Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Wang Feng carefully counted the number of people and found that there were fifteen, which matched the number Lou San had mentioned.

Among these fifteen people, each of them had bulging waists and carried hard weapons on their bodies. Several of them even had hard weapons strapped to their trouser legs. However, Wang Feng was not afraid at all. He put his bicycle into his spatial storage, picked up a bundle, and walked into the courtyard.

According to Lou San, ten of these fifteen people were bosses of various black markets in the vicinity, and the other five were members of a gang that took money to do things.

As soon as Wang Feng entered the abandoned courtyard, the fifteen men spotted him and immediately became alert. One of them directly used their secret code.

A few clouds overhead.

"Your feet are your whole body." Upon hearing the code, Wang Feng lowered his voice and answered it correctly.

"One of our own."

Hearing that the code had been matched, the group finally lowered their guard.

Wang Feng walked up to the fifteen people and asked in a low voice, "Everyone, Third Brother has gone out of town on another mission, so you can just call me Sixth Brother. From now on, I'll be in charge of finding Chairman Chen. I've gathered you all here today to ask if anyone has any news about Chairman Chen after all this time?"

When they heard that the employer had changed, no one suspected anything. As long as the code words matched and they could afford the money, it was fine.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Tiger stepped forward and said in a deep voice, "Sixth Brother, it's not that we're incompetent, it's just that this Chairman Chen is hiding too well. I send out hundreds of brothers every day to search for Chairman Chen's whereabouts, but this Chairman Chen is like a mouse, there's not a single clue."

"Yes, Brother Liu, I've also sent out more than two hundred people to search the streets and alleys every day, but we still can't find even a trace of Chairman Chen."

"Sixth Brother, I estimate that Chairman Chen may not even be in Beijing anymore. We've mobilized over two thousand people every day to search for Chairman Chen's whereabouts. If he really is still in Beijing, there's no way we wouldn't have any news about him."

"Sixth Brother, the money you've contributed is almost gone. If you want to continue the search, you'll have to keep investing, otherwise my men will be starving."

"That's right, Brother Six. We agreed that no matter whether we find Chairman Chen or not, you have to pay for it. Otherwise, we can't have thousands of brothers working for nothing."

When Wang Feng heard everyone talking amongst themselves, but no one had any news about Chairman Chen, his face instantly darkened.

Taking a deep breath and forcibly suppressing his anger, he still opened the bundle.

When everyone saw that the bundle was full of shiny yellow croakers, they were all delighted, their eyes shining. However, none of them had any bad intentions and never touched the hard thing at their waist.

Wang Feng's spiritual sense saw that although the fifteen people coveted the large yellow croakers, they all restrained themselves well and none of them harbored any ill intentions. He nodded in satisfaction, otherwise he would have gone on a killing spree today.

He took out large yellow croakers from his bundle, gave one to each person, and issued a stern warning:

"Gentlemen, this money is your wages. But since you've taken the money, you have to do your jobs properly. If I find out that some of you have taken the money but haven't done anything, we won't be so lenient. You'll definitely regret it."

"Don't worry, Sixth Brother, once we've taken the money, we'll definitely find that rat, Chairman Chen, for you."

"That's right, Brother Liu, don't worry. Although we may not be considered upright gentlemen, we still understand the unwritten rules of the underworld: we get what we pay for. Otherwise, who would dare to ask us for favors in the future? Don't you think so?"

Wang Feng nodded. Since Lou San had approached these fifteen people, they must have been investigated. In principle, they should be trustworthy; otherwise, he wouldn't have casually asked them to do things.

Now a single large yellow croaker is worth more than two thousand yuan, and these fifteen large yellow croakers are worth thirty to forty thousand yuan. Adding the money Lou San spent before, the total amount spent is at least one hundred thousand yuan.

Having gone to such great lengths to find Chairman Chen, it would be strange if Wang Feng were in a good mood.

However, since so much money has already been spent, he doesn't mind spending a little more. In any case, he is determined to find Chairman Chen and grind him to dust.

Taking a deep breath, Wang Feng said in a deep voice, "Everyone, I promise you all that whoever finds Chairman Chen's whereabouts will have their reward doubled after we confirm it. We will also offer ten large yellow croakers as a reward."

Upon hearing that the bounty for ten large yellow croakers had doubled, many people's eyes turned red with greed, their gazes gleaming.

This is worth over 20,000 yuan! Even though these people are black market bosses or gangs that do things for money, 20,000 yuan is not a small amount for them.

Tiger thumped his chest loudly, saying, "Don't worry, Sixth Brother, I'll go back and send more men. Even if Chairman Chen is hiding in a mouse hole, I'll dig three feet into the ground and find him."

"Sixth Brother, it's settled then. I'll go back and arrange for people to search day and night. I don't believe any Chairman Chen can hide in a rat hole forever."

"Leave a message at the usual spot if you have any news. I'll be waiting for your good news."

After saying that, Wang Feng picked up his bundle and walked out of the abandoned courtyard.

Shortly after Wang Feng left, the other fifteen people also left one after another.

Just after the fifteen people left the abandoned compound, Wang Feng emerged from under a large poplar tree and quietly followed one of them.

The man was a burly man with a full beard. Wang Feng guessed that he was probably the boss of some black market.

His money wasn't so easy to earn. He had to verify whether these people had actually done their jobs properly after taking his money. If he found out they hadn't done their work, he would have no choice but to send them to hell.

However, he was alone and could only keep up with one person at most, which left him somewhat helpless.

Wang Feng sighed inwardly; they still lacked capable manpower.

He did not follow Tiger. He had done two transactions with Tiger before, and he trusted Tiger quite a bit.

Following one of them, Wang Feng arrived at the black market in Mao'er Hutong. After entering the black market, the man quickly went into a two-courtyard house. After waiting for a while, the burly man with a full beard called over someone.

"Give the order to send more men to search for Chairman Chen's whereabouts. Tell the brothers that whoever finds Chairman Chen will be rewarded with a big yellow croaker."

"Yes, Second Master."