Wei Jie

Chapter 613 Combining Strength and Flexibility

  Wei Xiangzuo waved his hand, "Hey, Xiao Er, why are you talking to Brother Zhou like that? With so many chairmen here, do you even have the right to interrupt?"

  Xiao Er turned his head away, no longer looking at Zhou Peng.

  "Old Zhou, you're right, time really does smooth out a lot of people's rough edges." Wei Xiangzuo looked at the bald Zhou Peng, "People used to value loyalty, but now they value profit. Tell me, I was inside for so long the past two years, how come so few of my friends outside came to see me? In the end, I was able to get out because the Tongji Association lent a hand, their leader gave me a break. Damn, I can't beat them, and I can't fight them, so what can I do? I have to bow my head, put on a smiling face, say some nice words, and make some money while I'm at it, right?"

  Zhou Peng glanced at Wei Xiangzuo in surprise, "That's why I say, you're good at smiling like a eunuch!"

  "Haha!"

  Everyone laughed.

  "Enough, enough!" Yu Zheng said with a smile, trying to smooth things over, "Teasing is fine, but no personal attacks!"

  Everyone looked at Wei Xiangzuo with smiles, waiting for what he would say next.

  "Just now, Old Yu said that the arms business is very profitable. So I was thinking, we all come from the same background, worship the same patriarch, we can't just get ahead ourselves and forget about our brothers." Wei Xiangzuo looked around at everyone, blinked his eyes, and tentatively asked, "How about we all get involved together?"

  "How do we get involved? You make money, and I spend it?" Zhou Peng asked with a grin.

  At this point, Yang Dong from the Daokou district interjected, "You're not his father, why would he earn money for you to spend?"

  "Drink tea, drink tea!" Gu Baishun kept trying to smooth over the tense atmosphere.

  Wei Xiangzuo ignored the crowd's sarcasm, and continued, "I'm running for chairman, first I'll give everyone a bonus for two years. If things work out, I'll give up a part of the arms business, and everyone can do it together, we can all make money together, right?"

  "You want to run for what?" Zhou Peng leaned over, his expression playful, and asked, "Why don't you just run for governor, we'll all vote for you!"

  "Hey, can't you let him finish talking?" Yu Zheng said with his hands crossed, looking like an enlightened monk, "Have some composure, okay?"

  "Don't try to fool us, do you think we're all idiots?" Yang Dong from Daokou directly retorted, "Gui Mengjun from the Old Triangle almost got killed in Kasalo, right? Wen Zhanbo, who was covering the arms business, was also caught and taken to District One, right? Now, An Zecheng, who just arrived, even Lao Li can't get a meeting with him, so tell me, how are we supposed to do this business? With our mouths?!"

  "Don't expose him like that, if you keep exposing him, how is Wei-ge supposed to say anything? Isn't that slapping him in the face?" Zhou Peng said, holding his teacup, "Let's all be calm, at least give the little dragon head of Zhanan some face, right?"

  Wei Xiangzuo ignored the two of them, and only looked at Yu Zheng and asked, "What do you think, Old Yu?"

  "You can't do the arms business." Yu Zheng pondered for a moment, "As for the two-year bonus, how much can you give?"

  "Three million per person." Wei Xiangzuo replied.

  "Haha!" Yu Zheng laughed, "Is this all the ambition Lao Li has?"

  "What's wrong, is it too little?"

  "I won't hide it from you, Zhang Ming just met with some of us yesterday, and they're offering eight million per person." Yu Zheng said bluntly, "If that's not enough, they can add more. I'm not fooling you, the price outside has already been raised, you can ask around. Also, we're supporting Zhang Ming, and they said that in the future, the Supervisory Committee and the Qing Yi Bureau will arrange regular identities for us. Who knows, we might even become councilors, discussing district policies or something, haha!"

  Wei Xiangzuo paused for a long time, not saying anything.

  "Oh, right." Zhou Peng interjected, "Yesterday when we were eating, Zhang Ming brought the guard company commander of the garrison commander Tan Hengqiang. He also said that as long as we're sensible, if you can't do the arms business in the future, we can still peddle some contraband outside the district. After all, the garrison commander, his words must carry weight."

  "Sigh!"

  Wei Xiangzuo sighed when he heard this, "Is the competition so fierce? How about I add some?"

  "How many bullets do you have? Can you outbid the Qing Yi Bureau, can you outbid the Bao Long Group?" Zhou Peng tapped his fingers, and said casually.

  "I can't afford eight million, how about five million?" Wei Xiangzuo looked at everyone, "No bargaining!"

  Yang Dong blinked his eyes, stretched his neck and asked, "Are you deaf? Didn't you hear what Old Yu said? They're offering eight million, and we haven't even agreed yet."

  "So you're going to support Zhang Ming?" Wei Xiangzuo asked.

  "Even if I support someone, I wouldn't support five million!" Zhou Peng stood up, pointed at Wei Xiangzuo and cursed, "I'm going to pass up more money and support you, you backstabber, what are you thinking? If you really want to talk, hurry up and have Lao Li get a bank loan!"

  "Damn, I'm not eating anymore, I get nauseous as soon as I see seafood now." Yang Dong also stood up.

  "Pa!"

  Wei Xiangzuo suddenly stood up, grabbed Zhou Peng's finger, "I already ordered the dishes, aren't you going to give me this face?!"

  "Wei-ge, Wei-ge!" Gu Baishun immediately stood up to stop him.

  "Get out!" Wei Xiangzuo pushed Gu Baishun away, looked at Zhou Peng with a cold face and said, "Either you stay here and eat seafood today, or I'll make you eat shit."

  "Fuck you, if the sixteen branches of the dockworker's association are missing my vote, you can throw as much money as you want and it'll be for nothing!"

  "Bang!"

  "Is that so?" Wei Xiangzuo grabbed the ashtray on the table and smashed it down on the other party's head, "Are you that important?"

  Zhou Peng staggered, and the brother next to him immediately pulled out a gun.

  "Pa!"

  Wei Xiangzuo used a reverse joint lock, directly pinned Zhou Peng on the table, raised the ashtray high, and smashed it down four times in a row.

  Blood splattered, and Zhou Peng was stunned on the spot.

  "You fucking...!" Yang Dong was not afraid of Wei Xiangzuo at all, pointed the gun at his head and roared, "What, you want to mess with both of our families?!"

  "Who do you think you are!" Wei Xiangzuo kicked the other party in the abdomen.

  "Damn!"

  "Bang!"

  Yang Dong raised his arm and fired a shot, but it hit the chair leg, because Gu Baishun reached out and held his arm down at the moment Wei Xiangzuo raised his leg.

  "Bang!"

  Yu Zheng slammed the table and stood up, pointing at Wei Xiangzuo and roaring, "If I don't make you swallow this ashtray...!"

  Before he could finish speaking, the door was kicked open, and Wang Daolin walked in with more than a dozen policemen.

  Everyone turned their heads, Wang Daolin walked to the table, and raised his head and asked, "What's going on?!"

  "I invited them to eat seafood, and he extorted me, demanding five million!" Wei Xiangzuo pointed at the other party's face and cursed, "Is there still any justice?!"

  Wang Daolin lowered his head and glanced at Zhou Peng, reached out and grabbed Wei Xiangzuo's ashtray, grabbed Zhou Peng's hair, "What the hell is your status, you ask for five million the moment you open your mouth?!"

  "Bang bang bang!"

  Wang Daolin smashed Zhou Peng's head four or five times in a row, and then shook the blood off his hand, "Dong Pengyu said that he's missing a good partner inside. Get him in there, lock him up for three months first, and then investigate his problems!"

  After speaking, Wei Xiangzuo bent down and sat down, wiping the sweat from his face, "I haven't moved in a long time, my body is too weak! I'll say a number, just five million, who agrees, who opposes?!"

  "Aren't you all dirty?" Wang Daolin pointed at everyone, and said with his arms akimbo, "From now on, either we're friends, or we'll start a combination punch! I'll beat one to death, and immediately spend money to have each district elect a new branch chairman!!"