Chapter 142: The Storm Rises Again
With the "resurgence" of the entertainment market, more and more peers have returned to the tomb robbery industry, and the originally depressed market has become hot again, and with it, the competition has begun to become fierce. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
As the first batch of tomb robbers who began to return to their old business, Li Tianming did not occupy much of the right time, place and people.
Because in the Bishan area, most of the tomb robberies are family businesses, and it is rare to find outsiders to "support the pot".
In times of depression, these people hibernated, and when everything recovered, they also "lived". As soon as the uncle and nephew greeted, a team pulled up.
For them, the craftsmanship that has been passed down through the generations is ingrained in their blood. Even if you give up for a while, the skill is not rusty, and once you hold the hoe in your hand again, the feeling of plowing the ground will come naturally.
In contrast, these "rabble" under Li Tianming are technically inferior, although they are outnumbered, but tomb robbing is not about strength, but more about experience.
Although there are more and more peers who are returning to the tomb robbery business, the competition is becoming more and more fierce. But Li Tianming did not have any sense of crisis, in his opinion, this cake could be made very big.
Li Tianming is a person who sees the big picture, and he sees opportunities in the crisis. The more active the market, the more buyers there are, and the greater his chances of getting rid of the faucet.
It wasn't until an accident happened one day that Li Tianming realized how terrible "competition" was, and his idea of "peaceful development" was just wishful thinking, and this was still a world of the jungle.
On this day, Uncle Li was thinking about contacting a Luoyang buyer in the textile factory, and during this time, he contacted a few hawkers, did a few small businesses, and gained a lot, and he was preparing to make this "side business" bigger.
At this time, a junior ran in in a hurry, "Something happened." ”
Seeing Xiao Wu's panicked expression, Li Tianming also realized that something was wrong, the Dawu and Xiaowu brothers were the "apprentices" who had just been brought in, although the two of them were of average stature, but they had fierce personalities, compared to the gold and silver brothers back then, Li Tianming had never seen him so nervous.
"Sit down, drink water, and talk well."
Li Tianming stabilized Xiao Wu's mood, seeing that his legs were muddy, his face was gray, and his whole face was red and panting, he should have run back directly from the ravine. Could it be that there is something wrong with the antiques this time?
Two days ago, Li Tianming arranged for Yinzi to take Xiao Wu and several other apprentices to Luohe to dig a Tang Dynasty tomb, which is the place where Li Tianming first "personally touched" the ancient tomb, and it is also the place where Li Zhenbei took him to "go out of school".
Li Tianming is bound to get this antique. He wanted to borrow this batch of goods to do a big business with a senior antique broker in Luoyang.
Now that you've decided to go it alone, it's time to build your own network. In the tomb robbery industry, buyers rarely have direct contact with sellers, and are generally bought and sold through brokers or dealers.
The dragon head is actually his broker, but although the dragon head has a thick road, he is too dark and too pitiful. Being exploited by him like this is always unconvinced. Although the dragon head has the grace of saving his life and knowing him, he has done so much work for him and earned so much money, which can be regarded as repaying his kindness.
Li Tianming's idea is to bypass the faucet and find another broker alone, and with his ability, the income can easily be hundreds or thousands of times.
Looking for brokers is actually very particular, ordinary people have no way and no connections, so they can only do some small business, commonly known as dealers. There is an upper limit to the scale of their business, you can't take on big jobs, and others don't dare to hand over big goods to you.
And big brokers usually have their own channels, know many people, have a wide range of contacts, and the goods are easy to deliver, the key is to have a reputation and not be afraid of being pitted.
Li Tianming's wishful thinking is that he will do a business with this big broker first, show his strength and sincerity with some good goods, and after establishing a cooperative relationship, he can repair the plank road in the open and Chen Cang in the dark, and no longer have to be subject to the dragon head.
Li Tianming attaches great importance to this cooperation, so he chose this tomb with special significance to himself.
Two days ago, he specially arranged for his capable subordinates to be headed by Yinzi, and brought a few elite soldiers out. According to the time estimate, it should be ready to ship in these two days.
But when he came back to such a stunned young man, could it be that there was some accident?
Xiao Wu took a sip of water and gasped for a while, before he stammered and told Li Tianming everything that had happened.
There was no problem with the tomb robbery itself, it went well. But when it came time to ship, they met their peers!
It stands to reason that this kind of thing has happened before, with the style of the gold and silver brothers and their strength, basically give the other party a little color and look at them and retreat. But this time is extraordinary.
As soon as they were shipped, a group of people came out of the shadows, and this group of people had guns—submachine guns.
Li Tianming was shocked when he heard this, submachine guns? This damn thing, did the tomb robber run into the regular army?
"Do you see who it is? Are you sure it's holding the real guy? Li Tianming asked uneasily.
"I saw it clearly - I didn't see it clearly, but the gun was clear, several people were holding guns, and one person put the muzzle of the gun to Brother Yinzi's head, and Brother Yinzi was covering his head at that time...... He squatted down...... I think Brother Yinzi is so bold, he shouldn't be easily frightened, right? ”
Li Tianming fell into deep thought, what kind of road are these people? He has seen tomb robberies and encounter black and black, but he robbed it with a submachine gun? I've never heard of it.
"Uncle, I was watching for a long time to see that they had taken away all our goods. Uncle, it's not that I'm afraid, but it's useless for me to rush over alone. Uncle...... You don't blame me for not being angry, do you? Uncle, I'm not a person who escapes and is afraid of death...... I, I'm here to move the rescuers. ”
Seeing Uncle Li's face cloudy, Xiao Wu was also scared.
Li Tianming shook his head and said to Xiao Wu with a pleasant face: "I don't blame you, you didn't do anything right. ”
After thinking about it, he said, "Were they still there when you left?" ”
Xiao Wu said: "Yes, here, there are a lot of goods in that tomb, and I can't finish it for a while." ”
Li Tianming was in trouble. The most worrying thing still happened, in the tomb robbery industry, there are very few people who really die in the tomb organs, and most of them die at the hands of their peers. People have guys, and it's not a problem if they have a lot of people.
At this time, there was a noise outside, and they had returned the gold that had gone out to exchange goods.
Li Tianming rolled his eyes, called all these people in, and told them the general situation.
Sure enough, when Kaneko heard that his brother was trapped, he was furious on the spot, and he was about to rush out and fight desperately. Dawu and Xiaowu brothers were also angry.
Li Tianming saw that everyone was not afraid of anything, and he was also very satisfied, and immediately ordered everyone to bring the guys to reinforcements - it is best to keep the goods, and if it is really not possible, bring people back first.
This hypocrisy is very suitable for the temper of his subordinates, and these men have said that Uncle Li is still righteous, and he only cares about his brother at this time.
Li Tianming nodded, "Go ahead, I'll ...... Waiting for good news at home. ”
Li Tianming's wishful thinking is, even if you have a gun, no matter how arrogant you are, you won't kill all my dozen lives, right?
Even if you lose a few lives, it's good to be able to get some goods back. Human life is not valuable, goods are valuable.
The worst case is that everyone is fine, and all the goods are explained.
This matter can't be so unclear, if you let your peers on the road know that Li Tianming was mixed up, then how will he be mixed up in the future?
As soon as Jin Zi heard that his brother was blocked, he was anxious on the spot, and in the area of Bishan, the gold and silver brothers have always walked sideways. Ordinary people will give a face when they encounter it, even if they don't show up, just the name can be a town, but this time it was blocked by someone? We have to get back on the field.
When he went out this time, Uncle Li handed over all the elite soldiers in his hands to him.
Before leaving, he quietly explained to him that he could not fall into the prestige of his brothers, and he must save face for the silver.
Among the group of people brought out by Jinzi, in addition to the big and small martial brothers, there are also a few people who are close relatives to the group of people trapped by Yinzi, and they have a strong blood relationship.
As soon as Scar Jin and the others left, Uncle Li beckoned the remaining people to transfer their residences and supplies - to prepare for the worst.
In the beginning, Li Tianming and all his subordinates were based in abandoned textile factories. After having enough money, Li Tianming set up a few more bases outside the textile factory, either renting or buying, all of which were relatively remote places suitable for doing work.
This is done firstly, to diversify investment, secondly, to avoid misfortune caused by too many people, and thirdly, to have a place to hide when a catastrophe comes. He studied the truth of the three holes of the cunning rabbit very thoroughly.
He understands the truth that you can't put all your eggs in one basket. In order to ensure safety, Uncle Li does not have a fixed residence now, and often changes his residence once every ten days and a half months, sometimes staying in a hotel, sometimes renting a private house, sometimes staying in a hotel, and several passers-by often disperse to prevent being served by a pot.
In terms of prudence, Uncle Li thought that he had achieved the extreme, even without the protection of the faucet, he could deal with all kinds of emergencies.
The problems on the official side are easy to deal with, but the peer competition is really troublesome. Recently, there have been several fights between gangs in Bishan, all of which were disputes between families, and finally developed into a fight of hundreds of people.
After several incidents of human life, everyone felt that it would be no good for anyone to continue fighting like this, so several more powerful families on the road got together for a meeting and verbally reached a "tomb robbery convention".
The whole spirit of the convention is actually "first come, first come", whoever looks at the tomb will make a specific mark, and if other families see someone else's mark, it is not good to do it again.
The reason why there is such a convention is that some large tombs are often not robbed in a while, and it may take more than ten days or even months to prepare for the time from stepping on the point to digging the pit into the tomb.
In order to cover up the traces of large-scale tomb robbery, crops and green gauze tents will be planted around the tomb first, and then the crops will be used before they are started, so as not to attract attention.
In some places, you can even build a house directly on the ancient tomb, and it is convenient for you to do anything in it after the house is built.
Sometimes, when there is an emergency in the process of robbing the tomb, they will also leave a mark to tell others that this place has an owner, and do not move.
Of course, this kind of mark is not necessarily easy to use, because the tomb robbery industry is also a big fish eating small fish, and small fish eating shrimp. The marks made by the big family, the small family did not dare to move. But the mark made by the small family may be robbed by the big family, so the small family can't beat it, and it can't win the fight, so it can only swallow its anger.
Li Tianming did not participate in this convention, and like Li Zhenbei back then, he didn't care about being on an equal footing with several major families. He is now strong and strong, and he is no longer the same as the downfall of the past. Relying on the strength of the crowd, he will not reason with others.
And his father and brother took the blame for the tomb robbers in the entire mountain, and he also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart - take what I like, don't beep with me, this is what you owe me.
So he was the only one who bullied others, and no one dared to fight back.
But I didn't expect to be deflated this time, and I still suffered a big loss - Li Tianming judged that these black people must have been eyeing themselves for a long time, and they came prepared.
If he guessed correctly, the other party must be waiting for his own move, and he must solve the game.
The old and spicy Li Tianming has actually figured out how to survive this catastrophe in his heart.
He hoped that it would be better for those people to keep the money in their custody and not to put it back...... If that's it, then I'll never be able to raise my head in Bishan in the future. Those big families would take turns squatting on his head and.
So he hoped that the gold would make things bigger. The bigger the trouble, the better, and preferably a few dead.
Li Tianming knows that in the industry, if you want to mix well, you have to be more ruthless than anyone.
The soft ones are afraid of the hard, the hard ones are afraid of the horizontal, the horizontal ones are afraid of the stunned, and the stunned ones are afraid of dying!
I have so many people that I don't want their lives anymore, so what about you?