Chapter 68: Trouble Comes Knocking

Next.

Hong Bo, just as he said, had no thought of resting and immediately had Li Jiaci arrange work for him.

Li Jiaci thought for a moment, then told Hong Bo: 'First go deliver the timber these sites need, then tell them the current situation.'

'If they are willing to continue cooperation.'

'We'll just follow what we told them before.'

Li Jiaci said: 'If they don't want to cooperate and want to cancel our contract, that's fine.'

'Okay.'

'I understand.'

Hong Bo answered with an acknowledgment, turned and was about to leave.

'Hey, Brother Hong!'

'When you go to the city, could you also print a few name cards for me?'

Before, when we didn't have phones, we just made do.

But now that we have phones, he certainly should arrange name cards as well.

Of course, he's not doing this to show off; it's mainly to facilitate business cooperation.

After all, when discussing business in the future, it's inevitable to leave phone numbers and such.

'Good!'

'Anything else?'

Hong Bo said: 'If there's nothing else, I'll take the people to queue up and haul timber.'

He was just about to leave.

Li Jiaci called him back: 'You're already a member of our factory—why queue? Just drive the vehicles in through the back gate and load timber there from now on.'

'Oh dear, look at my brain.'

Hong Bo patted his forehead and said: 'Just now something happened, and I turned around and forgot it.'

Li Jiaci smiled helplessly, then arranged for workers to load Hong Bo's vehicle.

After Hong Bo and his crew finished loading the vehicle and set off,

Wang Lan also came up to Li Jiaci, smiling and asking: 'Brother, does this count as us having our own fleet now?'

'Drop the "supposedly".'

Li Jiaci said: 'We really do have our own fleet now!'

'Hehe!'

'This is really great.'

Wang Lan chuckled and said: 'If in the future we can get more vehicles, we won't need to spend money hiring people to haul timber from outside.'

'Don't worry, there will be.'

Li Jiaci said with a distant gaze: 'In the future we'll have many, many vehicles—more than you could count—and lots of money, more than you could ever spend.'

'Hmm.'

Wang Lan nodded heavily: 'I believe your words, Brother!'

'Hehe.'

Li Jiaci laughed and patted his shoulder: 'I've been too busy lately to attend to you, but when I have time later, Brother will take you to university.'

Hearing that,

Wang Lan's eyes lit up noticeably.

His biggest dream in life has been to set foot on a university campus.

It's a pity he never had the chance before, and usually could only watch university students with envy.

But now, hearing that he has a chance to attend university, he is naturally delighted.

But after thinking it over, his face fell again: 'I haven't even finished high school—how can I go to university…'

'You can't get into a regular university.'

'But we can go to an adult university.'

Li Jiaci said: 'Given your abilities, I also believe that even if you attend an adult university you could outlearn those regular students!'

Wang Lan pressed her lips: 'Thank you, Brother!'

'What's with being formal with your brother?'

'Let's walk on and take a stroll up ahead.'

'If we figure the timing, Old Four and Old Five will be back from Jiangcheng soon.'

……

It was about a little past one in the afternoon.

Zhao Chen and Zhang Chuqiang led the fleet back to the timber factory.

But when Zhao Chen and Zhang Chuqiang jumped down from the vehicle, they didn't even bother to greet Li Jiaci up front; instead they strode off running outward.

Zhao Chen shouted while running outward, pointing in a direction: 'Damn it, if you've got the guts, don't run, you son of a bitch!'

Li Jiaci felt a bit dazed.

But he didn't hesitate long, just kicked off and chased after them.

Zhao Chen and Zhang Chuqiang moved with lightning speed.

Not long after, they got tangled up with a group of people, shoving and shouting at each other.

Seeing the situation turning bad, Li Jiaci quickened his pace and ran over.

'What the hell are you doing? What the hell are you doing?'

Li Jiaci glanced around and said, "What trouble are you making here?"

Zhao Chen pointed at the man opposite and said, "Brother, we're not causing trouble; they're stealing our work!"

"Stealing work?"

Li Jiaci's brows furrowed even deeper.

Only then did he carefully look at the men confronting Zhao Chen and Zhang Chuqiang.

There were seven people in total, each carrying a backpack and holding something like a business card.

And at this moment.

Zhang Chuqiang went up and snatched the business card from someone's hand, handing it to Li Jiaci.

Li Jiaci glanced down and read: "General Manager of Nian Yong Mu Cai Chang, Zheng Degui."

Upon seeing those words.

Li Jiaci's eyes narrowed involuntarily.

Now he finally understood why Zhao Chen and Zhang Chuqiang were so angry.

And it wasn't just them.

Upon seeing that business card, Li Jiaci felt a surge of anger welling up inside.

If they had stopped him on the road or something, Li Jiaci definitely wouldn't have said a single unnecessary word.

After all, everyone has to make a living; no one has it easy, but brazenly showing up at their factory gate to hand out business cards is going too far.

"What's up?"

"This is not treating me like a person."

Li Jiaci found it laughable yet also speechless.

"Leave the business card!"

Li Jiaci said calmly, "You may go."

The few people exchanged glances, and a stout-built man spoke up: "What are you supposed to be? Why should we listen to you?"

"Exactly!"

Another said, "We haven't come to your factory to hand out business cards, so what business is it of yours?"

"What the hell?"

"You still want to come into my factory to hand out cards?"

Zhao Chen was unhappy and reached out to grab that person's collar.

"What the hell?"

That person pushed his hand away, tilted his head, and looked at Zhao Chen: "You wanna fight?"

The surrounding people, hearing that, immediately gathered and hostilely surrounded the three.

Li Jiaci looked left and right, then his gaze fell on the face of the man obviously the leader: "Is this also Zheng Degui's idea?"

"What Zheng Degui or not Zheng Degui."

That person sneered and said, "We're just paid by others to hand out their business cards; if you don't cause us trouble and let us work, we won't bother with you."

"What if I don't allow it?"

Li Jiaci tilted his head and asked, "What then?"

Upon hearing those words.

That man stared blankly for a moment, then gave a cold chuckle twice and said, "Then don't blame us for being ruthless; after all, we're just trying to make a living."

Things have come to this.

How could Li Jiaci still not understand what's going on?

These people, plainly speaking, are just here to cause trouble.

Li Jiaci's gaze swept over the faces of the men before him one by one.

The matter of Zheng Degui entering the timber industry.

Moreover, peers are enemies; he also had no intention of getting along peacefully with Zheng Degui.

He had even begun preparing early on for a showdown with Zheng Degui in the timber market, a clash of wits.

But he never expected that Zheng Degui's first move against him would be such a despicable tactic.