Movie Variety Show: Starting from a New World

After the three of them had completed all the necessary formalities, Tiedan invited Zhao Cheng and Jin Sanshun to dinner at his home. After the meal, Zhao Cheng requisitioned Tiedan's study.

"Director Zhao, my boss is a small gangster from Dongcheng District. I met that guy when I was playing cards with others. I was almost successful in quitting drugs, but I often yawned while playing cards, so he targeted me." Jin Samsoon said.

Through this guy, Kim Sam-soon became addicted to opium again, and in the past few years, this gangster gave Kim Sam-soon nearly 80 kilograms of opium in sporadic ways.

In order to get the opium, Jin Samsoon mortgaged his ancestral three-courtyard house to that gangster over the years. However, the three-courtyard house was converted into a slum with many residents.

As for how they took back the yard, Jin Sanshun didn't care. And the biggest one Jin Sanshun saw was the boss of this gangster.

That guy was a dealer in Haidian, responsible for the opium trade in the entire Haidian District, Dongcheng District, and Chaoyang District. He was nicknamed Master Kun.

"Gentlemen, this is all I know. It depends on you how much you can find out. I'm leaving Peking by train tonight!" Jin Sanshun said hesitantly.

Zhao Cheng looked at Tiedan, who nodded. "Okay, then I wish you a safe trip. But I still have a piece of advice for you: quit smoking as soon as possible! Otherwise, the money you have won't be enough to live there for two months!" Zhao Cheng said.

"Don't worry, I will definitely quit smoking as soon as possible!" Jin Sam-soon was certainly not stupid. He knew that his entire fortune now was only the 4,000 Hong Kong dollars given by Zhao Cheng. If he didn't quit smoking, he would be in dire straits.

After Jin Sam-soon left, Zhao Cheng asked Tiedan to follow the guy and make sure he got on the train heading south and didn't show up again.

Tiedan also understood, so he followed quietly, and Zhao Cheng went straight home.

Less than 20 minutes later, Zhao Cheng returned to Meichang Hutong where he lived. Pingping was waiting for Zhao Cheng to come back.

"Brother Cheng, why are you so late today? Have you found a house?" Pingping asked curiously.

"I found it, and I found two at once, one with two entrances, and one with a small courtyard with a private entrance." Zhao Cheng handed Jin Sam-soon's IOU and house deed to Pingping.

Pingping took a look and felt happy. This time her daughter finally had her own home.

"How do you plan to distribute this?" Pingping asked.

"I've thought about it too. The most popular ones are quadrangle courtyards with two entrances and courtyards with independent entrances. In that case, let's give each child a small courtyard. The courtyard with two entrances will be divided among two children. When we have enough courtyards with two entrances in the future, we will give each child one. If there are many courtyards with independent entrances, then each child will have one!" said Zhao Cheng.

Pingping also understood. After all, if every child knew about the second courtyard, it would be difficult to find it. It would be better to give the second courtyard to two people, and one of them would have a unique entrance.

As for who wants a single entrance and who wants a house with two or three entrances, we will decide by drawing lots after the house is purchased.

"There's a scoundrel occupying this second-floor house, and only the front yard is habitable. The backyard is completely uninhabitable. Go find the people who clean up our house tomorrow and ask them to find more people to clean up the small courtyard with an independent entrance first. Make it a good place for Wei Hong to use as her wedding room!" Zhao Cheng said.

"You are still partial to your eldest daughter." Pingping rolled her eyes at Zhao Cheng and said with a smile.

Zhao Cheng smiled noncommittally. It's your own daughter's turn to love her, right?

"You didn't just buy a house today, did you? Why do I feel like you have something on your mind?" Tian Dan asked curiously while taking off Zhao Cheng's outer clothes.

Zhao Chengji told Tian Dan and Ping Ping about what happened to Jin Sanshun today, especially about the drug network in Beiping, and he spoke about it with gritted teeth.

"It seems that your future work may also include drug enforcement." Tian Dan analyzed calmly?

"Alas, the main reason is that these drug traffickers are a group of educated youth. They have brains and force, and they will be a big trouble for our entire system in the future." Zhao Cheng said helplessly.

"How do you know about their situation?" Pingping asked curiously.

"You don't know, back then, many of our children, striving for common cause, flocked to the Golden Triangle and other Southeast Asian regions, joining local forces to resist the imperialist invaders. Later, our country didn't recognize dual citizenship, so they were forced to join their native communities. After the imperialists were driven out, some returned, while others stayed. Those who remained in the Golden Triangle eventually became local warlords, forced to adapt to local customs to support their armies!" Zhao Cheng said. (Those interested can look up information; there's a lot going on back then. Both Black Ice and Bloody Romance mention it.)

Pingping and Tian Dan fell silent after hearing Zhao Cheng's explanation. They certainly knew how powerful this group of educated youth were. Just as Zhao Cheng said, they had both culture and force, and were much more difficult to deal with than those monkeys in Southeast Asia. You know, there were even quite a few children of high-ranking officials and wealthy families among them.

They were the most difficult to deal with. It was no exaggeration to say they were both civil and military, especially the children of those who had once stood on the Shuangmu team.

"Isn't there any other better way?" Tian Dan said.

"Yes, I will go there myself and spend a few years to clean them out slowly!" said Zhao Cheng.

But Tian Dan and Ping Ping rolled their eyes at him. "Why is he still going? He's almost fifty, and he's still running around like this. It's a bit too much."

Even Tian Dan, who was always willing to give orders, stopped talking about it. The three of them played a few rounds of mahjong and then took a break.

The next morning, Pingping took a leave of absence from work and rushed to the newly purchased courtyard with the masons. This courtyard had always been occupied, so only some parts needed to be renovated, and the water supply and drainage needed to be connected.

"Boss, this job is very simple. The four of us can complete the modification for you in three days." The bricklayer master has worked with Zhao Chengjia several times.

From the west wing of the Siheyuan, to the house in Meichang Hutong, to the newly purchased second courtyard, and now another independent courtyard, they are all masterpieces of this group of masters.

Zhao Cheng is supporting an entire construction team on his own!

"Okay, you guys take care of it! I'll go to work first. Here's the key to the front door, you go ahead and do your thing. I'll come and take a look in three days!" Pingping generously handed the key to the master craftsman and said.

"Don't worry, we will definitely do everything well for you!" The master chef said happily as he looked at the keys and wages handed over.