She couldn't wait for Yu Wei's news. It seemed she had to go to the gallery he managed here to see what had happened.
But it was still the New Year period, and she didn't know how to get away from the Xie family.
She just found an excuse, saying that some old friends from the entertainment industry were having a reunion for the New Year, and asked Xie Qining to hold the baby for a day.
Mother Xie had also seen how hard Sasha had worked these past few days, so she agreed to let Xie Qining take the baby to socialize with relatives and friends.
The next day, Sasha was finally free from dealing with the Xie family. She went to the gallery that Yu Wei mainly managed and found that the door was sealed. Something must have happened.
She didn't understand why the gallery was sealed. There shouldn't be any financial disputes.
Could it be that Yu Wei was also doing shady business in Lancheng? Besides this possibility, she couldn't think of anything else.
She inquired around and found that Yu Wei had indeed been taken away by the police, and some paintings from the gallery were confiscated when he was arrested.
However, people in the surrounding shops didn't know what kind of paintings were confiscated. It was nighttime, and the paintings taken away by the police were all wrapped.
Sasha managed to find the phone number of an employee at the gallery and contacted him, asking him to meet her.
After some questioning, the employee stammered out the truth. The gallery initially dealt in legitimate calligraphy and painting sales.
Later, Yu Wei's clients abroad knew he had developed in Lancheng, so they introduced him to some clients in Lancheng who had demand.
Yu Wei found that wealthy people in Lancheng were willing to pay even higher prices for those paintings than those abroad. Thinking that there was money to be made, he transported some existing paintings from abroad.
But the clients here were not satisfied with Western beauties; they also wanted Eastern beauties. Yu Wei found several models in Lancheng through heavy bribes or deception.
In any case, his business in Lancheng had been quite prosperous during this period.
After Yu Wei was arrested, most of the gallery employees were summoned for questioning. As for Yu Wei's situation in the police station, the employees were also unaware.
Besides, everyone was trying to distance themselves and clear their names, so who would dare to inquire?
Sasha clenched her fist, her heart burning with anger, and knocked on the table in front of her.
She had previously reminded Yu Wei that he must conduct legitimate business here and not give anyone a handle. Except for the Sophie incident, which she had permitted, she was completely unaware of anything else.
The employee, after receiving the money from Sasha, thought of something else and said, "When I was interrogated at the police station, I heard a police officer say that Mr. Yu had hired a lawyer and was talking about bail. If you want to inquire about his specific situation inside, you can find the lawyer he hired."
Sasha said "okay" and let the person leave.
Sitting alone in the coffee shop, she wanted to sort things out.
There were only a few well-known law firms in Lancheng, so it wouldn't be difficult to find out which lawyer he had hired.
Regardless of whether he would be convicted in the end, he probably wouldn't be able to leave Lancheng anytime soon.
If this was the case, who would manage the affairs abroad? She hadn't expected Yu Wei to make such a mistake.
Now it seemed she had to personally go abroad to arrange some matters, but how could she find a suitable reason to leave Lancheng and the Xie family for a while?
For now, she could only increase the salaries of the employees there and let them continue operating as they were.
After the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Sasha learned that Yu Wei had hired a lawyer to arrange for bail, but it happened to coincide with the New Year.
The police station used this as an excuse, saying that Yu Wei's lawyer should wait until after the Spring Festival public holiday to handle the bail procedures.
So, theoretically, Yu Wei would be released on bail tomorrow.
On the eighth day, Sasha received a call from Yu Wei without any surprise. She was about to scold him.
He spoke first, "Sasha, don't worry, I've consulted. The police can't send me to jail because of the paintings. At most, I'll be detained for a few days. The most troublesome thing now is that the samples of the pills I brought were confiscated by the police. I'm afraid they'll investigate the source of these pills..."
"What? How did you handle things? Why did you bring the pills!" Sasha felt this was even more serious.
When she went abroad to inherit the remaining possessions of Yang Sijie, she discovered some drug research reports and formulas.
She knew they were left by the biopharmaceutical company that Yang Sijie had once managed. Several drugs were in the experimental stage.
She also knew that this high-tech industry was one of Yang Sijie's most profitable companies at the time. As long as a new drug was successfully developed and launched, the entire group's market value would double.
To revive Yang Sijie's former multinational group, she probably had to restore this part of the company first.
She found a former researcher from this biopharmaceutical company and had him look at these reports and formulas.
After reviewing them, the other party told her that these were all failed drugs and formulas, unsuitable for further research or application for official listing.
However, after hearing the reasons for the failure of each drug from the other party, she discovered that one or two of the drugs, although they couldn't treat diseases, could be made into hallucinogenic drugs. The cost was very low, and the hallucinogenic effect would be better than those on the black market.
She needed to quickly accumulate a large amount of capital, and this was a shortcut.
So, she hired employees from the original biopharmaceutical company who were willing to take risks with her and put Yu Wei in charge of operating this matter abroad.
To put it bluntly, the company abroad was registered under Yu Wei's name, and on the surface, it had nothing to do with her.
Yu Wei gritted his teeth and said, "I'm sorry. I wanted to see if I could open up sales channels in Lancheng. If anything happens, I'll bear it all and never implicate you."
Sasha rubbed her temples. What she cared about was not this, but that the pharmaceutical company she had painstakingly built over the past two years would be ruined again, making it even harder to revive Yang Sijie's group in the future.
"It's not that bad yet," Sasha said. "You should quickly tell the people over there to halt all production of the pills and move the laboratory to a more secluded location. I hope the police here won't find out about it."
"Okay, I understand," Yu Wei paused and said, "I was careless this time. I was originally going to end all business here, but I didn't expect the police to impersonate one of my clients. It seems someone betrayed me."
Sasha said angrily, "What's the use of saying these things? Gu Susu probably did this. I remember she has friends who are police officers, and she was originally very close to Mr. Yang. Later, this police officer also betrayed Mr. Yang and dealt with him together with Gu Susu."
Yu Wei felt her analysis was reasonable. He had underestimated that woman, Gu Susu.
Sasha added, "You met Gu Susu twice since you returned this time. It must have been when you met that you revealed a flaw, and that's why she came up with this move."
"So this woman is so capable," Yu Wei exclaimed.
Sasha said with a laugh, "What do you think? Otherwise, how could someone as capable as Mr. Yang have been played by her?"
"You're right, I was wrong. I'll be extra careful in the future."