Chapter 24 Chapter 24 The Mainland

The reason why Chen Lin chose to trade at night was to facilitate Tang Tieniu's actions, but she regretted it a little later because she was worried that the other party would see a flaw from it. The gasoline bottle was thrown away at the Heaven and Earth Nightclub. These people were not sent by Chen Lin, but of course Chen Lin knew who they were. As a fat man, of course he was upset that his store was attacked twice for nothing, but Boss Yin was even more upset. So I decided to give the "other party" some color, but after the matter was finished, Mr. Song called and scolded him, saying that he was too hasty. Boss Yin felt that everything he did was wrong, and he couldn't do it when others called him. I pretended to be confused, but I couldn't call back, so what should I do?

Chen Lin didn't have as many worries as he did. After finishing a few tasks, it ended beautifully, and she was waiting to reap the rewards.The harvest came soon, because the Portuguese government stepped forward before the situation deteriorated. This time the Macau government did not come forward. Although Macau was still under the control of Portugal at the time, the Portuguese government rarely participated in the actual management of Macau. But this time the Portuguese government personally came forward, and they were not mediators, because they did not invite Song Sir, after all, the surname Lin did not specify that what he wants to do is the casino business.In Macau, he is a nightclub and a five-star hotel that has yet to be developed, but the international influence of the surname Lin cannot be underestimated, so the Portuguese government is very patient with him, and then the Macau government came forward to discuss the surname Lin The businessman’s investment matters, so that the investment in the hotel becomes the injection of foreign capital, which is reasonable, reasonable, and legal. Both sides did not lose face, but the one surnamed Lin suffered a real loss. After all, the casino was his goal, and he could only do hotel business in a serious way.

Chen Lin survived with difficulty in the cracks between the three giants, and she was safe and sound.However, Boss Yin seemed to have noticed something later, and he was not as polite to Chen Lin as he was at the beginning.But it doesn't matter to Chen Lin, after all, most of the girls in Boss Yin's place now ask for it from him, and all of this is thanks to Jin Jin, who is also a frequent visitor to Macau, he runs the girl business himself, and there are a few My friend is a loan shark in Macau casinos. Jin Jin has a good relationship with these people, so he often comes here. This person is polite to friends, but very arrogant to strangers. For this reason, Chen Lin also persuaded him many times, but he just It can't be changed, the two have been comrades-in-arms from the front line of Laoshan, and now they are "business partners" for more than ten years, and their friendship is of course getting deeper and deeper.In the second year after Chen Lin came to Macau, Jin Zi suddenly said to him one day: "Do you want to go back to the mainland to have a look? The situation of reform and opening up is very good now. Should successful businessmen like you go back and have a look?"

Chen Lin said: "I'm a fart businessman, and I'm still a gangster." Jin Zi said: "That's right, you are a black household here, but you won't be when you return to the mainland." This sentence made Chen Lin's heart skip a beat: "This is the truth. I have been working abroad for the past ten years or so, and I almost forgot that I am Chinese." Looking at his appearance, Jin Jin smiled and said, "How about it, don't you forget where you came from?" Chen Lin sighed and said, "I don't care anymore, I don't have any relatives over there..." At this point, he suddenly thought of his child who had never met, and felt sore, tears almost came out, Jin Zi didn't see Something unusual said: "Brother Chen, let's go back and have a look. I just built a new bathing center. You should also check it out. Money in the mainland is not as difficult to earn as it is here."

Chen Lin thought for a while and said, "Okay, then please arrange it, I don't have any acquaintances in the mainland." Jin Jin smiled and said, "Do you still need to find someone when you go back with me?" Three days later, Chen Lin got on the passenger ship bound for Shenzhen. This time, she was accompanied by Da Jun and Wang Youcai, and Tang Tieniu stayed to watch the house.Chen Lin didn't know why she wanted to return to the mainland this time. Maybe it was because she was too depressed in Macau, or maybe it was because she was worried about those two relatives who were far away in the mainland. Anyway, he came back.

Shenzhen's economy developed rapidly in the 1990s, and urban construction was carried out at a geometric speed. However, Chen Lin had stayed in China's most developed city for nearly ten years, and Shenzhen in front of him was nothing in his eyes. Jin Jin arranged them Live well, and said: "Tonight I will be the host, everyone go to my small shop to have a look." Chen Lin said: "You are really humble. You have already done such a big business and still call yourself a small shop." Jin Jin smiled and said, "That can't be helped, there are too many people hiding dragons and crouching tigers in this place, it's impossible to be modest."

In the evening they sat in the leisure hall of the luxury sauna, and Da Jun said, "What's the matter with us sitting here, four of us playing mahjong?" Jin Jin said: "You have a good idea, let's play mahjong." Chen Lin didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Fuck you, I don't know how to do it at all, so let me tell you to go to bed and forget it?" Jin Zi hurriedly stopped him and said, "No, Brother Chen, I told you to listen to me when you play mahjong." After that, he said to the waiter, "Go, get someone to bring you a set of mahjong."

Chen Lin said: "I said what's the matter with you, I don't know these things and you don't know, why do you have to play this?" Jin Zi said: "Brother Chen, I know you don't know how to play mahjong cards. You have earned so much money outside, so what's the point of spending two for your little brother? Are you so fussy?" Chen Lin smiled and said, "Why are you so thick-skinned now that you can do anything you ask for money?" Jin Zi said: "Isn't it natural to ask for money from big bosses like you? I have nothing to be ashamed of."

When they said this, a woman came over carrying a box of mahjong, but a table of guests was playing cards there, and one of them pushed a chair and it hit the woman's waist, and the woman caught off guard and dropped the mahjong on his shoulder , A box of mahjong doesn't weigh much, but when he met this person, he couldn't talk. He immediately stood up and pointed at the woman, "Damn, you're blind with marbles, didn't you see me sitting here?" When he roared, everyone in the leisure hall focused their eyes on this place. No one else was surprised, but Chen Lin was shocked. Not only Chen Lin, but Da Jun and Wang Youcai were also shocked.The man stood up and pointed at the woman's face and said, "I think you're fucking planning to die a long time ago, what are you doing..." Before he finished speaking, a teacup slammed on the back of his head, this kid He couldn't help beating, and immediately passed out after being hit. Chen Lin raised the chair he was sitting on and hit his legs, and the newly made wooden chair smashed to pieces.

Now everyone looked at Chen Lin dumbfounded, including the three young people who came with that kid, none of them dared to speak.Chen Lin helped the woman who was squatting on the ground and said, "Meizi...you, you..." But she didn't know what to say at all. Only then did Li Mei see Chen Lin clearly. She held Chen Lin's hand and didn't know what to say. Wanting to say something, suddenly she fell back in the dark, Chen Lin hurriedly supported her, lifted her onto the chair, Jin Jin asked the waiter to bring a basin of ice water to pat Li Mei's forehead for a while, and then she slowly woke up .

She looked at Chen Lin and said, "Is the elder brother really you?" At this time, Chen Lin didn't care about the face of her elder brother and younger brother, so she hugged Li Mei and cried loudly under the eyes of everyone. The longing for her family in the past few years broke out in an instant, and she couldn't stop crying. Weeping until Dajun and Wang Youcai's eye sockets were moistened, and then they got better. Jin Zi squatted in front of Chen Lin and said, "Brother Chen, now you will know why I want you to come to Shenzhen, right?" Chen Lin wondered: "Isn't this a coincidence, something you have prepared for a long time?" Jin Zi said: "Actually, it's not difficult to find. The deportees who illegally entered Hong Kong must be sent to Shenzhen first. I have a lot of connections in the public security department. I found out after a search, but my sister-in-law was later deported back to her original place. I spent a little time thinking about it, but luckily I found it, Brother Chen, I didn't say you were lucky, your son looks exactly like you." Chen Lin hugged Jin Jin and said, "Good brother, I really don't know how to thank you." Jin Zi said: "Brother Chen, if you say this, you will be offended. We are all brothers. I can help you if you have difficulties. As long as you and sister-in-law can reunite, it will be a good thing." Dajun also came up at this time and said: "Linzi, now you don't have any thoughts. Meizi has also been found, and the son has also been born. This is a good sign." Chen Lin supported Li Mei to stand up and said, "That's right, Jin Zi is my nobleman. I must go back to the mainland to work, so I will leave it to Jin Zi to handle." Jin Zi said: "Brother Chen, you have good eyesight. In the current mainland, as long as you can make something, you can sell anything. I have long wanted to persuade you to come here." Chen Lin said, "Isn't it just right now?" Da Jun said: "Jin Zi, you are so fucking mean, you found your sister-in-law and only made her a worker, so you should be named a manager anyway?" What he said made everyone laugh, and Li Mei said: "How can I be a manager? Boss Jin can give me a job. I am very grateful to him, and he helped me find my eldest brother. I, I will spend the rest of my life. He has to repay him even if he turns into a cow or a horse.” Jin Zi shook his hands and said: "Sister-in-law, don't say such things that shorten my life. Brother Chen is very lucky that you two can meet. It has nothing to do with me. I can't ask you to repay." Everyone was chatting and laughing, and suddenly a group of young people came in with knives, and one of them shouted, "Who was the one who hit someone just now, stand up." Everyone in Chen Lin glanced at each other and couldn't help thinking it was funny. Just as he was about to get up, Jin Jin held him down and said, "Today is your good day, so don't worry about such things." After finishing speaking, he laughed and said, "This is my place, what do some friends say?" The one in the lead said: "My brother was beaten by you just now, can't we just let it go?" Jin Zi said: "Oh, so it is like this, let's go out and say something, there are a lot of guests here, some big brothers, can you save face?" The person who spoke thought for a while and said, "Okay, let's go out and say, if you don't satisfy me today, I will smash your shop." Jin Jin put his arms around his shoulders and said, "Okay, if there's something unpleasant for the elder brothers, let's go out and talk slowly, there are too many people here and it's not convenient to talk." Several people walked out while talking. After a while, Jin Zi came back, and Chen Lin said, "How is it?" Jin Zi said: "What else can I do? Let's settle it. I don't know how many people like this exist every day. It's really fucking annoying." Chen Lin said, "Are there too many gangsters in the mainland?" Jin Zi said: "I don't know the real inland cities. Anyway, there are quite a lot of Shenzhen recently. There are also a few people from Hong Kong gangs who come to buy food. They are basically the first to open the atmosphere. The mainlanders are still in the imitation stage. .” Da Jun said: "You count as one?" Jin Zi said: "We do this kind of business, we have to deal with this kind of people, but I don't want to be involved in gangsters." Da Jun said: "Then you are finished, kid, we are the real underworld." Chen Lin frowned and said, "Dajun, are you finished?" Da Jun said: "Okay, I will not speak from now on." Jin Zi said: "You are very famous now. Many gangs in the mainland know you. If the big circle gang really comes back to do business, then the source of customers will definitely not be a problem. However, the domestic management is quite strict, and it is best not to touch drugs. .” Chen Lin looked at Li Mei and said, "Of course, when I come back, I will be doing the right thing. Now it's not the same as before, and I don't have any worries. This time I come back for them. Although my son is still young, I still have to plan for his future." Li Mei said: "Brother, you are a person who does great things, don't put all your thoughts on us, we are actually living a pretty good life now." Chen Lin sighed and said, "Meizi, I haven't found you in the past, so I couldn't take care of you. Don't blame me for this, but now that God has opened his eyes and let me regain you, then I will let you live the best life." life, because I'm sorry for you and my son." Li Mei seemed to have a smile on her face when she heard this. She took out a very worn-out wallet and opened it with a few dollars crumpled inside. He took out a photo and said, "This is your son." Chen Lin suppressed the excitement in her heart, and took the photo with trembling hands. After seeing it, her eyes turned red again. This child really looked exactly like Jin Jin said, and was his miniature version. Sad and happy, he said, "Can you give me this photo?" Li Mei said: "Of course, you are his father." Chen Lin carefully placed the photo and said, "What's the child's name, is he in school now?" Li Mei said: "The child's name is Chen Zhaolin, and he is in the second grade now." Chen Lin knew what the homonym of the child's name meant, and she was excited again: "I didn't expect time to pass so fast, and I didn't expect that I would meet you again." Chen Lin said: "Meizi, I miss you so much, and my son so much, how did you get here all these years?" Li Mei hesitated for a long time before saying: "Brother, I'm sorry for you. I really can't do anything by myself for so many years. The child wants to live. A man treats me well, so I live with him." Chen Lin said without a trace of hesitation: "Meizi, you did nothing wrong. I don't blame you. You are lucky to find such a man. As long as he treats you well, I have no objections. And don't worry, whether it is you Still a son, as long as it is my responsibility, I will repay you double." Li Mei didn't speak for a long time, her eyes gradually turned red, she said: "Brother, can I take you to see my son tomorrow?" Chen Lin suppressed the excitement in her heart and said: "Okay." But her throat was choked up and she couldn't speak any more. Early the next morning, Chen Lin came to the place where Li Mei requested to meet as scheduled. He did not drive, because this was what Li Mei requested.The two came to a low-rise private house on foot. Li Mei pointed to the path where the sewage flowed and said, "Go in here." In front of the bungalow built with red bricks, it is not so much a house as it is a shed, with red brick walls, iron roof, and even no door, it seems that this is the most dilapidated place, really the poor in the slums Area. Just when Chen Lin was sad, a six or seven-year-old child came out of the door. Chen Lin saw his heart almost jumped out of his chest, because this child was so much like him, basically his miniature version, no need Said that Chen Lin knew who he was, but the child gave him a strange look, and Li Mei said, "Lin Zi, do you know who he is?" The child showed no expression at all, turned his head and left. Chen Lin thought that it was the first time he saw her, so it was a bit strange, so she didn't care too much.Li Mei said, "He's going to school." Chen Lin said, "Then I'll see him off." Li Mei stopped him and said, "Don't, the school is just at the entrance just now. We never send children off, and he usually goes by himself." Chen Lin said: "How can this work, he is still a child." Li Mei smiled and said: "Brother, you really think that he grew up by your side since childhood. You can't imagine the life of the poor here. I'd better take you in to see the person who has been raising Zhaolin." Chen Lin glanced at the back room and said, "Okay, I'll go with you." It's strange to say that Chen Lin has experienced those big scenes these years, but he is not as nervous as he is now. He secretly took a breath, trying to calm down the extremely nervous mood , but the mood became more tense. Every step into the house seemed like a bullet to Chen Lin, which overwhelmed him and made his heart beat faster. He even felt in his heart that if the road was long enough, he might collapse on the ground.But when he walked into the room, he was stunned, because he saw a dying man lying on a broken bed. The man was about forty years old, and he might have been a good-looking man when he was healthy, but now the disease has passed away. Let him completely lose his previous appearance, what he has now is a bony chest, a sallow face, and even a head of white hair is slumped tightly on his scalp. The man kept looking at Chen Lin with his dull eyes, and the two men stared at each other for a long time.Li Mei said: "Brother, this is the man who raised Zhaolin. For so many years, without his care, we really don't know what to do. His illness is also because he has to pay for the child's tuition, so he voluntarily gave up treatment. If you can save him for the sake of the child, I'd be very grateful to you." At this point, Li Mei burst into tears. Chen Lin hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Meizi, since you have spoken about this matter, I will never ignore it. As long as I can cure him, I will do my best no matter what." Li Mei said: "Brother, thank you, I am sorry for you, in the next life I will serve you like a cow or a horse." Chen Lin felt bitter and sad after hearing her words, but Li Mei's words completely ruined the hope of this man's life. Chen Lin is not a saint. This kind of man is rarely moved, not to mention that he is Li Mei's man. Although the other party has contributed to raising Li Mei and his son, this cannot offset the deep feelings in Chen Lin's heart. This kind of emotion is a man's jealousy towards another man. He will not unreservedly help a man who has had sex with the woman he loves, unless he is out of his mind or is really a saint. Unfortunately, Chen Lin These two points are not related. So the man had a heart attack in the hospital, which had nothing to do with his original problem, but no one thought it was strange that the person who died was just an ordinary poor man, and the death of a poor man was actually like rain in the sky, which definitely did not attract anyone's attention . Not long after, with Jin Jin's efforts, Chen Lin's first hotel in the mainland was officially listed for business. Of course, he still went to his old business - yellow. There are not many "strong" hotels. Chen Lin's hotel is luxuriously decorated and has a rich "source of goods", which is second to none even in Shenzhen.At that time, Shenzhen was at the forefront of reform and opening up, and the rich began to grow exponentially.Although the scale of Chen Lin's hotel was considered the leading pornographic entertainment venue in Shenzhen at that time, the supply far exceeded the demand, and its income was even higher than that of a nightclub of the same size in Macau.Encouraged by this, Chen Lin opened the second and third branches not long after. Although the prices were higher and the area was larger than the last, the customers were always in a super-saturated state. Chen Lin really started to step into the store. In the ranks of the rich, at this time he began to consider bleaching, he knew that he would not be able to make a fortune all his life, and the ultimate choice was to go right.