Chapter 205 Bribe
Chapter 205 Bribe
NGN Corporation President's Office.
An Rusong handed the annotated emoticon album to Cui Jinnai and said, "Just follow the current version and color it first."
"Okay, President," Cui Jinnai exhaled secretly, stood up and took the album, and said, "Then I will go to work first."
"Go ahead," An Rushong waved his hand and said casually, then turned his head towards the office door. A moment ago, Cui Xiuyuan had just knocked on the door outside, so there must be something going on.
Waving to Cui Xiuyuan outside the door, An Rusong casually took a cup of coffee next to him, brought it to his mouth and took a sip. The coffee without sugar and milk was so bitter that it was difficult to swallow, but it was very refreshing.
He did not return to the Songquandong mansion last night, but stayed at Han Meiyan's place. Due to insufficient sleep and severe physical exhaustion, he was more or less exhausted at this moment. Most importantly, the pin was seriously worn out due to too high frequency of plugging and unplugging and the plugging and unplugging method not meeting the standards.
You must learn to restrain yourself!
Putting down the coffee in his hand, An Rushong turned his head to look at the two powerful brush strokes on the side wall: Restraint!
Those were two Chinese characters, not handwritten but typed. He had specially printed them out and posted them this morning. His purpose was to remind himself to exercise restraint when it came to women and his temper. Only those who knew how to exercise restraint could last long.
Just as he was looking around, Choi Jinnai walked out of the office, and Choi Soo-won stood at the door of the office and said, "Brother Rusong, the prosecutor Li Xinhou you mentioned is here. Do you want to invite him in?"
Oh, it's finally here?
An Rushong glanced outside the glass partition and happened to see a middle-aged man in a black suit and carrying a smoky briefcase at the entrance of the office area. He was looking over here from a distance. When his eyes met, he waved at him with a smile on his face.
"Please ask him to come in," An Rusong stood up from his chair, waved to him, and said to Cui Xiuyuan, "Send two more cups of coffee."
"Okay, Brother Rusong," Cui Xiuyuan responded and walked out the door quickly.
After a while, the visitor was invited into the office. When he walked into the office, he first said with a smile: "President An's company is really unique. There are so many foreigners working for you."
After he finished speaking, he extended his hand to An Rusong and introduced himself: "Prosecutor Li Xinhou from the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office."
"Hello, hello," An Rusong shook hands with the other party and invited him to sit on the sofa while smiling, "President of NGN, An Rusong."
It was a very formal self-introduction. If it continued at this pace, the subsequent conversation between the two would also be very formal. However, Li Xinhou immediately smiled and said, "President An, you don't have to be so polite. Director Nan and I are old friends, so we are not outsiders."
As he spoke, he walked to the sofa and sat down, placing his briefcase flat on the coffee table in front of him. He then continued with a smile, "Well, if you don't mind, you can call me brother. I'm much older than you anyway."
"Brother Xinhou," An Rushong changed his words readily.
He knew the other party's purpose in coming to see him. According to what Nan Xuyu said last night, the prosecutor came to investigate the Jamsil case. But at the same time, Nan Xuyu also gave him enough hints. The meaning of his words was that he should bribe the prosecutor. As long as the bribe was in place, the so-called investigation would be successful.
Li Xinhou nodded, leaned forward on the sofa, took the briefcase on the coffee table with one hand, unzipped it, and said, "Rusong, you should know the purpose of my coming here this time. It's for a case in the silkworm room."
He glanced at An Rusong, took out a document bag from the briefcase, laid it flat on the briefcase, and patted the document with his hand before continuing, "This is a very serious case. We can confirm that two people were seriously injured and someone may have died."
"Oh," An Rusong looked at him with a smile and asked, "Brother Xinhou came to me for this case. Is it because I am related to the case itself?"
"According to the oral statement provided by the reporter, Rusong is the main culprit," Li Xinhou said with a laugh.
At this moment, someone knocked on the office door. Jiang Xiuyuan walked in with a tray and placed two cups of coffee on the coffee table in front of the two of them.
"It seems that the matter is serious," An Rusong picked up the coffee, blew it to his lips, and said after Jiang Xiuyuan left, "So, Brother Xinhou, how do I need to cooperate with your investigation?" "Rusong, don't be so nervous," Li Xinhou laughed and said, "For now, the whole case is just one-sided statements provided by the reporter. There is neither strong physical evidence nor relevant witnesses. Therefore, how to investigate the case and in what direction to investigate are all up to me. The reason why I came to visit today is not to regard Rusong as a suspect, but simply to get to know Brother Rusong and see if there is a chance for us to be friends."
"Haha, Brother Xinhou, aren't we friends?" An Rushong said with a laugh.
Li Xinhou smiled without saying anything. He picked up the coffee in front of him and blew the coffee in the cup slowly, imitating An Rushong's just now behavior.
An Rushong understood what the other party meant in an instant. He gestured to the other party to wait, then stood up, walked back to the desk, opened the safe in the corner, took out a leather envelope, and walked back to the sofa.
"Brother Xinhou, this is our first meeting, and I don't have anything good to give you as a gift," An Rusong said with a smile, placing the envelope on the coffee table and gently pushing it to the other side. "I hope you don't mind this gift."
"Rusong, what are you doing?" Unexpectedly, Li Xinhou pushed the envelope back. He didn't even care what was in the envelope. He just smiled and said, "Brother is a civil servant. If I accept your gift, wouldn't it be considered as accepting a bribe?"
Looking at the envelope that was pushed back, An Rushong blinked, not understanding what the other party meant.
If the other party looked at what was in the envelope and then pushed the things back, he would think that the other party thought it was too little. But this guy didn't even open the envelope and had no idea what was inside. He just pushed it back so directly. It was obviously not because he thought it was too little, but because he really didn't want it.
"Hey, Rusong," Li Xinhou pushed the envelope back in front of An Rusong and put the coffee in his other hand back on the coffee table. He sighed and said, "You misunderstood me. I'm not the kind of person who would accept bribes in person. Even though I need money, I don't have the courage to do something taboo like this."
He paused and continued, "Money is really a good thing. No matter who lacks it, there will be endless troubles. Take me for example. My daughter Youxi has settled in St. Petersburg for four years, but she still doesn't have a house of her own. Her Ford car is also a second-hand old model, and it always has problems. I have always wanted to give her some money to improve her life, but... Alas, I am an ordinary prosecutor at the twelfth level, and my monthly salary is only more than 4 million. It is difficult to maintain my livelihood. How can I afford to take care of her?"
Well, now we understand everything now, right?
An Rusong nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, Brother Xinhou, I have always believed that the Republic of Korea treats civil servants too poorly. What can they do with such a small salary every month? Especially recently, the exchange rate of the Korean won has been falling, which is equivalent to reducing everyone's income in disguise."
"Who says it's not true?" Li Xinhou agreed with his statement.
"Oh, right," An Rusong seemed to have suddenly thought of something and said, "St. Petersburg? Is it the St. Petersburg in Florida?"
"Yes, what's the matter?" Li Xinhou sat up straight and asked with a smile.
"What a coincidence," An Rusong said with a smile, "I have a very good friend who is also in St. Petersburg. Of course, my friend is a woman. Haha, if Brother Xinhou is at ease, why not tell me your daughter's contact information so that I can introduce them to each other. We are all young people, and we are both in a foreign country. It is always good for someone to take care of each other."
"Ha, there's nothing to worry about," Li Xinhou raised his hand and scratched his forehead, smiling, "With Rusong's character, the friends you can make will naturally not be a problem."
After he finished speaking, he reached into the front of his suit, took out a business card from the inner pocket, and handed it directly to An Rusong, saying, "Here, this is the contact information of our Youxi. You can ask your friends to contact her through this address."
An Rushong took the business card and looked at the information on it.
There was indeed a woman's name on the business card, "Li Youxi", as well as a mobile phone number and an address, and that was all.
Obviously, Prosecutor Lee Shin-ho was not unwilling to accept bribes, he was just more cautious. He did not take the money himself, but asked the briber to contact the woman named "Youxi" on the business card and transfer the money to her.
During the meeting, Li Xinhou never asked for a bribe, so even if An Rusong recorded the conversation by voice or video, he couldn't use it to threaten or accuse the other party. An Rusong even suspected that the woman named "Youxi" on the business card was unlikely to be Li Xinhou's daughter. Therefore, even if he transferred the money to that woman, he still couldn't use it to threaten or accuse the other party.
The most important thing is that An Rushong still needs to find a way to transfer this money to the United States. Li Xinhou can not only avoid risks, but also save the trouble of transferring assets to the United States. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
(End of this chapter)