Chapter 12: The Rampage (I)
Seeing that Zhang Longchu showed yield, Brian showed a bored expression, and turned his attention back to the two blondes beside him, shaking his head nervously to the music, while drinking 'kissing wine' with his female partner.
After the dance was over, he seemed to remember the existence of Zhang Longchu again, and asked, "I know you've been doing some small business selling 'weeds', right?" ”
Hearing this, Zhang Longchu, who was leaning on the ground, instinctively wanted to deny it, but thinking of Brian's crazy speech and demeanor, he hesitated for a moment, and admitted in a hoarse voice: "Yes, Boss Brian." ”
"You can get weeds and ship them yourself, it's your ability, I can't control it," Brian said without smiling, "but now I'm the owner of Orange Street, and you're 'doing business' on Orange Street."
According to the rules, you have to give me a cut, you know? ”
Zhang Longchu never expected that a gang boss with thirty or forty thugs under his command would actually take a fancy to his insignificant little 'business'.
If it was something else, he would not dare to fight, but although the business of 'selling grass' was small, it was the only source of income for him and his adoptive father, and it could be said that it was fate.
Therefore, after listening to Brian's words, although Zhang Longchu's body began to tremble slightly again because of the two emotions of fear and anger lingering in his heart, he still retorted with a trembling voice: "Boss Brian, but I haven't shipped on Orange Street, and my 'weeds' are all sold to the students of Antun Middle School..."
Without waiting for him to speak, Brian's right foot in leather boots stepped on Zhang Longchu's leaning on the ground, supporting his left hand, and roared with a distorted face: "But you live in Orange Street, and your goods are also obtained in Orange Street, so you have to obediently hand over the money to me, this is the rule, understand?"
In the past, I was magnanimous and didn't care about the commission, from today on, 50% of the money you make from shipping, 50% must be handed over to me.
Don't try to play tricks, or I'll make you regret why you were born! ”
If it is an ordinary gang member who sells drugs, it is actually reasonable to hand over 50% of the profits to the gang, because the gang wants to help him prepare the supply;
to protect his business territory and personal safety from other gangs;
It is necessary to buy the ghosts in the police station to report to him to avoid being arrested, and in case he is really unfortunate enough to be caught, the gang will also ask a lawyer to help him get away with the crime... All kinds of expenses need money, and since you have enjoyed so many conveniences, it is of course a matter of course to pay some price.
But Zhang Longchu's 'weeds' are completely self-produced and sold, and they don't need anyone's help at all, and it is really unreasonable to take 50% of the commission in this case.
And after saying the threatening words, Brian didn't even give Zhang Longchu a chance to argue, and spoke directly: "Okay, please let our Asian kid out, and remember to invite him to see me again today next month." ”
Hearing the boss's order, a few thugs not far away, who had been watching the excitement, walked up to Zhang Longchu, who was slumped, with a cruel smile, lifted him up, and threw him out of the bar. “
Zhang Longchu, who had ten fingers connected to his heart and his knuckles were almost broken, was thrown next to the green dustbin on the side of the street, and his face was covered with cold sweat and kept whispering and wailing for more than ten minutes, before he gradually felt that he had the strength to stand up.
After feeling a little stronger, he raised his face with snot, sweat, and tears to look at the dark sky, and gasped and thought to himself: "It's so late, if you don't go home, Old Baker's call will come."
But I am in such a miserable state now, I must not let him see it, otherwise he will definitely think about it, and then he will not be able to return home, well, I will temporarily find a cheap short-term rental apartment tonight to settle down, and then inquire about Brian's origins...".
Making up his mind, Zhang Longchu trembled and took out the mobile phone in his trouser pocket, dialed his adoptive father's phone, and said nonsense: "Hey, old guy, I'm going to Obano's house to make up for classes these days."
Didn't you say that if something happens that you don't go home at night without first notice, just let me get out of the apartment, now I can, but I'll inform you..."
Before he could speak, the accident-stricken old Baker had already heard the flaw, and shouted loudly: "I went to Aubano's house for no reason to make up for some lessons, and besides, your voice is very wrong, boy, what's wrong with you, come home for me immediately, otherwise I will never spare you." ”
Seeing that the deception could not be achieved, Zhang Longchu, who had nothing to do, paused for a moment, and simply said, "I can't spare it, I can't help it, I'm now at the door of Obano's house, see you in two days." He turned off his phone and staggered into the alley on the side.
Twenty minutes later, he appeared in front of a dilapidated short-term rental apartment just two intersections from Orange Street, with the medicine in his hand.
One of the most striking examples is that the high-end resorts where the elite stay are homeless, the bankrupt and unemployed, and the street **... A short-term rental apartment that will only come to the bottom of society.
Said to be an apartment, in fact, that kind of place to provide accommodation is usually only one, the area is only about a dozen square meters, except for a small TV and a single bed, there is no other electrical appliances, furniture, the environment can only be described by cold in winter and warm in summer, rats and ants are rampant.
In contrast to this kind of harsh conditions, he is very convenient to stay, almost will not check the identity documents of the guests, and the price is also surprisingly cheap, a single day of accommodation will not exceed 30 meters, more than a week can be billed at a 20% discount.
After spending twenty-five meters to live in a narrow short-term rental apartment, Zhang Longsheng stripped naked, rinsed his body in the partition bathroom that could barely accommodate one person to stand, and returned to the bedside to medicate his scarred body with all his might, and finally had a feeling of being alive again.
After resting for a while, he felt better, so he limped out the door, paced slowly, and returned to Orange Street, in front of a small restaurant full of old-fashioned rice-style signs that looked old and lit up like beans.
Pushing the door and walking into the restaurant, seeing that there were no customers inside, Zhang Longsheng sat directly in front of the bar, and said to the boss who was wrinkled and dressed as a cheering cowboy: "Kenny, good evening."
As always, bring me a bacon sausage set, plus a bowl of tomato and pea soup, and the bread should be whole wheat and sugar-free. ”
"Okay, right away." The boss nodded and smiled, turned around and casually asked while cooking food directly behind the bar, "Poor kid, what's wrong with your leg, it's a physical education injury, right?" ”
Hearing this, Zhang Longchu smiled and didn't answer, was silent for a while, and suddenly said, "Kenny, you are well-informed, have you heard of a person named Diamond the Snake?" ”
"Of course, I heard that he has been in the limelight in recent months, what's wrong?" Kenny said, boiling the soup.
"It's nothing," Zhang Longchu smiled and said in disguise: "It's that today I saw a group of guys with skulls with bloody eyes printed on their clothes on the street, and I heard that their boss is called Cobra Brian, so I asked casually." ”
"It's okay to ask, but you don't want to mess around with those crazy people, you know." Hearing this, Kenny, who was cooking, deliberately looked back at Zhang Longchu and admonished in a solemn voice.
"Don't worry Kenny, I'm going to an Ivy League school in the future, how can I get involved with those guys," Zhang Longchu shook his head and pretended to be casual: "But why are you so dissatisfied with those people in your tone?" ”
"Because those guys are addicts and mad dogs." As if he had long had an opinion about Brian and his men, Kenny vented, "Do you know how Brian came to prominence?"
He was originally just a dropout gangster in Monnessee City, and a few years ago he came to Los Angeles with his sister for the dream of stardom, but he mixed around in Hollywood, and he didn't even play a supporting role in a third-rate movie, but became addicted to drugs.
In this way, Brian naturally joined the 'Bone Brothers', and in the past two years, he has risen rapidly in the gang, and recently he was arranged by the boss of Billy to take charge of our Orange Street, thinking that he had become the 'principal', and also established his own force 'Blood and Tears Skeleton', which is really ridiculous. ”
Hearing these disdainful words, in order to find out more information, Zhang Longchu deliberately said: "What's so ridiculous about this, since he was arranged by the boss of Bifu to be in charge of Orange Street, of course, even if he is one of the principals of the 'Bone Brothers', it is a matter of course to create a vassal organization affiliated with the gang." ”