Chapter 18: The Seeds of Revenge Are Born
My father's narration of the old past made me hate from my heart, and evil was born from the side of my guts.
"Zhen's Group!" I gritted my teeth fiercely, squeezing these four words out between my teeth. It's that they have caused me to have no mother since I was a child, this kind of hatred is thorough and deep in the bone marrow, it is by no means as simple as just beating me, I can't help but clench my fists, anger and resentment make me not feel the pain on my body.
"Dad, haven't you ever thought about revenge? He caused you to lose your beloved, so that I have no mother since I was a child..."
"Revenge is easier said than done. The father took a puff of the cigarette in his hand, threw the cigarette butt to the ground, and smashed it fiercely.
The father continued: "The Zhen family is a famous family in Jizhou, and it can be described as the Wuji branch of the Zhen family in the Central Plains. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, their families organized the transfer and dispersal of their property and established their influence throughout the country. This branch in the capital is the direct line of their patriarch, with a respected status and strong power. Back then, your mother's family was troubled in every way and all her family's buying and selling channels were blocked. ”
"Dad, are you cowardly?" I asked tentatively.
My dad frowned and lit another cigarette, "In the mid-eighties, with the normalization of relations between China and the Soviet Union, the trade mechanism based on the exchange of goods between the two countries gradually faded, and the free form of non-governmental trade soon became popular in the two countries. In the early days of opening up, both countries implemented foreign exchange controls, there was no unified banking system for trade settlement, and private trade could only be carried out in the form of barter. Due to the long-term closure of the domestic market in the Soviet Union, the price system was unreasonable, the textile products were backward, and the commodities were in short supply, so the imported products were very marketable in the local area. At the beginning of the Russian reforms, the first to engage in such scalping business were a group of private trading companies known as cooperatives, and it was at this time that the Zhen Group came into being and grew rapidly. ”
"Isn't this just a bad master, what's so great. "I was very dismissive.
"Stinky boy!" my dad looked at my attitude and got angry, "Do you think this Zhen Group is just reselling bed sheets, bedding, household appliances or something!"
I was stunned by these words, and asked curiously, "What is that?"
"Arms. "Two faint words.
"Munitions!" I repeated in shock.
"Aren't you quite capable, what, scared. My dad asked rhetorically.
I knew that I had misunderstood my father, so I said with a hippie smile: "Hehe, this tiger father has no dogs, and Lao Tzu is a hero." My dad is not afraid, and I am not afraid!"
My dad snorted and laughed, it seems that my sycophant is very useful. It also eased the oppressive atmosphere, and my dad continued: "Anand. ”
"What?" I didn't understand.
"In the 80s, the notorious arms dealers not only monopolized the global private arms sales market, but even developed biological and chemical weapons, and experimented on living people. ”
"Anand Kemlenon!" I took a breath. In a book on military subjects, I have seen the legendary biography of this man, who is inhumane and the initiator of many wars in many regions, but who is extremely business-minded, and has been a self-made man since the 50s of the last century.
"Back then, the Zhen Group exchanged arms from Russia through cross-border trade, in addition to AK-47 and other guns and ammunition, and even miniature **. Then, they sold the arms to Anand in exchange for gold..."My dad took two more puffs of his cigarette.
"This is also too appalling!" I exclaimed, "Our country is a peace-loving country, and it is absolutely impossible for their Zhen family to be allowed to do such a thing that violates international law! Dad, you should want to report to the state." ”
Speaking of this, my father's face was gloomy: "Of course I know that it has to be like a national report." But the stakes are big, they are a big family, and their tentacles are all over various regions and many fields, and it is possible to move to them only if there is sufficient evidence!"
It really seems like I'm too impulsive.
"Son, remember, recklessness will not solve anything, but will make things more serious, and you have to rely on your brains. My dad said earnestly, then smiled bitterly for some reason and shook his head: "Remember, don't trust anyone easily. ”
I suddenly felt that my brain was really not enough, why did my father, who had taught me to be united and love and trust others, tell me not to trust anyone easily.
"At that time, I followed and secretly took pictures, collected information, found a lot of suspicious points, and found my old classmate who was a reporter at the Beijing Daily. At first, he was very enthusiastic about my affairs, and through his channels, we quickly gathered more results, and found that they not only sold arms, but also resold cultural relics with the convenience of import and export trade. ”
I got excited, "Great, with the evidence, we can annihilate them in one fell swoop!"
"Just when we were about to make this big news public, my old classmate actually secretly contacted the head of the Zhen Group at that time, Zhen Youjian, asked for 100 catties of gold, and then handed over all the materials. ”
"What, this is a betrayal!" my dad's words made me extremely angry. In my heart, betrayal is an unpardonable sin.
Alas, he didn't want to think about it, everything the Zhen Group did was earth-shattering, and they were all about to lose their heads, so how could they be coerced by him. That night, the man was killed. ”
"He deserves it. I said hatefully.
This did not end with his death, his greed not only ruined his life, but also frightened the snake. Soon, I was targeted by the Zhen Group. At that time, you were still an infant baby, I couldn't do anything brutally, I could only save my vitality, go incognito, and go to the factory as an apprentice... Then he became a rebel with your Uncle Fang and Uncle Wang. This also made me know what it means to be righteous and more than a dog slaughterer, and the most ruthless reader. ”
Listening to my father's bumpy life experience, it was like a dream, a dream that was not very real. "It's not easy for you, from a high-level intellectual, a brilliant talent, to fall to this, alas. "I sigh for my father's life experience.
"High-level intellectuals? Hehe, I haven't heard this word for a long time. It's useless to be a scholar, compared to the ethereal nature of talented and beautiful people, it's still more real in the market. The father shook his head helplessly.
"What happened?" I asked.
Later, the Zhen group knew that its secret had been revealed, and it actually stopped fighting and cut off the arms deal. I still admire Zhen Youjian's courage to break his wrist. But they continue to smuggle cultural relics secretly, and this trade is more profitable than the price of arms!"
"These traitors, they have destroyed all the treasures of our ancestors!" I cursed.
"So, at that time, you Uncle Fang and Uncle Wang contracted a scrap yard to collect some rare books, old furniture, and old porcelain. Thinking that if I can catch up with their Zhen Group one day, I will have a chance to break into them. But since the discovery of the arms deal, the organization has become more mysterious and disciplined. Later, your Uncle Fang and Uncle Wang both changed careers, and I am still holding on to this hope. My dad continued.
It dawned on me. As a great man once said, the fortress is the easiest to attack from the inside! I smiled slightly, "Dad, this Zhen Xuwei is the key to our revenge, and antiques are our path to revenge!"
On this day, my father and I talked a lot, from day to night, as if we had never spoken so much in our lives. Of course, because the auditory hallucinations in my brain are too weird for me to explain, and it is even more difficult to speak, so I continue to bury it in my heart.
And just like that, a plan of revenge began.