As expected, Jiang Xin, the owner of Ruyi Hotel, kept his promise and appeared in front of his 3.5-liter Prado TX at exactly 2 p.m. Xu Wen walked up and handed a cigarette and said:
"Boss Jiang is really in trouble today."
"Haha, we are all car lovers, nothing is too much trouble. Let's go! Get in the car." Jiang Xin waved his hand generously.
The Hongda Auto Repair Shop in the afternoon was very different from that in the morning. The two doors were wide open, the doors of the two workshops in the yard were closed, and there was no movement in the workshop. There was a hanging hanging under the second-floor window of the office building.
There is a red banner with a warm welcome to all the domineering riders.
The east and west sides of the yard were full of cars, all of them Toyota Toyotas. Although there were no parking lines on the ground, the quality of the car enthusiasts was quite high, and all the cars were parked neatly next to each other.
.Some people stood in twos and threes next to some cars, commenting around those cars.
Jiang Xin seemed to be familiar with these people and greeted them one by one when passing by. Xu Wen followed Jiang Xin and paid attention to every car parked in the yard.
"Come on, let's go upstairs and say hello to the president, and then we'll come down and talk about the car." Jiang Xin greeted Xu Wen into the office building and followed the stairs facing the door to the second floor.
The rooms on the second floor are not divided into small rooms like those on the first floor. Except for the bathrooms at both ends, they are all open, like a huge conference room. There is also a red hanging above the rostrum of the conference room.
The banner said to participate in the mobilization meeting of the Alxa Cross Country Heroes Association.
More than a dozen people formed a circle with tables under the rostrum, and were talking enthusiastically about going to Alxa to participate in the cross-country hero meeting. Jiang Xin led Xu Wen to a tall man with a slicked back hair and said
:
"President Wu, I'm late."
President Wu looked up and saw that it was Jiang Xin. He quickly stood up and enthusiastically stretched out his hand to hold Jiang Xin's arm and said:
"Come on, old Jiang, sit next to me."
"No, President Wu, I'm just here to say hello and introduce a new friend: Xu Wen." Jiang Xin stepped aside to give Xu Wen his place.
"Hey, welcome, my name is Wu Hongda. If brother Xu Wen has something wrong with his car in the future, just come to me. There is no problem that we can't solve." Wu Hongda took the initiative to extend his hands to Xu Wen.
Xu Wen also stretched out his hands to hold Wu Hongda's hand. He felt that his hand was rough and strong, and saw a scrutinizing look in his eyes. Xu Wen quickly laughed and said:
"Please take care of me, President Wu, in the future."
"Haha, easy to talk about."
Jiang Xin interrupted at the right time:
"President Wu, Brother Xu is here today to look for a domineering car, which will be one of our own from now on."
"Welcome, welcome, brother Xu to join my big family. Brother Xu came at the right time today. I heard that several brothers want to change their cars. You can ask about it."
"Okay, President Wu, you are busy, let's take a look in the afternoon."
Jiang Xin said goodbye and turned to leave, but Wu Hongda grabbed Xu Wendao:
"Hey, wait a minute, since brothers are going to join the Ba Dao Club, I have to introduce you to our vice presidents first."
Wu Hongda then patted the shoulder of a fat man next to him and said:
"This is our President Liu, a caterer."
President Liu immediately stood up and shook hands with Xu Wen warmly. Several other vice-presidents also stood up when they saw that they were being introduced one by one. Among them was President Zhang, a beauty who does beauty treatments, and a muscular man who runs a gym.
Chairman Zhao, and Chairman Geng, a middle school teacher with gentle eyes.
While the introduction was being made, suddenly a burst of hearty laughter came from the door of the conference room, and a short, fat, bald man with a sinewy face walked in.
"Hahaha, you all came earlier than me."
"Oh Brother Long, why did you come here? If you didn't come, we would all be leaderless." Wu Hongda joked.
"What are you talking about, Lao Wu, you are the president, I am just an idler joining in the fun." The man named Brother Long walked up to them and casually hugged the shoulders of President Wu and the beautiful President Zhang.
"Brother Xu, this is the famous Brother Long in Gui'an, our President Xie. When you join our association in the future, you should ask Brother Long for advice. He is an expert in bullying."
“I have long admired Brother Long’s name, please take good care of me.”
Seeing that Brother Long had no intention of shaking hands with him, Xu Wen still held their arms around their shoulders, so he just lowered his head and bowed slightly. Unexpectedly, Brother Long suddenly let go of the two people beside him, stepped forward and put his hands on each other.
Xu Wen patted his shoulders vigorously and said:
"Welcome, welcome, brothers, welcome to the club."
After this close contact, Xu Wen discovered that Brother Long had a pattern that looked like dragon claws tattooed under his collar. Although he had a smile on his face, there was a fierce energy in his eyes.
After chatting on the second floor for a while, Jiang Xin led Xu Wen to the yard downstairs and began to inquire with people in the yard if anyone knew about the source of the domineering VX with a rear-mounted spare tire.
Standing in front of the office building, Xu Wen looked around. At this time, the yard was already filled with various models of overbearing vehicles. There were about forty or fifty vehicles, six of which had spare tires mounted on the rear.
"I want to buy that 2018 VX. The price of this car is not low now." A car friend said.
"Haha, it's okay. Our brother is rich and people just like that kind of car." Jiang Xin said.
"I can help you ask. I heard some people said a few days ago that they didn't want to play anymore and wanted to come out." A car friend said.
"Then thank you in advance and I'll wait for your news."
"What are you asking about? There are several cars parked in the yard. Just look at the car in the photo and go directly to the owner to buy it." A car friend joked.
So a few people were chatting and wandering in the yard. They began to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of this rear-mounted spare tire, and discussed which one of the VX or TX was more valuable. This was exactly what Xu Wen wanted, so he followed them carefully.
Observing every car.
Among the six cars with rear-mounted spare tires, only two were VX models. After viewing the first VX, a group of people came to the last car and said to a car friend:
"This car is worth it. It belongs to Brother Long. I heard that Brother Long has three domineering cars. Maybe I can give this one to you."
"Absolutely impossible! This car is Brother Long's favorite. He drives it all day long to pick up girls. How can it be sold?" said another car owner.
"That's right. Brother Long said that his favorite thing is the car audio. It is said that he spent a lot of money to modify it." A car friend said.
Xu Wen did not participate in the discussion among the car friends. He first looked at the VX logo on the butt of the car, then turned to the front of the car, lay on the front windshield and looked inside the car. What Xu Wen did not expect was
Yes, there was a string of light yellow Buddhist beads hanging on the rearview mirror of this car. After Xu Wen was stunned for a moment, he turned his eyes to the car's gear handle and found a string of the same Buddhist beads there.