Volume 7 I've Been Here Chapter 0999: Viper-like Eyes
Fengtian Municipal Government.
Gao Hongzhuan sat in Mayor Zhang Taoyuan's office and explained the plan of Nan Guo Retail to him.
Since Liu Xin was unable to deal with Liu Xiangdong through normal, gentle business means, Gao Hongzhuan naturally had to choose another path. The expansion plan could not be shelved.
“Mayor Zhang, our plan for Nan Guo Retail is to first register a Nan Guo Retail (Fengtian) branch in Fengtian, and then open three to five large supermarkets in Fengtian under the name of this company to solve the problem of inconvenience in purchasing daily necessities for the people of Fengtian.
For supermarket employees, we will try our best to recruit laid-off workers from Gangxi District. Our large stores of Nan Guo Retail need 200 employees, medium-sized stores need 80, small stores need 15-30, and a convenience store needs 4-6 people. In addition, a lot of people are needed for warehousing, transportation and other positions.
Not only for the stores in Fengtian, but also for stores in other areas of Liaoning Province, we at Nan Guo Retail will try our best to recruit in Fengtian.
Not only that, we at Nan Guo Retail will also include daily necessities, food and local specialties produced by Fengtian local enterprises into our procurement system, such as Lao Longkou Liquor, Bulao Lin Snacks, Kragus Sausage, Ba Wang Si Soda, Qingshui Rice, Aventurine Red Raspberry, Liaozhong Crucian Carp and so on.
We will export these products to stores in various regions, and also to Xianggang, Taigang, Lijiaopo and Japan through our partners, to promote Fengtian's industrial and agricultural products abroad and contribute to our southern retail efforts."
Zhang Taoyuan was very satisfied with what Gao Hongzhuan said. If everything he said could be realized, he would be very happy to give the green light to such an enterprise.
"Mr. Gao, your Nan Guo Retail plan is very good. It will bring benefits to Fengtian in all aspects. On behalf of all the people of Fengtian, I welcome you." Zhang Taoyuan said a polite word first, and then said, "Is there anything we can help you with?"
As soon as Gao Hongzhuan arrived, he hinted to Zhang Taoyuan that he had been in Fengtian for some time. Zhang Taoyuan naturally understood that Gao Hongzhuan offered such favorable conditions for Fengtian, and he must want to get some support and help from the municipal government.
"Yes." Gao Hongzhuan said directly without any hesitation: "We at Nan Guo Retail need to buy a few buildings as the addresses for our stores. In addition, in order to cope with the future expansion of Fengtian city and the increase in population, we also want to buy a piece of land on the edge of the city to build our super-large Nan Guo supermarket in three or five years."
Zhang Taoyuan paused for a moment and asked, "Are there any targets you're interested in?"
"Yes, I was most optimistic about the Zhonghua Shopping Center, but unfortunately it was too late. The Labor Bureau had already contracted the Zhonghua Shopping Center to Mr. Liu Xiangdong. We at Nan Guo Retail had already talked to Mr. Liu and offered a rent of 1 million per year, but the other party did not agree.
I plan to have someone negotiate again and raise the rent to 1.2 million. If Mr. Liu agrees, Nan Guo Retail will sublease the space from him. If he still doesn't agree, I want to buy the Zhonghua Shopping Center. When Mr. Liu's contract expires, I will take it back and transform it into a Nan Guo Retail store."
Gao Hongzhuan was just trying to please others. Now that he mentioned the China Department Store, Zhang Taoyuan had to pay attention to it no matter what. As long as he asked his secretary to ask, he would naturally find some clues.
The two chatted for a few more sentences in a friendly atmosphere, and then Gao Hongzhuan said goodbye and left. Things had to be done step by step. What needed to be resolved right now was the Zhonghua Department Store. As long as this piece of ice was broken, the rest of the road would be easier.
In general, Nan is optimistic about the future development of real estate in China and believes that Chinese properties have great room for appreciation. Based on these two understandings, the companies under the command of the Information and Strategy Committee will naturally be affected.
The entire cloud supermarket system was mainly based on purchases and supplemented by rents during its expansion. It happened that the RMB exchange rate was at a historic low at that time, so it was quite cost-effective whether to draw funds from other domestic companies or inject them from abroad. Therefore, a real estate plan disguised as a cloud supermarket expansion was being implemented.
For Nan Guo Retail, the most suitable buildings for opening stores are four to six-story buildings with an area of more than 1,000 square meters. The first floor can be used for gold jewelry counters, clothing brand stores, and Wonderful stores. The second and third floors can be used for supermarkets. The fourth to sixth floors are cinemas, ice rinks, billiard rooms, dance halls and other entertainment venues.
With this kind of layout, it is very convenient to transform a plot of land into a small-scale comprehensive commercial complex. The surrounding land and housing prices can be easily pushed up. In the future, whether you follow up on the construction yourself or cooperate with others, it would not be excessive to share a little in the profits from the "fundamental" appreciation of the land, right?
Precisely because the bulk of the bet is on the future, Nan Guo Retail will not act in an ugly manner when merging and acquiring properties, and will not even bother to do things like lowering the value of properties through secret operations.
Although doing so would make Nan Guo Retail "unpopular", the feathers of Nan Yi and the Nan family would remain bright and shiny, the business would remain bright, the accountants and helmsmen would not have nightmares, the finance office would not catch fire inexplicably, and at the same time, the profits that should be obtained would not be reduced.
As for Liu Xin, she was fiddling with Lemon Tree's laboratory product "Law Enforcement Recorder" in her hotel room. It was a basic portable instrument that could record audio and video. In the future, it would have functions such as satellite positioning, cloud storage, facial analysis and recognition, and automatic comparison with database data. Its main potential customers were law enforcement agencies .
As long as the matter of Zhonghua Plaza moves forward, Liu Xiangdong will inevitably cause trouble for Liu Xin. Liu Xin's idea is to end the dispute in a gentle way, let Liu Xiangdong know that she is a hedgehog, and they should keep to themselves.
As for Nan Yi, Xu Lu brought him to Qipan Mountain, or more precisely, to the reed marsh beside Xiu Lake.
Xu Lu said it was the wrong season. If she came here in autumn or winter, she wouldn't get old and would be able to see stretches of golden reeds. It would be so beautiful when the sun shines down. She could find a place to lie down and enjoy the afternoon quietly.
Nan Yi was unsure of Xu Lu's criteria for judging the number of people. He looked around and saw that there weren't many people. No matter how many there were, they were not here to count heads. He slowed down his pace and the two of them walked slowly along Xiu Lake.
After walking for a while, they ran into three people playing cards by the lake, and two people were watching them.
Nan Yi looked at it for a while but didn't quite understand how to play, so Xu Lu explained to him that this was a chariot, horse and cannon.
The rules of Chariot, Horse and Cannon are very strange. It is named after chess, but it is played with playing cards. Only thirty cards are picked out from the fifty-four cards. 3 and 4 are the smallest, corresponding to the soldier and pawn respectively; 10, 9, and 8 correspond to the chariot, horse, and cannon; Q is the prime minister, K is the scholar, and the king and the king are the general and commander respectively.
Three people each draw ten cards. A single general is greater than a fortune teller, a fortune teller is greater than a chariot, a horse, or a cannon, and a pawn is the smallest. The same applies to pairs, three pairs, and four pairs. Red is greater than black, red and spades are greater than diamonds and clubs, and four pairs count as one bomb, plus a point.
When playing cards, it is a bit like playing Landlord, two players play against one player, and the cards are played clockwise. If you can control the player above you, you can do it; if you can't control it, you must turn down the same number of cards, which is considered discarded. After each round, the largest circle card is placed in front of you, and the others are turned upside down. In the end, it is calculated who has the most cards on the surface.
The essence of chariots, horses and cannons lies in the two word "calculation".
Calculation, according to the cards in hand and the cards that have been played, to figure out what cards to deduct and what cards to keep; strategy, strategy, whether to play singles or doubles first, and make overall plans based on the cards in hand and the reactions of opponents and own players. If you want to play well, technical components are required, but luck is also indispensable.
The chariot, horse and cannon game is very tricky to play, and the bets on chariot, horse and cannon are often played very big. Each hand is scored according to the number of cards left. Generally, each card is fifty or one hundred, and it is normal to lose three or five hundred in a round. What's more terrible is that because there are only thirty cards, each hand is played very quickly.
In addition, the dealer can propose to double the chips. For example, if he wants to play two hundred per card this time, the other two players can choose to follow or not. If they follow, they will play at two hundred per card. The rules can be changed. Sometimes the other two players must follow, and they can "counter-kick" like playing Landlord, that is, double the chips again. One player counter-kicks two hundred to four hundred, and two players counter-kick four hundred to eight hundred. If there is a bomb, it becomes one thousand sixteen per card.
After Xu Lu explained the rules to Nan Yi, Nan Yi became interested. This way of playing requires some skills and is also very entertaining to watch. After watching a round, Nan Yi gave the three people participating in the game three code names: Dashuai, Erleng, and Sandezi.
A new hand began, with Dashuai still the banker. He held the cards in his big hand and slowly twisted them out, with a blank expression on his face, looking very calm. Erlang and Sandezi played against Dashuai's family and had some interactions with each other, but their cooperation became more and more tacit as time went by. After watching for twenty minutes, Dashuai lost more than thirty cards, and some of them were doubled.
Nan Yi didn't see the settlement, so he didn't know how big a game they were playing, but the Marshal was no longer as calm as before, with a frown on his face, a cigarette in his hand, and swearing all the time; Erlang was very happy, and his mouth was not idle either, bragging to Sandezi from time to time about how smart he was in playing the cards in the last round, and how accurate the cards he withheld were, and how he had planned everything out.
San Dezi was obviously getting impatient, but he didn't dare to show it.
But how smart could Erlang be? After a few rounds, all his card-playing habits and tricks were blurted out through his broken mouth, such as playing odd and not even cards, don't panic when deducting cards, and it's healthier to shuffle them. Not only did Dashuai and Sandezi hear them, but Nan Yi, who was standing behind and watching, combined listening and watching, and it was easier for him to figure out Erlang's card path.
Nan Yi sighed secretly, Erlang is dead!
After another twenty minutes, the situation of the game changed obviously. Dashuai stopped advancing aggressively and gave up the position of dealer. Most of the time, San Dezi became the dealer and challenged Dashuai and Erlang.
After changing his comrades, Erlang was not used to the new situation. He became more and more chaotic and hesitant in playing cards. Dashuai still kept the cigarette in his hand and finished most of a pack of cigarettes in a blink of an eye. Sandezi became more and more courageous and at ease. From the situation, Sandezi and his family won alone. Erlang spit out his winnings, and Dashuai still lost.
An hour and a half later, Xu Lu asked Nan Yi if he wanted to leave. Nan Yi shook his head and refused. He just wanted to relax this afternoon. Outing was not the purpose. It was also quite interesting to watch the fun.
Perhaps wanting to get back the lost ground as soon as possible, the situation changed again. Erlang began to compete with Sandezi for the banker position. The two took turns to be the banker and to double the amount. As soon as one of them made a call, the other would follow immediately. Neither of them was willing to give in to the other in terms of momentum.
In the dispute between the two, the Marshal quietly gained back a lot, winning steadily, and very consciously retreated to the second line, watching the other two fight.
After two more rounds of cards, Erlang became a little mad with anger. He kept losing more and more. He became anxious and made many stupid moves. He even doubled the bet even when the cards were bad. This kind of person has a bad mentality. If he goes down this path to the end, he will have to sell his house and wife soon.
A reversal at the gambling table can only happen in gambling movies with sinister intentions and financial support from Macau casinos. In reality, such a thing is almost impossible. Erlang's big loss is already determined, and there is no possibility of a comeback.
The wonderful parts have passed, and the remaining scenes of quarreling or crying poor are not beautiful. Besides, Nan Yi has seen a lot of them, so it’s better not to watch them.
The sun was setting and the sky was dark. Xu Lu held Nan Yi's arm with her right hand and continued to walk around the lake. With her left hand, she sometimes pointed at the mountains and rivers, and sometimes pulled some weeds in a childish way, while she recalled her childhood to Nan Yi.
The memories are long, from Xiu Lake to the "secret base".
Almost everyone who was not well-behaved in their childhood has a secret base, where they gather with their friends. It may be a dilapidated house, a piece of wasteland, a pile of culverts, or just a small mound of earth or a pile of sand.
Xu Lu's secret base is quite luxurious. It is a cement house that is not shabby and is hidden in the shade of trees beside the railway. It looks old and may have been a railway dispatching station in the past. The area is quite large.
Xu Lu fumbled out a piece of dark green plastic sheet from a pile of bricks, and took out a few candles wrapped in oil paper. She called Nan Yi to build a brick table with two stools, spread the plastic sheet on top, lit the candles and placed them in the center of the "table", and a simple picnic table was ready.
The wine and food they bought were laid out, but there were neither cups nor chopsticks. The two of them wiped their hands on their clothes to get rid of the dust, ignoring the black stains on their fingerprints. Nan Yi first picked up a little bit of the pickled mustard that Xu Lu wanted to buy, and Xu Lu picked up a piece of the pig's tail that Nan Yi wanted to buy, and deliberately dipped her fingers in the sauce.
"Are you disgusting?" Nan Yi said with disgust.
"You're not a good person either."
"Better than you. I only contaminated a small piece, but you ruined the dipping sauce." Throwing the pickled mustard into his mouth, Nan Yi took out a handkerchief and wiped his fingers again, then handed it to Xu Lu.
Xu Lu took it and wiped her fingers. After cleaning them, she pinched a few peanuts and continued to recall her childhood. "When I was a child, as soon as my parents went to work, a few people of similar age from our street would come here together to play games and roast potatoes. We would go back only when we were hungry and come again when we were full."
"Playing house? How many people have you been married to?"
"I've never been married and entered the bridal chamber, I've always been a mother directly."
"Are you imitating your mother?"
"I forgot. Who can remember the details? How about you? Did you play house when you were a kid?"
"No, when I was little I didn't like playing with girls. I had almost no interactions with girls. I played war games, climbed trees, and played tricks every day. Anyway, I was always away from home. My pants would wear out every three to five days, and I would get bruised every few days."
Nan Yi's memories of his previous life and the memories of the previous Nan Yi were intertwined, making it a bit confusing. He couldn't tell which ones he had done and which ones were the memories passed down from the previous Nan Yi.
"So when do you hang out with girls?"
"It happened after I was in junior high school. At that time..." Before Nan Yi finished speaking, the alarm in his pocket vibrated, "You sit down, I'll go out and take a look."
"What's wrong?" Xu Lu asked puzzledly.
"I don't know. Just sit down and don't follow me. This is an order."
As Nan Yi spoke, he quickly walked to the door of the dilapidated house and stood next to Tianxian who was staring in one direction, "What's going on?"
Tianxian pointed to where she was looking and said, "That person is carrying something that looks like a person or a corpse."
Nan Yi squinted his eyes and looked in the direction of the fairy's finger. In the distance ahead, he could vaguely see a person staggering with a sack on his back, which looked like a corpse inside.
I looked up at the sky, then glanced at my watch. There was moonlight and it was not yet eight o'clock in the evening. It would take extraordinary courage to kidnap someone and dump the body at this time.
Nan Yi narrowed his eyes again and asked, "What is the probability of it being a corpse?"
"The sacks didn't shake or rise at all. More than 80% of them were corpses, and they had been dead for at least an hour."
"That person never looked this way?"
"No, this person might be very familiar with this area and out of habit thinks that there is no one here."
"Oh, what bad luck, there's nothing I can do if I run into you, just go ahead."
Nan Yi took off his coat, glanced around, picked up a broken brick and stuffed it into his sleeve, then tied his cuffs tightly. A simple yet very effective weapon was ready. He bent his waist, lowered his body, and walked towards the target with quick and broken steps.
Three people, one line, Gangxi is in front, Nanyi is in the middle, they walk a few steps, stop, observe for a while, and continue to move forward... walking and stopping, slowly closing the distance with the target.
When they were less than forty meters away from the target, there was a level difference in the open ground. The target was high, while Nan Yi and his group were low. They had to move more cautiously, almost crawling forward in the dark.
As the distance got closer, Nan Yi became a little confused. Although the area in front of him was not flat, it was possible to ride a motorcycle or a bicycle. So why did the target have to carry the corpse all the time?
Also, where is his destination?
With doubts, Nan Yi rubbed the ground with his elbows and slowly crawled forward.
When the distance was shortened to about fifteen meters, Nan Yi and the other two lay side by side and observed the target together.
Just need: "The lower back, calves and thighs are not carrying weapons."
Tianxian: "The left waist, left armpit, and back are safe."
"The right waist, right armpit, and chest are blind spots. I can't be sure." Nan Yi said, his hand already groping on his belt, "Get close to two meters, and there is a 90% chance of hitting the thigh."
Tianxian: "Negative, if the target has a gun, the danger is uncontrollable."
"For reconsideration, I suggest calling the police."
"Possibility of corpse."
"The probability has increased by 12%, Nansheng, the possibility of being alive is very small."
"Call the police."
Nan Yi was originally afraid that if the person in the sack was still alive, he would feel uncomfortable watching an innocent life slip away. Since the probability of it being a corpse has reached 92%, there is no need for him to take risks for a corpse.
The three of them lay there without moving, waiting for the target to move some distance away. Tianxian then took out his cell phone, felt the wind direction, and made sure they were downwind before dialing the number and speaking a few words in a low voice.
"The police said they'll be here in a moment."
"Yeah." Nan Yi responded and continued to observe the target with squinted eyes.
Suddenly , the gentle southwest wind became strong, blowing the dust on the ground towards the faces of Nan Yi and the other two. The moment he closed his eyes, Nan Yi suddenly saw the sack shake.
He suddenly closed his eyes to avoid the oncoming sandstorm, then raised his palms to cover his eyes vertically, leaving only a tiny gap between his fingers. He then opened his eyes wide to observe the wind through the gaps. Only when his eyes became sore did he confirm that the shaking of the sack was not caused by the wind, but by a spasm of the body.
"He's still alive, but I don't know how long he can hold on. We can't wait any longer. I need to go around to attract the target's attention. I'll take the lead. Tianxian, you buy insurance."
"Nansheng, I will take the lead." Tianxian said firmly.
Nan Yi hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, you take the lead and I'll buy the insurance."
After assigning their respective tasks, Gangxu immediately stood up, went against the wind, and took a long detour to overtake on a curve; Tianxian held a spring arrow in his hand and crouched down to approach the target quickly. Nan Yi lagged behind by five meters and shrank his body within the coverage of Tianxian.
After about a minute and a half, Nan Yi smelled a pungent odor. He turned around and looked at the lights in the distance to confirm his direction. He pulled up the orientation map of the Steel West District in his mind and instantly realized that the area ahead should be the Weigong open channel, a section of the river he had never been to.
If Nan Yi can analyze it, then naturally the more professional celestial being can do it too. She turned around and gave Nan Yi a hint with her eyes, and Nan Yi nodded to show that he understood. After a brief communication, both of them quickened their pace.
Thirty-five seconds later, the immortal had entered the optimal attack distance. Nan Yi held the steel nail in his backhand, ready to swing it at any time.
The two men followed their target's pace and waited.
Suddenly, the night sky exploded: "Catch the thief! Catch the thief!"
"Oh shit."
Nan Yi cursed inwardly, put away the steel nail in his hand, picked up the brick sleeve hanging on his back, and ran forward quickly.
Catching a thief is a code word, meaning the target is not carrying a deadly weapon.
Nan Yi ran faster and faster, waving his sleeves as he ran. In less than three seconds, he was behind the frightened target. He swung the sleeve in his hand like a pendulum, and the broken bricks hit the target's right calf muscle with a buzzing sound.
With a scream, Nan Yi pushed the ground with his left toe, leaped forward one and a half meters diagonally, and came in front of the target. Then, he poked the ground with his right toe and turned around. After turning seventy degrees, his left leg was stretched straight as if he was dancing ballet. The instep and calf were almost parallel. The core strength drove the toes to point towards the target's crotch.
Nan Yi’s special move - kicking the crotch, is suitable for both men and women.
"ah……"
Swish, when the sack on the target's shoulder was about to slip off, Gangxu jumped out, caught the sack with both hands, and fell backwards to protect the sack from the strong impact.
Tianxian followed and kicked the target in the stomach. As the target fell, he approached and stepped on the target's neck. "Don't move. If you dare to move, I will break your neck."
Nan Yi didn't have time to revel in the perfection that had just occurred. He quickly walked over to Gangxu, took the sack off him, put it on the ground, and quickly opened the tightly tied mouth of the sack.
Suddenly, a head hung out from the mouth of the sack. It was dirty, with sticky unknown liquid on its face and hair.
Regardless of the dirt, Nan Yi probed his nose with his fingers, and then tried his neck. "He's still alive, but his breathing is very weak. I need to check his body."
He just tore off the sack on the woman and helped Nan Yi lay the woman flat on the ground. He then immediately leaned over the woman's chest and listened for a while. Then he glanced at her body and after finding no fatal wounds, he gently lifted up the woman's clothes and carefully touched her chest again.
"There's no blow to her stomach, and her ribs aren't broken. Nansheng, open her mouth and take a look."
"No need, the fatal wound is there."
Nan Yi's eyes were fixed on the woman's crotch, where blood was oozing out. He had learned some first aid knowledge, and Gangxu and Tianxian had received more rigorous training, but none of the three of them had the level to deal with the woman's injuries as he thought.
"Son of a bitch, celestial being, switch places."
With a ripping sound, Nan Yi reached into his shirt and pulled off his vest, and then did the same thing to Gangxu. The two vests were placed on the woman's belly. Nan Yi and Tianxian walked to the target, switched positions with them, and then turned their backs to the woman.
Nan Yi took out his phone and dialed 120, trying his best to describe the location in as much detail as possible.
After hanging up the phone, Nan Yi leaned over and looked at the target coldly without saying a word.
In between his cries of pain, the target stared at Nan Yi with hatred, cold and venomous like a poisonous snake.
Nan Yi didn't care at all and just treated the other party as a dead person. With such cruel means, the possibility of it being a first crime was very small and the target would basically be shot. Unless he committed too many crimes and the places where the bodies were dumped continued to open up and new cases popped up one after another, he could live a little longer.
"The wound is too big and the internal tear is too big to stop bleeding. It's life-threatening. How long will it take for an ambulance?"
"I don't know. Just do your best and leave the rest to fate." Nan Yi replied, and then shouted to the woman, "Girl, it's not easy to come to this world. Hang in there, you must hold on. As long as you hold on, I will raise you as my daughter, with a big house, a car, delicious food and spicy drinks. Even if you are lazy and gluttonous, you will have endless money to spend."
"Nansheng, there is a response, continue."
"I'll capture whoever you like..."
"Change."
Nan Yi smacked his lips, it seemed that the woman had been hurt in love.
"Girl, there are many beautiful places in the country. When you get better, you can go and see them all. If you get tired of playing in China, you can go abroad. My family owns a bank, and the money in the bank is mine. You don't have to worry about me not being able to support you..."
Blah blah, truth mixed with lies. After Nan Yi shouted until his voice became hoarse, the police arrived but the ambulance didn't. With a hoarse voice, Nan Yi could only continue shouting.
"girl……"
It was unknown how long it was before the ambulance finally arrived. He collected the money in his pocket and gave it to Tianxian to hold. She and a female police officer followed the ambulance to the hospital. Nan Yi and Gangxu followed the police car back to take their statements.
On the way, after Nan Yi asked clearly where they were going, he called Xu Lu and asked her to meet him by herself.
The record-taking didn't take long. They just recounted what happened truthfully and left their contact information. Then Nan Yi and the other person left the Gangxi Branch and met Xu Lu who was waiting outside.
"Brother, what's wrong?" Xu Lu asked anxiously, "Why were you taken to the police station?"
"Don't ask yet. I'm not in the mood to answer. Go find Chen Wenqin to get some money, then go to the People's Hospital to find Tianxian and give the money to her."
After sending Xu Lu away, Nan Yi asked Gangxu to drive the car to Zhongjie, ordered fried skewers and Laoxue, and drank them with a lot on his mind.
After drinking three bottles of wine, everything in front of his eyes went dark and a woman sat down opposite Nan Yi.
"Why are you drinking alone here?"
