People in the Republic of China era began to rise from industry.

The old county town of Hucheng, the auspicious gambling den.

As dawn broke, Lin Fang, who had been curled up on the sofa all night without sleeping, looked extremely haggard.

Last night, realizing that his underling who was in charge of contacting the assassins might have betrayed him, Lin Fang was terrified and went to find Dongsen Kojiro overnight.

Then he was sent to the Jixiang Casino by Higashimori Kojiro.

Cui Sihai, the owner of Jixiang Gambling House, is a disciple of Zhang Xiaolin, one of the three big bosses of the Green Gang.

He has quite a reputation in Shanghai.

So after being led here by Kojiro Higashino's phone call, Lin Fang's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down a little.

With the protection of Zhang Xiaolin's disciples, his life is basically safe.

However, the thought that his hiring of an assassin to kill Lin Yi might have been exposed, making it difficult for him to have any further opportunities to touch the Lin family's business, kept him awake at night.

I sat there blankly until dawn.

With a creak, the somewhat old door was pushed open.

Lin Fang, whose eyes were sunken, looked up and saw that the person who came was Cui Sihai. His originally lifeless eyes finally showed some light.

He jumped up from the sofa and asked anxiously, "Brother Sihai, what's the situation now?"

"Brother Lin, your men must have embezzled your money, and now that things are about to get out of hand, they're running away."

The lean Cui Sihai said something, then waved for Lin Fang to sit down before continuing, "I sent people to both the Lin Mansion and Pier No. 3, but I didn't find anything."

"There's been no movement at your place either."

"So we can conclude that the guy didn't go and inform on us."

Then, Cui Sihai added, "As for Chen Daqiu, whom you mentioned, my men have also inquired about him. This guy hasn't shown his face for some time now."

“I suspect that your money was likely stolen by those two guys from the very beginning, and there was no assassin at all.”

"...Fuck it!"

After a moment of stunned silence, Lin Fang gritted his teeth and spat out three words.

He said angrily, "Boss Cui, people's hearts have changed."

"I trusted him so much, and he betrayed me for a little money!"

Cui Sihai smiled, his heart filled with disdain.

Lin Andao trusts you so much, aren't you also after the Lin family's fortune?

However, his disdain did not prevent him from cooperating with Lin Fang.

Kojiro Azumori told him.

If this matter is settled, Dongsen Trading Company will only need the textile factory and the warehouse land at the dock from the Lin family's assets.

As for the rest, he discussed how to divide them with Lin Fang, the mole.

However, Cui Sihai did not intend to discuss it, because he wanted both.

But all of this requires the cooperation of Lin Fang, the mole, first. Only after he gets his hands on the Lin family's assets can we discuss the next step.

So, we still need to keep him calm.

"Brother Lin, let's look at it from a different perspective."

He chuckled and said, "Think about it, since nothing like this happened from beginning to end, how could the Lin family possibly suspect you?"

Lin Fang was taken aback, then suddenly slapped his thigh and exclaimed happily, "That's right!"

"Hehe, so you can go back without worry."

"We'll do the same thing as before: keep them calm until we get this done."

"Makes sense."

Lin Fang nodded, his face full of excitement.

Since nothing has been exposed, there's nothing to worry about.

He discussed the matter with Cui Sihai for a while and decided to take action against Lin Yi directly after the bicycle store opened tomorrow before leaving excitedly.

Lin Fang, who hadn't slept all night, stayed at the store, busy with various tasks.

Hanging plaques, cleaning windows, moving bicycles—he did all the dirty and tiring work himself.

The next morning, they arrived before dawn.

The opening arrangements were all handled in an orderly manner.

When the hired lion dance troupe arrived, they even paid out of their own pockets to give everyone a red envelope as a token of their goodwill.

He appeared utterly loyal to the Lin family.

So when Lin Yishan arrived late, seeing his sleep-deprived appearance and his busy demeanor, she couldn't help but reflect on her own actions.

Am I just prejudiced?

Although my cheap cousin is not very capable, his work attitude seems to show that he is truly loyal.

With this on my mind, at exactly 10:00 AM, the Feng Hua Bicycle Specialty Store officially opened.

The gongs and drums are noisy and firecrackers are blasting.

The two lions dancing wildly attracted a large crowd of onlookers.

Meanwhile, the bicycle girls, who had already toured all three concessions in the previous two days, continued to attract attention on the nearby streets.

Moreover, each of the girls sitting on the back seat held a flag that read "Feng Hua Bicycle Specialty Store".

They would occasionally stop and distribute some related flyers.

After a series of moves, the store was packed with people almost as soon as it opened.

In the first hour alone, twenty-two bicycles were sold.

The Feng Hua bicycle is priced at 99 yuan, which is more expensive than imported bicycles.

However, after the opening promotion, the price was set at seventy-nine yuan.

This is the pricing strategy Lin Yi provided.

They use the listed price to put a foot down on imported goods, and then use the actual selling price to conquer the market.

The price of around eighty is a price that has been recognized and accepted by the market, so there's no need to do any research.

It perfectly meets the client's expectations.

Almost everything was within his calculations.

The current booming sales scene is almost exactly as he predicted.

However, everyone else was utterly shocked.

Especially Lin Fang, who is about to do something important today.

He also handled some contract manufacturing.

Therefore, he was even more aware of the cost of bicycles than Lin Yi.

Even with all the miscellaneous parts added up, the cost of a bicycle is only a little over fifty yuan.

So in just a short while, the profit was nearly seven hundred yuan.

This left him speechless.

Even if this frenzy didn't continue, they could probably still sell a hundred cars in one day.

If it were like this every day, wouldn't the monthly profit be 100,000?!

It's more than double what the textile factory did at its most profitable time!

And this is only in Shanghai!

Just as Lin Fang was in utter shock, Uncle Nan, who had rushed over, was also surprised to see the endless stream of customers.

He didn't get involved in this matter from beginning to end, and he didn't know anything about the costs or anything like that.

But even a fool would think that such a bustling business must be quite profitable.

Judging from these observations, Uncle Nan smiled with great satisfaction, his face crinkling with wrinkles.

He pulled Lin Yi aside and said, "Young Master, this is incredible."

"How happy you would be if you could see this scene."

As he spoke, Uncle Nan's eyes welled up with tears.

"Uncle Nan, Father will definitely get better."

Lin Yi offered a word of comfort, but he really couldn't tell anything from Uncle Nan's expression.

This made him worry.

The two people with the most suspicious identities, Uncle Nan and Lin Fang, don't seem to be the murderers either.

If it really is someone else, and they can hide so well, they're probably even more difficult to deal with.