Chapter 2364

Lei Ming was followed closely by five or six men, and it wasn't just him who brought a heater; two others had brought them as well. Although he wouldn't admit to being nervous, the moment he thought of that brother of his who had been beaten into high-level paraplegia, he still followed his heart, bringing his brothers and the heaters along.

"This is eight thousand yuan!" Lei Ming walked quickly to the front, without a shred of nonsense, and directly pulled a stack of 'old men's heads' from his pocket, tossing them casually onto the hood of the Duke Wang, saying expressionlessly: "You count it!"

Chen Hui walked over unhurriedly, took the money in his hand, and patted it casually in his palm: "No need to count. We are all people of status; I still trust you."

Bai Junmin fished a ten-yuan note from his pocket and handed it to Curly: "I keep my word. I said I'd give you a discount, so I'll give you a discount. Take it."

The expression on Curly's face froze instantly. This was an insult to him, but for some reason, his fingers seemed to cramp up, a bit out of his control, wanting to take that ten yuan.

He owed over ten thousand, and this ten yuan was enough to buy two packs of good cigarettes. But in the end, he used his powerful willpower to suppress the desire in his heart and said through gritted teeth.

"Are you insulting me?"

"If you don't want it, forget it!" Bai Junmin withdrew his hand without hesitation, stuffed the money into his pocket, and lectured: "Drive carefully in the future. Don't act like you don't have eyes, damn it. It's fortunate our car wasn't going fast; if it had been faster, you might have been hauled away by a hearse."

"Alright, alright!" Chen Hui was getting impatient. He interrupted Bai Junmin and said testily: "They don't have eyes when they drive; if they crash and die one day, what the hell does it have to do with us? Let's go!"

Bai Junmin looked at Curly, raised his hand, waved it lightly, and then said with a smile: "We are quite fated. I have a premonition that we will meet again in the future. When that time comes, I'll give you an even bigger discount, definitely bigger than today's."

Curly's face turned blue with anger. He opened his mouth to curse, but since the boss hadn't made a sound, he swallowed the words that had reached his lips.

Chen Hui and Bai Junmin got in the car and left. A young man standing next to Lei Ming said with a sinister look: "Boss, those two guys are really arrogant. Should we follow them and find a chance to cripple them?"

Lei Ming tilted his head and glanced at the young man: "Dahai and Jilong were crippled by them."

The young man gave a cold snort: "So what? No matter how well they can fight, are they faster than bullets?"

Lei Ming didn't speak again and turned to walk toward the car parked not far away.

"Boss!" Seeing that Lei Ming was about to leave, Curly got anxious and chased after him quickly: "Should this car be repaired?"

Lei Ming still didn't speak. He reached out to open the car door, bent over to take out two stacks of hundred-yuan bills from inside, and turned back to throw them at Curly.

"Take it to pay off debts and fix the car. As for the rest, you and Er Lu can buy cigarettes."

"Thank you, Big Brother!" Curly started to smile: "Don't worry, I will definitely catch that Land Cruiser."

Lei Ming also smiled and bent over to get into the car: "I will arrange another car and two more men to come over, so as to avoid similar situations happening again."

"Good!" Curly was even happier. If there had been one more car and two more men today, even if he had an accident here, the other car would have followed, and the Land Cruiser wouldn't have been able to run away.

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District Branch!

Ever since Yu Xiangjun arrived at the office, the phone hadn't stopped ringing. Last night, the incident at the first bar had spread through certain circles after a night.

Over a dozen underworld bosses were arrested, including Jiadai, causing quite a stir. Therefore, this morning, Yu Xiangjun had already received over twenty calls.

Of course, they were all asking about the situation; not a single one was pleading for mercy. Because the specific situation wasn't clear yet, no one would be stupid enough to talk nonsense without knowing anything.

"Pa pa pa..."

Just as Yu Xiangjun put down the phone and picked up his teacup to moisten his throat, the office door was knocked.

"Come in!"

Yu Xiangjun put down the teacup and looked toward the door. When he brought Jiadai and these people back last night, he knew there would be no shortage of calls today, but he hadn't expected so many.

The office door opened, and a young police officer stood at the door and said: "Director Yu, the Bureau Chief wants you to go to his office."

"I know!" Yu Xiangjun nodded helplessly and got up to walk out.

The young police officer asked curiously: "Director Yu, what exactly happened last night? How come so many were arrested, and they are all famous 'big shots'?"

"Stop prying!" Yu Xiangjun glared at the young police officer, arrived before the door of Bureau Chief Huang Minwei's office, and raised his hand to knock.

"Come in!" A low, oppressive voice came from inside the office.

Yu Xiangjun pushed the door open and walked in: "Chief Huang, were you looking for me?"

Seeing it was Yu Xiangjun, a smile appeared on Huang Minwei's face. He reached out to pick up a pack of cigarettes from the desk, skillfully pulled one out, and tossed it to Yu Xiangjun.

Yu Xiangjun caught the cigarette, walked to the sofa, sat down with a thud, and then pulled a lighter from his pocket to light the cigarette.

Huang Minwei looked at Yu Xiangjun and said in a teasing tone: "You caused quite a stir last night. I've already received several calls this morning."

Yu Xiangjun took a deep drag of the cigarette, then slowly exhaled a cloud of smoke, sighed helplessly, and said: "Tell me, to what extent are these people courting death, actually running to the first bar to cause trouble."

Huang Minwei leaned back in his chair, also lit a cigarette, and asked: "What exactly is going on?"

Yu Xiangjun explained the ins and outs of the matter in detail: "Ever since the 'Strike Hard' campaign in 1983, social order had indeed been stable for a few years.

But good times didn't last long. Nowadays, cases of drug trafficking and smuggling are frequent. The number of serious criminal cases such as intentional injury, robbery, rape, and homicide is also rising sharply.

As of the second quarter of this year, the number of criminal cases filed nationwide has already exceeded 1.2 million, among which tens of thousands belong to major and important cases."

Yu Xiangjun paused and continued: "In recent years, the public security situation in our Jingcheng has also been deteriorating rapidly, and black and evil forces are becoming increasingly rampant. Take Du Zai and the others we arrested last night, for example; each of them carries criminal cases to a greater or lesser extent.

Therefore, I believe that for these people, we must investigate and handle them strictly. Those who should be sentenced should be sentenced, and those who should be shot should be shot. We must never tolerate or accommodate them. Only in this way can we serve as a deterrent to those lawless elements."

After listening, Huang Minwei smoked silently for a while, then said in a deep voice: "You are right. If the public security situation continues to develop like this, I estimate that the time for a second 'Strike Hard' campaign won't be too far off."

Yu Xiangjun was silent for a moment, then said thoughtfully: "I think our district can completely take advantage of this incident to launch a special campaign to sweep away black and evil forces."

However, Huang Minwei shook his head slightly: "Just carrying out a sweep of black and evil forces within the district is probably difficult to produce enough deterrent power. To truly achieve results, it must be fully rolled out across the entire city. I'll go to the Municipal Bureau this afternoon to have a good talk with the leaders about this matter and see what their views and opinions are."

Hearing this, Yu Xiangjun's spirits were lifted: "If a sweep of black and evil forces can be carried out across the entire city, that would be truly great!"

Huang Minwei smoked his cigarette, looked at Yu Xiangjun, and asked: "Are the problems on Jiadai serious?"

Yu Xiangjun started to laugh: "Why, did someone call you to plead for mercy?"

Huang Minwei sighed helplessly and explained: "An old leader from my former military unit, who helped me a lot back then, so it's hard for me to refuse. I have to give him this face."

Yu Xiangjun asked: "I heard that Jiadai is also a descendant of the big courtyard?"

"Correct!" Huang Minwei nodded and said: "You don't need to consider so much. If the problems on Jiadai are relatively serious, just do what you have to do."

Huang Minwei wasn't a fool either. How would he dare to release people privately that Tang Lin and Zhang Zuo wanted to handle? Not to mention a former military leader, even if his own father crawled out of the coffin to plead for mercy, it wouldn't work.

Yu Xiangjun reached out and moved the ashtray closer: "As far as I know, Jiadai is quite famous, but the problems on him aren't big; they are just some fighting and brawling incidents.

Moreover, he has legitimate businesses in Shencheng, so as long as he isn't too stupid, he wouldn't commit crimes. Besides, Tang Lin only said to let Jiadai stay inside for twenty days or a month."

Huang Minwei said with a smile: "Alright, that's all I have. You go get busy."

At the same time, Zhou Andong stood quietly in front of the window of his office, the sunlight spilling onto him through the glass, forming a faint light and shadow.

He was holding an ice cream in his hand, eating it leisurely. This was sent by the Logistics Department, ordered from the ice cream factory yesterday, and delivered early in the morning. Every office in the factory department had some, one for each person.

Gu Bing stood beside him, holding two ice creams in his hands, biting one mouthful after another, eating with great relish.

"The evidence Liu Lijuan brought you, even if it can't take down Shi Guoqiang and Hu Dajun in one fell swoop, suspending them from their posts definitely shouldn't be a problem. But why are you suppressing it and not reporting it upward?"

Zhou Andong didn't answer immediately, but stuck out his tongue, licked the ice cream in his hand lightly, and felt the faint coolness. After a while, he asked slowly,

"Didn't Shi Guoqiang and Hu Dajun arrange for some retired old cadres to come to the factory to cause trouble? And they also said that Yin Yuexian would personally take the field. Do you think that old thing will really come?"

"Why wouldn't he come?" A gloating smile appeared on Gu Bing's face: "The Yin family hates you to the bone and wishes they could skin you alive. That old thing will definitely come. Let's see how you clean up the mess then!"

Zhou Andong tilted his head and looked at Gu Bing, asking: "Do you know what I like about you?"

Gu Bing was stunned by Zhou Andong's sudden question. He blinked a few times: "What do you like about me?"

Zhou Andong said with a smile: "I just like those big, clear eyes of yours that have never been polluted by wisdom."

Upon hearing this, a proud look immediately appeared on Gu Bing's face, and he said with a smile: "That's right, Huilin also often praises my eyes..."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly realized something was wrong. The smile froze on his face instantly, and then he cursed loudly: "Fuck, you bastard, are you scolding me again?"