The most difficult part of opening a gambling bureau is whether it can attract customers.
Although Guan Lei's research on Landao is not as good as Li Jifeng's, he has run a chess and card club for several years and knows the ropes very well.
Without going into details about what happened at the gambling table, Lu Tao waited for Binbin to send the gamblers down the mountain early the next morning, then drove back to the greenhouse and asked Guan Lei, "How was last night? Nothing happened." Bar?"
"No, everything went well!"
Guan Lei opened the quilt on the kang and revealed the cardboard box containing cash: "Last night, we made more than 60,000 yuan just from pumping water, and we took out more than 600,000 yuan from the bottom of the shelf. , the interest is more than 30,000 yuan, and in this overnight time, I got a small amount of 100,000 yuan! Lao Li said that last night was just a small test, tonight he will try to drag a few powerful bosses over, we can still make money More!"
Lu Tao was numb from the cold in the car. He took off his shoes and put his feet next to the stove: "Making money is a good thing, but you told Lao Li to be careful when soliciting gamblers! Last night was our first day. Li Jifeng may not notice anything, but if the action is too harsh, things will become troublesome."
"Li Jifeng is a JB! If he hadn't opened a gambling game, I would have gone to take revenge on him! After a few days of gambling, do you really think of yourself as a big brother in society?"
Guan Lei said with a fierce look in his eyes: "It would be a good thing if Li Jifeng doesn't come. If he comes, I can settle old scores with him. I will definitely not suffer this blow in vain!"
"We start the gambling game to make money, not for grudges! You want to take revenge on Li Jifeng. After you get the money, you will have many opportunities. There is no need to cause trouble at this juncture. This is going to be difficult for yourself."
Lu Tao waited until his body had calmed down a bit, then stood up and lay down on the earthen kang: "After staying up all night at the foot of the mountain, I can hardly open my eyes. I'll squint for a while and call me after lunch."
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The other side.
Li Jifeng accompanied Dou Qingnong, the party secretary of Taimin Village, to stay overnight in a bathing house in the city and returned to Taimin Village early in the morning.
Although Dou Qingnong protects the gambling bureau in Taimin Village, Li Jifeng still keeps a low profile and stipulates that the cards will be closed at five o'clock every morning, and the gamblers will be sent back to the city, while the rest of them live in the old unused house of Dou Qingnong's family.
When Li Jifeng came in, Sun Qiang and others who were having breakfast put down their bowls and chopsticks and stood up: "Brother Feng!"
"You're welcome, please sit down! I haven't eaten yet, so I'll eat some with you!"
Li Jifeng sat at the table, took a bowl of millet porridge from someone else, picked up a bun and asked Sun Qiang, "What was going on in the place last night?"
Sun Qiang diligently peeled an egg and put it in Li Jifeng's bowl: "Everything is normal, the table fee was 346,000, the usury paid out more than 1.3 million, and the IOUs are all placed on the kang! These are all The boss is not short of money, and as usual, the money will be almost returned this afternoon!"
Li Jifeng nodded, biting into a bun and asked: "That Ma Xinzhi who works as a wholesaler of seafood in Yingkou, do you have any impression of this person?"
When Sun Qiang heard Li Jifeng mention Boss Ma's name, his heart skipped a beat, but he smiled as usual: "Lao Ma is a regular customer of ours. How could I not recognize him? Brother, why did you ask about him?"
Li Jifeng did not answer Sun Qiang's question and continued to ask: "Did Ma Xinzhi raise money at the bureau yesterday?"
When Sun Qiang heard this, he swallowed nervously. His first reaction was that he had leaked the information about his private work.
But when he glanced out of the corner of his eye, the two young men who put money with him yesterday also looked at him nervously, not as if they had betrayed him. They pretended to be calm and shook their heads: "No, the old man had a hand yesterday. It was pretty smooth and I didn’t lose much money.”
Li Jifeng didn't notice Sun Qiang's slight expression. Instead, he seemed to be relieved: "That's good. Remember, if Lao Ma comes to play today and asks you to borrow money, he must find a reason." If you kill him, you won’t be able to give him a penny, do you understand?”
Sun Qiang couldn't help but open his eyes: "Brother, why?"
"This morning, I received a call from a friend in Yingkou! It is said that Lao Ma went to Macau a few months ago and lost everything there, losing all his property. Moreover, he defrauded local relatives and friends out of a lot of money. There was a famine of more than 10 million yuan outside, and several gambling houses in Yingkou lost money on him."
Li Jifeng said while eating: "My friend over there called and asked me to help keep an eye on Lao Ma's movements, but since he is playing in my game, he is my guest. I can't sell him. This is the rule of the road. But I have to be on guard, I can’t let him fool me..."
Sun Qiang didn't listen to a word of Li Jifeng's next words. He just felt that the meat buns in his hand suddenly lost their flavor.
Four hundred thousand is definitely not a small amount in this era. It is enough to buy a small house in the center of Shencheng City.
When Li Jifeng just asked, he had already told his story, and the IOUs and account books for the loan last night were placed on the kang next to him. There was no note from Lao Ma in them at all. Even if he wanted to regret it now, there was no Opportunity.
Strictly speaking, Li Jifeng is not a real social person. Although he also hangs out, he puts more energy on the blue road.
Before Sun Qiang met Li Jifeng, he was just a small gangster who ran around in various casinos to make high profits. The amount he lent was generally three thousand or two thousand, and it rarely exceeded five thousand. In addition, he usually I like to gamble a few hands, and my life is tight.
His life has improved since he followed Li Jifeng last year. Not only did he pay off his gambling debt this year, he also saved a savings of more than 200,000 yuan.
He had been preparing for this private job for a long time. In addition to his own money and that of his relatives, he also borrowed more than 100,000 yuan at a high interest rate, hoping to make a profit.
But what he never expected was that Boss Ma, who decided to lend money after he had made many choices, would actually go bankrupt.
It would be fine if he just lost his own money, but there are still hundreds of thousands of them borrowed.
Relatives at home are easy to talk to, but those bastards who sell high interest rates will definitely fall out if they don't see the money.
Li Jifeng was talking to Sun Qiang, but he found that he was sitting beside him and was lost in thought. He pushed him with his elbow: "Hey, are you stupid by staying up all night? What are you doing here?"
Sun Qiang reacted and stood up in a hurry: "Huh? Ah! It's okay. I just suddenly remembered that my mother gave birth to her second child today and I have to go back as soon as possible!"
Li Jifeng rolled his eyes and said, "Get out of here! It's been so many years since your father died, and your mother is giving birth to a second child?"
"My mother is gone, but my uncle and uncle are both busy. They run to my house every two days! Brother, you eat first. I have something urgent here, so I'll leave first!"
Sun Qiang didn't wait for Li Jifeng's reply. He didn't even have time to put on his coat. Instead, he grabbed his coat and ran out the door.
"How old are you? You're still frizzy all day long."
Li Jifeng looked at Sun Qiang's leaving figure speechlessly, and then said to a young man at the table: "Wait a minute and you will pay everyone last night's salary. In addition to the fixed five hundred, each person will add three hundred today, and it will be treated as I sent you red envelopes during the Chinese New Year.”
Outside the courtyard gate.
Sun Qiang sat in the car and dialed Lao Ma's phone three times in a row. When he heard the shutdown tone, he slapped himself in the face and said, "Damn it! There are so many people in the casino, why am I blind?" Eye, why did you lend the money to this dog basket?"
