Three people and one ghost solved 43 mysterious cases.

On the morning of July 12.

Xu Wenshan drove through the downtown area. The streets were filled with wine bottles and confetti left from fireworks and firecrackers.

A huge "Savior" poster hangs on the roof of the office building, with open hands, begging for forgiveness and mercy.

The sky is gray and it's Christmas.

But for Xu Wenshan, today is a countdown. There are only six days left until December 1999, 12, the so-called destruction of the earth.

The news that the bankrupt man fell from the building last night was suppressed by the police, but it could not be blocked for long. Some newspaper reporters already knew about it.

If these four suicide cases cannot be investigated clearly, why did these four people die?

On Saturday, December 12, there was a fifth and even more suicides.

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At nine o'clock in the morning, the car parked in a three-story factory building in the suburbs.

It covers an area of ​​about five acres, and the sign reads "Tianwang Toys Co., Ltd."

The zodiac masks worn by the four suicide victims were all produced by this toy factory.

This zodiac mask was originally a Halloween gift exported abroad by a toy factory. It was a product three years ago. Only 1200 were produced.

Because the inspection did not meet the standard, the customer returned the order, and this small batch of zodiac masks has been stored in the warehouse, gathering dust.

More than a month ago, Yu Tianwang, the owner of a toy factory, was drinking tea when two salesmen from a telephone shopping guide company came in and asked if they could do business.

Yu Tianwang thought of the stranded twelve zodiac masks and said, "You can take them and sell them. The cost price is 10 yuan each."

It was not easy to sell at first, but after the first and second suicide cases, and with the media making a big fuss, all 1200 masks were sold out.

The salesperson from the telephone shopping guide company came to Yu Tianwang again to purchase goods, and said in one breath that he would buy 1 units.

Yu Tianwang raised the price, 100 yuan each.

The salesman said, "Hey, Boss Yu, aren't you just raising the price from the ground up?"

"Buy it or not." Yu Tianwang smiled.

He did have the capital to make this extra investment. He opened the mold for this zodiac toy when it was first produced.

Originally, foreign gift buyers wanted to order tens of thousands of items from him, and the first order was for 1200 items.

Unexpectedly, the workmanship was rough and the customer ordered the product after inspecting it, but the mold was still there.

To make the molds for the twelve zodiac masks, if the toy factories outside started to make molds now, it would take at least half a month.

Those toy factories didn't dare to open molds rashly, for fear that if the heat of the matter passed, they would really lose everything.

Therefore, this means that only Tianwang Toy Factory in K City can produce zodiac masks. All goods have to come in from him.

The cost price of this batch of masks was really 10 yuan, and the salesperson of the telephone shopping guide company initially sold them for 30 yuan after purchasing them.

As the popularity increased, the price continued to increase. In the end, the salesperson on the telephone shopping guide mentioned 200 yuan each, and there were still people who wanted to buy it.

But it was out of stock, so they had to beg Yu Tianwang to produce more.

The salesperson called the company boss, and the boss said, "Just 100 yuan for 100 yuan. Order 10000 for me."

The boss also wants to make a fortune from this order.

100 million orders. The salesman held a box of cash to pay the full amount.

But after Yu Tianwang saw the money, he covered it and returned it.

He regretted it and decided to eat it alone.

Yu Tianwang hired a salesperson and set up an exclusive sales department. He sold the product for 170 yuan and used advertising in magazines and newspapers.

Individual orders and group purchase orders are coming in one after another.

The toy factory recruits dozens of odd workers, working in endless shifts, and can produce 2000 zodiac masks every day.

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At first, the crime squad was suspicious.

Did Yu Tianwang deliberately find someone to commit suicide?

For example, Yu Tianwang went to some taboo suicide forum and saw the first three deceased people - a terminally ill patient, a stockbroker who misappropriated money to speculate in stocks, and a mentally disturbed man with a giant baby. They all wanted to die and posted negative online posts.

Yu Tianwang said, I will give you a sum of money, and you will wear my company's mask when you die.

This is tantamount to making these three deceased people the representatives of Yu Tianwang's death.

However, after careful investigation, Yu Tianwang's suspicion was eliminated.

He indeed did not know these three people. After the death of these three people, no large funds entered the family's bank account.

Yesterday's deceased No. 4, Yu Tianwang, also didn't know him.

He is a "lucky guy" who got rich unexpectedly because of the popularity of traffic.

Xu Wenshan parked the car and walked into Tianwang Toy Factory.

On the first floor, there was a pile of cardboard boxes, and a dozen workers were busy loading hundreds of masks into the boxes and affixing the shipping address.

A dozen motorcycles were parked outside the factory, and the couriers on them were preparing today's delivery orders.

On the second floor, in the production workshop, plastic prototypes of animal sizes were hung on the turntable, including cows, horses, and dogs, just like animal heads hanging on the turntable.

Some workers are coloring the masks, and some are installing electronic flash lights on the masks.

When we arrived on the third floor, the phone in the sales office kept ringing:

"You want to buy it, right? 200 each. Yes, the price has been raised, 200. Is that okay? Tell me the address."

"Buy 50? Then according to the group purchase price, 180 yuan, yes, this is the lowest price. No need to negotiate with the boss, I can make the decision."

In the boss's office, Yu Tianwang crossed his legs, drank tea, and listened to the voices of "giving money" one after another.

He stood up, walked to the shrine, burned incense, bowed, and said, "God of Wealth, please bless my business to prosper."

But in my heart, I was thinking, God, please let someone die this week. The more deaths, the better.

The sales of Tianwang Toy Factory this month have exceeded the total of the previous two years.

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"Hello, Boss Yu."

The door was open. Yu Tianwang heard the knock on the door, turned his head and saw Xu Wenshan.

Xu Wenshan showed his police officer ID.

Yu Tianwang asked, "Officer, what's the matter? Regarding those suicide cases, I really don't know the deceased."

Many police officers had come to inquire before, and Yu Tianwang thought Xu Wenshan had the same purpose this time.

But he asked tentatively and excitedly, "Did someone commit suicide again last night, Saturday?"

"Yes." Xu Wenshan nodded.

"Hey." Yu Tianwang pretended to sigh, but he could not hide the secret joy in his heart. Haha, someone died again. Today's order must have doubled again. No, raise the price to 300.

A large pile of banknotes, a car, a diamond watch seemed to appear in his mind... The corners of his mouth were slightly raised.

"Boss Yu." Xu Wenshan interrupted Yu Tianwang's dream.

"Oh, what's wrong."

Xu Wenshan said, "I came here today to hope that you can stop the sale of masks."

Xu Wenshan took out an agreement document from his briefcase.

After discussion, the crime team determined that this mask was only sold in Yu Tianwang's toy factory. Although he had nothing to do with the case, the sales of the mask must be stopped to prevent the further spread of the incident.

"Sir, did I hear you correctly?"

"Yes, these twelve masks have had a very negative impact on K City, so I came to you today to negotiate and stop production first."

"How is this possible!" Yu Tianwang objected, "There are more than 1 masks in the warehouse and on the production line. The workers I hired cost money."

Xu Wenshan said that we will compensate you for all your losses according to the price and will not let you lose money.

Compensation according to price?