The next day, Han Zhenhe, who had returned from the Tijuana City Government, said to Nan Yi: "President, Messia welcomes us. The conditions given are the same as those of other industrial zones. The land belonging to the state government can be sold to us, but the private land needs to be expropriated by ourselves."
"Did Messiah give any explicit or implicit instructions?"
“The Tijuana Cartel.”
"It is true."
Nan Yi had already vaguely guessed yesterday that the small farm on the map was most likely related to drug dealers. It was a perfect bridgehead for drug transportation, and the drug dealers in Tijuana were most likely inseparable from the Tijuana Cartel.
"Zhen He, buy the state capital's land first, and put the private land aside. We may have touched a hornet's nest this time. If you move, the Tijuana Group may also take action. Be more careful in the future. Use my car when you go in and out."
"OK."
"Also keep an eye on the training of Edith Gonzalez, and hurry up with Zavala, the director of the Baja California Economic Development Bureau."
"clear."
Nan Yi explained the situation in Mexico to Han Zhenhe, and then flew from San Diego to New York.
After staying in New York for half a day, we flew to Hong Kong.
When they arrived at the gate of Xinhepu's villa, Nan Wuwei was already waiting at the gate. As soon as he saw Nan Yi, he rushed over and said, "Comrade Nan, I missed you so much."
"You little bastard, you are getting too arrogant. This time you called me Lao Nan, are you going to call me Xiao Nan next time?" Nan Yi patted the back of Nan Wuwei's head and said with a smile.
Nan Wuwei: "Hey, not Xiao Nan, call me Xiao Yi."
"How's the research going, little bastard?"
Nan Wuwei: "Not quite there yet. I'm too young to ask the workers about their relationship issues."
"Wow, that's good. You've noticed the problem of temporary couples. I tell you, you don't need to do any research on this issue."
Nan Wuwei: “Why?”
"Because you are still too young, your body has not developed yet, your physiological structure determines that there are some problems that you cannot figure out now, even though your little head is very smart." Nan Yi hugged Nan Wuwei and walked to the yard, "It's like the taste of pork. Even if you have seen pigs run, fed and killed pigs, as long as you have never eaten it, you will never know that pork belly tastes fat but not greasy.
That’s why I won’t stop you from doing anything you want to do. There are too many things you haven’t tried, and you can’t understand their inner meaning just by imagining them.”
Nan Wuwei: "So, Dad, you're not like other people's dads who stop me from playing games?"
"What you said is not exactly the same as what I said. Other parents don't let their children play games because they are afraid that their children will become addicted to them and delay their studies, and then fail to get into a good university, get a good job, and have no guarantee of a secure life in the future.
I, your father, am different. Even if you become a waste, I can still provide you with food and clothing for the rest of your life. Even if you spend 10 million a day and live to be 120 years old, it would only be 438 billion. If I try hard, I can still leave enough inheritance for you to squander.
So, daddy is very brave and won't let you receive assembly line education step by step. He will let you herd sheep. You can do whatever you want and learn whatever you want. If you fail in training, it doesn't matter. Your mother and I can have another child and continue training."
Nan Wuwei chuckled, "I'm a test subject?"
"Not everyone can be a test subject. The purpose of the country's education is not to let you fly into the sky, but to let you be a part of the state machine. In the early stage of mass production, the focus is on the yield rate and defective rate; in the later stage, small batches of secondary processing are carried out on the assembly line to screen and identify which part you are suitable for, and then push you in that direction.
If you were not my son, you would also have to be polished on the assembly line. People like you have broad interests and dabble in everything, but you don't delve into anything in depth. To be honest, you know this and you know that, but you don't have to know too much. No matter what field, you are a piece of dog meat and cannot be served at a banquet.
If you can't get into the banquet, you can only hang around at the bottom and waste your future on your house, children, and parents... Well, your mother and I don't need you to support us. I should say that you should support your mother-in-law's family.
Today pork is cheap, so buy more pork; tomorrow rotten bean sprouts are sold at a low price, so you can only eat bean sprouts for three days; if you are unlucky, your child will get seriously ill, and the whole family will be ruined. You can't do anything but smoke and drink, pretend to be decadent, slap yourself in the face, and denounce your own incompetence. "
Nan Wuwei: "Dad, that's not right. I'm in trouble, why don't you help me?"
"Didn't you hear the premise I said? I said 'If you are not my son', then you are not my son, why should I help you?" Nan Yi said as a matter of course.
Nan Wuwei: "Then I must be someone's son, right? Why can't that father help me?"
"Your father has worked hard all his life, farming. He sold everything he had to send you to college, and now he's in debt so that you can settle down and get married in the city. He's sold his backbone, so how can he be able to help you?
Seeing that you were in trouble, he wanted to sell blood, but the blood station wouldn't accept it. He had no choice but to think about it and finally came up with the idea of ​​swindling someone else's son. Well, it's better to cheat someone else's son than to let his own son suffer. You can still tell the difference between inside and outside. "
"Dad, you are so cruel. If I weren't your son, you would wish all the bad things would happen to me."
"Suppose, suppose, it's just a hypothesis." Nan Yi said angrily, "The reality is that you are definitely my son, even though you were picked up from a trash can. Oh, I really regret it. There was a boy in the trash can, that is you, and there was also a girl. Your mother, another couple and I found you together. We agreed that each family would pick one, but your mother insisted on having a boy, so we picked up you, a little bastard.
Alas, it’s not considerate at all. It makes me upset every day. I should have picked up the girl back then.”
"Hey, you're still trying to trick me with this. Next time you change it, just say I got it as a gift after paying for my monthly pager rental, or as a gift after paying for my phone bill."
Nan Yi's eyes lit up, and he patted Nan Wuwei on the shoulder, "This is good, this is good, very creative, I will tell your sister the same thing next time."
Hearing this, Nan Wuwei made a face and announced that the time for the father and son to interrupt was over.
Nanwuwei prepared Gongfu tea, and the father and son sat in the yard and started a normal father-son conversation, "Your skill in making Gongfu tea is quite authentic, who did you learn it from?"
"I learned this from Master Yin at the Hexiangu Vegetable Planting Base last year." Nan Wuwei picked up the teacup in a serious manner and took a sip of tea.
"Oh, he taught you the technique of growing bean sprouts and brewing Gongfu tea. Remember to visit him often." Nan Yi put the empty teacup back on the table.
"I've been there, and I had dinner at Master Yin's house." Nan Wuwei refilled Nan Yi's empty cup with tea. "Dad, Auntie Qu is very worried about Uncle Li. She even called Mom."
"It's useless for your mother to know. She will just order me to handle it. Your uncle Li's matter is not too complicated. You can come with me to handle it. It's a good opportunity to see how serious the consequences of not doing things according to the law are."
Nan Yi said this and waved to take the phone from the school beauty.
"Guangwei, I'm at home."
" Pujie, do you need to notify me when you are at home... In Yangcheng?"
"Um."
"Is there something?" Lin Guangwei asked tentatively.
"Are you and Qu Jing going to have no contact with each other forever?"
When Lin Guangwei heard this, he realized that Nan Yi's coming to Yangcheng was related to Qu Jing, "Did something happen to Qu Jing?"
"Li Hai."
"I have clients here. I'll come to your place in two hours. We'll have hotpot tonight. I'll bring the dishes. You prepare the wine."
"Okay, I'll wait for you."
After Nan Yi hung up the phone, Nan Wuwei talked about "living in Nanchen Village for a few days".
"Go ahead, stay for a few days and accompany your Grandpa Zong Qing. Dad rarely goes to Nanchen Village. There's no need to buy any big items for the house. You can add a computer if you want. Also, repair the house, re-grind the terrazzo floor, repaint the walls, and have someone go up to the roof to see if there's any need to remove it for leaks."
"How about painting it all white? The white and blue patchwork doesn't look good."
The upper part of the wall is painted white, and the one to two meters high near the ground is painted blue, which is a popular color for home decoration nowadays (if you have no idea, you can recall the walls of old hospitals, which are in that style), and it is very fashionable.
"Don't touch my room, you can do whatever you want with the rest."
"Oh." Nan Wuwei hesitated for a moment and said, "I bought a motorcycle."
"I know that your account can be used now. You should pay for what you want to buy yourself in the future. Don't be like a little beggar, looking for grandparents, brothers and sisters to take advantage of you."
Nan Wuwei stuck out his tongue and argued, "I didn't."
"You know it clearly in your heart, you little devil, you are taking advantage of others everywhere."
“Hehehehe!”
"I ordered a cycling protective suit for you. It's ten times more expensive than the motorcycle you bought. You like to play with expensive things, so why don't you like to play with mud?" Nan Yi shook his head and said helplessly: "Also, I shipped the motorcycle to Montana for you. In your own fields, you won't hit any other cars even if you close your eyes . It's safer."
"Oh." Nan Wuwei counted on his fingers and said, "There are not many days in the summer vacation. I have to go to Nanchen Village, Wuchuan Rural Area, Xiangkeng to accompany my great-grandmother, go to the United States, and go to the Cultural Palace to take abacus classes. Oh, Dad, I'm so busy."
"Don't be so conceited. You are a scorpion shit - unique. There is no one else like you in the world. At the age of nine, you can play whatever you want. Just be happy."
"I don't believe it, there must be someone else." Nan Wuwei curled his lips.
Nan Yi glanced at Nan Wuwei and said, "Then go find the person and show him to me."
"I'm busy and don't have time."
"You little bastard, I haven't pretended yet, but you are. Don't pretend in front of me anymore. If you pretend, what should I pretend for?" Nan Yi stroked Nan Wuwei's head and scolded with a smile.
"It's better to pretend alone than to pretend together. Let's pretend together."
"You dare to open a dyeing factory when I give you a little color. Do you think you will treat me as a brother in the future?"
"Dad, all people are equal. Let us break away from the decadent feudal ethics and sublimate our proletarian revolutionary friendship."
"Well, from now on I will call you dad, and you will call me son."
"It's not impossible... Dad, a gentleman uses words, not fists!" Looking at Nan Yi's raised left hand, Nan Wuwei said quickly.
"Just let me do it, you little brat. Go, we're going to have hot pot tonight. Wash the clay pot and move the stove out. We're going to have porridge-based hot pot. Put the porridge on the stove first."
"The light will command me."
Nan Wuwei muttered something, stood up and walked into the house.
Nan Yi moved the stool, leaned his back against the tree, closed his eyes, and began to doze off.
After an unknown amount of time, Nan Yi felt a strong smell of cigarette smoke in his nose. Without even opening his eyes, he started to curse, "Lin Guangwei, are you sick?"
"Idiot, you curse without even looking, aren't you afraid of cursing the wrong person?"
Nan Yi opened his eyes and wiped the thick, wet eye mucus from the corners of his eyes. "No matter if it's you or not, I can't be wrong to scold you."
"Hey, hey, shut up. What happened to Li Hai?"
Lin Guangwei and Qu Jing could be considered as potential boyfriend and girlfriend at the beginning, but Li Hai intervened and Lin Guangwei was kicked out. It was a bit difficult for him and Qu Jing to continue to love each other. Over the years, the two sides have been doing well and not disturbing each other. Even though they are in the same city , they deliberately avoid news about each other.
How to say it, for Lin Guangwei, if something minor happened to Qu Jing and Li Hai, he would gloat over it, but if something big happened, he simply couldn't stand idly by.
"Let's get some food first. The lawyer will be here soon. Let's hear what he has to say."
"Okay."
Lin Guangwei asked his followers to carry the ingredients into the yard. He and Nan Yi went to the sink and cooked while chatting.
"I have been to Denmark and Germany. On the way back, I visited Creative in Lijiaopo. I have decided to specialize in the field of sound in the future." Lin Guangwei said while stroking and washing the bull whip in his hand.
"Which part are you going to start with?"
"Last year, Creative released a 16-bit 'Sound Blaster' sound card that supports stereo output. It's a very good product. I think the future will be a digital age, so I'll make sound cards, starting with ordinary sound cards for computers, and then make professional-level sound processing chips when the technology matures."
Nan Yi grabbed the asparagus in his hand and shook off the water. "That's a good idea. I don't understand sound cards, so I won't give you any advice. As long as the sound card you make is reliable, I will give you two big customers. One million pieces a year will not be a problem."
Lin Guangwei felt warm in his heart. Even though the products were not yet made, the order had already been received, which gave him great confidence.
"Okay, I'll give you a 1 dollar kickback for each piece."
"Go, you're just sending away beggars." Nan Yi spat, picked up the chicken skin from the plastic bag and sniffed it, "Where did you buy it? It smells."
Lin Guangwei also grabbed a handful and sniffed it, then frowned and cursed, "F**k off, I'll smash his stall next time."
"Throw it in the trash can, and go to the kitchen and get the cutting board."
It took an hour or so to prepare all the ingredients, light the stove, and then two adults and one child sat around to start cooking.
Just after taking a few bites, Li Shufan, the lawyer sent by Jin Daosheng, arrived.
Add a stool and continue eating.
After Li Shufan sat down, he said, "Mr. Nan, things are a bit troublesome. The other party has irrefutable evidence, so we can't win the lawsuit."
"Well, how many years?"
“More than three years, less than ten years.”
"Be precise."
Li Shufan paused and said, "According to the materials I have read, the longest possibility is seven years."
"If you want Li Hai to come out, the only way is to ask the other party to withdraw the lawsuit?"
"Yes, unless the other party withdraws the lawsuit, there is no room for maneuver in this case." Li Shufan nodded.
Lin Guangwei, who was sitting nearby, shouted, "Hey, hey, hey, what are you talking about three years or seven years? Tell me what's going on first."
Nan Yi pointed at Lin Guangwei and said, "Boss Lin Guangwei is not a man who will keep quiet. Tell him about the case and try to curry favor with him. You will have a lot of business to do in the future."
Upon hearing this, Li Shufan introduced to Lin Guangwei: "Boss Lin, this is what happened. Mr. Li Hai started a business with Mr. Ji Changlin seven years ago. They jointly opened a Changye Company, but the legal person of this company is Mr. Ji Changlin, and it is a one-person limited liability company, which means that Mr. Li Hai is not a shareholder of Changye Company.
Before, the relationship between the two may have been better, and the company's operations and financial systems were not very formal. Whether it was Mr. Li Hai or Mr. Ji Changlin who signed, they could get money from the finance department.
Now, the relationship between the two has deteriorated because of a business matter, and possibly some other reasons I don’t know. Mr. Ji Changlin hired a lawyer to sue Mr. Li Hai for forging signatures and illegally occupying company property.
"What did Li Hai occupy? Didn't the two of them do business together?" Lin Guangwei asked in confusion.
"I think you are in trouble. You still don't understand this." Nan Yi complained, "It's called a partnership business, but Changye Company belongs to Ji Changlin, and Li Hai has no share. This is a trap. Lawyer Li, whose name was signed when Li Hai took money from the finance department before?"
"Mr. Li Hai signed the name of Mr. Ji Changlin, which constitutes a forged signature."
"Bullshit! Without Ji Changlin's tacit consent, can Li Hai come up with the money?" Lin Guangwei said bluntly.
"Nonsense, verbal consent, or maybe private , it's useless, they won't recognize it in court. Lawyer Li, was all the money Li Hai paid used for the company's business purposes?"
"I asked Mr. Li Hai, it's very complicated. There are business purposes, entertainment purposes, personal purposes, and... purposes that cannot be disclosed. There are more than 30 accounts that cannot be explained clearly. Among them, at least 20 can be judged as illegal appropriation by Mr. Li Hai, with an amount of 7.53 million, which is very unfavorable to him."
Nan Yi thought for a moment and said, "Lawyer Li, go to the detention center again tomorrow and find out why the relationship between Li Hai and Ji Changlin deteriorated. If it's because of shares, ask Li Hai what share he wants; if it's because of a business, find out what business it is. You need to find out the names of everyone involved."
"Okay." Li Shufan nodded.
"What if it's because of a woman?" Lin Guangwei asked.
"Let him die." Nan Yi spat and said, "Lawyer Li, is Li Hai bald?"
"Not yet. He's still in the recruit cage. He won't get his hair cut for a few days."
"Bring him a pack of cigarettes and deposit 100 yuan into his account. Forget it, don't deposit the money. Let him suffer a little."
[When suspects are sent to the detention center, they will first be put in a recruit cage (a cage for prisons), where they don’t have to work and wait for news for a few days. They may be released if the incident is not serious (some detention centers shave their heads when they enter, while others wait for a few days. This is the secret);
It is also possible that the case has no room for maneuver and will definitely be sent to the procuratorate, where the suspect will be transferred to a veterans’ cage, where he will work while waiting to go to court;
(No matter whether they are new recruits or veterans, there are bridles in the cages. On the surface, they are responsible for managing the work of the suspects in the cages, and secretly they also have the responsibility of maintaining the rules of the cages. This is designated, but I don’t know who designated it.
When it is not raining, the suspects have some time to go out for some fresh air every day. They will share a pack of cigarettes. Those who can smoke will get one, and the rest are in the hands of the head of the gang... I can't go on. You can figure out the rest on your own. It is not convenient to say more. You all understand.)
Waiting for the verdict, if the time is not long, you will serve the sentence in the detention center, and if the time is long, you will be transferred to prison.
Well, there are paid meals in the detention center, and there may also be afternoon tea (steamed buns, dumplings). Each suspect will have an "account". As long as there is money in it, theoretically you can buy paid meals and afternoon tea, but it depends on whether the bridle is willing. If you don't have a good relationship with the bridle, then it's terrible. Milk, beer, pumpkin pie, random inspections of prison rules, there are many ways to frame people. ]
Li Shufan said: "Ms. Qu Jing has deposited 1,000 yuan for Mr. Li Hai."
"Then keep it." Nan Yi looked at Lin Guangwei and said, "Do you want to show some appreciation?"
“No money.”
"Oh, tell Li Hai that out of the 100 yuan, 99.5 yuan is mine and 50 cents is Lin Guangwei's."
"Okay, okay, I can save it, 50 cents, who am I trying to disgust?" Lin Guangwei muttered, took his bag, pulled out a wad of money, picked out two bills and slapped them on the table, "I'll save 100 too, and the remaining 100 will buy him a pair of red shorts to cover his head."
"You are even more disgusting than me. Go to the night market tonight and buy yourself a pair of shoes. Your fingers are shiny and oily. You must have played mahjong a lot, right?"
"Boss Nan Da, how can you understand the hardships of us small business owners? If a customer wants to play mahjong, can you not accompany him?" Lin Guangwei picked up his wine glass and complained, "I take a sauna four or five times a day, and my stomach is covered with rust."
"Stop talking nonsense. This is your territory. Go and gather some information and learn about Ji Changlin's background. You idiot, do you really think there is no one at our Wenchangwei Youth Detention Center?"
"Okay, okay, I'll listen to the boss's instructions." Lin Guangwei said reluctantly, "Foolish, you'll fall into this trap."
"Li Hai is not stupid, he just used his loyalty in the wrong place. What is right is wrong. When friends do business together, they should have a clear agreement on the division of profits early on. The fact that Li Hai still has no shares can only mean that Ji Changlin has been using loyalty to deceive Li Hai and has no intention of giving him shares."
"Sharing the money but not the family?"
"I guess so."
Nan Yi raised his glass and gestured to Li Shufan, then clinked glasses with Lin Guangwei. Finally, he did not forget to toast Nan Wuwei's soda, "I'll drink it, you can do whatever you want."
Nan Wuwei looked at the soda that was only one-third left and said with a smile, "I'll finish it too."
"Okay, cheers."
"cheers!"
After drinking two bottles of beer, Nan Yi stopped drinking. He scooped some porridge, let it cool for a while, and put down his chopsticks after finishing the porridge.
After dinner, after seeing Li Shufan off, the two adults and one child went out for a walk to digest the food.
When they reached Guigang Avenue, they passed by a convenience store and bought three ice creams. The three of them continued walking while chewing them.
"I found a new girlfriend. I'll bring her out for you to see next time."
"Is it singing or dancing this time?"
"Dancing."
"You kid, don't just use the same pot to cause trouble. Use a different pot next time." Nan Yi scolded with a smile.
Lin Guangwei said seriously: "This time is different, I want to marry her."
"Didn't you say you didn't plan to get married?"
"Boss, this is a different time, and your thoughts will change."
"Bullshit! I won't believe it until the day you actually get married. Who knows when you will change your mind again?" Nan Yi said disdainfully.
"Just wait for the wedding invitation."
"Are you serious?" Nan Yi asked in surprise.
"I really want to get married. I plan to propose to her after we've been together for a while."
"Then you can handle it yourself and let Wuwei pee for you. Remember to seal the lucky money thicker." Nan Yi said, then turned to Nan Wuwei and said, "When the time comes, come to your Uncle Lin's bed and pee on the pillow if you have a lot to pee on."
"Yeah." Nan Wuwei nodded hurriedly.
"Go away, do you understand the rules? You should use a basin to catch it. Forget about Wuwei, he's too old. A child of four or five years old is best."
Nan Yi said disdainfully: "Tsk, I gave you the face, but you still dare to look down on my Qilin, Wuwei, remember, when you go to attend your uncle Lin's wedding, wish him a happy birthday every year."
"Haha, it's not bad to be a groom every year, Wuwei, just say that, Uncle Lin will give you a big red envelope when the time comes." Lin Guangwei laughed and then said, "Tomorrow is the horse racing day, my horse will have a race, do you want to go to Tan Village together?"
Nan Yi waved his hand, "Forget it, I'm not interested in this. You should take it easy. It's okay to raise horses, and it's okay to gamble a little to amuse yourself. Just don't play too big."
"No, I raise horses to entertain clients. If clients come and I take them to the racetrack and sit in the front row to watch my horses compete, everyone will think that I have no problem with my ability, and it will be easier to negotiate business."
"Is that why you bought your Fleetwood?"
"Both face and comfort are taken into consideration. The car is comfortable to sit in. The middle armrest can be flipped down to become a seat, and the car can be driven to a deserted place..." Considering Nan Wuwei's presence, Lin Guangwei skipped the words that were not suitable for children. "The main thing is face. A big car looks impressive and can intimidate customers."
"It looks impressive to the client, and it looks impressive to blackmail you and kidnap you, so take it easy. Next time you get kidnapped, ask the kidnapper to send your finger to me so I can keep it for you, and you can keep your body intact."
"Leave me with my body intact? You're not going to pay to redeem me?"
"Redemption is bullshit, you deserve to be kidnapped." Nan Yi spat, and then said earnestly: "Bring two people with you, it will be too late if you really get kidnapped."
"I know."
They walked and talked, and before they knew it they had reached the bank of the Pearl River. They sat down and ate some shelled seafood. It was a little after ten when the father and son got home.
Nan Yi quickly washed up, spread a straw mat in the yard, and set up a mosquito net. The two, big and small, lay in the yard, looking at the stars in the sky through the swaying leaves, and chatting privately between father and son.
…
The next day.
After breakfast, Nan Yi asked Nan Wuwei to finish his summer homework, called Liu Zhen, and then went to Qu Jing's house.
As soon as she saw Nan Yi, Qu Jing's anxious mood relaxed a little.
"Nan Yi, Li Hai has been in there for the fourth day."
"Don't worry, I'm here."