Dark Night and Dawn Episode 16 Recap
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Jin Maochang, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, took the lead in organizing representatives from the financial and industrial sectors, appealing to them to pool their wisdom and efforts, stick together, and get through the turbulent financial crisis together. Bo Lao was eavesdropping on the industry meeting and heard someone talking about speculating in silver dollars; Bo Lao was smugly satisfied. Of course, there were also dissenting voices.
Among them, Liu Xisheng believed that Jin Maochang was not worthy of his position and left in anger. Afterwards, Old Gao said that these were all conspiracies, and he was unwilling to get involved in this mess. After saying that, he got up and left. Other Boss Jin and Boss Qian also left one after another. Among the remaining four people, one person acted smugly after gaining an advantage.
Bo Lao signaled Xu Wei to put poison on a towel and poison this person to death in the restroom. Bo Lao instructed Xu Wei to send counterfeit money to the capitalists on the list who were keen on speculation, so that counterfeit money would flood Shanghai. Lu Zhengyang received news that five banks in Huangpu and Xuhui districts had deposited a large amount of counterfeit currency.
The bureau asked them to immediately form a special investigation team to investigate the source of these counterfeit notes. While called counterfeit notes, they were actually very similar to real notes. It was experienced bank staff who noticed something was wrong based on the subtle feel. And it can now be confirmed that the real and counterfeit notes share serial numbers.
Old Wei, a member of the North China Financial Committee and deputy governor of Beihai Bank, was invited to Shanghai to assist with the investigation. Lin Shaobai proposed his immature idea, and Lu Zhengyang further suggested applying to make a set of replicated copper plates. Old Wei thought these ideas were very good. Liu Xisheng was quietly murdered, and Jin Maochang was rid of his trouble.
His body, along with counterfeit money, was hidden in a sack and surfaced, where it was discovered. Rumors circulated that Liu Xisheng had paid his workers with counterfeit money, leading to him being retaliated against. The Shanghai Stock Exchange Building became a stronghold for rampant speculation and was later sealed off by force.
The organization specially approved Lu Zhengyang and his team to infiltrate the counterfeit money business chain as businessmen, to quickly connect with the source of the counterfeit production. At first, they acted as sellers, but without connections, no one dared to cooperate. Lin Shaobai simply suggested acting as buyers, saying that customers are God and they wouldn't have trouble finding partners. As expected, the first Boss Tian readily agreed to cooperate upon seeing the copper plates.
However, Lin Shaobai and Huzhi, who was pretending to be a driver, were surrounded by a group of armed men. Lin Shaobai quickly told Huzhi to leave with the copper plates, but he himself was captured. Jiang Yang checked the route and found that the location where the Falcon met with his superior was at or near the delivery address. Lin Shaobai was blindfolded and brought before Manager Hu of the Hand Hook Gang.
Manager Hu interrogated Lin Shaobai about his boss. Even when his life was in danger and his body was hooked by hand hooks, Lin Shaobai endured the pain and fabricated a story, finally making them believe him. Dai Yueqing would not put all her eggs in one basket; she told Da Huzi to call the Falcon over to test him out.
Deputy Director Yang arranged for Lu Zhengyang to conduct a joint large-scale search across three garrison areas, mobilizing students and workers for full cooperation, investigating thoroughly and arresting everyone who should be arrested. Jiang Yang snuck into Xu Wei's transport vehicle and was discovered by Xu Wei. He simply pretended to be a desperate poor person trying to steal flour.
Xu Wei was very suspicious and kept probing, but Jiang Yang's answers were airtight, and he also mentioned having two children. As soon as children were mentioned, Xu Wei's heart softened. Even so, Xu Wei tested him again in the end, asking Jiang Yang how to correctly burp a baby. When Jiang Yang's answer matched the method he had heard from his wife, Zhao Lan, he finally dispelled his doubts and let Jiang Yang go.
Afterwards, Jiang Yang reported this matter to Jin Maochang. Jin Maochang reminded him that such a thing must not happen a second time.
