novelraw Chapter 348 : One surprise after another
Chapter 348 : One surprise after another
Chapter 348: One surprise after another
When Su Xuecheng and his wife arrived at the entrance, they saw that the street outside was already surrounded by people.
Two or three dozen young men were gathered in the square in front of the entrance, with motorcycles parked all around. Some were standing, some were squatting, blocking the area, holding steel pipes and baseball bats in their hands.
On the other side, the club's security guards were standing at the entrance.
These guards were all dressed in uniform, tall and burly, with rubber batons attached to their belts.
Seeing this scene, Su Xuecheng was a bit surprised.
So many security guards?
Did Chen Fan hire this many guards for his club because he felt insecure? Or did he anticipate today's situation?
The two sides were in a standoff, trading insults. Su Xuecheng saw Chen Fan and his daughter standing at the back of the crowd, not moving forward, which relieved him.
Representing the club were the vice manager Ma Chao and the head of security Feng Pojun, while Ding Dian stood with a few management personnel at the back of the crowd.
On the other side, a redhead seemed to be the leader of the group.
He was puffing on a cigarette and brandishing a knife, acting arrogantly.
"So you guys have no shame, huh?"
"Didn't you even bother to find out who my big brother Chen Kai is in this development zone?"
"To do business here without paying respect to my brother, you think you can just open up? You think I won't smash this whole place up?"
Ma Chao knew that Ding Dian had already called the police, so he wasn't in a rush. He just tried to stall these people.
"I remember you guys. You've come here several times before."
"This is a construction site. What garbage disposal fee are you talking about?"
The redhead sneered, "You think you can play dumb with me? Don't tell me you don't know what's going on?"
Ma Chao snorted coldly, "What exactly do you want?"
"It's simple. The garbage disposal fee. It used to be 2,000 yuan, but now I'm not happy, so I've changed my mind. It's 5,000 now."
The redhead extended his palm. "5,000 yuan per month. Pay up and we'll leave immediately."
"And from now on, you have to pay 5,000 on time every month. Otherwise, I guarantee your business here won't last."
Then he advised, "You're all businessmen, you should be smart. In a place this big, you must be making a killing every month. 5,000 yuan is nothing to you."
"But if you let this 5,000 ruin your business, then your losses will be huge."
"You get what I'm saying?"
Ma Chao laughed, "So I should be thanking you for looking out for us?"
The redhead smiled faintly, "We don't want to make a big deal out of this either. We all just want to make money peacefully, right?"
"If you're smart, you'll pay up. As long as we've got your back in this area, I can guarantee no one will dare cause any trouble."
"But if you're not smart enough, then it'll be a problem. I can promise you, your business here won't last a single day."
Ma Chao asked coldly, "So you really are going to smash up our place? Aren't you afraid of going to jail?"
"You think you can scare me, old man?"
The redhead smiled smugly, "I'll have my guys come here every day to dump trash at your entrance, throw bags of shit and piss. And if you do manage to open for business, I'll send people to threaten your customers, so you won't have a single customer..."
"So what if I get caught? You think the cops will sentence me just for randomly dumping some trash?"
Standing at the back of the crowd, Chen Fan watched this scene and thought this group was quite interesting.
They seemed like habitual offenders, clearly experienced and savvy in their methods.
If this were Chen Fan's old temper, he would have probably ordered the security guards to act by now.
But today was special, with his father-in-law and mother-in-law present, so Chen Fan didn't want to escalate the situation. That's why he held back Feng Pojun and didn't let the security team take action.
By now, Feng Pojun was so angry his nose was crooked.
"Boss, let us take them on. Reasoning with these punk thugs is useless, we just need to beat them up."
"Wait a bit longer..."
Just as Chen Fan finished speaking, two police cars came speeding over with their sirens wailing.
The gang of thugs was stunned for a moment, clearly caught off guard.
"Damn it. You guys actually dared to call the cops?"
"Looks like you're all tired of living."
Just as the redhead finished threatening them menacingly, a police car recklessly charged into the crowd, crashing into two motorcycles. It slammed on the brakes right in front of the redhead, less than half a meter away from him.
The redhead was so startled he stumbled back two steps, nearly falling flat on his ass. His entire face turned green.
Bang.
The sound of a car door opening. The towering figure of Pang Longhai stepped out of the vehicle.
He shouted loudly, "What little brats are these, openly courting death in broad daylight?"
"You all want to go eat prison food? You think I won't arrest every single one of you?"
His words made the gang of thugs' faces drain of color. Some of them slyly hid the steel pipes behind their backs.
"Who's the leader here? Step forward."
Faced with Pang Longhai's intimidating presence, the thugs looked at each other, not a single one daring to make a sound.
However, their eyes betrayed the redhead as the ringleader.
"So you're the leader?"
Pang Longhai fixed the redhead with a piercing gaze. "What's your name?"
"Houy...Hou San."
"Hou San? Never heard of you. What small fry are you? Which gang are you from? Who's your boss?"
The redhead was clearly cowed by Pang Longhai's imposing manner, instinctively dropping the name of his own boss.
"I...I'm with Big Head Kai's crew."
"Big Head Kai?"
Pang Longhai frowned. "Didn't Big Head Kai get locked up two weeks ago? I arrested him myself."
The redhead's expression changed drastically. He now knew who this man was.
This guy was Pang Longhai, the newly transferred deputy chief of the Liunan Police Station.
Two weeks ago, their boss was caught red-handed fighting over turf and got arrested by this squad. He was still in jail now.
"All of you, get the hell out of here right now."
"I'm Deputy Chief Pang Longhai of the Liunan Police Station.
"You think this is a place you monkeys can come and make trouble?"
Pang Longhai snorted coldly, "I'll remember all your faces. If anyone dares to come make trouble here again, I'll arrest every single one of you. No leniency."
"Now scram."
"Y-yes, sir..."
The redhead didn't even dare fart, turning around dejectedly and getting on his motorcycle to flee with his underlings.
After chasing off this gang, Pang Longhai finally turned to look behind him.
"Why hire so many security guards? Dismiss them all..."
"Tell Chen Fan he doesn't need to come over. I've settled this little matter for him..."
"Chief Pang."
Pang Longhai was taken aback, staring in surprise at Chen Fan who emerged from the crowd, his eyes immediately lighting up.
"Little brother Chen? You're here?"
Chen Fan laughed heartily, "I just happened to be visiting today. Otherwise, how could I witness Chief Pang's mighty display, scaring off a gang of thugs with just one look?"
"You brat, making fun of me, huh?"
Pang Longhai guffawed and slapped Chen Fan's shoulder.
"No need to be so formal. Just call me Big Brother Pang from now on."
But Chen Fan shook his head, "That's an informal way to address you. You're here on official duty today, so I should be more proper."
"You kid, you really know what's up. No wonder you've achieved so much success."
Pang Longhai patted Chen Fan's shoulder affectionately. "For little matters like this, you can just give me a call next time. No need for you to come in person."
"I already told you before, little brother. As long as I'm in this development zone, nobody will dare cause any trouble for you..."
Su Xuecheng and his wife stood at the back of the crowd, gaping at this scene in utter disbelief.
That man just said he was a deputy police chief.
Yet he was calling Chen Fan his little brother in such a familiar way.
And the way they greeted and chatted with each other.
It was clearly the manner of extremely close friends.
Su Xuecheng just stood dazed.
This Chen Fan really seemed to keep bringing one surprise after another.