Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 312

On the evening of the third day, in an office building in the North Canada Industrial Park.

When it was time to leave work, the loudspeakers in the office building started playing Dvořák's "From the New World," except that this piece was played on a saxophone.

According to the company's management, the original idea behind playing this music was to motivate every employee to work hard and make money so that they could go home and bring honor to their families as soon as possible.

A group of about twenty or thirty people boarded several vans parked at the foot of the office building, and the convoy headed towards the city center.

The driver was a security guard from the company. The passenger seat and the back door seats in each car were occupied by counselors. Other management personnel had their own cars and did not come out with the van.

Along the way, everyone lost the frenzy they had shown in the office and huddled together in the car, heads bowed, lost in thought.

Upon arriving at their destination, Zhang Yang, who had been forced to come, looked up at the sign hanging above the entrance on the first floor. The text on it was in the local language of Xbei.

A young boy, presumably a doorman, stood at the entrance, with the four Chinese characters "恭喜发财" (Gong Xi Fa Cai, meaning "Wishing you prosperity") tattooed on his neck. As the company group entered the shop, he kept bowing and scraping, saying "恭喜发财" in heavily accented Mandarin, his face full of fawning smiles.

The child opened the glass door of the shop and led everyone up to the large private room on the right side of the first floor. It was quite spacious and had five or six large round tables.

The head of management gave the child some RMB, and then had a male counselor stand guard outside the door.

Zhang Yang followed the crowd into the large private room. Since it was her first time attending such a gathering, Zhang Yang didn't know what she should or shouldn't do, so she simply followed the girls who were sitting next to her in the office and chose a round table in the corner of the large private room to sit down.

After a while, the big boss came down from the private room upstairs with several of the company's management personnel, his gloomy eyes sweeping over the entire room.

He was dressed in a suit and wore frameless glasses. He looked like a typical office worker in China, but his eyes were cold and menacing, sending chills down your spine. When he laughed, there was no sound, but the menacing aura he exuded sent shivers down your spine.

Even the ruthless and somewhat insane Brother B didn't dare to look him in the eye.

The previously lively atmosphere was immediately suppressed, and the hall became completely silent, the atmosphere extremely oppressive.

The big boss coughed a few times and began to speak: "Once we get here, even the Bull Demon King has to obediently work the fields for me, and Sun Wukong has to perform the circus act properly."

He paused, looked at the employees sitting half-upright below, not daring to move, and nodded with satisfaction: "However, I'm a businessman, and making money is what I value most. Conditions here are a bit tough, but our promises to hardworking employees always stand. Su Zhou!"

"To!"

The young woman sitting next to Zhang Yang immediately stood up when she heard the big boss speak, reporting the message aloud and straightening her posture. However, from her slightly trembling fingertips, Zhang Yang felt he could sense her fear and helplessness.

At this moment, a male counselor walked around Su Zhou with a phone that was unlocked and had its screen lit up.

Su Zhou carefully tapped the phone screen with his index finger for a long time before dialing and then pressing the speakerphone button.

"toot toot"

The call waiting tone was very clear in the quiet lobby.

"Hey?"

The voice sounded like that of an elderly woman.

Su Zhou licked her lips and asked, "Mom, this is Zhou Zhou. This is my colleague's phone."

"Zhou Zhou? Why didn't you call me using your own phone? Why didn't you come home for Chinese New Year this year? Are you busy at the company?"

Su Zhou glanced timidly at the big boss standing not far away. Seeing that the other party nodded slightly at her, she then asked, "Mom, did you receive any money a few days ago?" Su Zhou was thinking of asking how much money she received so that she could compare it with the commission the company here was giving her to see if the numbers were correct.

But she didn't dare ask.

"Yes, yes, I received three or four payments this morning, totaling exactly 200,000 yuan. I just asked your dad who transferred the money. Zhouzhou, why didn't you use your own bank card to transfer the money?"

Perhaps because she hadn't contacted her children in a long time, the old woman across from her kept talking.

After deducting 20% ​​for money laundering fees, this is the amount!
Seeing that everyone in the lobby was staring at her, Su Zhou quickly found an excuse to hang up the phone and then kept bowing to the big boss standing at the front desk.

Zhang Yang then realized that the other person wasn't afraid, but excited.

"Focus on your work. Every employee who earns money through hard work will receive clean pay. Okay, everyone, let's drink. After we finish, I'll take you to a karaoke bar!"

The applause from the audience was intense, especially from the girl who had just been bullied by Brother B during the day.

Seeing that the desired effect had been achieved, the big boss led the management team out of the large private room.

Led by Achai, the four of them made their way through a maze of turns to a large restaurant that appeared to be run by locals. The sign at the entrance had no Chinese or English, only the local script of X North.

As they entered, a child with the words "Gong Xi Fa Cai" tattooed on his neck glanced at the local leader and obsequiously opened the glass door for everyone, not daring to cause any trouble.

As Chen Shu passed the large private room on the right-hand side of the first floor, leaning on his cane, he glanced at a young man who looked like a doorman and was clearly Chinese, squatting on the ground to the side.

Ah Chai explained, "It's from the online casino company. They must have made a big deal again, so the boss brought them out to play."

Chen Shu stood at the door and looked at the scene before him. The room was packed with people, yet it was completely silent.

After thinking for a moment, I followed Ah Cai into a small private room behind the stairs on the first floor.

Chen Chuan and Xiao Qiang were ordering food outside. Zhu Chaoran, who had followed Chen Shu into the small private room, was very curious and soon went outside to find Chen Chuan and the others after sitting down.

Chen Shu took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed one to A-Chai.

Achai paused for a moment, then said he didn't smoke.

Chen Shu laughed and said, "Your fingernails are all yellow."

Ah Chai raised his hand to look at his right hand, then reached out and took the cigarette, bringing the butt to his nose to smell it before awkwardly saying, "Boss, please don't mind. People in our line of work are very vigilant. We don't dare to eat or drink anything carelessly outside. Yeah, for fear of getting drugs."

Having worked at the grassroots level for a long time, Chen Shu had seen it all. He nodded in understanding, then politely waited for the man to take out a lighter from his pocket, light a cigarette, and take a few puffs before asking:

"Ah Chai, how are the preparations going? How confident are you of finding them tonight?"

Achai laughed and said, "Boss, it won't be that fast. I estimate it will take about ten days to half a month. They won't come to the city for entertainment every day."

Chen Shu nodded, understanding the logic, but he had a feeling that he would see Zhang Yang tonight.

He casually touched the large black star tucked at his waist; the cold metallic touch reassured him.

(End of this chapter)