Chapter 19: The World's Most Profitable Business
"Brother Huan, what did you say?" I let out a low sigh of surprise. Brother Huan waved his hand and motioned for me not to speak, and listen to him.
He leaned against the pool, closed his eyes, and didn't know what he was thinking in his heart, and then suddenly asked, "Little Wu, how long have you been following me?" β
"Four years." I replied quickly: "Brother Huan, I have been following you for more than four years. β
"Hmm...... It's been more than four years. Brother Huan seemed to smile, opened his eyes and glanced at me: "Little Wu, how is Brother Huan treating you?" β
"Good!" I replied without hesitation: "Brother Huan, you are very good to me!" β
I said it quickly and firmly!
Brother Huan is indeed very good to me. I'm just a kid working in the glory of Jinbi, and after being favored by Brother Huan, because of Brother Huan's cover, I can go all the way to today! If it weren't for Brother Huan, I'm afraid I wouldn't know where to serve the plate now!
Brother Huan sighed, suddenly drank the red wine in the cup in his hand, pointed to the sauna again, and said, "You accompany me in to steam for a while." Then he stood up with a towel draped, and I immediately followed. The two twin girls quickly wrapped a bath towel around me.
In the sauna, Brother Huan and I sat side by side, Brother Huan picked up a wooden scoop and poured water on the pile of hot stones.
One scoop of water, two scoops of water, five or six scoops of water were poured down, the steam was pervasive, and the heat was unbearable! I feel like the air is starting to get hot! With every breath, your lungs burn like they burn! Sweat trickled down as if you were not in the sauna, but thrown into the microwave!
"Brother Huan, it's okay." I quickly stopped Brother Huan from continuing to water...... Just kidding, Brother Huan is obviously distracted, and if he pours it again, I'm afraid the two of us will be cooked.
You know, for sauna in Pingrì, you can only pour two scoops of water at most. Look at it now, the barrel that was set aside was almost at the bottom!
Brother Huan was still pondering, but he didn't seem to feel the heat at all, his eyes saw that he seemed to be thinking about something that was difficult to decide, but then he seemed to have finally made a decision!
"Little Wu, do you know, there are only two people around me, and they are the ones I really trust." Brother Huan said slowly: "One is Jinhe, when I was working hard in the south, I saved Jinhe's life, and then he followed me." I only saved him once, but over the years, he didn't know how many times he had saved me...... If he owes me anything, it would have been paid off long ago. But he is still loyal to me, but unfortunately, Jin He is loyal and listens to me, but my business cannot be handed over to him to take care of, he is not good at this. β
I didn't speak.
"The second one, it's you." Brother Huan suddenly smiled and patted me on the shoulder: "You kid, I didn't know what was wrong back then, as soon as I saw you, I felt like I fell in love with you!" You're a kid, you're righteous to your own people, and you're ruthless to your opponents, and you can't do things like your mother-in-law, which is very good. The most important thing is that you are young, but not like the young people of today, impetuous! Don't you think it's strange that I threw you on the golden wall for four years? β
I said, "Brother Huan, I know, you want me to experience more." Besides, in the nightclub, I made a lot of money, if it wasn't for Brother Huan's fancy to me, I'm afraid I would still be serving dishes. β
"Hmm." Brother Huan smiled: "This is what I like most about you, don't be greedy!" People are ambitious, they are not afraid of ambition, they are afraid of greed! Ambition can make people achieve great things, but greed can only make people bad, Xiao Wu, you have to remember this sentence. β
I nodded.
"Xiao Wu, tonight, I suddenly called you here because I think the time is almost up, and many of my things have come to let you know."
I still nodded, but my face had calmed down.
Brother Huan glanced at the expression on my face, and there was a bit of satisfaction in his eyes, and then he suddenly laughed and scolded: "Fuck, why is the steam so hot today." β
I smiled wryly, thinking to myself that you didn't just desperately pour water on the hot stones......
Brother Huan wiped his sweat: "I said just now that this place is mine, are you surprised?" β
"Yes!" I nodded: "I think this place is complex and the background is deep. If you want to run such a place, I am afraid that you need very strong strength, and you need to be able to do it with your hands and eyes! β
"Hands and eyes open to the sky...... Hands and Eyes to the Sky...... Hey! Brother Huan suddenly sneered: "Xiao Wu, these things, I can't say clearly for a while, I called you tonight to let you take a good look!" After a while, we're done washing, and I'll take you around here and open your eyes! There are many things that you can understand until you see them and I say them again. β
I immediately nodded.
Brother Huan smiled, there was something warm in his eyes when he looked at me, then stood up and scolded with a smile: "Fuck, it's too hot here, I can't stand it, get out!" β
Walking out of the sauna, Brother Huan lay on the edge of the bath, and then sighed: "Come here, wipe my back." β
The two girls had been hiding in the pool. Hearing Brother Huan's words, one of them picked up a bath towel and sat down beside Brother Huan. Brother Huan frowned and said, "The woman's hands are too soft and she has no strength." He pointed at me: "Little Wu, you come." β
It's not the first time I've taken a bath with Brother Huan, and it's not the first time I've wiped his back. I heard him wipe his back just now, so I had already stepped aside to wipe the towel in my hands, and then took a wooden basin and brought a basin of water.
But there were two girls staring at me, and I always felt uncomfortable.
It's not like I've never seen a woman, and it's not like I've never let a woman see it, but it's always a little awkward to have two women staring at you while taking a shower. I frowned: "You guys go out first." β
The two girls were stunned, and looked at Brother Huan at the same time, Brother Huan was lying face down, waved his hand casually when he heard the words, raised his head and smiled: "Okay, go out, you go back to the room, get ready, serve Xiao Wu well tonight!" β
The two women blushed at the same time when they heard this, and then quickly picked up the wine bottle and glass, hurriedly wrapped the bath towel and ran away.
I have already put a wet towel on Brother Huan's back, and then put the palms of my hands slightly flat and slapped it on Brother Huan's back. Brother Huan snorted happily and sighed: "Little Wu, is your brother Huan old?" β
"Why!" I laughed and said, "Last week, in the ring, that punch almost knocked me out of my feet for half a day!" β
"Hmph, cunning little cub." Brother Huan scolded with a smile: "You don't know when I do?" You kid has been working with me lately, and you've already started to learn how to release water! Then he sighed: "Actually, I know in my heart that when people are old, they are old!" You look at my waist now, how much more fat is there on it than in previous years? Hey! β
Speaking from the heart, Brother Huan's body is actually very strong and strong! However, when you reach middle age, even if you are a bodybuilder, your body will inevitably become swollen, and I patted and kneaded Brother Huan's back in my hands, and I felt that the muscles on Brother Huan's body were indeed much more relaxed than before......
"Little Five...... Where people sit, they have to do what they do! However, there are some locations, looking at the scenery, but they are actually very tiring, and if you don't sit well, it will make you lose your net worth! Although Brother Huan was laughing, he seemed to be very helpless: "Who am I, Ye Huan?" Hmph, back then, I dared to go south with a thousand yuan to break into the world, what scene have I never seen? Life and death are fighting, flesh and blood flying...... I've come all over here. But now, sitting in this position in my hand, in this place, drunk and dreaming of death every day, drunk and drunk, but it makes my heart beat like walking on thin ice! β
"How much money can you have in the nightclubs, restaurants, and taxi companies under your brother? Tens of millions, in the eyes of ordinary people, this amount of money is astronomical! Hmph, if in the eyes of those real giants, I'm afraid it's just a losing number in a game! In this place, if you have tens of millions, hum, I'm afraid you won't even be able to enter the door of my hotel! β
There was a strange resentment in Brother Huan's tone, and then he took a deep breath: "Xiao Wu, don't you think it's strange, why do I say that this place is mine?" I'll tell you now! β
After that, he asked me, "What business in this world is the most profitable?" β
"Arms and drugs." I immediately gave the answer.
I'm afraid most people know this common sense.
But Brother Huan laughed, and then said in a mocking tone: "Wrong! β
Before I could refute, he had already said quickly: "What is the arms business?" What is the drug business? You can make money with both, but this kind of money is hot! If you do drugs, you are standing on the opposite side of the state! No matter how rich you are and how powerful you are, you will never be able to stop the state apparatus! Drugs? Hmph, if the state apparatus must kill you, no matter how big the drug lord is, it will be a dead end! I don't have a life, and I still make a lot of money! β
Taking a breath, Brother Huan continued to laugh and said, "As for the arms...... Hmph, I can only say that it is barely enough, in the arms business, if the country supports you, you can do it unscrupulously! But if one day the country doesn't support you, it can completely erase you at any time! Don't look at those arms dealers in the United States who are very beautiful, it is the United States that supports them, but the United States is the United States, we can't do it here! In the final analysis, the arms trade is actually done by the state, not your arms dealers, who are just making money for the country. β
I listened quietly and understood in my heart that Brother Huan and I must have other meanings when I said this, so I asked: "Then what is the real money-making business?" β
Brother Huan smiled, he raised his head, looked at me, there was something sharp in his eyes, and then spit out four words in his mouth:
"Power for money!"
With a sneer, he said slowly: "There is nothing in the world that is more profitable than the exchange of power and money!" β
I didn't speak, Brother Huan's business echoed in the bathroom air: "Power, money, these two things are the most powerful capital in the world!" If these two things are combined, the power is even greater! Little Five, look at the place where you are now, do you know that every night, it is in this place, maybe in a room upstairs, maybe at a certain card table, maybe in a certain clubhouse, or even ...... Maybe in a certain bed, in this place, how many transactions will there be per day? How many people's fate is decided every day in this place? Hmph, if someone is found to count this number, I am even sure that the annual transaction amount here, I'm afraid that even if you add up all the sales amount of all the venues in the city, Paimado will not be able to catch up! If real estate developers want to get a piece of land, they have to exchange the money in their hands for the power in the hands of high-ranking officials! If a large company wants to evade taxes, it has to pay to buy the pen in the hands of the old men in the tax department! Otherwise, it will be a number of millions! If a merchant wants to smuggle, he will have to pay to buy off those guys at customs and make them close their eyes when they need it! If an official wants to buy a villa, raise a lover, or make a two-nΗi, he must use the power in his hands to exchange for money! Xiao Wu, don't you know, how many interest groups are behind this place? How many people's interests are represented?! Hmph, anti-pornography and anti-illegal activities, it's okay for you to let them go to those places in the city to check, you let them come here?! In the parking lot below, there are license plates...... Hmph, don't mention the person in the car, just send the driver out, you can go sideways! Xiao Wu, let me tell you, this place, the business it does, is the trading of power and money! β