Chapter 500 - 470: Now We Can Capture People

Gao Yuanzhong was in the office, occasionally checking the news.

His news had been constantly trending, which made him feel uneasy.

Suddenly, the office door was pushed open, and Huo Liangze walked in.

Seeing Huo Liangze, Gao Yuanzhong’s heart sank abruptly, but he maintained a calm demeanor, "What are you here for?"

Huo Liangze cracked a smile, "What else can it be? Of course, it’s to invite you to be investigated."

Upon hearing this, Gao Yuanzhong immediately felt unsettled.

Huo Liangze was indeed troublesome, always rushing over at the slightest hint of trouble.

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Given the magnitude of this issue, it was no surprise he had come.

He had no choice but to hope for Tang Jinghuan’s protection, his heart screaming: Tang Jinghuan, you must protect me, or I’m done for.

It seemed as if his shouts were heard, Huo Liangze’s phone rang at that moment.

Huo Liangze furrowed his brow, took out his phone, saw it was the leader’s call, and immediately answered, "Leader."

The leader said, "Liangze, hold off for now. The stuff online isn’t enough to take down Gao Yuanzhong; at most, he’s just throwing his weight around. It’s far from being a discipline or law violation, so we can’t nab him just for that."

Huo Liangze let out a sigh.

He was here with the leader’s permission.

But now the leader was stopping him, which clearly meant he had encountered pressure.

"I understand," said Huo Liangze in resignation, hanging up the phone and pointing at Gao Yuanzhong, "Gao Yuanzhong, you have a powerful backer. But don’t think you can escape legal punishment because of this. I will find your vulnerabilities!"

Gao Yuanzhong breathed a sigh of relief, smiling slightly, "I have nothing to fear if I’m upright."

Huo Liangze snorted coldly and turned to leave.

Watching Huo Liangze’s retreating figure, Gao Yuanzhong hurriedly checked the news.

Opening Weibo, his news was still overwhelming the trending search.

But he was no longer worried.

Indeed, this incident was merely an abuse of power.

As long as he had Tang Jinghuan’s connections, he would be safe.

It must have been Tang Jinghuan who took action just now.

Tang Jinghuan is awesome!

Now, his attitude towards the news had shifted.

He saw it as just an exciting spectacle; after all, no one could do anything to him.

This trending news would eventually pass.

After sleeping on it for a night, it should all blow over.

He smoked, crossed his legs, and scrolled through the comments cursing him, seemingly engrossed.

He had the air of someone sitting calmly in the midst of chaos, as if above the fray.

However, what he didn’t know was that as he was reading the comments,

the news online had changed.

The news of Lin Junyi publicly denouncing him had fallen to second place in the trending searches.

A seemingly unrelated hot topic, "Belt Brother," skyrocketed to the top of the trending list.

And its popularity outstripped the second-place topic by streets, setting off another wave online.

Many netizens were perplexed as to why such a topic would top the trending list with such high heat.

Driven by curiosity, they clicked to see.

Then they paused, because it was still about the taxi snatching incident.

But this time the focus had shifted; it was no longer about Gao Yuanzhong knocking down a weak woman but about Gao Yuanzhong’s belt.

In the video, even though the brand logo on his belt wasn’t clearly visible, netizens with their extensive reach had dug it out: it was Gucci’s latest model, costing six thousand three hundred yuan!

Given Gao Yuanzhong’s position, a month’s salary would only be enough to buy one belt.

A normal person wouldn’t spend a whole month’s salary on a single belt, especially not a middle-aged man with a wife and children.

Following that, the omnipotent netizens looked up the prices for Gao Yuanzhong’s shirt, pants, and shoes.

The shirt and pants were from Versace with prices of 7,800 and 8,000 yuan respectively.

The shoes were a bit cheaper, from Zegna, costing only 5,200 yuan!

And that wasn’t all, the omnipotent netizens also checked the watch he was wearing on his wrist and found it was an Omega, priced at 80,000 yuan!

Gao Yuanzhong’s entire attire amounted to over 100,000 yuan.

In such a case, to say that Gao Yuanzhong, a public servant, was without issues would be to treat the common people like fools.

Moreover, because the topic had been hot for a while, in just half an hour, the entire nation knew that there was such a leader in the Haicheng airport police force, flaunting more than 100,000 yuan on his person!

Then, news spread on the internet that after seeing Gao Yuanzhong’s news, a certain big shot from the capital did the math and found that even their own attire did not match the remnants of Gao Yuanzhong’s!

At this, the internet completely exploded.

Countless media reporters rushed to the doors of the airport police force, demanding an interview with Gao Yuanzhong.

The high-level officials of the city, who had been silent, finally made a statement and gave immediate instructions to conduct a rigorous investigation into Gao Yuanzhong.

So, just as Huo Liangze walked out of the big entrance of the airport police station, he received a call from the leadership, "Liangze, you can make the arrest now!"

"We can make the arrest now, how did things change so quickly?" Huo Liangze asked in surprise.

He hadn’t had time to check the news and was unaware of the current public sentiment.

"Gao Yuanzhong’s outfit cost more than 100,000 yuan. To say there’s no issue, no one would believe it. It’s all over the internet now, go ahead and make the arrest!" the leader said.

"Haha, fantastic, we’ve finally dug out this parasite!"

Huo Liangze laughed heartily, hung up the phone, and immediately dashed back, storming into Gao Yuanzhong’s office.

"Huo Liangze, will you ever give it a rest?!"

Gao Yuanzhong, engrossed in reading the comments and still oblivious to how the news on the internet had evolved, was infuriated to see Huo Liangze return.

"Gao Yuanzhong, you still have the gall to be arrogant with me at a time like this?!" Huo Liangze walked towards Gao Yuanzhong with a sneer.

"What do you mean ’at a time like this’, what time is it?" Gao Yuanzhong was somewhat puzzled.

Could it be that there had been a change?

Impossible.

Wasn’t he just throwing his weight around?

And with Tang Jinghuan backing him, what could possibly change?

Gao Yuanzhong truly didn’t understand.

"Just look at the news and you’ll understand!" Huo Liangze sneered, not in a hurry to haul Gao Yuanzhong away anymore.

Because he knew that at this point, Gao Yuanzhong had no way to flee.

"What news?" Gao Yuanzhong’s heart skipped a beat, and he quickly checked the news on his phone.

When he saw that his attire had been exposed online, costing more than 100,000 yuan, Gao Yuanzhong broke into a cold sweat on his forehead.

When he read that a bigwig from the capital had said his own attire did not match even a fraction of Gao Yuanzhong’s, his vision darkened, and he almost fainted.

He knew he was done for.

Even Tang Jinghuan couldn’t save him now.

"Gao Yuanzhong, got nothing to say now, huh? Just come with me obediently to accept the investigation!" Huo Liangze said with a sneer.

Gao Yuanzhong’s gaze flickered, still thinking about whether there was a chance to escape.

But the more he thought, the less of a chance he saw.

With no other choice, he could only follow Huo Liangze out.

Huo Liangze took him to a certain hotel in the city center.

At this, Gao Yuanzhong became even more desperate.

He knew what this place was without needing anyone to tell him.

Many officials who broke the law and violated discipline were brought to such hotels by disciplinary authorities.

No official ever walked into such a hotel and was able to walk out unscathed.