Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Former Brothers

After the banquet ended, the tiger lit a cigarette and sat there smoking quietly. One of his subordinates came over and said, "Brother Hu, why don't we get someone named Zhao, this bastard is too disrespectful to you." The tiger waved his hand and said: "Don't talk nonsense, I didn't suffer from this matter today, Zhao Laosi has been very popular recently, I just came out of it, and I am not his opponent at that point, by the way, what is this pornographic seller? climbed up?" The subordinate said: "I don't know, it's just that in the past few years, the few decent people on the road have given him face. No one has ever disturbed the hotels and beauty salons he opened."

The tiger nodded for a long time before saying, "Call Wang Xinnian and tell him that I miss him." There was a pile of money in front of him, and a man in his thirties was sweating profusely, with beads of sweat glistening on his slightly bald forehead. Suddenly, the phone rang. He took out the phone and looked at the number, his expression suddenly became extremely excited. , Immediately pressed the connect button and said: "Brother, you can be regarded as coming out." Tiger smiled and said, "Brother, how are you doing recently?" Wang Xinnian said: "Don't say anything, I invite you today, let's..."

Tiger said: "I just finished drinking, let's find a teahouse and sit down, let's chat." Wang Xinnian said: "Okay, let's go to Penglai Teahouse, I will wait for you." After hanging up the phone, Wang Nian hurriedly ran outside the house, got into his Cadillac and rushed to the stadium. When he arrived, he immediately reserved a box. As soon as he heard footsteps, he would open the door and go out to have a look. This was repeated six or seven times. , he finally saw the tiger, and quickly went up to meet him and said, "Brother, don't let me know when you will come out, so I can catch the wind."

The tiger said as he walked, "We're not polite anymore. We are not the same people when you are in business. It is not good for you to walk too close." Wang Xinnian said: "You don't take me as your own, if you didn't..." The tiger waved his hand and said: "New Year, don't always mention the past, you don't owe me anything, I have eaten at your house since I was a child, without the food of Auntie, I would not have Zhuang Sanhe today, I am happiest that you can make a fortune matter." The two entered the private room and sat down. Wang Nian asked Tiger to order some tea. Tiger only asked for a cup of Maofeng, which cost thirty-eight yuan.

Tiger hurriedly stopped the waiter and said, "No need, I'll just drink this. If you're like this during the New Year, we'll go out and stand and talk." Hearing what Tiger said, Wang Xinnian didn't insist. Tiger said, "How is Auntie doing now?" Wang Xinnian said: "Mom has gone to my sister's place in Shenzhen now. You know about my tax evasion recently. I was half-dead. It doesn't matter if I pay a fine. The key is to make my mother angry. Alas! Not enough greed." The tiger smiled and said: "Auntie has been teaching books all my life, so I'm sure I won't see you play this, so let's do things well in the future." Speaking of this, the tiger's expression changed a little, and after a while he said: "I heard that when I went in that year , Auntie is out of breath, isn't she?"

Wang Xinnian said: "Yes, my mother fainted on the spot when she heard that you were arrested. She was afraid that you would not be able to get out if you made a big mistake, so she was not angry." The tiger's eyes turned red when he heard this, and sighed: "New Year, I have never bowed my head to anyone in my life. The only thing I feel guilty about is my aunt. She raised me from a young age, so it's fine if I can't repay you. Thinking of doing it like this." Wang Xinnian said: "Brother, don't blame yourself too much, my mother has this temper, but this time she will be happy to know that you are back."

The tiger shook his hand and said: "Don't say it for now, I don't know how to face her, by the way, New Year, I invited you out today and I have something to ask for your help." Wang Xinnian said, "Tell me." The tiger said: "I used to hang around outside, used to being extravagant, and didn't save much money. I want to do something this time, but I need money. I really have nothing to do. So I told you this. I shouldn't be poor. I came to look for you, but money is not forcing people, people are forcing people, if you have a lot of money, please help me first, after this year I will definitely return you the capital with interest."

Wang Xinnian said: "I want to help you anyway, but I really don't have enough money recently. Is 200,000 enough?" The tiger said: "One hundred thousand is enough, this is the last time in the New Year." Wang Xinnian said: "Don't talk about this, are we brothers? By the way, brother, I also have something to ask for your help." Tiger said: "What is it?" Wang Xinnian said, "Brother, don't scold me if you tell me." Tiger said: "What's the matter?" Wang Xinnian said, "I'm in debt." The tiger said: "You are not short of money, why are you taking out usury loans?"

Wang Xinnian said: "It's not a usury borrowing, alas... I'm completely screwed this time, and I don't want this face anymore. To be honest, I went to whoring, but someone flew me into the eagle, and the other party said I prostituted him." My wife has all the videotapes and everything, let me pay one million for redemption." The tiger didn't speak for a long time, and asked after a long time, "Does Xiaoying know about this?" Wang Xinnian said, "I don't know, how dare I let her know." The tiger said: "You are also a smart person, why did you fall on this? A million prostitutes is the number one in the world."

Wang Xinnian said: "Brother, don't hate me, I'm ashamed to death." Tiger nodded and said, "New Year, I'm not qualified to say anything, but Yingzi and you are my friends who grew up together. I don't want you to wrong her, you know?" Wang Xinnian nodded and said, "Brother, I know what you said, but I was indeed with the client that day, and I really drank too much." This kind of lie is basically a joke in front of the tiger, and you can go to the wild store with the customer, so what kind of customer is this?But Tiger didn't expose him, and it's meaningless to expose him, he just said: "Give me the other party's name and phone number, and you don't have to worry about this matter."

Wang Xinnian said, "Thank you brother." The tiger sighed, seemed hesitant to speak, and finally just stood up and said, "Don't tell Yingzi and Auntie that I came to see you today, just pretend it never happened." Wang Xinnian said: "The money...?" Before he finished speaking, the tiger had already left the door of the box. Tiger started messing around at the age of twelve, and has been around for a full twenty-seven years. Who hasn't seen him, and what scenes don't he know?The kind of people Wang Nian met could only be ordinary gangsters. No one with status would do this, and it would be embarrassing to spread it out, so Tiger didn't make too much noise. He just asked a few brothers around him and said, "I have something to do today. Do it, pack up your things and follow me in a while." Of course his subordinates knew what to pack, so they touched two machetes and a steel pipe, only to hear the tiger call: "Hello, is it Brother Xu? Yes, it's Wang Xinnian for me. What? Why did the voice change a bit?" No? No, it’s because your signal is not good. Is there any discussion on how things are going? I really can’t get that much money out of a million dollars... Why bother talking so hard, brother Xu, everyone has a problem When you are in trouble, since you use this method to raise money, it must not be easy recently. If you can help me, I will definitely help, but I really don’t have a lot of money recently, and one million is too much. Otherwise, let’s make up six hundred thousand. There is really no other way . . . What, that would be great, where we meet? . . . Okay, I know, I know." After hanging up the phone, Tiger said, "Let's go to Shitang Gate." ... Shitangmen is a place where small traders gather in Changping City. The houses there are built in disorder. Every house may be a small production workshop. Therefore, most of the people here have two small coins in their hands. The money is neither too much nor too little, and most of them are farmers from surrounding villages and counties. The relatively low cultural quality has led to the creation of a special service organization here-"secret prostitutes". Tiger can't figure out why Wang Xinnian would It is not a problem to go to this kind of place to play, to go to a star hotel with his strength, and to enjoy it. It seems that once a person reaches a certain level, he will pursue some more "primitive" things instead. Of course, Tiger knows that the environment here is very complicated, and there are all kinds of people of all kinds, but he is not worried. The years of being in the society have made him more courageous. , because he thinks very openly: "It's just a life." Tiger has worked hard to become the boss and lived in prison for eight years based on this motto. It should be said that the more this kind of environment is for him, the more Like a duck to water. Entering an alley, I saw a private house with the house number 12. The gate was open. Without any hesitation, the tiger strode in. After entering the main room, I saw three people playing chess inside. One of them saw them and said: " Hey, who are you?" The tiger smiled and said, "I'm sorry, brother Xu asked me to come, do you have any of you?" The person who spoke glanced at them one by one and said, "I am, but it seems that your surname is not Wang?" The tiger laughed and said, "Brother Xu has good eyesight, I'm worried that you won't be able to recognize the rightful owner." At this moment, all three people in the room stood up, and Brother Xu said, "My friend, which way are you going? You are here for Wang Xinnian today, right?" The tiger said: "I can't talk about standing up for anyone, but the person you are looking for is my friend. Everyone is walking on the same path. You won't suffer much if you save some face. Let's make a price with conscience, one million The opening is a little too big." Brother Xu rolled his eyes and said, "Who are you? Why do you talk to me like that?" While he was speaking, the two people beside him leaned forward. The tiger laughed and said: "Brother, if you want to fight hard with me, I'm afraid it won't be that easy to stop. You are doing these things just to ask for money. If you end up begging all the time, I don't think there is much point in it." I don't know whether this sentence had an effect on Brother Xu, or the calm attitude of the tiger. Who is the big brother?" Tiger smiled and said, "I don't know, can you introduce me?" Brother Xu said: "Have you heard of Old Monster Ba? That's my elder brother." After hearing this, the tiger was taken aback and said, "What, Mr. Ba is your elder brother?" Brother Xu thought he had frightened the other party, so he said triumphantly: "What's the matter, you know you're afraid?" Tiger said: "Fuck, you let him come to see me." Brother Xu said, "You count..." The tiger said coldly, "I am a tiger." After hearing this sentence, no one on the other side dared to fart anymore, Brother Xu opened his mouth for a long time and said: "Please wait a moment, I will call the eldest brother over." After saying that, he walked around the tiger and walked out of the house, hurriedly Run away without a trace. At this moment, the young man walked up to the tiger and said, "Brother Hu, do you really believe what they say?" The tiger said: "Believe it or not, let's wait and see. If it is really Mr. Ba, I will abolish him today." It didn't take long for the two of them to talk, only the sound of hurried footsteps was heard. The tiger turned his head and saw a tall, thin middle-aged man rushing over. When he saw the tiger, he shouted: "Brother." He walked up to meet him step by step, but he was slapped hard by the tiger when he came to the front, and he was immediately stunned. After a while, Old Monster Ba said: "Brother, what are you doing?" The tiger said: "Old monster, do you have any fucking backbone? I went to jail. Is that how you are in the world? The methods I used to use when I was with me are now all used on flying eagles. If I had known this, I would I shouldn't have accepted you." After hearing this, Old Monster Ba burst into tears of grievance. He said with red eyes: "Brother, I used to do things for you. When did I blame you? I have never done anything to be sorry for you." Thing, you go to jail for a friend, have you ever thought about us being small? Shen Qingyongruan and Zhao Sijian are also my goddamn ancestors, our territory is completely divided by these two, I am alone It is not useless to bring more than a dozen people, but it is useless to fight all of them." Speaking of this, Old Monster Ba was already in tears, and the young man said: "Brother Old Monster, don't be sad, that knock on Shen Qingyong's leg was all coaxed, and everyone said that Brother Hu didn't accept you for nothing, but Tiger Brother was in prison at the time, and we were afraid that he would worry about the outside world and not feel at ease, so we didn't tell him, it was my fault." When the tiger heard this, his heart ached completely. He really didn't expect that he would harm a group of people, a group of his own people, because of his temper. Thinking of this, the tiger hugged Old Monster Ba into his arms and said: "Brother, It’s brother, don’t you worry about it, I will definitely take back all the things that have been taken from me, and I’m not afraid to start all over again.” Old Ba said weirdly: "Brother, I haven't seen you once in these years. I really hate you. If it weren't for being in prison, Changping would have been our world long ago. Zhao Laosi and Shen Qingyong are not alone, but now None of the brothers got it right, Shun Zi was beaten and disabled, and we still haven’t found out who did it. Luo Tuo smashed the heads of Shen Qingyong’s subordinates because of our territory. It is estimated that he will never return in this life. Come on, and the other brothers are all gone, brother, we are completely finished, you say start from the beginning, how can you start? Look at me now, most ruffians are better than me." The tiger looked up to the sky and sighed: "Old monster, don't talk about it. I don't know about it. If I know, I will come back even if I escape from prison. I owe it to my brother. You believe that I will definitely give you an explanation." The old monster nodded with red eyes and said: "I believe you, I save this life to wait for you to come back, otherwise I would have exchanged lives with those two bastards, and if I can fight one is the other." The tiger said: "Don't be discouraged, isn't he just Zhao Si, let's get him slowly, by the way, Shunzi is disabled, where is he now?" Balao said weirdly: "At home, his old mother takes care of him." Tiger nodded and said, "Take me to have a look." Balao said weirdly: "Brother, if you see him, don't provoke him, if you can't stand it, don't go." After hearing this, Hu Hu immediately understood Shunzi's current situation in his heart. He suppressed his grief and said, "It's okay, I have to meet my brother anyway, maybe I can help." Old Monster Bal sighed but didn't speak. The two went out and got in the car and headed north all the way. This was the direction of Shunzi's house. The tiger had been to that place many times before, and he didn't need anyone to guide him. That’s right, how come the other brothers have reached this point.” The young man didn't speak for a long time, before he said, "Brother Hu, I'm selling fans." The tiger asked in surprise, "Are you crazy?" Xiao Yun said: "Brother Hu, this place has become too much since you entered, if we remain unchanged like before, it will be a matter of time." Tiger didn't speak, and leaned on the seat with his arms folded, while the old monster beside him kept staring at the outside of the car with no expression on his face. ... It didn't take long for the car to drive to an old-fashioned four-story building. Tiger was very familiar with this place. This was the wedding dormitory built by Shunzi's father's unit for a group of older youths. The benefit is not good, I have left such a crappy house in my whole life, and left it for Shunzi to marry after he died, but Shunzi never took the matter of marriage to heart when he was running outside, and more than 30 years have passed in a flash , the tiger has been in and out for nine years, but nothing has changed here. Mr. Balao pointed to the upstairs and still didn't speak. Tiger understood what he meant. He strode up to the second floor alone. When he came to Shunzi's door, he knocked on the door. After a while, a middle-aged woman who was nearly sixty opened the door. Opening a slit, the tiger certainly knew her, and said, "Auntie is me, Huzi." The woman looked him up and down before opening the door. The tiger saw that her head was covered with white hair, and her face was wrinkled. She was much older than her actual age. At first glance, someone in her 70s would believe her, and the tiger walked in. In the room, I saw that the original furniture is still there now, the only difference is that it is more tattered. The woman pointed to a room covered by a cloth curtain expressionlessly and said, "He is inside, but he hasn't gotten up yet." The tiger thanked him, pushed open the curtain lightly, stepped into the room, and was greeted by a musty smell, and saw a man sleeping under a blackened quilt on a small bed, with his hair on his head. A corner of the glass window was rotten, and the cold wind kept blowing in, but he didn't seem to know it at all. The tiger walked to the bed, and saw that the former capable general under his command was now skinny and skinny, his face was yellower than wood, and his hair was disheveled like straw. It hadn't been repaired for a long time. The man, in the past he cut off a person's arm with a knife and never felt any pity in his heart, but now he couldn't control it any longer, and tears rolled down his face. I don't know if Shunzi sensed someone beside him, opened his eyes slightly, and saw that it was a tiger, his expression suddenly changed, and immediately stretched out an arm not much thicker than a bamboo pole, but couldn't say a word in his mouth , the tiger hurriedly held his hand and said: "Brother, how did you become like this, who did this thing?" Shunzi held the tiger's hand tightly, crying like a child because of grievance. Tiger suppressed his tears, sat on the side of Shunzi's bed and patted the back of his hand, saying, "Brother, tell me what's going on? I will definitely get this justice for you." Shunzi seemed to release all the grievances that had been held back for nine years at this moment, and the crying was so dark that the sky was dark and the tiger's arms were painful due to the grasping force, but he didn't even move. Compared with the crimes suffered by my brothers, I am enjoying a blessing in prison. When Shunzi had cried enough, he wiped his face with the dirty blackened quilt, Tiger took out two cigarettes, lit them and handed one to Shunzi, saying: "I know you are full of grievances, you are all against me. I complain, but things are already like this, and it is impossible to start all over again. I still underestimated the energy of these people around me in the past. I didn’t expect that everything I had in nine years would be over. Shunzi, tell me what is it? What's going on, I will carry the big things for you from today on." Shunzi took a puff of cigarette, choked to the point of tears, he smiled wryly, "I haven't smoked this stuff for many years, and I'm not used to it now, brother, how are you doing in it?" The tiger said: "I'm better than you. No wonder none of you have visited me. So many things happened." Shunzi said: "There's nothing wrong with it. It's a good thing that you can come out peacefully. Let the past go. Why bother? It's been so many years." The tiger took a long breath and said, "Don't talk about that with me, just say who did it." Shunzi said: "What's the point of me saying it now, we can't move people now." Tiger said: "Is that Zhao Si?" Shunzi said: "Shen Qingyong, he is the one who robs us the most. The old monster led someone to break his leg, and he broke my two legs. But now people want money and money, and we can't fight him." The tiger said: "Shunzi, if people like us get to where I am now, then there's nothing to be afraid of. I never frightened Shen Qing when he was brave and desperate, let alone now." Shunzi said: "Brother, listen to me, if your wife lives a normal life now, you can live a good life, why bother to go back?" The tiger stood up and said, "Shunzi, seeing you makes me feel better. You don't need to worry about other things. Xiao Zhao will pick you up in the afternoon and change your residence. I will try my best to find someone to treat your leg. At least I will let you go." You stand up, take a good rest these days, and then I will come to see you." After saying that, he opened the curtain and went out, only to see the woman sitting on a rattan chair, knitting. The tiger took out all the money from his pocket and put it on the table, saying: "Auntie, I will come to see you after I leave for a few days." .” The woman didn't even raise her head, so the tiger turned around and went back to the car. "How much money do we have now?" Xiaoyun said: "There are probably more than a hundred thousand." "What about that person?" "Who else do we have? Isn't it just the few sitting in the car, but I have a few idiots under my hands, and I can call them if I really want to use them." Balao said strangely: "I have some people everywhere." The tiger nodded and said, "Yunzi, you take Shunzi to my old house this afternoon, find someone for him, and arrange for his legs to be healed. No wonder we're going to visit some old friends this afternoon." Balao asked strangely: "Who?" "Northern blue." "Brother, I didn't say that, this kid is a bit unkind." Tiger nodded and said, "I know, so I'm going to find him." Zhao Beilan is now the general manager of Sunshine Entertainment Company, which owns three restaurants and two high-end sauna centers. In the office, when no one disturbed me, I was able to put my feet on the desk and sit with my head up. I thought about the group of young ladies who were selected one by one, and which one I would sleep with tonight. The more I thought about it, the stronger I became. He couldn't help but feel complacent, but when he answered a phone call, he shrank immediately, went downstairs in person, greeted him, and at the same time said with a fake smile: "Brother Hu, when did you come out, don't let me know , so I can catch the wind for you." Tiger secretly scolded himself for his birthday before, and even pretended to be confused when he gave him the invitation card. Now he still dares to say this, but he smiles on his face: "Bei Lan, you are getting big now, and our own brothers still don't know what to do." There is no need to be so polite, you look at me and I look at you the same." Beilan took out a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes from her body and took out one to light for the tiger, saying: "How can it be the same? Are you my boss? I should see you as the one." Look, I'm leading the way." The tiger said: "Bei Lan, we really don't have to be polite. I came to see you on business. Do you have a quieter place here? Let's talk about it." Zhao Beilan turned her eyes and said: "So that's the case, Brother Hu has nothing to say, even if you say that I can do it, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it." Tiger smiled and said, "Brother, if you really want to help, you can definitely help." Zhao Beilan said: "Brother Hu, you can just say it." Tiger said: "People like us only talk about two things. The first thing is money. Today I came to ask you to borrow money." Zhao Beilan let out an "oh", and immediately said with embarrassment: "Brother Hu, it's not that my brother is complaining to you. A big family has a big problem. People like us seem to be quite rich on the surface, but that's all there is to it." Forget it, it’s not that money can’t be earned, it’s basically in the business, and you really can’t get much out of a lot of money.” The tiger said: "Bei Lan, I really paid a lot of money to find you today, so I owe you a favor." Zhao Beilan said: "Brother Hu, it's not that I don't want to help, but that I really can't do anything about it. Everything is easy to do now, except money. Otherwise, if you give me some time, I'll find someone to help." The tiger said: "Brother, I really can't wait any longer. I need it urgently." Zhao Beilan scratched her head and said: "Brother Hu, it's not that brothers don't help. If you really wait for the money, I have an IOU here. The money was owed by others for the steel business last year. I haven't got it yet. If Brother Hu is really in a hurry When the money is used, I will transfer the account to you." Brother Hu said: "Shall I collect this debt for you?" Zhao Beilan waved his hand and said, "That's not what I mean, let's be honest, I don't want to offend them, if Brother Hu wants the money back, we will sign a debt agreement, and the debt he owes has nothing to do with me from now on, even if it is Hard-earned money for Brother Hu." The tiger thought for a while and said, "Then what are you drawing?" Zhao Beilan said: "I just want to talk about it. I have nothing to say about giving this money to Brother Hu." Tiger smiled and said, "Then I have to thank you." Zhao Beilan said: "Brother Hu is offended by saying that, if it weren't for the fact that money is really tight right now, Brother Hu wouldn't have used this method." The tiger said: "Why are we brothers talking about this? When will the IOU come to you to get it?" Zhao Beilan said: "Now, now." After finishing speaking, he took out a note from the safe at the corner of the room and handed it to him. Tiger glanced at the inscription and said: Chen Weiliang?This kid should be Ma Wang's subordinate, right? Zhao Beilan said: Yes, when you were still there, Chen Weiliang was just a kid, but he has made a lot of money in the past few years, but he wants to renege on his debts because of the king of horses. I did it, this kid is actually proud, I asked him to pay back the money last year, but this grandson actually said to me that he would shoot me out with a gun when he saw me, so the money doesn't matter to me, but he has to pay it back. The tiger said: "Bei Lan, you have to make it clear, this account must be a real account, even if I die of starvation, I will do the most indiscriminate deeds." Zhao Beilan immediately apologized and said with a smile: Brother Hu, no one dares to lie to you. This is definitely a true account. This kid is really guilty. The tiger didn't hesitate to get up and said: "Let's do it first, I will definitely repay this favor when I have a chance in the future." Zhao Beilan felt relieved and said, "This is what I should do. After all, I had to take care of you at that time. Changping will have to be named Zhuang sooner or later." The tiger nodded and said: If you are bragging, it's fine for us to talk about it among ourselves, and it's better to talk less with outsiders. Zhao Beilan said: Don't worry, I know it well. After leaving the bathing place, a person beside Tiger said, "Brother, Zhao Beilan is looking down on you by doing this, let me tell you... The tiger waved his hand and said: "Now is not the time of the past. Zhao Beilan was originally a businessman. He is different from us. Today's matter is considered a help. Don't ask too much of others. It is torturing yourself. Who of you can find it?" Chen Weiliang? One person said, "Brother, I'm not talking too much. Although Chen Weiliang is nothing special, Ma Wang is now a gun dealer. Do we need to add up before doing this?" Tiger laughed and said: "I haven't seen you for a few years, everyone has been careful. Although I don't know what Ma Wang is doing now, I know a little bit about who he was before. I never talk big, he is no big deal." When the tiger said that, naturally no one under his command dared to say anything more. The young man said: "Then shall we go now?" The tiger frowned and thought for a while and said: "If you don't go today, let's go tomorrow. I still have something to do, so you go first."After all, one of them took a taxi and headed east.