Rebirth of Siheyuan starts in the 1980s

With Zhang Qianjin leading the way and Section Chief Zeng personally leading the team, the mastermind Li Youfu was quickly captured and brought back by accident.

What surprised Cao Zhiqiang was that Li Youfu was not the fat middle-aged man with a big belly as he had imagined. Instead, he was a young man wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses and looking very elegant. He looked to be a few years older than himself.

The clothes the other party wore were ordinary blue people's clothes, and his hair style was an ordinary three-quarter length. There was no afro, no bell-bottoms, and nothing fancy at all.

Just looking at his appearance, I thought he was an ordinary worker or cadre working at work, not a second-rate dealer.

But it doesn’t matter. No one has stipulated that a second-rate dealer must wear bell-bottom pants and an afro. Those are all stereotypes.

In fact, apart from Li Youfu's age, which surprised Cao Zhiqiang, his appearance seemed normal.

After all, Li Youfu is no longer a low-level young man setting up a stall. He is now a wholesaler, and his target customers are other young people setting up stalls. He no longer has to set up a stall in person for retail sales.

Therefore, his low-key appearance is more in line with the temperament of a wholesaler.

Because he doesn't need to rely on fancy clothes to highlight his personality and attract customers.

What's more, the products Li Youfu wholesales are mainly books, audio and video products, which are related to culture, and they are not selling jeans and other stuff, so of course you have to dress up in a cultured way, which is more appropriate for the occasion.

By the way, those brought back with Li Youfu were Shen Zhenhua and the warehouse manager.

According to Section Chief Zeng, when they arrested Li Youfu, Shen Zhenhua and the warehouse manager surnamed Sun were sitting and drinking tea with Li Youfu. When they found out that Section Chief Zeng was leading people to arrest them, they were still

I was shocked and asked what was going on.

And after knowing the truth of the matter, that is, Li Youfu secretly changed the bill of lading data from 4,000 to 40,000, Shen Zhenhua and Director Sun were both surprised at first and then angry. It seemed that they were really kept in the dark.

, I didn’t know it at first.

From this one thing alone, we can judge that what Zhang Qianjin said before must be correct.

No matter what, after Li Youfu was caught, it was considered that both the person and the person gained the stolen property.

From now on, the fate of these people, whether they should be punished harshly or lightly, is actually in the hands of the Security Department.

Of course, although Section Chief Zeng seems to have the final say in the Security Department, if everything follows procedures, the matter must continue to be reported to the factory director and secretary.

In other words, Factory Director Li and Secretary Dong have the final decision-making and disposal rights.

However, out of the desire to befriend Cao Zhiqiang and to trust Cao Zhiqiang, Section Chief Zeng did not report it immediately, but decided to listen to Cao Zhiqiang's opinion first.

Although Cao Zhiqiang is young, he is a popular figure among the factory director and secretary. Others don't know about this matter. How could Section Chief Zeng not know about it?

You know, Factory Director Guang Li directly called Section Chief Zeng several times to ask their security department to help Cao Zhiqiang.

If nothing else, let’s just talk about yesterday. Director Li directly called Section Chief Zeng and asked Section Chief Zeng to send a car to pick up the goods from the printing house’s warehouse and then transport them to Xinhua Bookstore in Wangfujing to replenish the goods.

Moreover, after the people from the security department drove over to transport the goods, they still fully obeyed the command of Cao Zhiqiang who was on the scene. They did not take them to the Xinhua Bookstore warehouse, but sold books on the street right in front of the Xinhua Bookstore.

Just from this incident, we can see the importance of Cao Zhiqiang in the mind of Factory Director Li.

As for the previous opening ceremony, Director Li had people from the security department on duty with guns to maintain order, and even brought in anti-aircraft guns as salutes, not to mention.

It was precisely because of these two things that Section Chief Zeng took a new look at the young Cao Zhiqiang.

Therefore, although Chief Zeng is older than Cao Zhiqiang and has higher qualifications than Cao Zhiqiang, in terms of background, he really cannot compare with Cao Zhiqiang.

What's more, Cao Zhiqiang not only has a strong background, but also has money, and the most important thing is that he is also a good person. Of course, Section Chief Zeng is willing to associate with Cao Zhiqiang and happily give him face.

Moreover, Section Chief Zeng had a hunch that if this matter was handed over to Cao Zhiqiang first, he might get more benefits.

"Chief Zeng." Cao Zhiqiang smiled and said to Chief Zeng, "Can you let me talk to this Li Youfu alone first?"

"Is this..." Section Chief Zeng frowned and turned around to look, "This kid is obviously not a good guy at first glance. If you deal with him alone, what will you do if something happens?"

"What's going on?" Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "He has handcuffs on his hands, and he's very polite. He's not taller than me, so he shouldn't be able to beat me."

"That shouldn't be underestimated." Section Chief Zeng shook his head, "Many people who look gentle are more cruel than anyone else. So the more gentle the guy looks, the more careful you have to be."

Cao Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly: "Can't you be accommodating? I really want to talk to him alone first."

Section Chief Zeng thought for a while and said, "Let's do this. I'll tie his feet and that should be fine."

Cao Zhiqiang opened his mouth, intending to say no, but saw that Section Chief Zeng had already picked up the rope and started to act, so he stopped talking.

Just kidding, Section Chief Zeng is not his subordinate, so being able to do this is already very good, but asking too much from others would be a bit unflattering.

Furthermore, Section Chief Zeng is right.

Even though Li Youfu looks very gentle, in these days, a gentle person may not really be gentle. It may be a disguise, but underneath he is a vicious person.

Once this kind of person falls into an unfavorable situation, he is very likely to take risks that are detrimental to him, even if the other person is wearing handcuffs.

So, be careful, multiple insurances are the right thing to do.

Soon, Section Chief Zeng tied Li Youfu's feet firmly to the chair and cuffed his hands behind his back again.

In this way, it will not only ensure Cao Zhiqiang's safety to the greatest extent, but also make the other party feel a sense of shame and understand his current situation.

After finishing this, Section Chief Zeng handed Cao Zhiqiang an electric baton, which was black, heavy, thick and long.

After briefly teaching Cao Zhiqiang how to use an electric baton, Section Chief Zeng explained that if the other party is dishonest, directly stabbing him in the stomach, hands and feet with the electric baton will definitely make him feel "comfortable".

But it's best not to stab the opponent directly in the head or neck, as that could easily lead to accidents.

Also, he is standing guard outside the door. If anything happens, just shout loudly.

After giving many instructions, Section Chief Zeng glared at Li Youfu, who looked calm, and frightened him a few more times to tell him to be honest. Then he slowly left the interrogation room, leaving only Cao Zhiqiang and Li Youfu alone.

As soon as Section Chief Zeng left, Cao Zhiqiang simply came to Li Youfu with a chair in one hand, then placed the chair in front of Li Youfu, and then slowly sat on it.

At this point, there is only one step away between Cao Zhiqiang and Li Youfu. If the two parties speak, they can be heard clearly even if they speak quietly.

Since Li Youfu's hands were handcuffed behind the back of the chair and his feet were firmly tied to the legs of the chair, Li Youfu could not cause any harm to Cao Zhiqiang unless he spit.

However, seeing Li Youfu's calm look on his face, Cao Zhiqiang knew that the other party was a smart man and would not do something like spitting that would irritate him.

After staring at Li Youfu for a while, Cao Zhiqiang suddenly smiled: "Li Youfu, is this the right name?"

Li Youfu nodded silently, indicating that he was right.

Then Cao Zhiqiang continued to laugh: "Why haven't you said a word since you came here? Why, you've watched too many Hong Kong movies and thought that if you keep silent, we can't do anything to you?"

Li Youfu was silent for a moment, and then slowly said: "That's not true, it's just..."

"Just what?"

"It's just that I'm willing to admit defeat. Since I've been caught by you, I have nothing to say. You can do whatever you want."

"Hey." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "You are a dead pig and you are not afraid of boiling water. You lie down completely flat, right?"

Li Youfu simply closed his eyes and continued to remain silent, as if he was too lazy to talk anymore.

Seeing him giving up completely, Cao Zhiqiang shook his head in amusement.

Suddenly, Cao Zhiqiang rolled his eyes, straightened his face, and shouted angrily: "Li Youfu! Don't play tricks on me!

You know our policy, which is lenient if you confess and strict if you resist.

Therefore, immediately explain your criminal process honestly!

Even if you hide something, you won't be able to bear it.

Don’t try to muddle through!

Since we can take Zhang Qian to arrest you, I think you can understand something.

If what you said is inconsistent with what Zhang Qianjin said, then don’t blame us for using tactics against you!"

Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang also deliberately pressed the electric baton, making a sizzling sound.

At this time, Li Youfu quickly opened his eyes and looked at the electric baton in Cao Zhiqiang's hand with fear. His face no longer had the calmness before, but he said slightly anxiously: "Don't, don't mess around. I

Say, I will say anything."

Seeing him like this, Cao Zhiqiang realized that he had been pretending to be calm before, but actually he was panicking inside.

No wonder Section Chief Zeng wanted to give himself an electric prod before leaving. It seemed that he had already seen that the other party was serious but pretended to be calm.

Sure enough, professionals are professionals. Just the way they look at people will make you convinced.

Seeing that Li Youfu broke through the defense and stopped pretending, Cao Zhiqiang said with a straight face again: "Then you still don't want to say anything?"

"Say, say." Li Youfu nodded, "I, what did I say?"

"Let's talk about the process of your crime." Cao Zhiqiang said, "Let's start from the beginning!"

"Ah, okay." Li Youfu nodded again, "I'll say it, I'll say it all."

Immediately afterwards, Li Youfu took a deep breath and began to explain.

After talking for more than half an hour, Li Youfu finished explaining all his affairs.

Li Youfu's explanation was similar to what Zhang Qianjin said, but there were slight differences in details.

From this comparison, it seems that Li Youfu really just wanted to secretly get more goods first, and then sell the goods first and then pay him. He did not want to blackmail the goods and run away to do a one-time deal.

However, according to Li Youfu, his main purpose of doing this was not to make more money, but to drag Shen Zhenhua into the water, and then through Shen Zhenhua, contact the leader behind Shen Zhenhua, and then directly make a long-term business with that leader.

This so-called long-term business is not just about selling books. He is actually eyeing Hongguang Publishing House and wants to cooperate with Hongguang Publishing House.

According to Li Youfu, he had actually known for a long time that Shen Zhenhua was from Hongguang Publishing House, and he also knew that this decision was made by the senior management within the publishing house.

From this point of view, Li Youfu is much smarter than Zhang Qianjin, because Zhang Qianjin is just an errand-running puppet at best, and has very little contact with Shen Zhenhua, so he does not know Shen Zhenhua's true identity.

But Li Youfu was different. Through some clues, he had long suspected Shen Zhenhua's identity and felt that the other party could not be just a support staff of Xinhua Bookstore.

So during the meal, Li Youfu had already figured out Shen Zhenhua's true identity and knew that he was from Hongguang Publishing House.

As for why everyone ate together, Li Youfu knew Shen Zhenhua's identity, but Zhang Qianjin didn't. This is normal because the seats are different.

At that time, during the meal, Li Youfu was the host and took the main seat. Shen Zhenhua was the guest of honor, right next to Li Youfu, while Zhang Qianjin was far across the way, serving as the assistant serving tea and water. There was no way to interact with Shen Zhenhua and

Director Sun, the treasury manager, whispered.

Some sensitive contents must not be said loudly, but can only be whispered to each other, so Li Youfu learned the other party's true identity through whispering with Shen Zhenhua at the banquet.

As for deputy aide Zhang Qianjin, he never knew about this.

It was precisely after knowing Shen Zhenhua's true identity that Li Youfu came up with the idea of ​​further cooperation with Hongguang Publishing House.

However, Li Youfu was a soft-spoken person and did not have much social status. He was afraid to contact the publishing house directly, and others would ignore him.

So Li Youfu came up with this idea.

Yes, according to Li Youfu, the method of secretly changing the number on the bill of lading was actually inspired by the legend of Emperor Yongzheng's succession to the throne, that is, the legend that "the fourteenth prince passed down the throne" became "the fourth prince passed down".

Li Youfu didn't really want to use this method to steal 40,000 sets of books from the warehouse and earn the 400,000 yuan from the one-off deal.

Just kidding, this is an obvious crime of theft and fraud. If they really do this, they will not be able to live in peace unless they leave immediately.

And Li Youfu and Zhang Qianjin both have families and businesses in the capital, how could they run away just for 400,000 yuan?

Of course, 400,000 is indeed not a small amount, and it is not impossible to run away for 400,000, but those are books worth 400,000, not money, and they have to be sold first.

In other words, if Li Youfu really stole a book worth 400,000 yuan, it would be an illegal crime and he would be wanted by the police. This is not worth it.

Therefore, Li Youfu's original intention was to use this incident to drag Shen Zhenhua into the water, and then follow the clues and get in touch with Shen Zhenhua's top line, that is, the people from Hongguang Publishing House.

Li Youfu wanted to use this to show off his abilities and warned Shen Zhenhua's superiors, telling them that selling books secretly was not easy and it was best to find reliable people to cooperate with.

So, why did Li Youfu deliberately try to get in touch with the senior management of Hongguang Publishing House?

Because Li Youfu is not willing to just be a wholesaler, he also wants to become bigger and stronger.

In Li Youfu's opinion, in this period of martial arts ban, the Hongguang Publishing House dares to sell books under the guise of selling poetry collections and giving away martial arts novels, which shows that this publishing house is not so serious.

However, the works published by this publishing house can be admitted to Xinhua Bookstore with dignity, which shows that this publishing house at least has a sufficient background.

Moreover, Li Youfu had already read the set of books "Journey to the Rivers and Lakes". In addition to praising the poems in them, he was even more impressed with the gift of "Shattered Void".

What’s more, the quality of this set of books cannot be faulted. The printing quality is perfect, which shows that the printing factory that serves this publishing house is a very powerful printing factory.

Therefore, Li Youfu's real purpose is to establish a connection with Hongguang Publishing House, and then Li Youfu will provide Hong Kong and Taiwan's best-selling martial arts novels for Hongguang Publishing House to publish and print them.

The quality of the books published by Hongguang Publishing House is so good, the martial arts novels published must be better than other versions on the market.

At that time, even if there is a ban on martial arts, it will not be sold in regular Xinhua bookstores, but it can be sold in bookstalls.

When Li Youfu went to the south to purchase goods some time ago, he met several wholesalers from other places, many of whom were booksellers in major cities in the north.

So Li Youfu thought that if he wanted to enter martial arts novels, he would have to go all the way to the south. The journey was long, expensive, and dangerous. If it was blocked along the way, it would be a huge loss.

In this case, it would be better to find a local publishing house in the north, publish Hong Kong and Taiwan martial arts novels directly there, and then sell them nearby.

In this way, costs and consumption can be reduced and profits can be higher, so why not do it.

It's just that the capital is no better than other places, and control is very strict. Most publishing houses don't dare to commit crimes or violate the notice, which is the ban on martial arts.

Even if there is such a publishing house that is not afraid of trouble, it is not something that a self-employed businessman like him can cooperate with.

Even though Li Youfu has a lot of money now, he has long been a householder worth 10,000 yuan, but that is just an envy in the minds of ordinary people. For some formal units, he is still a figure who is not on the stage and will not cooperate with them.

So Li Youfu came up with the idea of ​​dragging people into the water.

Through this operation of modifying the numbers on the bill of lading, Li Youfu not only showed his skill, but also obtained the other party's handle. Then he could use this opportunity to contact the senior management of Hongguang Publishing House and conduct in-depth cooperation.

In Li Youfu's view, the fact that Hongguang Publishing House sells poetry under the pretense of selling poetry collections but actually selling martial arts novels shows that the bottom line is very low and it is only there to make money.

Since the purpose is to make money, then who’s novel is not published?

From now on, Hongguang Publishing House will be responsible for printing and publishing books, while he, Li Youfu, will be responsible for selling goods. The two parties will cooperate and make money together. Why not?

Li Youfu even wanted to affiliate with Hongguang Publishing House in this way and become an affiliated member of Hongguang Publishing House.

In this way, Li Youfu is no longer a self-employed person, but a person with a formal unit or a publishing house. Not only does he have face when he goes out, it is much easier to do anything.

For example, when you buy a train ticket by train, you no longer have to go through a second-hand dealer to buy a high-priced letter of introduction, and then buy the ticket through the letter of introduction. You can directly issue a letter of introduction through the publishing house.

There is also Li Youfu's book wholesale business. If it can be affiliated with a publishing house and become the sales department of a publishing house, it will no longer have to be secretive in the future of book wholesale.

To put it bluntly, Li Youfu's purpose in doing this was to seize the opportunity to be imprisoned.

How can he, Li Youfu, a self-employed person with no education or background, be valued by others and then be ordered to appease him?

Of course, like Shuibo Liangshan, you must first make a name for yourself, or show your talents and abilities first.

And this time the number incident of the bill of lading, or the empty-handed incident, is Li Youfu's birthday.

He just wanted to use this operation to arouse the ideas of relevant people, and seize the other party's handle, and then use this to establish a connection with Hongguang Publishing House. The two parties can cooperate together. It is best to be affiliated with this publishing house and have a formal establishment.

.

"In other words, you deliberately planned such a thing. Your original intention was to enter a publishing house and work in it?"

"yes."

Seeing Li Youfu's solemn answer, Cao Zhiqiang asked dumbfounded: "Is it worth it? Just for one establishment?"

"Of course it's worth it!" Li Youfu said firmly.

Cao Zhiqiang shook his head: "Then do you know that if your matter is exposed, if people don't accept you or accept your coercion, but think that you are a thief who steals public property, they can kill you at any time like they are now.

Catch him!"

"If something unexpected hadn't happened this time and you had discovered it in time, as long as this batch of shipments was sent out and it would have become a fait accompli, neither you nor they would dare to say anything and would definitely accept my conditions.

Otherwise, once the outside world knows that someone from a well-established national publishing house actually works with me, a self-employed businessman, to resell books in large quantities at low prices, then it will be the people from that publishing house who are unlucky, not me.

Because by that time, I have the bill of lading signed by Shen Zhenhua and the goods have been shipped out by us, so many things will be hard to say and you can't cover it up at all."

Speaking of this, Li Youfu sighed: "But it's useless to say all this now. Since the goods were detained by you before they were shipped out, you even caught me in advance, and you even have the bill of lading in your hands."

, then I, I am willing to admit defeat."

"You are a bachelor." Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly.

"Wealth can be gained through danger. It's just that we didn't have the chance before. Now that we have the opportunity, of course we have to give it a try." Li Youfu sneered.

"But you are taking too much of a risk, right?" Cao Zhiqiang shook his head.

Li Youfu also shook his head, and then suddenly laughed at himself: "You are not me, you don't understand.

If you have an employer, everything is smooth sailing, but people like us who don't have an official employer are like rats crossing the street wherever we go.

We want to start a small business, but the police want to arrest us, the people from the Cultural Bureau want to arrest us, the people from the Publishing Bureau want to arrest us, and even the people from Radio and Television want to arrest us.

Even the neighborhood office and neighborhood committee will fine us if they catch us.

We transport goods from the south. We don’t have a formal unit, so we can’t take trains, so we can only take cars.

If you take a car, you have to walk at night, as you are afraid of being stopped by the police during the day.

As soon as we are stopped by the traffic police and see us pulling a cart of papers, as long as we don't have a formal identification, they will definitely be detained.

As a result, not only is the trip in vain, but you also have to pay a fine and sometimes even be detained.

After finally getting the goods delivered, the inventory had to be kept secretly for fear of being reported or confiscated.

Some places are okay and you can sneak past them, but some places you can't get through at all.

Especially those key national highway toll stations, you can't get around them at all.

What should I do? I can only pay money to buy the way.

It can be said that in our industry, more than half of the costs are spent on dealing with the relevant departments, especially tolls, which are the largest part of the cost.

But one time, I found a truck carrying not only books but also some illegal cigarettes.

As a result, when the car passed the toll station, the driver just showed a press card and said it was the car of a certain magazine. As a result, the people at the toll station didn't dare to check it at all, and didn't even take the money.

Release.

Then I asked and found out that editors from regular publishing houses and reporters from regular magazines do not charge fees at toll booths and generally do not check.

From that time on, I understood that if you want to do business these days, you have to find a big company to be affiliated with.

It's a pity that someone like me, through normal channels, how could a regular publishing house or magazine take a fancy to it and let me in?

So it’s rare to see a publishing house secretly selling martial arts novels in Xinhua Bookstore, and even secretly finding people to sell books privately. I wanted to seize this opportunity, climb this line, and then use this to enter this publishing house.

, even if it is affiliated.

I know it's very risky, but if I don't, I'll never have the chance.

So, what’s the point of taking a desperate risk just for this opportunity?”