Chapter 326 Chapter 326 Villains and Wicked Deeds
Xu Yang spoke calmly, "Jiang Guohao, do you think that by using such means, you can stop me and President Lan?"
Jiang Guohao laughed, "Xu Yang, I really didn't expect that even with the police knocking at the door, you could still be so composed. Honestly, I admire you; you truly deserve to be the person who became a billionaire in just one year, but no matter how awesome you are, this time you're going to fall into my hands.
I want to make you understand that you can't mess around in Jiangcheng's real estate industry!"
Xu Yang chuckled coldly, "Really? I hope you still have that confidence later!"
Jiang Guohao let out another snort of laughter and was about to mock a few more words when suddenly, the door of the office was broken open and several armed police officers charged in.
"Police! Don't move!"
The armed police, fully geared and holding automatic rifles, pointed their dark muzzles at Jiang Guohao.
Jiang Guohao was dumbfounded and it took him a while to come back to his senses.
He didn't heed the armed police's command to stay still. Instead, he pointed at the police, yelling, "Who let you in? Get out of here. I am an outstanding entrepreneur in Jiangcheng. You are trespassing into my office; I... "
Bang!
Before he could finish, there was a gunshot.
Almost instantaneously, Jiang Guohao felt an intense pain in his arm.
Ahh!
Jiang Guohao screamed in agony as blood poured out of his arm, his cellphone dropping to the floor.
Following that, two armed police officers rushed over and immediately threw Jiang Guohao to the ground, pinning down his arms, legs, and neck.
This was a very standard position for dealing with violent criminals.
Jiang Guohao's cellphone was right next to his head.
From the phone came Xu Yang's light laugh, "Jiang Guohao, do you still have your confidence now?"
Hearing Xu Yang's words, Jiang Guohao felt like he had fallen into an icy abyss.
Could this be Xu Yang's doing?
Had Xu Yang dug up his dirt?
Impossible.
How could Xu Yang have dug up his dirt?
Jiang Guohao couldn't help but shout loudly, "Xu Yang, what the fuck did you do to me?"
Xu Yang chuckled, "What do you think?"
"I..." Before Jiang Guohao could say more, a police officer came over, picked up the phone from the ground, hung up the call, and put it into a bag.
Surrounded by his company employees, Jiang Guohao was escorted out and into a police car.
Over half an hour later, he was taken to the city bureau and into the interrogation room to begin questioning.
Two police officers sat across from him. Officer A said, "Jiang Guohao, confess honestly."
"Confess my ass!" Jiang Guohao cursed loudly. "I'm telling you, I have been recognized as an outstanding entrepreneur in Jiangcheng. If you arrest me, do you know how many people's livelihoods will be affected? You know it very well without me having to spell it out.
You better release me and hold a press conference to publicly apologize and clear my name, then I might forgive you, otherwise, I will hold you accountable!"
Officer A pointed at the wall behind and said, "Jiang Guohao, leniency for those who confess, severity for those who resist. Confessing all your criminal activities truthfully is the only way out for you."
Jiang Guohao let out a snort of laughter, "Don't pull that routine on me. If you have evidence, show it to me. If you don't have evidence, let me go. I'm telling you, my company supports many people. You cannot bear the responsibility if their livelihoods are lost. Believe it or not, you might lose your jobs too!"
Jiang Guohao was utterly unapologetic.
There was not the slightest sense of self-awareness expected from a suspected criminal.
The composure he maintained in front of the police, his arrogance even, would make anyone who saw it question whether he had really committed any crimes, or if the police had made a mistake.
In fact, this guy's list of criminal activities was alarmingly long.
After graduating from high school without getting into university, he started working on construction sites.
At first, he was moving bricks, getting into fights with his coworkers—until he beat someone so severely that they ran off without even collecting their wages.
Later, as a subcontractor, he withheld wages from migrant workers. When they came to ask for their pay, he'd simply break their hands.
There was also another subcontractor who competed with him; Jiang Guohao stabbed the man to death.
Those were his younger days.
In recent years, two years ago to be precise, a worker fell from a crane on one of his construction sites and died.
Not only did he not offer any compensation, but he also claimed that the incident tarnished the reputation of his property. His men beat up the deceased worker's family who came asking for an explanation and compensation, leaving them with either broken hands or legs.
It could be said that over the past twenty-some years, he had committed all sorts of crimes: extortion, assault, rape, and so on.
Evidence and witnesses for the very old cases—many were nearly impossible to find now.
For the more recent ones, usually, those under his wing carried out the deeds, and the police could never find any evidence against him.
The police had noticed him, but without evidence, they were helpless.
There had been police officers who arrested him before, only to release him eventually due to insufficient evidence.
The officer who arrested him at the time was provoked by his defiance to the point of slapping him, which led to a suspension for some time.
Although that officer was competent and later solved some major cases, this incident prevented him from being promoted.
He went from being a young officer to just an old cop.
Therefore, this time, Jiang Guohao felt no different than before, facing the police with absolute confidence.
Officer B said, "No wonder my teacher hit you. You're so defiant that I also feel like hitting you. Back then, my teacher was provoked by you, struck you, and it ruined his career. He never got promoted."
Jiang Guohao was taken aback and then burst into laughter, "So you're the student of that cop from back then, huh? Your teacher couldn't beat me, and you think you can? Have you lost your mind? Aren't you afraid of ruining your own life too?"
Officer B said, "I won't be as impulsive as my teacher. Besides, I don't need to be because someone has delivered evidence of your crimes to our police station. I hope you can maintain your defiance after seeing these."
As he spoke, he stood up and placed some documents he had been holding in front of Jiang Guohao.
Upon looking at them, Jiang Guohao's face suddenly turned pale.
How could these pieces of evidence be here?
There was a photo, a photocopy, of when he had stabbed a subcontractor competing for a project—deeming it a memorable moment, he had taken a photo to cherish it.
The photo showed him with a bright smile, covered in blood, with bloodied hands and a person lying in a pool of blood at his feet.
There were also some pieces of evidence of his assaults on women, some videos. Although the actual videos weren't here, screenshots had been printed out.
"How could this happen? No, that person isn't me, it has nothing to do with me..."
Jiang Guohao had lost all his former defiance, his face now ashen, shaking his head repeatedly.