The smiling tiger said sarcastically, "Alright, don't blame me for not reminding you. It's not that I'm begging you to do business with me; it's just that I want to help my old brothers out of consideration for our past relationship."

That's settled then. I'd like to see how long you can keep this rebar business going. See you later!

After saying that, the smiling tiger left without any hesitation.

This left Liu Guangtian and his brother completely bewildered. Liu Guangfu whispered, "Brother, does he know something?"

Liu Guangtian's eyebrows furrowed in confusion; he racked his brains but couldn't figure out what the Smiling Tiger was up to.

Finally, he said impatiently, "Let him do whatever he wants. What do you call this now? Reform and opening up, vigorously developing the economy! I don't believe that developing the economy can't do without rebar. Are we two brothers going to beg for food while holding a golden rice bowl?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Guangfu realized it made sense, so the two brothers completely forgot about the smiling tiger and went off to enjoy themselves to the fullest.

"..."

Smiling Tiger returned to Crystal Trading Company and gave Li Huaide a complete report on what had happened that day.

Li Huaide tossed him a cigarette, thought for a moment, and said, "Hehe, let's support a model case, and then make sure their rebar business goes out of business."

Smiling Tiger was puzzled: "You mean Bang Geng? But that kid is really hopeless."

"The more hopeless they are, the more we need to turn the impossible into reality. Have you forgotten what we're here for?"

The smiling tiger suddenly realized: "Boss is brilliant! Leave the rest to me, I'll take care of it!"

Li Huaide nodded: "Can that Li Ping be trusted?"

"She's reliable. She's so infatuated with that kid Banggeng that he'd rather abandon his own mother."

Li Huaide finally smiled with satisfaction: "You did a great job. Go to the accountant and collect your 1,000 yuan bonus. I said it."

The smiling tiger thanked him profusely and backed out of the office, taking his obsequiousness to the extreme.

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Soon, at most half a month later.

Fatty heard that Banggeng made a fortune?

The message was delivered to him by Gangzi through someone; after the incident of Banggeng smashing the plate, Gangzi and his gang had become smarter, and as soon as there was any sign of trouble from this kid, they would send someone to tell Fatty immediately.

Today, this person told Fatty, "That kid Banggeng somehow hooked up with a big boss who's really rich and powerful! He brought back four game consoles in one go, and now he's setting up a stall in Jinyu Hutong. There are people lining up there from morning till night every day, and his business is booming!"

The fat man bought the man a cup of milk tea, which made him extremely happy.

Watching him carefully sip his milk tea, savoring its sweet flavor;

The fat man couldn't help but think of himself when he was a student.

Back then, I was broke. Even if I saved up for several days to buy a cup of milk tea, I couldn't bear to drink it too much. The rich milky aroma and the mellow tea fragrance intertwined in my mouth. I closed my eyes and felt that this was the happiest moment...

The smiling tiger is using the "spend a fortune to buy a horse's bones" tactic, hooking the bait straight and offering a salty bait, just waiting for Liu Guangtian and the others to take the bait.

He then asked Benleihu to inquire further, and sure enough, Liu Guangtian and his group were in big trouble with their rebar business.

Someone reported them to the police for reselling steel.

Steel is an important industrial raw material in my country. Reselling steel not only violates the government's control over the flow of goods, but also harms the public interest.

Upon receiving reports from the public, relevant authorities immediately launched an investigation into Liu Guangtian and others, and even Factory Director Lan was almost implicated by them.

In a fit of anger, he directly suspended the quotas for the Liu and Yan families, leaving them completely dumbfounded.

"..."

To be honest, Li Huaide and Smiling Tiger's methods weren't exactly sophisticated, but they were very effective.

They set a trap for Liu Guangtian and his group by having an out-of-towner invite them to drink, eat, dance, and take a bath.

After using all his humility to flatter them until they were on cloud nine, he finally made his request—he wanted to get a batch of rebar, and knowing that Liu Guangtian had connections, he was willing to add 10% to the market price!

It doesn't matter who you sell the rebar to, especially since it's 10% more expensive than the market price.

Besides, look at this guy, he's so unsophisticated, clearly a country bumpkin who's never seen the world, yet he's incredibly generous.

The Liu brothers, Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu, were quite cunning. They tacitly agreed on the spot, intending to play the long game and catch bigger fish.

As a result, they both got bitten hard by this "big fish".

The out-of-towner used the excuse that he didn't have much money on hand to agree to pay 30% as a deposit first, and the rest would be paid after the sale, with a generous reward at that time!

Liu Guangtian initially felt that this was inappropriate, but Liu Guangfu was greedy.

Ask this outsider indirectly how you plan to repay us brothers.

This out-of-towner was incredibly generous: "Have you heard about this new thing called a game console that's recently appeared on the market?"

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu looked at each other, wondering if this was the game console that Smiling Tiger had mentioned.

The man patted his chest and said, "If you're willing to help me with this, I'll give you a game console!"

And so, Liu Guangtian agreed.

After that, everything fell into place naturally. That person bought a batch of rebar at only 30% of the market price and made a fortune.

Of course, the person disappeared, as if they had never existed.

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu then realized it was a trap!

Before they could even try to find the person, the police came looking for them first.

They said they had received a tip from the public that they were suspected of reselling steel, and invited them back for a chat.

Fortunately, that out-of-towner—no, that swindler—vanished without a trace, so they had no evidence. Otherwise, they would have been imprisoned again, just like Bang Geng.

"..."

The business completely failed, and Liu Guangtian, Liu Guangfu, Yan Jiefang, and Yan Jiekuang were like wilted eggplants.

At that moment, they remembered their respective fathers.

Liu Guangtian, shameless as ever, went home and begged Liu Haizhong: "Dad, you absolutely have to help us this time. Put in a good word for us with Director Lan and get him to give us the rebar permit again, otherwise our business is truly finished!"

I feel so good about my bangs!

He didn't say a word, his face full of disdain, only glancing at him out of the corner of his eye.

Liu Guangtian tried everything, pleading and saying all sorts of nice things, but Liu Haizhong remained unmoved.

Enraged, Liu Guangtian overturned the table, scattering the food everywhere!

A fight broke out at Uncle Er's house. Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu beat up Liu Haizhong again and then disappeared without a trace.

Xu Damao wasn't home this time, so Aunt Er hurriedly knocked on Qin Jingru's door.

But all I got in return was her reply: "What do you want from me? He's not my dad! Go away, I'm annoyed."