Chapter 181
In the days that followed, we stayed at the Zhaowang Hotel. The group of people who left in 1988 seemed very mysterious, as beggar Liu said. The entrance fee is 200,000 to meet.
I think the other party is a bit snobbish. Our gang has been severely weakened since returning from Hong Kong Island. 200,000 is not a small amount of money.
He shook his head and said: "I won't feel at ease if I find a backer if they don't want money. Yunfeng, if you calculate it this way, our life will only cost tens of thousands of yuan if we share it equally. It's still worth it. I still have some savings, so I set aside 250,000 yuan. After counting the membership fees for our visits, the remaining 50,000 yuan will be used as activity expenses."
In this way, beggar Liu acted as the middleman. About three days later, we met with the people sent by this group of forces in the hotel.
That day, two middle-aged men wearing blue sky rescue work uniforms came and met them alone. I don’t know what they talked about in the room. When they left, one of them took away a black plastic bag.
After entering the room, he raised his head and said to me: "They agreed to help us for Mr. Liu's sake. News will soon be released on the road. Changchun will know that we have an intersection with Ms. Zhao, and they will not be looking for us in the short term." "
I asked in confusion: "Boss, what is the origin of Zhao Qingwan? There is so much energy on the road."
"Ha," Tou smiled and said, "Do you know about the puppet theater in Beijing?"
"The one next to the third ring road of Anzhen Bridge?"
"Yes, that's only a small part of the Zhao family's property. In addition, I asked them to help find out about Xiaohong. They will call me as soon as there is news."
I was stunned and it took me a long time to come back to my senses.
If so, that person's background is too great...
Many people may not know about the Puppet Theater, but I believe many people have heard of the name Peace Hotel...
I guessed something, but I didn’t dare to ask. I just had to understand some things.
My head injury has improved a lot in the past few days, and I can basically get out of the wheelchair and walk. There is one more thing we have to do next.
Buy equipment.
Zhao Xuanxuan is young, so she doesn’t know much about many things. The things we need to buy include cyclone shovels, food, purified water, sleeping bags, flying tiger claws, fishing nets, compasses, and a lot of other things, because the place we are going to is within the Helan Mountains. , the conditions there are harsh in the desert, and many places are not accessible to traffic, so the boss and I calculated the total and decided to buy a second-hand car with good quality for our own use.
At that time, the second-hand car market was very chaotic. It was a profit-making industry with opaque prices. There were no professional third-party appraisal agencies for second-hand cars. In addition, there were relatively few buyers who really knew how to appraise the condition of the car, so most people who bought it would basically be ripped off.
For example, based on the car penetration rate at that time, the best-selling cars in the northern region were Alto, Tianjin Xiali, Hyundai Sonata, Cherokee (212), and Mitsubishi Cheetah. But we have many people and carry a lot of things, so we can only buy After much selection of SUV-style cars, I finally decided to buy a 212 Cherokee from a local second-hand car dealer.
We bought a second-hand Cherokee from a local car dealer surnamed Liu in Handan for 48,000 yuan. The man surnamed Liu vowed: "Brothers, don't worry. Although this 212 is a little broken, it's the biggest The advantage is that the chassis is solid and the fuel tank is large. I was introduced by acquaintances, so don’t worry, you won’t suffer any loss.”
When buying equipment, Zhao Xuanxuan wanted to express herself. She kept bargaining with the boss over the price. In the end, the boss became angry and blushed. He cursed and said, "Xiao Nizi, you are too outrageous. You are not letting me live."
After settling all this, I called Qin Xingping out for dinner in the evening, and the two parties finalized the general route they would take after departure.
Depart from Handan and advance to Shanxi, then take the national highway and Beijing-Lanzhou Expressway into Yinchuan, and from Yinchuan to Danba County. Qin Xingping is familiar with the road conditions, and with him guiding us, we don’t have to worry about taking the wrong road.
