In the southwest community of Xinmagang, apart from Xinmagang University, another famous building that must be mentioned must be the building of Tao Zhu Group.
Tao Zhu Building is divided into 60 floors and is nearly 300 meters high.
Fangma Mountain, the highest natural terrain in Xinma Port, is only 162 meters high, reaching almost half of the building.
The top floor of this building is the area where Fan Buchou, chairman of Tao Zhu Group, usually works, receives guests, and relaxes.
To be specific, it is divided into offices, reception rooms, chess and card rooms, 3D movie areas, and a root carving hall that occupies half of the top floor.
Root carving is Fan Buchou's personal hobby. There are twenty display stands and six display cabinets in the root carving hall.
Various utensils carved using tree roots, bamboo roots, and tree burls along the natural texture show their own charm in the quiet and soft light.
The small ones include staff heads, pen holders, Buddha handles, back scratches, and pipes; the large ones include a tiger sitting on a dragon's plate, Maitreya holding wealth, Guanyin delivering a child, Lu Dongbin raising a glass when drunk, etc.
Among the exhibits here, there are several pieces carved by Fan Buchou himself. He has recently become more interested in carving a mythical beast with a tiger head and a dragon body to ward off evil spirits.
"When it comes to root carving, the first thing is to pay attention to letting nature take its course and being unique, but it should be put second. To trim along the original texture, the shape of the roots itself is very important. Good materials are hard to come by. Please.”
Fan Buchou held a small file in his hand and was muttering to himself while modifying the semi-finished root carving.
In the huge root carving hall, there was only one person watching his craftsmanship and listening to his instructions. He was a young man with short hair and a suit, his son, Fan Minzhi.
As the leader of the southwest gang, Fan Buchou had many women in his life, but he had few children. He only had a daughter when he was young, and later died of illness. He did not have another daughter until he was fifty. a son.
Therefore, today Fan Buchou is already gray-haired, but Fan Minzhi is not yet eighteen years old. The two of them standing together, to the uninformed person, look more like a pair of grandparents.
"The mythical beasts in the root sculptures are used to ward off evil spirits. Not only do they have tiger heads and dragon bodies, but they also have patterns of snakes, sparrows, frogs, cicadas, etc. on the four legs of the sculptures. They have to have their own dynamics. The requirements for the material itself are really too high."
"Brother Yun, you are really filial to find such a good thing for me."
Hearing this, Fan Minzhi finally spoke: "Brother Yun is absolutely loyal to dad, but it's a pity that he doesn't seem to like me very much."
Fan Buchou kept his eyes on Gen Diao and asked, "Then do you like him?"
Fan Minzhi thought for a while and said honestly: "I don't like it."
"Well, you are a new person and he is an old person. It is normal for you to have some conflicts with each other. However, you are about to become an adult. After a person becomes an adult, the weight of the word "I don't like" is not Same."
Fan Buchou said calmly, "Then do you like the gang's methods?"
Fan Minzhi couldn't help but smile: "I'm very adaptable."
Fan Buchou glanced at him and said: "Since you were eight years old, I have shown you things on the road one by one, and asked you to do it yourself. At that time, I was thinking that there are wolves and tigers on the road, and you It will never go wrong to be more ferocious and evil than them."
"But ten years have passed in the blink of an eye. The situation in Singapore and Malaysia is about to change, and you have to change with it."
Fan Minzhi said respectfully: "I know, dad, whatever you tell me to do, I will do it right."
"It's not what I want you to do, it's the current situation."
Fan Buchou taught earnestly, "The situation in Singapore and Malaysia was unstable in the past few years. This place is our Happy Forest and Bliss Pond. Gangs are doing things like a fish in water. People in the society can get money from us, up and down, It depends on our faces.”
"But in recent years, Singapore and Malaysia have regained their composure. If the economy wants to develop, gangs will become outdated. It's not that people in society suddenly want to be good people, but that there are too many gangs. The existence of it prevents them from making more money."
Fan Minzhi nodded repeatedly, deeply convinced.
He never went to any serious school since he was a child, but his father hired a tutor for him, and he had to learn a lot more than what he would have had in a normal school.
Although he is only seventeen years old, there are people who are always paying attention to and reporting to him the economic trends in all aspects.
Judging from the situation in recent years, the economic prosperity of Singapore and Malaysia. If we want to achieve great development, the first thing is to suppress the living space of gangs.
"So the four of us old guys have been prepared for a complete transformation in the past two years, but we are old after all, and some things have to be done by the energetic new generation."
Fan Buchou continued, "On my side, naturally I can only leave it to you and your brother-in-law. Your coming-of-age ceremony is when you officially make your debut. Of course, before that, you have to give me an answer sheet."
This is the appointment of his successor. Although it is a matter of course, when he actually heard these words coming from Fan Buchou's mouth, Fan Minzhi still couldn't restrain himself, and a trembling excitement burst out from the bottom of his heart. .
The Tao Zhu Group has only a few thousand employees on the surface, but the armed force it directly controls secretly only has about a thousand gunmen and more than a hundred reformed warriors.
However, the gang situation here in Singapore and Malaysia is clearly divided between top and bottom. If necessary, top gangs like Tao Zhu Group will be mobilized at all levels. The movements of hundreds of thousands of gang members in the entire southwest community will be controlled by them.
They must be included in the direction of the entire Singapore-Malaysia situation.
Even if those people don't actually believe it all, even if they have to transform, they will inevitably suffer some losses, this power still makes people feel hot in their hearts and eyes.
Fan Minzhi responded: "What answer sheet is it? Does it require new results for the assets I manage, or does it require the part I manage..."
"It's not just your business now."
Fan Buchou put down the small file, straightened up, sighed sincerely, and said, "I want to change, but there are some people under my command, some are accustomed to the previous gang style, and some may not be happy for you to take the lead. Jumping around."
"Ahao was supposed to come back last month, but he hasn't come to see me yet. He's so unfamiliar. Youbai and Feiyan are both very active, too active. You should tell me before the coming-of-age ceremony that you are going to Which group to win over and which group to suppress? When the day comes, you have to make their position clear and it will be considered as an answer sheet for me."
Fan Minzhi looked solemn and responded in a heavy and slow voice.
Fan Buchou stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the half-finished root carving.
The evil head was facing directly towards his face.
After a moment of silence, Fan Buchou picked up a small ax and, at a forty-five-degree angle to the grain of the wood, chopped off a piece of excess wood root at the foot of the evil spirit.
"It doesn't have to be a position. If you have the ability, use the fate of certain people to answer your questions for your father."
Fan Buchou said the word "end" a little lightly, but it sounded heavy to Fan Minzhi's ears.
"Go ahead."
"Goodbye dad."
Fan Minzhi exited the root carving hall with respect and courtesy.
A burst of clouds in the sky disturbed the sun, and the light coming from outside the glass curtain wall was slightly deflected.
Fan Buchou put down his ax and looked carefully.
His hands are bionic real-spirit machines that look like the flesh and blood of a normal young man. They are elastic, have fingerprints, and even have pores. They are worthy of their expensive price.
But in terms of touch and feel, relying on the feedback brought by the dense sensors under the bionic skin is ultimately not as good as real human hands.
The angle of the ax he just struck was slightly off. After cutting off the excess, a few undetectable cracks were left on the wood carving.
"Pity."
Fan Buchou flicked his finger on Gen Diao's head.
The half-finished hardwood root carving began to collapse from the head, until the entire half-human-sized root carving collapsed into a pile of sawdust on the workbench.
Fan Buchou watched all this indifferently.
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After Fan Minzhi left the root carving hall, he took out his mobile phone and sent a message. He received a reply soon, and with a smile in his eyes, he took the elevator to the 36th floor of Tao Zhu Building.
Feng shui is prevalent here in Singapore and Malaysia, and many people are a bit superstitious. The office of the financial director is set on the 36th floor, which means taking six and six luck.
Fan Minzhi passed by many staff on this floor, walked around the corridor, came to the office with the sign of the Financial Director, and knocked on the door.
A gentle female voice came from the door.
"Come in."
Fan Minzhi opened the door, locked it, and closed the office blinds.
Behind the desk, a beauty with curly hair in a work suit was applying nail polish nonchalantly and looked up.
Fan Minzhi walked around the desk, knelt beside the leather chair naturally, and hugged the beauty's long legs wearing only stockings with both hands.
"Sister Yanzi, I miss you."
Lang Feiyan, one of the four heroes, gently stretched out a finger, touched Fan Minzhi's forehead, and said with a low smile: "Why are you so excited? What good thing happened to you and you still refused to tell it in the text message?"
"Let's talk about it later..."
Fan Minzhi's voice gradually became muffled.
Someone knocked on the door outside the office. After knocking three times and getting no response, he stepped away knowingly.
Everyone knows that Lang Feiyan has a bad temper. If she is disturbed by trivial matters, she will definitely have a painful life.
In the well-soundproofed office, the light was dim. Half an hour later, Fan Minzhi was sitting on a chair. He was kicked in the chest and slid out some distance.
Lang Feiyan's collar was spread out and her stockings were down to her calves. She sat on the table and took out her makeup mirror to touch up her makeup. She said hoarsely, "You insatiable brat, you are too bold today."
"Because the old man has made a promise to me today."
Fan Minzhi smiled and briefly recounted the conversation in the root carving hall.
Lang Feiyan raised her left eyebrow and said lazily: "Oh, then it seems that I must be an old person who will be punished."
Fan Minzhi showed an eager look on his face, walked to her side, and said quickly: "How is that possible? I will marry Sister Yanzi in the future. I will deal with whoever you say I want to deal with."
"Little fool."
Lang Feiyan smiled tenderly and cursed, "Needless to say, Mr. Yun is the person least likely to convince you."
Fan Minzhi said harshly: "Yes, I have long disliked him, so I will deal with him first."
"You have to have a strategy to deal with him. Dugu Hao doesn't know what he's up to recently. Maybe he capsized somewhere, and his men are not at peace. Mr. Yun may have a heart for the meat on his plate. This is an opportunity."
After Lang Feiyan tidied up her makeup, she returned to her cool look, "In addition, there is another unexpected thing."
She turned over the keys, took out the remote control from the drawer, and turned on the projector.
On the small screen opposite the office, the appearance of a young man appeared. Picture after picture changed, all of them were pictures of the same person in different places.
Fan Minzhi said with resentment: "My sister has collected so many photos of other men, and she is still a handsome boy. Are you getting tired of the old?"
Lang Feiyan didn't bother to look at him, and said hoarsely: "If you are so stupid, then I am really blind. Just treat it as a dog bitten a few times and get out of here."
"Sister, don't lose your temper."
Fan Minzhi quickly grabbed her hand, stopped teasing, and turned around and said, "I think I have seen this person before. He is a new and emerging gang leader in Yishun District."
"Little gang leader, ha!"
Lang Feiyan put the remote control against her chin and smiled softly, "Under Yandu's hands, the group of people who were planted at the beach a few years ago were wiped out by him."
"According to the news, one person killed Wei Lengbo and his four brothers. When I checked him, I could only find out that he came from Hong Kong. He was a bionic machine and Chinese. Hey, this is a dragon that has crossed the river."
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"As the old saying goes, dragons don't live with snakes. How can such a little dragon make a good gang if he hangs out with the gang around him?"
In the garden of a villa, among the five tigers and four brave men, Yun Youbai, the second oldest, threw a stack of information on the stone table of the pavilion.
His thick hair was neatly combed, and he had a short beard that reached his ears. He wore a loose red double-breasted Tang suit with seven grape buttons on the front placket, and he laughed twice with his signature heroic spirit.
"Daoyuan, help me get in touch with him. If you have a better attitude, please bring him to our side."
The five tigers of Tao Zhu Group, Liu Jingtang, Yun Youbai, have a long way to go, Hu Buxi, tall and talented.
Except for Fan Buchou's son-in-law Liu Jingtang, the other three have been gradually attracted by Yun Youbai for more than ten years.
Gu Daoyuan, who is in his forties and wearing a suit and leather shoes, glasses and headphones, collected the pile of information, looked through it, nodded, and went out by car to the territory of the Shenzhou Jieyi Society.
