Lu Fangding went downstairs, I followed behind, this very old unit building is not inhabited by many people, the small street downstairs is empty, I see a car parked on the side of the road.

Lu Fangding didn't say much, opened the car door and sat in. I walked up to the car, and when I was about to get into the car, I was more or less hesitant in my heart.

Where is he taking me? What are you taking me for? Because in my subconscious, I have always regarded Lu Fangding as a potential enemy, an enemy who can threaten me, so no matter what I think, there is no need for him to attack me in this way, but I will still hesitate and be suspicious.

"It's too late for you to change your mind now." Lu Fangding sat in the co-pilot's seat, didn't look at me, and said, "You can go or not." ”

I don't know if this is Lu Fangding's heartfelt words or his agitation method. I gritted my teeth and got into the car.

"Drive." Lu Fangding still didn't look back at me, and said lightly to the driver.

I thought that Lu Fangding would be a character like this, if he really went out, he would have to bring at least a few people, who had been in the ancient line for so many years, fighting and killing, there must be a lot of enemies. But Lu Fangding brought a driver, and none of the rest of the entourage.

The driver was a middle-aged man in his forties, the car drove fast and steadily, and after leaving where I lived, the car drove all the way to the western suburbs.

The western suburbs of the old town, which used to be filled with chemical factories and plastic factories, have long since ceased production, and the residential areas surrounding these factories have been relocated, and they are in such a state of dislocation that there are no street lights at night. As I watched the car drive in such a place, I couldn't help but panic again. But I couldn't bear to say anything, I must not let Lu Fangding underestimate me.

Actually, I have a lot of questions I want to ask Lu Fangding, it can be said that in my opinion, he is the initiator of this matter, if it were not for the longevity box he brought, without him to affect me and Lao Wang and Zhang Momo's dreams, then the next thing may not happen, at least not in this form. But the current occasion is not suitable for conversation, the driver is next to him, and Lu Fangding will not say such a vague thing in front of the driver.

The car stopped outside a large iron gate, the lights flashed, and soon someone opened the door. At first, I didn't recognize this place, but when the car drove into the yard, I saw in a trance that this was the former Huayang Plastics No. 2 Factory, which had long since closed down, leaving only the dilapidated factory building.

The driver drove the car to the back door of a very dilapidated factory on the right side of the yard, two years ago, the factories in the old town of Huayang were rented out, slightly rebuilt, opened a restaurant and opened a bar, but the business was not very good, and it was closed one after another after a period of time. The factory building in front of you has also been remodeled, and there is a staircase leading to the second floor at the back door.

Lu Fangding led me up the stairs and opened the small door upstairs.

The factory building is so high that it is two floors in total, and after I followed Lu Fangding into this small door, I was slightly surprised.

The first floor of the factory building is very open, with four walls and a circular corridor. Lu Fangding and the place where I am standing now are very hidden places, and I can see below when I look down, but the people below can't see us.

There were quite a few people sitting downstairs, and a rough count estimated that there were thirty or forty. Among these thirty or forty people, most of them are very eye-catching, but a few are familiar, all of them are characters with heads and faces in the ancient line. These people used to go to the Seven Holes Bridge occasionally, but I was a small trader at the time, and I couldn't talk to anyone.

Lu Fangding stood in this gloomy corner, silently lowering his head, looking at the people below. It's already early in the morning, and I estimate that except for Lu Fangding, no one can let these people stay here and wait in a proper manner.

I was behind Lu Fangding, looking at his current appearance, and I felt something in my heart.

He may like to hide in a place where no one can see him, watching everyone, and only then can he feel that all these people below are under his control.

The two of us looked down for at least five or six minutes, and most of the people below were in their forties, and there were only a few young people who didn't talk much. Thirty or forty people stayed up so late, sitting here, constantly smoking and refreshing, but no one said a word of nonsense, and no one dared to complain or complain.

I squinted at Lu Fangding, what does this old thing mean? The matter is obvious, these people are all his subordinates, and Lu Fangding relies on these people to control Gu Xing. Did he bring me here to show off his strength?

But on second thought, is it necessary for Lu Fangding to do this? He is the boss of the ancient line, and I am a small shopkeeper who eats mixed rice, and if he really puts a score in front of me, it will be too slippery.

"Did you see that?" Lu Fangding looked at it for a few minutes, then turned back to me and said, "There are a total of thirty-seven people here, Huayang, Xincheng, Pingxiang, Luoyang, the ancient lines of these places are all maintained by these people. ”

"I know, don't the people of the ancient walk often say? One land top three yuan. Thou art mighty and hast a thick loin. ”

"Under these thirty-seven people, there are also a number of people who do things, think about it, what a big net this is." Lu Fangding didn't seem to mind my ridicule, and then said: "As long as you grab this net and spread it, thirty percent of Gu Xing's business can be netted." ”

"Yes, aren't all three or four percent of the business in the ancient industry in your hands?"

"I don't want to spread this net anymore, I want to change someone and take over my class." Lu Fangding's eyes stared at me, and he said word by word: "You come to take over my class." ”

"You ......" I have always been speaking with a mocking attitude and tone of Lu Fangding, but when he finished saying these few words, I seemed to float into the clouds all of a sudden. I never guessed what Lu Fangding's purpose was for bringing me to this place, and now he finally said his plan.

However, his words, I can't believe how big Lu Fangding's family business is, he can think of it with his heels, starting from scratch, working hard and sweating for more than 20 years to fight for today's family business, he may casually hand over all this to someone who has nothing to do with him?

No way.

I just thought, Lu Fangding is not deliberately testing me, but what can he test me? What do I have to be tempted?

"I've called all these people today, and if you want, I can go and tell them right away that you will sit on my chair in the future." Lu Fangding didn't care whether I could accept it or not, whether I could understand it or not, raised his hand and pointed downward, and said, "I'll teach you how to control this net, and I will also make it clear to them, whoever sits on this chair will be the same as me sitting on this chair." Here, there may be a few people who will not accept it, and whoever does not accept it, I will treat him as a thorn and pull him out. ”

"Do you think I'll believe it?" I can't fully believe Lu Fangding's words no matter what: "The industry you worked hard for yourself, and if you say it to others, you will give it to others?" What are you drawing? ”

"I'm old." Lu Fangding didn't explain much, and only replied with three words.

Maybe it was just such a moment, I suddenly felt that Lu Fangding seemed to be really much older than the last time I saw him. His hair was short, almost close to his scalp, and only a careful look would reveal that his hair had turned white at some point.

A person, no matter what his identity, when he is old at twilight, will generally go to two extremes, one is to hold on to everything he has now, and he will not let go of his hands, and the other is to let go very thoroughly, divide what should be divided, let go of what should be put down, idle clouds and wild cranes, and forget about each other in the rivers and lakes.

I can see that Lu Fangding is really old, but what he said to me made me dare not face it. I just think that pie will not fall from the sky for no reason, and if the pie does fall, and I eat it hungry, then it will probably be the beginning of disaster.

"There are so many people under you, even if you really want to wash your hands, can't you choose one of them?"

"I don't know who to give this chair to, I used to have a son, but he died." Lu Fangding squinted his eyes slightly, as if he remembered something a long time ago, he said slowly with an indescribable vicissitudes and sadness: "If he hadn't died, my chair would have been destined to be handed over to him, but he died, and he couldn't live again......"

I don't know if what Lu Fangding said is true or false, after I left my hometown with my father to go to Huayang, I basically went back to my hometown two or three times a year, stayed for a few days, and then left. I don't know much about the things in the village, and my father is not the kind of person who likes to chew his tongue, so he basically doesn't tell me about the shortcomings of the parents in the village.

But in my impression, Lu Fangding has no children and no daughters, anyway, no one told me that Lu Fangding had a son before, but he died.

Still, even if no one tells me this, it's normal. People in the village like to get together to chat when they are fine, talking about the east and west, but there is a rule in the village, who has a bad thing, other people can't chew their tongues behind their backs, originally someone has an accident, it's uncomfortable enough, if the people in the same village talk nonsense, it will make people even more sad.

The people of the village adhered to this rule, and few people violated it. For example, there is a family in our village who is infertile, so they adopt a child from another village. This is a well-known thing, but the whole village knows it, only the adopted child does not know, and no one will pass it on. Until they were teenagers, the adopted children still thought they were biological.

I don't care if Lu Fangding has a son or not, what I care about is the incident that caught me in the whirlpool. There is no doubt that Lu Fangding knows a lot of inside information.