Reborn in 1999: Starting as a black marketeer

"What are your names, gentlemen? What brings you here with this IOU? If I'm not mistaken, this IOU shouldn't be due yet," Wang Feiyang said calmly.

"Hehe, Mr. Wang, just call me Liu. This is Xiao Zhang. We're from Fulong Company. Our company has a bit of a reputation in the market area. We mainly help our own people resolve debt disputes and other troublesome matters. I wonder if Mr. Wang has heard of us?" the refined young man said with a forced smile.

Wang Feiyang frowned slightly. He had certainly heard of Fulong Company. It did have a reputation in the Izmailov Market, but not a good one.

Don't be fooled by what kind of company it is; it's actually a Chinese-run gang!

Their business primarily involves infringing upon the interests of Chinese compatriots and businesspeople in Russia, including extortion, violent robbery, kidnapping, control over prostitution, and drug trafficking.

Of course, there are also relatively formal businesses, such as freight forwarding, customs clearance, foreign exchange and financial services.

Moreover, the management of this company is very lax. Many of the people involved are also involved in organized crime, but they are just using the name of Fulong Company. The majority of them are from Fuqing and are notorious. The legitimate business owners in the market frown when they hear this name, because if they come to their door, it will definitely not be a good thing!

In his previous life, Wang Feiyang had only heard of their names but had never dealt with them. Now, he had no idea why they had come to his door with Guo Juan's IOU.

They're just causing trouble with an IOU for less than four thousand yuan. These two are probably just small fry at Fulong Company, and the higher-ups probably don't even know about it. It was something they did in private.

His mind raced, but Wang Feiyang's expression remained unchanged. He smiled and nodded, saying, "I've certainly heard of Fulong, but I don't have any debt disputes with anyone, nor do I have any dealings with Fulong. What's going on here...?"

"Mr. Wang, you really have a bad memory. Didn't I just show you the IOU? Surely it's not fake! This IOU was transferred to our company by someone else, asking us to collect the debt, which is why I made this trip today. Mr. Wang's company seems to be doing very well, so I shouldn't have come all this way for nothing." Big Liu grinned, but his eyes were a little cold.

Wang Feiyang nodded slowly. "The IOU is genuine. Although the repayment date hasn't arrived yet, since Mr. Liu has made a special trip, I can't let you come for nothing. Paying back debts is a matter of course, so I'll settle the debt with you according to the amount and interest on the IOU."

In business, it's better to avoid trouble. Wang Feiyang didn't want to figure out what was going on with the IOU, or why it ended up in the hands of the so-called Fulong Company after Guo Juan had given it to him. As long as he paid off the money and got the IOU back, everything would be settled.

But he felt things weren't that simple...

Sure enough, upon hearing Wang Feiyang's words, Da Liu raised an eyebrow and said sarcastically, "It seems Mr. Wang really doesn't understand the rules of our Fulong Company. Now that the IOU is in our hands, we can't just work for nothing. It wasn't easy for us brothers to make this trip, so the interest can't be based on the IOU; it has to be handled according to our company's rules!"

"What are your company's rules? Tell me about them," Wang Feiyang asked calmly, still with a smile on his face.

Although many bosses in the market were terrified of him, Wang Feiyang was not afraid of Fulong Company at all. In his eyes, the so-called Chinese gangsters here were a joke. Apart from bullying the honest Chinese traders in the market, they wouldn't dare to utter a word outside!

You can easily find a few Russians or Blacks and make them disappear from Moscow with a little money.

"Hehe, Mr. Wang, you're a big boss who runs a company and makes a lot of money, while we're just lowly errand runners earning a meager living. You've been using this money for over a month now, so you must have made quite a bit. We're not greedy, so we'll just give you $20,000. Cash on delivery, IOU in hand, we're even!" Liu said with a smile.

That's incredibly greedy. It's only been a little over a month since the four thousand dollar IOU was signed, and now they're asking for twenty thousand dollars...

As expected, those who come with ill intentions don't come with good intentions.

Now that he knew what the other party was thinking, Wang Feiyang made up his mind and nodded, saying, "Wait a moment, I'll have someone bring the money over."

He picked up the phone and dialed, saying quickly in Russian, "Get Anton and Sergei over here. Someone's trying to extort money from us."

Clearly, Da Liu and his group didn't understand what Wang Feiyang was saying, and were still grinning foolishly as they waited to get their money.

Da Liu was quite pleased; things had gone too smoothly today!

His original plan was to ask for an exorbitant price and then negotiate it down, hoping to get ten thousand US dollars from Wang Feiyang without being greedy.

To his surprise, the other party readily agreed as soon as he asked for $20,000, which made him regret asking for too little...

However, when you're in the business of making money, you have to keep your word. If you say it's 20,000, then it's 20,000. You can't go back on your word!

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Less than a minute later, the office door was pushed open, and two burly men in military camouflage walked in. They were Anton and Sergei.

The two of them were sorting goods in the warehouse when Anna rushed over, saying that someone had come to cause trouble for the boss and was trying to extort money from him.

Anton and Sergei's eyes widened immediately upon hearing this. What a joke! They had finally found a high-paying job, and they thought their great boss was going to be bullied right under their noses?

The two immediately went to Wang Feiyang's office and spotted Da Liu and Xiao Zhang grinning at each other. It was clearly these two people.

Anton and Sergei didn't act rashly. Instead, they looked at Wang Feiyang and asked in a deep voice, "Boss, what do you want to do?"

At this moment, Da Liu sensed something was wrong. He turned his head and looked up at Sergei and Anton. Seeing their fierce expressions and strong, tall physiques, he quickly assessed the situation and concluded that Xiao Zhang probably couldn't beat these two...

However, he didn't believe that Wang Feiyang, a college student boss, would really dare to let someone beat him up. Fulong Company's reputation was not something to be trifled with; most people would choose to settle things quietly.

Wang Feiyang looked at Da Liu and said, "Mr. Liu, you have two choices now. One is to return the IOU to where it came from, and we'll pretend this never happened and that we never met. The other is to take the money according to the IOU and leave, and we'll call it even."

At this point, Wang Feiyang still left himself some room for maneuver. After all, he was a legitimate businessman and wanted to avoid getting involved with shady businesses like Fulong Company, and preferably avoid any disputes.

But if this Liu doesn't know when to back down, then while he doesn't cause trouble, he's not afraid of it either...