[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi":3,"chapter-reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-716":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Reborn in 2014: I Am the King of Criminal Investigation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2316572,4529,"Chapter 716: That Was an Industrial Chain","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-716",716,"\u003Cp>The word made his heart tighten sharply, as if all the clues had linked together in that instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Only surrogacy could yield such massive profits.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He muttered to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he searched his mind for information on surrogacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his past life, he had handled similar cases, so he had some understanding of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, the price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cost for one surrogate child is over 700,000 yuan; this is the base price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, the price for a child without gender selection is 750,000 yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That means the child’s gender is random; the surrogate party only guarantees the child is biologically yours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guaranteed birth, guaranteed success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you want to choose the gender, the price rises to 950,000 yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second- or third-generation genetic screening is available.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If egg donation is required, an additional 50,000 to several hundred thousand yuan is needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why is the price for egg donation so variable?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That brings us to another profession: egg sisters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Egg sisters” from top universities like 985 and 211 can be arranged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their academic credentials can be verified on the China Higher Education Student Information Network, and their DNA can be stored for testing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many countries explicitly ban surrogacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is well known that some celebrities freeze their own eggs when young for future use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, ordinary people rarely encountered such matters, but as some celebrities fell from grace, these practices gradually came to light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang had long been puzzled by why the other side was willing to pay so much to acquire women of childbearing age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, looking back, 200,000 yuan is negligible compared to the profits from surrogacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, if hidden well and managed properly, these women can be reused repeatedly—so one woman’s profit would no longer be just hundreds of thousands, but millions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is 2015; surrogacy is officially banned but has not yet drawn widespread attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, public awareness of surrogacy issues is still far too low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some surrogacy agencies even collaborate with top-tier hospitals, forming a specialized industrial chain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This means surrogacy is no longer an isolated phenomenon but has become an organized, large-scale industry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a few more years, as such cases multiply, the state will begin taking strong measures to crack down on surrogacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is deep processing, damn it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang’s mind had already conjured dark thoughts; his gaze grew heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If human trafficking is a low-level crime, surrogacy is far more sophisticated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, surrogacy inherently involves human trafficking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang remembered clearly: nine years later, the state halted decades of international adoption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were many reasons, but they were stated euphemistically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you traced the root cause, it would be a justice so profound it could never be reclaimed, even if you tore the veil off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here’s a statistic: 85% of orphans adopted internationally were girls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you think foreigners prefer Eastern girls?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, that too is an industrial chain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Closing Gu Dingwen’s files, Yu Dazhang sat at his desk, lost in thought for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t thought of surrogacy before because the other side’s methods were too extreme.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Acquiring women nationwide…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Typically, surrogacy agencies use compensated surrogacy: they recruit and pay a certain fee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usually, the fee ranges from 150,000 to 200,000 yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this, it’s clear the price offered to Zhang Jiangke wasn’t arbitrary—it matched the standard payment for surrogate mothers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They likely factored in risk, so they paid the highest rate possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the other side was “in urgent need.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But why the urgent need? 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