As someone in the funeral industry, Chen Miao naturally knew about public cemeteries. After taking over as director, he had also reviewed some of Tianmen Funeral Home's services, including those involving cemeteries.
Some public cemeteries were nonprofit, while others were commercial operations.
Longtang Town had two cemeteries. The one they were in was privately run.
A privately run cemetery naturally needed salespeople to bring in business. Most salespeople cultivated good relationships with funeral homes and Funeral Goods Shops in the surrounding towns.
Or perhaps partnerships would be a better word.
Generally, if a funeral home or Funeral Goods Shop brought a cemetery a customer, it would receive a commission.
But not every funeral home or Funeral Goods Shop helped drum up business.
Those that did not want to get too involved would simply contact a salesperson when they had a customer. Whether the customer ultimately bought a plot depended on the salesperson's own pitch.
They still received a commission this way, but a smaller one.
Tianmen Funeral Home's partnership with the cemeteries in Tianmen County followed the second model.
If they could find the salesperson who had handled Yue Na's grave, they might be able to learn something from him.
"That'll work. That'll work!"
Hearing Chen Miao's suggestion, the caretaker immediately began searching on his computer.
Soon, a name appeared before the three of them.
Qian Zhixian!
"Contact him. Tell him to come over."
Chen Guokun gave the order.
Half an hour later, a young man of about twenty-seven or twenty-eight walked in, his hair slicked back and gleaming. He held a car key bearing a blue-and-white emblem.
"What's wrong, Sun? Why did you need me so urgently?"
After glancing at Chen Guokun and the other two, Qian Zhixian addressed the caretaker.
"Qian Zhixian, these gentlemen are police officers. They