125 Hidden Real Immortals (1/2)
In the evening, Wang Yao was at home having dinner when he received a phone call. Not too long after, Wang Mingbao came to his house, looking anxious.
”What's wrong?”
”Uncle and Aunt Wang,” Wang Mingbao greeted Wang Yao's parents. ”I have something to tell you,” he said to Wang Yao.
”What's the matter?”
”Remember the last time I told you about those ginsengs?”
”Yes, I remember. What about it?”
”Earlier this afternoon, I paid a visit to my friend's house. He had already sold half of his stock. You mentioned that the ginsengs have adverse effects; are the effects serious?!” Wang Mingbao exclaimed. ”He sold so many of them; will that cause problems with the law?”
”Ordinarily, ginseng cannot be consumed in large quantities. Those ginsengs have eternal ingredients injected into them to encourage growth. The adverse effects are small, so the problem isn't big. The issue is the price that he sold them at. If he sold them at a premium price and passed them off as premium quality ginsengs, he is cheating others. Did he sell them directly to others, or was it through an intermediary distributor?”
”I don't know about that.”
”I know!” Wang Yao's eyes suddenly brightened. ”Let me ask Li Maoshuang.”
He made a phone call. The other person listened and immediately understood.
”I was thinking, how come Lianshan has so many wild ginsengs lately, passing lower quality ginsengs as premium quality ones. Furthermore, the price is not cheap either. This is against the rules,” Li Maoshuang commented over the phone. In every industry, there were rules. Money could be earned, but rules could not be broken. When broken, punishment would ensue.
Hearing Li Maoshuang's explanation, Wang Yao knew the crux of the matter. Wang Mingbao's friend had gotten himself into trouble that was not that serious, yet not negligible either. If caught, he could be sent to the police. Passing fake goods as genuine goods would constitute as a criminal offense. Fines and detention would be inevitable.
”You'd better quickly remind your friend that the consequences will be severe,” Wang Yao said.
”Okay, I will tell him.”
Wang Mingbao had come and left in haste. Evidently, his relationship with that person was quite good. Otherwise, he would not have cared so much.
”I hope your friend will listen to your advice.”
Shortly after Wang Mingbao left, Wang Yao received a call from Zhou Xiong.
”What, you're caught? Where?”
After he found out the location, Wang Yao swiftly called Wang Mingbao, drove to pick him up and drove directly to the police station in Lianshan County. While on the way, Wang Mingbao called his connections.
In the police station, Wang Yao saw the detained Zhou Xiong and found out what happened.
Apparently, at night, Zhou Xiong had left the apartment to walk around to move his limbs and buy some stuff. Coincidentally, he saw a young man who was harassing a young woman and hence he went forward to stop him. Unexpectedly, the other party had a knife. Zhou Xiong was unable to control his techniques and ended up hurting a few people.
By right, Zhou Xiong was being righteous. However, the family of one of the men he had beaten up happened to have connections and made a false counter charge. They claimed that Zhou Xiong had deliberately hurt them and had him sent to the police station. Zhou Xiong did not know anyone in Lianshan County—the only person he could think of who could help him was Wang Yao.
”Can you find out who is the man Zhou Xiong has beaten up?” Wan Yao asked Wang Mingbao who was beside him.
”Okay.”
Within a few minutes, Wang Mingbao found out that the people that Zhou Xiong had the scuffle with were playboys from families with a background. Their families had connections. Since Zhou Xiong was an outsider, they took advantage of him. Unfortunately, the young woman involved was nowhere to be found, so there was no witness.
”This is a bit troublesome,” Wang Mingbao said.
The families would not let the matter rest. As one of the young men had used a knife, Zhou Xiong did not show mercy and had beaten them up quite badly. Three of them were hospitalized, and one of them had two broken auxiliary bones.
”I got this.” Wang Yao made a phone call.
Not more than 20 minutes later, a man in his 30's appeared at the police station.
Zhang Peng was a lawyer he had met that day at the law firm. For matters such as these, it was best that they left it to the professionals.
”This problem is a little troublesome,” Zhang Peng said after listening to Zhou Xiong's account of the matter.
”That's why we asked you, because you're a professional,” Wang Yao said.
”Based on what you just said, leave this to me.”
And so, the lawyer displayed his professionalism and connections by posting bail for him. Guarantors were needed, and therefore, Wang Mingbao and Wang Yao became his guarantors. Zhou Xiong was worried about his son at first, but with bail posted, he was released that night.
”Thank you!” Zhou Xiong thanked Wang Yao and the rest profusely when they exited the police station.
”You should leave first; Kang must be worried. The rest of the stuff, leave it to Mr. Zhang.”
”No problem,” said Zhang Peng. He was paid for this, and so, naturally, he would do his utmost to help them.
Subsequently, Wang Yao drove Zhou Xiong to his rented apartment.
”Mr. Zhou's skills are indeed exceptional to beat up three guys in a three-on-one fight!” in the car, Wang Yao commented with a laugh.
”In Cangzhou, most people are apt in martial arts. I know a bit as well,” Zhou Xiong replied.
”Will you teach me a few moves next time?” Wang Yao made a casual comment.