Journey 1995:Non-Stop

Chapter 214 The Millennium (Bonus chapter for the Alliance Leader's beloved Sisi)

The third brother was arrested.

It can be said that the police did not put in much effort to arrest Lao San. Lao San did not run away at all, but hid in a hotel. When the police arrested him, he did not resist at all.

After the police called Yan Hui to the criminal investigation team, Yan Hui asked to see Lao San. The police said that Lao San did not want to see him and dared not see him.

The police have been interrogating for several hours, and they have basically figured out the whole story.

The third brother was a rather lecherous person to begin with. In the two years he'd been with Yan Hui, he'd changed girlfriends several times, spending a considerable amount of money on it. Besides that, he also enjoyed gambling.

Back then, when he played with his older cousin, the third brother played for relatively small stakes, with the most he could win or lose in a day being a few hundred. At that time, Yan Hui knew this and didn't really care about it.

There are far too many people in southern Fujian who love gambling. Many of them are superstitious about luck. Some people have gone bankrupt because of it, but quite a few have also turned their fortunes around.

My cousin has always loved gambling. He didn't save any money in the early days, but he gradually accumulated tens of thousands of yuan in capital.

However, after Haotian's nephew arrived, the third brother started to have some contact with President Teng and went with him a few times, thus opening up a "new world" for him. He was not very knowledgeable to begin with, and when he arrived at Jianye, the speed of his growth was too fast for him to keep up with.

Everything was fine at first, but after Mr. Teng's processing plant ran into trouble, his cash flow was disrupted. He spent a few days in jail, and after his release, desperate to raise money, he went to gamble and lost hundreds of thousands of yuan. At this point, Mr. Teng still had a chance to turn things around, but instead of cutting his losses, he continued to gamble.

The third brother didn't know exactly what kind of deficit there was. He only learned about President Teng's gambling in the last few days; he didn't know any of this before.

The third brother only knew that he had lost twenty or thirty thousand yuan little by little, inexplicably and without realizing it, until one day, Boss Teng came over and threatened him, saying that he would tell Yan Hui about it.

If Yan Hui finds out about this, he will definitely fire Lao San, and the consequences are predictable.

From that day on, the third brother began to be manipulated by President Teng.

Whether Yan Hui sends the large bill to Lao San or to General Manager Teng, the outcome of this order will be the same.

The fact that so many people went to Yan Hui's hometown to pay New Year's visits was also due to the third brother's repeated encouragement. His aim was to get Yan Hui away from the area.

Mr. Teng gave the third son a reward of 15 yuan.

Mr. Teng told the third brother that he didn't intend to cheat him out of the money; if he did, his life would be ruined.

Mr. Teng said that he had some money stuck at the construction site and urgently needed a bridging loan. Once the loan was secured, everything would fall into place. Lao San didn't believe him, but on the one hand, he wasn't an expert in the business, and on the other hand, he felt that Mr. Teng had no reason to lie to him; if he did, Mr. Teng would be finished too.
Of course, none of these are the most crucial issues. The most crucial issue is his personal gambling debts, which have gradually accumulated to sixty or seventy thousand! He has long been unable to control his own destiny!
In hindsight, everyone involved in any scam can seem like a brilliant strategist, but Yan Hui at the time had no idea that Lao San would lie to him.

Last year, Yan Hui mentioned inviting friends over for the Chinese New Year. This year, his third brother merely encouraged the idea but didn't play a decisive role. Ultimately, it's Yan Hui's own problem—he's been too arrogant and too relaxed, neglecting to personally oversee such a large business.

Three years ago, Yan Hui, who went to Northeast China with 3 yuan and did everything himself, is no longer here.

Instead, there was Boss Yan, who routinely spent 600 yuan a day renting an Audi and occasionally hired a driver; a young 20-year-old boss who had already sent hundreds of people to his hometown to wish him a Happy New Year. The third brother didn't receive the 15 yuan Boss Teng promised; his gambling debts were only nominally forgiven. Boss Teng promised to settle the remaining amount in two or three days. Boss Teng's promise consisted of two parts: giving the third brother 8 yuan in cash (minus 7 yuan for gambling debts), and quickly making up the outstanding payments to Yan Hui's company after transferring the money and goods.

After giving the large sum of money to Boss Teng, Boss Teng disappeared. The third brother went to many of his friends and used his only two thousand yuan to buy some clues.

The scheme that Boss Teng and the third brother went to was actually a scheme specifically set up by Boss Teng for the third brother. In reality, Boss Teng had another scheme of his own. It is said that Boss Teng lost over a million yuan there, and coupled with the death at the factory, his cash flow has completely dried up.

This time, Boss Teng took all these goods in cash. It's said he's going to Shanghai to gamble everything. If the profit doubles or more, Boss Teng will be able to settle everything and come back to be Boss Teng again.

But it seems that it did not succeed.

It is said that the people who bought this batch of goods were Huang Tianhong and other Putian businessmen who had a long-standing feud with Yan Hui. Yan Hui had seized too much of their market share, and they had long wanted to "get rid of" him. This time, they all claimed to be unaware of the situation, but...
The police also investigated Huang Tianhong and others, and found that these people had indeed paid for the goods and were "unaware" of the matter. They had no legal responsibility.

Actually, when Yan Hui and President Teng did business together before, it was all based on trust.

In the very early days, Yan Hui, with a net worth of only 3 yuan, directly delivered goods worth 8 yuan to Boss Teng. Back then, if Boss Teng cheated Yan Hui or refused to pay him, Yan Hui would have to work for Wang Hongjun with his life on the line.

Now, the third brother also believed what Boss Teng said and gave the goods to Boss Teng first, but in a completely different way.

"We are currently making every effort to apprehend Teng Xunbo. We will let you know as soon as we find him or the money." After explaining the situation of the third brother, the police asked, "Is there anything else you can do to assist us? We investigated the gambling den that Yan Wentao mentioned, but it's deserted and we can't find anything there."

"I...I understand." Yan Hui didn't know what to say.

"Yan Wentao's lead says Teng Xunbo went to Shanghai. We'll investigate as soon as possible." After saying this formulaic thing, the policeman left.

It's already quite an achievement that they were able to tell Yan Hui so much.

Was the third child also scammed?

Yan Hui is still deceiving himself.

He trusted his sworn brothers from back then too much.

When he left his hometown, there were things going on at home, and his third brother would help him. At that time, Yan Hui also told Qing Lan that if anything happened, she should ask her third brother for help.

People from southern Fujian have great faith in sworn brotherhood, and he even wants to exonerate the third brother, believing that the third brother must have had no choice in the matter.

But no matter how you try to justify it, the current outcome is what it is, and it's exceptionally cruel.

The third brother doesn't have a single penny. As for Boss Teng, even if he gets caught, he probably won't have much either.
2000 was a great start.

(End of this chapter)