City Detention Center.
After Yang Jian finished his statement, he was transferred here. Thanks to Yu Feng's arrangements, the process was simple, just a typical fight. If the other party's injuries were not severe, a few days of detention according to public security regulations would suffice.
If the other party's injuries were more serious, a medical evaluation would be needed before any further action. Until the results were out, he would have to stay in the detention center.
Song Jianmin came and transferred one thousand yuan to Yang Jian's account in the detention center. This money could be used to improve his meals.
The food in the detention center consisted of boiled cabbage and radishes for three meals a day, with no meat or oil. With money, one could occasionally afford some meat, but it was prohibitively expensive and not something that could be eaten daily.
Yang Jian was sent to cell number nine, which already housed eight other inmates. Apart from a middle-aged man in his forties, the rest were young men in their late teens and early twenties.
They were all on a large communal bed, some sitting, some lying down.
"Hey, newcomer, according to the rules here, state your name first, then report what you did, and if anyone has put any credit on your account?"
A burly, bald young man in his late twenties, seeing Yang Jian looking around, shouted loudly.
Yang Jian was looking for a place to sleep. He noticed that at the far end of the cell was a toilet, making the area near it smell unpleasant. However, that was the only empty spot available.
"Oh, are you talking to me?"
Yang Jian came to his senses and looked at the bald man.
"Of course, I'm talking to you, you're the newcomer."
The bald young man's attitude wasn't particularly hostile, as Yang Jian's imposing height of 1.8 meters put some pressure on him, and he couldn't quite gauge the newcomer's background.
"Oh, my name is Yang Jian, and I'm here for fighting."
"Fighting, in Chengguan?"
"Yes, at the Nanhu Manor near Chengguan."
The bald man suddenly slapped his head: "Wait a minute, what did you say your name was just now?"
"My name is Yang Jian, is there a problem?"
The bald man jumped off the bed abruptly: "You're not the Yang Jian who crippled Liu Ming, are you?"
"Brother, you can't just say things like that. The police don't have any evidence that I injured Liu Ming; that's all rumor."
"Wow, you really are that Yang Jian! You're my idol! Brother Yang, sit here, I'll arrange a place for you to sleep." wap.kanshuwu.net
The bald man was clearly older than Yang Jian, yet he still called him "Ge" (brother).
The others also stood up and bowed to him: "Greetings, Brother Yang."
This greatly surprised Yang Jian. What was going on? Was his reputation that great? Were there legends of "Ge" even in prison? kanshu la
"Brother Yang, you sleep here, everyone else move over that way."
The bald man vacated the spot closest to the door and let Yang Jian sit there. This location, away from the toilet, was naturally the best sleeping spot.
Everyone else started moving, shifting their straw mats inwards.
"Brother Yang, my name is Lu Feng, and I'm also here for fighting. However, I'll be out in a few days. Do you know, everyone in this detention center knows your name. Who did you beat up this time? It shouldn't be some nobody, right?"
The bald man, Lu Feng, sat obsequiously next to Yang Jian.
"I broke the hands of someone called Wu Laizi."
"Holy crap, Brother Yang, you're really something else. You only fight tough guys. Although Wu Laizi is not as good at fighting as Liu Ming, he's more ferocious and a bottomless scumbag. Only when he meets someone like you does he have no temper. Can you tell us how you beat him?"
Everyone in the cell crowded around, wanting to hear Yang Jian's story. Bored in here, they all wanted to know information from the outside.
"Actually, I don't have much of a grudge against him. I didn't even know him before today. My company was operating a gambling den at the Nanhu Clubhouse, and he forcibly demanded my people to leave the clubhouse and started cursing. He was extremely arrogant. What do you think I should have done?"
"Can't tolerate it. Nanhu Clubhouse is a money pit. Operating a gambling den there makes a fortune daily. If he drives others out, isn't that cutting off their financial path? If it were me, I wouldn't tolerate it either; I'd fight him to the end, no matter who he was."
This Lu Feng was no pushover either. Seeing his muscular build, he probably had some training.
"So I beat him up."
"That's it? How did you beat him? Tell us."
Yang Jian found it somewhat amusing seeing everyone looking at him expectantly. These people must be really bored. Since he was already in here, chatting with them would make the time pass faster.
"There's really nothing much to say. That Wu Laizi looked very strong, over 1.9 meters tall and weighing over 200 pounds. He looked intimidating, but in reality, he was no match for me. I took him down in just two seconds, and he couldn't even get up. Later, he was stubborn and threatened to kill my entire family, so I broke both his hands with a telescopic baton."
"No way, Brother Yang, Wu Laizi isn't as weak as you say. I fought him once. He didn't beat me, and I couldn't beat him either. We were pretty evenly matched."
Before Lu Feng could finish, everyone looked at him with disdain.
Lu Feng then realized: "My apologies, Brother Yang. Wu Laizi and I are not on the same level as you. We are all weak in front of you."
Yang Jian smiled: "You fought with Wu Laizi? Do you have a grudge against him?"
"No, I was doing a job for someone else."
"Oh, then which faction do you belong to in Chengguan?"
Lu Feng shook his head: "I don't belong to any faction. I have a small team that specializes in doing jobs for people. Today I can help you deal with your opponent, and tomorrow I can help your opponent deal with you, as long as I get paid."
This greatly surprised Yang Jian: "There's such a team?"
"Yes, there are many people like this in Chengguan. As long as you can afford it, I can gather two hundred people for you within an hour. Honestly, on the night Pan Wenbin was searching the entire city for you, I participated. I found fifty people for him."
"Then aren't you offending many people?"
Yang Jian didn't have any strong feelings about Pan Wenbin's search for him, so he didn't have a bad impression of Lu Feng.
"No, we mostly gather people to make up the numbers when we do jobs. For example, if we had encountered you that night, we wouldn't have fought you; Pan Wenbin's own men would have done the fighting. To put it simply, we just help people create a presence and build momentum."
"Then what kind of business do you primarily take on?"
Lu Feng was surprised that Yang Jian was so interested in their profession. He smiled and said, "We have many businesses, such as helping real estate companies with demolitions, helping underworld forces fight for territory and projects, participating in medical disputes, and helping families of deceased workers get the maximum benefits in work-related accidents. These are all businesses that require a large number of people but not necessarily for us to do the fighting."
Thinking about it, Yang Jian realized it was true. Once, when a person died at a construction site, within half a day, the family brought over a hundred people to blockade the project department. He had wondered at the time how so many people had arrived so quickly, as their family couldn't possibly have that many relatives. It turned out there were professional teams that did this kind of work.