On October 21, 2015, Shi Erqun, a well-known local real estate owner in Zhumadian, Henan Province, was taken away by a group of police officers who were pressed to the ground.
A week later, the police held a press conference on the "1999.12.5" extraordinarily large gun robbery of the bank. In the police introduction, a case that has been sealed for 16 years is once again presented to the people.
What many people did not expect was that one of the suspects in this robbery would actually be Shi Erqun. This is a well-known local real estate tycoon, with many companies under his name and a net worth of over 100 million. Why would such a person rob? All of this began in 1980.
1. Contract foreman
In 1980, Shi Erqun came to Zhengzhou to work.
He didn't have much culture, and at first he could only do some manual work. Fortunately, he had a fellow countryman with him and learned the craft of a bricklayer.
Relying on this craft, it is also mixed with food and clothing. In those years, just after the reform and opening up, the economic development was very fast, and the high-rise buildings in various places rose on the ground, and Shi Erqun, who had always had a flexible head, felt that this was an opportunity, so he decided to go it alone and do the contract foreman. So he pulled out a team of contractors from his hometown.
Originally thinking that he could live a good life from now on, who knew that reality gave him a heavy blow.
At that time, the contractor officers almost all paid attention to the word human feelings, and they had to have a relationship. Where does a young man from the countryside pull the relationship from? It doesn't matter, there are fewer projects to undertake. Most importantly, it doesn't matter that there is no deterrent, and no one is afraid of him. Over time, the pulled-up team gradually dispersed.
Partial life has repeatedly hit him, obviously there are not many projects in his hands, and those small projects that have been received will not return the project funds. The workers followed the contractor foremen for nothing more than two things — money and work.
Shi Erqun didn't occupy these two things, and many fellow villagers muttered that they wouldn't do it. In this case, Shi Erqun decided to take a desperate risk.
Already full of anger, he decided to give the bosses who were in arrears with the project a little color. So he planned to buy a gun, in addition to scaring the bosses, but also to "ask for a good account."
Whoever ever thought that the gun was not bought, but was blackmailed by the person who "bought the gun". Buying a gun is illegal, and even if he is blackmailed, he can only pinch his nose and admit it. So two hundred thousand were put in. It also includes more than 100,000 borrowed from relatives.
Already overwhelmed by life, it is now even worse. With no culture, no connections, and a lot of money owed, Shi Erqun didn't know what to do next. Is it to continue to live honestly and honestly, or to take risks and do big tickets?
Eventually, he had the idea of robbing.
Since 1997, Shi Erqun has begun to prepare. This time, he first entrusted people to buy five modified pistols through "reliable channels", and then stepped on the point and designed an escape route.
For two years, he was almost preparing for it. Don't look at how many books he has not read, but he is very meticulous in his work. Shi Erqun knew that whether it was buying a gun or robbing, it was illegal. Since you have decided to take the risk, you must be foolproof. Therefore, just stepping on the point and designing the escape route, he repeated the experiment again and again.
In addition to these, he conducted field surveys of the banks to be robbed, measuring the thickness of the bank's glass. When everything was safe, Shi Erqun called together his fellow villagers who had worked before and told them to do a big job - robbing the bank.
2. Committing robbery
"Rob a bank? This doesn't work! ”
Before Shi Erqun could finish speaking, the four fellow villagers refused in unison. Don't talk about robbing banks, they are even afraid of blocking the road and robbing. Once Caught afterwards, it was a big deal to go to jail!
Looking at several fellow villagers shaking their heads one after another, Shi Erqun also retreated. But thinking of making preparations for so long, I was a little unwilling in my heart: "It's not robbing the bank, it's black eating black!" ”
As soon as they heard "black eats black", several people suddenly became quiet. He continued: "Just grab the money collected from the wholesale market of Chinese Medicine City, not really rob the bank! ”
Several people were silent for a while and looked at Shi Erqun.
"Done!"
One person takes a stand, and the rest naturally agree to do it. On December 5, 1999, five people came to the wholesale market of Chinese Medicine City, and according to the division of labor, some people smashed glass and some people subdued security guards and staff. From smashing the counter, grabbing money, bagging, and escaping, the whole process took 2.08 million in less than five minutes.
Before the police arrived at the scene, several people disappeared.
The scene of the crime that year
Although the robbery was carried out smoothly, Shi Erqun ignored a key problem - there was monitoring in the market. As long as the police check the surveillance, several people have nowhere to escape. In fact, after the police received the report, they also checked the monitoring at the first time, but the monitoring system in that era was not perfect, and it was exactly the days when the bank surveillance camera was full and has been in a state of replacement.
As a result, the process of the robbery of the group was not recorded. A simple robbery becomes very complicated. Some investigative methods cannot be used, and can only be investigated step by step in accordance with the previous methods of solving cases, and there will be some delays in natural time.
After grabbing 2.08 million yuan, the five people in the Shi Er group divided the stolen money, and then fell silent. Shi Erqun, who divided 1.2 million alone, did not wantonly squander the money.
As a contractor in his early years, he understood that "money can make money." He didn't want to go home and build a house and buy a car like the other four, which would be squandered sooner or later. Since you have such a large amount of money, it is better to go into business. Thinking about it, Shi Erqun decided to go back to his old business.
He used to build houses for others, and now he wants others to build houses for him. Although the house price was not as exaggerated at that time, with more than one million original funds, it soon had some contacts in Zhumadian.
It's just that his luck has not been very good, he has not made money to build a house, and he has not made money to contract a fish pond. Since the robbery in 1999, instead of "money to make money", it has been used up a lot. This made him very depressed.
But at this moment, the former accomplices came to the door again and said that they wanted to do another vote.
This time, they decided to rob someone who had come out of the bank.
Who knew that this time was not so lucky as the last time, not only did the money not grab, but the two accomplices also took it. After this incident, Shi Erqun completely accepted his heart, and since then he has never thought of making a fortune by robbery.
Because he was also afraid, afraid that the police would suddenly come to the door. To this end, he also specially studied a set of escape routes, where to go, how to go, everything was planned. Who knew that after the two accomplices were arrested, the police did not come to the door, which made him relax a lot, and he thought about "making money".
It just so happened that house prices rose in the past few years, and Shi Erqun went around and returned to the old bank for the third time.
On June 16, 2006, he registered his first real estate company, Ji'andi Real Estate Company, and developed the first large-scale real estate project, Lelong Community. Although it is developed by a real estate company, Le'an Community is a real small property right house. The so-called small property rights house is also a conventional title.
According to the provisions of the state, "small property rights housing" can not confirm the right to issue certificates, is not protected by law, and the purchase contract will not be recorded in the Land and Housing Administration.
The reason why "small property rights housing" appears is related to the sudden rise in urban housing prices. Although there is no real estate certificate, but with the advantage of low price, there are still many people to buy.
After tasting the sweetness in the project of "Lelong Community", Shi Erqun has successively developed many "small property rights houses". In just a few years, he accumulated a large amount of original funds. After that, he developed some real estate projects with real estate deeds, and with a two-pronged approach, he became a well-known local real estate tycoon.
3. Be human
Shi Erqun became a real rich man.
In the Zhumadian business district, his reputation is also good, and many people call this person "generous and generous". In the eyes of many people, he is different from those "upstarts", and even many people advertise him as a "good person".
In his hometown, the villagers often said that "Shi Erqun is a good person who understands etiquette."
It turned out that after Shi Erqun made money, although he did not often return to his hometown, he also did a lot of things for his hometown. Build roads, send gifts and send money, every time you go back, you will always get off the bus at the head of the village, say hello and send cigarettes when you see people. Relying on these means, he fell into the title of "good man" in his hometown.
Even his friends in the business field often say, "This man is good and generous." It is precisely because of his personality that many people in the business community are willing to deal with him. In the words of a businessman with whom he had business for twenty years:
"Shi Erqun has a black face, is short and fat, but his popularity is excellent."
So he is just a folk critic? According to relevant information:
In 2009, at the district-wide project reward and punishment and national entrepreneurship conference held in Zhumadian Yicheng District, Shi Erqun was named "Model of Entrepreneurship for all" and later became the executive vice president of the Shuitun Chamber of Commerce.
This pile and piece by piece seems to indicate that Shi Erqun has "abandoned evil and followed good" and wants to be a good person.
However, this so-called popularity is only limited to those who he thinks have use value. As for those who have no use value, he does not have a good face.
At the beginning of the development of lelong community, Shi Erqun and the villager group where the community is located reached an agreement, agreeing that after the completion of the Lelong community, the corresponding façade house should be given to the villager group.
As a result, the community was built, but he was reluctant to give these facade houses. Even during the construction of the community, Shi Erqun forcibly demolished a facility that had been seized by the court. If that's all, it's nothing more than a businessman's style that is somewhat mercenary. But other things completely showed his ugly face.
In addition to the "small property rights house", there is also a large villa with five garages, built next to the original fire passage of Lelong Community. The construction of the villa is illegal as it occupies public areas such as the communal green belt of the community.
Although the house in Lelong Community is a "small property right house", the people who live in it at least spend money and enjoy certain rights and interests. Shi Erqun didn't care about this, but instead overbearingly rebuked those owners: "I don't want it, I can check out at any time." ”
Being domineering is the true face of his "hypocrisy". In addition to "hypocrisy", Shi Erqun also has a contempt for people - there are four women.
Stone two group villas
Almost everyone in Zhumadian's business community knew about it, not because he had four daughters, but because the four women were able to get along almost harmoniously and bore him 12 children.
Rich people always have a little hobby. Shi Erqun does not smoke, drink, or play cards, but has a special love for women. Since making money, he's not content with just having one woman. By the time of his arrest, there were four women known to the public. Speaking of which, these four women are also strange.
Normal people's homes, but whenever the husband has other women outside, the family will always be in trouble. And the Shi family not only did not make trouble, several women could sit with a kind person and talk and laugh.
4. Arrest and sentencing
Since robbing the bank in 1999, Shi Erqun has actually been worried.
Especially in the early years, he would even repeatedly confirm the escape route, and once there was a wind and grass, he would choose to slip away. With more and more money earned, and even in the government's name, slowly there is less vigilance. Until 2015.
At noon on October 21, 2015, Shi Erqun inspected the construction site as usual. Just after getting out of the Mercedes Benz, the police suddenly appeared and held it down.
Without struggling, he seemed calm.
"Now that I have been arrested, I will never recover, and it will be too late to regret it."
Ever since the robbery was committed, Shi Erqun knew that sooner or later there would be such a day. Skynet was restored, neglected but not leaked. He had been worried and afraid all these years, but when this day really came, everything was so calm. But when the news of his arrest came out, many people expressed disbelief.
Before he was arrested, Shi Erqun was already the vice chairman of the Federation of Industry and Commerce, the vice chairman of the county and district CPPCC committees, and a member of the Municipal CPPCC Committee, a real estate businessman worth more than 100 million yuan, and a person who had a name in the government, how could he be a robber?
"How could Shi Erqun be a robber?"
Many villagers in Shi Erqun's village shook their heads when they heard people inquire about this. Looking back at what Shi Erqun did for the village in those years, it was unbelievable.
This may mean that a good person does a good deed every day, and does not necessarily become a Buddha; the evil person does a good deed, but the merit is immeasurable.
If it is said that Shi Erqun relied on his hands to work hard for this great foundation little by little, returned to his hometown to do some good deeds, and was kind to people outside, he could also be called a "good person". But the reason why he has such a great achievement and accumulated so many industries depends on the 1.2 million original funds he snatched up.
Before that, Shi Erqun had done self-made things, and the results were all failures. In this way, the "1.2 million" from the robbery is very important.
Because of this, it is not worth regretting.
Recalling this major robbery case that caused a sensation in the whole country, it alarmed zhu Rongji, premier of the State Council. At that time, countless police and material resources were dispatched, and after 16 years, the five suspects in the major case were finally arrested.
In these countless days and nights, how many police officers have been sleepless all night, and how many people are looking forward to the arrest of the suspects. And Shi Erqun, with 1.2 million, went from a poor contractor to a well-known local real estate tycoon in Zhumadian. It is creation, it is destiny, but it is not the truth!
Since you chose the wrong path, you should be punished.
No matter how big Shi Erqun's cause is and how great its influence is, it is difficult to escape the word "jurisprudence." This is the real "Skynet recovery, omission without leakage!" ”