Ace of the Dragon Division - Chapter 239
Chapter 239: Go Buy Yourself a Coffin with the Six Hundred Thousand
When Old Yuan hung up, he walked out from the office and came to the front hall of the bar. Over there, five buff guys were playing cards, and they were all tattooed up. Each of them still had the North Gate tattoo printed on their chest, and although North Gate had been removed, they felt that they still wanted to keep the tattoo to commemorate the glorious days they had, and it would also be enough to shock some people.
These people were also not just any ordinary North Gate members, they were actually signature fighters for hire. After North Gate closed down, Old Yuan took them in and opened up a few bars and a security guard company. Normally, other than operating the bars and the company, they would also pick up a few quick side hustles.
Seeing Old Yuan come out, those few giggled and asked, “Boss, wanna play a few rounds?”
Old Yuan sat down and looked at them. “There’s an order, you guys wanna take it? A bro of mine came to me because he got hit, and he’s pretty angry.”
Those people were still playing cards as a guy subconsciously asked, “Dead or alive? It’s not like in the past, and we don’t really want to accept kill orders any more. We are pretty old now, and if it wasn’t for taking care of our kids, we wouldn’t really choose to work these side hustles anyways. We really just want to live a peaceful life, Old Yuan, you get what we mean, right?”
Old Yuan laughed and replied, “Of course I get what you mean. They don’t want a dead man, just need to beat him up to the point where he needs to spend a couple months in the hospital, that’s all.”
Then, he raised three fingers and said, “This number.”
“30 thousand?” Someone said, “You probably gave a friend discount right? But yeah, that’s reasonable too.”
Old Yuan laughed. “300 thousand.”
“300 thousand yuan?” Those people all stopped what they were doing and looked towards Old Yuan, “Who does he want us to beat up for 300 thousand yuan? That guy’s definitely not simple, right?”
Old Yuan: “Indeed, but not untouchable. The guy’s a lieutenant from the military. Not the 8th MR in Shangcheng but rather from a pretty remote area and they won’t be able to extend their hand to our city. However, that guy does know how to fight, and that’s why that old friend of mine asked me for help. If he could find other people to teach that guy a lesson, he wouldn’t have offered that price. Of course, he gave a really good price thinking that you guys might hesitate because it’s someone from the military.”
Those guys put their cards down and looked at each other. Old Yuan saw that they were tempted.
“Old Yuan, then let’s also be more direct. You also know why North Gate collapsed in the first place, and now many brothers already moved to legit jobs and we all don’t want to cause any more trouble. If we were caught beating up a guy from the military, we will basically be screwed for the rest of our lives. So yeah, it’s too risky, but we will get the job done. However, there are five of us here, 500 thousand! 500 thousand and we will take the job.”
Old Yuan: “Alright, then I will go and make a call.”
Then, he took out his phone and directly called Ou Li.
When Ou Li heard the price rose to 500 thousand, he felt like he was getting ripped off. He obviously knew it wasn’t worth that much money just to beat someone up, but he was also still really angry. Yan Xian heard it on the side and directly said, “I will chip in that extra 200 thousand, do it!”
Ou Li gritted his teeth. “500 thousand it is then, but don’t sell us out if something happens.”
Old Yuan: “Not a problem.”
After hanging up, Old Yuan laughed. “Done.”
Those five tattooed men laughed and asked, “Alright then, what’s that guy’s name? Is there any information on him, like his address or where he usually hangs out at.”
Old Yuan went to his phone’s mailbox and found the new email from Ou Li about Xu Cheng.
“His name is Xu Cheng, 26 years old-”
“What did you say?” Before Old Yuan could finish, just the name was enough to startle those 5 guys, causing their eyes to become wide open. “What’s his name? Xu Cheng? Which Cheng? Cheng as in honest or Cheng as in city?” (TL Note: direct translation of Cheng in Chinese)
Old Yuan paused for a second and asked in confusion. “Is there a difference?”
“Of course!” Someone immediately grabbed Old Yuan’s phone, and upon seeing Xu Cheng’s name, his face completely changed. The other guys all stood up to see, and they anxiously asked, “Are there photos of him?”
Old Yuan scrolled down further, and the email indeed came with a picture of Xu Cheng from back when they were filming “True Men”.
Upon seeing that face, those ex-North Gate fighters felt their butth0les tightening as they remembered that terrifying night of being dominated by him.
They took in a deep breath and then began cursing, “Get that f-ck out of my face! Who’s going to fight him!”
Old Yuan: “What’s wrong? Is there a problem?”
Someone immediately bitterly smiled. “A problem? Oh there’s a big f-cking problem! Old Yuan, delete this email right away, and we will pretend that you never told us about this. We are not picking up this order, and you should tell that friend of yours to behave as well. Tell him not to ask other people to do this job, because there’s probably no one in Shangcheng who is willing to take it.”
Old Yuan began to realize the severity of this situation and he probed, “This guy’s not simple?”
At this moment, a guy sat down, dispirited. It was as if his soul had just left his body as he said, “A few months ago, North Gate disbanded, and then West Gate’s casinos were closed down and the entirety of West Gate got arrested. Most of their people are still in prison right now. The four kings of West Gate got sentenced to life, and almost 100 billion yuan of cash was seized from the underground money house. The underground money house’s owner, Hetian, already got his death-sentence served, and the entire Wei Nation Business Alliance in Shangcheng was exposed of tax evasion, fraud, money-laundering, and so on. The stocks of all those companies plummeted, and during that period, the underground forces called it the Black Season. And all of that, all of what I just mentioned, was caused by one guy, and that guy’s name was Xu Cheng.”
Old Yuan was dumbfounded, and he didn’t know what to say at all. He just sat in that chair and said, “Thank God… Thank God we didn’t do anything yet…”
Another guy sneered and looked at Old Yuan. “I think you should ask if that friend of yours had offended Xu Cheng to the point of no return. If that’s the case, then you should keep a distance from him too. This is just our sincere reminder, you don’t have to take it.”
Old Yuan immediately made a call and directly asked, “President Ou, the guy you want us to beat up, is there a big conflict between you guys?”
President Ou asked back, “If it’s not big, would he hit me? I’m going to torture him to death, and his woman too. I’m going to stink up her reputation and force her out of the entertainment industry!”
Old Yuan: “President Ou, those few brothers of mine are quite busy with other orders, can we postpone yours?”
Ou Li: “What do you mean? They think 500 thousand isn’t enough now? Bro, are you trying to pump up that price on purpose? 600 thousand, is 600 thousand okay now? I want your guys to jump him in the next few days, and I can send you half of the money now, and the remaining amount after it’s done.”
Old Yuan: “It’s not that, President Ou, you know Xu Cheng’s not easy to deal with…”
Ou Li: “What’s not easy to deal with? It’s fine if you don’t want to take this order, but quit trying to scam me. Let me tell you, Old Yuan, it’s not just your people that do this kind of job.”
One of the guys directly grabbed the phone over and shouted, “If you want to play with fire, then go ahead! Use that 600 thousand yuan to buy yourself a coffin! The lives of us brothers are more valuable than yours, you got that? F-cking dumb f-ck!”
