[{"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-721":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},2316577,4529,"Chapter 721: The Gap Between Professions Is Like a Mountain","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-721",721,"\u003Cp>Actually, China originally had no clear regulations regarding surrogacy; it was only officially prohibited in 2001.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surrogacy was initially conceived to help infertile couples have children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its original intent was noble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But under the influence of desire and money, this once-pure industry turned into a despised black market, generating serious social problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In some regions, it became an intractable sore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As always, anything tied to money loses its purity—even human nature corrupts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surrogacy lost its original essence precisely because it became commercialized, and was eventually rejected by society.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Possible?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Dui looked at Yu Dazhang with disbelief and asked uncertainly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just to run a surrogacy business, they committed such a massive case?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His tone carried skepticism and incredulity, as if such a thing could not possibly happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something’s off… Yu Dazhang quickly noticed the unusual atmosphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He scanned the room and saw everyone’s expressions were similar—confused and complex, as if the word “surrogacy” was unfamiliar to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already sensed something strange earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With so many people present, not a single one had thought of surrogacy—that was something he hadn’t anticipated before the meeting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where was the problem?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he puzzled over it, one officer spoke up:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I also think running a surrogacy business wouldn’t warrant such a massive case.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides, commercial surrogacy is now only in a gray area—if you don’t cross the line, there’s virtually no risk.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I know where the problem lies… Hearing this, Yu Dazhang immediately grasped a crucial point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could associate Gu Dingwen’s acquisition of women of childbearing age with surrogacy because he was actually reborn from 2024.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, the state had already cracked down hard on surrogacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now it’s 2015.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In December 2015, the revised Population and Family Planning Law removed provisions from the draft that banned surrogacy in any form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The policy shifted from banning surrogacy to regulating it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, it wasn’t until 2021 that the state truly began banning surrogacy, after a female celebrity’s surrogacy scandal collapsed her career.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her downfall triggered massive online attention and discussion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after that did the surrogacy industry become universally reviled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang scanned the faces around the room and gradually confirmed his suspicion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Correct—surrogacy had not yet drawn sufficient attention at this point in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, even though Gu Dingwen’s profile was so obvious, none of them had considered surrogacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you know the price of surrogacy?” Yu Dazhang asked the group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with this question, everyone in the room fell silent—no one answered him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lack of attention means lack of awareness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If any of these people had participated in a crackdown on surrogacy, they would have had some understanding of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After waiting a while and seeing no one respond, Yu Dazhang had to give the answer:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wuyou Baosi—starting price 700,000.”\u003C\u002Fp>",488,"2026-06-20T14:22:48.157Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 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