Chapter 393: Deter the Villains
At noon the next day, Gao Mingcheng booked an entire restaurant and invited everyone in the bureau to dinner. The food on the table was rich, but there was no wine because it was noon and they had to work on the case in the afternoon.
In addition to the meal, Gao Mingcheng also gave everyone a red envelope as a thank you.
At Gao Guobing's suggestion, everyone accepted the red envelope with a smile. Once they received the red envelope, they would naturally pay more attention to the safety of the Xinxin Clothing Store in the future.
In the afternoon, Gao Mingcheng actually saw a monkey near the clothing store.
The monkey was holding a broom made of thin bamboo and sweeping the garbage near the store entrance.
The clothing store is on the street, and people come and go on the street. Naturally, there are people who are unhygienic and litter everywhere.
Normally, there are people responsible for cleaning the streets, but there are few people cleaning them, so the streets are always dirty and messy at the end of the day.
When Gao Shufang opens the store every day, in addition to cleaning the store, she also sweeps the ground outside the store, so that it looks cleaner and tidier.
When the monkey saw Gao Mingcheng, he shrank his body and put on an apologetic smile. He didn't say anything. After cleaning outside the store, he left.
Gao Mingcheng looked at his back with a deep gaze.
This time the clothing store was robbed, and the monkey was the culprit. Although the robber was caught in the end and the stolen money was recovered.
But the losses are real losses.
Not to mention the mental damage suffered by Xuanmei and others, the store was smashed and some cabinets and hangers were broken and needed to be replaced. In addition, some clothes were stolen, and the value of those clothes was more than a hundred yuan.
Those clothes had already been worn by the Five Tigers of Central Plains. Even though they had only been worn for a few hours, Gao Mingcheng was disgusted with them and refused to take them back. But he would not give them away for free. He told the police that whoever wanted them could take them.
These days, many people don't live very well. Even if the police officers live well, they always have a few poor relatives who can wash their clothes and either wear them themselves, give them away, or sell them at a low price. It all goes well.
In addition to these losses, Gao Mingcheng also treated everyone in the organization to a meal and gave them red envelopes, and also gave Maozi ten yuan. There were also a dozen young and strong men from Qingshan Village who went into the mountains with flashlights and torches to look for people, which was another expense.
Gao Mingcheng was doing the math in his mind and became more and more annoyed.
He walked to the backyard, picked up a pair of stone locks, walked to the store door, put them down, and then wrote a big-character poster: "Anyone who can lift a pair of stone locks will get half the price of the whole store!"
He put the big-character poster on the wall and then started to show off his skills.
This pair of stone locks were carved out of stones he found in the mountains. Each stone lock weighs 100 kilograms, and a pair weighs 200 kilograms.
In the past, he would put it in the backyard to practice lifting locks, but today he decided to put it in front of the store, and planned to practice lifting locks here when there were many people on the street in the future to deter thieves.
It is impossible for him to stay in the store every day, and it is impossible for the police to patrol nearby all the time, so he needs to demonstrate his military power to deter thugs.
According to legend, stone locks originated in military camps during the Tang Dynasty and flourished during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty. Martial artists often use stone locks to train their grip, wrist, arm, waist, and leg strength.
When Gao Mingcheng was in the village, he could practice boxing and run in the mountains because the space was large. But in the county, the space was narrow and he could not stretch his muscles to his heart's content, so lifting stone locks became his regular training.
The big-character posters and a pair of huge stone locks instantly attracted people passing by on the street, and some pedestrians began to stop.
Gao Mingcheng said little and started to lift the stone lock.
The stone lock lifting methods mainly include snatching and swinging, and there are various kinds of fancy movements composed of throwing methods such as forward throwing, backward throwing, cross throwing, back throwing, and catching methods such as hand catching, finger catching, elbow catching, shoulder catching, and head catching.
In addition to training alone, you can also train with two or three people, and there are many competitive moves.
Unfortunately, Gao Mingcheng's stone lock was too heavy, and there were not many people in the village who practiced martial arts, so he could only practice by himself.
Fortunately, he has mastered all the techniques and movements.
He first picked up a pair of stone locks, and then began to play with them from simple to complex.
When he threw up and caught a pair of 200-jin stone locks, his lower body sank slightly.
When a set of fancy moves was finished, the people who were watching immediately cheered.
"good!"
They didn't know exactly how heavy the pair of stone locks were, but they looked heavy, at least over 80 kilograms, so the cheers continued for a long time.
Gao Mingcheng looked around at the audience and said in a deep voice: "As long as you can lift this pair of stone locks, all the goods in the store will be half price, valid forever!"
He stepped back, pointed at the pair of stone locks, and said, "Anyone want to try it?"
"Me!" A curious person in the crowd immediately responded. People made way for him and a strong-looking man came forward.
He was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, revealing his muscular body.
In this era, his figure is indeed very good.
"Let me try!" said the man and began to make preparations.
He bent down slightly, took a few deep breaths, and then began to lift with force. This lift made his face turn red quickly. The stone lock was gradually lifted up under his grasp, but he tried for a long time and failed to lift the stone lock completely.
In the end, he could only put down one stone lock, but chose to lift only one.
Although this action was a bit difficult for him, he managed to complete it.
So the onlookers also cheered.
However, when the stone lock fell to the ground, it made a loud noise, which showed that he had exhausted all his strength in the end. Unlike Gao Mingcheng, from beginning to end, the stone lock was as light as a weight in his hands.
The sturdy man gave Gao Mingcheng a thumbs up and said with full conviction: "Amazing! This pair of stone locks must weigh at least 200 kilograms! It takes all my strength to lift one, but you can actually lift a pair with such ease!"
Gao Mingcheng also smiled and said cheerfully, "Although you have to lift a pair of stone locks to get half price discount for the whole store, since you are the first person and you have successfully lifted one, I will give you a half price discount! Big brother, come into the store and see if there is anything you need to buy."
Gao Mingcheng smiled and guided the man into the store.
The man was a little older than Gao Mingcheng, around thirty years old.
He was just passing by, as all the clothes in his home were bought by his wife. But now Gao Mingcheng gave him a half-price discount, which made him feel like he would be at a disadvantage if he didn't buy anything, so he went into the store and started choosing.
Gao Mingcheng gave Gao Shufang a look, and Gao Shufang immediately directed the man to the men's clothing area. Then Gao Mingcheng returned to the store entrance, looked at the onlookers and said, "Who else wants to try it?"
This time, someone still came forward to try it.
But they couldn't even lift one stone lock, let alone a pair of stone locks.
If you try hard to lift a 100-pound object, you can do so, but it is not easy to lift it. It is difficult to do it without training, and even if you do, you may easily strain your muscles and bones.
It's just that people have a herd mentality, and there are few entertainment programs at the moment, so the news that the Xinxin Clothing Store can sell stone locks at half price quickly spread throughout the county.
Some people who thought they were strong came to try it.
But none of those people could lift a pair of stone locks. At most, they could only lift one stone lock like the first brother.
Gao Mingcheng only gave a half-price discount to the first person, but not to the subsequent people.
Facing everyone's disappointed expressions, he just smiled and said, "Go back and practice more. I believe you will be able to lift it soon."
And when someone asked Gao Mingcheng for advice, Gao Mingcheng did not hide anything. He told them some techniques of lifting the stone lock and demonstrated them in public.
However, all the skills are just auxiliary, and strength is king in the end.
From then on, the pair of stone locks were placed at the door of the store. Every morning, Gao Mingcheng would stand at the door of the store to practice lifting the stone locks.
In the past, he simply used the stone lock to practice strength, but now he has added many fancy performances, such as throwing the stone lock up and catching it, or turning around quickly to catch it, or hooking it with the foot, etc. The viewing experience has increased instantly.
The news spread quickly, and everyone knew that the owner of Xinxin Clothing Store was a powerful man who could throw a pair of 200-jin stone locks with ease.
In the past, the well-informed people in the county only knew that Gao Mingcheng was Director Gao’s nephew, so they all gave him face, and the gangsters in the county did not dare to have any bad ideas.
But it was not until now that everyone realized that Director Gao’s nephew was really not simple!
Gao Mingcheng's display of power did have a certain deterrent effect. The hooligans in the entire county no longer dared to target him. Even those who had been beaten by him, like Monkey Maozi, were now convinced and no longer mentioned what happened in the past.
(End of this chapter)
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