Red Moscow

The next morning, just after the restaurant opened, Sokov welcomed an uninvited guest.

Lao Tan, whom he met at Mumu Restaurant last time, appeared at the door and asked unfriendlyly, "Are you Lao Hu's friend?"

"Yes, I am Lao Hu's friend." Sokov saw that the other party was not friendly, and asked with a stern face, "What do you want?"

"I have a friend, the one you met at Mumu Restaurant." Lao Tan said angrily, "Yesterday, because you refused to send him to the airport, I had to find another car to send him, but he was detained by the police on the way and is still in the detention center. I will give you two choices now, one is to get him out; the other is to compensate me 5,000 US dollars..."

Hearing what Lao Tan said, Sokov almost raised his hand to give him a loving touch. It's none of my business if Mr. Cai gets into trouble. Since he is your friend, you should find a way to clean up the mess yourself. He actually wants me to help him get him out, and if I don't, he will have to pay another 5,000 US dollars. He looks ugly, but he thinks beautifully.

"Lao Hu is my friend, are you his friend?" Sokov asked coldly.

Lao Tan hesitated for a moment, then replied: "One of his fellow villagers once shared a house with me."

"His fellow villager once shared a house with you." Sokov sneered and said: "Since you are not even a friend, why should I help you?"

"Even if we are not friends, what does it matter?" Lao Tan said confidently: "We are all Chinese, we are compatriots, what's the matter with helping each other?"

"I don't know you, why should I help you?" Sokov said disdainfully: "When there is something wrong, we are compatriots, when there is nothing wrong, who are you? If I really send Mr. Cai to the airport, I might get into trouble, no, I have already got into trouble, aren't you coming to my door to make trouble?"

Lao Tan was anxious when he heard it: "Why do I say I am making trouble? It is obviously because you refused to send people to the airport that Mr. Cai got into trouble."

The quarrel attracted the attention of other colleagues on the street, and everyone gathered around to eat melons.

Someone who was close to Sokov asked tentatively, "Xiao Lin, what happened?"

Sokof quickly told the people around him the whole story.

After hearing this, everyone began to condemn Lao Tan: "It's a favor to help you, but it's my duty not to help you. I don't even know you, why should I help you send someone to the airport? You were arrested for being arrogant, but you didn't find out the reason for yourself, and you came here to make trouble. You are really shameless."

Some people even called the security guard to deal with Lao Tan.

Unlike in China, the security guards in the market have great power here. People like Lao Tan who come to make trouble can be locked up in a small dark room for a few days. Seeing the security guards who came to question him, Lao Tan immediately became timid. After a few perfunctory words, he slipped away.

After the crowd dispersed, Lena said angrily: "Misha, you are so easy to talk to. Anyone dares to come and show their teeth to you."

"Okay, okay, the people have left." Sokov said with a smile: "Clean up the store and get ready to open."

While sweeping the floor, Lena suddenly asked: "By the way, Misha, did Anna come to see you?"

"Yes, she came to my place last night." Sokov knew very well that Lena was the reason why Anna could appear in his home again: "Thank you, Lena, thank you for speaking well for me in front of Anna."

"If you want to thank me, then give me a raise."

Socov didn't say anything, just smiled. He knew that the other party was joking. The salary he offered was the highest on this street. If it increased again, the owners of other shops would come to him to protest, because it would seem that their wages were low, which would cause employees to be uneasy about their work because of low wages.

I thought the morning incident was over, but at noon, the old Tan who was chased away by the security guards came with seven or eight people.

After these people came, they directly blocked the door of the store and stopped those customers who wanted to enter the store.

Damn, it’s not over yet.

Sokov was furious when he saw this. He could see that the people brought by old Tan were gang members, but they forgot that the area here was directly under the jurisdiction of the market owner, unlike the place where they usually ran rampant, which was contracted by the gang leader.

So he asked Ada and Lena to go out and call the security guards, and he dealt with these uninvited guests alone.

Sokov looked at one of the men wearing a big gold chain and asked, "What do you want to do?"

"I heard that you offended our brother, and we came here to seek justice for him." The big gold chain said shamelessly: "Now you take out 50,000 US dollars, kneel down and kowtow to our brothers, and this matter will be over. Otherwise, don't even think about opening a store here again in the future."

If Sokov's store was opened in the area contracted by the gang leader, when encountering such a thing, he could only knock out his front teeth and swallow his blood, admit his defeat obediently, and spend money to avoid disaster. But this is the area directly under the jurisdiction of the Azerbaijani boss of the market, where these scoundrels can be allowed to act recklessly.

So he sneered and asked back: "I was not wrong in this matter, why should I admit my mistake to you?"

"Boy, you have successfully angered me." The big gold chain said arrogantly: "Now I don't want 50,000, but 100,000, 100,000 US dollars. Among them, 50,000 is the fine for your bad attitude just now."

The big gold chain wants to blackmail, so Sokov will naturally not agree. The surrounding shops discovered that something had happened here. Some shop owners stood in front of their stores, whispering to others about what had happened. There were also some people who had a good relationship with Sokov and quietly ran to find security guards.

The big gold chain stepped forward and grabbed Sokov's lapel, and said viciously: "Boy, take out the money, or I will destroy the store for you!"

"Hmph," Sokov glanced outside the store and snorted coldly: "If you want to smash my store, I don't think you have the ability yet."

"Let me show you if I have this ability." The big gold chain waved his hand and shouted loudly: "Smash it for me!"

But the next moment, he heard screams one after another. The people he brought fell to the ground, curled up, like frightened pangolins, howling non-stop.

The big gold chain turned around and saw a group of security guards appeared behind him. His gang of boys had been knocked to the ground by a group of security guards wielding rubber sticks. Behind them, there were several security guards with guns standing.

Seeing this situation, Dajin Lianzi was immediately frightened. He quickly let go of Sokov's shirt, raised his hands and shouted loudly: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, this is all a misunderstanding!"

The security captain walked into the store and asked Sokov: "Misha, are they here to cause trouble?"

Sokov knew very well that if these people were not taught a lesson, they might come back again. You can only be a thief for a thousand days, but you can't guard against a thief for a thousand days. If they come to cause trouble every now and then, even if you have security guards to rely on, it will be very annoying.

So he nodded vigorously and said in a positive tone: "Yes, they are here to cause trouble. They probably want to start with me first, and then gradually occupy the entire street."

"Security, security." Dajin Lianzi could understand Russian. Hearing what Sokov said, he immediately became anxious and quickly defended: "I told you, this is just a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!"

The security captain didn't talk nonsense to him. He raised a rubber bat and hit him on the head, beating him to a bloody head on the spot.

Then he waved his hand to his men and said loudly: "Take them to the company office."

Just like that, a group of security guards escorted the gang members towards the company office.

Seeing the troublemaker being taken away, the onlookers applauded.

But just at this moment, an old lady named Li stood up and said loudly: "Why don't these gang members go to other people's stores to cause trouble, but they go to your store? I think you'd better move away. If If you piss them off and they come here every day to cause trouble, how can you do this business in the future?”

"You old man, I think you are the one who wants to get out." Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished speaking, a young man next to her attacked her: "Brother Lin, if we don't let the security guards arrest them today, Let these guys taste the sweetness, then they will really make trouble every day and go to various stores to extort money.”

As soon as he finished speaking, others immediately echoed: "Yes, we are all on Xiao Lin's side in today's matter. Others are bullying you. If you only know how to compromise and don't know how to fight back, you will not be in the hands of others." Knead the dough however you want.”

"You'd better get out of our street as soon as possible." At this time, an elder sister stood up and exposed Mrs. Li: "You think I don't know that you went to gang-controlled areas some time ago and found the gang leader to beg for mercy. Others come to take over our street.”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was excited and asked the eldest sister: "Is everything you said true?"

"Of course it's true." The elder sister nodded and said, "My fellow villager told me this. He said that he saw Mrs. Li going to the gang leader Wang Juntao with his own eyes. He nodded and bowed and said, "This is the area we are in. , it is the Azerbaijani who is managing it, and she hopes he can come and take over. She also told others that if they don't come and take over, she will be like a child without a mother and no one to rely on. "

Hearing what the eldest sister said, everyone became angry.

The market is divided into many areas, contracted by people from many countries. The area where Sokov's store is located has always been personally managed by the company owner because it was established relatively early. There are no monthly fees other than the stall fee. If Wang Juntao's gang takes over this area, in addition to the stall fee, they will also have to pay the same amount of protection fee every month. From time to time, one of his men would come in with a portrait of the God of Wealth, claiming to be a gift to the God of Wealth, and asking for a favor fee of US$10,000 from the shop owner.

Because everyone knew the inside story, they all became angry after listening to the eldest sister's story.

Those who are impatient should go directly to the company office to find the boss, hoping that he can drive out this black sheep, Mrs. Li.

Only half an hour later, security guards came to the door and sealed Mrs. Li's shop on the grounds that she had not paid this month's rent.

Seeing this situation, everyone inquired privately and found out that Mrs. Li was in arrears with the rent of her shop for two months due to poor business. If she hadn't gone crazy trying to commit suicide today, I'm afraid everyone wouldn't know about it. As for Mrs. Li's search for the gang leader, someone soon revealed the truth. Because she couldn't pay the rent, she fancifully thought that as long as someone from other places took over the area, the other party might be spared for a few months. With the rent, she will be able to tide over the difficulties. Unexpectedly, she ended up shooting herself in the foot. Not only was she left with no rent, but she was kicked out.

After get off work, Sokov came to the parking lot and saw Anna standing by her car, gesticulating and talking on the phone.

Seeing Sokov coming, Anna quickly hung up the phone, ran over to hug Sokov, kissed him on the face, and said with a smile: "Misha, you're off work."

"Yes, off work." Sokov opened the car door with the remote control key and nodded to Anna: "Get in the car!"

When Sokov drove the car and left the market, Anna asked about what happened during the day.

Sokov told her the whole story in detail.

After hearing this, Anna asked worriedly, "Misha, will they retaliate against you?"

"Anna, if this market has just been established, it is indeed possible as you said." Sokov saw Anna's worry and quickly comforted her, saying, "The security force in the market is very strong now. What's more, the area we are in is managed by the Azerbaijani owner of the market. Do you think he will let this place go wrong? I guess those who were arrested have been sent to the police station and will stay in the detention room for a few days."

"Will it really be okay?"

"Don't worry, it will be okay."

Seeing Sokov so calm, Anna felt more at ease: "Misha, when do you think it is appropriate for us to go to Sochi?"

"Wait a little longer." If it weren't for today's incident, Sokov might want to leave overnight. But now, he has to stay and observe whether anything will happen in the next few days.

Anna looked very disappointed: "Ah, we have to wait for a while?"

"If nothing happened today, I would have taken a boat to Sochi overnight." Sokov explained to Anna: "Although the probability of those people coming to make trouble is small, we can't take it lightly. We need to observe for at least a few days. After the situation becomes clear, it won't be too late to decide when to go to Sochi."

"Okay then."

"By the way, when you were sleeping last night, I received a call. Baharov and his friends are going to a villa in the suburbs in a few days to have a party there, and they invited me." Sokov glanced ahead and saw that there was no car, so he asked Anna with his face sideways: "I wonder if you are willing to go with me? "

"Misha, didn't I tell you last time?" Anna said hesitantly, "Having a party in a suburban villa is a bit messy..."

"You can rest assured about this." Sokov interrupted her, "The one who invited us to the party was an acquaintance, and I didn't let you go alone, but accompanied you. I don't think anything will go wrong."

Hearing Sokov's words, Anna frowned and thought for a long time, and finally made up her mind, nodded slowly, and said, "Okay, I'll go with you then."

After a pause, Anna remembered an important thing: "By the way, when can you get your real estate certificate?"