"Huh?" Gao Jianfei turned around in surprise and saw a young woman of average appearance, heavily made up, standing in front of him with a smile. "Who are you?"
Gao Jianfei felt that the girl looked familiar, but for a moment he couldn't remember her name.
"I'm Li Cui!" the girl said warmly and proactively. "I didn't expect to run into you here. Gao Jianfei, I heard you went to work in another city. Judging from your appearance, you seem to be doing quite well."
Li Cui.
Gao Jianfei suddenly remembered.
This woman was Li Cui, whom Gao Jianfei met when he was 20 years old. A neighbor, seeing that Gao Jianfei had already entered the workforce, kindly introduced him to a girlfriend. Li Cui came from the countryside and dropped out of junior high school to work as a waitress in the city. The neighbor, a distant relative of Li Cui, wanted to set Gao Jianfei and Li Cui up.
At the time, Gao Jianfei didn't want to date and repeatedly declined, but he was eventually "forced" to meet Li Cui. Li Cui wasn't particularly impressed with Gao Jianfei's appearance; she was quite satisfied. However, upon seeing the situation at Gao Jianfei's home, she immediately rejected him and made a slightly sarcastic remark about him. She even said something like, "A toad trying to eat swan meat." Of course, Li Cui was considered a well-dressed and attractive girl in her rural area, and she had a certain sense of superiority.
The matter hadn't been resolved, and Gao Jianfei hadn't taken it too seriously. He had long forgotten about Li Cui. Now that the two had met, it took Gao Jianfei several dozen seconds to remember her.
"Hello," Gao Jianfei replied politely.
Seeing Gao Jianfei dressed in designer clothes and looking handsome, Li Cui naturally had some ideas. She was just about to try and get closer to him to exchange contact information when the middle-aged man at the counter said to Gao Jianfei, "Young man, the cigarettes, alcohol, and tea you selected are all packaged. It totals 17,660 yuan. Will you be paying by card or cash?"
"Swipe the card." Gao Jianfei naturally took out his bank card from his pocket and swiped it lightly.
Seeing Gao Jianfei's spending habits, Li Cui's eyes practically popped out of their sockets.
"Hi, Gao Jianfei, are you free this afternoon?" Li Cui asked very solicitously.
"Jianfei!" At this moment, Chen Xian walked over from the women's clothing section. She bought 5 pieces of clothing, 3 skirts, and 2 pairs of leather shoes, all of which were for her aunt.
Chen Xian came over carrying a large pile of clothes and pants. "These are all gifts for my aunt."
"Heh, Xiaoxian, you don't even know if your aunt's clothes fit properly, buying so many all at once." Gao Jianfei chuckled.
Chen Xian said, "Didn't you tell me about Aunt's clothing size last time? It's only a few thousand yuan. If Aunt doesn't like it, I'll just wear it at home for housework. I'll just buy Aunt a new one."
At this moment, Li Cui, standing in front of Chen Xian, was completely overwhelmed by Chen Xian's beauty, figure, and temperament! She even felt extremely inferior!
Chen Xian happily took Gao Jianfei's arm, then saw Li Cui standing dumbfounded in front of him. So, Chen Xian asked, "Jianfei, what's this?"
"Oh, Li Cui, a friend," Gao Jianfei introduced with a smile. "Li Cui, this is my girlfriend, Chen Xian."
Chen Xian extended her hand warmly and generously, wanting to shake hands with Li Cui, but Li Cui immediately lowered her head and hurriedly left.
So the two of them bought gifts worth more than 20,000 yuan, carrying large and small bags, and left the mall to find a taxi.
ZG City. The area where Gao Jianfei lived. This is the place known as the slum of ZG City.
The houses were all single-story, and the road was full of potholes.
However, at this moment, many large pieces of machinery and equipment have stopped in this area.
Excavators, bulldozers, cranes, Dongfeng trucks...
Some men wearing yellow hard hats, similar to the architectural engineers seen on TV, were sketching and studying maps.
Many residents in the area stood at their doorways, glaring angrily at the machinery.
Near those yellow hard hats were migrant workers wielding hoes and shovels, and also a large group of burly men, shirtless with intricate tattoos covering their arms and chests. Some were playing cards under the shade of trees, while others smoked cigarettes, glaring fiercely at the residents of the area.
Gao Jianfei's home.
In the low, damp, and cramped bungalow of just over 40 square meters, several men dressed in floral shirts and with a sleazy air sat at Gao Jianfei's house.
Gao Jin sat in a wheelchair, smoking a cigarette, his only remaining right hand trembling slightly.
My aunt busied herself making several cups of tea with paper cups and brought them out to the girls in the floral shirts.
"Have some tea, esteemed leaders." My aunt offered the tea to the men in the floral shirts with a slightly humble air. Then she kept rubbing her hands on her clothes, looking quite uneasy.
"Well, I won't waste any more time on unnecessary nonsense. I'm the deputy director of the Municipal Party Committee's Demolition Office. If you'd like, you can call me Brother Gouzi." One of them, wearing a floral shirt, picked his teeth with a toothpick. "Right now, the city is going to renovate the slums, and all the residents in this area have to move out! And you have to move out quickly!"
"But... but if we move away, where will we live?" Aunt hesitated for a long time before finally asking.
"Damn it, you'll have to be compensated, understand?" the deputy director of the demolition office said nonchalantly. He rolled up his shirt sleeve slightly, revealing a menacing dragon tattooed on his right arm.
My aunt shuddered. "Then...what kind of compensation is that?"
"This place is terrible! Look at this house, all it has is running water and electricity, there's really nothing else to say. It's never been renovated, and it leaks. A house like this is usually worth 2:1. That means we'll compensate you for one square meter of your two square meters. If you want money, we'll give you money; if you want the house, you'll have to pay the difference. Understand?" the deputy director explained "patiently."
"That's not right! Leaders, I saw on TV that the current demolition compensation is 1:1, with a discount of 15 square meters; or it's calculated based on the number of people on the household registration, with each person receiving 30 square meters. House prices are so high now. If we were to use the 2:1 compensation method, we'd have to pay the difference to buy a new house in the city, which would cost hundreds of thousands! Leaders, look at our family, we have a disabled person and a person in a vegetative state, you can't do this! Even if it's a bad deal, you have to follow the rules, right?" Auntie finished in one breath.
"..." Several men in floral shirts stood up simultaneously. "...You want to talk to us about rules? Damn it, rules change every day, what kind of rules are there? Fuck...you...motherfucker! Get the paperwork done and get out of here within a week, or...I'll kill you all!"
Note: This story is an urban fantasy novel and is purely fictional. Please do not take it too seriously.
Chapter 165 Who dares to bully my family?
Chapter 165 Who dares to bully my family?
Gao Jianfei's simple home.
"Damn it, believe it or not, we'll kill you all?" the group in the floral shirts said arrogantly. They exuded an unmistakable air of thuggery. They identified themselves as something from the "Municipal Party Committee Demolition Office."
In fact, this is pure nonsense and a way to fool people!
This group was basically a temporary organization.
The redevelopment of this slum is mainly for commercial construction. This kind of demolition is commercial demolition, which means that some people with certain influence have obtained demolition projects and then gathered some temporary unemployed people to carry out demolition mobilization in this area.
The compensation for demolition isn't a rigid 2:1 deal as the man in the floral shirt claimed; it's determined based on the circumstances. For example, they might target households without connections who are more vulnerable, extorting large sums and using threats to extort money from them!
Clearly, Gao Jianfei's family is quite suited to being oppressed and exploited.
A disabled person, a person in a vegetative state, a retired and cowardly "woman".
If they can't even handle a family like this, then these guys in charge of the demolition are incredibly incompetent! Therefore, they forcefully surrounded the aunt!
A fierce aura instantly enveloped my aunt!
My aunt had always been an honest and simple person, always trying to avoid trouble at work and among her neighbors, which meant she had suffered a lot in the process. She had never seen anything like this before.
Immediately, he shrank back in fear, cowering like a chick. "What...what do you want to do?"
"Hmph! I don't want to do anything anyway. In any case, I have a week to move, whether I like it or not!" The group of people in plaid shirts glared at their aunt and Gao Jin again before walking away.
"Brother and sister... what, what are we going to do?" As soon as the group left, Aunt slumped into a chair, sighing repeatedly. Although Gao Jianfei had sent some money home intermittently, which Aunt and her family could use to rent a decent place in the city or even buy a small secondhand apartment, all of this money was being saved by Gao Jianfei for their mother's medical treatment. Aunt knew it wasn't easy for Gao Jianfei to earn money working away from home, and that their mother's illness couldn't be cured with just tens or hundreds of thousands of yuan. Therefore, Aunt absolutely dared not touch a single penny of the money Gao Jianfei had sent back!
Gao Jin has been disabled for eight years. His former ambitions have long been worn away, and now he is basically just a disabled person barely surviving. If you asked him to think of a way out, he couldn't think of anything!
Thus, a family that was already broken was once again pushed to the brink of extinction!
"What should we do!" Aunt burst into tears.
Gao Jin frowned and remained silent, only smoking in silence.
At this moment, several luxury cars were parked outside this area.
In a silver Lexus sedan sat a handsome young man with his legs crossed. His brows naturally conveyed an air of arrogance and haughtiness, as if he were above everyone else.
Not long after, the man in the plaid shirt, the "deputy director of the demolition office," who had come out of Gao Jianfei's house, bent down and knocked on the door of the Lexus. Inside the car, next to the young man, sat a burly man who looked like a bodyguard. He rolled down the window, glanced at the man in the plaid shirt, and then turned to the arrogant young man and said, "Young Master Jian, it's Gouzi."
That Jian Shao was none other than Gao Jianfei's enemy... Zeng Jian!
Zeng Jian's father was the Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee and concurrently the Director of the Public Security Bureau!
My mother is the big boss of the underground forces in ZG City... Sister Hong!
With such power, ZG City is practically a local tyrant!
No one dares to mess with them!
Zeng Jian nodded slightly. "Gouzi, come in and talk."
The bodyguard next to Zeng Jian opened the car door and got out, and the dog got in instead.
Gouzi held a stack of forms in his hand. He sat down next to Zeng Jian with a fawning smile. "Young Master Jian, after these two weeks of mobilization work, hey, quite a bit of progress, quite a bit of progress."
"Stop talking nonsense." Zeng Jian glanced at the dog indifferently.
The man shuddered before hurriedly reporting, "Young Master Jian, it's like this: there are 546 households here. 345 have agreed to the demolition and signed the agreement. Of those 345, 76 have some connections and influence, so we didn't dare act recklessly and provided compensation according to national regulations. The remaining 269 are just ordinary people; they can't be intimidated. Providing them with compensation means we've gotten a great deal." The man began flipping through the forms. "So, Young Master Jian, there are still 201 households that haven't signed. We're actively mobilizing them, and I believe they'll all sign in a week. Heh."
After a pause, Gouzi added, "In short, Jian Shao, please rest assured that we persuaded these residents with the premise of absolutely no forced demolition and absolutely no major incidents."
"Hmph! Old Li and his son, how could you kill someone?" Jian Shao's eye twitched. "I even got a scolding from my father for this! He said this project was hard-won, and there absolutely can't be any problems. And you two, you killed two people... Luckily, there were only two people in Old Li's family. With some money and my dad making some connections, it'll all be over. But I won't allow you to do this again!"
"Young Master Jian, I'm innocent!" the dog cried out in distress. "Those two, Old Li and his son, attacked first, using a shovel to shovel off one of my brothers' ears. We had no choice... Young Master Jian, I promise, I will never let my brothers do it again. Absolutely!"
Zeng Jian gently touched his nose. "I know this job has its difficulties. If we just went along with these residents' wishes and let them ask for whatever they wanted, what would be the point of us doing real estate? So, if you encounter a difficult person, you can still use your strength, but remember... never beat them to death." Zeng Jian said calmly, "It's fine if they're crippled, but don't kill them."
The dog's eyes lit up. "Young Master Jian! I understand! I understand! Don't worry, I'll do a good job!"
After saying that, the dog jumped out of the car.
Zeng Jian said to the driver, "Drive, let's go to my mom's place and have some fun, gamble a bit. I've taken a few virgins recently, so my luck should be pretty good."
In the afternoon, apart from the large machinery that remained, all the migrant workers, hooligans, and engineers in the vicinity had left.
It was at this moment that Gao Jianfei, carrying a large pile of gifts, happily headed home with Chen Xian.
"Huh?" Gao Jianfei walked along, glancing around. When he saw the machinery, the engineering drawings near the buildings, and the marker posts, it all made sense to him. "Could it be a demolition project?"
Chen Xian didn't say anything, but silently followed Gao Jianfei away. She was very nervous, after all, she was about to meet the man's parents, and it was inevitable that her heart would race.
Chen Xian could adapt to the simple surroundings. After all, this was the hometown of her beloved man, and she naturally loved it because of the place. No matter how bad the environment was, she still liked it.
"It's Jianfei! Jianfei's back!" As soon as he entered the courtyard, many neighbors exclaimed in surprise... "Come and see! Jianfei's back! He's dressed quite smartly! And he brought back a beautiful woman!"
"Wow! Jianfei's really made something of himself! Look at that, Zhonghua cigarettes! Guojiao 1573... those are all valuable things!"
Gao Jianfei stopped, opened a carton of cigarettes, and tossed the packs to the neighbors who wanted to smoke. "Hey, everyone. While I was away working, I'm so grateful for everyone's help in taking care of my family. Here, I don't have anything special to offer, just have a smoke."
Gao Jianfei politely gave away dozens of packs of cigarettes.
To be honest, these neighbors had never really taken care of Gao Jianfei's family before, and now, holding cigarettes, they felt a little embarrassed.
Gao Jianfei was quite magnanimous, maintaining a smile throughout.
Several neighbors, feeling genuinely apologetic, approached Gao Jianfei and said, "Jianfei, let me tell you something. You've seen it yourself; they're doing slum redevelopment nearby, and our area is part of the demolition zone. It's commercial demolition, frankly, it's all done by a bunch of good-for-nothings. They threaten and intimidate the easy targets; for those they can't handle, they just give them the standard compensation. Since you left home, there's hardly anyone left, so your aunt and your father have been threatened several times. Just now, I heard the demolition office staff yelling at your family, saying they were going to kill your aunt!"
"Huh?" Gao Jianfei's body trembled, and his fists clenched involuntarily. "You want to kill my aunt? Kill my family?"
"Uh, Jianfei, it's best not to offend people like that. Now that you're back, things are easier to talk to. Generally, if there are able-bodied adults in the family, they won't go too far. In short, let's talk things out. I'll tell you something, just so you know it." The kind neighbor lowered his voice and said, "It's about Old Li who lives on the street, the one who collects garbage. Didn't he take in a baby and raise him? The two of them depended on each other for survival, both collecting garbage. This time, they wanted to demolish their house, and they didn't agree, so they got into a fight... cough, Old Li and his son, well, their bodies just came back to life yesterday. Anyway, just so you know it."
The neighbor patted Gao Jianfei on the shoulder and said, "Jianfei, young man, sometimes it's okay to suffer a little loss. Take a step back and you'll see a brighter future."
"Hmph!" Gao Jianfei glanced at the neighbors nearby. "In the past, I might have let things slide, but now, I won't allow anyone to bully my family! Absolutely not!"
Many neighbors seemed to feel that Gao Jianfei had changed a lot from before. After Gao Jianfei said that, everyone had the same thought in their minds... This young man, Jianfei, really does seem to be someone not to be trifled with now!
After Gao Jianfei finished speaking, he led Chen Xian back home.