Time gradually came to evening, and a phone call broke the calm in the compound. Sun Yongning's face gradually turned ugly before he answered the phone and said a few words.
"Bang..." After answering the phone, Sun Yongning dropped the phone directly, his face turned red with anger.
This scene caught the attention of Zhong Heqing and Liu Kuipeng, and they both looked over.
After Liu Kuipeng returned today, he confirmed that all the bankers had left, so Zhong Heqing stayed in the compound to help.
Liu Kuipeng quickly came to Sun Yongning's side and asked: "Old Sun, what's wrong? What happened?"
"What happened? That guy Shen Wenbin took away all the valuables he bought. He took them all away and left us with nothing."
Hearing this, Liu Kuipeng couldn't believe it and said: "Isn't it possible? Aren't all the boxes for storing things on the ship?"
"Haha..." Sun Yongning smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "What's on the boat? It's full of bargains, and the really valuable ones have been taken away..."
At this time, Zhong Heqing also came over and said: "Yongning, please speak carefully and explain the specific situation!"
After hearing this, Sun Yongning adjusted his mood and explained: "Shopkeeper, the people who stayed on the ship have just arrived in Jiangyin. After they got off the ship, they opened the box and checked it and found that all the valuables inside were gone.
Most of what was left in the box were clothes, pants, shoes, hats and other miscellaneous things that Shen Wenbin bought from everywhere, and they were all of little value anyway.
The slightly more valuable ones are a bunch of various hand ornaments, but unfortunately all the valuable jewelry on them have been taken away."
"This is impossible. He handed the box he carried all day to my people on the ship. They should be able to sense anything unusual!"
Hearing this, Sun Yongning said angrily: "You are talking about weight, right? Have you forgotten those bronze Buddha statues he bought yesterday? The weight is provided by that thing..."
"Huh...gu..." Liu Kuipeng took a long breath, swallowed, and then calmed down a little and asked: "Then...how much was the loss?"
Sun Yongning listened, thought for a moment, and said: "Seventy percent of the money spent on Shen Wenbin these days was bought by him, and of the 70%, he may only have 12% left.
Moreover, the remaining ones are not expensive and inconvenient to carry. They are also the most difficult to sell and have the biggest discounts. If we exchange them for money, we may not be able to get back even half of the original cost.
*****, this guy is really treacherous, he must have thought of it a long time ago, and he bought all the expensive ones that are small and easy to carry, and that set of clothes..."
"Okay..." Before Sun Yongning could continue, Zhong Heqing interrupted directly and said, "That's it! It's useless to say more."
Despite what he said, Zhong Heqing's face still flashed with traces of physical pain. Apparently, his heart was not as calm as he said.
Seeing this situation, Sun Yongning couldn't help but ask: "Shopkeeper, how much did we spend this time?"
"Huh..." Zhong Heqing took a long breath and said, "We spent more than 90% of the money in the restaurant!"
"Hiss..." Sun Yongning and Liu Kuipeng took a breath and looked at each other, neither of them could believe it.
Seeing this, Zhong Heqing stopped covering up and said with a wry smile: "I didn't think this person had the ability to take the money away, so I didn't take much precautions. Now it seems that I have been slapped in the face too!"
Having said this, Zhong Heqing looked at Liu Kuipeng and said: "Kui Peng, if there was some comfort in letting Yong Ning pass it on to you before, it is really gone now.
This guy is more cunning than I thought, and he may have been planning his escape from the beginning."
When Liu Kuipeng heard this, he couldn't help but nodded and said: "Shopkeeper, I have also thought carefully about this along the way. When I think about it carefully, many of his actions along the way were to prepare for today. It's a pity that I...
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Before Liu Kuipeng finished speaking, Sun Yongning interrupted: "Shopkeeper, Lao Liu, it's better not to talk about this yet. He took away so much. What are we going to do? Chase him?"
After hearing this, Zhong Heqing shook his head and said: "It's too late, it's been so long, the person has already escaped, and with the few people we have, the probability of finding him is too low.
Besides, it's not a bad thing for us that he took away so much property. Now he faces two choices. One is to surrender us, and then there is a high probability that the property he took away will not be saved.
The other one wants money, so he won't give it to us. Since he tried every means to take away so much money, it's obvious which one to choose, so we don't have to worry about these two people."
After hearing these remarks, Sun Yongning and Liu Kuipeng thought about it carefully and felt that it was reasonable, so they did not continue to pursue Shen Wenbin.
"Shopkeeper, we only have about 10% of the remaining funds now, can we go to the back..."
Zhong Heqing heard this and asked: "Yongning, are you sure that all those people in the black market have withdrawn, leaving no informants?"
Upon hearing this, Sun Yongning nodded and said, "Shopkeeper, I can confirm that the people brought in by Team Leader Lu from other places for support have already identified all the people in the black market bank.
They came outside to check today, and no one from the black market bank was seen. The other party must have really stopped."
After Sun Yongning finished speaking, Liu Kuipeng also said: "Shopkeeper, I have also asked my people. All the people who were suspected around have been evacuated. We are safe."
Hearing what both of them said, Zhong Heqing pondered for a while, nodded, and said: "Let's go! Bring the metal detector and tools, and let's go to the back together to take a look."
Hearing this, Sun Yongning looked happy and responded. After a while, he found things and entered the courtyard he bought.
Not long after, Sun Yongning ordered his guards to start digging. He dug very carefully, bit by bit, without making much noise.
In a courtyard not far from here, there was a big pit with a roof to protect it from wind and rain. There was a man in the pit, his head in a vat, drowsy.
This guy is Tang Dazhu among the people Yi Wenbin found. Because there has been no movement, this group of people has become more and more slack. Usually, except for throwing one person in the pit, the others are busy with other things.
It's over.
Tang Dazhu always felt a buzzing sound coming from his ears, which made him a little impatient. He waved and flapped his hands randomly, but the sound still persisted.
Finally, I became impatient and opened my eyes to look for the thing that made the sound. After a while, I suddenly froze and threw myself into the tank.
After listening for a while, Tang Dazhu confirmed something and climbed out of the pit. After a while, he led three people into the pit.
Outside the pit, a man and a woman who were older than several people were watching. The man's name was Li Dahu, Li Xiaohu's eldest brother, and the woman's name was Wang Caiying, Li Dahu's wife.
Yi Wenbin also arranged for these two people to come here. He felt that the four of them, Li Xiaohu and Li Xiaohu, were a bit younger and it would be inappropriate to live here alone, as they would easily attract attention.
So Yi Wenbin asked Li Dahu, who had helped him before, to bring his wife here to do business and provide cover for the four of them.
In the pit, Li Xiaohu watched Liu Jiqing looking at several tanks, listening left and right, and couldn't help but ask: "Second brother, how are you? Are they digging for treasure over there?"
When Liu Jiqing heard this, he retracted his head from the vat and said: "It is indeed the direction of the big yard, but the voice is a bit low, and I am not sure whether the other party is digging."
Having said this, Liu Jiqing turned to the other two people and said, "Dazhu, Xiaofeng, you two go take a walk around the compound to see if there is any construction work, or who is digging for treasure or something.
Remember to be careful. Big brother sent a message during the day, asking us not to attract the attention of the people in the compound. He may have discovered something there, so you two must not act on your own."
Tang Dazhu and Li Jiefeng heard this, responded, climbed out of the pit and walked out.
Liu Jiqing and Li Xiaohu stayed in the pit and listened for a while, then climbed out of the pit.
Seeing the two people coming out, Wang Caiying asked: "Ji Qing, Xiaohu, are things coming to an end and we have to leave?"
After Wang Caiying finished speaking, Li Dahu on the side also interjected: "Yes, Ji Qing, are you just leaving? This business is very good, can you stay a little longer?"
Hearing this, Liu Jiqing didn't want to leave, and he didn't know what was going on. Li Dahu and two people came over and set up a stall outside. The business became booming and they made a lot of money.
Up to now, what started as one small stall has turned into three now. Except for one person staying in the pit every day, the others are setting up stalls outside to do business.
During this period, everyone got a lot of money earned from doing business, and Liu Jiqing didn't want to leave.
Thinking of this, Liu Jiqing replied: "Brother Dahu, sister-in-law, Brother Bin's affairs cannot be delayed. He must be informed of this matter.
But we don’t have to leave. We can buy this place or continue to rent it, and we can continue to do business. I just don’t know if the owner will be happy.”
After hearing this, Li Dahu thought for a moment and said: "It's difficult to buy this place, but there's no problem in renting it. It's just the rent. Our three stalls can't sustain it!"
"That's no problem, Brother Dahu, we can find more people to set up stalls. Anyway, this yard occupies a very long street, so it's no problem to set up ten or eight more stalls.
As for my uncle, if he sees us making so much money, will he take back the yard and start his own business?"
Li Dahu listened and said with a smile: "As for my uncle, you can rest assured. He is a stingy guy who always loses money every time he does business. He has long been afraid of doing it. He will definitely be happy for us to renew the lease.
But if the business is good, he will definitely increase the rent, but we can negotiate! At worst, he will threaten not to rent, but there are many places around us where we can set up our stalls."
After hearing this, Liu Jiqing thought it was feasible, so he discussed it in detail until Tang Dazhu and his two men came back.
Tang Dazhu and the two walked around for a while, but did not see any construction around the compound or anyone digging for treasures.
After listening to the report, Liu Jiqing thought for a moment and replied: "In this case, find a time to tell Brother Bin the situation, and we can concentrate on setting up the stall."
After finishing speaking, he looked at Tang Dazhu and continued: "Dazhu, you are still here to listen. Let's set up a stall outside to prevent anyone from noticing anything unusual."
After saying that, a few people spread out some things and went out. The three stalls outside the door all sold snacks. When they just left, many people were already waiting.
Several people apologized to the customers and said they were going in to move the ingredients, and then they started cooking. Seeing the copper coins coming in one after another, several people's faces were filled with smiles.