Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 816 Playing Tricks

(I have a cold, and I feel awful.)

The two men came out of the house: "Brother Li, have you two made up your minds?"

Director Li said, "It was already agreed upon. Xiao Wei is a straightforward person; this little thing is nothing to him. If you're okay with it, I'll have someone partition off 200 square meters for you. Which side would you like it in?"

One of them said, "Brother Li, can't we use one door ourselves? Look, this door is at both ends, so it doesn't matter how he sets it up on his side."

Director Li glanced at him and said, "No, he needs a back door on his end."

The man asked, "How will the water and electricity be calculated? Will our contracts be combined or signed separately?"

Xiao Wei said, "Any way of signing is fine, but yours has to have a clause that if you need to transfer it in the middle, it can only be transferred to me, not to anyone else."

The man's eyes narrowed and he glared: "How can that be? We've rented this place, so it's our business. What we do with it is our problem. It's unreasonable for you to restrict us like this."

Xiao Wei glanced at him, then at Director Li, and said, "I don't necessarily have to share the rent with you. It's just that Uncle Li suggested it, so I have to give him face. I don't have much pressure renting it all by myself. A few tens of thousands of yuan is nothing to me, understand? If you guys only work here for two or three years and then quit, I don't plan to share with anyone else anymore, get it?"

Director Li said, "Xiao Wei's contract is for ten years. Once his business is up and running, it's normal for him to have this idea. If you really don't want to continue after a few years or want to move, this place will still have to go to Xiao Wei. I can't help you with that."

The man asked, "So how will the money be settled then?"

Xiao Wei asked, "What money? I'll refund your rent, but what other money is there?"

Another person nearby said, "We can't just give you the place for free, can we? You should at least give us some compensation for our trouble, right?"

Xiao Wei turned to Director Li and asked, "What's your relationship with Uncle and the others?"

Director Li said, "An old friend introduced them to me; I don't know either of them."

One person said, "My uncle works in the district..."

Xiao Wei waved his hand and said, "The district official is too low-ranking. Do you have any connections in the province? Don't even mention anything below the deputy provincial level. Having connections in the provincial department is fine too. I have to give Director Liu face, do you have any? Think carefully about the provincial CPPCC and the municipal people's congress. I have to give face to the main leaders on both sides."

The man snapped, "What are you doing? You're being way too domineering!"

Xiao Wei said, "I don't want to cause trouble for myself. Giving you a piece of land is to give Uncle Li face. Do I even know you? Even if you can find someone I have to give face to, fine. I've already given you directions, what more do you want?"

Another person patted the roof of their car: "Do you think you're richer than us? It's just money, right? Everyone has money."

Xiao Wei said, "Could your car buy just one of my wheels? Is this some kind of Guangdong import? Let me see. It really is. You guys are pretty daring, driving this car like that. Fine, I won't haggle with you anymore. This is the deal. If it works, sign; if not, I'll rent one myself."

The goods from eastern Guangdong are cut-up used cars, cheap, and easy to identify because of the obvious weld points on the bottom.

The man patting the car pointed at Xiao Wei and said, "You think you're so great just because you have money? You think you're so important just because you have money? You're really looking down on people! Believe me or not, I'll make sure your business fails. Everyone has connections! If you're so capable, get that department head to guard your gate every day. Damn it, find out what I, Da Dao, do. Do you think I'm just some nobody in this world?"

Xiao Wei said, "So you're resorting to underhanded tactics when you can't play the legitimate game? Trying to play the underworld with me? Sending people to cause trouble and smash things up every day? I don't understand what your plan is. Oh, oh, oh." Xiao Wei suddenly realized and turned to look at Director Li: "They make money this way, renting storefronts and then reselling them, making what they call hard-earned money. They go wherever it's popular. I must say, they're not entirely stupid."

The man said, "I don't need much. Two hundred square meters, thirty thousand yuan. Give it to us and we'll leave. You can go about your business."

Xiao Wei was taken aback: "You're asking me for it now? Just asking? Do you have a rental contract?"

Another person said, "Isn't that exactly what's going on? We want to transfer the money, but you won't let us, so why bother? Just give us the money."

Director Li narrowed his eyes, inwardly harboring resentment towards the person who had introduced them.

Xiao Wei waved his hand: "Get lost. I don't have time to waste with you guys. Just disappear."

The man said, "Why don't you call the police? Don't you have a good relationship with this bureau chief? Come and arrest us, otherwise your business won't be able to get off the ground, and we'll keep fighting you. You know, blocking someone's property leads to murder, right? This is a serious grudge."

Another person said, "Anyway, you're so rich, what's 30,000 yuan to you? Right?"

Xiao Wei said, "I'll ask you one more time, are you leaving or not?"

The man scoffed, took out a cigarette, and lit it. Xiao Wei said, "Should I call the police?"

The man raised his hand: "Go ahead and call, do you have a phone?" They hadn't done anything, it was all talk. They were confident that even if the police came, they couldn't do anything to him. They usually relied on this kind of disgusting person. In the end, ordinary business owners would have to pay up; they couldn't afford to waste time arguing.

Xiao Wei took out his phone and asked, "You two can choose. Do you want to go to the criminal investigation team or the police station? Tell me, I'll make the call."

The man waved his hand and said, "Do whatever you want. I don't believe that I, a policeman who has neither broken the law nor been convicted, can control me."

Xiao Wei thought for a moment and then called the Sanhao Police Station. He was no longer working in Jixian, and considering Huang's matter, he decided to avoid troubling them if possible.

The Fengtian police system is quite arbitrary, with police station jurisdictions often divided simply by road, which is rather haphazard. It's common for things like the Jixian Police Station to have jurisdiction over the Nanhu area, and the Nanhu Police Station to have jurisdiction over the Sanhao Street riverside area. The most outrageous is the Science and Technology Mall area, where household registration falls under the Heping Sanhao Police Station, while public order is handled by the Hunnan Science and Technology Mall Police Station. Ironically, the Science and Technology Mall Police Station isn't even located within its own jurisdiction; it's in Heping.

The Sanhao Police Station is right next door; a phone call and they'll be there in three minutes. Xiaowei was quite satisfied with their response time. This area is a national high-tech industrial development zone, full of businesses and many foreign companies, so the police station has to be quick.

Xiao Wei is now a celebrity in the local police station; everyone knows him. The people here are envious and jealous of Jixian Wanliu Qi's own building. They don't own their own land and rent offices in buildings until 2003 when they finally got their own land, buying a 1,500-square-meter storefront in New World.

The director, surnamed Huang, was a particularly cheerful person. He parked his car next to Xiao Wei's, jumped out, and laughed, "What's wrong, boss? Director Li is here too, what's up?"

Xiao Wei pointed at the two men: "These two are shady characters. They use connections to rent storefronts and then make money by subletting them for a commission. Now they've gotten involved with me. They're asking for money outright, 30,000 yuan, saying otherwise they'll ruin my business."

Director Huang sized up the two men and said, "Unfamiliar faces, never seen them before. You've got guts, daring to go in without even checking in?"

(End of this chapter)