After resolving the issues of An Jing and Zhang with buck teeth, the building materials factory has temporarily stabilized. Although there will certainly be conflicts of interest with Chengnan Building Materials Factory in the future, at least during the period when the other party's factory is under maintenance, they can accept orders and ship goods with peace of mind.
With a group of people working day and night, several orders of goods were delivered smoothly and the payment was received. The brothers officially earned their first pot of gold after settling down in Chinatown!
This money once again boosted the development of the entire building materials factory. After discussion, several people decided to divide it into two parts. One part was kept as reserve funds, and the other part was continued to be invested in the building materials factory to expand the factory, purchase machines, and expand more production businesses in building materials.
Business was booming, but You Tianfu hadn't forgotten An Jing's desire for revenge. He called his brothers over and took out the notebook that Hao Zhengguang and Lin Lidong had used to investigate the various forces in the city. He looked at the groups and forces on the list and raised his eyes to Murong Jie.
"Bucktooth Zhang is a tyrant and has many enemies. There are definitely many who want to kill him. Our conflict with Chengnan just ended recently, so we can't cause trouble again. Otherwise, even if Master Dong comes in person, it won't be easy to resolve.
But An Ning's revenge must be avenged, and An Jing will not give up. So I thought, let's use the most common trick in Sanshiliuli: killing with a borrowed knife!
Murong Jie frowned. "It's a good idea, but whose knife should I borrow? Xie Jiannan is all-powerful in the south of the city, and Zhang the Bucktooth is also well-known in the city. Although he has many enemies, there are only a handful of people who dare to kill him!"
Hao Zhengguang narrowed his eyes. "There are only a handful of them, but that doesn't mean there aren't any. Bucktooth Zhang isn't a cat, and he doesn't have nine lives. As long as there's one person who dares to kill him, that's enough!"
Murong Jie had to find a way to get the gossip. Even without You Tianfu's instructions, he understood what everyone meant and left the building materials factory without even having lunch.
After the previous incidents, everyone was already familiar with Murong Jie's whereabouts. They knew that no matter what channel he used to investigate clues, he would eventually have to stroll around the foot bath city in the west of the city and have in-depth exchanges with the girls inside under the pretext of "investigation."
Murong Jie doesn't like smoking, gambling or drinking, but he has this little hobby in women, and he knows his limits in everything, so You Tiancai just turns a blind eye and ignores him.
Hao Zhengguang never got over his emotional problems and was not interested in women. At most, he would just make a few jokes about them.
The remaining Lin Lidong was different. When he was in Lujiu City, he had followed Murong Jie to the Foot Bath City and had tasted the sweetness. He even had some concerns about that girl Dong'er in his heart.
Ever since arriving in Chinatown, he hasn't even touched a woman's hand, let alone found a girl. The only women he comes into contact with every day are Aunt Hong, Qin Yuer, and An Jing, who just joined the team.
In his thirties, still without a girlfriend, Lin Lidong was filled with rage and had nowhere to vent it. It would be a lie to say he didn't miss her. So this time, he set his sights on Murong Jie, clinging to him regardless of his opinion, insisting on going with him on the investigation.
Originally this was not a big deal, and You Tianfu nodded in agreement, thinking of letting Murong Jie take Lin Lidong to relax. However, he never expected that the two of them would be in danger and almost lose their lives!
Bucktooth Zhang is active in the south of the city all year round. He is second only to Xie Jiannan and acts tyrannically with his subordinates all day long. It is unknown how much he has embezzled from shops and how many girls he has harmed.
In the entire Chinatown, 80% of the people who have grudges against him are from the south of the city!
So Murong Jie's investigation naturally had to start from the south of the city. The two first went to several large shops in the south of the city, and when chatting with the boss, they mentioned Xie Jiannan's power intentionally or unintentionally.
When talking about Xie Jiannan, the merchants all look helpless. After all, he is a local tyrant with money, power and ability. Many times, they have no choice but to accept the loss even if they suffer losses.
When it comes to Zhang the Bucktooth, they all grit their teeth, but dare not speak out. A few bosses who dare to speak out secretly told Murong Jie that all shops in the south of the city must pay protection fees every month. If they don't pay, Zhang the Bucktooth will come with his minions to cause trouble.
In mild cases, they will smash the store and issue a warning; in serious cases, they will directly beat people!
The phenomenon of protection fees was more common in China in the 1990s, but with the progress of the times and the improvement of laws, almost no one dares to do so anymore.
But it is very common in Chinatown. Not only Xie Jiannan, but also the other three areas of east, west and north have people collecting money on a monthly basis. If you want to open a store and do business, protection fees are essential.
Of course, the money is not collected in vain. These bosses will ensure the safety of the shops and send their subordinates to patrol around. If they encounter anyone causing trouble or looking for trouble, the boss will not have to do anything, as someone will come to deal with it.
This model has existed since the early days of the city's establishment, and everyone has accepted it silently and is willing to pay for peace.
But Zhang, the bucktoothed man from the south of the city, was different from the others. He collected protection money and although he didn't allow outsiders to cause trouble in his shop, he himself made more trouble than outsiders.
On weekdays, he would either get some free fruit from this place or eat a free meal from that place. After eating, he would wipe his mouth and pinch the boss's wife hard on the butt.
The business owners saw it all and felt suffocated, but they could only keep silent and endure it.
A while ago, Zhang with buck teeth was beaten and stayed in the hospital for more than ten days. People on the street all applauded. Although they didn't know the cause and effect of the incident or who beat him up, they all gave thumbs up to this "hero"!
After asking around, they found that almost all of them were Zhang Bucktooth's enemies, but no one dared to touch him at all. They knew in their hearts that if they did not resist, they would at most suffer a minor loss, but once they resisted, they would face a catastrophe!
Seeing that they couldn't find the person they wanted, the two changed their location and turned their target to street thugs.
These gangsters are in the south of the city, but they are not Xie Jiannan's subordinates. Some of them are righteous and disdain to associate with them, and some cannot pass Xie Jiannan's review for various reasons and cannot become his subordinates.
They had all been bullied by Zhang with buck teeth to some extent, and some of them were even beaten to death by him, leaving their bodies lying on the streets!
In the eyes of the bucktoothed man, they are as insignificant as the cockroaches in the corner, and they can be stepped on to death at will if they don't like anyone.
These hooligans are indeed hopeless. Some of them are addicted to drugs, some are lazy and eat nothing, and they spend their days living in dirty and messy slums.
They have no support, no income, and are unwilling to work. There is only one way for them to survive: cheat, steal, and deceive!
Murong Jie and Lin Lidong were directed to the slums in the south of the city, and they couldn't help but frown at the filthy environment around them.
Before he could find someone to ask questions, a child suddenly rushed out from the darkness and bumped into Murong Jie hard. He got up without crying out in pain and continued to run away.
Murong Jie's clean sportswear suddenly had two black handprints on it. He stared at the handprints with rage and was about to clean them up when he touched his trouser pocket and cursed out loud: "Fuck you! That little brat stole the 'activity funds'!!!"
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