of a policeman was unmistakably displayed.
If it were rely theft, Ren Jie wouldn’t have co over.
No matter how much the Criminal Investigation Team wants to earn rits, they can’t take cases from local police stations.
But since it involves a criminal gang and threats to others, doesn’t it fit the criminal police expertise perfectly?
rits delivered to the door shouldn’t be pushed away.
Today Ren Jie was wearing a leather jacket Chen Yan bought for him. For those often on field duty, wearing this kind of jacket in cold weather keeps one warm and doesn’t hinder action. It’s the kind of apparel criminal police prefer.
Walking up to Lin Xu, Ren Jie pointed at the man beside him and said:
"This is my colleague, Da Zhuang. Where’s the person, Lin Xu? We need to first understand the situation; if there’s really a problem, the departnt will have to make an official dispatch record."
"The person’s inside. Let’s just go straight in and ask him."
"Alright."
Lin Xu led the two strangers into the kitchen, making the chefs inside sowhat bewildered.
The kitchen prohibits entry to outsiders; why is Director Lin leading the charge in breaking the rule today?
Outside, the front desk manager, Gou Junguo, witnessed this and hurriedly called Ye Lixin:
"Mr. Ye, Director Lin just walked into the kitchen with two people who look a bit like police, but they’re in plain clothes, so I’m not sure."
Police?
Ye Lixin said:
"I’m sorting through so files; I’ll go down after I’m done and have a look."
Downstairs in the kitchen, Lin Xu led the two criminal policen straight to the storeroom’s entrance.
At the entrance, Wang Chao was holding a mirror, gently massaging the swollen area around his nose.
Seeing Lin Xu approaching, he imdiately stood up and said:
"Director Lin, did you finish reviewing the delivery notes? I’m in a hurry..."
Before he could finish speaking, Ren Jie took out and flashed his criminal police ID:
"Hello, I’m an officer from the Yanjing City Criminal Investigation Team, here’s my ID. Soone reported that you’ve been involved in stealing warehouse property through false accounting. Is that true?"
Wang Chao imdiately panicked.
He stuttered incoherently.
The more this happened, the more it showed there was sothing guilty in his heart.
Without a word, the sturdy man beside them took out handcuffs from his waist and slamd them on the table heavily:
"Answer honestly!"
This startled not only Wang Chao but also made Lin Xu shiver, nearly admitting to the childhood prank of putting caterpillars in a classmate’s pencil case.
In many scenes, things seem insignificant in one’s imagination.
But the cold, shiny handcuffs, combined with the inherent aura of police authority, inevitably instill a sense of dread.
Wang Chao opened his mouth, wanting to say no, but when the words reached his throat, he couldn’t utter a single one.
"What’s happening here? Director Lin, who are all these people?"
Qi Zhentao strode over, curiously asking.
Upon seeing him, hope once again flared in Wang Chao’s previously lifeless eyes:
"Godfather, save , godfather..."
Lin Xu handed the purchase book to Qi Zhentao:
"Chef Qi, haven’t you reviewed these kitchen accounts at all? Just look at the numbers for ginger, garlic, dried chili, and star anise. Even Lin Ji’s Food wouldn’t use that much, how many custors does Yanjing Hotel have?"
Spices were just a small part of the issue.
So more critical ingredients like dried abalone, sea cucumber, and ham also showed a clear increase, with so items even reaching the consumption levels of the Fishing Platform’s prestigious restaurants.
Moreover, the food supplied by Boss Huang was all high-grade goods, definitely not street stall items priced at a few dollars a pound. These were top-tier products.
One can only imagine the amount of money involved.
As Qi Zhentao looked through, his hands began to tremble uncontrollably.
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