Liu Chen put down his father's business, returned home and took Xiaomei out to go shopping and buy things, and happened to meet Zhang Zhiming and his wife in the summer mall.

"Brother Zhang!" Liu Chen took Xiaomei forward to greet them.

Zhang Zhiming and his wife looked back, it turned out to be Liu Chen, and hurriedly walked back to shake hands with friends: "Brother Liu, I also brought Xiaomei to buy things today, Xiaomei, are you okay?"

Xiaomei shyly lowered her head and replied, "Well, it's much better, thank you, uncle." ”

"The child is about to start school, buy her something. You husband and wife are so affectionate, you go out to the mall and hold hands, haha. Liu Chen teased.

"He had to take my hand. Chen Yixin's face turned red as he spoke, but he couldn't hide the sweetness on his face.

Although Zhang Zhiming is a man in the rivers and lakes, a big man with five big and three coarse, he is famous for his favorite wife, and he is a tender man.

After chatting a few words, Liu Chen suddenly thought of something, he asked Chen Yixin to take Xiaomei to go shopping, and he pulled Zhang Zhiming to the parking lot outside the mall, and the two found a stone bench to sit down, smoking and chatting.

Liu Chen took out a cigarette from the cigarette case and handed it to Zhang Zhiming, took one in his mouth, Zhang Zhiming took out his gold-plated lighter to light a cigarette for Liu Chen, Liu Chen waved his hand and refused, then took out a box of mini matches, pulled out a draw, and a faint smell of burning matches came to his nose.

Liu Chen lit the cigarette in his mouth and then extinguished the match, took a long breath, and spit out bursts of smoke.

Zhang Zhiming shook the cigarette ash and said: "How do you feel like a person from the last century, and you still use matches." ”

Liu Chen smiled slightly: "Hehe, I really like the way of life before, matches can experience the feeling of burning." ”

Zhang Zhiming looked at Liu Chen, who was 17 years younger than himself, how he felt like he was chatting with his peers, he had a temperament that runs through the past and the present, sometimes he feels very old, sometimes he feels very young, completely out of the age limit in reality.

"By the way, do you know anything about the person Fat Cow?" Liu Chen returned to the point.

Zhang Zhiming squinted into the distance and replied, "Of course I know, people who have been in the river for a long time know this person, what's wrong?"

"I want to know more about this person. Liu Chen took a puff of his cigarette and said lightly.

Zhang Zhiming knew that Liu Chen would not want to understand an unrelated person for no reason, and once he wanted to understand a person, then that person would be in danger.

Whether it is out of interest or friendship, Zhang Zhiming is happy to show Liu Chen the fat cow he knows.

Fat Niu is also an old man who has been entrenched in Jiangxia City for more than ten or twenty years, and he knows the unspoken rules of Jiangxia City well, and is good at managing relationships. The reason why he is highly respected is not only because he is generous to his friends in the road, but also good at managing his own image and being keen on charity after his career is successful, and he is also actively moving closer to politics and slowly whitewashing himself. As the saying goes, people with black hearts can't wash it white, and the fat cow does not do less than he lacks virtue while beautifying his image.

Before the establishment of Changhe Energy, the fat cow was to show people the field, one person covered several fields, in addition to the game machine hall, it is the best place, anyway, at the beginning did not pick, as long as someone looked for him, he went to see the field, and then basically only took the business of those clubs, because he could let those young ladies he liked for free, and no one dared to refuse the name he named, and they all succumbed to his violent coercion, he liked this feeling of wanton lust.

Fat Cow is a bit unruly and often has conflicts with the boss who hired him, so he basically leaves after the end of his first contract. One of the clubs that hired him, the boss was timid and afraid, and in the end he was bluffed by the fat cow, and when he left, his wife was taken away by the fat cow, and he didn't even dare to fart, because he was afraid of the guns in the hands of the fat cow.

The reputation of the fat cow under all kinds of bad deeds is very poor, and in the end, no one asked him to watch the field, so he found a way to set up a company to play, which is now Changhe Energy. Through violent means, he gradually took control of a number of coal mines in Jiangxia City, and soon the low-end goods who showed people the scene became a young and outstanding entrepreneur, and won many awards.

In order to be able to make his business sustainable for a long time, he began to use monetary means to seek a half-official position, develop in the direction of politics, and at the same time actively participate in the charity industry, and establish an image of a conscientious entrepreneur who knows how to repay the society with gratitude in front of the public.

But many people on the road know that Fat Niu's charitable foundation is just a tax haven for him, and he has embezzled the foundation's money for him to squander many times, and the professionals around him have reminded him, but he said: "I can do whatever I like with my own money." "A complete legal blindness.

Once, the charity foundation donated money to children in a poor mountainous area, and also found many reporters to publicize and report, but in the end, the person in charge of the charity in the poor mountainous area revealed that the promised donation has not come down, and the whole charity activity is just a show.

"Fuck, this kind of scum is living so well, it's fucked!" Liu Chen scolded indignantly. He rarely swears, but what this fat cow does is really disgusting to him, and he even consumes those children in poor mountainous areas to create an image for himself.

Zhang Zhiming said with a smile: "Don't say it, this society is really this kind of person who can eat openly, many government officials have been his guests, and his broken company has been inspected by leaders." ”

"So, he still has someone in the government?"

"Actually, he's getting weaker now, and those people in the government are refined egoists, once you have no use value, they won't bird you at all, so I guess the fat cow doesn't have much to do with the government now, mainly the brothers who used to be on the road. ”

Liu Chen thought to himself, this fat cow is so depressed that he has collected protection money, it seems that it is indeed declining, but the most seniority in the rivers and lakes, this fat cow is the eldest brother of the older generation, and there are still some status in the rivers and lakes, what Liu Chen wants to do is to knock out the last bit of his status in the rivers and lakes.

"Well, by the way, Brother Zhang, I heard that Tianyu Restaurant is planning to build a modern commercial street?" Liu Chen heard the news from Zhao Mengran, and there is no official news yet, but Zhao Mengran's ability to dig up news as a front-line reporter must be worth trusting, so Liu Chen wants to see if there is any news from Zhang Zhiming, because in case this news is true, he needs to take action in advance.

Zhang Zhiming thought to himself that Liu Chen's news was really well-informed, and he knew that he was an insider who only relied on some gossip to understand the commercial street project, and Liu Chen, an outsider, even knew about it.

He shook his head and smiled, "It's not clear, I've heard some rumors too, but I haven't received any definite news." ”

At this time, Chen Yixin and Xiaomei came out of the mall after buying things, and saw that the two of them were chatting very devotedly, and waited for a long time before coming over. Zhang Zhiming and Chen left first when they had something to do, Liu Chen saw Xiaomei empty-handed, so he wanted to take her to the mall to continue shopping, but was pulled by Xiaomei to stop.

"What's wrong?" Liu Chen turned around and asked.

Xiaomei lowered her head and said in a snort: "Brother, I'm ...... I think...... I'm going to give you a gift. ”

Liu Chen thought that he had heard it wrong, but seeing that Xiaomei's expression didn't look fake, he felt an inexplicable joy in his heart. I saw Xiaomei take out a pocket MP3 from her pocket, it was Sony NW-A45, packaged in a box, obviously just bought.

"Brother, this is for you. Xiaomei stretched out the MP3 in front of Liu Chen, and her expectant eyes fell on Liu Chen's face.

Liu Chen looked at this MP3, he didn't know how to speak, and he only felt distressed in his mind: "You, where did you get the money to buy such an expensive MP3?"

Xiaomei thought that her brother was blaming her, her face turned red, and she whispered, "Yes...... It's the New Year's red envelope you gave me. ”

Liu Chen's heart seemed to be stung by something, and he faintly plucked for a while, the price of this MP3 is more than 1,000, which is enough to cover Xiaomei's living expenses for a semester, but she is willing to spend so much money just to buy me an MP3.

Liu Chen looked down at Xiaomei, the flush on his face gradually subsided, and said with love: "Xiaomei, you don't have to buy such expensive gifts for your brother in the future, wouldn't it be better to buy some delicious food and some good books for yourself with this money?

Xiaomei put her hands behind her back, bit her lip, and nodded obediently, she has always been like the Bible to her brother, and she will do whatever he says, because she believes that her brother is always right.

"yes, I see. Xiaomei showed a big smile, so charming and innocent.

Liu Chen took Xiaomei to buy a lot of food and use, and there were also some books, all of which were Chinese and foreign masterpieces, and Xiaomei liked to read them the most. On the way home, Liu Chen and Xiaomei chatted about some interesting things about Li Rongfei, and from these conversations, Xiaomei saw an interesting and loving teacher Li, who was far less cold than in school.

As soon as he returned to the door, Liu Chen saw two policemen coming to the house, one of which he recognized at a glance, it was Ouyang Lan, and they were chatting with Aunt Lin about something. Xiaomei saw the police coming to the house, and she didn't know what was going on at home, so she looked up at Liu Chen, who gently patted her on the shoulder and let her go in together.

Seeing Liu Chen and Xiaomei coming back, Lin Huimei hurriedly introduced: "Xiaochen, these two are from the criminal police team of the Municipal Bureau, and they said that they have something to do with you." When Ouyang Lan and her colleagues saw Liu Chen, they immediately got up and said, "Liu Chen, you're finally back." ”