Ah Xiang shivered and nodded subconsciously. Although he was puzzled as to why I was willing to help him pay his debt, he was sure that this amount of money was nothing to me.
I didn't give him a chance to bully me, which was the most annoying part. However, he didn't dare to retort. No matter what, he got to know me today, and there would be many more chances to get to know me in the future.
I naturally understood Ah Xiang's thoughts. As expected, this fellow was the same as my cousin. Although his character wasn't too good, it wasn't to the point where I would hate him. Moreover, when I saw him, I felt that my cousin's life had been extended. I didn't mind helping him. If he was really useless, I would let him live and die on his own.
"Little brother, other than the debt, can you lend me a startup fund? I believe that with my past experience and connections, I have a chance to make a comeback!" Ah Xiang begged.
"How much do you want?" I asked casually.
"Two hundred thousand is fine …" He made a gesture. Seeing that I didn't say anything, he changed his mind. "One hundred and fifty thousand is fine too."
"It's okay. As long as you do things honestly, don't mention two hundred thousand, even two million is not a problem," I shook my head and said.
"Ah!"
He was obviously regretful, but he wasn't greedy. He couldn't take everything for granted just because I treated him well.
At this moment, I noticed that the gamblers were looking at me with anticipation. It was obvious that most of them had lost money. Now that they saw someone cheating, and with Ah Xiang's comparison, they also hoped that the sky would drop a pie.
This put me in a difficult position. If I asked Zhang Laosi to spit out the money, he definitely wouldn't dare to go against my wishes. However, as the saying goes, a pitiful person must have a hateful side. They couldn't control their greed, so they ended up like this. At least part of it was because of themselves.
"Mr. Zhang, you should know how much money these people have lost in your shop, right?" I suddenly called him.
"More or less," Boss Zhang said hesitantly.
"Okay, refund a third of the money to each of them. I owe you a favor," I thought about it and said.
"Ah ha!"
Boss Zhang couldn't help but be overjoyed. In truth, the money that these gamblers had lost was no more than 10 million. A third of it was only 3 million, and the favor of this legendary rookie wasn't something that could be measured with just 3 million.
Let alone asking him to refund one-third, even if I asked him to refund the full amount, Boss Zhang wouldn't even bat an eyelid. If he didn't know my identity, he would most likely ask the Three Snakes Gang for help. They were the local overlords of Meng County.
However, he didn't have that thought now. Without a doubt, the wisest thing to do was to be on good terms with me.
"No problem, no problem." Boss Zhang agreed readily.
"There's no need to retreat too much. They deserve it," I advised.
After that, I left the casino with the two of them. Although Mr. Zhang invited me to go upstairs to have a massage or something, I flatly refused.
You have to know, I can't even handle so many wives at home, how can I have the mood to do a health care?
To me, this was just a small interlude, but it had indirectly helped the people of Meng County. As long as this measure was enforced, the number of foreigners would decrease, especially the unregistered ones. Most of them were involved in shady businesses.
Moreover, half of the casino's monthly revenue was allocated to the construction of Meng County. In other words, they had eaten too much in the past few years, and they needed to spit out some of it.
Indeed, when the news spread, the foreigners in Meng County became restless. They used all kinds of methods to vent their dissatisfaction. They destroyed public property, smashed phone booths, carved words on the trees in the park, stole, robbed, and even raped women. The streets were a mess. Fortunately, the police were quick to take action and arrested a large number of people. They even had to wait in line to get a ticket.
Apparently, these people thought that they were just going through the motions. Just like many black ghosts, they weren't afraid of committing crimes in Hua Xia. They often took advantage of their female friends, and they even scolded and threatened their male counterparts with their non-standard Mandarin.
In the end, the punishment wasn't severe enough, and they couldn't serve as a warning to others. When the person in charge of Meng County's Public Security Bureau called me and asked me how we should deal with these people, I thought for a while then told him that if the crime was light, they would be locked up for ten days to half a month. If the crime was serious and they refused to change, they would be executed by shooting!
This put the person in charge in a difficult position. He told me frankly that the three small countries had pressured him and threatened him with the safety of his family.
Now, I realized that the 'water' in Meng County was really deep. Even the person in charge of the Public Security Bureau couldn't resist this kind of threat. No wonder they turned a blind eye to this. If they didn't handle this well, their family members would be in danger.
Sure enough, this position wasn't easy. I couldn't disappoint the higher-ups, but I had to swallow the bitterness.
First, I comforted the person in charge and asked him to follow my instructions. If anyone dared to hurt his family, I would make them pay with their blood!
With my encouragement, the person in charge finally agreed. Since some of the people in the group had criminal records and refused to change, they were executed by shooting. When the gunshots broke the silence of the shooting range, the black ghosts understood that they weren't joking. They had made up their minds to eliminate them.
If they didn't use some real deterrence, it would be difficult to achieve their goal. I had to admit that this method of killing the chicken to warn the monkey had an immediate effect. The black ghosts in the shooting range were scared. They were afraid that they would be the next ones to go to the shooting range.