Senior sister, please stop crying. I am really not a scumbag.

Chapter 81 Annual Meeting
Yang Hao didn't know what Wang Qiang was thinking. Even if he knew, he would still shake his head. As the saying goes, a gambler will end up with nothing. If Wang Qiang didn't stop and continued to indulge, what was waiting for him was the abyss.

The next day, Yang Hao and Li Xing drove to the forest bar. Because they had informed them in advance, Wang Zhipeng and Tang Miaomiao were also there. Xiao Wu's embezzlement of public funds was not a trivial matter and had to be resolved.

Xiao Wu is a young man in his early 20s. He dropped out of school after finishing technical secondary school and just hung around in this area. Jiu Ge is an idol in the eyes of these uneducated young people in the Nanmen Bridge area. He started from scratch and became a well-known entrepreneur. So he found a job under Jiu Ge. He wanted to help watch the horse farm and do surveillance work, but he was new here and people didn't believe him, so they asked him to come to the forest bar to help, with food and accommodation provided, and 2200 yuan a month.

For a young man in his 20s, this amount of money is nothing, especially for someone like Xiao Wu who spends money lavishly. He wants to go to the horse farm to help out, after all, the commission there is higher, but of course there is the risk of operating a sewing machine.

But what’s the old saying?

The bigger the waves, the more expensive the fish. If you want to stand out, you have to take a different approach. Because he often hangs around the horse farm and sees people winning money so easily, he gets itchy and becomes addicted. He gets deeper and deeper into debt. Because the repayment date is coming, if he doesn't pay it back, the interest will compound and become a bottomless pit. So Xiao Wu gritted his teeth and stole a sum of money from the Forest Bar's account.

Of course, he owed 2 yuan and the interest was more than 3000 yuan. After paying off the debt, he had about yuan left. He thought that since he had already moved the money, there was no difference between and yuan. He might as well gamble a few more times. Maybe he could win back the money with interest.

However, after playing cards all night, Xiao Wu lost all his 10,000 yuan. He regretted it deeply. At dawn, he was thinking about how to make up for the loss. Xiao Long came to the horse farm to find him and told him about his crime. Xiao Wu sneered at first and said disdainfully: "What's there to be afraid of? Yang Hao is nothing. I have worked in Forest Bar for a year. How long has he been here? The money is spent. What can he do to me?"

"He said if you can't make up the money, I'll pack up and leave with you."

"Just get out of here, who's afraid of who?" Xiao Wu looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.

forest bar.

Xiao Wu, with a rebellious look on his face, saw Yang Hao and others. Although he looked down on Yang Hao in his heart, he still had to put on a show and greeted them respectfully.

"Where's the money?"

Xiao Wu said honestly: "I've lost."

Wang Zhipeng sneered: "You are so capable. You embezzled the money privately, and you are still so confident?"

Xiao Wu was furious, thinking, who do you think you are? When I was out there, you were still playing in the mud. But after all, Yang Hao was Jiu Ge's brother, and he couldn't afford to offend him, so he had to bite the bullet and said, "Just deduct it from my salary."

Yang Hao waved his hand: "No, my small temple can't accommodate a great god like you, pack up your things and get out. Xiaolong, you too, get out together."

Xiao Wu didn't waste any words, "Okay."

Just get out of here. He took away 30,000 yuan anyway, so it’s not a loss.

But Xiaolong got anxious, "Brother Hao, if he gets out, why should I get out too?"

Xiao Wu didn't lose anything, but Xiao Long suffered a huge loss.

Yang Hao sneered, "He embezzled the money, you couldn't have not known about it. Even if you didn't know about it that day, you didn't inform me. Go away, you are fired. Besides, I don't have a penny to give you. If you want compensation, go find Xiao Wu. He embezzled 30,000 yuan, and I won't pursue it. If I pursue it, neither of you can bear it."

Xiaolong: "..."

How dare he make trouble?

Yang Hao’s backer is Brother Jiu, so even if he makes a big fuss, it will all be in vain.

……

Xiaolong and Xiaowu left. Forest Bar needs help, at least two people. Yang Hao posted another advertisement. Let's not talk about this matter for now.

That night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse.

It was approaching December and it was already very cold, so Yang Hao wrapped himself in a thick autumn coat.

Jiu Ge called Yang Hao and asked him to get ready, change his clothes and go to the main altar. The main altar is an ancestral hall located in Baige District. Jiu Ge told Yang Hao that every November 11, the big brothers and shareholders of the Eagle Group would hold a meeting at the main altar, one of which was to formulate the business policy and strategy for the next year; the other was to plan the distribution of benefits.

This is a routine event that we attend every year.

Jiu Ge was rarely dressed in a suit today. He even combed his hair into a slicked-back style and drove a high-end Audi. He looked like a successful man. When he saw Yang Hao, Jiu Ge came over and patted Yang Hao on the shoulder. "Haozi, I heard about Xiao Wu and Xiao Long. They are doing well. In business, harmony brings wealth. How can violence work? I'm afraid that you might get impulsive and resort to knife-wielding for a few tens of thousands of dollars."

Yang Hao smiled, but he didn't dare to. This was a society ruled by law these days. Not to mention using a knife, even a slap in the face would be a waste of time. After all, if he used a knife, what if he was blackmailed by the other party? Wouldn't that bring him into trouble?

The ancestral hall is quite lively today. There are all kinds of luxury cars parked in three layers outside. Many men are waiting outside. When Ninth Brother's motorcade drove in, people in the two rows immediately gave way.

Brother Jiu was wearing sunglasses. When he got off the car, he straightened his clothes first, then took out a cigarette and lit it. He patted Yang Hao on the shoulder and said, "Mouse, don't talk later, and don't express your opinions."

"I know, brother."

Walk through the courtyard and enter the gate of the ancestral hall, where it is even more lively.

The portrait of Guandi and many tablets were lit with incense and candles, and there were people sitting on the two rows of pear wood chairs.

The house was filled with smoke.

Yang Hao also saw some familiar faces, some big guys he had met before when he was having dinner at Kaiyuan Restaurant, such as Han Fei from Xinnan Village and the short mule from Nanmen Bridge.

"Oh, Brother Jiu, you come so late. If you don't know, you would think you are the boss of our group." As soon as Brother Jiu arrived, the short mule made a sarcastic remark.

Brother Jiu laughed loudly, sat down on the second pearwood chair on the left, took out a cigarette and lit it, and Yang Hao hurriedly lit it for him.

"No, no, I don't have the qualifications to sit in the top position."

The short mule said indifferently: "Some people don't have that fate, but they have that heart."

Ninth brother’s eyes narrowed into a line.

At this time, Han Fei, who was sitting in the second chair on the right, looked down at the time displayed on the watch on his wrist and said with a smile, "It's almost time. Everyone is here. The regular meeting can begin."

Yang Hao finally understood. Those sitting on the chairs on the left were all from Nanmen Bridge, while those sitting on the chairs on the right were all from Xinnan Village. Moreover, the ranking was quite particular. The higher the ranking, the higher the prestige, the bigger the business, and the more industries.

Jiu Ge and Han Fei both took the second seat, and the first seat on both sides was vacant.

Of course, Yang Hao was not qualified to sit. He and Gao Sancheng stood behind Brother Jiu with their hands behind their backs.

On the Nanmen Bridge side, there were a total of five chairs, one of which was empty. Brother Jiu was second, the third was the dwarf nicknamed "Shorty Mule", the fourth was a stern bald man with a sinister look, nicknamed "Descending Tiger", and the fifth was a gentle man with glasses, whom Yang Hao had met at the Food City. It was said that his name was Brother Fa, and he worked in a credit company. On the Xinnan Village side, Han Fei naturally sat in the second chair, and there were four people in order.

At this time, a man came in with incense and candles and gave some to each brother. Then all the brothers stood up and burned incense to Guandi in unison. After inserting the incense and candles on the incense table, they returned to their original positions. In short, the sense of ritual was full. Those who didn't know would think that they were holding some religious ceremony or the Qingming Festival to worship ancestors.

There is a couplet on each side of the portrait of Guandi.

First Couplet: Faith is a good remedy that can cure the chronic diseases of greed and lust.

Second line: Etiquette is the jade rule that can cure serious illness.

Horizontal banner: courtesy, righteousness, integrity and shame.

(End of this chapter)