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"Cao Debao?"

Zhou Chen said in his heart, "Oh shit!", this is too good to be true, Qiao Chunyan is still together with Cao Debao, and he was the indirect matchmaker?

Sun Ganchao said angrily, "Yes, it's him. I think that boy has shifty eyes and doesn't look like a good person. How could Chunyan like him?"

He did not hide his affection and pursued Qiao Chunyan for a long time, but Qiao Chunyan never looked him in the eye. Instead, she got together with a man she had only known for more than a month. Naturally, he was very unhappy.

Zhou Chen patted Sun Ganchao on the shoulder and consoled him, "Forget it, Ganchao. Qiao Chunyan is not someone you can subdue. This is good."

He really doesn't think highly of Sun Ganchao and Qiao Chunyan.

Qiao Chunyan is forthright and shrewd, while Sun Ganchao is honest and stubborn. It is impossible for them to be as tolerant as Cao Debao. If they were together, they would definitely not have a happy life.

And to be honest, in terms of appearance, Sun Ganchao is indeed not as good as Cao Debao, and he is not as eloquent as Cao Debao. Sun Ganchao is suitable for finding an honest girl, not a shrewd and calculating girl like Qiao Chunyan.

Walking into the restaurant, Zhou Chen discovered that in addition to Cao Debao, Lu Chuan and Tang Xiangyang were also there, plus Xiao Guoqing. Are the 'Six Little Gentlemen' gathered together again?

Although the six of them knew each other, they were not named "Six Little Gentlemen" as in the plot.

'Brother, you are finally here. I have been waiting for you.'

When Qiao Chunyan saw Zhou Chen come in, she happily walked over and pulled him to sit next to her.

"Brother, you know everyone here, so there's no need for me to introduce you. To be honest, it's all thanks to you that Debao and I know each other."

Cao Debao also said: "Yes, Zhou Bingkun, if I hadn't attended your wedding, I wouldn't have found such a good partner as Chunyan."

"what."

Everyone couldn't help but make a noise after hearing this, but Cao Debao and Qiao Chunyan didn't feel ashamed at all.

"What's wrong? What's wrong? Did Debao say something wrong? Am I not good enough?" Qiao Chunyan shouted with her neck stiffened.

Zhou Chen's eyes fell on the short-haired girl next to Xiao Guoqing. Xiao Guoqing introduced, "Kun'er, this is my girlfriend, Wu Qian. Wu Qian, this is the Zhou Bingkun I told you about. He is my childhood friend. He works as an editor in a publishing house and is now a cultured person."

Zhou Chen greeted politely: "Hello."

Wu Qian also replied that she looked to be in her early twenties, rather immature, with average looks and prominent cheekbones.

Zhou Chen asked Qiao Chunyan, "Chunyan, did you call us here today just to announce the matter between you and Debao?"

Qiao Chunyan chuckled and said, "Yes."

Cao Debao said: "Not only that, but also to get everyone together. We are all of the same age and know each other well. One more friend means one more happiness. Don't you think so?"

Lu Chuan smiled and said, "It's rare for Debao to say something nice."

"Fuck you, a dog can't spit out ivory, Chuan'er, don't think that you are more educated than me because you have read a few more books than me. Among us, Zhou Bingkun is the most educated. Look at his Work, all in the publishing house as a leader."

Zhou Chen waved his hand: "No, what kind of leader am I? I was lucky enough to work in a publishing house. There is no distinction between high and low jobs. I think your soy sauce factory is very good, and you have such a good leader as Qu Shuji. "

Cao Debao complained, "It's not as good as you say. We all work in the most tiring slag removal workshop of the soy sauce factory. We are exhausted every day. Qu Shuji is good and has created good conditions for us, but compared with your job, it is really far behind."

Zhou Chen did not respond to Cao Debao's complaints. This kind of person is the typical one who has little ability but complains a lot.

Because Qiao Chunyan was taken away by Cao Debao, Sun Ganchao disliked him very much. When he heard Cao Debao's complaints, he started to make sarcastic remarks.

"You still want to compete with Kun'er? Look at Kun'er's wedding. Even the president of the publishing house came to bless him. And there's also Qu Shuji and his wife. Do you think you can have as much face as Kun'er when you get married?"

Cao Debao was choked and speechless, but Qiao Chunyan couldn't bear to see her boyfriend being mocked.

"Ganchao, how can you say that? My brother is capable, but our Debao is not bad either. He is also a regular employee of the soy sauce factory and will have the opportunity to be promoted in the future."

Sun Ganchao said disdainfully: "You talk as if everyone is not a regular employee with a regular salary."

Xiao Guoqing knew that Sun Ganchao was upset, so he advised: "Come on, Ganchao, we are all friends, don't talk like that."

"friend?"

Sun Ganchao sneered twice, but didn't say anything unpleasant.

Seeing the awkward situation, Cao Debao quickly tried to smooth things over: "Chunyan, hurry up and serve the food, and get a few more bottles of wine. Brothers, can we all have a drink?"

Tang Xiangyang waved his hand and said, "I can't do that. I can only drink a little."

The same thing happened to Lü Chuan, but Sun Ganchao suddenly said loudly, "Of course we have to drink. We won't go home until we are drunk tonight."

"Yes, I won't come back until I'm drunk."

The subject was right next to him, Xiao Guoqing shouted imposingly.

After three rounds of drinks, the scene became lively. Sun Ganchao and Cao Debao drank several glasses alone, and neither of them gave in to the other.

Xiao Guoqing drank a few glasses of wine, pulled Zhou Chen and said, "Kun'er, to be honest, I really didn't expect that among us, you are the youngest, but you are the first to get married. The brothers are far behind you."

Zhou Chen said: "Why are you talking about this? It doesn't matter whether you get married sooner or later. The key is whether you are happy after marriage."

Sun Ganchao turned his head and said, "Kun'er, your Zheng Juan is definitely a person with a good temper. She is not like some people who have a bad temper, speak loudly, and look down on others."

"Hey, Cha Chao, why do I feel like there's something else behind your words? Tell me clearly, who are you talking about?"

Qiao Chunyan pushed Sun Ganchao unhappily and questioned.

Sun Chanchao poked his neck and said, "I didn't mention you, what are you doing, I'm praising Kun'er's daughter-in-law."

A few people ate, drank, talked and laughed, and the party lasted for two or three hours before it ended.

Before leaving, Qiao Chunyan and Cao Debao said that everyone must go to support them when they get married.

Sun Ganchao was really drunk today. He was staggering while riding his bike and fell several times. It was Zhou Chen who followed him all the way and sent him home before he returned home.

As soon as he left Guangzi Pian, Zhou Chen met an acquaintance.

"It's you again."

The ones who stopped Zhou Chen were Shui Ziliu and Luo Shibin. It had been more than a month since they last met.

Shui Ziliu said with a smile: "Yes, long time no see, Zhou Bingkun."

Zhou Chen said calmly: "You blocked my way, don't you want to do business with me again?"

"You are indeed a smart man. You guessed it right. We do want to do business with you. Are you interested?"

"How many do you have this time?"

"It's more than last time. I wonder if you can eat it all?"

"More than last time?"

Zhou Chen's eyes flashed, and then he shook his head and said, "I haven't used up all the tickets from last time, and I have even more this time. What do you think I need so many tickets for?"

Shui Ziliu smiled and said, "These are all good things, and they have many uses, especially for someone like you. If you use them to build relationships, they should be very useful, right?"

Zhou Chen sneered, "You think too highly of me. I'm just an editor at a publishing house. I'm not trying to be a leader and I don't need to make connections. So, you should sell your tickets to others."

Although he was prepared to deal with these two people, if he acted too obviously, it might arouse their suspicion.

Shui Ziliu said calmly, "Even if you don't give them away, with your connections, you must be able to sell these tickets. We sell them to you at a low price, and you sell them to others at a high price. You can make a lot of money by reselling them. Aren't you tempted?"

"I'm really not tempted. I want to live a good life more than making money. I won't do anything speculative. Get out of the way. I want to go back."

After saying that, he didn't give Shui Ziliu and Luo Shibin any chance and just rode his bike past them.

"Brother Shui, this kid is too arrogant. We should teach him a lesson."

Seeing Zhou Chen being so disrespectful to him, Luo Shibin got angry and started cursing.

Shui Ziliu glanced at him and said, "Get him? Can you beat him? Don't say such things again. He is the one who can make us money."

Luo Shibin was puzzled: "No, Brother Shui, I just don't understand why you care so much about Zhou Bingkun. Without him, we can still scalp tickets. At most, we will make less money. Why do you have to do it with him?"

Shui Ziliu said, "Don't underestimate him. Although he is only an editor of a publishing house now, I have studied him. He is a very capable person with a bright future. If we build a good relationship with him and wait for him to become successful in the future, it will only benefit us, not harm us."

Luo Shibin said unhappily: "Who can predict the future? Maybe I will be richer and more powerful than him in the future. Why should I curry favor with him?"

Shui Ziliu sighed, "This is not called fawning, this is called mutual exploitation. Forget it, you won't understand even if I tell you."

In fact, if it were in the past, he would not have pestered Zhou Chen so much, but since Tu Ziqiang's death, his mentality has changed.

Ticket scalping and other speculative activities are extremely dangerous. If you are caught by accident, you will be imprisoned for at least several years.

Although he was hanging around outside, he didn't want to be thrown into jail, so he tried every means to find another way out.

But the problem is, they are just a small team of ticket speculators. They have no way out. Others look at them like street rats and do not take them seriously at all.

He heard from Tu Ziqiang that Zhou Bingkun from Guangzipian was a big shot, so he wanted to find a way out from Zhou Chen.

People who have not experienced this era may not be able to understand that it is really difficult for small gangsters like them in this era.

周辰

Chapter 568: Operation to Eliminate Luo Shibin Begins

Although he was happy in his heart, Zhou Chen still looked cold and impatient on the surface.

"Water flows naturally. Didn't I tell you that I'm not interested in trading with you anymore? Don't you understand? Or do you think I'm easy to bully and want to use force?"

To be honest, Zhou Chen hoped that Shui Ziliu and Luo Shibin would use force so that he could conduct self-defense. He did not expect to kill the other party, but he would definitely make them suffer and leave them with some sequelae.

Shui Ziliu still walked at a leisurely pace. This guy didn't look like a second-rate gangster at all. If it weren't for his limp, he would look more like a young master, in sharp contrast to Luo Shibin next to him.

"Brother Zhou, you misunderstood. How could we possibly do such a thing? I came to you today because I wanted to talk to you. More friends mean more opportunities, don't you think?"

Zhou Chen said coldly: "It depends on what kind of friends they are. Some friends can open up more options, while some friends may cause great harm to others."

"Zhou Bingkun, don't go too far. My brother Shui thinks highly of you, so he comes to you again and again. Do you really think you are a big shot?"

Luo Shibin had always been unhappy with Zhou Chen. Seeing Zhou Chen's disdainful tone and arrogant attitude, he pointed at Zhou Chen and shouted angrily.

Zhou Chen looked at him coldly: "Why, you still want to fight me? Is your finger healed from last time?"

Luo Shibin's face turned dark, and his healed finger began to ache again. He was in a bad temper and was about to start cursing.

"Binzi."

Shui Ziliu stopped Luo Shibin and continued to say to Zhou Chen: "Zhou Bingkun, we are here to discuss business with you sincerely. I hope you don't misunderstand us and think about it carefully. Although people like us are not presentable, some things can definitely save you a lot of effort if you leave them to us."

Zhou Chen understood the implication of Shui Ziliu's words. He was not satisfied with doing the ticket scalping business with him and wanted deeper cooperation.

Shui Ziliu has a really good vision and is very resilient. He is indeed a great character.

It’s a pity that they are destined to stand on opposite sides, unless Shui Ziliu is willing to draw a line between himself and Luo Shibin.

But unfortunately, judging from the relationship between Shui Ziliu and Luo Shibin in the plot, this would probably be difficult to achieve, and he doesn't have the patience to sow discord between them.

Zhou Chen changed the subject and said in a cold tone: "To be honest, I don't even bother to get involved in your petty fights. I have a stable job now, and it won't be long before I can get promoted to a higher level. Do you think I need to risk my future for this little money?"

Shui Ziliu was a smart man. When he heard what Zhou Chen said, he immediately understood what Zhou Chen meant.

"Are you dissatisfied with the fact that we don't have enough goods?"

Zhou Chen said: "The tickets you gave me last time were all small in number. They are attractive to ordinary people, but to those powerful people, they will not take them seriously at all. Even if I want to give you a gift, I can't afford your things."

Luo Shibin looked indignant, but did not refute, and Shui Ziliu was even calmer.

What Zhou Chen said was right. Those food coupons and meat coupons they had were basically collected from ordinary workers and issued by factories and units. The weight on the coupons was very small, which was attractive to poor families, but not to rich people.

If Zhou Chen really wanted to give gifts to important leaders to curry their favor, and took one or two kilograms of food coupons to give them away, it would be embarrassing.

Shui Ziliu then understood why Zhou Chen looked down on them and didn't want to continue trading with them. This turned out to be the reason.

Shui Ziliu gritted his teeth and said, "If we can get more and better tickets, would you be willing to trade with us?"

Zhou Chen's eyes lit up and he said, "If you can get some tickets of large denominations, or even some good stuff like TV tickets, bicycle tickets, etc., I can buy them at the black market price."

When Luo Shibin heard this, his eyes popped out: "Are you dreaming? Who would sell something as good as that?"

Bicycle tickets are fine, but TV and plane tickets are something legendary to them. No matter how capable they are, they can't get such things.

Zhou Chen shrugged and said, "I just said it casually. If you can't get it, forget it."

Shui Ziliu hesitated for a moment and asked, "If we can get what you want, do you have enough money?"

Zhou Chen smiled: "You don't have to worry about this. Publishing houses don't just provide fixed salaries. There are many other ways to make money. My father is an eighth-level worker. Our family has saved a lot of money over the years. It's impossible for us to be a millionaire, but we can still come up with two or three thousand yuan if we grit our teeth."

When they heard Zhou Chen say that he could come up with two to three thousand yuan, Shui Ziliu and Luo Shibin's eyes turned red.

They have lived for so many years and have been in the ticket scalping business for so many years, but the money they have has never exceeded five hundred yuan. Most of the time, they are lucky to have a few dozen yuan.

Two or three thousand yuan is an unimaginable amount of money for them. How could they not be tempted?

"If you can help me get what I want, I will definitely give you a lot of money, but if you don't have that ability, then don't come to me again in the future."

Luo Shibin looked at Shui Ziliu. Originally, he did not agree to do business with Zhou Chen, but now that he knew Zhou Chen had so much money, greed made him forget his previous unhappiness and he only wanted to turn Zhou Chen's money into his own.

Shui Ziliu asked: "How can we trust you? If we get something and you don't want it, won't we have to pay for it ourselves?"