An off-road vehicle is driving at a constant speed on the city road.
Lu Shang was attracted by the gasp beside him, and turned his head from the night view outside the window.
There was a man curled up on the seat next to him, covered in blood, breathing rapidly, his hands clenched into fists, and he looked extremely painful.
Lu Shang noticed the difference and reached out to touch his forehead, only to be rudely waved away by the other party.
"Don't touch." The voice was very young, a teenager.
Uncle Yuan, the driver in the front seat, turned his head sideways: "Boss Lu?"
"It's okay." Lu Shang withdrew his hand normally.
As if trying to endure something, the teenager stayed far away, clinging to the car door, curled up even more. The street lights outside the window flickered on and off, only showing a few strands of his long bangs, so he couldn't see his face clearly. I don't know where the injury was, there was a lot of blood on the seat cushion, and there was a strong smell of blood in the car.
"Where is the injury?" Lu Shang stared at him and asked aloud.
The only answer to him was his increasingly disordered breathing, as if there was a beast hidden in his body that was about to burst out at any time.
"Does he want to take him back to the Lu family?" Uncle Yuan asked in front of him.
Lu Shang turned his head to look for a while, fell into deep thought, and seemed to be making a tradeoff.
At this time, the car drove on the viaduct, the car turned and tilted to the right for a while. The teenager next to him didn't wear a seat belt, so he turned upside down and smelled Lu Shang's body. He seemed to be unable to hold back all of a sudden. wrist.
"What's the matter..." Uncle Yuan turned his head.
"It's okay," Lu Shang interrupted him without raising his head, "Look at the road."
I don't know if it was due to physical exhaustion, but the force from the wrist was not heavy. Except for the first stroke, it didn't hurt too much. Lu Shang felt that the child didn't want to hurt anyone, so he frowned slightly and used his free hand. Touched his forehead. His hands were cold, and the young man seemed to be awakened suddenly, he loosened his teeth suddenly, hurriedly crawled back to the door of the car, curled up into a ball, and murmured something in his mouth.
This is poisoning. Lu Shang's expression turned serious, clutching his wrist, raised his head and instructed Uncle Yuan, "Go to the hospital."
Two hours ago, Nancheng Bar.
The temperature dropped another two minutes.
Sun Mao glanced at his watch and moved uncomfortably on the sofa.
"Twenty million to cross the bridge?"
"Yes." Sun Mao nodded hastily.
"It's not impossible, it's just that I just suddenly remembered an old incident." The young man who spoke was Li Yan, but he was in his early twenties.
Sun Mao's expression was not very good, and he intuited that what he was going to say might not sound very good. Sure enough, Li Yan breathed out a smoke ring and began to turn over the old accounts: "My dad was short of money for business, and you happened to be there at that time. Be the leader of the branch. How did you tell my dad, 'I won't lend you money even if the king is here'. Hey, I said Secretary Sun, why are you asking me today? You also know that my dad has a bad temper, you make me very embarrassed."
Sun Mao, who is nearly fifty years old, looks like a primary school student who has been taught by his teacher. He lowered his eyes and smiled embarrassingly: "It was a misunderstanding back then..."
Li Yan smiled and interrupted him: "What happened in the past is over. In fact, my dad is a tough-mouthed and soft-hearted man. I don't think you are in trouble, so let me help you right away."
The expression on Sun Mao's face was very complicated.
"That's true," Li Yan accepted his compliment unceremoniously, "but we are businessmen after all, unlike you who eat imperial grain, I can make this bridge for you, but what can you give me? ? In case they don't renew your loan after receiving the money, wouldn't I fill you in for nothing?"
"I still have two suites and one mu of land in the suburbs. If Boss Li is worried, I can mortgage it to you."
Li Yan waved his hand: "Let's not say how much your things are worth, as far as I know, you have already done the warrants for your two suites? I don't want these fakes, I just want to be able to cash them out right away."
Sun Mao opened his mouth, but said nothing. After decades of struggling, it was not easy to get into this position today. If he hadn't lost his money in a gamble, he wouldn't be so old that he would have to humiliate this stinky boy.
"Boss Lu, what do you think?" As he was silent, Li Yan turned and suddenly looked at the man sitting in the corner.
Sun Mao followed his gaze and turned his head, only then did he see that there was a young man sitting on the bar next to him. He was wearing a black coat.
At this time, someone brought tea in, and Li Yan said, "Boss Lu doesn't drink alcohol, you can give him a cup of tea."
The waiter with eyesight on the side quickly removed the glass of wine in front of Lu Shang and replaced it with the good Pu'er on the pot: "Negative."
Lu Shang nodded slightly, this person was too quiet, he didn't say a word from beginning to end, if it wasn't for Li Yan's mention, Sun Mao would have almost forgotten that there was such a person in the private room.
"Boss Lu invested in the construction of several universities in the city at the beginning of the year. Secretary Sun should have heard of it. When it comes to strength, he is no worse than our Li family." Li Yan smiled meaningfully.
Sun Mao immediately understood, and cast his eyes on Lu Shang again: "You mean..."
"Boss Lu and I are family friends. If he does the counter-guarantee on this matter, then everything is easy to say." Li Yan said.
Sun Mao knows the name of Lushang. He is already the head of Dongyan Group at a young age. His ability is evident, but he is a low-key person. . Sun Mao felt that the situation had been out of control, and Li Yan was completely running with the rhythm, but he couldn't think of a better way to deal with it for a while.
"The piece of land in my suburbs is worthless now, but when the viaduct opens to traffic next year, its value will definitely rise. If Boss Lu wants to, I can pledge this piece of land to you." Sun Mao said.
Lu Shang glanced back at him, without asking what the nature of the land was, he said lightly, "It can be considered."
Sun Mao originally prepared a set of rhetoric, but he didn't expect the other party to be too lazy to listen, so he was stunned for a while. Hearing this, Li Yan smiled happily: "That's fine, I'm relieved to have Boss Lu's words." After speaking, he called someone to go out and bring in the contract details.
Sun Mao should be happy that the troublesome matter that had been hanging for more than half a month has progressed, but for some reason, the breath in his heart not only did not relax, but he mentioned it in his throat.
He has seen a lot of arrogant and domineering second-generation ancestors like Li Yan, and he is anxious to return. . He glanced sideways and saw Lu Shang got up and walked over to look at the contract. He felt inexplicably empty in his heart, knowing that no matter whether the money was still repaid, he owed the favor of the Lu family today.
"I won't charge the toll for crossing the bridge. I know it's difficult for you now, but I have a small matter to trouble you." Li Yan looked at Sun Mao and lowered his voice, "I have a batch of goods to be shipped out, and the documents are under the customs. It’s been almost three months, and I heard that your cousin is in charge of this matter, can you make it easier for me?”
Sun Mao's expression changed, and when he heard this, he understood that all the previous words were all pretense, but it turned out that this was Li Yan's true purpose. If you can let them pass once, then there will be a second and third time. To put it bluntly, Li Yan is sure that he has no courage to go to a financial intermediary, so he came here to take advantage of the fire and get something that is beneficial to him. .
This wishful thinking was played, and it was loud enough.
"Brother Yan," a waiter knocked on the door and whispered in Li Yan's ear, "the delivery guy is here."
Li Yan listened with a smile on his face, got up and straightened his clothes, and said with a smile: "Two bosses, there are still some things to do here, so I'm sorry, this is my Li family's territory, drink whatever you want, girl. Call me whatever you want, I won't entertain you, let's meet another day."
After speaking, without waiting for Sun Mao to greet him again, he turned around and went out the door, and the action was quite impatient. The accompanying younger brothers also withdrew, leaving only Lu Shang and Sun Mao in the private room for a while.
"Come on, Boss Lu, have a cigarette." Sun Mao handed a cigarette over, but Lu Shang didn't block it. He took it and put it aside without touching it.
Sun Mao saw that he didn't smoke, so he took out the lighter and had to put it back again, rubbing the shredded tobacco in his hand for a long time: "Today is really troublesome, I will definitely remember this favor, and I will put pressure on the other side when I come back, let me They released the money early."
When Lu Shang heard this, he didn't say anything, but said, "I've seen a few projects you've done in the Gulf, and they've done well."
Accepting the award for no reason, Sun Mao hurriedly said politely: "Where, there is no comparison with Dongyan."
Lu Shang slowly poured a cup of tea for the two of them: "There is nothing to worry about at the bank. With the Li family's style of doing things, I will definitely not let myself suffer."
The meaning of these words is obvious, Sun Mao understood, Li Yan must have contacted the bank in advance, otherwise he would not have promised him so readily. It's just that this "contact" is to solve trouble for him or to cause trouble for him, it's hard to say.
"The result is good." Lu Shang glanced at him.
"Yes, yes..." Sun Mao looked complicated and nodded again and again.
The two sat in the private room for a while, but Li Yan never came back. After a while, there was a sudden noise outside. It seemed that someone was fighting. Sun Mao wanted to go out to see, but was stopped by the security guard at the door.
"Unloading at the back door, Secretary Sun should go through the front door."
Lu Shang also opened the door at this time, and the security guard immediately bowed to him with a respectful tone: "Boss Lu."
"Let's go." Lu Shang put on his coat, nodded slightly to Sun Mao, and was led all the way to the back door by the security guard.
This bar is the base of the Li family. The Li family started out by catering, and later invested in jewelry stores and real estate. Li Yan's father, Li Jinyao, was an old fox. Cooperation guarantees people, secretly absorbs deposits and lends usury. In the early years, when the financial industry was just emerging, the Li family made a lot of money. In the past two years, the national economic policy has gradually tightened. Li Jinyao followed the news and withdrew the funds to open a film company. , only operates this bar.
Others just think that Li Jinyao is getting old and asking for a spare time, but everyone who knows it knows that this place is not just as simple as a bar.
The back door is next to an auto repair shop. The location is very remote. Lushang is very familiar with his journey. He has come to this place many times when talking about business, and the driver Yuan Shu is always waiting for him nearby.
As soon as he arrived at the door, he heard a commotion. In the open space not far away, there were a few gangster-like yellow hairs kicking people with wine bottles, and a group of people next to him were booing. The security didn't step forward to stop it, apparently it was commonplace, standing one meter next to Lu Shang to prevent him from being innocently affected.
Lu Shang is not a nosy person, and he doesn't have much interest in other people's tragic experiences. At this time, he just bowed his head and called the driver to ask for a car, and did not intend to ask more. But I don't know if some new shielding facilities have been installed in this area, and the signal has not been very good. It took a few calls before dialing out.
"What the fuck is that? This medicine is not as strong as last time. It won't sell if you get it in the boxing ring." The roar came again, mixed with the cracking sound of the glass bottle falling to the ground. very.
Lu Shang's heart froze, and then he raised his head to look at them. They were all hooligans, who were watching the scene nearby, and they were standing in a circle, punching and kicking a waiter-like person on the ground. These people were young, and they were quite ruthless, and the wine bottles greeted people directly on the head. .
The person who was beaten was covered in blood, and he couldn't tell whether it was a man or a woman. His fingers trembled and digged into the mud, obviously unable to move.
"Someone's hands and feet are dirty below, I'll teach you a lesson."
Lu Shang was interrupted and looked in the direction of the source of the sound. In the depths of the shadows, Li Yan was sitting on a stack of car tires, smoking a cigarette. He hadn't made a statement about this sentence, but Li Yan, who was opposite him, was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that he was wrong. Lu Shang was not calling the police.
I can't blame Li Yan for overreacting. Lu Shang came out early and had a mature personality. When Li Yan was truant from school and clubbing, Lu Shang had already started business with his father. From the initial understanding, Li Yan always felt that Lu Shang was from his father's group, so he was somewhat in awe, although in fact the two were not much different in age.
Uncle Yuan's car came over. Lu Shang didn't express any opinion on his behavior. He only glanced at the dying man on the ground and turned to get into the car.
"My new company, does Boss Lu intend to invest in individual stocks?" Li Yan stopped him behind him, "We can be considered happy to cooperate today."
Lu Shang paused, lowered his head to think for a moment, then raised his head, swept his eyes, and stayed on the blood-stained man on the ground, but answered indifferently, "This child is good-looking."
After speaking, he looked at Li Yan, "Let's make a price."
As soon as these words came out, everyone around was stunned.
Li Yan was also a bit surprised. Although he didn't have a deep friendship with Lu Shang, he knew that this person was always cold, he didn't drink alcohol, and his beauty was not close. He didn't know why he suddenly felt pity for a child today. Driven by curiosity, he reached out and grabbed the forehead of the waiter on the ground, forcing him to look up.
The foreman on the side took the opportunity to tell him that the child was originally a customer who was in debt and was in the store, saying that he would redeem it later when he had money, but he didn't come back after he left. So the child was thrown into the bar by himself. He didn't know his age, name, or place of origin. It seemed that he had never been to school, and his body was thin. Live, almost non-existent. Li Yan has been in the bar for more than half a year. If it weren't for today, he really didn't know there was such a person in his store.
At this moment, he took a closer look through the headlights and had to admit that Lu Shang's eyes were indeed poisonous. The long bangs covered most of the child's face, but under the light, the eyes were really bright.
Li Yan let go of his hands, and his eyes wandered around Lu Shang's body, thinking a little.
"Boss Lu likes it? How about sending it to you?"
There were mutterings and murmurs, and there were even snickers in the crowd.
Lu Shang was still indifferent. He didn't show any surprises, but he didn't refuse. He just nodded and made a gesture to the driver: "Thank you so much."
With that said, the driver got out of the car, walked straight over, pushed aside the crowd, picked up the person, and dragged him into the back seat of the car. Li Yan's men originally wanted to block, but was stopped by Li Yan.
"Thank you for another day." Lu Shang said calmly, closed the window, and let the driver drive away.
"He's welcome." The foreman looked at the distant Che Ying indignantly.
Li Yan looked very happy.
"Brother Yan, is it so cheap for him?"
Li Yan lowered his head and smiled and said, "What do you know?"