Dead silence, a frozen dead silence.
Even the big shots who were quietly peeping in the side room were stunned, staring at the insolent figure. For the first time in a long time, they saw someone who dared to step on Bei Yuan's face.
Only Bei Yuan looked down at the finger in front of his chest in a daze.
It was still unbelievable.
When he looked up, he saw Huai Shi's mocking and indifferent eyes. His face turned from red to blue, and the cane between his five fingers almost cracked. He roared angrily.
"Bastard, you dare to insult me!"
"I just said a few words of truth, you don't have to be so angry, right?"
Huai Shi sighed. "You don't have to speak so loudly, I can hear you."
He paused for a moment, and his eyes became dangerous. He calmly patted the man in front of him on the shoulder, tidied up his collar and hair, and gently told him, "No matter how rude you are, you shouldn't be so rude in front of the coffin of the deceased. Calm down, okay?"
Huai Shi patted the holster under his ribs through the dress. He slowly let go of his hand and took a step back. He looked at his appearance and nodded with satisfaction. "That's right. You are the messenger of the five big shots. You shouldn't lower yourself to the level of small people like us. You should at least show a dignified appearance."
"You think you've won?"
Bei Yuan squeezed out a hoarse voice from between his teeth. His old face was gloomy, and he stared at his face. "You think you are very powerful, very strong. I know that every year, there will be people like you who don't know the immensity of heaven and earth jumping out, wanting to challenge authority. You don't know the immensity of heaven and earth.
You think you can challenge the five big shots with Tengben's inheritance in your hands. But you are dreaming, Huai Shi. If the five big shots don't allow it, you can't even be the boss! "
"Probably. Maybe, maybe it's just like what you said?"
Huai Shi shrugged indifferently and smiled. "But, who do you think you are? If you want to take away my position, let the five big shots talk to me. "
"Luo He, Sheng Tian Mu, Jiu Wo, Qianye, and Huang Chuan, it doesn't matter who it is."
He bent down and whispered into Bei Yuan's ear: "If they are not satisfied with me as a newcomer, then ask them to come and tell me personally."
In the silence, Bei Yuan raised his eyes and looked at the man's face. Very quickly, he nodded slowly: "Very good, I will pass on your words.
Huai Zhi, I really hope that you can still have this kind of backbone when you're about to die. "
He withdrew his venomous gaze and didn't say anything else. He turned around and left. But after taking a few steps, he heard a voice behind him.
"… Oh right, aren't you here to offer your condolences?"
Huai Shi, who was in front of the memorial tablet, turned around and asked in confusion, "Why don't you burn incense?"
Bei Yuan's footsteps paused. His expression twitched as he restrained his anger. He turned around and raised his hand towards the foot of the mountain. At the foot of the mountain, he bent down and offered a bunch of incense sticks with both hands.
The incense sticks were lit in the candlelight. The fleeting flame rose and illuminated the faces of the old and the young. Very quickly, it disappeared in the water vapor that blew in from the thin rain.
Only a thread of flickering flame fell into the incense burner and turned into spirals of green smoke, diffusing in all directions.
Watching Bei Yuan leave angrily, at the foot of the mountain, his face pale, walked over and lowered his voice: "Bei Yuan is the messenger of the five big bosses, if …"
"I know."
Huai Shi said: "I did it on purpose."
At the foot of the mountain was sluggish: "Why, why?"
"The reason is very simple." Huai Shi turned around and looked at him calmly: "If there is no chance, how can a newcomer stand out?"
At the foot of the mountain, he wanted to say something but stopped.
He really wanted to say that he was roasting the Fujimoto Group on the fire. Once this spread out, he was afraid that they would be in danger of being overturned. But the Fujimoto Group no longer existed. Now it should be the Huai Zhi Group. The matter of the relationship had already been decided. What right did he, a has-been, have to make irresponsible remarks?
What was done could not be undone. What was left was nothing more than a mountain of knives and a sea of fire. After the panic, at the foot of the mountain, he had already accepted the reality. If the five big bosses were to blame him, at worst he would accompany the group leader on the road to hell.
He lowered his eyes and did not speak anymore.
The consequences of offending Bei Yuan did not need to wait until tomorrow. It had already appeared at this moment. The big bosses who had participated in the farewell in the side room had already begun to make various excuses and bid farewell.
They admired Yu Huai Shi's courage to chase away the messenger of the five big bosses, but it did not mean that they liked to associate with a guy who did not know the immensity of heaven and earth.
"Oh, Mr. Huai Shi is young and promising. I should have stayed to drink a few more cups of wine. Unfortunately, there was an emergency at home and I could not stay for long. What a pity."
The old man of the Yamada-gumi pretended to be regretful. He held Huai Shi's hand and reluctantly said goodbye.
Huai Shi did not insist. He did not even ask Fujimoto's widow and child to stay.
He just smiled and said goodbye one by one.
"You are not leaving after dinner? What a pity. "He politely sent them out of the door." Have a safe journey, everyone. I will not send you off. "
After watching the old men turn around, Huai Shi looked at the house and asked, seemingly puzzled, "How strange. Is everyone actually not interested in the Tiger King Group's inheritance?"
Under the umbrella, the old man of the Yamada-gumi paused in his footsteps. However, he did not look back and left with a normal expression.
Five minutes later, there was a knock on the back door.
The old man who had left and returned smiled at the foot of the mountain. "Oh, I forgot to bring an umbrella. Can you do me a favor and let this old man disturb you for dinner?"
"Of course, please come in."
The foot of the mountain gestured and pointed to the side room next to the mourning hall.
In the side room, which was bustling with activity again, many pairs of eyes looked over and immediately became unhappy.
"Hey, old turtle, didn't you leave? Why are you back? "
"My nephew and Fujimoto were sworn brothers in prison. Why can't we have a drink at his funeral? But you, bald kappa, didn't you say that your daughter is about to give birth? Hurry up and go back. "
"I only have two sons, and they are both eating in prison. Where did this daughter come from? You must have heard wrongly, old turtle! "
In less than ten minutes, more than one-third of the people actually ran back. It was like the second and third meetings between the employees of a club. After deceiving the irrelevant and insensible fellows away, they reunited in a familiar place again.
Indeed, the Huai Paper Group did not know what was good for them and might be in danger.
However, this did not affect how tempting the Tiger King Group's inheritance was!
If they did not take action now and waited for the higher-ups of the alliance to distribute it, who knew how much effort they would have to put in to get their hands on it? How could it compare to the pleasure of taking advantage of the situation now?
Even if the Huai Paper Group was no longer around, they couldn't just ask them to return the assets that they had spent money on, even if they were the five big bosses, right?
Although the Extreme Dao did not follow the so-called procedures and never paid taxes, there were also rules. There was too much room for manipulation, and too much profit to be made. These old fogeys couldn't help but be tempted.
Besides, they might even be able to take another wave of the Huai Paper Group … Wouldn't it be wonderful to have the assets of two groups serving them?
Looking at the lively atmosphere in the room from afar, Huai Shi turned and left. He threw the rest of the matters to Oshiya. There was no need for him to appear again.
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An hour later, Oshiya hurried into the lounge specially prepared for Huai Shi. He was sweating profusely and wiping his forehead.
"Team Leader, the assets of the Tiger King Group have been sold. The fixed assets and goods in their hands, as well as the channels and shops of the milk tea chain, have all been bought by those four groups …"
At this point, he couldn't help but feel the pinch.
It was still too rushed. Those old fogeys had opened their mouths wide and had no room to bargain at all when they haggled. It was as if they were buying cabbages.
Moreover, according to the rules, such assets that had not been dealt with properly had to be discounted by 30%.
It was almost the same as daylight robbery!
He lowered his head and handed over the thick documents in his hands. He reported, "This time, it was respectively from the Yamada-gumi and …"
Huai Shi waved and interrupted the long-winded speech that followed. "Just tell me the total amount."
"A total of 57 million US dollars."
Oshiya adjusted his glasses and took a few breaths to prevent himself from having a heart attack. "According to your request, we only want cash and hard currency. If it's not enough, we'll mortgage it first and settle it within a week."
After hastily calculating the borrowed income, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. "In this case, Teng … no, Huai Paper Group's accounts now have a large sum of money …"
"What do they need so much money for?"
Huai Shi waved his hand indifferently. "How much money do we have in the accounts now?"
"Including the surplus and working capital from the last quarter, the bulk of it is the advance payment that has just been transferred. There's a total of about nine million US dollars."
"That's quite a lot."
Huai Shi nodded in understanding. He stared at the gradually rising twilight sky outside and said thoughtfully, "Oshiya, how many people do you think there are in the entire Danbo Inner Circle?"
"Huh?"
Oshiya was puzzled. After thinking for a long time, he said hesitantly, "About two hundred thousand people? Anyway, the annual census doesn't count the people here, and no one has counted it before. "
"Then let's make it two hundred and fifty thousand."
Huai Shi lowered his head and stared at the flickering cigarette at his fingertips. He thought for a moment and shrugged. "Then, let's do it this way."
Before Oshiya could react, he raised his head and smiled.
"Go tell everyone here that there's a guy called Huai Paper who's new here. He wants to treat them to a drink and ask them to take care of him in the future."
He said, "I want to treat everyone to a drink."
Oshiya was stunned. He froze on the spot and was dumbfounded.
"Boss, are you … serious?"
"Such a large sum of money is not something to joke about, right?" Huai Shi said, "Help me do the math. Do you have a calculator?"
This was the simplest arithmetic problem.
The cheapest beer, Twilight Beer, cost 270 Ying Dollars per can. That was a total of 67 million Ying Dollars, which was almost 700,000 American Dollars!
"In this case, I can still keep more than eight million."
Huai Shi pinched his chin and thought for a moment. He took out a business card from his pocket — Border Peace Water Conservancy Group.
"Contact this company. I've already negotiated the terms of the contract. Just discuss the prepayment and follow-up payment. Remember to reserve a part of the cost of the pipeline laying and renovation."
"After that, you can tell those drinkers that from next week onwards, everyone will be able to buy water from us — clean, clear, drinkable water."
He said, "But water is different from wine. Wine is free, but water is three times the market price."
In the silence, Oshiya's hands trembled as he held the paper. He almost suspected that he had heard wrong, but it was difficult to doubt his words. After a long time, he panted and finally calmed down.
Taking off his glasses with trembling hands, the white-haired man bent forward and bowed 90 degrees.
"Yes, sir!"
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Two minutes later, the first order from the leader of Huai Shi's group reached everyone's ears.
It was not a fight, nor was it a reprimand or praise.
It was just a simple order. He wanted to treat everyone to a drink.
Most people thought that he was crazy. Some people were already quietly preparing to leave and find their next job before the big wave. But more people chose to stay.
Because there was too little time, because they were still observing, and because … the red packet given by their big brother was too tempting.
Of course, there were also uneasy members who quietly found Shangye, who was the closest to the bottom, and asked with concern, "Brother Shangye, I heard that the boss offended the five big bosses. Is that true? I'm afraid that everyone will have a hard time in the future. "
"Brother Huai Shi is a real man. What do you know?!"
Shangye, who was wrapped in bandages, smoked a cigarette as if he was looking at a group of idiots. He squinted and said, "Didn't you get the bonus? Do your job well!
Not enough cars? Then go and borrow! Doesn't Yamada Society have a freight company? If you don't have enough manpower, then call those useless people in your family who only know how to take drugs over. It's fine as long as they have hands and feet. Don't tell me that the boss doesn't pay! "
No matter what, tonight, under this absurd order, the new Huai Shi group began to operate.
He had mobilized more than twice the manpower and countless external helpers. He had spent a lot of money. Then, he had used more than 70% of the budget to empty almost all the convenience stores and warehouses in Kyoto. He had called all the suppliers and even drove the trucks to Nara and Osaka.
At ten o 'clock in the evening, it seemed that all the beer in the world had come to the inner circle of Danbo.
Then, under the confused gazes of the onlookers, the members of Huai Shi group moved box after box to the side of the street, piling up into mountains at hundreds of intersections.
When the bell rang in the distance, men with tattoos and ill-fitting suits jumped out of the car. They opened the packages neatly and politely greeted the people around them.
They delivered every can of beer to anyone who passed by.
Free.
Just like that, they tirelessly told everyone that this was not a promotional advertisement, nor was it any despicable scam. It was just that a Mr. Huai Shi wanted to treat you to a drink.
You didn't need to know who Huai Shi was, nor did you need to understand what he was doing here. Whether you chose to accept or refuse, he just wanted to make you happy.
Even if it was only for a moment, even if the happiness was only a little.
It was that simple.
He just wanted you to live well.
Some people refused and quickly walked away, watching vigilantly. However, there were even more people who chose to accept the heavy beer because they didn't care about it.
Then, after carefully observing the production date and label, they pulled the tab and tasted it.
Some people praised it, while others just casually took a few sips and threw it into the dustbin. Whether it was curiosity, suspicion, or resistance, more and more people gathered.
The atmosphere gradually heated up, and the cheers spread in all directions.
In the end, in this narrow and dirty inner circle of Danbo, it gathered into a thin and rippling sea.
After many years, some people could still recall the cheers and laughter on the street that night. Everyone raised the beer in their hands and drank heartily.
The people hiding in the alleys, under the bridges, and in the corners came to the street again and took a can of beer from those people without distinction.
Whether it was hooligans, gangsters, ordinary people, mixed-race people, helpers, or dancers, under the illumination of the neon lights, everyone had a hallucinatory smile on their faces.
The distant sound of a harmonica came in the wind, and everything was drowned in the sweet smell of wheat.
It seemed that the world was no longer hazy.
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