Volume 1: The Happy Life in the Ivory Tower Chapter 20: The Sail and Oar are Gone, Laughter and Conversation (7)

  "It's me, Laozi, didn't expect it?"

  Shi Baoquan sat down, wiped his face full of white beard, and then stroked his chin, looking at Qin Junhu with a mocking gaze, saying a sentence that couldn't hide the complacency of pushing his opponent to the end.

  "This world is really messed up, even an old donkey like you knows how to play tricks."

  Qin Junhu also sneered and seemed to be completely indifferent to their current position.

  "I learned from you city folks, bribed two policemen, drew a circle to restrict you, and turned white into black." Shihouquan said, having prepared for a long time, wanting to use heavy-handed tactics, dealing with a few people was no big deal, but he wasn't sure if it could help the village of Shi, but at this moment, the siege had already been lifted, so he naturally let go and did what he wanted.

  "Haha…… Congratulations to you, one day you'll find out that this is a group of wolves that can't be fed, they will eat you when it's time to eat, and bite you when it's time to bite. At that time, you'll be as unlucky as I am now." Qin Junhu said with a sly smile, speaking very easily, Shi Baquan laughed and handed him a hand-rolled cigarette, Qin Junhu took it without hesitation, rolled one up quickly, put it in his mouth, Shi Baquan lit it for him. As they smoked, they didn't look like enemies at all, but rather like old friends who had known each other for many years.

  Actually, it's often the opponent who understands you best, rather than your friends.

  No sooner had he taken a few puffs than Qin Junhu's face turned pale, his eyes wide with surprise, and he gave a thumbs up, saying: "Good, old donkey, you're ruthless."

  "You're not bad either, almost swallowed up my entire donkey farm." Shi Baoquan looked up and puffed on his cigarette, somewhat disdainful.

  "What's next, then?" Qin Junhu's face was covered with a sickly smile. From the moment Shi Baquan entered, he had seen an opportunity. Going forward would definitely not be a dead end, otherwise this old guy wouldn't have appeared.

  "What do you think?" Shi Baoquan slowly exhaled a ring of smoke.

  "You don't dare to do anything to me." Qin Junhu said with a smile: "The money I owe can buy your whole village, if you're in the dark and kill me, it's okay, but you don't dare to commit murder or arson, you're not a poor wretch anymore; dealing with me according to law is not possible for you, try sending someone like me to the police station to see if I can be sent to detention? You won't last three days without someone coming to bail me out. Let's get back to business and fight it out, you'll still lose."

  This matter made Shi Baquan's eyelids jump, originally a sure thing, but unexpectedly it became a hot potato. He just wanted to trap the person and wait for the scene to freeze, thinking that everything would be in the past tense, but unexpectedly this guy was more cunning than he imagined. Looking at him, he had already transferred all the money without leaving a single cent behind. Money is like the claws of a tiger and the wings of an eagle for business people, who knows when it will soar again.

  Seeing Shi Baoquan's uncertainty, Qin Junhu smiled and said: "What, old donkey, you don't believe?"

  "Believe it, the cold storage has my people, I know, you're quite ruthless, not even leaving a single penny, how many people will be cheated!?" Shi Baquan said, thinking for a moment, looking at Qin Junhu and saying: "I'm telling you, old buddy, what should I do with you now?"

  It's clear that a difficult problem has arisen, and even if Jun Hu became a sick tiger, he is still a tiger. In business, he rarely makes mistakes, his vision has always been very accurate, and even in decline, he has grasped a slight advantage. With this advantage, Qin Jun Hu smiled and began to make unreasonable demands: "Easy enough, how about finding someone to escort me away? And then giving me some travel expenses? You've won such a big game, can't you show some generosity to the loser?"

  It really made Shi Baquan roll his eyes, he was unhappy, Qin Junhu spread his hands: "If it's not possible, then let the police station send me back to the city. The compensation for that cold storage is enough, I can afford it even if I take out all my family property. Who knows, maybe one day I'll be able to recover and come back strong, how about that?"

  Shi Baoquan didn't make a sound, his eyes fixed intently on this old opponent in front of him, speaking slowly and deliberately: "Don't try to fool me, I'm sure you don't dare go back. Otherwise, you wouldn't have sent your wife away in the middle of the night and rushed to Resonant Horse Village at dawn. If you really went back, the police and debt collectors would wear you out inside and out, and with your small stature, how many days could you last?"

  "Haha, what can I do? Listen to your disposal, you want me to go back, I have no choice. To save my life, I can only think of ways to pay back the money. Before paying it off, there won't be anyone who wants my life, right?" Qin Junhu said disdainfully, as if he had also grasped the direction.

  The direction is the same, Qin Junhu will definitely not want to go back, and Shi Baquan has been circling around, also in this direction. The two of them are circling around, just looking for a better opportunity to exert pressure with words.

  "Leaving is fine. Sending you off is also fine." After a while, Shi Baquan gritted his teeth and seemed somewhat reluctant to say: "Trade something for it."

  "What's the matter? I've got nothing left, just a broken car. You can take it if you want." Qin Junhu said generously.

  "This..." Shi Baoquan dug into his pocket and pulled out a stack of papers.

  Contract, it's actually a contract, surprisingly a supply and sales contract. Qin Junhu was shocked to receive it in his hands, took a look, and found that it was a fake contract. It was a supply contract with Xing Rong Meat Factory, the numbers had been inflated without limit, and it wasn't something that a meat factory could digest. Moreover, it had already specified the prepayment amount, delivery date, and the signing date was a week ago.

  This thing scared Qin Junhu, and he looked at Shi Baquan in surprise, knowing that this old donkey had a big appetite, but didn't think it was so big, this is going to swallow the entire inventory of frozen meat.

  "Old donkey, that's polluted, aren't you afraid of eating to death?" Qin Junhu gnashed his teeth and said with disgust.

  "We're not stupid, it's just that the outer layer is frozen and infected, but inside it's fine." Shi Baquan said with a smile.

  "I've signed it, but you can't take it away," Qin Junhu said in a frightened tone, knowing that the cold storage might have already been sabotaged from within, and perhaps even the ammonia leak was also an inside job.

  It's true, Shi Baoquan smiled and said: "Don't worry, just sign your name, someone will take care of the rest. If you don't sign, I have a way to do it too, but it'll be more troublesome. If I have your signature, this matter will be handled reasonably and legally, and others won't be able to say anything in the future."

  He was stunned, Qin Junhu held the contract, staring blankly with both eyes, and at this moment, he suspected that someone had been eyeing this batch of goods since the large-scale hoarding began, wondering if it was because of this huge benefit or a grudge between the two parties that they set up such a big trap, and he himself was trapped in it without even realizing it.

  This fall is not only irretrievable but also leaves nothing to say.

  "Don't be reluctant, it's not your money anyway, is it a loan? If you hadn't quickly transferred the money away, you wouldn't even have had this opportunity. I'll wait until the account is frozen and assets are seized before sending you back, by then... you're quite clever, transferring the money away first, knowing that if you can't repay, others won't dare to touch you, not only won't they dare to collect from you, maybe they'll even have to protect you. Actually, this isn't bad either, I've made a profit, you transferred all your previous income away and don't need to repay the loan anymore, that's a gain too, right? At least it's better than Old Kong coming out empty-handed."

  Shi Baoquan tempted him with a smile, looking at Qin Jun's face relaxing, and then lowered his voice to say:

  "Besides, you're definitely afraid to go back, right? You can't take this stuff with you if you go back, but I'll also tear my face off. If you find someone to overturn the stalls of our villagers and beat up our villagers, this matter will be thoroughly investigated by the township police station. What if they catch you and add it to what happened in the city? Those who come after you for debt won't be few, right? What if your wife and children want to recall old times and really take out the money? They don't have your vision, that would be a waste of effort. You can't start from scratch again in a few decades, why bother? Anyway, you've made a lot from Lucheng, now it's all gone, but at least it's just the bank's and creditors' money. Why not just sign and take the money to live a comfortable life... It's not hard, is it? I have your contract seal in my hand."

  Qin Junhu thought for a moment, closed his eyes, and signed his name with a brush in an expressionless face. He threw it to Shi Baoquan and said with a gloomy face: "Take it away, but if I can't leave, I guarantee that you won't be able to digest this thing."

  This is a mutually beneficial deal. If Qin Junhu appears, no one will be able to embezzle this batch of goods. And if he doesn't appear, it can only prove the ownership of the text, and the other party can take it away with impunity. After all, no one would suspect anything about suspected infections. Qin Junhu knew that this was the opponent's goal, and when weighing the pros and cons, he had to throw out what he thought was his last reliance.

  "Just put you back, can you still digest this thing yourself? Now everyone knows that the donkey meat in your hand is polluted with ammonia, but if it's replaced elsewhere, as long as no one knows it came from Xiyuan Cold Storage, I guess there won't be a problem... Little Qin, don't say that old donkey isn't generous enough, Shijia Village has always been a place where bandits emerge, plotting your wealth without harming your life is already considered being a good person." Shi Baquan said, with a fierce glint in his eyes.

  "Alright, you win." Qin Junhu said weakly. He looked up and asked Shi Baquan with a questioning tone, "Shi old donkey, I didn't think you, an old illiterate, could do something like this. Can you really sell these 800 tons of frozen meat? Who the hell gave you this stupid idea?"

  "Haha……You find someone to cheat me, I'll find someone to cheat you back. What's it called, using the same method to cure the same disease? To me, you're just that fart (the other).” Shi Baoquan sneered with a smile. As soon as he said this, Qin Junhu's eyes widened and cursed: "It was Tao Chengzhang and Qian Zhongping those sons of bitches."

  This shock made Qin Junhu's whole body cool down. Now he understood that it wasn't just one person who was plotting against him, but a group of people working together to plot against him.

  "There are still cultured people who are clever and guessed it right." Shi Baoquan sincerely praised him and happily put away the contract.

  Qin Junhu got out of the police station and was riding in a police car, heading towards the provincial highway. As they drove, he saw several cars driving towards the city, including Shi Baquan's large off-road vehicle, Qian Zhongping's BMW, and Tao Chengzhang's Audi. Sitting in the police car, Qin Junhu suddenly felt a surge of anger and his throat became sweet, covering his mouth with his hand, forcing himself to swallow it down, leaving a crimson stain on his palm.

  At this time he believed it, was so angry that he vomited blood, more painful than the bleeding from being cut by a knife or stabbed by a gun...

  At this time, in the northern suburbs of Lüzhou City, Qinghua Cold Storage, Dongming Cold Storage in Nancheng, and Kaifeng Cold Storage on Taihang Road all wiped out the "29.5 yuan" label under the price of donkey meat today at the same time, and with a stroke, it became "32.8 yuan". The unit price of 500 grams increased by more than three blocks at once, which is rare in recent years, causing a stir throughout the industry, especially among meat factories, processing workshops, and restaurants that purchase goods, and there was a commotion.

  However, a clever woman cannot cook without rice. It's not that they don't want to, but in the past, sales determined inventory levels. Now, with inventory tight, things have turned around. Even some astute merchants who ran to several cold storage facilities were surprised to find that, apart from these three companies, many other companies no longer had tons of stock on hand and also followed suit by raising their prices.

  The chain reaction was very rapid, with the price of food rising in less than two hours. The prices of donkey meat products also rose accordingly, and cooked meat stalls, restaurants, and hotels all raised their prices. Even feed dealers tried to raise the price of each kilogram of feed by nine cents on the same day.

  On the same day, the district government allocated funds to compensate for part of the losses. Afterwards, they urged all business owners to relocate their goods. For those lightly polluted cold storage facilities, further treatment was required. They called it "treatment", but in reality, someone had to foot the bill for that compensation, so they could only seal off the cold storage facility as collateral. During the relocation process, several large refrigerated trucks came to take away the frozen meat that had been booked in advance, a total of 800 tons. Ten large refrigerated trucks worked in shifts, from loading to transportation, and didn't finish until late at night.

  On the same evening, the price rose by 0.4 yuan again, breaking through the 33-yuan mark. The relevant departments of the official price stabilization agency could no longer sit idly by, and according to authoritative insiders in the industry, the main reason for this price fluctuation was the increase in costs such as feed, veterinary drugs, venues, transportation, etc., which is also closely related to the growth of GDP in our city, the increase in citizens' income, and the strong demand for high-end meat consumption.

  Reasons and market analysis flooded everywhere in TV, newspapers, internet and other media, but the truth was nowhere to be found.

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  "It's clean here, didn't I ask you guys to do it yesterday? And there are still hairs left."

  "The bar counter at the entrance just use a paint-free board, it's opening in two days, no time to paint."

  "Has the glass for the counter been ordered? When will it be installed... Come on, hurry up, what's the holdup?"

  "If we can't finish work tomorrow night, you'll be fined. I mean what I say, don't think I'm joking with you guys."

  On the west side of Jiefang Road and the intersection with Qianxi Street, a renovated storefront. Song Siying issued several orders in a row, and the small foreman was trained to nod his head quickly enough, but the customers were still complaining about being slow, especially this female customer who was difficult to serve, scrutinizing every detail, not giving any opportunity for slacking off. Just then, after inspecting around, even a small gap on the wall corner line was criticized, so the little foreman personally took action, holding tools and applying putty.

  A soft whistle sounded, and when several workers turned their heads, a big boy with a pot lid on his head stood at the door. The little foreman waved his hand to drive him away: "Go away, who let you in? We haven't opened yet!"

  "What's this? This is the boss." Song Siying scolded the foreman again, smiling and walking up to him. However, after just a few steps, the smile on her face disappeared, and she scolded Dan Yong with great displeasure: "The shop hasn't even opened yet, and you're already acting like an absentee owner? You've been gone for several days, and I'm being driven crazy by both inside and outside work."

  "Is it broken? I don't see anything wrong with it?" Shuang Yu looked up and down at Song Siying, his mood unusually good, with a certain kind of male gaze in his eyes as he said: "It's getting better and better, more and more beautiful... oh, bigger and bigger, haha..."

  Shan Yong's eyes widened in shock as he stared at Song Siying's chest, prompting her to poke him and almost lash out, but she quickly regained her composure with a hint of pride, seemingly intentionally saying: "Don't think that flattering me a few times will get you paid, huh? So, how do I calculate my wages?"

  "So how do you want to settle it?" Dan Yong asked with a smile.

  "I can tell you, including the down payment, renovation, and transfer fee, I've already spent over 640,000 yuan. This place is 48 square meters, with a basement, and I negotiated the annual rent to 840,000 yuan. The transfer fee includes three months' rent, which is paid every three years. That means, aside from the 640,000 yuan I've already spent... let me see how much it is... 648,300 yuan, in three months, I'll need to pay another 2,520,000 yuan. With this scale, at least three or four employees are needed to support it, and three to five delivery personnel, plus procurement, about 400,000 to 500,000 yuan in working capital would be sufficient..."

  Song Siying calculated, thinking that she had made the account very clear for Shan Yong, but after half a day, Shan Yong still didn't have any reaction. Song Siying pushed him and said discontentedly: "Hey, I've been talking to you for half a day, how come you don't have any reaction at all?"

  "What's going on?" Dan Yong said.

  "Where's the money?! You didn't even pay me a single cent, not only did I work for you, but I also lent you 50,000!" Song Siying's eyes narrowed in anger, accusingly. Shan Yong chuckled and said: "Look at you, talking about money hurts feelings, why don't you lend some more?"

  "I knew you wanted to take advantage of me! Cut it out!" Song Siying scolded Danyong with a glance, but didn't seem angry. She changed the subject and said: "You won't regret it, I can lend you money, but then you'll be working for me. You do the work, I pay the salary. How about that? Will you do it?"

  "What? You also want to get involved in this business? I can tell you, it's not that easy." Dan Yong said, quite shocked.

  "Don't scare me, you think I don't know how long you've been scheming for this business? It's all clear... Don't waste words, either give me the money and I'll be the boss, or you won't give me the money and I'll be the boss, you'll work for me... Hehe, with a fool like you working for me, I reckon we won't lose money." Song Siying said smugly, mocking Shan Yong. Shan Yong seemed to have just come to his senses, and suddenly said: "Oh, this hasn't even started yet, and you're already thinking of taking over my store? Not only do you want to take over my store, but also me... I've already said I'll pay you back as soon as possible, can't you wait?"

  The words "thinking of me" have a bit of a double meaning, and even if they didn't, Single Courage's tone made them sound ambiguous. As for this bold and beautiful sister, no matter how you teased or provoked her, she could take it. Smiling complacently with a pretty face, she said: "Of course I couldn't wait any longer, the art school has finished recruiting students and I was worried that there would be nothing to do in winter... Give you a three-month deadline, if you can't pay the rent on time, the store will be confiscated along with the people."

  "Are you bullying me because I'm poor? Look here..." Danyong slowly unfolded a receipt, Song Siying leaned in and took a close look, it was a check transfer receipt, the transfer account was a newly registered individual business account, which was this store. The transfer amount was 300,000 yuan. This made Song Siying stunned, knowing that Danyong had received the money. Unexpectedly, now that he had money, he wasn't happy at all, and said in a disgruntled tone: "You're really not very considerate."

  "What's wrong again? Not enough to owe you money, and now I have to pay it back immediately, still not enough?" Dan Yong smiled.

  "You borrowed it from somewhere again, didn't you? If you're short of money, just say so, I'm not someone who won't think of a way to help you." Song Siying said.

  "I earned it, haha... Really, I'm not cheating you, I want to tell you, even the suppliers' circulating funds are not needed, don't you believe me even more? Don't look at me like that? You said it yourself, I've been in this business for over four years, if I didn't have some connections, I'd be too stupid. This line of work, you're really not as familiar with it as I am, wanting to be my boss is probably not an opportunity, but today accompanying the boss to dinner, can give you a chance...". Shan Yong said with a pretentious tone, provoking Song Siying to scold him, but then turned around and said viciously, must call up that group of foodies and slaughter them mercilessly.

  After taking a look at the nearly completed store, he turned around and left the store, got into Song Siying's car, and sat down. When Song Siying put her hand on the car key, she glanced at Shan Yong and then withdrew her hand, leaning against the steering wheel with a surprised expression, looking at Shan Yong. Just as Shan Yong was saying that they should go eat somewhere, he inadvertently caught this strange scene and hastily adjusted his collar, staring at Song Siying in shock, but had no idea what was wrong with this sister again.

  "Thank you, Shan Yong." Song Siying said inexplicably, very sincerely, unlike the tone of their usual conversation.

  "What? Did you say that wrong? It should be me thanking you, I don't even know how to thank you for helping me with such a big favor. And when we settle the investment later, you'll have a share too." Shanyong said, but unexpectedly Song Siying was not moved at all, didn't care about that little money, and still maintained that sideways appreciative gaze, as if she had some feelings and said: "I'm not wrong, it's me who should thank you. I know many boys, except for those who want to flirt with me or cheat my money, truly treating me as a friend... there's only you... I've always wanted to ask you a question, don't lie to me."

  "We're so familiar with each other, how can I deceive you?" Dan Yong said in surprise, feeling that it didn't seem like what he had thought, and also a bit overestimating his own charm.

  "How do you see me?" Song Siying blurted out a very strange question.

  "What does it mean?" Yun Rong was stunned for a moment.

  "Hmm, in other people's eyes, I'm a ** woman. When I was in school, there were many rumors about me behind my back. Actually, I knew that even though I seemed to be popular and had many people around me, they would secretly say that I wasn't worth anything... They said all sorts of things about me, but I didn't care. However, I do care what you think. How will you look at me?" Song Siying asked, looking at Shan Yong with anticipation.

  "You've said it all, friend," Dan Yong said. "It's always been this way."

  "So, thank you." Song Siying started the car with a relieved tone. But unexpectedly, as soon as the car started moving, Shan Yong changed his tone and said: "Actually, men don't mind if beautiful women are a little bit... I'm not as pure as you think, when I first invited you to dance, in the middle of the dance steps, what was actually going through my mind was some kind of impure behavior, this is a common problem among men."

  "Haha... You think I didn't know, huh? Taking advantage of dancing to eat my tofu, making you chase me tightly, maybe sister would have surrendered to you. But why didn't you take action afterwards?" Song Siying said boldly, laughing loudly.

  "Do you really want to know why nothing has been done about it?"

  "It seems that it's because sister's charm is not enough."

  "Haha... That's not it, the reason is me, I was poor at that time, didn't even have money to rent a room."

  "Haha, why didn't you say so earlier? I would have lent it to you."

  Two people were laughing and joking, a bit reckless, when the phone notification came, Old Bao, Stinky Foot, and Ma Gang, who were still in school, plus Lei Dapeng brought a group of city management brothers. This time, as the pre-opening guests, there were quite a few people, enough to fill two tables. It had been a long time since they had such a hearty drink. This time, they finally got drunk and didn't wake up until the next day at home, when Dan Yong couldn't even remember how he got back home...