Gangster heir? Please call me a legitimate entrepreneur.

Outside the Chengnan Farmers Market.

The cold wind swirled around rotten vegetable leaves.

Xiao Zhang rubbed his frozen fingers, the penguin logo on his red vest wrinkled by the cold wind.

He was carrying two baskets of farm eggs, the plastic bags so tight that his fingertips turned white.

"Brother, are all the merchants in Longhai City crazy?"

Xiao Zhang sniffled and turned to look at his colleague Lao Li next to him.

Old Li's blue vest with the Alibaba logo was also taut, and he was holding a stack of promotional flyers in his hand.

"I just went to the seafood shop over there."

Xiao Zhang's voice was trembling.

"I only managed to say 'you' in the 'you' part."

"When the boss saw my red vest, he threw down his fish-killing knife and crawled under the cutting board."

"He kept shouting, 'Brother, I put it on! I really put it on! Stop bowing!'"

Old Li sighed and exhaled a puff of white breath.

"You're lucky."

He threw the crumpled flyer in his hand into the trash can next to him.

"I'm going to the convenience store on the next street."

"The old man noticed the sign with the QR code in my hand as soon as he saw it."

"He was so scared that his dentures fell to the ground. He insisted on giving me two packs of Zhonghua cigarettes and begged me to leave quickly."

Old Li rubbed his temples, his face filled with existential doubt.

Xiao Zhang put the egg basket on the curb and squatted down.

"This kind of on-the-ground promotion is impossible to do!"

He tugged at his collar in frustration.

"We're a big factory! We're giving away eggs, soybean oil, and a 10 yuan discount on your first order!"

"Are these vendors out of their minds not taking advantage of this freebie?"

He pointed to a stall selling roasted sweet potatoes next to him.

"Look at that car window."

Old Li looked in the direction he was pointing.

On the dirty glass.

A black and white QR code with adhesive backing is neatly affixed to the surface.

A frame was wrapped with red tape next to it.

Not just this roasted sweet potato stall.

Look around.

The entire street, from ramen shops to barbershops.

Even the blind old man who squatted in the corner repairing shoes had the exact same code pasted on his toolbox.

"Sihai Payment".

"What kind of bewitching potion did they use on these local bullies?"

Xiao Zhang stood up and walked to the roasted sweet potato stall.

The stall owner, an older woman, was poking at the charcoal in the stove with fire tongs, sparks flying upwards.

"Auntie."

Xiao Zhang forced a professional smile and straightened the logo on his red vest.

"You can get a 10 yuan discount by scanning the QR code here, how about it...?"

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"

The woman used pliers to pick up a scalding hot sweet potato, almost burning Xiao Zhang's nose.

"Don't try to fool me with your paltry sum of money!"

The woman stared wide-eyed, her tone revealing lingering fear.

"Let me tell you, this area on the street belongs to Brother Lei and his Sihai Group."

"Brother Lei?"

Xiao Zhang was taken aback for a moment, "So, Brother Lei... how much subsidy do you get?"

"Subsidies my ass!"

The woman threw the sweet potato onto the scale.

"They don't want money! They want their lives!"

She lowered her voice and leaned closer mysteriously.

"Yesterday morning."

"More than fifty burly men, each over 1.8 meters tall, in black suits, did not utter a single word."

"They stood in two rows right in front of my shabby stall."

The woman swallowed hard.

"They were bowing so deeply, their backs were practically bent over! And they were shouting 'Welcome!'"

The old lady slapped her thigh.

"My goodness, with that kind of setup, anyone who didn't know better would think I was selling gold bars here!"

"For two whole hours, not even a stray dog ​​dared to come near me on this street."

She pointed to the QR code for Sihai.

"Can I not put it up? If I don't, they might just die here!"

Xiao Zhang gasped.

Looking back at Old Li, the two exchanged bewildered glances.

Fifty men in black suits?

Bowing without saying a word?

This is called ground promotion? This is called physical encirclement and mental torture!

Which training manual from a major company teaches this kind of operation?

"Brother Li..."

Xiao Zhang swallowed hard; his calves were cramping a little.

"This...this job is beyond our capabilities."

Old Li rubbed his frozen fingers, his face turning blue.

"Let's go. We can't touch the markets in Longhai City. These people are crazy."

The two men picked up the basket of eggs from the ground.

They slunk back along the curb.

I just reached the street corner.

I bumped into a group of people.

The leader was bald, with a hideous centipede-like scar across his face.

He was wearing a black suit that was stretched to the limit.

Behind him followed twenty or thirty men dressed similarly.

Everyone was wearing red ties and white gloves.

Lei Hu had a toothpick in his mouth and was wiping mud off his leather shoes with his gloves.

Looking up, she met Xiao Zhang's terrified eyes.

Lei Hu's eyes lit up.

He spat out the toothpick and walked over with a pigeon-toed gait.

"Hey. Isn't this the guy from the big company?"

Lei Hu patted Xiao Zhang on the shoulder.

The force was so great that the basket of eggs slipped from Xiao Zhang's hand and crashed to the ground with a "thud".

The egg yolk mixed with the egg white spilled all over the floor.

"Big...Big brother..."

Xiao Zhang stammered and shrank behind Lao Li.

"We, we're leaving right away... We won't push anymore, we really won't push anymore."

Old Li was also trembling with fear, his blue vest soaked in cold sweat.

"Yes, yes, this street belongs to you."

"Don't rush off."

Lei Hu grinned, and Scarface wiggled in response.

"Our Brother Su said that we should have friendly exchanges with our competitors."

He waved to the simpleton behind him.

"Hey, you two, get some of our promotional materials."

Er Lengzi walked forward with a simple, honest smile.

He pulled out a large stack of Sihai Pay QR code cardboard from his pocket.

They shoved it into Xiao Zhang and Lao Li's arms.

"Take it."

Lei Hu moved closer and lowered his hoarse voice.

"Go back and tell your boss. We've got all the merchants in Longhai City covered."

He pointed to the broken eggs on the ground.

"Want to take advantage of subsidies? Sure."

Lei Hu straightened up, his white gloves swaying in the sunlight.

"We'll go distribute rice tomorrow. One bag to each household. If we can't distribute it all, we'll bow and kowtow in front of their shops until dark."

Xiao Zhang looked at the pile of black and white cardboard boxes in his arms that looked like funeral portraits.

My mind was filled with the image of fifty people bowing that the old lady had just described.

His heart was pounding.

"I...I resign!"

Xiao Zhang ripped off the red vest in his hand and threw it hard on the ground.

"The HR person didn't mention that I'd be fighting with gangsters for territory when they hired me!"

With a sob in his voice, he turned and ran.

Old Li paused for two seconds, then took off his blue vest and threw it on the ground.

"I'm quitting too! Is this supposed to be ground promotion?! This is suicidal!"

The two of them scrambled and disappeared into the alleyway.

Lei Hu touched his bald head.

He smacked his lips as he looked at the two vests on the ground.

"Why are young people these days so mentally unstable?"

He turned to look at his brothers behind him.

"Let's go to East Street! There are still two hardware stores there that haven't put up their product labels yet!"

Dozens of men turned around in unison.

Their leather shoes clattered on the bluestone slabs as they set off in a grand procession.

Sihai Building, top floor.

Sunlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows, illuminating the office brightly.

Su Ye sat in the old-fashioned rosewood boss's chair.

He took off his coat and draped it over the back of the chair.

He picked up the silver thermos and slowly took a sip of water.

"President Su."

Chen Suan pushed open the door and walked in, his glasses reflecting the light.

He placed the tablet computer he was holding on the table.

"Good news. Tencent and Alibaba's ground sales teams withdrew from Longhai City this morning."

Chen Suan swallowed hard, his voice still carrying a hint of lingering excitement.

"Their two offices in the city center also just terminated their leases."

He looked at Su Ye.

"Our market share in mobile payment in Longhai City has exceeded 95%. The remaining portion consists of elderly people living alone who haven't had the chance to buy a smartphone yet."

Su Ye put down the thermos.

He tapped his fingers twice on the glass tabletop.

"Ninety-five?"

He raised an eyebrow. "Those guys in red vests, they've just given up like that?"

"What can I do if I don't admit defeat?"

Chen Suan gave a bitter smile.

"You didn't see it. Director Lei and his gang turned 'bowing' into a weapon of mass destruction."

"When those big company salespeople run into our brothers, we don't fight or yell at them, we just bow to them and say, 'Thank you for your hard work, our competitors.'"

Chen Suan rubbed his temples.

"They actually made several recent college graduates cry, and they quit their jobs and went back to their hometowns to take the civil service exam."

Su Ye smiled faintly.

"A physical reduction attack, quite effective."

He stood up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window.

"Old Chen."

Su Ye looked down at the city below.

"The payment loop has been completed."

"Now, for food delivery, there's Ele.me. And for local delivery, there's Sihai Short Video."

He pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses, a hint of ruthless ambition flashing in his eyes.

"One leg is still missing."

Chen Suan was stunned for a moment.

Which one is missing?

"Travel".

Su Ye turned around, the hem of his coat drawing an arc in the air.

"Ride-hailing services".

He walked back to his desk, opened a drawer, and took out a project proposal that he had prepared long ago.

"Taxis on the market nowadays often refuse passengers, take detours, and provide poor service."

"Several train and bus stations in Longhai City are occupied by those unlicensed taxi drivers."

Su Ye threw the proposal on the table.

The cover features the words: "Sihai Travel Online Ride-Hailing Platform Solution".

Chen Suan gasped as he looked at those words.

"Mr. Su...you're planning to launch a ride-hailing platform?"

He hesitated for a moment, then lowered his voice.

"Those unlicensed taxi drivers at the train station are no pushovers. They're the real local tyrants of Longhai City, forming their own gangs."

"In the past, none of our Sihai Chamber of Commerce wanted to get involved in that quagmire."

Chen Suan swallowed hard.

"If you touch their territory, they might smash our car with a wrench."

"Smash?"

Su Ye chuckled softly and picked up the thermos.

"Old Chen, you still don't understand our advantages."

He took a sip of warm water, his Adam's apple bobbing.

"They are local bullies."

"Then what are we?"

A cold glint flashed in Su Ye's eyes.

"Notify Lei Hu."

"Tonight, bring the entire security team."

"Go to the train station square."

He pointed to the proposal.

"I'm going to make all these unlicensed taxi drivers wear white shirts tomorrow and obediently open car doors for me."