On the morning of January 14, 1994, Wu Yunyan, vice president of the Nanjing Intermediate People's Court, and Shen Weiya, vice president of the Criminal Trial Division, walked into Room 2 of the No. 2 Prison District and the Second Sub-Prison District of Nanjing Prison in Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province.
Inside the room was a middle-aged man who looked polite but was actually a death row inmate. He was intently studying a dictionary and taking notes in a small notebook from time to time, unaware of the arrival of the two men.
When Vice President Wu Yunyan's coughing voice broke the original silence, he cleared his throat and said, "The verdict of the Supreme People's Court has come out. Then he handed the man a copy of the verdict.
The man clenched the verdict with both hands, his eyes filled with tears, and after a while, he closed his eyes, choked up and said two words: "Thank you!" "This verdict completely changed the fate of this death row inmate, or more precisely, his own efforts.
His case was reversed. So, what felony did this man commit that would be sentenced to death? What did he do to get his sentence commuted?
Zhong Kailong, the counterattack from a poor boy to a millionaire. In 1966, he was born in a poor family in Huangshi Township, Rugao County, Jiangsu Province, to simple peasant parents, and the family life was very difficult.
Despite this, Zhong Kailong's birth brought new hope to the family. He had three older sisters above him, and at that time he was conservative and patriarchal.
Zhong Kailong's parents have always dreamed of having a boy, and they had no choice but to give birth to three girls, and now they are finally looking forward to a boy and attach great importance to Zhong Kailong.
Despite the poverty of the family, in order to celebrate the noble son, Zhong Kailong's parents carefully arranged several tables of banquets. During the banquet, an old intellectual, who stayed in the countryside, saw the infant child and couldn't help blurting out: "This son is extraordinary, like a dragon elephant, it is better to call it a dragon!"
It will be a great thing in the future! Hearing the praise of the old intellectual, Zhong Kailong's parents were ecstatic, although they had no culture, but when they heard the old intellectuals praise the child like this, they borrowed the auspicious words of the old intellectuals and named the child Zhong Kailong.
Zhong Kailong's parents were frugal enough to provide for him to study, and he was also very smart, and his academic performance was always among the best.
Zhong Kailong, eighteen years old, he has clear eyebrows, is 1.8 meters tall, and looks dignified. His appearance and demeanor were often appreciated and made his parents proud.
In 1984, he was successfully admitted to the Foreign Trade School in Nanjing, and for him from the countryside, it was an extremely beautiful dream to be able to go to school in the provincial capital. On the day he received the admission letter, the entire Zhong family was filled with a festive atmosphere, and his success made the family feel glorious and became the hope of the Zhong family.
In the early days of his studies in the provincial capital, he did not relax himself, he knew that his background was not good, and if he wanted to succeed, he had to put in more effort than others.
Although Zhong Kailong was immersed in the sea of literature at first, his dream was to become a writer and he loved reading since he was a child, but due to family conditions, he could not have as many extracurricular books as other children.
Now, with plenty of time to read widely and the school library open for free, he began to devote himself to the world of literature, even trying to create his own works**.
However, despite being spiritually satisfied, reality told him that he had to focus on his studies. Due to distraction from studying, Zhong Kailong failed in the final exam and was forced to repeat a grade.
It is precisely because of this repetition that Zhong Kailong's life trajectory has changed completely, and he should have been assigned to the finance and accounting department, but because of his repeating resume, he was assigned to other positions.
After graduating in October 1987, Zhong Kailong was fortunate to join the Jiangsu Branch of China National Chemical Import and Export Corporation as a biller for packaging samples. At that time, young people in their early twenties were able to work in formal units, especially in import and export companies, which could be called young and promising, and the whole family felt that their faces were bright.
After returning to his hometown, Zhong Kailong has indeed become the pride of his parents. However, only he knows that although he sounds like a good reputation on the outside, he actually plays a dispensable role in the company.
In a large provincial foreign trade company, his resume is not excellent, and it can even be said to be very ordinary, because capable and excellent people grasp a lot of them. At one time, Zhong Kailong felt like an "ugly duckling" and was not favored by the leaders.
Undeterred by the questioning gaze, Zhong Kailong is inspired to become the best person to repay his parents. It just so happened that on this day, he discovered a way to make money.
After lunch, when he passed by the warehouse, he saw the section chief sneakily whispering to someone. Soon after, the man took out a wad of cash and sneaked it into the chief's pocket, who patted his chest with a smile as if to guarantee something.
It didn't take long for a van to drive out of the warehouse. Zhong Kailong guessed after a little thought, the section chief must be selling the goods to related households privately in order to make personal gains.
Zhong Kailong's company has a chaotic system, full of loopholes in cargo supervision, and there are many problems in the document system. When he saw the wad of money, a trace of sin grew in his heart.
Although he knew that such behavior could lead to him losing his job or even being imprisoned for life, he was still attracted to the huge benefits. Xia, the elder brother of his classmate in foreign trade school, took a fancy to his power and got in touch with him through the relationship of his classmate.
Zhong Kailong once lost his way, but in the face of an opportunity, he fell into the whirlpool of desire. Xia, his old classmate, asked him to help open the transfer documents of the warehouse privately.
Although Zhong Kailong politely refused, Xia took out a wad of money, hoping that he could "make it convenient". For Zhong Kailong, who is from the countryside, this money is too big for him to resist.
At this moment, Zhong Kailong's reason was swallowed up by desire, and he agreed to Xia's request.
The investment of 5,000 yuan allowed Zhong Kailong to embark on the path of sin and become a slave of desire. It took him only 3 years to grow that money into a multimillionaire fortune of millions of dollars.
Despite his wealth at a young age, he kept a low profile and never made a big deal out of it. He also has a clear plan for how to spend this wealth, and he will never buy luxury goods that are too eye-catching.
Zhong Kailong was thoughtful and good at planning, spending most of his money on the purchase of government bonds, and setting aside some of the funds for family subsidies, and instead of sending money directly to his family, he chose to buy items needed by the family from time to time.
In addition, he invested part of his money in his personal hobbies, buying a large number of literary books to pursue his long-lost literary dream. In addition to literature, Zhong Kailong is also deeply interested in photography and **, and does not hesitate to spend more than 7,000 yuan to buy a brand-name camera, and also spend more than 10,000 yuan to buy a set of brand-name audio to enjoy a high-quality life.
Zhong Kailong has a clear mind and a good plan, and he is ready to go back, printing multiple business cards with different titles printed in case the matter is revealed, claiming that the money comes from his side hustle income.
Despite all the details he had planned in detail, Zhong Kailong was so worried that he often had trouble sleeping late at night, and when he went out, he was always afraid to see a group of police officers waiting for him to be caught.
However, even if everything was arranged perfectly, Zhong Kailong's criminal behavior was revealed. He never expected that his mistake would come from"Love"。
Zhong Kailong has a stable couple, and they are about to enter the palace of marriage. However, a small quarrel strained the relationship between the two, and Zhong Kailong felt that his girlfriend was unreasonable, and even proposed to break up.
His girlfriend knew a little about Zhong Kailong's criminal behavior, and she knew that these were all illegal activities. So, his girlfriend threatened Zhong Kailong with this: "Don't think I don't know where your money came from, if you don't marry me, I'll denounce you!" ”
Zhong Kailong's face was pale, and he was stimulated by his girlfriend's words as if he was being grabbed by the neck, and endless depression surged in his heart. He gritted his teeth and responded: "If you have a kind, just do it, I'd rather go to jail than marry you!" ”
He thought that this sentence would shatter his girlfriend's illusions about them, but he didn't expect his girlfriend to really send him to the police station. October 12, 1990 was an unforgettable day for Zhong Kailong, who had fantasized countless times about the scene being staged in reality, he was handcuffed heavily, and what awaited him would be the severe punishment of the law.
Afterwards, according to Zhong Kailong's own account, when he heard his girlfriend's words, he was actually aware of the danger and thought about escaping, but the guilt that had accumulated in his heart for a long time made him dispel this idea.
On February 24, the Nanjing Intermediate People's Court in Jiangsu Province openly tried a case of job-related crimes. The results of the trial showed that during his tenure, Zhong Kailong used the name of supplying to the branch to privately open a material transfer order and privately sell inventory materials, including high-pressure polyethylene, low-pressure polyethylene, polypropylene scraps and cold-rolled sheets, with a total value of RMB 113444362 yuan.
It was finally verified, suspected of misappropriation, and illegally profited RMB 101584862 yuan, at the same time**5000 yuan.
Zhong Kailong was sentenced to death for serious violations of the law and deprived of political rights for life, and was sentenced to four years in prison for his ** crime. This case has attracted widespread attention because of its huge amount of money and its impact on the whole company and even the whole province.
After learning of the death sentence, Zhong Kailong was shocked and helpless, he originally thought that he would only be in prison for a few years at most, but he did not expect that the matter would be so serious. Employees across the company were also shocked.
Subsequently, Zhong Kailong was sent to a detention center for detention, and his heart was filled with the fear of death. Although he was lucky, he decided to appeal.
In August 1992, Zhong Kailong's fate changed when the detainees in Room 2 were sent to prison and released, and he was transferred to this chaotic, magazine-filled place.
Although Zhong Kailong loves literature, he has no time to calm down and read at this time. He was immersed in his own thoughts, and the recurring image in his mind was of him kneeling on the ground, his life ending with a single gunshot.
In order to dispel this kind of nonsense, he picked up a magazine casually, and the cover of the "Youth Expo" caught his attention, which is a magazine that introduces cutting-edge information in the industry.
Zhong Kailong casually browsed through an article about a Shanghainese student named Du Bingchan who invented a computer Chinese holographic code. The emergence of this code has greatly improved the efficiency of typing Chinese characters on the computer, usually a Chinese character needs to be typed five times on the keyboard, but Du Bingchan's invention only needs to be typed four times.
Although Zhong Kailong is interested in coding theory and has studied the BA-SIC language in school, he unfortunately only used the computer once. The report sparked his contemplation and led to a bold idea: perhaps the four-spell could be further simplified into a three-spell, which would usher in a new historical era.
Zhong Kailong realized that his life was coming to an end, and even though he had appealed, he knew that there was little hope of being spared the death penalty. In this way, he wants to relieve negative emotions and stop being afraid of death.
However, the conditions in the detention center were harsh, and his ideas were not supported by the correctional staff. In addition, he also needs to wear handcuffs and shackles, and has limited mobility, which gives him a lot of resistance to studying holographic codes.
However, these difficulties did not make him give up. He was engrossed in his research, and even while eating, all he thought about was holograms. He reached a state of selflessness, and this was the first time he had experienced this wonderful feeling, and he felt a great sense of accomplishment.
He holds a dictionary and studies holographic codes every day, which makes him seem a little "weird" among other detainees, and some people even ridicule him: "You are about to be executed, and you have the leisure to study these things, and you have a brain problem!" ”
Zhong Kailong was not afraid of the suspicion of the outside world, and devoted himself to the study of holographic codes, and some people even mistakenly thought that he was a good student who loved to learn. Soon, the arrival of a fellow inmate gave him hope.
This cellmate used to be a software developer, and after seeing Zhong Kailong studying holographic codes, he instructed him on how to reduce the repetition rate to improve the success rate. Hearing the news that his sentence might be commuted, Zhong Kailong jumped up from the ground in excitement, grabbed his cellmate's arm tightly, as if grasping a life-saving straw, and eagerly asked if his sentence could really be commuted.
The man smiled: "We have never met, there is no injustice and no enmity, it is not beneficial for me to deceive you, but you must complete the task first, and it is not easy to reduce the sentence." After getting the consent of the other party, Zhong Kailong worked hard day and night, devoted himself to the study of holographic codes, and focused on this one goal every day.
In fact, Zhong Kailong is very smart, and if he hadn't gone astray, he would have been able to achieve great things. He completed the 200-page invention report in just two months, and that night he couldn't sleep with excitement.
On 11 December 1992, the Jiangsu Provincial High People's Court upheld the original verdict and sentenced him to death.
Mr. Zhong Kailong took immediate action and submitted the complaint and the invention to the Supreme People's Court. Although his busy life made him full, at this moment he felt that his life was blank, and the fear in his heart hit again.
He wasn't sure if the sentence awaited him would be a change or a tougher test. For the next seven months, Zhong Kailong suffered so much that when he met the judges of the Supreme People's Court, he thought his life was coming to an end, but the judges simply investigated the details of the case and the process of invention, and then left.
From that day on, people often came to him to understand the situation, and every time the door was opened, he felt frightened and even began to become nervous.
His fellow inmates kindly reminded him that there were five major cases involving more than one million dollars in the country, and four people had already been sentenced to death, and he might not live long. Zhong Kailong still firmly believes in the justice of the law, and he believes that major meritorious service can reduce his sentence.
His persistence was finally rewarded, and on January 14, 1994, Wu Yunyan, vice president of the Nanjing Intermediate People's Court, and Shen Weiya, vice president of the Criminal Trial Division, sent him the verdict of the Supreme People's Court.
The judgment found that his three-spelling Chinese holographic code scheme was innovative, practical and had the possibility of influencing high and new technology, and had inventive value. As a result, his death sentence was commuted to a suspended death sentence.
Zhong Kailong, the first condemned prisoner in Chinese history to be treated leniently for his invention during his detention, breathed a long sigh of relief at the moment, and two lines of tears slipped from the corners of his eyes.
He closed his eyes tightly and was silent for a long time before he slowly spoke, bowed deeply to the two court leaders, and sincerely said "thank you". His invention created a precedent for Chinese holographic codes, and also made him a pioneer in history.
Since then, he has developed five invention patents, including a graduated belt, a toilet deodorization device, an electric nail grinding and grinding device, a bicycle cooling seat cushion (air mounted type) and a bicycle cooling seat cushion (air bar type).
After being imprisoned for a crime, Chung's performance in prison led to a commutation of his sentence to 20 years in 1996, but in 1997 and 1999, his sentence was commuted to a total of four and a half years.
Today, Zhong Kailong is over 30 years old, and his life experience has made him deeply understand the meaning of life. His story warns us that we should never have the illusion of getting something for nothing, and do not stretch out your hand, or you will be caught.
At the same time, there should not be only one path in life, maybe one path will not work, but the other path may be more suitable for you, just like Zhong Kailong, who never thought that he would become an "inventor".
Overall, Zhong Kailong's experience reminds us to cherish life, not to give up easily, and at the same time to have the courage to try new paths.
The setbacks and difficulties in life are often opportunities for us to grow, and only by going through the tribulations can we better understand the meaning of life and better pursue our dreams.