Chapter 721: The Gap Between Professions Is Like a Mountain

Actually, China originally had no clear regulations regarding surrogacy; it was only officially prohibited in 2001.

Surrogacy was initially conceived to help infertile couples have children.

Its original intent was noble.

But under the influence of desire and money, this once-pure industry turned into a despised black market, generating serious social problems.

In some regions, it became an intractable sore.

As always, anything tied to money loses its purity—even human nature corrupts.

Surrogacy lost its original essence precisely because it became commercialized, and was eventually rejected by society.

“Possible?”

Xu Dui looked at Yu Dazhang with disbelief and asked uncertainly:

“Just to run a surrogacy business, they committed such a massive case?”

His tone carried skepticism and incredulity, as if such a thing could not possibly happen.

Something’s off… Yu Dazhang quickly noticed the unusual atmosphere.

He scanned the room and saw everyone’s expressions were similar—confused and complex, as if the word “surrogacy” was unfamiliar to them.

He had already sensed something strange earlier.

With so many people present, not a single one had thought of surrogacy—that was something he hadn’t anticipated before the meeting.

Gu Dingwen’s profession and the characteristics of the abducted victims alone should have led Yu Dazhang to think of surrogacy, yet they seemed completely oblivious.

Where was the problem?

As he puzzled over it, one officer spoke up:

“I also think running a surrogacy business wouldn’t warrant such a massive case.”

“Besides, commercial surrogacy is now only in a gray area—if you don’t cross the line, there’s virtually no risk.”

I know where the problem lies… Hearing this, Yu Dazhang immediately grasped a crucial point.

Time!

He could associate Gu Dingwen’s acquisition of women of childbearing age with surrogacy because he was actually reborn from 2024.

By then, the state had already cracked down hard on surrogacy.

But now it’s 2015.

In December 2015, the revised Population and Family Planning Law removed provisions from the draft that banned surrogacy in any form.

The policy shifted from banning surrogacy to regulating it.

In fact, it wasn’t until 2021 that the state truly began banning surrogacy, after a female celebrity’s surrogacy scandal collapsed her career.

Her downfall triggered massive online attention and discussion.

Only after that did the surrogacy industry become universally reviled.

Yu Dazhang scanned the faces around the room and gradually confirmed his suspicion.

Correct—surrogacy had not yet drawn sufficient attention at this point in time.

Thus, even though Gu Dingwen’s profile was so obvious, none of them had considered surrogacy.

“Do you know the price of surrogacy?” Yu Dazhang asked the group.

Faced with this question, everyone in the room fell silent—no one answered him.

Lack of attention means lack of awareness.

If any of these people had participated in a crackdown on surrogacy, they would have had some understanding of it.

After waiting a while and seeing no one respond, Yu Dazhang had to give the answer:

“Wuyou Baosi—starting price 700,000.”