As soon as he opened the door the next morning, Sokov received an uninvited guest.
Lao Tan, whom I met at Mumu Restaurant last time, appeared at the door and asked with an unfriendly expression: "Are you Lao Hu's friend?"
"That's right, I'm Lao Hu's friend." Sokov saw that the other party was coming from a bad place, and asked with a straight face: "What's the matter with you?"
"I have a friend, the one you met at Mumu Restaurant." Old Tan said angrily: "Yesterday, because you refused to take him to the airport, I had to find another car to take him there. As a result, I was arrested by the police on the way.
He was detained and is still in a detention center. I give you two choices now, one is to get him out; the other is to compensate me five thousand US dollars..."
Hearing what Lao Tan said, Sokov almost raised his hand and gave him a loving touch. Whatever happens to Mr. Cai is none of my business. Since he is your friend, you have to figure out a way to clean up the mess yourself. Actually
He also wanted me to help him recruit people. If he didn't, he would have to pay an additional five thousand US dollars in compensation. He looked crooked and cracked, so he thought he was quite beautiful.
"Lao Hu is my friend, are you his friend?" Sokov asked coldly.
Lao Tan hesitated for a moment, and then replied: "One of his fellow villagers once rented a house with me."
"His fellow countryman shared a house with you." Sokov sneered and said, "Why should I help you since I'm not even a friend?"
"Even if we are not friends, what does it matter?" Old Tan said plausibly: "We are all Chinese, and we are all compatriots. If we can help each other, what does it matter?"
"I don't know you, so why should I help you?" Sokov said disdainfully: "When something happens, we are compatriots. When nothing happens, who are you? If I really send Mr. Cai to the airport, maybe I will
It will get me into trouble, no, I’ve already gotten into trouble, why don’t you just come to my door and make trouble unreasonably?”
When Lao Tan heard this, he immediately became anxious: "How can I call it unreasonable? It's obviously because you refused to send people to the airport that something happened to Mr. Cai."
The quarrel attracted the attention of other colleagues on the street, and everyone gathered around to eat melon.
Someone who had a good relationship with Sokov asked tentatively: "Xiao Lin, what happened?"
Sokov quickly told the whole story to the people around him.
After hearing this, everyone began to condemn Lao Tan: "I help you out of love, but not to help you out of duty. I don't even know you, so why should I help you take someone to the airport? I was caught for being so domineering, so why don't I look for myself?"
You are so thick-skinned that you came here to cause trouble."
What's more, they directly called the security guard and asked him to deal with Lao Tan.
This place is different from China. The security in the market has great power. If someone like Lao Tan comes to cause trouble, he can be locked up in a dark room for a few days. When he saw the security guard who came to question him, Lao Tan suddenly became scared.
After a few perfunctory words, he fled.
After the crowd of onlookers dispersed, Lena said angrily: "Misha, you are so talkative. All cats and dogs dare to come over and bar their teeth at you."
"Okay, okay, people have left." Sokov said with a smile: "Clean up the store and get ready for business."
While Lina was sweeping the floor, she suddenly asked: "By the way, Misha, has Anna gone to find you?"
"Well, he came to my place last night." Sokov knew very well that Lena took the greatest credit for Anna to appear in his home again: "Thank you, Lena, thank you for speaking up for me in front of Anna.
Good words."
"If you want to thank me, then give me a salary increase."
Sokov didn't say anything, just smiled. He knew that the other party was joking. The salary he offered was the highest on this street. If it increased again, the bosses of other shops should come to him to protest.
, because it will appear that the wages they provide are low, which will cause employees to feel uneasy about working because of low wages.
I thought that what happened in the morning was over, but I didn't expect that at noon, Lao Tan, who was driven away by the security guards, brought seven or eight more people.
After these people arrived, they directly blocked the entrance of the store to prevent customers who wanted to enter the store.
Mudd, it’s not over, right?
When Sokov saw this, he immediately became angry. He could see that the people Lao Tan was leading were gang members, but the other party had forgotten that the area here was under the direct jurisdiction of the market boss. Unlike the place where they usually ran rampant, it was
Contracted by the gang leader.
So he asked Ada and Lena to go out and call security, while he dealt with these uninvited guests alone.
Sokov looked at one of the men wearing a large gold chain and asked: "What do you want to do?"
"I heard that you have offended our brother, and we are here to seek justice for him." Da Jin Lianzi said in a bold tone: "Now you can take out fifty thousand US dollars, kneel down and kowtow to our brother, and this matter will be over.
. Otherwise, you won’t be able to open a store here again in the future.”
If Sokov's store is opened in an area contracted by a gang leader, if something like this happens, the only option is to knock out his front teeth and swallow blood, give in, and lose money to eliminate disaster. But this is an area directly under the jurisdiction of the Azerbaijani boss of the market.
, how can we allow these young people to act recklessly?
So he sneered and asked: "I was not wrong in this matter, why should I admit my mistake to you?"
"Boy, you succeeded in irritating me." Da Jinlianzi said arrogantly: "Now I don't want fifty thousand, but one hundred thousand, one hundred thousand US dollars. Fifty thousand of which is the fine for your bad attitude just now."
The big gold chain wanted to extort money, and Sokov would naturally not agree. The surrounding shops found out that something had happened here. Some shop owners stood in front of their stores, whispering to others about what happened. There were also some who had a good relationship with Sokov.
The person quietly ran to find the security guard.
The big gold chain stepped forward and grabbed Sokov's lapel, and said viciously: "Boy, take out the money, or I will destroy the store for you!"
"Hmph," Sokov glanced outside the store and snorted coldly: "If you want to smash my store, I don't think you have the ability yet."
"Let me show you if I have this ability." The big gold chain waved his hand and shouted loudly: "Smash it for me!"
But the next moment, he heard screams one after another, and the people he brought fell to the ground, curled up, like frightened pangolins, howling non-stop.
Dajin Lianzi turned his head and saw that a group of security guards had appeared behind him. His gang of boys had been knocked to the ground by a group of security guards wielding rubber sticks. Behind them, there were several security guards with guns standing.
Seeing this situation, Dajin Lianzi was immediately frightened. He quickly let go of Sokov's clothes, raised his hands and shouted loudly: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, this is all a misunderstanding!"
The security captain walked into the store and asked Sokov: "Misha, are they here to cause trouble?"
Sokov knew very well that if he didn't teach these people a lesson, they might come again at any time. Only a thousand days of being a thief, and a thousand days of guarding against thieves. If they come to cause trouble every now and then, even if he has security guards to rely on,
It’s also very annoying.
So he nodded vigorously and said in a positive tone: "Yes, they are here to cause trouble. They probably want to start with me first, and then gradually occupy the entire street."
"Security, security." Dajin Lianzi could understand Russian. Hearing what Sokov said, he immediately became anxious and quickly defended: "I told you, this is just a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!"
The security captain didn't talk nonsense to him, raised a rubber bat and hit him on the head, beating him to a bloody head on the spot.
Then he waved his hand to his subordinates and said loudly: "Take them to the company office."
Just like that, a group of security guards escorted the gang members towards the company office.
Seeing the troublemaker being taken away, the onlookers all clapped and applauded.
But just at this moment, an old lady named Li stood up and said loudly: "Why do these gang members go to your store instead of making trouble in other people's stores? I think you'd better move away. If
If you piss them off and they come here every day to cause trouble, how can you do this business in the future?"
"I'm an old man, I think you are the one who wants to get out." Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished speaking, a young man next to her attacked her: "Brother Lin, if you don't let the security guards arrest them today,
Let these guys taste the sweetness, then they will really come to cause trouble every day and go to various stores to extort money."
As soon as he finished speaking, others immediately echoed: "Yes, we are all on Xiao Lin's side regarding today's matter. Others are bullying you. If you only know how to compromise and don't know how to fight back, you will not be in the hands of others."
You can knead the dough however you want."
"You'd better get out of our street as soon as possible." At this time, an elder sister stood up and exposed Mrs. Li: "You think I don't know that you went to gang-controlled areas some time ago and found the gang leader to beg for mercy.
Someone else will come over and take over our street."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was excited and asked the eldest sister: "Is everything you said true?"
"Of course it's true." The elder sister nodded and said, "My fellow villager told me about this. He said that he saw Mrs. Li going to the gang leader Wang Juntao with his own eyes. He nodded and bowed and said, "This is the area we are in.
, it is the Azerbaijani who is running it, and she hopes he can come and take over. She also told others that if they don't come and take over the management, she will be like a child without a father and a mother, unable to find support."
Hearing what the eldest sister said, everyone became angry.
The market is divided into many areas, contracted by people from many countries. The area where Sokov's store is located, because it was established relatively early, is always managed by the company owner himself. Apart from paying the stall fee every month, there are no fees. If
If Wang Juntao's gang takes over this area, in addition to the stall fee, they will also have to pay the same amount of protection fees every month. From time to time, his men will come in with a portrait of the God of Wealth, saying that they are giving away the God of Wealth, and ask for 10,000 from the shop owner.
Benefit fee in U.S. dollars.
Because everyone knew the inside story, they all became angry after listening to the eldest sister's story.
Those who are impatient should go directly to the company office to find the boss, hoping that he can drive out this black sheep, Mrs. Li.
Only half an hour later, security came to the door and sealed Mrs. Li's shop because she had not paid this month's rent.
Seeing this situation, everyone inquired privately and found out that Mrs. Li was in arrears with rent for two months due to poor business. If she hadn't gone crazy and committed suicide today, I'm afraid everyone wouldn't know about it. As for Mrs. Li,
When Tai went to find the gang leader, someone soon revealed the truth. Because she couldn't pay the rent for the store, she fancifully thought that as long as someone from other places took over the area, the other party might be able to waive the rent for a few months.
Then she would be able to get over the difficulty. Unexpectedly, she ended up shooting herself in the foot. Not only did she not have any rent left, but she was kicked out.
After get off work, Sokov came to the parking lot and saw Anna standing next to his car, dancing and talking on the phone.
Seeing Sokov coming, Anna quickly hung up the phone, ran over, hugged Sokov, kissed him on the face, and said with a smile: "Misha, you're off work."
"Well, it's time to get off work." Sokov opened the car door with the remote control key and shook his head at Anna: "Get in the car!"
As Sokov drove the vehicle and left the market, Anna asked about what happened during the day.
Sokov told her the whole story in detail.
After hearing this, Anna asked with worry: "Misha, will they retaliate against you?"
"Anna, if this market has just been established, it is indeed possible as you said." Sokov saw Anna's worry and quickly comforted her and said: "The security force in the market is very strong now. Not to mention where we are.
The area is managed by the Azerbaijani owner of the market himself. Do you think he will let something happen in this area? I estimate that those who have been arrested have been sent to the police station and will stay in the detention room for a few days."
"Is it really going to be okay?"
"Don't worry, nothing will happen."
Seeing Sokov being so calm, Anna felt more at ease: "Misha, when do you think it's more appropriate for us to go to Sochi?"
"Let's wait for a while." If nothing like what happened today, Sokov might have wanted to leave overnight. But now, he had to stay and observe whether anything would happen in the coming days.
Anna looked very disappointed: "Ah, we still have to wait for a while?"
"If nothing happens today, I would like to take a boat to Sochi overnight." Sokov explained to Anna: "Although the chance of those people coming to cause trouble is small, we cannot take it lightly. We need to observe it for at least a few days and wait.
After the situation becomes clear, it will not be too late to decide when to go to Sochi."
"Oh well."
"By the way, I answered a phone call while you were sleeping last night. Baharov and his friends planned to go to a villa in the suburbs in a few days to hold a party there and invited me." Sokov glanced ahead.
Seeing that there was no car, he asked Anna sideways: "I wonder if you would like to go with me?"
"Misha, didn't I tell you last time?" Anna said hesitantly: "There is a party in the suburban villa, it's a bit chaotic..."
"You can rest assured about this." Sokov interrupted her next words, "The person who invited us to the party was an acquaintance, and I didn't let you go alone, but went with you. I don't think so.
Something happened."
Hearing what Sokov said, Anna frowned and thought for a long time, and finally made up her mind, nodded slowly, and said: "Okay, then I will follow you to participate."
After pausing for a moment, Anna remembered something important: "By the way, when can you get your real estate certificate?"