Zhengyang Street is located on the west side of the Forbidden City. Standing on the street, you can have a panoramic view of the red walls and blue tiles.
Zhao Fengnian rode a sand factory worker's motorcycle and drove around along the street. He saw the signboard of Tiancui Teahouse in the distance and rode the motorcycle to the door to lock it.
At the same time, an old lady wearing red sleeve bands walked up to Zhao Fengnian: "Master, pay the fee."
Zhao Fengnian paused for a moment: "What fee do you need to pay?"
The old lady pointed to her red sleeve band with "Administrator" printed on it: "The parking fee is five yuan!"
Zhao Fengnian suddenly frowned: "What are you doing? Just open your mouth and get five yuan?"
The old lady responded impatiently: "From the entrance of the Forbidden City to the intersection on the north side, parking is charged. You have to pay five yuan if you park there!"
When Zhao Fengnian heard that there was a parking fee here, he got back on his motorcycle and said, "You are robbing me of money! Five yuan is enough for me to pay for two days of cigarettes!"
When the old lady saw that Zhao Fengnian was leaving, she responded angrily: "Why did you park here if you don't have money?"
"I have plenty of money, but I just don't want to spend it!"
Zhao Fengnian said stubbornly, then rode the motorcycle more than 200 meters in one breath, stopped in front of a small noodle shop, and then returned to the teahouse on foot.
Tiancui Tea House is a three-story building facing the street. Zhao Fengnian opened the door and entered the house. He saw five or six burly young men with shaved heads sitting in the hall. He couldn't help but become a little nervous: "Hello, let me ask Boss Wu." Are you here?"
A young man sitting at the bar stood up and looked at Zhao Fengnian: "Is he from Dongling?"
Zhao Fengnian nodded: "Yes, I talked to Boss Wu on the phone, and he said he wanted to meet with me."
Hearing this, the young man led Zhao Fengnian towards the stairs: "Follow me."
Zhao Fengnian followed the young man and asked tentatively: "Brother, let me ask more, is my son here?"
"I'm not posting a missing person notice. Where is your son? Are you asking me?"
The young man's words choked Zhao Fengnian to silence. Then he walked to the third floor and opened the door of a tea room: "Brother Wu, Zhao Fengnian is here."
A male voice came from the door: "Let him come in."
Zhao Fengnian heard the sound and stepped into the house. When he saw the scene inside, he couldn't help but feel a little numb.
This teahouse is very large, and through the floor-to-ceiling windows, you can just see the rolling outlines of the ancient buildings in the Forbidden City.
Behind the solid wood tea table by the window, sat a middle-aged man about forty-five years old with a slender face. Because the heating in the room was better, he only wore a half-sleeved shirt. On his exposed skin, Full of shocking scars.
In addition to this middle-aged man, there are seven or eight people in this room, the older ones are over fifty and the younger ones are only twenty-four or five years old. The only thing they have in common is that the clothes on these people are all famous brands and their wrists are The watches are also worth a lot of money, and they all have a fierce look on their faces, making them difficult to mess with at first glance.
Zhao Fengnian originally thought that Wu Yushu wanted to talk to him alone, but facing the dozen or so people in the room, he felt a sense of oppression in his heart for no reason, and asked angrily: "May I ask, who is Wu Yushu, boss Wu? "
"Bang!"
The young man who caught Guan Lei at the Heping construction site this morning slapped the table and yelled at Zhao Fengnian: "Fuck you! Are you allowed to call Brother Wu by his name?!"
"Tong Jian, that's it! We are all businessmen, so get over your bad temper!"
The middle-aged man behind the tea table waved to the young man, and then turned his attention to Zhao Fengnian: "I am Wu Yushu."
Zhao Fengnian was scolded by Tong Jian and did not dare to reply at all. He said hello to Wu Yushu angrily: "Hey, hello, Boss Wu!"
Wu Yushu smiled: "Don't be restrained, sit down and chat!"
Zhao Fengnian looked around and found that there was no place to sit in the room except for Tong Jian. Facing the pressure brought by everyone, he stood like an angry primary school student: "Boss Wu, I can just stand."
"whatever."
Wu Yushu was an old man in the world. When he saw Zhao Fengnian's condition, he had an idea in his mind. He picked up the teacup and said, "I've never heard of someone like you before. I've just been in this business not long ago, right?"
"I have been working for more than a year, but before I only delivered sand in the countryside. Today is the first time I deliver sand to the city!"
Zhao Fengnian had already guessed about this matter before: "Boss Wu, I am just a farmer, and I don't know much about business. If this matter offends you, I will apologize to you!"
"Don't make trouble with farmers. Half of the people in this room are from the countryside. No one looks down on farmers. This status is not a shield for you not to understand the rules."
Wu Yushu blew open the tea leaves in the cup and said in a low voice, but loudly: "Since you are in the dry sand and gravel industry, you should know that I am the person in charge of the Shencheng Sand and Gravel Association? The sand and gravel supply in the five districts of the city are all Our association is responsible for this, but you suddenly stepped in and lowered the price so low that it ruined all of our jobs! The people in this room are all battlefield bosses, and they also have a group of brothers to support! You stepped on it! Do you want to make money on our dining table and let the hundreds of people below us drink from the northwest wind?"
Zhao Fengnian looked troubled: "Boss Wu, I didn't lie to you. I really didn't know there was any association for selling sand before, and..."
"No. Besides, I called you here not to listen to your explanation, but to solve this matter."
Wu Yushu didn't give Zhao Fengnian a chance to speak at all. He put down the tea cup and continued: "You robbed our business, and your son injured Tong Jian's man. Neither of these two things can be easily changed! If you don't stay, In other words, not only can’t you take your son away, but you can’t get out of this door either!”
Zhao Fengnian's breathing became rapid: "Boss Wu, what do you want me to do?"
"Our Sand and Gravel Association supplies river sand to the five districts in the city at a cost of 65 yuan per cubic meter, and we are not responsible for the transportation! But you only offer 54 yuan when you deliver it to the construction site. This is malicious competition!"
Wu Yushu tapped the table with his fingers: "There is a price difference of 11 yuan between you and us when you sell this batch of sand. Ten thousand yuan is 110,000 yuan! You can make up for this money. Your son was injured today." For Tong Jian’s little brothers, this money will be considered as medical expenses!”
Zhao Fengnian was stunned for a moment: "One hundred and ten thousand?"
Wu Yushu continued: "There is a second thing! Everyone relies on the battlefield to make a living. I won't let you enter the five districts of the city. If word spreads outside, they will say that I, Wu Yushu, bully others! So if you want to make this money, you can, But in the future, sand sold to the city must be at the price stipulated by the Sand and Gravel Association.”
Zhao Fengnian finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard what Wu Yushu said.
Although the 110,000 yuan the other party wanted was a huge sum of money, if the Zhao family could open this sales channel, the money would not be unacceptable.
But before he could get happy, Wu Yushu's additional terms came: "I allow your sand to enter the five districts of the city. In exchange, you must hand over 70% of the shares of the battlefield, and you will not need to participate in the management in the future. Just wait at home to get your dividends at the end of the year.”
When Zhao Fengnian heard the second half of Wu Yushu's words, he turned pale and said, "Boss Wu, we can't do this! I did not do it right today and broke your rules, but..."
"Fuck you! Did we give you face?"
Another middle-aged man threw his cigarette butt at Zhao Fengnian's feet: "I came to you today to inform you! I didn't discuss it with you! If you want to do your business, just sign the contract quickly, otherwise we'll have to wait You're dead, your bones are gone, and you won't even think about transporting a grain of sand out of the battlefield. If you don't believe me, just try it!"
"This matter has been settled. You go back and make preparations. As soon as possible, take the amount of compensation for Tong Jian, the procedures and the official seal, go to Longde battlefield to buy shares, and take your son back."
Wu Yushu decided the matter firmly and waved to the young man who brought Zhao Fengnian in: "See you off."
