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Chapter 96: Pervert with an overwhelming sense of justice
Chapter 96: Pervert with an overwhelming sense of justice
Chapter 96: Pervert with an overwhelming sense of justice
Three people looked towards the door together. Lu Guanghong and Zhang Shen'er were standing there.
Currently, Lu Chengwen is the one calling the shots in the Lu family. The old couple thought their eldest son would desperately try to save the younger one, but two days had passed, and Lu Chengwen acted as if nothing had happened, completely ignoring his brother. This prompted Lu's mother to come and demand an explanation.
Lu Guanghong, aware of his son's temper and worried his wife would be angered, quickly followed her. He then encountered Officer Zhang Shen'er at the door, and they entered together.
Standing at the entrance, they heard Lu Chengwen reasoning with his mother. After listening for a while, Lu Guanghong lowered his head in silence, while Zhang Shen'er felt a slight stir in her heart.
Was this Lu Chengwen?!
Understanding, law-abiding, and even righteous?
Frankly speaking, with his wealth, he could indeed open a back door for his younger brother. The world wasn't fair, and sometimes, money really could do whatever it wanted.
Appropriately reducing the accountability for Lu Chengwu could allow Lu Chengwen to contribute more substantially to the city's construction. This wasn't a difficult equation for any leader.
Lu Chengwu's case could be considered a big deal or a small one.
Making counterfeit medicine? That's a serious offense! A sentence of ten or eight years would be considered lucky.
But if it was considered a small matter, then it was just a small matter.
There was no subjective malice, just an attempt to compress costs for profit, completely different from the nature of genuine counterfeit drugs. Their legal team even insisted it was an internal technical error, leaving them with no other option.
Moreover, the process was stopped and destroyed internally, following legal procedures swiftly and decisively, with flawless execution.
Not a single counterfeit pill entered the market, causing no harm to society.
Intentionally doing bad things to harm people; intentionally doing bad things just to save some costs; and unintentionally doing it, then promptly taking corrective action without causing any harm to society.
These are three different levels of offense.
The first one deserves execution.
The second one can lead to a long or short prison sentence.
The third one is purely a technical issue.
Zhang Shen'er was also here to discuss this case.
With such a big incident, Mayor Zhao was also in a difficult position.
He urgently needed the Lu family to contribute to the welfare of hundreds of thousands of residents in Xuecheng's shantytowns. The housing, employment, children's education, and future stability of many families... all depended on this project, all on Lu Chengwen.
To put it grandly, the development trajectory of Xuecheng in the coming years, the scale of future city construction, and even the economic lifeline for many years to come were all tied to this project.
Mayor Zhao couldn't push things too far and alienate the Lu family.
However, the law was vast, and no one dared to bend the law or shield evil deeds.
Therefore, a balance had to be found among legal principles, human emotions, interests, and the overall situation.
This was the difficulty faced by those in power.
Sending Zhang Shen'er was the result of a meeting decision.
Because everyone agreed that Lu Chengwen was a womanizer, sending a beautiful woman to negotiate would have many advantages.
Of course, the risk was that Lu Chengwen might make inappropriate demands of the beautiful woman.
Mayor Zhao felt it wouldn't come to that, so he took a gamble.
Zhang Shen'er explained the situation and stated sternly:
"In short, there are now three options. The first is to sentence him for intentional manufacturing of counterfeit drugs for profit. Given the amount involved and the potential consequences, the sentence could be at least five to seven years. This is assuming all your counterfeit drugs have been destroyed and remedial measures are adequate."
"The second option is to treat it as a case of substandard drug quality due to cost compression. Again, considering the absence of severe consequences, his pharmaceutical management qualifications would be permanently revoked, and the sentence should be one to three years."
"The third option is to treat it as a serious error in your internal execution parameters, leading to unqualified drug ingredients. Given the ninth pharmaceutical factory's appropriate remedial actions and the lack of major accidents, his pharmaceutical management qualifications would be revoked, and both he and the ninth pharmaceutical factory would be subject to hefty fines and three months of detention."
Zhang Shen'er looked at Lu Chengwen coldly.
"Lu Chengwen, which option do you think is better?"
Lu Guanghong remained silent, but Lu's mother became active:
"Officer Zhang, our Chengwu is not a bad boy, he just wanted to save some money, no, that's not right, he just made a mistake. I think revoking his license is enough, no detention, we can pay more fines."
Zhang Shen'er smiled slightly: "Auntie Lu, this is already the most we can do for the Lu family. If it weren't for the great contributions of Dasheng Group to the city's construction, Mayor Zhao wouldn't even bother with this kind of thing! I, Zhang Shen'er, have always hated people who use back doors at the police station. I came here today, not to listen to your bargaining."
Zhang Shen'er showed no mercy.
She didn't want to do this kind of thing in the first place!
What was this? Opening back doors for the wealthy? It was disgusting!
These villains should all be taken out and shot!
Lu's mother became anxious: "Guanghong! Say something! You have such a good relationship with Mayor Zhao, why don't you make a phone call? Speak up, Chengwu is counting on you!"
Could Lu Guanghong not feel sorry for his son?
As a father, he felt both heartache for his son facing imprisonment and anger at his son's lack of integrity, for breaking the law and almost causing a catastrophe.
Lu Guanghong looked at Lu Chengwen with a stern face and gritted his teeth: "Right now, Chengwen is the one who calls the shots in the Lu family. Officer Zhang, I won't interfere in this matter anymore, you talk to Chengwen."
Zhang Shen'er showed a hint of a disdainful smile.
Hmph! Rich people, cherish their reputation, right?
Mayor Zhao and our director wouldn't show their faces, making me do this disgusting thing.
Lu Guanghong wouldn't show his face either, letting his son talk to me.
How ridiculous!
This is the true face of these wealthy people, these black-hearted capitalists!
Lu Chengwen bit his finger and paced back and forth.
Zhang Shen'er said: "Hurry up, after we finish discussing this matter, we still have to talk about today's events. Just a reminder, Mayor Zhao intends to treat it as a technical error. If it's an error, it's not a violation of the law, but a major mistake. Then there's no need for a trial, just follow normal procedures for penalties."
Zhang Shen'er took out a letter of intent from her bag with a stern face: "If you agree, sign here."
Lu Chengwen glanced at it, his grip tightening.
Zhang Shen'er grew impatient: "Hey, hey, hey, such a big boss, be quicker, sign it."
Lu Chengwen said: "What the hell technical error! He fucking did it on purpose!"
Lu's mother immediately shouted: "Chengwen! What are you saying!"
Lu Chengwen said: "Old Lu, take your wife back, I have work to do."
Lu Guanghong was stunned.
Lu Chengwen had never spoken to him like this before.
Not just him, even Leng Qingqiu and Zhang Shen'er beside them couldn't help but smile.
Especially Leng Qingqiu.
Just moments ago, during her confession, Lu Chengwen had appeared flustered, shy, and at a loss.
However, facing such a serious situation, he suddenly became assertive and decisive.
Lu Guanghong was taken aback for a moment, then got up and pulled his wife: "Let's go, leave it to Chengwen to handle."
"No, we can't, Lao Lu, this boy has grown wings, he doesn't even care about brotherly affection anymore, you can't just ignore it!"
Lu Guanghong suddenly glared: "Don't you understand yet? Even the King of Heaven can't save your youngest son now! Every time he caused trouble, you were like this, every time! Now it's good, he almost poked a hole in the sky!"
Lu Guanghong's eyes welled up with tears: "Do you think I want this? If we bail him out this time, next time he might cause trouble that deserves execution! A doting mother spoils the child!"
Lu Chengwen said impatiently: "If you want to argue, go home and argue, I have things to do here."
He patted his father on the back as he spoke.
This time, Lu Guanghong's tears really couldn't be controlled.
He glanced at his eldest son, and nodded, feeling both gratification and immense emotion.
His son had grown up, and become sensible.
He could be relied on even if the sky fell.
He used both kindness and authority, speaking sternly to cut the Gordian knot, preventing them from causing trouble, and handling things himself.
The gentle pat on the back was a form of comfort, telling them, "I won't abandon my younger brother, and I won't abandon you either."
"I will do my best to shoulder all that I should."
Lu's mother knew Lu Guanghong's temper, but she didn't expect Lu Chengwen to have the same temper now.
Once these two made a decision, it wouldn't change.
Even if she cried herself to death, it would be useless.
She could only leave in tears, looking at Lu Chengwen pitifully as she left.
Lu Chengwen didn't dare meet his mother's eyes, only staring at the letter of intent with a stern face.
The old couple left.
Lu Chengwen said: "Officer Zhang, I will personally thank Mayor Zhao later. As for my brother's case, you can sentence him however you see fit. He intentionally cut corners to reduce costs. However, please consider that we handled the aftermath of this matter appropriately and show leniency. Thank you."
As he spoke, Lu Chengwen bowed deeply.
The corners of Zhang Shen'er's mouth twitched: "Mr. Lu is upright and selfless, upholding justice even against his own family, it's truly moving. Rest assured, the law will not wrongly accuse a good person, nor will it let a bad person go free."
"Thank you."
Lu Chengwen felt somewhat exhausted.
[These past few days have been nonstop, I haven't even had a moment to catch my breath, one thing after another.]
[My family needs me to take care of them; my friends need me to protect them; and there are so many bastards causing trouble in this city...]
[God! I'm just a small villain! Other villains have it so easy! Why am I so miserable?]
[I rally want to just let go of everything. But at the very least, I have to give a home to the 300,000 people who have been relocated from the slums!]
[I'll give it my all! I've never had the chance to do something for so many people in my life. This time, even if it costs me my life, I have to help those people build their homes!]
Zhang Shen'er was truly shocked!
Was Lu Chengwen... this kind of person?
His inner thoughts... he wouldn't lie to himself, would he? To lie to oneself, would be quite schizophrenic!
But he had always been... a scum since childhood!
What was going on? Why did he suddenly start doing good deeds recently?
Leng Qingqiu looked at Lu Chengwen's back, smiling with both relief and happiness.
My man, a hero who wants to build a home for hundreds of thousands of people? What a noble ideal!
To support you, I am willing to go through fire and water!
Lu Chengwen turned around and suddenly met Zhang Shen'er's eyes.
For some reason, Zhang Shen'er panicked, quickly looking away and adjusting her expression.
Lu Chengwen narrowed his eyes:
[This little police officer is hot! If I could throw her on the bed and have some fun, it would be awesome!]
[She's angry! Hehe! The angrier she gets, the cuter she is!]
[Tying up a police officer and spanking her, would be quite a unique experience!]
Zhang Shen'er's face turned green.
Leng Qingqiu's mouth twitched:
So, Brother Chengwen is a big pervert?
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