When I went to work the next morning, I met Lena in the parking lot.
When Lena saw Anna getting out of Sokov's car, she said jokingly with a half-smile on her face: "Anna, no wonder I didn't see you go home last night. My love went to Misha's house. What are you planning?"
When is the time to marry him?"
Hearing what Lena said, Anna blushed, stepped forward and patted her twice, feinting and saying: "I hate it, I know nonsense all day long."
After the two joked for a while, Lena said to Sokov: "Misha, when I got off work yesterday, I greeted the security guards and asked them to focus on my store to prevent anyone from doing damage."
Sokov knew very well that he was being taken care of by people in the gang, and he would definitely have to face many things next. Even if the area where he opened his store now was under the direct jurisdiction of the market owner, he had to guard against possible small tricks by the other party.
. He nodded towards Lena and said gratefully: "Well, you are interested."
After first sending Anna to the store where she worked, Sokov and Lena walked towards their own store.
Unexpectedly, when I arrived at the door of the store, I found several security guards standing there and the door of the store was sealed.
When Sokov saw this, he couldn't help being a little surprised. He quickly stepped forward and asked, "What happened? Why was my store closed?"
An acquaintance of the security guard came over and said to Sokov: "Misha, it's like this. Someone poured gasoline into your store in the middle of the night last night and was about to light it on fire. He was caught by the patrolling security guard."
When he learned that someone tried to set a fire last night, Sokov couldn't help but feel shocked. He thought that the gang members were too brave. Aren't they afraid of offending the big boss of the market and being kicked out of the market?
"Misha," Lena was a little surprised when she heard what the security guard said: "Someone poured gasoline on the store. Will the clothes be covered with gasoline?"
Sokov carefully observed the traces left by the gasoline, shook his head and said: "No. There is a glass door inside the rolling shutter door. Even if the gasoline poured can seep into the rolling shutter door, it cannot enter the glass door. After opening the door, just open the door.
Just clean up the gasoline between the two doors and that'll be it."
After listening to Sokov's words, Lena felt a little relieved. She turned to the security guard and asked: "When can we open the door?"
"It will take a while." The security guard explained: "We have notified the police. After they come to inspect the scene, you can open the door."
Since they couldn't get in, Sokov and Lena stood at the door of the shop opposite and waited.
Other colleagues came to open the door and saw many security guards standing in front of Sokov's store with a seal on the door. They came over and asked with concern what had happened. Sokov told everyone what he knew.
Tell a story.
After everyone heard this, they sighed for a while and then went about their own business.
After waiting for more than an hour, seven or eight police officers finally arrived, led by a female police officer with the rank of major on her shoulder straps.
After the female police officer chatted with the security guard for a few words, she ordered people to start investigating the scene.
After a while, the female police officer, led by the security guard, came to Sokov, took out a red ID and flashed it: "I am Major Victoria from the 37th Precinct. I have a few questions to ask you."
"Excuse me, Officer Victoria!"
Hearing Sokov speak such fluent Russian, the female police officer was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Judging from the results of our investigation, this should be an attempted arson incident. Have you made any enmity with anyone recently?"
Sokov nodded, told the female police officer what happened yesterday, and finally said: "If you want to know more detailed information, you can ask the security guard. The group of people who came to cause trouble yesterday were arrested by them.
of."
After understanding the situation from the security guard, the female police officer went to the company office in person to interrogate the two arson suspects who were caught by the security guard last night.
Seeing that the store could not be opened yet, Lena seemed very bored, so she said to Sokov: "Misha, I'm going to sit in a nearby coffee shop for a while. When it opens, you can call me." Just left.
After two steps, he suddenly remembered something and quickly added, "By the way, Ada asked me to tell you that she will be on vacation starting today. She will not come back until the peak season."
Seeing that Sokov could not open the door for a long time, colleagues who had a good relationship with him came over to learn about the situation.
During the chat, I couldn't help but mention Mrs. Li, whose shop was closed yesterday because she owed rent: "Do you know? That Mrs. Li is nothing!"
"What's going on? Let me tell you." Anyway, he was idle, and Sokov also wanted to find some time to pass the time.
"You all still remember her daughter, right?"
"Remember, remember." Everyone nodded and urged: "She appears on this street every now and then. Who doesn't know her?"
"This daughter was born to Mrs. Li when she was almost forty years old. She naturally loves her more when she is old." The man continued: "It can be said that she is afraid of falling when she holds it in her hand, and she is afraid of melting when she holds it in her mouth.
Whatever she wants, she will find a way to satisfy it."
Sokov had an impression of Mrs. Li's daughter. She was average-looking, but very special. She had just replaced the latest fruit machine a few days ago, and she was showing it off everywhere. When she saw a fruit vendor pushing a cart on the street, she used
He also had the same mobile phone, so he went to Mrs. Li to make a fuss, saying: "Even the lowest people in the market are using the same mobile phone as me. How embarrassing is it for me!"
"Stop talking about her daughter, tell me quickly what kind of outrageous things Mrs. Li has done."
"I heard from my fellow villager that Mrs. Li's daughter was involved with Wang Juntao's nephew. She told the other party that there are dozens of Chinese businessmen on our street. When the other party heard this, they would definitely be moved. If we were
Being included in the jurisdiction of their gang will bring in millions of dollars more income every year. Such a big fat piece of meat will be eaten for nothing. So I asked that girl to tell Mrs. Li that as long as our street is destroyed
It makes people panic. After taking over the business in the future, I will be able to give Mrs. Li three months' rent exemption."
Someone mentioned yesterday that the reason why Mrs. Li wanted the gang to control this street was to save three months' rent. I originally thought that this was a petty owner, but I didn't expect that there was a conspiracy hidden behind it.
After hearing what the man said, someone immediately echoed: "No wonder Mrs. Li came to my store two days ago and said that we were bullied under the management of foreigners. We should organize and protest to the company boss, and strongly
Asked Wang Juntao's gang to take over this area. At the time, I thought she had good intentions, but after hearing what you said, I realized that this was her conspiracy."
"I know people but don't know their hearts. I really didn't expect that this old lady Li is so bad. If gangs really take over our street, the cost of doing business will be doubled. Then after a year of hard work, the money will be earned."
If you don’t say it, you might even lose money.”
While everyone was condemning Mrs. Li, Sokov was thinking to himself: They say shopping malls are like battlefields. When you are on the battlefield, you at least know who your enemies are. But in shopping malls, the most common ones are...
The villain who stumbles and stabs behind the scenes is simply impossible to guard against. If Mrs. Li hadn't been caught by accident yesterday, I might have been sold by her one day and would have had to help her count the money.
At this time, the company's second boss, Zahara Isayev, came over with a few security guards and followed the female police officer.
Zahara's brother is God Isayev, who is the big boss of this market. Because he has many properties under his name, he rarely goes to this market. His brother Zahara usually takes charge here. Since
Zahara has come forward in person, so the matter must be more serious.
The people who were chatting away immediately dispersed when they saw such a big formation, leaving Sokov standing alone.
Zahara came to Sokov and asked straight to the point: "Misha, we and the police officers just interrogated the two arson suspects. They said that they came over to set the fire overnight because they had a conflict with you and out of revenge.
.I want to ask you now, how do you plan to deal with them?"
Although Sokov knew that the two people who set the fire were just two minions under Wang Juntao, he still believed that they must not be lenient. Otherwise, if others saw that the people who wanted to set the fire were fine, they would not go any further.
, to deal with yourself even harder.
"Zahara, I think we must not let them off lightly." Sokov called the second boss's name and said with a serious expression: "Think about it, if the security hadn't stopped them in time last night, they would have really been on fire.
If it gets up, not only my shop may be burned down, but maybe the whole street will be burned down. If the wind blows again, it may also affect the two streets in front and behind, and you will suffer huge economic losses."
Sokov's words made Zahara shocked. He had just told the female police officer that he would release the two people after a few days of detention. But now after hearing Sokov's words, he realized that he had thought of the problem too simply.
Well, if the fire last night really broke out, it would definitely be a continuous fire, and the whole street would be plunged into a sea of flames. According to the layout of the market, each commercial street is closely connected, and a fire in one street will definitely affect the
If you go to other streets, your losses will be astronomical.
After thinking about this, he turned to the female police officer and said: "Officer, I think Misha is right. This kind of arsonist cannot be treated lightly and must be severely punished."
"Okay!" The female police officer nodded after hearing this and said, "Since you also advocate severe punishment, we will send the person to the detention center as soon as possible and file a lawsuit within a week."
"Officer Victoria," Sokov asked tentatively: "If it really goes to court, how many years will they be sentenced?"
The female police officer glanced at Sokov and said truthfully: "According to relevant laws, they will be sentenced to 11 to 15 years. After serving their sentences, they will be deported."
Knowing that the person who set the fire would serve more than ten years in prison and would be deported after being released from prison, Sokov felt much more at ease. At least he didn't have to worry about these people coming to seek revenge after they were released from prison.
As for escaping from prison, that is completely impossible. They will not be able to get out until they have completed their entire sentence.
After the police left, the security guard also tore off the seal on the door. Zahara said to Sokov: "Misha, you can open the door now."
Sokov called Lena and asked her to come and open the door.
When I opened the rolling shutter door, I saw a lot of residual gasoline between the two doors.
When Sokov was thinking about how to clean up, a cleaner came over with two buckets, one filled with sand and the other with detergent.
Zahara ordered the other party: "Clean up the gasoline here." After saying that, he turned around and left.
The cleaner used a small shovel to sprinkle sand on the non-volatile gasoline. After confirming that all the gasoline was covered by the sand, he used the shovel to carefully shovel the sand with gasoline into the bucket. After doing this, he used a rag to
Dip in detergent and clean the floor.
Although the job was personally arranged by the second boss, when the cleaner left, Sokov quietly stuffed two hundred-ruble banknotes into his hand. After the cleaner thanked Sokov, he held the two
Bucket left happily.
After everything in the store returned to normal, Lena said a little unhappy: "Unlucky, I wasted half a day in vain."
"It's okay, it's okay." Sokov said magnanimously: "It's already the off-season anyway. Even if it opens in the morning, there may not be any business. In any case, one of the biggest hidden dangers has been eliminated. I can go there with confidence in a few days.
Traveling."
"Travel, where to travel?"
"Didn't I tell you two days ago to go to Sochi?" Sokov reminded the other party: "Have you forgotten?"
"Yes, yes, you told me about this, but I actually forgot about it." Lena asked curiously: "When will we set off?"
"I have something to do these days, and it will be next week at the earliest." When Sokov said this, he also gave Lena a reassurance: "I will cover all your expenses for this trip."
"Really?"
"Of course it's true."
Sokov came home from get off work and was parking his car downstairs when he unexpectedly saw Victoria, the female police officer he had met in the morning. She was wearing casual clothes and was taking out bags of food and daily necessities from the car and putting them away. On the ground next to the car.
"Officer Victoria." Sokov saw that the other party had a lot of things and couldn't take them all at once, so he closed the car door, walked over and asked politely: "Is there anything I can do for you?"
Hearing someone talking behind her, Victoria turned her head. After seeing clearly that it was Sokov, she asked somewhat differently: "Why are you here?"
Sokov pointed to the building behind him and said, "I live here. I didn't expect that we are still neighbors."
Victoria frowned slightly: "I basically know everyone in this building, why have I never seen you?"
"I just moved here two days ago." Sokov was worried that the other party wouldn't believe it, so he proactively said, "The original owner of the house I live in was named Lyuba."
Hearing Sokov say Lyuba's name, Victoria's expression became relaxed: "Oh, so you live in Lyuba's house."
"That's right, it's Lyuba's house."
After confirming that the other party was her neighbor, Victoria put down her guard. She pointed to the bags on the ground and said politely: "Then please help me take a few bags upstairs."
Sokov stepped forward and picked up most of the plastic bags, leaving only two bags for Victoria. He also said in a nice way: "I'll bother you later when I open the door and press the elevator."
Victoria smiled slightly, feeling that this new neighbor was very interesting. He was obviously helping her, but when she said it, it seemed as if he owed her a favor. She walked to the iron gate, pressed the code, and waited for the door to open.
After checking in, he did not enter the door immediately, but held the door to let Sokov go in first.
