Mercenary I am the king

Chapter 386 Old Classmate Fatty Xu
Fatty Xu was so happy that he almost rushed up to give Song Heping a big hug, but quickly backed off.

He looked at his black hands and subconsciously stopped.

"Come in, sit down, come in, sit down, have a cup of tea!"

He hurriedly invited Song Heping to go inside.

Song Heping looked at the slightly excited Fatty Xu in front of him, and a warm feeling came over him.

Fatty Xu was one of the few good friends Song Heping had in high school.

Because of his family conditions, Song Heping kept a low profile in high school and was considered a nobody in the class.

No one cares about him, and no one notices him.

So throughout high school, I only made good friends with Fatty Xu and another good friend named Lao Gao.

The two of them sat down at the coffee table in the store. Fatty Xu quickly washed his hands and came over to make tea.

While making tea, he asked, "Heping, I saw you once after you were discharged from the army, and then you disappeared. Why didn't you contact me?!"

Song Heping apologized, "I've been hanging around in Beijing for a few years, and it wasn't going very well. You know my family's situation. My younger brothers and sisters all have to go to college, and I'm the only one who can support them. I didn't come back just to save some money!"

"Ugh……"

Hearing Song Heping mention his younger brothers and sisters, Fatty Xu couldn't help but sigh.

He understands Song Heping.

I also admire Song Heping.

A man who carries the entire family on his own is absolutely responsible.

"You didn't go to college because you wanted to save money for your family. Otherwise, based on your grades, you should have been able to get into a top university and wouldn't have ended up serving in the army."

"Being in the army allows me to fulfill my obligations and get paid, which I think is pretty good," Song Heping said. "I just didn't expect my father would pass away later, otherwise I would have stayed in the army and continued working there."

Fatty Xu poured Song Heping a cup of hot tea and nodded, "Well, I was quite surprised when you retired from the army. According to your personality, you would be good in the army and have a bright future."

"What do you mean by future or not..." Song Heping shook his head and said, "I only have a high school education. It would be good enough if I could become a non-commissioned officer."

Fatty Xu sat down in the old wooden chair opposite, took a cup of tea and drank it while asking, "Have you been hanging around in Beijing lately? What's your job now? If you really think it's too hard, come back and start a small business in the county town. It's better than being a migrant worker in Beijing."

Song Heping said: "I no longer hang out in Beijing. Two years ago I went to Yilige to do business."

Fatty Xu almost spit out a mouthful of hot tea: "Brother Yili?!"

He wiped his mouth and calmed his thoughts, then stared at Song Heping with his small eyes: "Isn't there a war going on over there?"

Song Heping nodded, took a sip of tea and said, "That's right. The more dangerous the place, the more money you can make. For the sake of life, there's no other way."

Fatty Xu said, "So you made a fortune and returned home in glory?"

Song Heping laughed and said, "It's not that easy to make money. I just earned some money working. I came back this time because I have a business opportunity. I want to come back and find the right person to go to South America and make a fortune."

Fatty Xu's eyes suddenly lit up: "Wow, business has expanded to South America?! Heping, you're really good! What kind of business is this?!"

Song Heping said: "In the construction business, if you undertake a project with a short deadline and need experienced workers, you will probably have to bring hundreds of people with you."

“Hundreds of people!”

Fatty Xu almost spit out the tea in his mouth again.

"Such a huge project?! How much will it cost?!"

"About 10 million." Song Heping added, "It's in US dollars."

puff--

This time, Fatty Xu's tea needle spurted out.

"Fuck me!"

He screamed, then quickly calmed down.

"Is it reliable? Don't do it anymore, there's no money to be made."

Song Heping thought, what the hell, where is my own project...

"Don't worry, we're not bringing in capital anyway, so Party A has the money."

He felt that this was awkward, as if he was praising himself.

"Such a good oil and water project?!" Fatty Xu scratched his head: "Unfortunately, I'm not in the engineering field..."

Suddenly, he slapped his head and said, "You can find Lao Gao! He's in this business!"

Lao Gao? Aren’t these the three musketeers from the dormitory back then?

The three most fun people to play with.

correct……

Lao Gao...

Song Heping remembered.

When he was discharged from the army, he returned to his hometown once, but he did not see Lao Gao because he was in a hurry to leave.

At that time, I heard Fatty Xu mention that Lao Gao was doing well now. He started out doing earthwork projects in other places, and now he has his own construction company and has become a foreman and boss. Except for the holidays, he rarely returns home throughout the year.

"Look at my memory..."

Song Heping immediately took out his cell phone and said to Fatty Xu, "What's his number?"

Fatty Xu said with difficulty: "But..."

Song Heping asked curiously, "But what?"

Fatty Xu said, "Lao Gao has been in a lot of trouble lately."

Song Heping was stunned for a moment: "Is it troublesome?"

Fatty Xu nodded. "I'd like to help him with this, but I'm worried that you're doing someone else a favor and I'm afraid it'll get you into trouble. Lao Gao is in debt right now, and life is tough. I'm worried if he can take on this business."

Song Heping put down his phone and asked, "Didn't you just say that Lao Gao has been doing very well in recent years?"

Fatty Xu said, "That's right. He was indeed quite prosperous a few years ago. But it was this year that this incident happened. Two years ago, he came back here to invest and contracted many local projects. He was also ambitious and built a four-star hotel in the city. Everything was going well and the hotel had even been topped out. Suddenly, he said that he couldn't get the project payment and the subcontractor had run away, which caused his capital chain to break and the hotel to stop working. I heard that he not only borrowed a large sum of money from the bank, but also borrowed a lot of high-interest loans from the society. Now people are blocking his company's door every day..."

Song Heping listened patiently and said calmly, "His construction company is still in operation, right?"

"It's there, but it's just a shell. The workers' wages are still owed. Even if you introduce him to a project, he's in that state... I'm afraid he won't be able to go..."

Fatty Xu sighed after finishing his words, "You see, this guy is always in danger... Who would have thought that such a big boss in the past would fall to the point where he has to borrow money from me to go to school..."

Song Heping thought for a while and came up with an idea, so he asked Fatty Xu, "How strong is Lao Gao's construction company?"

"It's quite powerful in our city. I heard him say that its qualification is affiliated with the provincial second-class construction qualification, which is a second-class qualification."

"Um……"

Song Heping decided to go look for Lao Gao.

Let's see what the foundation of his company is. If possible, I can advance him some money to give him some time to catch his breath, and then go to Venezuela to build a special training base for me.

After all, it is more reassuring to use your own people, as you know them well.

Lao Gao is not a bad person, he just has bad luck.

"How about this, you call Lao Gao first and tell him I want to meet him. You can arrange a meal or go to his company to talk now." Song Heping said, "Call him quickly."

Fatty Xu was still a little hesitant: "Think it over carefully. If anything happens in the future, you can't blame me."

Song Heping knew that Fatty Xu was an honest man, and was worried that if he mentioned Lao Gao to him, he would be implicated in the future. If Lao Gao didn't get things done, he would feel guilty.

But he didn't know that Song Heping was Party A.

Song Heping has the final say on who to give this project to and who not to give it to.

What's more, Song Heping is not worried about anything happening to Lao Gao. After arriving in Venezuela, how can he worry about Lao Gao causing trouble for him there?
Especially since he runs a PMC company, has hundreds of mercenaries under his command, and has deep connections with the Venezuelan military. Not to mention that he can do whatever he wants in Venezuela, but what he does is just a matter of a word, right?
"Okay, it's none of your business. Just contact him and tell him there's a chance to turn things around. Ask him if he's willing to do it."

"Row!"

Seeing that Song Heping had made up his mind, Fatty Xu was also very happy.

At least I can help my classmates, so why not do it?
He immediately took out his cell phone and called Lao Gao.

But after calling for a long time and dialing the number several times, even the pager hung up.

After waiting for a long time, he said to Song Heping with a puzzled look on his face: "Lao Gao's phone is turned off... I called him, but there was no call back..."

Song Heping vaguely felt that something was wrong.

Just then, Fatty Xu's phone rang.

He thought it was Lao Gao calling back, but when he saw the phone, he was stunned.

　Asking for a monthly ticket! Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)