Matthew Lee's secret trick, Cheng Ye was still unsure about whether it would work.

But trying it out didn't involve much effort, and if it really worked, this trick would become his in the future.

Even though he didn't expect to continue as an inspector in Happiness City and pass it on to a son in the future.

At least, when faced with a situation of releasing prisoners, he would have an immediate countermeasure.

"Alright, please wait a moment, sir."

Raven, although unclear about the reason, quickly found the corresponding slips as Cheng Ye requested.

It started with one group.

Cheng Ye picked up the five slips with the highest bids, glanced over them, and couldn't help but click his tongue.

1700, 1450, 1300, 1300, 1250.

Bear in mind, the Happiness Coin left to him by Cheng Long, a Fifth-stage Inspector, was just over 5000 in total.

Yet these people could easily offer more than 1000 just for the deposit, quite generous indeed.

Of course, it was because the deposit would be returned in the end, which meant the actual expenditure was only around 80 coins.

If they really had to forfeit 100%, these people probably could only muster a few hundred coins at most.

And the five lowest bids.

140, 70, 50, 50, 30.

Among them, the highest was ten times lower, and the lowest almost fifty times less.

The second and third groups had similar amounts.

The average for the highest group was 1500, while the lowest group was between 50-200.

As for the fourth group, it did surprise Cheng Ye.

The highest bidder had already reached 2200, was it a god of wealth locked inside?

"Sir, they were also frightened by Inspector Polk, which is why they bid so high."

Raven quickly explained seeing Cheng Ye's confusion.

"The one who bid 2200 came to me three times to change his bid, initially his bid was only 1200, added 500 each time, and even tried to bribe me to find out if his bid was in the top ten."

My goodness.

Not to mention how effective Matthew Lee's trick was, just the current 5% deposit.

Considering releasing 20 people, it could bring him almost 800 coins in income.

That money was burning hot!

No wonder Matthew Lee advised him at the end not to keep it, but directly report it to the station.

Otherwise, if everyone did this, accumulating tens of thousands of coins in a couple of months wouldn't be an issue.

"Is the venue set up?"

"The main battle area is already set up, the isolation viewing area you requested is still being arranged, but should be ready soon."

"Alright, first bring in groups one and two for questioning, groups three and four wait."

Cheng Ye waved his hand, "Pair the highest bidder from group one and the lowest from group two into the main battle area, the rest into the isolation viewing area."

"By the way, allow them to discuss bids, you can even guide them, understand what I mean?"

"Uh... Sir means..."

Raven was puzzled for a while, eventually scratched his head and asked, "Can you give me a hint, sir?"

"Sure."

Cheng Ye nodded with a smile, "Aren't the five highest bidders the ones who most want to leave among everyone?"

"Yes!"

Raven nodded, "Willing to offer such a high price naturally means they want to return quickly."

"And the five lowest bidders, do they not feel like they can return?"

"Yes!"

Raven nodded again, "I observed these people, they truly couldn't offer more, so they just filled in the highest number within their capacity, without any hope."

"Now, if I let the highest and lowest bidders become a group, probing each other for loopholes, and only one can leave in the end, what do you think their reaction will be?"

"Huh?"

Raven was taken aback for a bit, then widened his eyes, "What if neither of them has a loophole?"

"Then they both leave, aren't there 18 others listening? Tell them, if they can find loopholes in these two's words, they can be the next to go up."

"Ultimately, only 10 out of the 20 can leave, and it stops when they're done."

"Huh?"

Raven was stunned again, thought for two or three minutes.

"So in the end, only 10 can leave?"

"Yes, but I said 10 from groups 1 and 2 can leave, I didn't say the rest would be eliminated, weren't there just 10 left to match with group 3?"

Cheng Ye said with a smile.

Raven instinctively shivered, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Having the inspector interrogate each one was too troublesome, especially when screening dozens at once.

Instead, it was better to follow "whether they have money or not, going home for New Year," to filter out those most eager to return home.

Then use the strategy of 'showing wisdom, eagle catches chicks,' let two chicks confront each other on stage, while other eagles sat below finding loopholes.

Allowing 38 people eager to return home to undergo a public trial all at once, if they could still pass without detection, the infected body's intelligence would be practically invincible.

Even if kept in the isolation chambers, it'd be impossible to detonate before the isolation period ended.

"Do you understand now?"

"Got it!" Raven gritted his teeth and agreed, his gaze toward Cheng Ye inevitably a bit complicated.

"Don't look at me like that, the neighboring inspector taught me, just trying out its effect first."

Cheng Ye deflected the blame, he didn't want to leave any impression of being 'adept at scheming'.

This had no benefit to an inspector's career development.

Those too adept at tactics would inevitably be isolated at the workplace, no one wanted to work closely with a schemer.

Cheng Ye knew well, Matthew Lee was willing to teach him this because, first, his own reputation as a "seasoned guy" was already well-known, he no longer cared about labels.

Secondly, maybe it was to gain some presence?

Some things Matthew Lee couldn't do due to his identity, but having him, an intern inspector, execute was just right.

Especially now, during a critical time for positioning, without showing some real skills, he feared he'd be underestimated.

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