Chapter 18: The Prodigal Son and the Broad Youth
Multiple friends, multiple roads, multiple enemies, multiple walls.
If there is no need, no one wants to have another enemy like the prince.
In the face of the olive branch he took the initiative to reach, Li Muye was actually a little hesitant, because he was worried that the gossip would eventually be punctured one day. At that time, it will not be as simple as blowing the cowhide and embarrassing. But Chen Binghui encouraged him to accept the prince's invitation.
Brother Hui's way of persuading people is very special, he asked Li Muye, what kind of education do you have? Li Muye said that there is only one fake high school Chinese certificate. Then Brother Ah Hui asked again, do you ask yourself if you are a so-called business genius? Li Muye said, I am a business madman with a head on his trouser belt. Chen Binghui said that in the final analysis, it is money that makes trouble, so I will summarize for you, you are a madman who desperately needs money and is willing to take risks for it. Now that the opportunity is there, what are you waiting for?
Li Muye asked him rhetorically: "Are you short of money?"
Chen Binghui said: "You are enough. "The implication is that your lack is equal to my lack as a brother.
Li Muye's heart warmed slightly, so he had to ask again: "What is important about doing business is that you come and go, what benefits can we give to the prince?"
Chen Binghui asked rhetorically: "What do you think people like him can give us without them?"
The prince lacks nothing, but his wealth and wealth seem to be splendid, but in fact, it is broken as soon as he pokes it. So what he really lacks is a sense of security.
Li Muye said: "I'm worried that one day when the lie is exposed, he will turn his face with us, won't it be asking for his own hardship." ”
Chen Binghui thought for a while and said, "It's really that time, let's make money now." ”
Li Muye looked at his steady and calm eyes, and suddenly his confidence doubled. After two months of getting along day and night, Li Muye still can't say that he fully understands this sworn brother. What is his home in the capital, he has eight sisters, so it should be at least a big family. And what did he do when he served in the army, how could he be so strong? How did he get on the line with someone like Wei Dongming?
If he didn't say these things, Li Muye wouldn't ask. But not asking doesn't mean not being curious. Therefore, on a daily basis, Li Muye has been quietly observing him. Brother Ah Hui likes to drink a lot, but the amount of alcohol is average. Usually you go to sleep after drinking a certain amount, and there is no time to spit out the truth after drinking. This style of self-discipline was obviously cultivated at some stage in the troops. In addition, he has a habit of exercising, and his explosiveness and endurance are almost perfectly unified in him.
This second habit was also transmitted to Li Muye.
For more than two months, Li Muye was coerced by him to exercise together every day. He often has a sentence on his lips, a person who wants to live a good life must first manage his body, the face is given by his parents, but the knife that sculpts the figure is in his own hand. Man's destiny is in his own hands. Whether it's health or wealth, manage it with heart and overcome laziness, and you will definitely reap the rewards.
Although he often laughed at himself as a martial artist, Li Muye learned from him many profound philosophies that cultured people may not be able to comprehend.
Free-spirited, self-disciplined, relieved, optimistic, persistent in feelings, ruthless to the enemy.
If Chen Binghui is like a noble son who lives among the people, Li Muye is a native of the rivers and lakes who has been soaked in bitter water.
Cunning, suspicious, resolute, let go, adventurous, particularly cautious, insecure, and willing to gamble his life at critical moments.
Two highly complementary young people got together, and in the face of the prince's invitation, the brothers finally decided to be invited.
Hulunbuir Grassland, the world's largest grassland. Named after the two lakes of Hulun and Bell, the water and grass are abundant, the scenery is magnificent, and the scenery is 380,000 square kilometers, which is equivalent to the total area of the Japanese island. Driving through the vast grassland, all the way to the west, chasing the footsteps of the sunset, when the sunset gradually ended, Bell Lake suddenly appeared in front, the red light dyed the world in one color.
Chen Binghui suddenly stopped there with a foot on the brakes, looking directly at the beautiful scenery in front of him, I don't know what kind of sad past he was recalled, he burst into tears and cried out bitterly. At this time, what he needs is not relief. Li Muye took two mentions of beer from behind and silently opened two cans.
The beer entered his throat, and Chen Binghui's mood gradually stabilized. Watching the sunset disappear completely, there is a quiet beauty in the sparkling Bear Lake reflected by the car lights. The two of them sat on the front hood, the night breeze was getting colder, and the taste of beer was only two words, bleak.
Chen Binghui drank the fourth can of beer and opened the fifth can.
This is a very unusual thing, he used to drink, although he drank a lot, but always in moderation.
Four cans of beer was his amount, and now he opened the fifth, indicating that he wanted to get drunk.
"About six years ago, one of my comrades died by another lake, and we were on a secret mission abroad, and we couldn't bring his body back home, so we had to bury him in a foreign country. After getting drunk, Chen Binghui's words gradually increased: "We all know that everyone will die eventually, the process is the whole life, some people have a long process, some people only have a very short time, I have served for ten years and witnessed the short life of nine comrades-in-arms." ”
"You've drunk too much, and we're going to visit the prince tomorrow. Li Muye grabbed the last can of beer and drank it all.
Chen Binghui pinched the empty cans in his hand and threw them out, and said, "Haven't you always been curious about my affairs in the army? Why don't you take the opportunity to fill me with a few more cans and spit out the truth after drinking?"
"When you want to say it, you will naturally say it. Li Muye said: "For example, I have never told you about my own situation, haven't you never asked?"
Chen Binghui said: "There are some things that you can't say even if you want to, and I will say what you can say without asking, as long as you want to know." ”
Li Muye said: "I just want to know now that when I meet with the prince tomorrow, when he asks about my family history, how can I make up nonsense so that I don't leak the bottom?"
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The prince's home is on a meadow less than a hundred miles west of Lake Bell.
There is no red wall with no end in sight to cut everything off, and there are no Mongolian men patrolling with loaded guns and ammunition and swords on horseback. A golden king-size yurt, a group of smaller blue and white bags, and a large group of enthusiastic men and women who can sing and dance, is the home of the prince.
As soon as I met the prince, he said, this is my home, and the venue in the city is just a place for work and car storage.
The prince is forty years old this year, the Mongolian surname is Qiyan, the Han surname is Qi, and he has a name Qi Tian. It has the meaning of paying tribute to the immortal heaven.
From the first day of visiting, I didn't talk about anything serious for three consecutive days, just drinking wine and eating hand-held meat.
The lamb cooked with pebbles and carrots is fatty and tender, mellow in flavor and excellent in taste. It's the purest mare's milk wine, and it's headless to drink.
The entire yurt camp is enclosed with a simple fence and stocked with dozens of large Mongolian four-eyed mastiffs. This mastiff is extremely territorial, barking and threatening when it sees strangers, ready to attack at any time. In the past few days, Li Muye has been terrified when he goes to the toilet.
It's strange to say, as soon as Chen Binghui appeared, those mastiffs immediately bent their hind legs like a mouse seeing a cat, their tails clamped, and they lay on the ground hunched to show their bellies, and they didn't even have the courage to scream. Let Chen Binghui spoil them in the past and scratch them twice on their bellies.
Qi Tian said that Brother Chen had a murderous aura.
This also confirms Li Muye's long-standing suspicions: his sworn brother has ever killed someone.
On the fourth day, four off-road vehicles came from outside the fence, Wang Ye waved his hand and brought a group of people into the car, Chen Binghui drove Li Muye to follow, all the way to a repair factory compound on the outskirts of Hulunbuir City.
After drinking wine for three days and sleeping in yurts with the men, women and children of the Qi Tian family for three days, the brothers finally obtained the qualifications to discuss business.
Qi Tian said that this is the way the Mongolian people do business. Drink first, and when you're drunk, you'll be able to talk about anything. If you don't drink well, you don't have to talk about anything.
Li Muye felt that what he said was not all the truth. There must be something else behind the scenes these days, but it's not good to say what the specifics are. In the past three days, Qi Tian was observing Li Muye and Chen Binghui, and Li Muye was not observing Qi Tian.
This person is far from being as rough and simple as he appears on the outside.
Li Qizhi once said that the reality of this world is cruel, people walk in the rivers and lakes, and the real coarse people can't achieve big things, and the people who become big things are often coarse and fine, and they are particularly fine. A person who is shrewd on the outside is not necessarily really shrewd, but a person who is rough on the outside and shrewd on the inside is definitely really shrewd.
Li Muye is twenty years old, only half the age of Qi Tian, no matter how hard he cares, it is impossible to make up for the gap accumulated over the years. So the only thing that can be done is to err on the side of caution. Be cautious in your words and deeds, step by step.
In Qi Tian's office, the three of them sat down.
Qi Tian's first sentence: "A few days ago, the political commissar Cao of the military sub-district was transferred to the vehicle and ship department of the military region, and when he left, he told me about the two of you. ”
Li Muye didn't know how to answer this sentence and hesitated.
"Cao Hongming's mouth is broken enough. Chen Binghui grabbed a sentence: "But what he said shouldn't be all the truth, Xiao Ye's father has never worked in Mongolia, how can this Cao Hongming know Xiao Ye? Even I and he only had a one-sided relationship when he was on a mission, what did he say about us?"
Qi Tian smiled and said: "Political Commissar Cao is my old friend, he will never make such a joke with me, he said that the two of them are from the Beijing prefix, let me entertain the two of them no matter what, as for what we do in the future, it depends on the meaning of the two." ”
From his smiling face, Li Muye read two words: flattery.
The question just now was the last temptation, and after getting a satisfactory result, his demeanor had changed from the previous cautious and polite to deliberate and stammering.
Chen Binghui's reaction was a little indifferent, and said: " Lao Qi, since you have said it here, then I will not hide anything from you, Ono came out this time, in fact, there were some conflicts with the family, and I don't plan to have anything to do with the family in a short period of time, we have a good relationship with our brothers, I will ask for leave with the chief to accompany him, his thoughts I know best, is to do a career for the family to see, so, if you need the chief's help to find us, then we can say goodbye now, because our brothers are now mud bodhisattvas across the river, really can't help you。 ”
This attempt to capture the past is wonderful, and the mixed truths and falsehoods are wonderful and accurate. On the surface, it sounds like the door is closed, but in fact, it gives Qi Tian a lot of room for imagination. And this kind of arrogant attitude of rejecting people thousands of miles away can also greatly enhance the truth of this lie.
Qi Tian's smile was not reduced, but it was even bigger. said: "How can I be, how dare I make trouble for the chief, the two of you are willing to stay and study the business together is already giving me a lot of face, but I don't dare to think about the relationship with the chief." ”
Chen Binghui nodded and said, "Since Lao Qi has the sincerity to cooperate, then let's continue to talk in detail, before we start talking, I will say the ugly thing in the front, the two of us only handle legal business, do you understand what this means?"
Qi Tiandao: "I understand, I don't actually have any illegal business." ”
Li Muye nodded: "That's good." ”
Chen Binghui said: "Now that's the case, Ono exchanged some dollars a while ago, and the cash in his hand is quite abundant, if the negotiation goes well today, we will order a batch of goods first, and the price you want." ”
Qi Tian immediately said: "Thirty percent of the price of normal channels in China, the formalities prove that everything is covered by my side, no matter how many cars you want, I am responsible for delivering them to your doorstep......" Rhetorical question: "How many goods do you two plan to want?"
Li Muye just wanted to say that he would come to the market with ten cars first.
Chen Binghui hurriedly said again: "We want all the inventory in your yard, there is no problem with the payment on arrival, right?"