In the lobby on the first floor of Xiulong Money House, dozens of people were crowded in front of the tall and thick counter waiting to withdraw money, but the counter was slow to release the money. The shopkeeper explained that they had to wait until the meeting of the boss upstairs was over before they could confirm the business.
Jin Chunxiu, adorned with jewels and precious stones, stepped into the hall of the bank. A delicate maid followed behind her, looking around with curious eyes. The shopkeeper behind the counter saw this scene and hurriedly trotted out of the counter and bowed in front of Jin Chunxiu: "Jin Dong, everyone upstairs is here, except you!"
Jin Chunxiu stood in the hall and looked around, saying in dissatisfaction, "We haven't even opened yet, why did they let people in? Are they causing trouble? Why don't you close the shutters outside the windows! Just leave the door open first."
Normally, the manager is the shopkeeper, but Jin Chunxiu is one of the owners, so the shopkeeper can't ignore her words, so she smiled and said yes, and told the clerk to do it. Then she led the maid to the stairs with a twist of her step, holding up her skirt with one hand and walking up.
There were two well-dressed men guarding the stairs on the second floor. They saw Jin Chunxiu turning the corner and coming up the stairs. They heard the footsteps of two people going upstairs. One of them was about to stop the person and take her to the lounge, because the rule was that bodyguards were not allowed into the venue. However, the person who came around the corner turned out to be a pretty girl, so the two men did not raise their hands to stop her and just stepped aside obediently.
When passing by the man, Jin Chunxiu smiled and puffed out her chest: "Do you want to search me? Why don't you take this opportunity to touch me?"
"You... don't need to."
The conference room is at the end of the corridor on the second floor. It is spacious and bright, with windows on three sides, but all windows open inwards. All windows on the first and second floors of the bank can only open inwards because there are metal fences outside as a safety measure. The layout of the conference room is very simple. It is not the traditional style of two rows of chairs for the host and the guest. Instead, there is a long table in the middle, surrounded by wooden chairs, and some chairs are placed on the wall near the window.
The six hosts who arrived first sat opposite each other at the long table and drank tea. The main seat was empty because the biggest host was gone.
Jin Chunxiu arrived last. After a round of fake greetings, she chose a chair farthest from the main seat at the side of the long table and sat down to start trimming her nails. The little girl who came in with her was not noticed. She quietly sat in a chair next to the coffee table by the window, opened the small oil paper bag she was carrying, and continued to eat her osmanthus cake.
A boss stood up and cleared his throat. "Now that everyone is here, let me get down to business. I'm sure you all knew before you came here that Boss Han got involved with the Rangers and was removed from the Imperial Army. There were originally eight bosses, but now there are only seven, which are all of you. I'm sure everyone is concerned about...his share, what should we do with him?"
Several owners immediately started chattering, some saying that the shares should be divided equally, and some saying that the shares should be divided in proportion to the size of the shares. Among the seven shareholders, only two remained calm. Jin Chunxiu didn't even bother to raise her head, and continued to concentrate on trimming her nails without saying a word. The other one was the one who spoke at the beginning. He quietly picked up the teacup in front of him, walked slowly to the main seat at the end of the long table, put his teacup down on the table next to the main seat, and then sat directly on the main seat, crossed his legs, and watched the others bickering.
Finally, someone felt something was wrong, and then they turned their eyes to the smug person in the main seat. Jin Chunxiu, who was busy fiddling with her nails, also raised her eyelids because of the sudden silence. She was as surprised as everyone else. The meeting hadn't decided anything yet, and someone dared to sit in the main seat? What was going on
After the scene was completely quiet, the person at the main seat smiled and said, "To be honest, his share is already mine! I am now the biggest shareholder, even bigger than him!" Then he took out a transfer deed from his pocket and showed it to the people at the table, "Did you see it?"
Everyone at the table was dumbfounded. Wasn't that man in the gendarmerie prison in the city? How could he sign a deed in prison? How could he be in the gendarmerie
"Haha, after such a big incident, the bank should have been closed! It was me who saved this bank, so of course it's mine now! Your bank was closed a long time ago, wasn't it?"
Someone raised his hand and pointed angrily: "What do you mean?"
The owner smiled and said, "Please be patient. I haven't finished talking yet. I urge you all to give up your shares. I have prepared the agreement. All you have to do is raise your hands and sign it."
Someone said grimly: "Aren't you afraid of dying of bloating?"
The owner spread his hands and said, "It's not a matter of whether I'm afraid or not. Normally, I should be satisfied with this result. Unfortunately, Yoshida Trading Company also wants a share. I can't give it up myself, right? Can I not rely on you?"
The atmosphere became silent again. The truth was revealed and everyone was stunned. Suddenly, someone slammed the table, stood up, pulled the chair behind him and wanted to leave angrily.
The owner picked up the teacup and said coldly, "Stop! You want to leave? Do you think you can leave this door without signing?" Then he lowered his head to blow the tea in the cup, took a sip, and said, "You are quite old. Don't you watch the play in Ganlu Temple every day? The teacup in my hand hasn't even fallen to the ground yet. Can you cooperate and wait for me to give the order to let the executioners outside the door rush in? Is it okay?"
These words were so pleasant, and the feeling of being in control made the host, who was sitting in the main seat drinking tea, feel elated. But suddenly, he felt a little cold, as if a window was not closed tightly. Turning around, he saw the girl in the chair by the window still chewing osmanthus cake, with a few white crumbs on the corners of her mouth, her eyebrows were raised high, and what she held in her hand was no longer an oil paper bag, but a big gun with a cold black muzzle.
The host's weird look caused others to look over there as well, and everyone was stunned. The scene was too ridiculous and not real at all.
Including Jin Chunxiu, who almost dropped her eyes: "Girl! You... put the gun down quickly!"
Xiao Hongying drew her gun subconsciously, even though it was none of her business and she didn't understand what was going on. But ever since she heard the words "Yoshida Trading Company", she felt itchy and the identity of a bodyguard was a good excuse.
Everyone was staring at him in astonishment, but the host burst out laughing and turned to ask Jin Chunxiu: "So... you brought this little girl with you just to let her carry a gun? Aren't you afraid that she might accidentally discharge a gun and hurt you?" Then he turned to the girl and said, "Do you know what you have in your hand? Put it down obediently and I will pretend that nothing happened."
Xiao Hongying seemed to have heard nothing. Instead, she clenched her hands around the gun and raised it slowly until it was at eye level. "Are you going to smash the cup? Just try and see if you dare!"
"Haha... You have a really bad temper, little brat? Do you know what this place is? Do you really want me to crush you to death? There is a price to pay for bragging, watch out!" The host suddenly raised the teacup in his hand.
No one could believe it. Looking at the girl's appearance, it was a big question whether she could use a gun. Moreover, in the current situation, even if there was a man, he might not dare to shoot, because no one could get out of this door.
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There were a dozen or so neatly dressed men, some with fierce looks or shifty eyes, none of them looked good no matter how you looked at them, all of them had bulges in their arms and waists, and they were walking hurriedly along the street. Among them was one who was as tall as a bear.
They were about to reach an intersection, with pedestrians coming and going on the main street, so they stopped.
"Sixth Brother, take the two brothers and go through the back door. How long will it take?"
"Fifty breaths."
"Okay, no need to wait, we'll go straight through the front door in fifty breaths!"
The three men immediately walked into the alley next to them.
Seven or eight men waited quietly at the alley entrance for a while. Gao Daxiong couldn't help asking, "What if you two breathe at different speeds?"
"I'm sure I outpace him. Okay, it's time to get to work, everyone!"
The seven or eight of them immediately flashed out of the alley and walked quickly towards the gambling house not far from the intersection. At the same time, they took out the objects in their arms and slapped them on their faces, turning into Zhu Bajie! In a window they passed by, a child was so scared that he disappeared on the spot.
Kanjiu himself was a gambling house owner, and what he said was absolutely correct. The gambling house was not busy in the morning, with the fewest people. The gambling house was still filled with smoke, and the smell from the night could not be dissipated.
With a bang, two doors were pushed open, and the room was lit up. More than a dozen gamblers looked towards the door with haggard faces. One figure after another walked into the gambling house, and their figures were not clear against the bright light outside the door.
With a bang, the two doors were closed again.
Seven or eight… Zhu Bajie, Zhu Bajie paper masks, originally sold to children to play with, changed their meaning after being put on the faces of gunmen. Those identical pale pig faces with smiles, and paper ears like cattail leaves fluttering on both sides, how could anyone think they were cute and funny? This is the style of the Meixian Rangers. Are the Rangers funny
"Is it funny? Huh?"
One of the Pigs actually asked in such a sinister way. The gambling house was silent, with no answer and even the sound of dripping water.
Footsteps were heard from the direction of the back door. Several people retreated into the hall with their hands raised high. Then three Zhu Bajies staggered in with guns in hand and stopped at the far end.
There were more than a dozen gamblers and more than a dozen gambling shop assistants, some of whom were holding guns, but no one dared to move because their first impression was that they were the Rangers. The Rangers had a very fierce reputation, but they just couldn't understand it. It was said that the Rangers had all been captured by the Imperial Army, so how could so many of them suddenly appear
One of them waved his gun and said, "Go and kneel down facing the wall. Line up. I'm telling everyone. Who is the boss? Please stand up. The boss can be an exception! No one admits it? It seems like they can't bear to let us go!"
The tallest Zhu Bajie was the most like Zhu Bajie. He casually pulled out an empty bag, and rushed to the gambling table with his tall body. While he was swiping the money on the table into his bag, he muttered: "Is this all I have? What can I do with this little money? You are so poor and you still dare to come out and gamble with me? You are so worried! Cut off my dick, I have to go in and look for it!"
"That won't work! Everything inside is mine, no matter the deed or the money!"
Zhu Bajie had no choice but to search the hall with the bag in his hand. Finally, he fixed his eyes on a row of hostages kneeling by the wall. He grabbed each of them and searched them all, saying, "You, don't lock the door! I can't count on you wicked people. I'll wait at the door and rob anyone who comes in. Don't try to stop me, Tianpeng!"
Zhu Bajie, who was guarding the door, looked up at the leader. The leader nodded, then ignored the money-grubbing bear and fiercely kicked down a hostage beside him: "Start with you. Tell me, who is the boss, who is the shopkeeper, and who is the clerk? Does it hurt? Do you dare to scream? Let's start by betting on your fingers..."
Several Zhu Bajies began to enter the rooms and search frantically. They came here to occupy the magpie's nest...