The crackdown on organized crime began with the arrest of the mother-in-law.

Chapter 784 Cooperation and Win-Win, Target 4Hai Group

Qin Chuan already knew everything about Tang Haorui when he met him.

Tang Haorui returned from abroad, and his real target in China was the Sihai Group.

Over the years, Sihai Group has undergone extensive legal transformation, but in reality, it still operates in many gray industries, which are not the same as ordinary crimes.

Tang Zhentian started as a lowly coal mine safety officer. He earned his first fortune after a coal mine accident. After making his first million, he left the mine and started his own business empire.

In reality, that incident had little to do with Tang Zhentian. As the mine's safety officer at the time, he was required to investigate and report the accident according to normal procedures. However, since the coal mine he worked at was privately owned, the case was covered up, the accident wasn't reported, and those involved naturally received some compensation.

Tang Zhentian, as the specialist in charge of security, received the most compensation, amounting to 100 million yuan.

However, Tang Zhentian was also very smart. He knew that this was not a long-term solution, so he gradually left the mine.

It was because of this 100 million that Tang Zhentian was able to run a hotel after leaving the mine. The business was booming, and he amassed a fortune of tens of millions in just two years.

Using this money, Tang Zhentian got to know many influential figures in the market and entered the real estate industry.

Ten or twenty years ago, the entry standards for real estate companies were not as high as they are now. Back then, having several million or even tens of millions of yuan was enough to enter the real estate industry.

Although these funds were not enough to build a new residential community, the leverage of loans was relatively high at that time. Ten or twenty million could easily be leveraged to raise one or two hundred million.

Furthermore, the location of the land Tang Zhentian acquired was quite good. At that time, the real estate industry was just starting out and booming, so after entering the market with his first real estate project, Tang Zhentian can be said to have firmly established the foundation of the Sihai Group. That single residential project brought in 4 million yuan in profit.

Afterwards, Tang Zhentian gathered a group of friends he had met in the mines before. When the residential area was being built, they were responsible for handling some of the demolition and relocation matters. Gradually, the Sihai Group began to take shape.

The criminal activities of Sihai Group mainly focus on its real estate companies, which are currently managed by Tang Haorui's brother, Tang Haobing.

As for other business operations, such as hotels, things are relatively better. There's deep collusion between some energy companies and officials, involving a lot of bribery, but relatively speaking, there are fewer cases of infringement on the interests of ordinary people.

The main problem within the Sihai Group lies in its real estate businesses.

They rely on their connections in the city to acquire the best land in the entire Nanchuan City, but they use methods such as bidding with low prices, controlling costs, and malicious demolition.

During this process, there were also instances of forced buying and selling. In short, they maximized their profits while harming multiple parties, especially ordinary people who paid higher prices but did not receive corresponding quality service. Therefore, after Sihai Group sold its properties, there was essentially no after-sales service.

In the past, if anyone caused trouble, Sihai Group would step in and settle things, either by beating them up or even killing them. This happened 12 years ago.

A family of three purchased a property developed by Sihai Group, only to discover upon moving in that their apartment was next to the building's entire building's blower room. In reality, the room was intended as a machine room to house equipment and shouldn't have been sold. However, the sales office sold the apartment anyway.

Later, the family of three filed lawsuits everywhere.

The result is no result.

The grass on the grave is several meters tall.

Qin Chuan faces significant difficulties and obstacles in taking action against the Sihai Group.

The Sihai Group is different from the drug lord Qin Chuan just took down, and it also has the underground smuggling forces of the Li family.

Although Li Jianguo was the Party Secretary of the Chengbei New District, a figure within the system, and held a high position of power, he did indeed participate in explicit crimes.

Therefore, after taking down the other party, there was no excessive reaction, and no one caused trouble for Qin Chuan. Moreover, some of the criminal clues about Li Jianguo were provided by the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, although this was orchestrated by Qin Chuan, but others were unaware of it.

Needless to say, the three major drug lords are untouchable. Once solid evidence of their crimes is presented, no one dares to speak up for them. Moreover, in reality, no one dares to do business with them or act as their protector.

Li Jianguo bribed and corrupted some people at the border while engaging in smuggling, but the three major drug lords dared not openly smuggle drugs through border crossings, nor could they bribe relevant personnel, and the relevant personnel dared not accept their money.

After all, if it's just ordinary bribery, at most it'll result in being expelled from the Party and dismissed from public office, and serving a few years in prison. But if it's related to drugs, that's a matter of life and death.

However, Sihai Group is different. The cases involving Sihai Group's involvement in organized crime are relatively secretive, and the cases are numerous but small.

These cases are not easy to investigate. Even before Qin Chuan made a move, the Sihai Group might have already erased the relevant clues. Moreover, as one of the more well-known private enterprises in Nanchuan, the Sihai Group wields considerable influence in the city.

Nanchang is not Linzhou. Back in Linzhou, Qin Chuan could act decisively and aggressively because he had powerful backers; he didn't need to worry about the complex social relationships in Linzhou. Everyone who saw his connections had to step back.

But things are different in Nanchuan City. The complex relationships there make it incredibly difficult to take action against the Sihai Group unless you have solid evidence. And Qin Chuan currently only has clues, not any real evidence.

The massacre of the entire family had unexpectedly implicated people from the Sihai Group, which Qin Chuan saw as a crucial opportunity to bring down the Sihai Group.

Qin Chuan's initial plan was: if Tang Haorui was indeed the suspect behind the crime, then he would start by targeting Tang Haorui to thoroughly investigate the entire Sihai Group.

As a result, after meeting Tang Haorui, Qin Chuan discovered that although the man had committed many crimes abroad, he had not done anything bad after arriving in China.

Therefore, Qin Chuan needed to change his approach.

Those who could frame Tang Haorui are basically his brothers. Therefore, Qin Chuan's current plan is to join forces with Tang Haorui. What the other side wants is the money from the Sihai Group, while Qin Chuan wants to bring the Sihai Group's criminal elements to justice.

Therefore, from this perspective, cooperation is possible.