Chapter 119 The Choi Seungri Family Murder Case

As Long Hao finished speaking, the three people in the room, including Chen Mo, all nodded.

Indeed, the public opinion sparked by these eight cases at the time was quite significant.

As police officers, they naturally understood the public's attitude toward these cases.

They also knew that if these cases remained unsolved, it would leave a knot in the hearts of the entire public.

That wasn't even the most serious part; the most serious thing was...

As time passed, whenever these knots were recalled by the public...

The first thought that would float into their minds was, 'Oh, that case still hasn't been solved yet.'

Over time, this would inevitably become a reason to question the police's capabilities.

And this was likely what the leaders above were worried about.

By utilizing the 'Pilot City' project, they were implementing the case-clearing operation.

"Eight to choose from." Long Hao covered his nose with both hands, his face lost in thought.

There was also a hint of imperceptible anxiety.

If they hadn't tried to guess the topics from the very beginning, they naturally wouldn't be facing the headache of choosing one out of eight now.

But now, they had already narrowed it down to eight out of thousands. If they chose wrong at this point, the loss would be devastating.

It could be said that they would have squandered the twenty percent chance of advancing.

"We really need to deliberate carefully." Wu Tian let out a long sigh.

It wasn't just him; anyone would be nervous at such a critical moment.

Because there were no other criteria available for them to narrow it down further.

And the fact that Chen Mo had managed to filter down to eight from thousands was already a massive contribution.

"Actually, there is still one more condition." Seeing that everyone looked nervous, Chen Mo spoke up.

There's another condition the higher-ups might use to screen them? You don't happen to have inside information, do you!

This thought appeared not only in Long Hao's mind but also in Sun Yi's and even Wu Tian's.

The first time, it could barely be understood, but they had already filtered it down to this point. Could he really guess the leaders' thoughts?

"Look at these cases, the identities of the victims." As Chen Mo spoke, his finger pointed at each of the eight files one by one.

"The identities of these seven victims are relatively ordinary, but the victim in this family murder case is a famous tycoon."

"The point isn't that he's a tycoon, but that he is 'famous'!" At the end of his sentence, he emphasized the word 'famous' again.

Long Hao and the others immediately fell into several minutes of deep thought. But they still wore expressions of half-understanding. It seemed they understood, yet it seemed they didn't.

Seeing this, Chen Mo took a sip of water and continued to explain.

"Do you remember what I said earlier about the purpose of the leaders holding this competition?"

"It's to clear cases, to let the public regain confidence in the police's capabilities, rather than holding suspicions."

"Based on this, we have to consider the issue of virality after a case is solved, and being famous naturally leads to virality."

Simply put, the topic discussion sparked by the death of a celebrity influencer versus the death of an ordinary person is different.

Thinking in reverse, if the police solve a murder case involving a celebrity influencer, the virality is far greater than one involving an ordinary person.

"Oh, I see, that's what you meant!"

Almost without needing to think, the answer appeared in Long Hao's mind. Chen Mo's deduction fit the actual situation and also aligned with the thoughts of the higher-ups.

Looking at it this way, the probability of choosing this tycoon's family murder case was quite high!

Meanwhile, Wu Tian and Sun Yi both revealed looks of surprise.

Because Long Hao had been in contact with Chen Mo for a long time, he was already accustomed to Chen Mo's thinking and brain, which far exceeded that of ordinary people.

So, he no longer felt the surprise he had when he first discovered how capable Chen Mo was.

But Wu Tian and Sun Yi were different. This was the first time the two of them had met him today.

Although they knew that the people who could enter this room were among the most capable in the province...

The fact that Chen Mo had previously managed to filter eight files out of thousands had already made their eyes light up with brilliance.

But they hadn't expected there to be more surprises now. This guy was too capable. He was far, far stronger than they had anticipated.

"Impressive!" Wu Tian gave a thumbs up and exclaimed.

Regardless of whether the final result was right or wrong, he truly admired Chen Mo's analytical and Reasoning abilities. It was well-reasoned and evidence-based, enough to convince him.

"I previously tried filtering it many times in private; let alone eight, I couldn't even filter down to five hundred."

Sun Yi agreed with Wu Tian's words. Officer Chen certainly had some skills—of course, they were referring to his Reasoning.

When it came to Autopsy or Trace Technician work, from when they started learning until now, they didn't respect anyone except their teachers.

"Let's not talk about that; let's look at the case first." Chen Mo signaled to end the topic, then placed the file in the center of the table.

"The victim's name is Cui Shengli. His entire family was murdered three years ago. He worked in the retail industry, owned over a hundred chain supermarkets nationwide, and had a net worth of over a billion."

"The reason he was famous among the public was that whenever a disaster occurred anywhere, he would be the first to raise funds and donate to the disaster area. From his first donation in '91 to his death in '99, he donated a total of over fifty million to disaster areas."

"What made him even more well-regarded by the public was his help for orphans and homeless children; he built orphanages and provided for them free of charge until they reached adulthood at eighteen."

"To date, he has helped over ten thousand children!"

Great benevolence! After hearing this information, these two words flashed in Chen Mo's mind.

It perfectly embodied the saying: the greater the power, the greater the responsibility.

Providing for children free of charge until they reached eighteen—the funds required for this would definitely not be a small amount.

His behavior could be described as distributing wealth, and it wouldn't be surprising at all.

It was no wonder he had such great public favor. Even after his death, people often went to his grave to bring flowers and pay respects.

"Does this case file have an electronic backup?" Long Hao asked, looking at Sun Yi.

"I'm not sure about others, but for such a big case, there definitely is."

As Sun Yi said this, she left the room; she needed to return to the Municipal Bureau to access the internal public security network and retrieve it.

Hearing about the electronic backup, Chen Mo felt a bit dazed.

In the future, for the sake of easy searching and storage, many case files would be synchronized to network backups.

He hadn't expected that this practice had already begun in 2002.

It wasn't surprising, though; according to his memories, as early as the beginning of the 90s, computers were already on many police officers' desks.

"Officer Chen, if it's finally confirmed that this is indeed the case, then the chances of us making it into the top eight are very high!"

Wu Tian looked at Chen Mo with a look of joy and anticipation.

Don't underestimate the small top eight; this was a national-level top eight. Even at worst, it was eighth in the nation. The prestige was very high.

In the future, as long as this credential was in their files, getting a promotion would be as easy as drinking water.

"Don't call me Officer Chen; just call me Chen Mo." Calling him Officer Chen was too polite and wasn't conducive to working the case.

"Brother Mo." Wu Tian very tactfully called out.