Returning wealthy individuals develop their hometowns and become rich in the 1980s

Jiping Town East Gate Old Street Chess and Card Room

Liu Kun and Pepper, along with Blackie and his four henchmen, had been back for three days. During these three days, the two of them had been waiting for Wang Wenxi, that bastard, to show up. Seeing Blackie's impatient face, they were getting a little anxious.

Pepper also sent someone to the sales office of Huaxing Community in the county town to look for Wang Wenxi. They did see him, but the news that came back almost made Liu Kun curse on the spot: the foreign exchange exchange was probably going to fail, the province wouldn't approve it, and the license wouldn't be issued.

"Pfft, you motherfucker!"

Inside the mud-brick house in Gaozhai, Liu Kun slammed his teacup to the ground. His other henchmen, trembling with fear, stared at him. "That son of a bitch, Wang Wenxi, how dare he play me like this!"

He spent his days hunting geese, never expecting to be pecked in the eye by Wang Wenxi, that little sparrow!

How could Liu Kun possibly swallow this insult? He had already brought Hei Pi to Jiping. If he were told that things had fallen through, given Hei Pi's personality, he knew Liu Kun would be in deep trouble when they got back.

Pepper, standing nervously to the side, advised, "Brother Kun, scolding Wang Wenxi now won't do any good. The key is how to explain to Hei Pi. He brought 500,000 yuan in cash. If he finds out the license plate is cancelled and thinks we were lying to him, we might not be able to leave Jiping Town!"

Liu Kun paced back and forth in the room, his eyes filled with malice. Seeing this, Pepper leaned over and whispered in his ear, "Brother Kun, why don't we run away?"

Liu Kun glared at him. Although Hei Pi had brought the money, he had kept it tightly in his hand. If the 500,000 yuan were in Liu Kun's hands, upon hearing the news about Wang Wenxi, he would definitely take the huge sum of money and run away quietly without saying a word.

He wouldn't even bring pepper. No matter how nicely he talked to pepper before, the reality is that he wants to share the hardships but enjoy the good times all to himself.

"Pepper, since the province won't approve it, let's do it ourselves," Liu Kun said with a sly smile. "Blackie has 500,000, and we have 200,000, which adds up to 700,000. That's enough for us to set up a small underground foreign exchange exchange point in Jiping or even Nanshan."

"what!"

Pepper was stunned. "Brother Kun, you mean...we're going to do it ourselves? But we don't have a license, that's illegal!"

"Illegal! Pepper, are you drunk out of your mind?" Liu Kun kicked Pepper and cursed, "What we did wasn't illegal. We're going to die anyway, so we might as well take a gamble!"

"Think about it, how difficult it is to exchange foreign currency these days. How many families have US dollars sent by overseas Chinese but can't exchange them for Chinese yuan? How many business owners want to exchange Chinese yuan for US dollars to go abroad to buy goods but can't get them? That's the business opportunity!"

"As long as we set our exchange rate slightly higher than the other black markets, we won't have to worry about business!"

"Brother Kun, I... maybe... this risk is just too great," Pepper said with some concern. He had only known Liu Kun with the intention of making some quick money.

They thought Wang Wenxi would give them a chance to clean up their act and get back on their feet, but unexpectedly, Wang Wenxi's opportunity suddenly disappeared, while Liu Kun, blinded by greed, insisted on continuing his underground foreign exchange business. This is not something that can be done simply by saying you want to.

Nanshan is located in Tuocheng, where there is an underground black market engaged in foreign exchange business. These people are not good people. Once they find out that Liu Kun and Hu Jiao are competing for business, they will definitely send people to cause trouble.

In addition, we also have to be wary of the police. We can't go anywhere on either the legal or illegal path. There's only one dead end left. If we still grit our teeth and go on, we'll be dead for sure!

"Pepper, do you dare to do it? If not, then we're done. I'll fight Blackie and the others myself," Liu Kun asked Pepper with a sinister look on his face. Pepper felt a chill run down his spine. He felt that if he said he was quitting today, he probably wouldn't be able to leave this dilapidated house.

Desperate to survive, Pepper gritted his teeth and declared, "Let's do it! Brother Kun, I'll do it with you!"

"Hey! That's more like it," Liu Kun said, walking over and patting Pepper on the shoulder. "Don't worry, if others can do it, why can't we? Besides, we still have Blackie. Let him call some more guys from HP. What's there to be afraid of!"

"Let's go to the old street to see Blackie. Remember, no matter what I say, you have to play your part perfectly," Liu Kun warned. Pepper nodded and said okay. After giving his underling a few more instructions, the two of them rode their motorcycle towards the old street.

A moment later, Liu Kun swaggered into the card room with Pepper. Blackie, seeing them enter, looked impatient. "Rotten Kun, you've been calling me to Jiping for three days straight, and I haven't even seen a shadow of that Boss Chen! If you don't give me an explanation today, I'll take that 500,000 back, and while I'm at it, I'll dig out your eyes and stomp on them!"

Looking at the burly man with a fierce face, Liu Kun was not afraid at all. Instead, he laughed loudly, "Hey, what's the rush? Good things come to those who wait. President Chen has gone out to investigate the market these past few days and won't be back for a few more days."

"I've already called Mr. Chen. He said that I should continue to look after the business in Nanshan. Don't rush to give him the 500,000 yuan you brought. Use it to advance the funds for redemption first. Blackie, I practically begged Mr. Chen until my mouth was hoarse before he agreed to let you join the business."

"You're not trying to make a fool of me, are you?" Blackie was hesitant to hand over the 500,000 yuan he brought before meeting this so-called President Chen, after all, Liu Kun had a criminal record.

"Blackie, if that's what you're saying, then take your 500,000 and go back to Zhou Tian. I'm not putting up with this anymore!" Liu Kun said angrily, standing up abruptly and about to leave.

"Hey, hey, hey! Brother Kun, I was just venting a little, don't take it so seriously," Blackie hurriedly pulled Liu Kun down to sit. "Brother Kun, you're still as spirited as ever, I love it, hahaha!"

"You like me my ass! I don't like you at all. One word: believe it or not. If you don't believe me, just take your money and leave. If I say a word to stop you, I'm a son of a bitch!"

"I believe you, how could I not believe you, Brother Kun? Right, Brother Pepper?" Blackie gestured with his eyes for Pepper to say a few words on his behalf.

Pepper laughed and said, "Brother Kun, we're all helping President Chen, so we can't act impulsively. Brother Blackie, our President Chen is a very busy man. Just before the new year, he invested 500 million US dollars in a big project in Ningcheng, Zhejiang Province. He's running around Shanghai today and Beijing tomorrow, he's so busy he doesn't even have time to rest."

"It's very difficult for us to even see him."

Blackie nodded hurriedly and said, "It was my fault. I shouldn't have been in such a hurry. Brother Kun, we're all working for President Chen, so please forgive me this time. Don't let it happen again, okay?"

Liu Kun deliberately snorted and said, "If it weren't for the fact that President Chen's business couldn't be delayed, I would have dragged you back to Zhou Tian today."

"Hehehe, no, no, it's not that bad, Brother Kun!"