In 1992, a small village owner became the richest man in the village by owning a car.

Chapter 197: The Game Between All Parties, Yu Dawei's "Unreasonable Move"

Yu Dawei hung up the phone and walked out of the phone booth. The phone calls and waiting time took about an hour, but the result was good. Now the important piece has been placed on the chessboard, and he needs to prepare another unreasonable move.

Having chosen to strike, he could not give the opponent a chance to retaliate; he had to kill them with a single blow.

Upon returning, due to the time constraints, Yu Dawei only gave Duan Dahai and Boss Liang a brief explanation before driving to the government's office compound. The gatekeeper, assuming they were on official business, did not stop them.

The group pretended to go inside the building and wander around for a bit, then swaggered out, fooling the security guard for a moment before hailing a taxi and driving away.

The three men's purpose was simple: Deng Zhijun would definitely send someone to follow them, and they would follow wherever the car was. So, they decided to park the car at the official's place and ask the official to keep an eye on it, and also to prevent the things in the car from being stolen.

Before the other side could react, the three of them used a clever escape tactic. This also served to break down the psychological defenses of Deng Zhijun and the others, since no one could guess what Yu Dawei was really doing at the government's place.

The destination that Yu Dawei and his two companions were taking by taxi to was actually the excavator market in Yushui County, but the person they were going to meet was not Chang Hai and Deng Zhijun.

The taxi pulled up into Wang Yang Machinery Rental's yard. Duan Dahai and Boss Liang were both surprised, especially when they saw Boss Wang standing in front of the house, looking at them as if he already knew they were coming. The two were even more puzzled.

“No, Dawei, is it really okay for us to come up here? He knows Deng Zhijun.” Boss Liang got out of the car and couldn’t help but ask Yu Dawei in a low voice.

"Although we know each other, I noticed on my way here that the two of them didn't get along well." Yu Dawei took out some change from his pocket, handed it to the driver through the window, and then turned around to explain quietly.

“That’s right, you can definitely see that,” Duan Dahai nodded in agreement. “So what does that have to do with us being here?”

“Boss Wang hasn’t had an easy time these past few years either. I’ve suspected before that Deng Zhijun was using Boss Wang as a target, while the real place to sell goods and swindle people was Chang Hai’s. You can understand that Chang Hai and his gang have been indirectly climbing up by stepping on each other’s heads these past few years.” Yu Dawei’s lips curled into a cold smile. “So do you think he doesn’t harbor resentment?”

"As we were leaving, the other party secretly slipped a business card into my pocket, but neither of us said a word. Boss Wang probably took pity on us and didn't want us to become Deng Zhijun's prey." Yu Dawei led the two men toward the door.

Boss Liang and Duan Dahai behind them then realized what was going on.

It turned out that Yu Dawei had said he was going out to make a few phone calls, and one of those calls ended up here. The two of them were wondering why they suddenly wanted to come to Wangyang Machinery Equipment Rental.

"Hehe, I didn't believe it on the phone at first, but you've got guts, kid. I didn't expect you to actually come." Boss Wang Yang's eyes were full of Yu Dawei. He admired the young man in front of him.

He is brave and resourceful, and his actions are meticulously planned. He looks to be in his early twenties, and I wonder if he is married or not. If he is still single, I would definitely betroth my daughter to him and make him my ideal son-in-law.

"Boss Wang, you probably thought I wouldn't dare to come, so you didn't invite that person? I'm really heartbroken," Yu Dawei said with a half-joking grin, the other meaning of which was self-evident.

"Look at what you're saying." Boss Wang glared at Yu Dawei with annoyance. "Come inside, he's right here. It'll only take one phone call."

Wang Yang led Yu Dawei and the others to go inside, but before entering the house, he hesitated and couldn't help but say, "I have to remind you, Zhang Erlengzi is not a good person either. You should be careful when you come into contact with him."

"Thank you, Mr. Wang, I understand." Yu Dawei accepted the other party's kindness, and then the group went into the house together.

Hebei Province also has heated kang beds, but the temperature is much lower than in Northeast China, so people don't heat them every day. When the sun is shining and the house is warm, there is no need to heat the kang.

When Yu Dawei entered the inner room, he saw a man with a buzz cut leaning against the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), drinking tea and looking out the window.

When Yu Dawei and his group entered, the man's hawk-like eyes looked at them. Although he looked to be around fifty years old, he was not mature at all, and his pockmarked face showed an arrogant and unruly demeanor.

"Dawei, this is the Boss Zhang you're looking for." Wang Yang glanced at Yu Dawei, then at Zhang Erlengzi, and turned to the two of them, saying, "Alright, I've brought him here. You two can chat. I have some things to do in my yard."

The main reason he agreed to Yu Dawei's offer to help connect him with Zhang Erlengzi was to see if he could bring down Chang Hai and his gang of bastards.

The other party's behavior is so unscrupulous that it's suffocating the entire excavator market. Every day, they're either scheming against each other or thinking about how to rip off customers and destroy the other party.

As a result, several cities around Dingcheng were spreading rumors that the excavators in Yushui County were terrible, which inadvertently caused a serious loss of customers.

This had completely impacted his business. Coupled with the constant humiliation he suffered at the hands of Deng Zhijun and Chang Hai, he was naturally delighted that someone was going to target him. However, whether it would work was still unknown. He absolutely could not risk his life entirely; he considered it just a small favor between friends, and Wang Yang knew nothing more about it.

Inside the house, Yu Dawei was chatting with Zhang Erlengzi. This man looked fierce on the surface, but he was actually a rough man at heart. He hadn't gone to school much since childhood, and his wife managed all the family's accounts while he himself never cared.

After chatting for a while, Zhang Erlengzi realized that Yu Dawei, this young man from the north, was actually a master repairman whose skills were no less than his own!

Zhang Erlengzi is different from Chang Hai. He is a proper repairman. He had worked in the production team repairing farm machinery for decades, but his career was never very successful. It wasn't until the domestic and international markets started to open up and people began to import excavators from abroad that he came into contact with this industry. After that, it was like opening up a new world for him, and he unknowingly spent most of his life doing this job.

Yu Dawei learned from him that back in Yushui County, he, Lao Wang, and A Gui's father, among others, were among the first to get involved in construction machinery.

As for Chang Hai, in Zhang Erlengzi's words, he's nothing but a fart!

If I hadn't taken pity on him and taken him in as an apprentice back then, would he be where he is today? In the end, he didn't learn how to repair cars, but he learned all sorts of scheming and backstabbing, and he doesn't even respect his master.

Yu Dawei listened to the other person's rambling, which was something he was willing to listen to. He needed to understand everything about Chang Hai and Deng Zhijun in order to make his next plan more secure.

However, although this old man is a roughneck, he cannot be judged by common sense. Yu Da himself has to decide how much truth there is in his words.

However, when talking about Chang Hai, Yu Dawei could clearly see that this man was filled with hatred for Chang Hai, which made his "unreasonable move" all the more worthwhile.

In summary, the conflict between the two had been brewing for many years. Back then, Chang Hai was a notorious troublemaker in Yushui County. His parents were killed because of him. Later, he claimed to have turned over a new leaf and joined Zhang Erlengzi, who was quite famous in the mechanical industry at the time.

Chang Hai originally planned to learn how to repair cars, but he didn't because he was afraid of getting tired. In the end, he figured out how to sell refurbished excavators, so he and his old friends set up a simple yard, invested some money, and did the same thing as Zhang Erlengzi.

Thanks to the shortage of various mechanical equipment in China during those years, even a pig like him could fly. In addition, he learned some refurbishment and sales techniques from Zhang Erlengzi, and his reputation gradually spread in the Yushui County machinery market.

Later, perhaps because he made money, he didn't want his brothers to share the profits, so he used some clever tricks to drive away all those so-called brothers who had shared joys and sorrows.

Later, feeling that the informants he was working with were incompetent and couldn't find any clients, he set his sights on a capable "informant" under Zhang Erlengzi, who later became Deng Zhijun, who colluded with Chang Hai.

In their circle, everyone who refurbishes equipment will find one or two regular partners. They don't contact each other often, but if the partner can bring in customers and sell the equipment, the bosses will give the partner a portion of the commission. The bosses are responsible for the machinery, while the informants are responsible for finding customers.

Informants can only make money by relying on bosses, but the bosses have their own territories and can operate on a natural flow.

When Zhang Erlengzi talked about these two people, he was so angry that his teeth itched. Deng Zhijun was once his number one general, and his skills in all kinds of deception and fraud were maxed out. Moreover, the other party's temperament and language were extremely deceptive. He was simply a born villain.

Boss Liang wholeheartedly agreed. That bastard Deng Zhijun was indeed a master liar, and he dared to throw money into it.

But when Yu Dawei questioned Deng Zhijun in depth, he discovered that the man was hiding something even more profound than the three of them had seen.

First, the teahouse the three of them went to when they first arrived was confirmed to be not his, but rather owned by a well-known boss from Yushui County. This boss was usually elusive, but since his hometown was in Yushui County, he opened a teahouse for his elderly father to enjoy tea in his retirement.

This big boss's business was almost entirely in Dingcheng, so there were only legends about him in Yushui County, but no one could actually see him.

Deng Zhijun managed to curry favor with the old man, which allowed him to become a regular at the teahouse. He probably thought the old man was easy to fool, so he secretly developed an ambiguous relationship with one of the teahouse's employees.

These are all just Zhang Erlengzi's guesses.

"What a load of crap! Scum, scoundrels!" Boss Liang had already guessed that the other party didn't have a teahouse, but when he heard that Deng Zhijun had cheated them in this way, his guilt and anger towards his two brothers mixed together, and he couldn't help but punch the edge of the kang and swear.

Boss Duan understood his feelings at that moment, and without saying anything, he simply reached out and patted the other man's shoulder. He believed that Lao Liang would understand what he meant.

They're all good friends, so there's no need to worry about something so trivial.

(End of this chapter)