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It took just three days.
All three cases with many suspicious factors were overturned, all showing traces of human intervention. Given the high level of attention, the local area concentrated its strongest interrogation forces, restoring the innocence of three victims.
Public apologies were made to the three wrongly accused individuals who had run away for various reasons. The next day, one of them returned to "turn himself in." It was Zhang Du who, after receiving education, was sent back to reunite with his only sister, with tears of overwhelming joy.
All criminals were brought to justice.
This speedy resolution.
Left people like Ye Shen completely stunned.
Each department also once again realized how "professional" this hidden online force is. Consequently, the Information Warfare Research Center got busy again, or rather, continued to be busy. A sudden appearance of an unknown power that is strong beyond reason.
Even that force daring enough to confront the FBI hasn’t been fully investigated and remains a mystery. As a result, domestic and international intelligence agencies have been busy to no avail, despite secretly contacting the top hacker teams and experts in the field of computer science in the country for assistance. They still came up with nothing.
But they never gave up.
Whether friendly or not, standing against such power, the consistent strategy of all countries is to root it out. There are no conditions for negotiation. Unlocking the unknown is a national will of all countries, not something that can be decided individually.
Not all of the three cases were overturned immediately. Some were only confirmed as problematic after Little Two reviewed the confession videos. Finally, under Ye Shen’s proposal, a joint interrogation was conducted through a live broadcast. In the end, a series of sharp questions resulted in the real criminals being cornered.
Everyone involved in the system was in an uproar.
The efficiency of solving cases was too high!
But there are only a hundred slots per week.
A bit of a shame.
At the same time, a beneficial phenomenon emerged. The headquarters ordered a self-examination of all case files submitted to Tang Yi. If another glaring error is found, someone will be in trouble.
Even though pointing out errors may solve the case, it is also embarrassing. They can’t develop a habit of letting others take care of everything. So what’s the use of those experts?
In three days.
A hundred uploaded cases.
Among the ninety-seven cases, sixteen criminals were captured. Many of the others had no news, causing the police heads to cool down a bit.
They recognized the old saying of ’without resources, you can’t get results.’ Without enough cameras, you can’t expect to solve everything at once. Plus, with large population movements now, everything except air travel doesn’t require an ID card. The difficulty of management and tracking is indeed not light.
"Leader, due to limited surveillance resources, it may be difficult to find the remaining people."
"Yeah, and population movement is now too unregulated and challenging to control, especially train travel."
"I get it, I’ll report to the top to expedite the establishment of a national surveillance network and the implementation of a compulsory real-name system for long-distance transportation."
"It should have been done long ago."
"The technology wasn’t ready before, but it should be fine now."
"Hmm."
"..."
Tang Qing never expected that this matter would accelerate the establishment and expansion of the national data network and enhance surveillance coverage ahead of time. It also advanced the pilot for real-name train travel by a full three years.
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June 16th.
Thursday.
It had been three days since Second Aunt returned to her maiden home.
This morning, Tang Qing received a call from his second uncle, saying they would be leaving for Thailand the day after tomorrow. They would stay there for about two weeks before returning. He asked them to pack well and get their passports ready.
So Tang Qing quickly called the buddies who were going with him this time and booked their plane tickets. As for the passports, that was a small matter. Feng Sen was handling it. He had sorted out the passports two days ago and kept them with him. They just hadn’t been picked up yet.
Tang Qing didn’t actually like to travel. When he thought of traveling, he wanted to complain.
Again, traveling is just revisiting the scenery that others find distasteful. Holiday travel is basically people-watching. A large number of tourists go to villages every day to observe the lives of the villagers. My god, the villagers are sick of performing for the tourists, yet they have to explain themselves to a group of ’ignorant’ people every day.
What kind of spirit is this?
It’s merely survival instinct.
What’s there to see in Thailand?
Actually, not much. If Tang Qing wanted to see something, the soldiers’ real-time videos could be sent over. Once Little Two’s projection was activated, he would be able to hear what the passers-by were saying over there.
But things changed with Lin Jiaxue.
With her by his side.
Every place becomes beautiful.
In the past few days, Tang Qing hasn’t been making trips to Lin Jiaxue’s home because she went to help out at the jewelry store. The store didn’t really need the help, but since she was free after the National College Entrance Examination, she decided to share some of Lin’s mother’s burdens.
Ten o’clock in the morning.
Bored, Tang Qing went online again.
A news piece caught his attention.
It was a headline on Sina, titled "Great Motherly Love." The accompanying picture showed a middle-aged woman holding a child, standing on the edge of a bridge. Tears streamed down her face, and there was a faint look of determination.
It turns out, this is a single mother taking her nine-year-old child, who is seriously ill, to Huaxia’s Little Angels Charity Foundation for help. However, she was told that they do not meet the assistance criteria and was rejected. The reason being that the Little Angels Charity Foundation only provides treatment funds for orphans who have lost both parents.
In the end, this single mother planned to commit suicide, so that her child could become an orphan and, thus, could receive treatment.
News of this came out, along with a photo. The mother, naturally, was saved and became the headline of today’s Sina News.
As a result, the netizens passionately joined the discussion on the matter.
Tang Qing skimmed through the comments.
"The Little Angels Charity Foundation should help the mother and child. They can’t just stand by and watch them die," one netizen posted.
"The previous commenter is uninformed. It’s already great that the Little Angels Charity Foundation can help the orphans. If they open this avenue to help everyone in the future, no amount of money will suffice. Look, in such a short time, the Little Angels Charity Foundation has only about five billion RMB left. They can’t even help all the orphans," another netizen responded.
"Exactly, the funds to help the orphans are not enough. Two days ago, I watched the balance of the foundation’s funds decrease rapidly. I donated a month’s salary..."
"I donated half a month’s."
"I donated two months."
"How do you know that the money is truly used for rescue costs and not misappropriated?" a new netizen posted.
"To the one above, you’re dead wrong. All the money can be accounted for and every penny can be traced. There is not the slightest hint of dishonesty. Each transaction has been thoroughly checked. It’s all above board."
"Spot on. Anyone who dares to bad-mouth the Little Angels Foundation is my enemy. I live next to an orphanage where the children used to be so pitiful. Now, all their treatment costs are covered by the Little Angels Foundation. They even hired caregivers for those who can’t take care of themselves and promised to subsidize basic living costs. Whoever dares to speak ill of the Little Angels Foundation will have to face me."
"..."
The internet was caught up in a deadlock between the two sides.
This is a result of ’Find Relatives Network’ and ’Little Angels Charity Foundation’s’ influence on public sentiment. Recently, the news has been flooded with reports of lost children being found and hundreds of child kidnapping syndicates being thwarted. Many criminals were sentenced heavily due to the severity of their crimes, which significantly deterred those who intended to continue such activities.
News of the ’Little Angels Charity Foundation’ helping seriously ill orphans has also been extensively reported. Seeing children recover one by one, the public, with their soft hearts, gave unanimous praise to the foundation.
This also explained why many stood on the side of the foundation. Otherwise, they would definitely support the mother and child.
Simply put.
Those who believe in helping are sympathetic.
Those who don’t believe in aiding, view from a realist’s perspective.
So, will Tang Qing help?
Of course, he will.
But as some netizens suggested, if this precedent is set, anyone could threaten the foundation for money to treat their children. This wouldn’t be a big deal, as treatment is of utmost importance, but Tang Qing doesn’t appreciate his kindness being exploited to one’s advantage.
Given the meager funds the foundation has, it cannot endure such turmoil.
There simply isn’t enough money in the foundation for this kind of endeavor.
Shortly thereafter.
Tang Qing entered the command room.
"Tang Yi, get in touch with them. I want a direct call." Tang Qing stood with his hands behind his back, looking serious.
"Yes, Commander."
Ten minutes later.
The communication was connected.
The director and his subordinates quietly listened as this person, speculated to be the leader of the organization, contacted them. They didn’t know what was going on, but they knew it couldn’t be anything trivial.
Their hearts were naturally a bit anxious.
At this point.
A familiar, modified voice rang out, "Gentlemen, there are two reasons why I contacted you today related to the Little Angels Charity Foundation."
"Please go ahead sir," the director responded promptly.
Tang Qing composed his thoughts and said, "This is the situation. During this period, the foundation has helped many orphans recuperate from illness, hired caregivers, and paid for nutritional and future medical expenses. This heavily depleted the foundation’s funds.
I have two ideas in mind. The first one is for the foundation to borrow 50 billion RMB from the state to pay for the treatment of orphans. You can be reassured that our credit serves as collateral. Considering the trade volume over this period, I believe our credit is worth at least 50 billion RMB."
"Sir, we need to consult higher authorities on this matter," the director immediately responded. He wasn’t shocked by the figure of 50 billion RMB, and didn’t doubt whether their credit was worth such an amount. The question of trustworthiness didn’t even need to be considered.
It was surely worth it.
Over this trading period, there were a large number of foreign science and technology theft tasks. The total funds spent on these research materials by foreign parties already exceeded 10 billion USD. The intangible gains were far more than 10 billion. It wasn’t necessary for him to question it.
"Great. That’s the first issue. The second one came to my attention when I saw the news. There was a child’s mother who decided to commit suicide so her child would meet the foundation’s requirements for treatment. But the principle of our foundation won’t change. We provide free help to orphans. However, it’s a little troublesome when a child has parents.
If we open this can of worms, it means that the Little Angels Charity Foundation will be responsible for all the seriously ill children in the country. This isn’t possible as even a few trillion RMB might not be enough to last for a certain length of time. So, I have another proposal.
We can allow children with parents to apply for national loans. The foundation will act as the guarantor, and we will handle the audit work. However, this arrangement would only apply to those with designated major diseases and be capped at 18 years old."
Tang Qing could only strive for this much.
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