When Zhou Chengzhi and his wife saw that the police had left, they breathed a sigh of relief and went back to their office. Just as they were about to rest for a while, the waiter who had been assigned to buy food returned.
Wu Shanshan dismissed the waiter, laid out the food she had bought on the table, and said while eating, "How did your discussion with Ada go? Is it going to work out?"
Zhou Chengzhi smiled and said, "That's about one-third done!"
"One-third? How is that calculated?"
"Ada said he could provide 500,000 in advance funding, and we already have 300,000, so that's almost a million. How can we not accomplish something big!"
Wu Shanshan held up five fingers in disbelief and said, "Five hundred thousand? This cousin Lin Dongzhe is really rich!"
Zhou Chengzhi retorted, "No matter how rich he is, he didn't get it through honest means. His desire to cooperate with me is simply a way to launder his money!"
"Oh, I see. So what are you planning to do next?"
"To form a demolition team, you need to find at least several dozen people. As soon as there is a demolition notice, you can use the demolition team."
"With so many underlings, forming a demolition team is a piece of cake for you. The key is that the demolition will take some time!"
"We also need to prepare a demolition team in advance, just in case. Although I have a lot of people following me, most of them are lazy and like to eat and do nothing, so I still need to find people!"
"Then go find it yourself! I can't help you!"
"Go to Wang Yong's house in a little while and bring Wang Jie to me!"
What do you want with him?
"This kid's a hoodlum too. He knows a lot of young people around here, so we can make use of him!"
"Okay, I'll do as you say. I'll go find him after I finish eating."
As for Qin Chuan, after leaving the movie theater, he walked to the opposite side of the street and got into the police car.
Wu Xiaojun was waiting for him in the police car. As soon as he saw Qin Chuan get in, Wu Xiaojun couldn't wait to ask, "How did it go, sir?"
"Looking at the blue sky from the battlefield, it's just another guerrilla run in vain!"
"Ah! I saw the videotape on the ceiling myself, is that all?"
"The videotape is a minor issue; we found it outside the theater. The problem is there's only one tape, and no one has watched it yet. How can we arrest someone and charge them with disseminating obscene materials? It's simply impossible. They insist they watched it themselves and didn't distribute it. We don't have any solid evidence, so it's completely ineffective!"
Seeing that he had worked for nothing again, Wu Xiaojun felt a little ashamed, so he said to Qin Chuan, "I'm sorry, Master, I've made you come all this way for nothing again, I'm really sorry!"
Qin Chuan didn't blame him. Instead, he encouraged him, "It's okay, just treat it as training! Don't be discouraged, you need to keep trying!"
"By the way, Master, have you caught the person who met with my brother-in-law?"
Are there any other people in the office?
"Of course there is, I think it's someone named Ada!"
"What? Ada? Zhuang Zhennan's mastermind? What does he want with Zhou Chengzhi?"
"I vaguely heard them talking about cooperative real estate!"
"They're very well-informed; they know things that even our police station doesn't!"
"My brother-in-law's uncle is Vice Mayor Yan!"
"Oh, I see!"
"If there's nothing else, I'll head home now, Master!"
"Okay, let's go back! Get some rest, see you tomorrow!"
"Um!"
As soon as Wu Xiaojun got out of the car, Qin Chuan drove away from the scene.
Wu Xiaojun walked into the alley with his head down. As soon as he entered the alley, he saw a figure, which startled him. He said, "Who is it? Who is it?"
All that could be heard was the voice saying, "Who else could it be? Me!"
Upon hearing the voice, Wu Xiaojun finally relaxed and said, "Why didn't you go home? You're scaring people here; you can scare them to death!"
Jiang Xiaoyue scolded him, "You heartless bastard, it's wrong for people to worry about you and wait for you to come home?"
Wu Xiaojun quickly said with a smile, "No mistake, I'm sorry Xiaoyue, I'm just a coward and easily frightened!"
"Stop with the nonsense, how's the situation?"
"Alas, it's all been a wasted effort!"
"I knew you couldn't handle anything big. Alright! There will be other opportunities. Let's go!"
As the two walked forward, Wu Shanshan also walked out of the cinema and headed towards the alley entrance.
As soon as Wu Xiaojun and Jiang Xiaoyue entered the house, they saw Wu Jianguo and his wife sitting at the dining table waiting for them.
Upon seeing the two of them, Wu Jianguo said, "Why are you two back so early? Is this movie so short? Less than half an hour, is it an animated film?"
Wu Xiaojun didn't dare to tell the truth, so he opened his mouth and said, "Yeah, it's the animated film 'Planting Pears,' it's pretty good, a story from 'Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio'!"
Wu Jianguo said with a smile, "It seems your sister still treats you like a child. I've never heard of young people going on a date to watch an animated film before!"
Wu Xiaojun continued, "It's good enough that there are movies, why bother with what kind of films they are?"
At this moment, Jiang Xiaoyue admired Wu Xiaojun's ability to lie; it was so easy for him, he didn't even need to think before he spoke. However, she didn't expose Wu Xiaojun's lie, but instead echoed his words, saying, "But it's great, I like it!"
Zhang Amei smiled and said, "I'm glad you like it, I'm glad you like it, let's eat!"
So Wu Xiaojun and Jiang Xiaoyue sat down at the table, and Zhang Amei lifted the pot lid and started serving rice.
Just as the four of them started eating, Wu Shanshan's voice called out to Wang Yong from outside the door. She called out, "Uncle Wang, Uncle Wang, is Uncle Wang home?"
Upon hearing Wu Shanshan's voice, Wu Jianguo said to Zhang Amei, "What does this child want with Wang Yong in the middle of the night?"
Zhang Amei, who had only taken a couple of bites of food, said irritably, "How would I know why she was looking for Wang Yong?"
"Go ask the child if they've eaten yet?"
Zhang Amei reluctantly put down her chopsticks and went to the door, asking Wu Shanshan, "Shanshan, have you eaten? Why don't you come home and have something to eat?"
Wu Shanshan said, "Mom, I've already eaten, you go ahead and eat! That Xiaojun is really something, he ran back halfway through the movie!"
"Oh, maybe they're hungry! They've been busy all day!"
"That's right, you guys eat! Mom, I need to talk to Wang Jie about something!"
"Okay, then you get back to work!"
"Um!"
At this moment, Wang Yong also came out of the house. He said to Shanshan, "What's wrong, Shanshan? Is there something you need?"
"Sorry to bother you, Uncle Wang. My son Chengzhi wants to see Wang Jie and says he has something to discuss with him!"
"Okay, okay, I'll call him for you right away!"
Wang Yong turned around and shouted into the room, "Wang Jie, Boss Zhou is looking for you!"
"Hey, you're here!"
So Wu Shanshan went first, and Wang Jie followed closely behind. The two of them quickly arrived at the movie theater office.
As soon as Zhou Chengzhi saw Wang Jie, he asked Wang Jie to sit on the sofa, took two bottles of Jianlibao from the refrigerator and placed them in front of Wang Jie, saying, "I'm so sorry to bother you so late!"
Wang Jie didn't stand on ceremony with Zhou Chengzhi. He picked up a can of Jianlibao, opened it, and drank half of it. He said with a smile, "Boss Zhou, don't be shy. Just tell me what you need, and I'll definitely help you without hesitation!"
"It's nothing much, I just wanted you to help me find a few people to lend a hand!"
"What big thing are you planning, Boss Zhou?"
"Don't always call me 'boss, boss,' it sounds too formal. We're neighbors, you can call me 'brother' too!"
"That's not a good idea, Mr. Zhou. But please tell me what you need to do first; your business is important!"
"Here's the thing, I want to form a demolition team and I need more than a hundred people. How many people can you help me find?"
"Demolition team? That's physical work, and people who are too skinny can't handle that kind of hardship!"
"Yes! That's why I'm asking for your help!"
"Oh, okay, I'll ask around for you tomorrow. I think I can find about twenty!"
Zhou Chengzhi's face immediately lit up with a smile, and he said, "Really? Thank you so much for helping me out of my predicament! Okay, I'll make you a squad leader sometime, how about that? Let's consider this a partnership!"
"Great! Thank you so much, Boss Zhou, thank you for thinking so highly of me!"
"What are you saying? We're all neighbors, it's only natural!"
"Okay, I'll find someone for you tomorrow!"
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