Chapter 316: Reunion with an Old Friend [Request for Full Order]

It has been more than a year since we last met.

It is still the same alley and the same slum.

The scrap yard appears to be closed.

The door was also locked.

However, the repair shop next door, which was originally just a storefront for display, now had a small crack open, and one could vaguely see that there should be someone inside, and that they seemed to be busy.

"is it here?"

"Ah."

This time, Lu Yang only brought Gong Ping'an and Wei Shujie with him, and asked Da Jun and his wife to go back first.

Obtain Lu Yang's consent.

Sister Wei Shu went up to the door and knocked politely: "Excuse me, is anyone there?"

No one answered at first.

After a while, a hoarse voice came from the crack of the door: "No one."

Sister Wei Shu: “~~???”

A breath got stuck in my throat.

There was someone there, but he said he wasn't there. There must be something wrong with the person inside the door. However, her upbringing made her very patient and she continued, "Excuse me, our boss is looking for--"

She hasn't finished speaking yet.

The person inside the door said even more impatiently: "Are you annoying? I already said there's no one here and we won't do business today."

Sister Wei Shu's face changed.

This time she was really upset. From the time she started college, to her graduation, to now when she started working, she had never met anyone who was so rude to her.

Gong Ping'an's face also changed. He clenched his fists and took a step forward with his left foot unconsciously.

It is very obvious that he can't bear to see his daughter-in-law being wronged and wants to stand up for her.

But suddenly, he seemed to think of something, sighed, and retracted the foot he had stretched out.

Lu Yang's pupils shrank.

The voice of the person in the room sounded strangely familiar to him, and if he was not mistaken, it should be the cool champion guy he met when he bought the disc.

At that time, the other party's arrogance, focus on electronic machinery, and unrestrained demeanor left a deep impression on me.

However, the person in the room is nothing like me except for the accent. He doesn't have the arrogance that I had when I first met him. Instead, his words and actions are full of decadence. What's going on?

Lu Yang frowned and shook his head at Sister Wei Shu who was about to push the door after being rejected twice in a row.

Take a deep breath.

"An old friend is visiting, Brother Champion, are you really not going to meet him?"

The room suddenly became quiet.

After a while, a trembling voice came from the inner room: "It's been a year, Brother Champion, this title is so distant and vague, you should just leave, Brother Champion is dead, there are no more discs to sell here, go, leave quickly, don't come again, I beg you."

As soon as the voice in the room fell, there was a crackling sound, probably someone was throwing something.

After hearing the crackling sound, Lu Yang's brows furrowed even tighter.

He shook his head: "Forget it, let's go."

After speaking, he turned around.

Seeing that Lu Yang had made up his mind, Gong Pingan and his wife looked at each other and followed in silence.

After walking about a hundred meters, Wei Shu couldn't suppress her curiosity anymore, so she touched her husband's arm and whispered, "Hey, didn't you say you were looking for a woman? Why is there a man in the room? And he looks difficult to deal with."

Gong Ping'an didn't answer, just shook his head.

Tell my wife to stop asking.

He also knew very well that finding this champion brother was equivalent to finding the original Du Manni. There was no difference between the two, unless the boss really fell in love with that woman.

But obviously, the boss was not interested.

In this case, the person inside the door refused the boss and refused to open the door. And for the boss, he could naturally let the matter go. After all, it was not that he did not want to help, but that the other person would not let him. From now on, no matter how far apart they are, they will forget each other. If nothing unexpected happens, they may never see each other again in this life, right?

This is what Gong Pingan thought.

Lu Yang's thoughts were basically the same, with just one slight difference.

Compared to the sexy Du Manni, he actually valued Brother Guanjun more. His focus on mechanical and electronic equipment, as well as the VCRs and laser disc players that he casually mixed and matched with waste parts, left a deep impression on him at the time.

I had been thinking that if we had the chance to meet again next time, there might be a possibility for both sides to cooperate.

After all, Lu Yang has made up his mind that his next major investment will be in the DVD market, which is about to become a red ocean in the country.

Even the stage has been set up.

Lu Yang expressed great confidence in whether he could reach a cooperation with Jiang Wanli, the father of DVD, to jointly build a factory.

Of course, it doesn’t matter even if it doesn’t work. If plan 1 doesn’t work, there is always plan 2 to take its place.

Just like in the original time and space, DVD was invented by Jiang Wanli, the father of DVD, and the first mass-produced DVD was also produced by Wanyan Company.

But unfortunately, as competition became fiercer, the profits from DVD not only did not fall into Wanyan Company's pocket, but it was the first to die.

After only a few years of popularity, the company was forced to sell off due to pressure from all sides and could no longer operate.

So why?
He is a qualified, top engineer and electronics expert, but he may not be a qualified businessman.

You really can't draw an equal sign.

So after understanding this matter, Lu Yang knew what to do. If Jiang Wanli was willing to choose to cooperate, that would of course be the best. The two parties would be a match made in heaven. By joining forces, they could avoid the dangers of their previous life and naturally would not suffer the same fate as their previous life in this life.

But if you don't want to, that's okay.

There were so many companies in his previous life, and they were all successful, and they all shared in the dividends of VCD/DVD in this era. It didn't make sense that Lu Yang, who was reborn with his memories, would be unable to defeat these people?
He doesn't ask for monopoly, but at least, he, Lu Yang, will definitely have a place in this market.

So Lu Yang thought, since he had already made up his mind that he would have to take this path sooner or later, it became necessary to prepare some talents in this area in advance.

Unfortunately, it was a wasted trip. It seemed that this champion brother had some problems, and they were not small, which led to a drastic change in his personality.

In this case, it may not be suitable to recruit anymore.

Lu Yang planned to go back and think about it carefully, and also asked Ping An and Da Jun to find out what had happened.

This led to the current situation.

Not only did Champion's business fail, but his personality also changed. Also, how did Du Manni lose her job and where did she go?
Lu Yang likes to plan before taking action.

He doesn't like to be too passive.

In this way, the three of them quickly returned to Yu Garden and reunited with Da Jun and Xiao Xiao. During this time, nothing happened, such as Du Manni accidentally coming back and colliding head-on on the road. The five people had a hearty lunch.

Braised pork, crystal shrimp, eight-treasure duck, poached chicken, sweet and sour spare ribs, and pickled pork with preserved vegetables.

They are all authentic Shanghai dishes.

Lu Yang's mood was affected a little by being turned away before, but it did not affect his appetite.

Full of wine and food.

I went back to the hotel and took a lunch break.

When Lu Yang woke up near dusk, Gong Ping'an and Da Jun had already handed the information they had obtained to Sister Wei Shu, who summarized, compared and optimized it, and finally handed it to him after he woke up.

"Boss, after investigation, the story should be like this. In the past one or two years, with the reform and opening up, the coastal areas have experienced rapid economic development, especially in big cities like Shanghai. Video recorders are no longer rare, and citizens can afford them. In addition, pirated merchants from all over the country have come here, making the underground pirated videotape market in Shanghai also experiencing a period of rapid development in recent years. It took less than a year from the warlords' melee to the Twin Dragons of the East and West.

Moreover, the fight became more and more intense and did not stop because of the emergence of two strong men, the Twin Dragons Society.

They all seem to want to dominate the market in Shanghai.

This is one aspect.

In addition, from your own statement, we assume that the champion brother who sold you the VCR was the more conservative and moderate one among the two strong ones; and the yellow-haired guys who blocked you and threatened you at the train station represented the more radical and dangerous party.

It just so happens that, boss, you have found Miss Du again, and she is stuck between these two strong men.

First with the south of the city, then with the north of the city, he expanded his brokerage business to both sides in a short period of time.

Of course, this may be unintentional, or there may be unavoidable reasons.

But the result is obvious. This Miss Du perfectly meets all the prerequisites for a fuse.

Boss, we also found a summary of a serious injury case here."

After making her own judgment based on all the information she had obtained, Sister Wei Shu handed Lu Yang a newspaper.

This newspaper is dated half a year ago.

Lu Yang frowned and turned to the place marked with a red line on the newspaper, where a notice was clearly recorded.

418 serious assault case: The suspect Chen Mobai, seeking revenge, stabbed as many as 7 people from a competing company. One person died after being sent to the hospital, and another was seriously injured and left disabled. He was sentenced to death and deprived of his political rights for life.

Lu Yang was stunned for a moment.

He had a certain image of Chen Mobai. Combined with the blurry photo printed on the newspaper, the scarred face and bald head reminded him of the young man who opened the door for the two of them when Du Manni introduced him to find Champion Ge?

There was also a scar on his face left by a knife.

so similar.

Could it really be him?
Lu Yang tapped the newspaper with his left index and middle fingers, then looked down and caught another piece of useful information.

After the major 418 case, the police immediately launched a severe crackdown on Shanghai's underground video market, arresting dozens of people.

Lu Yang sighed and said, "It seems that I am right. It is him, the scarred young man. When I first saw his face, I knew that he was a man of integrity and capable of fighting. But I didn't expect that he would do such a thing. It seems that the other party must have caused great harm to them. Could it be because of Du Manni?"

Heroes are often tempted by beautiful women, and this has never changed since ancient times.

Lu Yang’s vision was not wrong. The way the scarred young man looked at Du Manni was definitely not like a brother looking at a sister, or a neighbor looking at a neighbor.

what is that?
People in love should understand.

Be it the intention of the falling flower or the flowing water being merciless, but if Du Manni was hurt, Lu Yang believed that this young man with the scar would definitely not turn a blind eye and would definitely stand up.

But what does Champion have to do with this?

Is it because of one or two severe crackdowns that the underground pirated DVD market can no longer survive, so it has become as decadent as it is now?

Lu Yang doesn't look like it either.

There must be other reasons, but the details can no longer be found by asking people around Dumani or reading newspapers.

"Looks like I still have to go meet Brother Champion."

Regardless of whether he recruits the other party or not, at least he has to find out the whereabouts of Du Manni, so that he can have a beginning and an end.

Anyway, the other party did help me.

Do it when you want to, while the sun is still up outside. It's just getting dark, and I just woke up. If I go for dinner now, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat much.

"have to."

"Let's go for a walk together. Just think of it as a stroll and enjoy the beautiful sunset view of Shanghai."

Lu Yang put on his coat and walked out the door first.

Several others quickly followed.

At the same time, everyone was very curious (except Gong Ping'an): What kind of woman is this Du Manni? She could make the boss go out twice in a row to find her?

Back to the old place.

Lu Yang was just about to go out against the norm and force his way into the house first. With his brother Ping'an and the army around, he didn't have to worry about what the owner of the house could do to him.

When the time comes, I'll find out where Dumani is, and then apologize to this decadent champion brother.

No big deal, right?

The result was that before Lu Yang could make any preparations, the door that Sister Wei Shu had knocked on just now opened by itself with a click.

"Pfft."

A basin of dirty water used to wash vegetables was splashed out, almost pouring all over Lu Yang's head and face.

Lu Yang was startled and quickly jumped away.

Inside the open door, there was a girl dressed like a country girl, wearing a half-wet scarf, holding a paint-chipped basin in both hands, staring blankly at Lu Yang who jumped up, almost got drenched, and dodged her basin of dirty water.

----

Tears streamed down my face.

Lu Yang didn't know what to say for a moment, so he just said, "Are you okay?"

It would have been better if he didn't say anything. Once he said it, Dumani cried even harder.

He threw the basin away with a "clang" and ran into the house, covering his face.

It was not easy for Lu Yang to chase after him.

If he chases her, it will seem that he really has something going on with the other person. Originally, everything was innocent, but then wouldn't it be like mud stuck in his crotch, and no matter how he explains it, it won't be clear?

Besides, this Du Manni might be living with Brother Guan Jun now. Who knows what they are like now? Maybe they are married and have children.

Lu Yang thought so, then glanced into the room and was stunned.

(End of this chapter)