After telling Zhang Jianhao to go to the hospital to have his head bandaged, Zhang Cheng got on his bicycle and headed straight for Zhao Daming's house.
Zhao Daming was watching TV when he heard a knock on the door. He called out to Li Ailian to open it.
"Xiao Zhang, why are you here so late?"
Li Ailian looked at Zhang Cheng outside the door, somewhat surprised. His arrival at this hour must mean something urgent.
"Sister-in-law, is Brother Zhao home?"
Before Li Ailian could respond, Zhao Daming, who was in the living room, recognized Zhang Cheng's voice and got up to come over.
"Brother, what happened?"
Zhang Cheng's face turned ashen.
"Brother, all six of my video arcades have been smashed up!"
Zhao Daming frowned and turned to Li Ailian.
"I'm going to the office with my brother. You should get some sleep and don't wait up for me."
"Okay, be careful on the road."
Li Ailian agreed.
Zhao Daming nodded and waved to Zhang Cheng.
"Let's go to the office and talk about it in detail!"
"good!"
The two went downstairs, and the motorcycle roared towards the police station.
On the second floor of the police station, Zhao Daming's office was filled with smoke.
He handed Zhang Cheng a cigarette and lit one for himself.
"Do you know who did it?"
Zhang Cheng shook his head and took a drag of his cigarette.
I don't know.
The other party came prepared; they started smashing things as soon as they entered, without saying a word.
"Who have you offended recently?"
"Brother, I run a business, and harmony brings wealth. Why would I intentionally offend anyone?"
Zhao Daming flicked his cigarette ash.
"Then they're in the same industry."
Zhang Cheng frowned.
“I avoided choosing locations that were already occupied by video arcades, which shouldn’t be the case.”
"Guessing blindly is useless."
Once they're caught, they'll know the truth after questioning.
Zhao Daming stood up and patted Zhang Cheng on the shoulder.
"I'll send someone to check on your stores now."
Zhang Cheng nodded.
Zhao Daming left his office and arranged for the on-duty police officers to go to the scene.
After leaving the police station, Zhang Cheng went straight to the hospital.
When Liu Yihan, who was on duty, saw him, her eyes lit up as she greeted him.
"Zhang Cheng, you came to see me?"
Zhang Cheng shook his head.
"My men have been beaten up, I've come to check."
The light in Liu Yihan's eyes dimmed slightly, but she quickly perked up again.
"Oh, I see. Then I'll take you to the emergency room."
"No need, I can go by myself."
Zhang Cheng smiled at her and strode towards the emergency room.
He hadn't sorted things out with Li Yuanyuan yet, and he didn't want to get involved in any more trouble.
Liu Yihan watched his retreating figure, pouting in grievance, and muttered softly:
"I'm not going to eat you, why are you hiding from me?"
Inside the emergency room.
Zhang Jianhao's head was wrapped in gauze, and Xiao Tao lay on the hospital bed groaning.
When Zhang Weiguo and the others saw Zhang Cheng enter, they immediately surrounded him, each with an angry expression.
"Bro, have you found those bastards yet?"
"Damn it, that was really ruthless. The doctor said Xiao Tao almost stabbed a major artery with that knife..."
Zhang Cheng raised his hand to stop them from talking.
"Don't worry about this for now. I've already called the police, and the police station will handle it."
Remember, if you encounter something like this again, don't try to tough it out; saving your life is the priority.
Meanwhile, Jiefang Street,
"Little Sun Video Hall"
The backyard cottage.
A group of young people, cigarettes dangling from their lips, were playing cards around a table, creating a smoky atmosphere.
"Brother Desert, let's smash up those newly opened video arcades. Now we've got a foothold in Funing County, right?"
"These thugs from Funing are really weak. There aren't even one or two who can fight back. They're crying for their parents after just two punches!"
"I heard there used to be some kind of machete gang, they were pretty tough."
As a result of the crackdown before the Lunar New Year, they all went to jail.
Known as
"Big Desert Brother"
The young man, probably in his early twenties, threw his cards on the table, took a deep drag of his cigarette, and slowly exhaled.
"Remember this: we came to Funing not to fight and kill, but to make money."
Funing has just been upgraded to a prefecture-level city, and all industries will need to develop rapidly in the future.
We need to quickly make our first fortune, expand the business, and achieve even greater success, understand?
The young man nodded eagerly.
"Brother Desert, I don't quite understand the reasoning you're giving."
But I know that if I follow Brother Desert, I'll definitely get to eat meat!
"Yes, yes, wherever Brother Desert points, that's where we'll attack!"
Another person, trying to join in, asked:
"Brother Desert, those shops have all been smashed up, when are we going to go and take them over?"
Brother Desert chuckled.
"What's the rush? If we smash it once, the other party will definitely not be satisfied."
Let's go there when it reopens.
It took several times before he realized the pain.
"Then, with just a hundred or so yuan, those six stores will be easily ours, won't we?"
He smashed up Zhang Cheng's video arcade not out of personal grudge, but simply because he had his eye on this lucrative business.
Although Zhang Cheng didn't expect the video arcade to make a fortune, even a small amount was still something.
One hour costs 12 cents, six hours overnight costs 50 cents, and you can easily make 20 or 30 cents in one night in a hall.
With six halls, after deducting costs, making a net profit of a thousand yuan or so per month is not a problem.
Of course, these days, to run a video arcade, you either need someone in the underworld protecting you, or you need connections in the legitimate world.
With Zhao Daming by his side, Zhang Cheng naturally wasn't afraid of ordinary thugs.
"Bang!"
The door was kicked open.
Everyone inside turned to look at the doorway.
A slightly thin young man stood there, frowning and waving his hand to disperse the acrid smoke, his gaze falling on...
"Big Desert Brother"
On his body.
"Fourth Brother, what brings you here!"
Upon seeing this, Brother Damo quickly got up and went to greet him.
Called
Fourth Brother
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