Chapter 15 The Gangster Gang Affair Three Years Ago
Today's press release on Secretary Jiang's woolen mill activities is too simple for Guo Yang. He met with the glasses Zhang, finalized the train of thought, and handed over the errand in less than half an hour.
While waiting for the review, Guo Yang plunged into the newspaper's reference room, dug out the archived old newspapers that had been sealed three years ago, and sat there and looked carefully at them one by one.
Not long after, the Northern Morning Post on March 18, 1996 was found by him, and four pages and one full-page blockbuster news realistic - "The Fall of the Gangster 'Gang Leader'" came into view.
Guo Yang lowered his head and carefully read the news documentary written by Zhang Cai with glasses back then, and his eyes became brighter and brighter.
"Speaking of Zhang Shun, everyone knows the gangsters in the northern underworld, this person is ruthless and scheming, and there are 'Eight King Kongs', 'Six Great Thugs', and dozens of backbone members. Since 1992 alone, this gang of gangsters has run rampant in the countryside and committed dozens of crimes involving people and goods in the central urban area, creating major cases such as the 'Nanshan Ticket Kidnapping Case' that shocked the whole province. Zhang Shun was listed as a first-class fugitive arrested by the Ministry of Public Security, and the first offender in the province's number one target case......"
Zhang Shun was born in 1964 in a poor family in the city. In 1982, he dropped out of Heshan Coal Mine to work as a coal digger without graduating from junior high school. In the mine, he made good use of his scheming and drank and fought all day long, forming gangs, and gradually forming an underworld force......"
"The growing power of Zhang Shun's gang has caused uneasiness in Zhao Ergou, the 'gang leader' of another gang...... It's about interests, how can Zhao Ergou tolerate Zhang Shun sitting big and threatening his hegemony, in order to fight for territory, a gangster fire that shocked the whole province and even the whole country and kicked off the battle......"
Guo Yang had never read Zhang's manuscript as carefully as he did today, and he realized that in fact, Zhang's writing was smooth and rigorous, which was in line with his character.
Regarding the sensational gangster merger three years ago, Guo Yang in his previous life actually didn't know many details. Zhang Shun was hacked to death by Zhao Ergou with a firewood knife in the fire, and many of Zhang Shun's men were killed or wounded. Yu Dang was arrested by the police on the spot, and the special case team of the Municipal Bureau sorted out the many major cases committed by Zhang Shun and his gang.
But although a series of major cases were solved, the personal wealth accumulated by Zhang Shun over the years was sunk because of Zhang Shun's death. In the past ten years, Zhang Shun has extorted, snatched, bullied men and women, kidnapped tickets to make money, and collected business protection fees...... Of course, there are also a few industries that are bleached and operated, saving thousands of family fortunes, living in villas, driving luxury cars, and going in and out of thugs, and the life of a drunken gold fan needs a lot of money to support.
Zhang Shunxin is cunning and treacherous, and he is deeply suspicious. Even for the little brother Ma Zi next to him, he is also a little guarded. Therefore, the police only seized two residences and three cars on his face, and found more than 100,000 yuan in cash and one case of gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, worth about 300,000 yuan. The seized property is obviously not completely commensurate with the "worth" of Zhang Shun's underworld boss, everyone knows that the property in Zhang Shun's name cannot be only so much, but because there are no clues, the police can only stop it.
Zhang Shun, a well-known gang boss in the city, has long been forgotten by the world because of the passage of time. When Zhang Shun was most rampant, Guo Yang was still in middle school, so naturally he didn't know much. But two years later, on July 14, 2001, Morning Post reporter Guo Yang reported another news event that shook the city-
Before the whole building was demolished, an iron cabinet was accidentally found in the ruins of one of the houses, and because of curiosity, it was opened to see that there were stacks of 100 yuan in cash sealed with plastic bags!
Police and journalists heard the news.
After the police excavated and investigated, the truth soon came out. It turned out that the late black boss Zhang Shun rented a small house in the living area of the woolen mill under a pseudonym, which was once used as one of his secret hiding dens. And where Zhang Shun hid this huge amount of hundreds of thousands of yuan in cash in this house can no longer be verified. And the three caves of the cunning rabbit, whether Zhang Shun has other hiding dens, and whether there is more money and goods to hide, it is even more unknown. If it weren't for the demolition, I'm afraid no one would have discovered Zhang Shun's secret.
As a reporter who tracked the spotlight incident, Guo Yang remembers that he also took a photo of the cash sealed by the police.
Of course, it's only August '99, and the future hasn't happened yet.
Guo Yang pinched this Northern Morning News from three years ago, and his expression changed. He is engaged in a fierce ideological struggle, and now he urgently needs the first pot of gold, and no matter what he does, he can't do without start-up capital. If you give him time, this is not a problem, but the crux of the problem is that what he lacks most is time.
He must change his situation and fate in the shortest possible time, otherwise his mother's tragedy will still be staged.
After a while, Guo Yang gritted his teeth, and secretly said in his heart that it was black money that could not be seen anyway, and it came from the wrong way, so he took it and used it in the right way, so that he could earn more money to return to the society in the future, why not? This can be regarded as accumulating virtue and doing good deeds for Zhang Shun's thief, so that he can have the opportunity to reincarnate as a man under Jiuquan. Moreover, Guo Yang also decided to use the money to start, and after making money, he would donate 500,000 anonymously as soon as possible, at least to have peace of mind.
The draft of Secretary Jiang's woolen mill activities passed quickly, although Sun Fatzi wanted to deliberately embarrass him, but Guo Yang's manuscript was decent, and it was difficult to find fault with it.
Because the manuscript was set, Guo Yang got off work in the evening. Before leaving the newspaper, Guo Yang made a phone call to Zhou Bing, and the two chatted briefly on the phone, and agreed to meet at noon tomorrow to have dinner together, and Guo Yang hung up.
Tomorrow is Guo Yang's rotational rest. The next morning, after breakfast, Guo Yang hurried into the workers' living quarters of the woolen mill on his creaking and broken permanent bicycle.
At the bottom of the building, Guo Yang parked his bicycle on the side of the road and walked slowly to the two old men downstairs who were playing chess, who were naturally retired employees of the woolen factory, and who were wearing a round-necked white sweatshirt with the word "Sanmao" printed on their chests, and their hair was gray.
The chess skills of these two old men are far from being clever, Guo Yang looked at them with a smile on the side for a while, and found that the chess game of the two was full of loopholes and had no rules at all.
One of the fat old men turned his head and glanced at Guo Yang, and said casually: "Young man, it looks like a raw face, isn't it from the woolen factory?"
Thousands of employees of the woolen mill plus nearly 10,000 family members, naturally it is impossible for everyone to be familiar with it, but Guo Yang does not look like an employee or child of the woolen mill in all aspects from the way he dresses and temperament, and the old man still has this eyesight.
Guo Yang smiled: "Yes, uncle, I am a reporter from the Northern Morning News, my house is far away from the unit and it is inconvenient, I want to rent a house to live, I don't know if we have any vacant houses for rent here?"
The old man sighed, and there were not a few young people from nearby enterprises and institutions who came to rent houses in the living area of the woolen factory, and Guo Yang's behavior did not arouse his suspicions. He thought about it for a while, suddenly pointed to the building in front of him, and said with a smile: "Young man, I see that you are also an honest person, so let's go to the first floor of the first unit and knock on the door of the west house, the old Feng family has a house on the third floor, and she has been idle, and she is looking for tenants." ”
Guo Yang was ecstatic in his heart, but his face was silent.
He politely said goodbye to the two old men, and then walked into the slightly eerie and damp doorway of the unit. Standing in front of the iron-edged security door of the west door on the first floor, he calmly began to knock on the door.
In fact, knocking on the door is also an art. In particular, Guo Yang already knew that the residents inside were retired workers of the woolen factory, and the sound of knocking on the door might not be heard by the other party, but it was easy to arouse the disgust of the other party if it was heavy, so he must master an excellent sense of proportion.
Guo Yang patiently knocked on the door for a long time before he heard the sound of Suosuo's movement. The wooden door inside the security door opened, and a kind old lady appeared in front of her.
The old lady looked Guo Yang up and down, and said in surprise: "Housheng, which one are you looking for?"
Guo Yang smiled: "Grandma, I am a reporter from the Northern Morning News, and I want to rent a house because my family lives far away." I heard the two uncles in front of the building say, your family has a house that you want to rent, don't you?"
Guo Yang concisely told his origin, meaning and source of information, don't look at such a simple few words, say it at the right time, not to mention that it can win the favor of the old lady, at least it can eliminate her various suspicions.
After that, Guo Yang also took the initiative to hand his ID card, work card, and press card to the old lady to prove that he was innocent, had a legitimate job, and was by no means an idle person in society who had nothing to do or did nothing.
The elderly rent a house, especially this building is mostly occupied by the elderly, so it is natural to pay more attention to the occupation and character of the tenants. Otherwise, once some messy people are recruited, they will attract fox friends and dog friends to their homes every day, and they will also make the neighbors uneasy.