Early the next morning, the Cao team drove and we went straight to Shijiazhuang. Xiao Lei told me on the www.biquge.info road of writing "Fun" that those tapes were very badly damaged, and I am afraid that we should not hope for how many clues can be found on them, but he still instructed the comrades in the technical department to do everything possible, even if it is a paragraph or a voice. And the numbers on the notebook gave the experts in the technical department a headache all night, but there was no progress at all.

Looking at his red eyes, I couldn't help but feel a little sorry in my heart, for the sake of my curiosity, Team Cao and Xiao Lei kept running around, begging people everywhere.

The car of the Cao team drove very fast, and before eleven o'clock, they arrived at the Shijiazhuang Criminal Investigation Brigade. The captain of the Criminal Investigation Brigade is surnamed Sun, and he is much older than Team Cao, but he is not polite to Team Cao, and he seems to be very familiar.

We sat down in his office, and he told us a little bit about Wu San. Wu San is a native of Handan, whose real name is Zhao Shaocheng, came to Shijiazhuang six years ago, and his public identity in Shijiazhuang is the chairman of three private enterprises, Xinshi Pharmaceutical Company, Tongjuyuan Catering Co., Ltd. and Xindong Security Company. It is said that the assets are close to 100 million, and it is a large profit and tax among the private enterprises in the city.

Wu San is very low-key, and he is keen on public welfare, and donated funds to renovate and rebuild four or five primary schools. He never evades taxes, and the local government departments are a little difficult, he is the first to help, and it can be said that he is one of the private entrepreneurs who are most admired by leaders at all levels.

But Team Sun knew that Wu San was not a simple person, he had a huge industry lurking under the city, and his security company and catering company were basically supporting this industry. On the surface, the catering company opened several chain high-end clubs, but many people know that there is an underground casino below, and it is normal for a game to lose 180,000 yuan.

For the small-scale casinos that existed in the city before, the criminal police brigade has carried out Operation Storm, Operation Iceberg, etc., and many people have been arrested, and a lot of gambling funds have been confiscated, but they have been repeatedly banned. The key is that these underground casinos often change places with one shot, and the cost investment is not very large anyway, so they are copied and relocated and start anew. But a new social problem has emerged, these underground casinos are not large-scale, but basically there are some underworld forces behind the support, so violent incidents occur frequently, there are violent debt collection, there are violent arrests, there are violent robberies, in short, the more law enforcement departments arrest, the more underground casinos hide, the more violent crimes.

But about a year and a half ago, the chaos was over. Wu San took action to clean most of the underground casinos, countering violence with violence, and the means of controlling thousands with thousands were indeed much more efficient than those of the public security organs. For a time, it was bloody and bloody, so that many small casino owners were desperate and ran to the public security organs to turn themselves in first, and then report the case, which became a big joke in the city.

The Criminal Investigation Corps also paid close attention to Wu San's clearance operation, worried that after the situation expanded, it would lead to a larger criminal case, but within a few weeks, the market was calm, it is said that Wu San used violent means to knock out a few more prominent underground casinos, and began to buy them on a large scale, many underground casino owners, after a few weeks of fear, found that the casino could still sell at a good price, and they surrendered, and soon, the underground gambling market was monopolized by Wu San.

Captain Sun admired Wu San's carrot and stick strategy, but soon something even more surprising happened. Wu San began to regulate the market, a group of notorious gamblers were cleaned out, and also set up a "three do not gamble" rule, the underground water of each casino was restricted to the extent that gamblers would not go bankrupt, and at the same time, in order to protect the personal safety of gamblers, VIP customers were all picked up and dropped off by the security company. The most outrageous thing is that the underground casino has set up a business center, and gamblers' gambling funds can be entrusted to the business center and transferred to personal bank accounts.

In the past, those uncapped vindictive gambling were banned, and the small gangs that relied on underground casinos to do some fairy jumping have also disappeared. As a result of these methods, the incidence rate of vicious cases in the originally filthy underground casinos has been greatly reduced.

The public security organs were naturally happy, and Team Sun also went to the casino to secretly inspect a few times, and met with Wu San a few times, which can be regarded as acquaintances, so as to help Team Cao make an appointment with this person.

After listening to Team Sun's introduction to the situation, Team Cao couldn't help but sigh, "I can't imagine that this Wu San has such vision and means, it's really a little admirable, he is different from the general underworld, there are not many people who can play the enterprise, it is estimated that the method of controlling thousands of people with thousands is the old card that you said." ”

Lao Sun nodded with a smile, and continued: "Team Cao, we are all people from the public security system, it stands to reason that we have seen a lot of things in society, if you want to admire Wu San because of his regulation of the underground casino industry, then you really underestimate Wu San." ”

Lao Sun's words surprised us even more, could it be that Wu San's target was not an underground casino? This made me full of interest in this person.

"Although Wu San has regulated the underground casinos and reduced the crime caused by gambling, after all, the business he did was illegal, and we didn't touch him for the time being, and he also had the wisdom of the leader, which was equivalent to borrowing his power to clean up the most difficult and scattered branches and leaves first, and it would be easy to leave one main trunk. You may not think that before we could do it, after the Spring Festival last year, Wu Sanjin washed his hands and closed all the casinos overnight. ”

"Shut down? Did this Wu San hear any rumors? He spent so much effort to dominate the market, the family is dominant, this money spent is not a small amount, and he is willing to close the door before the capital is earned?" Team Cao's expression made people feel that he didn't believe his ears at that moment.

Lao Sun nodded with a wry smile, and then said: "If you want to say that Wu San heard the rumors, I don't believe it, he knows some leaders in the city, but those are all about the economy, we and the city bureau only know about the secretary, banning the underground casino, no more than five people in total, there will be no problem with the secrecy work, we have no action in advance, he has no reason to know the inside story." ”

Later, I had more contact with him, and once at dinner he told me that he had a friend who had a family ruined because of an underground casino, and he had a world friend for more than 20 years, because of the underground casino. Indeed, at first he cleaned up and annexed other casinos because he had the idea of saving a lot of money, but later as soon as these things came out, he understood a lot of things, figured out some reasoning, and then withdrew and concentrated on his business, after all, sometimes giving up is not a good start. ”

"What about me? Although it is empty and happy, it is lively, and there is no effort, but after all, Wu San is a prodigal son, and his merits outweigh his faults, no, at the beginning of this year, he was also on the list of the top ten outstanding entrepreneurs in the city. ”

Wu San invited us to eat in his own restaurant, the decoration of the restaurant is very high-end, not inferior to the "three knives and one axe" in Beijing, but the private room he entertained us was very elegantly decorated, even a little simple, and many details were spent very carefully.

The dining table in the middle of the room is not big, barely able to put down eight chairs, and there is no tablecloth, the glass table top is exposed, and there is no turntable for turning dishes, but under the glass is a pure wooden tabletop, which seems to be wrapped with some old copper skin, but the wood is moistened with dark brown because of age, and the faint metallic luster of the copper skin, under the background of the glass table, people can't help but have a sense of peace of mind.

I sat down at the table and took a closer look, and then I realized that under the glass top was a large wheel of an ancient cart. This wheel is at least two or three hundred years old, but it is by no means ordinary. The material should be very good hardwood, with perfect curvature and a tight mortise and tenon between each piece of wood. When this wheel was made, a special varnish was applied, which did not have any reflection, as if it was completely immersed in the wood, so that every texture of the wood became calm and clear.

In the place where the wood interface and the outer edge of the wheel are wrapped, it is wrapped with copper skin, and it is rare that these copper hairpins are engraved with exquisite ornamentation, there are three sheep Kaitai, there are more than every year, there are immediately sealed, all of them are some traditional auspicious patterns. The level of craftsmanship that can be carved is very high, the lines are smooth, the shapes are vivid, and they are full of movement. There are round copper nails on the copper skin, which is not only a fixed effect, but also a decoration, the size, spacing, depth, color and luster are exactly the same, and the exquisite craftsmanship is incredible.

Just looking at this wheel is a rare work of art, and it was not something that ordinary people could afford back then. It's not worth much now, not because it's not old enough, but because it's large, takes up space, and has too few players to collect. However, Wu San made a base underneath and turned the big wheels into a dining table, which had to make people admire his creativity, which not only found a new function for this collection, but also allowed all diners to naturally and closely appreciate the artistic charm of the collection.

Oriental civilization has not been interrupted for thousands of years, and one of the important reasons is the inheritance of culture by the artifacts themselves. In ancient times, the makers did not regard craftsmanship, materials, and techniques as the criteria for judging the quality of craftsmanship, but on the contrary, the cultural connotation in the artifacts was the most important popular factor. At this point, the catering culture is also broad and profound, but like Wu San, I have never seen the cultural charm of utensils combined into a meal or a few dishes, and I have naturally narrowed the distance between this person.

"Boss Wu, your dining table is luxurious enough, it should be the spokes specially made for the palace by the manufacturing office in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, right? This thing is rare now, the larger the piece, the more difficult it is to have no flaws. I couldn't help but ask. Since I entered the door, my attention has been on the table, and now I have taken the time to look at Wu San.

At this time, Wu San was introduced by Team Sun, just shook hands with Team Cao, invited the guests to take a seat, heard my question, and walked over with a smile and shook hands with me. His hands are very strong, his skin is very rough, and if you look closely at his appearance, he is in his forties, the top of his head is half bald, thick eyebrows and big eyes, wide mouth and straight nose, especially the long and wide earlobes, and extremely wise eyes, which is a rare blessing. This is a world away from what I had imagined of an underground casino owner.

(The teacher said: Too void does not give birth to spiritual wisdom, sincerity does not cause good and evil, those who have deep desires are shallow, those who quarrel between right and wrong are not clear, those who touch the realm and have a heart are less, those who are lonely and forget the opportunity are wise, those who are proud of things and high hearts are strong, those who cling to emptiness are all foolish, those who seek literature and evidence are stagnation, those who seek Buddha in asceticism are fascinated, those who seek Buddha in centrifugal ways are outside, and those who are obsessed with Buddha are demons.) --"The Essentials of Epiphany")