There was no daylight in the basement, and the dim light bulbs in the corners were always on. Time passed by minute by minute, and Xia Liuyi heard the sound of unlocking.
He lay motionless on the bed. His bloodshot eyes stared straight at the ceiling, and the stubble on his chin made him look even more haggard and gloomy.
The door of the basement was opened, and a young man who was very eye-catching to him came in. He was dressed meticulously in a suit, neither like a servant nor a bodyguard, but had the temperament of a businessman like He Chusan.
The young man walked to his bed in silence, put two pillows behind his back, put a plate of breakfast on the quilt, and untied the handcuffs on his right hand.
Xia Liuyi's right hand only had the strength to hold chopsticks, which was not enough to attack and coerce the opponent. He looked down at the plate of breakfast, which was obviously bought from outside, and remained motionless.
"Call He Chusan here." He said with a cold face.
The young man continued to place a bottle of milk on the tray as if he didn't hear it.
Xia Liuyi raised his hand and overturned the entire plate. The falling milk bottle made a harsh cracking sound.
The young man silently cleaned up the food spilled on himself and the mattress, handcuffed his right hand again, and walked away with the tray.
He Chusan did not come. Half an hour later, the young man came again, this time untied his right hand, put a urinal on the side of the bed, and then left again.
"..." Xia Liuyi.
Xia Liuyi could not eat or drink, but he had to pull and sprinkle. He shivered with anger, endured the humiliation and solved the physical problem. Ten minutes later, the youth came in and took away the urinal, handcuffed his right hand again, and turned on the TV for him.
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A whole day has passed. He didn't move lunch, and he didn't move dinner. Two rounds of yesterday's news were replayed on TV, the same shampoo commercial was replayed six times, and the same TV episode was shown three times. He stared motionless at the TV, his mind empty and blank from morning to night. He didn't understand, he didn't understand He Chusan, he couldn't understand anything.
In the evening, He Chusan finally appeared in the basement.
He had just come back from outside, wrapped in a cold air. Wearing a straight long trench coat, he looked taller and more imposing. The previously soft and fluffy bangs were all gathered back with hairspray, showing a mature and cool face.
As soon as he entered the room, he had the bodyguard lock the door from the outside. He went straight to Xia Liuyi's bed and untied all the handcuffs and shackles one by one.
"Get up and move." He said with a light face.
Xia Liuyi lay down all day, stiff and numb, but he still managed to kick his heart! He Chusan swiftly grabbed his ankle and pulled him to the side!
Xia Liuyi fell heavily to the cold and hard ground! He Chusan bullied him up, cut his hands, and held him under him. Xia Liuyi gasped and struggled vigorously, but was firmly pressed back by He Chusan. He Chusan looked down at his helpless resistance and laughed softly.
"Brother Liuyi, you didn't think that one day you would be unable to beat me, did you?"
"Let go!" Xia Liuyi was furious.
"What do you want to do? I killed Cui Dongdong, do you want to kill me for revenge?"
Xia Liuyi let out a furious roar, twisting frantically like a wild beast! He Chusan covered his mouth with his palm, pinching the gap between his upper and lower teeth to prevent him from biting his own tongue in madness. His saliva overflowed along He Chusan's palm, and he still let out a muffled roar. His arms were almost pulled to the point of dislocating, and he still struggled recklessly.
Seeing that he was going to hurt himself under his excitement, He Chusan suddenly released his hand and gave him a slap in the face!
Xia Liuyi was stunned with a crooked face, the sharp tingling sensation awakened his numb limbs little by little. He let out a convulsive gasp from his throat, and was finally aroused by this palm with all his killing intent! He suddenly overturned He Chusan to the ground, raised his left hand and punched He Chusan hard! But the needle-like tingling sensation spread all over his body immediately, and he twitched before hitting He Chusan and went limp.
He Chusan pushed his heavy body away, got up, put the small electric stick in his hand back in his pocket, straightened his clothes and hair calmly, opened the bedside drawer and pulled out a tissue.
He wiped his hands with a tissue and said calmly, "Wake up, Brother Liuyi. If everything can be solved by fighting and killing, how could you be in the current situation?"
He turned off the TV, replaced the mattress and quilt cover that had been soiled by the food scraps that Xia Liuyi knocked over, carried Xia Liuyi back to the bed, and tucked it into the quilt. Then he took off a pair of handcuffs to handcuff Xia Liuyi's hands together, and found another long iron chain to lock Xia Liuyi's ankle - allowing him to move freely in a small area.
Xia Liuyi was still in the afterglow of being electrocuted, except for staring at him, he couldn't make any resistance.
After finishing the house, he went upstairs, and after a while he brought down a glass of fresh water and two sandwiches and placed them on the bedside table.
He stood beside the bed, looked down at Xia Liuyi, and then reached out to straighten Xia Liuyi's sweaty forehead, "Eat and sleep, or I'll let you never see Sister Dongdong."
Xia Liu glanced at the beads and showed a look of surprise. But He Chusan didn't mean to talk to him at all, turned around and left.
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Two days later, the leaders of Xiaoqitang gathered in the conference room of the head office, sat in a circle around the long table, and held a meeting of the society, no, "shareholders' meeting".
The so-called shareholders, in fact, all the people present only hold part of the shares of the branch companies they manage, and they are restricted to only distribute dividends and do not enjoy power. According to the law, no one present has the right to speak. According to the rules of the rivers and lakes, the situation on the scene is even more complicated—
Xia Liuyi has been in charge of Xiaoqitang for nearly four years, and there are two generals under his seat: Cui Dongdong and Ma Rulong; further down are four middle-level cadres known as "Sifang Divine Beasts": Hutou, Wuji, Big Crab, and Snake Girl; Below are more than ten small bosses. People were ranked according to their seniority, and they were rewarded for merit. This kind of distribution was originally considered to be orderly and orderly, but since He Chusan and Qin Hao joined the gang, everything became a bit messy. Qin Hao jumped to the level of the "Sifang Divine Beast" by virtue of his great achievements in saving the bosses several times; and He Chusan appeared as a consultant, not only not controlled by anyone, but even supervising the rest of the big and small bosses. , Wei Yin actually surpassed Ma Rulong to the point where he could talk to Xia Liuyi and Cui Dongdong at the same level.
Now the red stick and the deputy hall master of Xiaoqitang have died one after another, the boss is missing, and the newly appointed red stick Qin Hao is undercover. There were only four middle-level cadres left at the long table, and behind them stood more than ten small bosses who were qualified to enter the room but not qualified to serve the table; and opposite them, He Chusan was sitting alone, with Kevin standing behind them.
The confrontation between the two armies is clear.
Hutou, as a consistent opponent of He Chusan's reforms, took the lead in asking his teachers, "Consultant He, now the boss doesn't know where he's going! Sister Dongdong is gone! The gang is in chaos! You are at this time. Holding on to the company's seal, what do you want to do?!"
"The boss is just going out to avoid the limelight, and he may come back at any time. During the time he was away, in order to prevent someone from making trouble, consultant He temporarily kept the seal for him, what's wrong?" Kevin said.
"Drink!" Hutou stared at He Chusan and shouted, "Who put the wild dog in and howl? The owner doesn't have a long mouth?"
Kevin took a step forward with a livid face, but He Chusan raised his hand and lightly stopped him.
He Chusan opened his mouth and said peacefully, "Brother Hu, everyone here, we don't have to go around in circles. The company's seal is in my hands, but I won't hand it over..."
Before he finished speaking, there was a commotion at the scene, questioning, asking, and swearing! The tiger head clapped the table and got up and yelled loudly, as if crossing the table and attacking He Chusan!
He Chusan turned a blind eye, took two pieces of cotton from Kevin's hand, plugged his ears, and then reached out and flipped the microphone switch on the table—a deafening electric whistle sounded immediately!
"Squeak! Karma!"
All the big men grinned and covered their ears, and the world was spinning for a while.
He Chusan pressed the stop switch and looked at the embarrassed tiger head on the opposite side.
"Fuck, you..." Hutou wanted to curse again. He Chu reached out to the switch with three hands.
"Stop, stop!" Hutou hurriedly shouted, covering his ears, "Don't mess around! Can you speak well?!"
Snake girl, who was watching the excitement with her ears covered, couldn't help laughing out loud, and was glared by Hutou angrily.
Hutou sat back angrily and said with a livid face, "Consultant He, what are you trying to do?"
He Chusan took off the cotton in his ears, "I don't want to do anything. When the boss left, everything was business as usual, and the company was running as usual."
"Who's talking? Who do you guys call when you have a problem?"
"I."
Everyone looked at each other. Hutou frowned, "You mean, the boss is not here, you are the acting hall master?"
"right."
Before Hutou said a word, a small leader behind Hutou took the lead and said angrily, "Why are you a contemporary hall master?! You've only joined the gang for less than a year, and you're a fart in terms of seniority!"
He Chusan reached out to the table, and everyone covered their ears subconsciously and stepped back. As a result, he took away the cigarette case next to the microphone switch and pulled out a thick and large cigar. Kevin stepped forward and lit a cigarette for him.
For this moment's posture, He Chusan practiced with Kevin in front of the mirror for most of the night last night, scrapped two boxes of cigars, and finally overcame the embarrassment of choking and failing to light the fire, and practiced the elegant style at the moment. Smoking pose.
He took the cigar from his mouth and took a look at the burner. He took a deep breath and spit it back into his mouth. He pretended to be comfortable and took a taste of the fragrance, and then he said slowly, "I'm a student of Sister Dongdong, and she is a teacher. Big Brother Qinglong. Brother Hu is a teacher of Brother Xiaoma, Brother Xiaoma is a teacher of Big Brother Xia, and Big Brother Xia is a teacher of Big Brother Qinglong. According to what this brother means, Brother Tiger is younger than me in terms of seniority. I am afraid that I am not qualified like you. Talk to the table?"
The little head stared "you you you" for a long time, but the tiger head glared back and stood upright against the wall.
"Even if you are qualified," Hutou said, "you don't understand the rules of the rivers and lakes at all! You have never been a FIT person! How to direct everyone? How to be a contemporary hall master?"
"The reform of the gang has always been managed and supervised by me. The operation of the head office's current business has always been carried out by me assisting the boss and sister Dongdong. Who else can dare to say that I have the ability to manage the operation of the entire gang? Brother Hu , are you okay?"
Hutou snorted scornfully, "Consultant He, do you really think the boss will let you know everything? There are too many things you don't know!"
"Oh?" He Chusan gave a curious look, "Otherwise Brother Hu will tell me what else I don't know?"
"You..." Hutou kept his words in his mouth. Now, in such troubled times, he naturally did not dare to bring those unseen things to the table.
He Chusan continued resolutely, "The boss asked me to reform the abbot's gang, so that everyone can hold their heads up in the sun. This time, Qin Hao, the second and fifth son, led someone to copy the entire company, and did they find any problems? It's all because everyone listened carefully to the boss's arrangement and made improvements before, so that he was not caught. But I see what Brother Hu means, and there is still a little idea of going back?"
Hutou said angrily, "What's wrong with going back?! I know you look down on us young and dangerous! Look down on the things we do! Don't mess around here, mixing the company with the gang! You are just a company consultant, In the gang and in the Jianghu, you are not a fart! I don't care about your bullshit reforms, now that something has happened in the gang, and the boss is gone, according to the rules of the rivers and lakes, it is time to hold a 'leader meeting' and re-elect the leader!"
He Chusan said boldly, "Okay, according to the rules of the rivers and lakes. Then what about the faucet stick? It's been four days since the big boss's accident. Why hasn't the stick holder come forward? Isn't this the rules of the rivers and lakes?"
"Everyone knows that Sister Dongdong is most likely to be the big guy's stick bearer! How can she stand up when she's dead?!"
"The person who holds the stick also has a trustee. If something happens to her, this person can hold the stick for her. Sister Dongdong, Bingxue, is smart and won't even leave this behind, right?"
"Maybe Fang Xiaoluo is her trustee! Didn't they die together?"
"It's 'maybe' this way, that's 'maybe', for such important matters as choosing a leader, Brother Hu relies on 'maybe' to judge, isn't it too hasty?"
"You!" Tiger head patted the table and stood up.
Wuji stood up to save the field, "Brother Hu, don't get excited, sit down first. Consultant He, don't blame Brother Hu for being impatient, he is kind and considerate of the brothers. Xiaoqitang is very loud in the rivers and lakes, and something has happened. Anything will make others laugh at it, and in this messy situation, it is true that no one can say anything about it."
The little bosses behind him chirped in response, "Yes!" "That's right!" "Brother Chicken is right!"
He Chusan tilted his head and motioned for Kevin to open his briefcase and put an old notebook on the table.
"The leading account book is in my hands, and the boss appointed me to take over." He said calmly.
- This is an unwritten rule in Xiaoqitang: the hall owner of Xiaoqitang not only needs to be recognized by the dragon head stick, but also needs to hold the dragon head account book. As a precautionary measure, the previous hall masters usually tell the next generation hall masters they have chosen about the location of the leading account books they have collected. At that time, Qinglong told Xia Liuyi where the account book was located, and at the same time, he was also designated in his will as the candidate he recommended as the headmaster.
Wuji was very surprised, and quickly took the notebook and flipped it over. Tiger Head, Big Crab, and Snake Girl also joined up. The little leaders in the back were very curious, and they probed their heads and stepped forward to take a peek, but He Chusan glared back with a sharp look.
Wuji turned to the next few pages of Xia Liuyi's handwritten matters, and Big Crab pointed, "This is indeed the word of the boss."
"These delivery times are also the same as our previous bulk shipments." Snake also pointed to a few lines of transaction records.
"This is the dragon head account book." Wuji said, he closed the notebook, stopped the curious eyes of everyone behind him, and glanced at Hutou again.
Hutou whispered to him suspiciously, "The bosses kept those things from him before, how could they give him the account book?"
"Maybe the boss changed his mind later." Wuji replied.
He Chusan motioned for Kevin to take back the account book, made persistent efforts and made up for it again, and said sternly, "Although the boss has appointed me to take over, I will definitely wait for him to come back. As long as the leader stick is not alive, I will not be elected as a new hall master. And no one will be allowed to take his place!"
The scene inside the house was chaotic for a while, and people's hearts were floating. In the past few days, everyone was secretly instigated and persuaded by Hutou, and they were going to oppose He Chusan with him, but at this time, the balance in their hearts began to tilt toward the opposite side: for the past six months, the trust and support of the bosses for Consul He is obvious to all. , the boss has already designated him as the next Hall Master candidate, but he insists on waiting for the boss to come back, indicating that he does not have the ambition to usurp the throne as Hutou said. Moreover, in the past year, most of them have actually received the favor of He Chusan, and they each made a lot of money by doing some small investments under him. Except for a few conservatives such as Hu Tou, most people have no complaints about He Chusan's reform measures, and they also admire him for leading everyone to make a fortune...
However, at this moment, an exaggerated applause suddenly sounded outside the conference room door.
"Good! Good! Good!"
"Bangdang!" With a loud sound, the wooden door was kicked open! The cracked door lock fell to the ground! The visitor applauded and applauded, and strode in.
"Well said!" The voices of the people who came here praised like a bell, "If you don't choose a new hall master for a day, you will always be the acting hall master of Xiaoqi Hall! After so many detours, you are still the leader! He Asan, I didn't expect that. I haven't seen you for a few months, and you have grown so capable!"
Everyone in the house was boiling! Even He Chusan put down the cigar in his hand, surprised and happy, "Brother Xiao Ma?!"
The coming person is tall and burly, with a black shirt, a leopard-print vest, and a pair of big sunglasses set with sparkling diamonds on the bridge of his nose, with the momentum of the black boss of the nouveau riche as always! He strode to the table, pushed Kevin aside, pulled the chair beside He Chusan, sat down carelessly, took off his sunglasses and threw them on the conference table, revealing a weather-beaten face— Tanned as black as charcoal! I just can't tell who it is! But those old scars with their striking signatures, those wicked brows full of suffocation, those bright eyes, who else is not a pony? !
The African version of the pony grinned at the crowd across the table, revealing a large, shiny new gold tooth. "Brothers and sisters! Hello everyone!"
"Brother Pony is back!" "I knew that Brother Pony would not die!" "Long live Brother Pony!" Everyone cried out in ecstasy.
"It's too quiet to hear!" Xiaoma tilted his head and put his palm behind his ear, "What did you say?"
"Long live my little brother!!" The crowd roared like an overwhelming roar.
"Hey! It's good! Come on, let's change the name that Ma Ye likes the most?"
"Long live General Manager Ma!!"
"Okay! Thank you everyone! Thanks for your thoughts and care! I am very touched! Thank you!"
After directing this lively show, Xiaoma turned around, looked at He Chusan playfully, and suddenly took out the cigar between his fingers. "Little Sanzi, what are you pretending to do with this thing? This is something adults smoke. Children should not touch it."
He was holding a thick cigar, leaning back on the chair, Erlang's legs were openly facing the table, he lazily twisted his neck to move his cervical vertebrae, and spewed out a cloud of unrestrained mist - full of bosses style.
He Chusan suppressed his aura, but he didn't panic. He smiled peacefully, "Brother Ma, welcome back."
The pony looked lazily at the ceiling and said, "If I don't come back, the gang is going to change. You kid, the real person doesn't show his face."
"What's wrong with Xiao Ma, I only think about the company." He Chusan had a straight face.
The pony suddenly turned over and got close to his face! There was still a smile on the corner of his mouth, but his eyes were extremely gloomy. He puffed a puff of smoke on He Chusan's face and asked in a low voice, "Where's the boss?"
He Chusan didn't change his face, "The boss is missing."
The pony said angrily, "Fuck you, play stupid with me, others don't know about your little fox, and your little brother doesn't know? If the boss really doesn't know his whereabouts, you shouldn't be in a hurry to find him everywhere. Sitting here to fight for the leader? The boss loves you so much. He will not let you interfere in any underworld affairs, and will give you the account book? Will you be appointed as the leader? How could Qin Hao have the ability to take over the entire company? The whole thing must have been You're playing tricks behind your back! And you're making up stories here! Say, where did you keep the boss?"
"Where is my little brother, I don't have the courage to do these things."
Anticipating that he would not admit it, Xiaoma sneered, and then asked, "Is Sister Dongdong really dead?"
"It's really dead."
"Okay, okay," the corner of Xiaoma's mouth trembled, "I saw early in the morning that you have no good intentions, but I didn't expect you to be so cruel! I will take care of you slowly about the matter of Sister Dongdong! I warn you, you dare to Move a hair on the boss, and I'll cramp and peel you off!"
He leaned into He Chusan's ear, gritted his teeth and said, "Even though Sister Dongdong is gone, I still remember every word she swore to you, and every word I will help her do: you Betrayed the boss and made him hurt, one day I will dig out your heart and chop it up one by one to feed the dog!"
He ended this private conversation, stood up straight, took out a roll of sackcloth-wrapped stuff from his arms, and slapped it heavily on the table!
"I'm the boss of the big boss, and the faucet stick has always been in my hands! The boss is in trouble and can't manage the help for the time being. Today, the faucet stick is alive. We are here to hold a 'lead meeting' to re-elect the speaker! "