Chapter 036: The Death Version and the Coward Version 1
While Chen She was worrying about his addiction to carving, Zeng Hailong and a few thugs from the Shark Gang were whispering outside the experience store, seemingly unable to make up their minds.
"What should we do, Brother Long? Could it be that our boss has been killed? If we do nothing, wouldn't it seem disloyal?"
"The Jungle Gang has started to stir up trouble again recently. If we want to fight back, will that be considered breaking Boss Chen's rules?"
"The key is that our gang is now spending more than it earns. If this continues, we won't even have money to play Mewtwo in the future!"
Zeng Hailong felt overwhelmed. As a simple-minded gangster, the current series of problems really stumped him.
He originally thought that being the boss was a very cool thing, but now he realized that it was not as simple as he thought.
Especially with my IQ, it is really difficult to deal with the problems I am facing now...
Although he has a certain reputation in the Shark Gang, Zeng Hailong's request that everyone abide by Chen She's requirements and not continue to do bad things or collect protection fees has caused dissatisfaction among many people.
Many people are secretly dissatisfied: We are clearly a street gang!
We can’t do this, we can’t do that, so what else can we do every day? Do we really just hang out in the Super Dream Experience Store every day?
Although Zeng Hailong was still barely in control of the situation, many members of the Shark Gang had already sneaked away and joined the Jungle Gang.
The members of the Jungle Gang also began to stir, seeing the possibility of regaining this area.
But these are not the biggest problems Zeng Hailong faces. His biggest problem is that he has no money.
After they could no longer collect protection fees, the gang's source of income was cut off, and the gang's existing funds could not sustain it for long.
Zeng Hailong hesitated for a long time, and finally made up his mind: "Okay, then I will risk my life and take everyone to talk to Boss Chen!"
"First, find out about the safety of those brothers. As for the money, don't worry about it. There will always be a way."
Zeng Hailong is a man who values loyalty. He is also worried that if he does nothing, his brothers will lose their morale and it will be difficult to lead the team.
So, he mustered up his courage and planned to have a talk with Chen She with a mood almost as if he was going to be executed.
The best outcome, of course, is that the original boss and several other brothers are still alive.
Even if Boss Chen doesn't let them go, at least the Shark Gang will have something to think about.
But this is actually not certain.
Who knows what this psychopath Boss Chen will do to them?
When Zeng Hailong came forward to intercede this time, he was fully prepared mentally and had anticipated many terrible consequences.
The gangsters made up their minds and walked into the experience store.
Zeng Hailong came in front of Chen She with a very well-behaved look.
"Boss Chen, considering that we have been following your rules all this time, can you please be honest with me?"
"Are those brothers of ours who were captured still alive?"
The other gangsters also watched eagerly, and some even had tears in their eyes. They were just about to hold a memorial service for their former boss on the spot.
Chen She couldn't help but burst out laughing, thinking, who do you think I am?
Am I that scary?
Do I look like a vicious person who kills people without blinking an eye?
It's outrageous.
Chen She put the statue aside and said, "Don't worry, they are all fine. They are tightening screws in my factory and undergoing labor reform."
"I find that these people are a bit stubborn in their thinking. I'm afraid it will take some time to change their minds."
"But you can rest assured. The factory provides food and accommodation, and you can get a monthly salary of 4,000 credit points. Although the money is not much, at least you can support yourself."
"When I feel their thoughts have been reformed enough and they have deeply realized their mistakes, I will release them."
"Ah?" Zeng Hailong and the gangsters were all stunned.
In fact, when Chen She had the Shark Gang leader captured, Zeng Hailong was also present. At that time, he vaguely heard Chen She say that he would send them to the factory to screw screws.
But Zeng Hailong didn't think this was meant literally at all.
The leader of the Shark Gang beat up Boss Chen's friend. How could Boss Chen let him off so easily? Just let him work in the factory and that was it?
He thought that the perverted boss Chen had come up with some cruel ways to torture people, and tightening the screws was just some special code word.
After all, with a psychopathic personality like Boss Chen, how could it be as simple as just going to the factory to tighten screws!
Zeng Hailong also imagined many extremely terrifying scenes in his mind.
Now I find out that it really is just tightening screws in the literal sense, and you get paid for it!
This is outrageous.
Zou Hailong and a few gangsters around him looked at each other, and two of them even showed longing expressions.
"4,000 credits a month, with free food and accommodation, sounds... not bad?"
"Yeah, the key is that there are no other daily expenses, and there is no danger. In this world, it is too difficult to find a decent job!"
Zeng Hailong was silent for a moment and then asked, "Boss Chen, is your factory still short of people? I want to screw screws, too."
Chen She almost spit out something.
What does it mean? These little hooligans actually asked to come and work?
Did you hear that right?
Chen She said incredulously: "Are you serious about what you said? Are you willing to do a job that pays 4,000 credit points a month?"
The two hooligans behind Zeng Hailong nodded: "Yes."
Chen She was very puzzled and asked a few more questions before he understood why they were willing to do so.
He made the same mistake as many people, which was to only see the thief eating meat but not the thief being beaten.
Although these street gang thugs appear to be arrogant and domineering on the surface, they can earn more than 4,000 yuan a month by simply robbing some money and collecting protection fees.
But the key is that there are other potential problems and risks!
It is possible to be hacked to death in a gang war.
There is a possibility of being arrested by DCPD or shot dead in the street.
It's really a completely precarious situation. You might become rich overnight, or you might lose your life if you are not careful.
In comparison, the latter is more likely.
Even if they did make money, most of it would have to be handed over as a fee. The money they got might be used to pay for medical expenses or to repair mechanical prostheses.
That's why many gangsters go to Aunt Li to repair their mechanical prostheses, but end up having no money to pay the bill.
What’s more, the situation of gang members is complicated.
There are people here who are born to be brave and aggressive and want to become famous; but there are also many people who simply have no other choice and are forced by life.
Because there are too few jobs in this world and the unemployment rate remains high!
Even some of the most basic OEM factories are becoming more and more mechanized, with fewer and fewer manual jobs.
If it weren't for the fact that labor is cheaper than machines in some positions, these positions would not even exist.
Many people with higher education can only do unskilled jobs, which squeezes people out from top to bottom.
Most of these gangsters come from low-income families, have not received a good education, and have no professional knowledge. Even if they want to find a job, they have no competitiveness at all.
They have nothing to do all day and no income, so they have no choice but to join gangs. But after joining the gangs, they have criminal records and it is even more impossible to find a job.
Over time, it becomes a vicious cycle.
Some people actually don’t want to be gangsters at all. They are very timid and value their lives very much, but there is nothing they can do. They have no choice at all!
So when some gangsters heard that Boss Chen's OEM factory provided food and accommodation, and paid 4,000 credit points, they not only did not think of it as a punishment, but instead felt it was a good job opportunity.
I 'm a little envious of those who were captured.
Chen She didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and asked Zeng Hailong: "But, as a gangster, shouldn't you have some ideals and goals? You are the boss of the Shark Gang now, are you willing to give up your current identity and status?"
Zeng Hailong was a little embarrassed: "Boss Chen, please don't make fun of me."
"I can't go out and collect protection money now. My brothers are running to the Jungle Gang every day. The Jungle Gang is eyeing me covetously and is ready to kill me at any time."
"As for the gangs in other regions, I can't afford to offend them. I'm lucky enough to be able to defend this little territory. How dare I provoke others?"
"What's the point of me being the boss of this gang? Sooner or later I will be replaced by the Jungle Gang."
Chen She thought about it and it seemed that this was indeed the problem.
He directly killed the leader of the Shark Gang and reformed the Shark Gang, but he did not solve the livelihood problem of these people.
What's more, the Jungle Gang is watching them covetously. If Zeng Hailong and his group fail, the Jungle Gang will make a comeback, which will be a trouble.
It has come to this point. The existence of Lishan Technology Experience Store has actually had a huge impact on the gang forces in this area.
In this case, there is no need to pretend any longer. I might as well wipe out both gangs and take over the law and order in this area myself!
Thinking of this, Chen She said, "Okay. In this case, I will be a good person to the end. You go back and count how many brothers in the Shark Gang are willing to work in the OEM factory, and I will make all the arrangements."
"It's the same with the Jungle Gang. Go and make a count and hand in the list."
Zeng Hailong was stunned for a moment: "Boss Chen, there is no way the Jungle Gang will listen to me. How can I have such a big face?"
Chen She looked at Zhou Lei and said, "You arrange two or three teams to hide in the dark to ensure that the communication between the two sides goes smoothly."
"If anyone from the Jungle Gang disagrees, you can help Zeng Hailong to persuade them and explain the reason to them."
Zhou Lei was stunned for a moment, then nodded excitedly: "Okay, Mr. Chen, I'll take care of this matter! The brothers have been patient for so many days, and they are itching to do it!"
Chen She nodded: " Go ahead ."
Zeng Hailong and his brothers left in a daze.
After sending these people away, Chen She felt a little melancholy.
How could I, a rebel leader, become involved with those thugs?
Originally I just wanted to open an experience store, but somehow I ended up occupying the surrounding land.
Chen She sighed softly, picked up the unfinished sculpture beside him and continued carving.
After carving for a while, he remembered that he should first call Zhao Zhen to let him know.
"Uncle Zhao, there may be a group of new employees arriving at the company tonight. Please arrange their onboarding work."
…
That evening.
Wu Yisu carefully took a look at the situation on the street through the crack in the door, then locked the door of the bar.
"It's going to kill me."
"Why are you here again? Didn't we just fight a few days ago?"
"Could it be that because the leader of the Shark Gang caused trouble in my bar before, Boss Chen arrested him, which led to unrest within the Shark Gang and the balance of power between the two sides returned to the same level?"
"That would be terrible if that were the case. I might as well pay more protection money!"
"If these two gangs continue to fight, my business, which has finally started to pick up, will fail again!"
Wu Yisu was extremely anxious.
Through the crack in the door, he clearly saw that almost all members of the Shark Gang and the Jungle Gang were present, occupying the entire street.
The two sides were on the verge of a tense confrontation with each other, centered on Lishan Technology's experience store, but no one dared to cross the line.
These days, Wu Yisu used the method Chen She said to contact some small internet celebrities in Liming City. Unexpectedly, it really worked!
With the addition of these internet celebrities, the entire bar instantly became much more lively, and the flow of people increased day by day.
Wu Yisu calculated happily that based on the current situation, maybe in a few weeks he would be able to expand the bar with the money he had saved, or even think about opening a branch.
But if the two gangs fight again, it will definitely have a serious impact on his business, and those internet celebrities may even refuse to come here again on the grounds that the area is unsafe.
That's why Wu Yisu thought that it would be better to let the boss of the Shark Gang beat him up and pay some protection money!
At least that would ensure a relatively stable business environment nearby, and it wouldn't continue to be as chaotic as it is now.
But it was no use regretting now. Wu Yisu could only observe the situation on the street carefully.
…
The leader of the Jungle Gang looked at the posture of the Shark Gang on the opposite side. He asked his subordinates to stay alert to enhance their prestige, while making his own plans.
Recently, people from the Shark Gang have been frequently running to the Jungle Gang, which has given the Jungle Gang an opportunity to turn things around.
He had been thinking of accumulating some strength so that he could take advantage of the internal strife of the Shark Gang to turn the tables, but he did not expect that the new leader of the Shark Gang, Zeng Hailong, would send someone to deliver a message to him first, inviting him to negotiate.
The location is right at the entrance of Lishan Technology Experience Store.
The leader of the Jungle Gang thought about it and decided that this was a relatively fair and neutral location. After all, the owner of the experience store had been watching the fight from the sidelines since he opened the experience store, and had never directly intervened in the affairs of the two gangs.
Judging from Zeng Hailong's statement, he seems to have given in a bit.
Because people from the Shark Gang kept running to the Jungle Gang, the leader of the Jungle Gang actually had a lot of intelligence and knew that Zeng Hailong was facing internal and external troubles and could not hold on any longer.
The leader of the Jungle Gang believes that Zeng Hailong is not fit to be a gang leader. At most, he is just a slightly smarter thug and it will be difficult for him to solve the current problems faced by the Shark Gang.
Negotiations at this time are likely to lead to the merger of the two gangs.
By then, the leader of the Jungle Gang only needs to give Zeng Hailong a relatively high position and promote the merger of gangs, and then he can slowly digest the entire Shark Gang!
If you can defeat the enemy without fighting, why bother fighting to the death?
The leader of the Jungle Gang had beautiful thoughts.
In fact, based on the known conditions he has, it is not surprising to make such an inference.
Thinking of this, the leader of the Jungle Gang stepped forward and said to Zeng Hailong: "Hailong, you are a fierce warrior, and I have admired you for a long time. It is meaningless for our two gangs to fight to the death, so why don't we join forces to make money together?"
Zeng Hailong nodded: "Yes, I think so too, we should join forces to make money together."
"I just don't know...are you good at tightening screws?"
The leader of the Jungle Gang was stunned for a moment: "Huh?"
Zeng Hailong's expression suddenly changed, and he gave an order: "Go!"
At the command, the Shark Gang members in the front row did not move.
The leader of the Jungle Gang laughed loudly: "Zeng Hailong, you don't know yet, right? Many people around you have been turned against me! Do you still want to fight me? Do you have the qualifications?"
"You really don't want to drink the wine, so you can drink the wine for punishment. Let's do it!"
At the command of the Jungle Gang leader, the gangsters in the Jungle Gang each took out cold weapons or guns!
But at this moment, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.
Because Zeng Hailong did not panic, but stood there very calmly.
Just as the thugs from the Jungle Gang pulled out their guns, they heard a series of gunshots on the top floor of the experience store.
The bullets flew from the roof of the experience store and accurately penetrated the low-quality guns in the hands of these gangsters!
Parts were broken all over the ground, and some gangsters were injured by stray bullets and screamed in pain.
At the same time, there was a sudden chaos behind the Jungle Gang! A dozen young men wearing experience store uniforms and holding alloy swords rushed in like cutting melons and vegetables!
When the two sides engaged in battle, the gangsters were no match at all and were scattered in an instant!
The gangsters were frightened, but they found that they were not injured, but the knives in their hands were cut off at the root, leaving only the handles.
They were shocked to find that judging from the appearance, the swords held by these shop assistants were all C-grade alloy swords produced by the Icefield Defense Group!
Zeng Hailong said to the leader of the Jungle Gang apologetically: "When I say take action, I don't mean to let my men do it."
The leader of the jungle gang was shocked and angry. Just as he was about to say something, he was hit accurately by a anesthetic bullet!
He felt drowsy and passed out.
At the last moment, many question marks floated through his mind.
"How could this Zeng Hailong be so unethical and even find helpers..."
"What is the origin of this experience store? How rich must it be? How come every employee has a C-grade alloy sword..."
Everything that was happening before his eyes was completely beyond his understanding.
The other thugs were basically the same as him, completely frightened, and some even threw their weapons on the ground.
There is no will to resist at all.
How do I fight this?
Seeing that the situation on the scene was under control, Zeng Hailong coughed twice and said, "Next, I will briefly introduce the work content and basic salary of the foundry..."
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Monday, March 17th.
Chen She sat on the sofa carving a new work. Seeing that the popularity in the experience store had dropped again and returned to about 50% to 60% occupancy rate, he nodded with satisfaction.
This number of people is the most comfortable number!
Last night, Chen She ordered the rebel soldiers to take sides and wipe out the defenseless Jungle Gang.
Then he simply classified the people from the Shark Gang and the Jungle Gang.
People like Zeng Hailong who have no serious criminal record and are willing to cooperate are all incorporated into the OEM factory, working normally and going to and from get off work on time.
Some cunning and treacherous hooligans may be more difficult to reform. For such people, Chen She also stuffed them into the foundry, but it was more like labor reform, directly depriving them of their personal freedom.
Their eating, living and working are all monitored by the soldiers of the resistance army. They will be gradually reformed after working for a period of time, and then the time of releasing them back into society will be considered based on the results of the reform.
Some particularly bad thugs, or even those who have committed numerous crimes, will be directly sent to the DCPD.
Chen She also acted as an enthusiastic citizen.
After this group of thugs led by Zeng Hailong became new employees of Lishan Technology Group, they worked during the day and came to the experience store to play at night.
Originally these people were regular customers of the experience store. Once they left, the customer flow of the experience store dropped significantly.
There is also a noticeable change in the public security of the entire street, and there is actually a quiet and peaceful atmosphere!
Although gangs in other neighborhoods are eyeing this piece of fat meat, on the one hand, Zeng Hailong is still leading some reformed gangsters of the Shark Gang to maintain the power in this area; on the other hand, this area is actually protected by the Lishan Technology Group, and ordinary gangsters dare not come to cause trouble.
The incredible battle that night happened so quickly that not many people saw it, but the story was still exaggerated and spread, so that the surrounding gangs stayed away from the area.
Of course, Chen She had already discussed with Zhao Zhen about putting these gangsters into the OEM factory.
In the short term, the resistance soldiers kept their mouths shut and kept a close watch on them, so the gangsters couldn't see any clues.
Of course, this is not a long-term solution, so Chen She considered investing money to build a new factory outside and moving these gangsters into the new factory as a whole, so that there would be no need to worry about leaks.
Zhao Zhen also questioned the work efficiency of these gangsters. After all, the rebels were all skilled workers, and these gangsters had just arrived and had to start from scratch, which would definitely affect the production plan.
Chen She used his tricks again. He told Zhao Zhen that the rebel soldiers should race against time to train and should not spend all their energy on meaningless repetitive work such as tightening screws in the factory.
This kind of repetitive labor can be done by these gangsters who have little culture and no ideas. By the way, it can also ease social conflicts, maintain public order, and provide jobs for the gangsters. It is really killing three birds with one stone.
Zhao Zhen thought about it and it made sense, so he agreed. He then took the time to investigate the site for the new factory and try to build a new production line as soon as possible to transfer all the gangsters there.
In this way, the public security problem at the experience store has been completely solved!
While Chen She was carving a new statue, he was thinking about the task he had assigned to Lin Luxi last time.
According to the time calculation, it should have been completed.
Although the full version of "Ember of the Dead" will not be officially completed and released for another half a month, the difficulty adjustment should have been completed!
