Three days passed.
With Gao Fei's heavy investment again, the express cabinets that originally took a week to deploy were all completed in just three days.
And the residents at the deployment points, after understanding the functions of the express cabinets and how to operate them.
Everyone was amazed by the advanced nature of the Beehive Station project and unanimously praised the express cabinets.
When Beehive Station's express cabinets spread throughout Wutong District in three days.
The employees of Feiyue Express, Xingcheng Express, and Tengda Express only realized it afterward.
Looking at the blue and white express cabinets appearing in various residential areas and universities.
The couriers immediately reported to the heads of their respective branches.
Upon receiving the news, the branch managers immediately reported to the regional agents of the three express companies.
However, after all the branch managers reported, there was no response from the three regional agents for a long time.
Initially, the branch managers thought that the three agents were discussing countermeasures or had already reported the latest developments of Beehive Station to the headquarters.
But by the end of the day, not only did the three agents of the three express companies in Wutong District not come up with a plan to counter Beehive Station.
They had all become unreachable.
The sudden disappearance of the three agents caused the staff to search everywhere in Wutong District, contacting everyone around them, and trying every possible method.
But the three of them seemed to have evaporated into thin air, disappearing without a trace.
Finally, the news of the full deployment of the Beehive Station project in Wutong District and the disappearance of the three agents was leaked to the headquarters.
Regarding the successful deployment of Beehive Station in Wutong District, the managers of the three express companies chose to remain silent, not offering much opinion.
After all, this was already a stable project that only required significant investment to operate fully.
As for the three missing agents.
The headquarters did not choose to report to the police, but instead asked the staff in Wutong District to continue searching for them.
As long as they were not dead, and there was a way to find them, they were instructed not to alert the police. These were the exact words from the three executives of the three express companies.
Meanwhile, Qiu Dongsheng, hiding in the university, was still in a state of panic about the damaged express cabinets.
He had learned from some teachers that the security department's statement was merely a cover-up for the truth.
In reality, the security department was secretly investigating the express cabinet incident and had already identified several students as suspects.
Qiu Dongsheng was not a faculty member of Jingda University. If he were caught, he would face imprisonment.
The incident of damaging express cabinets had already made him extremely anxious.
Upon learning that the Beehive Station express cabinets had been fully deployed in Wutong District.
Before Qiu Dongsheng could even express his shock, he received news of the disappearance of the three express company agents.
At this moment, Qiu Dongsheng was not just shocked, but felt a sense of crisis in his heart.
He immediately contacted his boss and uncle, and roughly recounted the recent events.
Kong Liwei told him to stay at the university and not wander around anywhere.
He should return to the company after everything outside was resolved and calmed down.
At this moment, Qiu Dongsheng was caught between a rock and a hard place. All he wished for now was for the three regional agents to appear quickly so that he could escape from Jingda University, this place of troubles.
...
Feiteng Investment Company.
Gao Fei, sitting in front of the computer, held an earphone in his right hand, listening to the sound and frowning from time to time.
After listening to the conversation in the earphone, his brow furrowed even tighter.
All three regional agents of the three express companies had disappeared. What was going on?
Gao Fei suddenly froze, grabbed his phone from the desk, and made two calls. Hearing that both phones were turned off, he picked up his car keys and quickly ran out of the company.
Fifteen minutes later.
The new warehouse location for Tongda Express and Suyue Express, Mingnan Trade City.
"Creak!"
A black car screeched to a halt in front of the warehouse door.
The administrator outside the door was about to step forward to reprimand them, but upon seeing it was Gao Fei, he immediately stepped back.
"Jing ge, have you seen Guo Yue and the others?"
"Old Guo and them are in the backyard!"
"Alright!"
Gao Fei handed a cigarette to the administrator Jing ge outside the gate and strode towards the backyard of the warehouse.
As soon as he arrived at the backyard, of the original six brothers, only three were working and counting goods.
Their second brother, Hu Qing, had disappeared without a trace.
Noticing Gao Fei's arrival, the third brother Zheng Pingye, the fourth brother Jin Xiaohu, and the sixth brother Guo Yue, all put down their tasks.
"General Manager Gao! General Manager Gao!"
"The three of you, where is second brother Hu Qing, Brother Qing?"
After the three of them greeted him, Gao Fei directly asked.
"Second brother just took leave the day before yesterday, saying there was a family matter recently and he might not be back to work for a week."
After Zheng Pingye finished speaking, he noticed the boss's unusual expression and asked curiously, "General Manager Gao, you came looking for second brother in such a hurry, did something happen?"
Gao Fei did not hide anything and directly recounted the disappearance of the three agents from Feiyue Express, Xingcheng Express, and Tengda Express.
After listening, the three brothers finally understood why General Manager Gao was inquiring about their second brother's whereabouts.
After all, their eldest brother and fifth brother had died in a fire. Gao Fei's suspicion that they were involved was not groundless.
Jin Xiaohu, the more sensible fourth brother, frowned and said, "General Manager Gao, the sudden disappearance of the three agents should not have much to do with second brother.
Second brother has been with us lately. He wouldn't have had time to kidnap those three people!"
"How about this, General Manager Gao. I'll contact second brother later and have him call you back." Zheng Pingye said from the side.
Gao Fei saw that the three of them were unaware and stopped pressing them further, nodding and saying, "Alright, as long as you contact Hu Qing, tell him to call me back quickly.
Also, the three of you better not hide anything from me. If this matter blows up, it won't just be going to jail, you might end up with a bullet in your head!"
"We know, General Manager Gao, don't worry!"
The three responded in unison.
After Gao Fei left, Guo Yue, the youngest of the six, asked, "Third brother, fourth brother, to be honest, do you know something?
Could it be that second brother really kidnapped those three agents? I haven't seen second brother for a single day!"
"What are you thinking about? Second brother's maternal uncle came from out of town to Kyoto for medical treatment. He's been accompanying his relatives. General Manager Gao couldn't reach him just now, he probably turned off his phone at the hospital and didn't notice."
"Old Guo, don't overthink it, this has nothing to do with second brother!"
The third and fourth brothers explained a few words, but Guo Yue still had a vague feeling of disbelief in his heart.
...
Ten o'clock at night, on the western outskirts of Kyoto, in a废弃 factory.
The pitch-black factory was filled with a gentle breeze, and the scattered garbage danced in the wind.
A dozen crows perched on the废弃 power lines, occasionally letting out their distinctive calls.
Suddenly, the darkness was illuminated by a bonfire.
In front of the firelight, three men of different attire, build, and similar age, were tied up with rope and kneeling on the ground.
"Woo woo— woo woo—"
The three men, bound by rope, knelt on the ground and let out whimpers. Their faces were bruised and battered, with no intact skin.
Hu Qing, with a buzz cut and wearing a half-sleeve shirt, threw three boxed meals in front of the three men and casually removed the towels that were gagging them.
"Eat, and then you can on your way!"
Hu Qing looked at the three men indifferently and lit a cigarette.
Duan Jiu, who was beaten beyond recognition, kept kowtowing and begging, "Big brother, please let me go, I have old parents and young children, I..."
*Bang!*
Before he could finish speaking, the muffled gunshots of a five-shot revolver shattered the silence of the廢棄 factory.
Near Duan Jiu, the ejected steel shot sparked on the ground.
Zheng Pingye, the third brother, stood behind with a cold face, resting the barrel of the gun on Duan Jiu's shoulder: "Eat when you're told to, don't talk nonsense!"
Duan Jiu shivered and immediately prostrated himself on the ground, devouring the boxed meal.
The other two beside him were Du Ziteng, the regional agent for Xingcheng Express, and Yao Zongren, the regional agent for Feiyue Express.
Agent Du and Agent Yao, with tears streaming down their faces and urinating themselves, ate their last meal.
After the three of them finished their boxed meals, Jin Xiaohu, the fourth brother, cleaned the ground and then placed two memorial portraits in front of them.
They were of their eldest brother Yang Ming and fifth brother Tang Gui.
Upon seeing the two black and white memorial portraits, Duan Jiu, Du Ziteng, and Yao Zongren were about to struggle when they were kicked to the ground, and their mouths were gagged again.
Hu Qing walked forward with a boning knife, looking down at the three men.
"Did you really think you could get away with setting fire to the warehouse by finding four scapegoats?
Why couldn't you do business properly? You had to learn the ways of the underworld, setting fires, killing people, and grabbing territory!"
"Brother Ming, Fifth Brother, these three are for you to have a taste of first!"
He looked coldly at the three men and raised the boning knife, swinging it down quickly and accurately.
"Whirr!"
Duan Jiu's eyeballs popped out abruptly, his body writhing uncontrollably, and a pool of blood flowed onto the ground.
A few drops of blood splattered onto Hu Qing's face. He looked at Du Ziteng and raised the boning knife again.
...
Since he couldn't find them in the afternoon, Gao Fei had been restless.
First, Hu Qing was unreachable. Later, Zheng Pingye, the third brother, Jin Xiaohu, the fourth brother, and Guo Yue, the sixth brother, also seemed to have disappeared, their phones completely unreachable.
Now that everyone had disappeared, it was evident that the disappearance of the three regional agents was definitely related to the four brothers.
"Damn it, why do these four have to resort to underworld tactics!"
Gao Fei cursed to himself in the car and drove rapidly towards the Municipal Bureau.
When he was only a few hundred meters away from the Municipal Bureau, his phone suddenly rang.
Glancing at the unfamiliar number, he quickly tapped to answer.
"Hello?"
"It's me, General Manager Gao!"
Hu Qing's voice came from the other end.
"Did you tie them up? Where are you now?"
"I tied them up, but I can't tell General Manager Gao where we are for now!"
Hu Qing chuckled on the phone and, before Gao Fei could speak, preempted him by saying, "General Manager Gao, don't get involved in this matter. Let us handle it ourselves.
Oh, by the way, Little Six is at Huacheng Hotel, drugged by Third Brother. He'll probably wake up tomorrow."
Listening to Hu Qing's tone, Gao Fei didn't interrupt further, letting him continue.
"General Manager Gao, you are the only one who looks down on us laborers with criminal records.
The settlement and compensation for Brother Ming and Fifth Brother were beyond what any boss could afford. You are more conscientious than anyone, and you deserve to make money, Comrade Gao!"
Hu Qing chuckled on the phone and continued, "Boss, I said that I would make them pay with their lives, and it would be one life for one life.
You, Gao Fei, made us six brothers truly feel like humans. No matter from what aspect, we respect you, Gao Fei.
The remaining three of us are not only avenging our eldest brother and fifth brother, but also repaying your kindness.
After tonight, we will bring about a clean sweep in Wutong District!
Kyoto is north and south, and everyone will know your name, Gao Fei!"