Chapter 555: Overseas Connections
Gao Fangfang began to frantically contact various people she met in the United States. She first found a Chinese lawyer who was quite influential in the legal community and told him in detail about the situation in China, hoping to find a breakthrough from the perspective of legal expertise. After listening with a frown, the lawyer pondered for a moment and said: "The key to this matter lies in the domestic legal procedures and chain of evidence. If we want to hedge from here, we need to find key factors that can influence the direction of domestic public opinion or legal judgment, such as whether there are procedural flaws or new evidence that can defend them. But this requires a deep understanding of the specific situation in China, and it is extremely difficult."
Gao Fangfang was unwilling to give up, so she contacted some friends who had connections in the business and political fields. One of them, who worked in an international investment company, suggested that they could try to exert some pressure from an economic level, such as through some cross-border investment projects or business partnerships, to hint to relevant domestic parties that if not handled properly, it might affect international economic cooperation and exchanges. "But this is only an indirect means, and it may trigger more chain reactions. You should consider it carefully." The friend's words were a hint of warning.
In China, Zhao Ruilong and Qi Tongwei did not sit still. Zhao Ruilong used his network of connections to try to find a force that could suppress public opinion. He contacted some media tycoons, hoping that they could use their media resources to guide public opinion and downplay the seriousness of the incident. However, in today's era of rapid and diversified information dissemination, this approach has little effect. Not only did the heat of public opinion not decrease, but their small actions attracted more attention and doubts.
Qi Tongwei placed his hopes on Gao Yuliang. He kept communicating with Gao Yuliang, hoping to get some substantial guidance and help from him. "Teacher Gao, can we find some breakthroughs from within? For example, is there anyone in the procuratorate or related departments who can speak for us?" Qi Tongwei's voice was filled with a hint of hope amid despair.
Gao Yuliang shook his head helplessly: "Tongwei, under the leadership of Hou Liangping, the current procuratorate has formed a powerful anti-corruption force. It is extremely difficult to find a breakthrough from within. We can only look for opportunities from the outside and see if we can find some circuitous paths outside the legal framework."
Hou Liangping, with the support of public opinion, pushed forward the investigation into Zhao Ruilong and Qi Tongwei more firmly. He organized a professional team to sort out and analyze the collected evidence in a more detailed manner to ensure that every link was impeccable. At the same time, he also paid close attention to the actions of Zhao Ruilong and others to prevent them from using improper means to escape legal sanctions.
As time went by, Gao Fangfang's efforts in the United States gradually received some response. Through a friend who had some influence in the diplomatic community, she contacted some international organizations and tried to use international public opinion and diplomatic pressure to influence the handling of domestic cases. International organizations said they would pay attention to the matter, but also made it clear that they would not interfere with the judicial independence of other countries and could only conduct some investigations and supervision within the scope of legality and compliance.
Struggle and destruction in desperate situation
Gao Fangfang's actions in the United States became increasingly radical. She tried to turn the tide on her own, but she was not aware that she was pushing herself and the people involved into a deeper abyss. After contacting friends in the diplomatic community and receiving limited responses from international organizations, she was not satisfied and instead turned her attention to the controversial and influential institutions in the United States' power and intelligence system - the FBI and the CIA.
Gao Fangfang used the connections she had accumulated over the years in the United States and went through a lot of trouble to get in touch with an FBI project department. During the meeting, she exaggerated the so-called "complexity" and "unfairness" of the domestic case, trying to persuade the other party to intervene, completely ignoring that such behavior had seriously violated the norms of international relations and diplomatic etiquette. Some officials in the FBI project department were cautious about her request at first, but Gao Fangfang kept throwing out some so-called "inside information" and "evidence clues". Although most of these were one-sided and distorted, they still attracted the interest of some people. They said they would conduct preliminary investigations and assessments, but emphasized that they would not take substantive actions easily.
However, Gao Fangfang did not stop there. She knew that she might not be able to achieve her goal by relying on the FBI alone, so she took the risk of reaching out to the CIA of the United States. The contact with the CIA was more secretive and complicated. She finally had contact with some CIA agents through layers of middlemen. In the secret meeting, she revealed a lot of information about the domestic political, economic and judicial systems to the CIA, including some words involving state secrets and sensitive content. She wanted to use this to exchange for the CIA's intervention in domestic cases, hoping to use the powerful intelligence and diplomatic influence of the United States to exonerate Zhao Ruilong, Qi Tongwei and others.
After obtaining this information, the CIA began to secretly lay out its plans in the international public opinion field. They used some hidden media channels and online platforms to spread false statements about China's judicial system, trying to discredit China's rule of law construction and portray normal domestic anti-corruption actions as political persecution. For a time, international public opinion was in turmoil, and some foreign media and people who did not know the truth began to point fingers at China's judicial cases.
However, as an experienced and insightful prosecutor, Hou Liangping quickly noticed the black hand behind the international public opinion. During his in-depth investigation, he found clues of Gao Fangfang's collusion with the US intelligence agency. Hou Liangping was well aware of the seriousness of the matter. On the one hand, he accelerated the evidence collection and prosecution preparation of domestic cases. On the other hand, he decisively submitted evidence of Gao Fangfang's suspected treason to the relevant departments, and clarified the truth of the case to the international community through official channels, exposing the conspiracy of Gao Fangfang and others.
In China, Zhao Ruilong and Qi Tongwei initially held out a glimmer of hope after hearing about Gao Fangfang's series of actions, thinking that they could escape sanctions with the help of the United States. But with Hou Liangping's powerful counterattack, they realized that they were in a more desperate situation. Zhao Ruilong's business empire completely collapsed under the dual blows of domestic anti-corruption pressure and international public opinion. His company was legally sealed up, his assets were frozen, and his former business partners shunned him. He went from being a prosperous business tycoon to a rat crossing the street that everyone wanted to beat.