Chapter Eighty-Seven I Can Help You

  Xiao Fei stood anxiously by the side of the road, waiting for Heizi. When he saw Heizi arrive, he hastily opened the car door and said: "Lao Wu, those two mine owners are just short of money, so I don't want to offend them since we plan to sell our mine to them next year."

  Hei Zi looked at Zhu Xiao Fei's worried face and said, "Xiao Fei, our mine doesn't have to be sold to them. We also have a choice. From now on, all the ore will be transported back to our dressing plant. The iron powder from our dressing plant won't be sold either. It'll all be stored away. After the New Year, we'll quickly buy back the equipment for the pellet factory and get it up and running as soon as possible."

  Xiao Fei thought for a moment and said: "If that's the case, then it's easy. I don't believe we can't deal with them."

  Hei Zi knew that Zhu Xiao Fei had a bit of a temper and was good at finding ways to get things done, but Zhu Xiao Fei was more timid than Wu Yu, in middle school when they got into fights Zhu Xiao Fei never dared to use his full strength, so if he were to handle something it shouldn't be a problem.

  "Hei Zi patted Xiao Fei's shoulder and said, 'Xiao Fei, I'll head back to town first. You go settle the accounts with these two families again. When you get back to town, I'll have Wang Peng Cheng and a few others come over. Just don't cause any big trouble.'"

  "Don't worry, Old Five. At most, I'll just scare them a bit. I'll go to Old Zhao's ore dressing plant first and get Wang Pengcheng and the others to come over as soon as possible. The more people, the better."

  Hei Zi waited for Xiao Fei to drive away before getting on the car. He wasn't worried that Xiao Fei wouldn't return the money now, and with no more concerns, these two mine owners had suffered a loss.

  Hei Zi returned to the town and handed the car over to Er Cheng, letting him drive with Wang Pengcheng, Hu Changfu, and Hai Man to find Zhu Xiaofei. At the same time, he made a call to Da Kui, asking him to bring people to find Zhu Xiaofei as well. The sky was about to darken, and it would be best if they could settle the account today. There were still over ten days until Chinese New Year, and many things that needed to be taken care of had not been started yet.

  Hei Zi returned to the town and went to find Zhao Bin alone, knocking on the door. Hei Zi saw Zhao Bin's mother cooking dinner in the kitchen. Hei Zi shouted from the living room: "Auntie, also make some for me, I have nowhere to eat tonight."

  Zhao Bin's mother responded with a "yes" from the kitchen, and Zhao Bin chuckled and said: "Lao Wu, your face is getting thicker and thicker. You come to my house for dinner without even buying some gifts for my parents?"

  Hei Zi burst out laughing after hearing Zhao Bin's words: "Brother, what did you learn in college? You only know how to ask people for gifts. I think that after graduation, it won't take a few years for another corrupt official to emerge."

  "Don't curse me, how could I become a corrupt official? I never even thought of entering politics."

  "Alright, if we can't be in politics, then let's do business. We can embezzle our own money, how about that?" Hei Zi said with a chuckle.

  "Who wants to be corrupt?"

  As the door creaked open with a clang, Zhao Weiguo pushed it open and walked in.

  "Dad, is it time to get off work?" Zhao Bin said as he stood up.

  Heizi also stood up and said: "Zhao Hui is back."

  Zhao Weiguo nodded and said: "Heizi is here, just right, let's have a good drink together."

  Zhao Weiguo sat on the sofa and asked: "Who was just talking about corruption?"

  Heizi and Zhao Bin repeated the joke they made earlier, Zhao Weiguo smiled and said: "No one's money can be embezzled, and their own business accounts must be clear, otherwise it's hard to do big things."

  Hei Zi has made a fortune of tens of millions in the past two years, but he never thought of unifying all his businesses into one company. Now that Zhao Wei Guo mentioned it, Hei Zi is somewhat tempted. He thinks that to develop himself in the long run, he really needs to establish a formal industry company. If things continue like this, with more and more stalls, everything will become chaotic.

  Before dinner, Zhao Weiguo and Heizi discussed many things about running the company, which broadened Heizi's horizons. When they started drinking, the three of them talked about Ou Yangshou again. Heizi didn't dare say much, as Ou Yangshou had handled this matter and it couldn't be spread everywhere.

  After drinking half a glass of wine, Zhao Weiguo let out a long sigh, as if he had something on his mind. Hei Zi asked curiously: "Uncle Zhao, you seem unhappy, what's wrong?"

  Zhao Weiguo sighed and said, "These days, the villagers near the open-pit mine have been rushing to mine recklessly. I'm afraid this month's iron powder production task can't be completed."

  Hei Zi looked at Zhao Bin, who knew that Hei Zi had opened a mineral processing plant near the open-pit mine. Zhao Bin looked at Hei Zi with expectant eyes, wanting him to help out.

  "Hei Zi pretended to be very leisurely and said: 'Uncle Zhao, how big is the task gap?'"

  "About several days' production, which is around 30,000-40,000 tons."

  Zhao Weiguo has never failed to complete a task since taking office as the mine director, but with the New Year approaching and the end of the month looming, he feels under great pressure.

  Zhao Bin poured wine for Zhao Weiguo and said: "Dad, don't worry, let Heizi help you with this small matter."

  Zhao Weiguo looked at Zhao Bin strangely, then looked at Heizi and said: "Heizi can help me? How can he help?"

  "Heizi picked up his wine cup and said: 'Uncle Zhao, how much more do you need? I'll make it up to you.'"

  "Adding to that, it's easy for you to say, I know you've made some money in recent years, but 1,000 tons of iron powder is worth 650,000 yuan. Now we're short 3-4,000 tons, which is at least over 2 million yuan. Where are you going to get that kind of money?"

  "Hei Zi laughed and said: 'Uncle Zhao, you don't have to worry about this matter anymore. Tomorrow I'll go find Chen Yi Tian, the specifics of what to do, you just don't need to bother with it.'"

  Zhao Weiguo hesitated and said: "Heizi, you can't do anything illegal."

  "Don't worry, Uncle Zhao. Some things are better left unasked. Your leaders know too much and it's not good for getting things done. Sometimes some things are against the rules but not illegal, and if you knew about them, would you say they should be handled or not?"

  Zhao Weiguo is an honest man. He worries that Hei Zi will do something illegal, and repeatedly warns him not to do anything that betrays the country.

  Heizi readily agreed. He wanted to help Zhao Weiguo because Zhao was his brother's father and he couldn't bear to see his brother's father worried.

  When the bottle of wine was almost finished, Hei Zi received a call from Zhuo Xiao Fei. Zhuo Xiao Fei told Hei Zi that both bosses of the two ore processing plants had agreed to give money, and they could withdraw it tomorrow night.

  "Hei Zi asked: 'Xiao Fei, how did you scare them?'"

  "Scare them? I didn't scare them at all. My brothers brought knives and directly rushed into their home, daring not to wipe out his whole family for me."

  Hei Zi burst out laughing after hearing that, and Zhu Xiao Fei continued saying: "What are you laughing at? I'm telling the truth, did you see blood?"

  "Hei Zi's smile suddenly stopped: 'Xiao Fei, you can't be reckless.'"

  "I've slaughtered Old Zhao's dog, let's go back and stew the dog meat."

  Hei Zi was so angry, panting heavily as he spoke: "I'm telling you, brother, can't you think of something else? Last time with the reservoir project, you wanted to eat someone's dog, and this time, you've gone and killed it directly."

  Hei Zi hung up the phone and Zhao Bin asked: "Lao Wu, are Xiao Fei and them coming to collect debts?"

  "Hei Zi nodded and said: 'Alright, I'll give it to you tomorrow. Tomorrow afternoon, we brothers will go to the county town to buy some things for the New Year.'"

  Zhao Bin looked at Hei Zi and said: "How much money did you take? Is it enough for us brothers to spend? I'm generous with my spending."

  Hei Zi picked up his cup and downed the liquor, saying: "We might as well not waste it. I bought a house in the county town, let's live there for a few days."

  "How much money did you spend to be so awesome?"

  "It should be around 134 million, and with what I need to bring back, it should be around 378 million."

  Zhao Weiguo and Zhao Bin both stared at Hei Zi in silence, they didn't think Hei Zi would have so much money.

  "Hei Zi patted Zhao Bin and said: "Brother, this money is for us brothers to spend together, you can use it as you like.""

  Zhao Weiguo was shocked, he didn't expect Hei Zi to become a millionaire in just over two years from being poor and white. It seems that Hei Zi wasn't bragging when he said he could help himself, he really has the ability.