Chapter 1347
Like every year in the past, this year’s November holiday pa*sed just as quickly amidst the fondness of many people.
School cla*ses resumed as normal, students almost all returned to school, and Ji Feng decided to be a good student for a few days, at least, to attend cla*ses honestly in the days before he left for Nan Yue, otherwise, he was afraid he wouldn’t even be able to recognise his own teacher as a major.
Tong Lei is very happy!
Ji Feng went to and from school with her every day and also ate together in the school at noon in the cafeteria and would take a walk in the playground in the afternoon, no different from other couples.
This warm and somewhat romantic feeling on campus increased the smile on Tong Lei’s face, and sometimes even when she returned home, she had a faint smile on her face, which, together with her clear and beautiful appearance, would make her feel as if she had a faintly sweet taste of freshness.
Ji Feng likewise enjoyed this kind of life, especially this kind of life without any hook-ups, just simply studying, living and having fun, which made him feel all the more relaxed.
Because he knew that such a life might not last for a few days, Ji Feng tried his best to live a leisurely life almost every day.
He didn’t ask about the business development of the Tengfei Group, he didn’t ask about the training and bonding of the battle team, and even, he didn’t even sit in the cla*sroom to listen to the lectures, he just completely relaxed.
Of course, he usually accompanies Tong Lei around the school when he is free, the library, the grove, and the canteen are all places where they often go on dates. Of course when they returned home, Ji Feng would flirt and fight with Xiao Yuxuan, and life was very relaxed.
However, after only three or four days of such a life, this feeling of peace and contentment that Ji Feng was enjoying was shattered.
A staff member of the Tengfei Group had been injured!
Han Zhong had also received a kick!
This news took Ji Feng by surprise, how could a good Han Zhong get beaten up? Could it be that this guy ran off in the middle of the night to steal someone? The pediatrician didn’t have to take the staff of the Tengfei Group with him, right?
Ji Feng was after school and returned home with Tong Lei before he heard Xiao Yuxuan talk about the incident.
Xiao Yuxuan’s face was a bit unpleasant as she said, “I don’t know where a group of hooligans came from, but they ran straight to our studio and demanded protection money. Our staff just had a theory with them and the other side took out wooden sticks and beat them up, two of our staff were injured and Han Zhong also received a kick, but was protected.”
“What happened afterwards?” Ji Feng asked calmly.
“Later the staff and security guards from Film City rushed to the scene, only for those people to report their names and then leave in a big way, and when the police arrived, they had already disappeared.”
Xiao Yuxuan said angrily, “The police gave a statement, and then questioned the staff of the film city, the result is that they all stammered and muddled …… this is simply irresponsible, in their there took a beating, they actually came to provide some information are not willing to?!”
“Pop!”
Ji Feng not lightly slapped a slap on the coffee table, and then said, “Go! Go and see Han Zhong and the others.”
“Go now? It’s almost dark here!” Xiao Yuxuan said.
“We have to go even if it’s dark, an employee has been beaten up, you as the chairman always have to go and visit, right?” Ji Feng said, “Otherwise who would still be willing to sell out in the future?!”
Xiao Yuxuan said, “I’ve already gone to see them during the day, those two staff members are a bit more seriously injured, their arms were broken and two ribs were broken, they are now in need of rest, Han Zhong is not seriously hurt, just as the general manager was kicked, he is holding his anger in his heart, it’s useless for you to go.”
Clatter~~!
Xiao Yuxuan suddenly turned around and saw that the coffee table, which had just been slapped by Ji Feng, had fallen apart with a crash, and the gla*s, which was fine even if a person stood on it, had broken to the ground!
Xiao Yuxuan was suddenly astonished, Ji Feng was angry, and was shaken with rage!
“Ji Feng, don’t be impulsive now, it’s useless even if you can’t find anyone you go!” Xiao Yuxuan saw that Ji Feng looked calm but his eyes were bitterly cold, so she was suddenly shocked, afraid that if Ji Feng went now, he would make a big fuss, he was in a fit of anger and something big might happen.
But Ji Feng said: “Don’t worry, you know me, I’m not that impulsive! However, Han Zhong and those two employees were beaten up, I definitely want to go visit …… you too.”
“Good, we’ll go together!” Seeing that Ji Feng’s stubborn temper had come up again, Xiao Yuxuan had to comply with him.
Xiao Yuxuan knew Ji Feng best, although usually Ji Feng seemed to have a good temper, however, once he really got angry, no one could stop him.
“I’m going too!” Tong Lei said.
“You stay at home, no need to go with so many people, it’s not a group fight!” Ji Feng said.
He knew that Tong Lei didn’t like such scenes, Ji Feng preferred that Tong Lei could keep her clear beauty, so let her dabble in such things as little as possible.
Tong Lei then nodded and said no more.
The white spider quickly went out and brought the car over, taking Ji Feng and Xiao Yuxuan, as well as Xiao Ying who followed them, out of the gate quickly.
“They’re at the First Hospital.” Xiao Yuxuan said the address.
Ji Feng frowned and asked, “Did those hooligans say anything other than that they wanted to collect protection money?”
“I wasn’t at the scene, but according to the staff who were present at the time after they came back, those hooligans just wanted to collect protection money, and the amount they wanted was not small, at that time a staff member just said, “It’s already been given, how come they still want to …… then those hooligans got their hands on people! ” Xiao Yuxuan said.
“Well, wait until we get to the hospital, ask them and we will know.” Ji Feng nodded his head.
Xiao Yuxuan was not at the scene, so what she said was not that detailed, however, Ji Feng always felt that there seemed to be something wrong here.
Because according to Xiao Yuxuan’s relay, those hooligans came straight to Tengfei Group’s studio, and they beat people up when they didn’t get along with each other after two words, it wasn’t like they were collecting protection fees, but rather like they were specifically here to cause trouble!
“Protection fee ……” Ji Feng faintly pondered.
The city of Jiangzhou Film and Television is such a large base, to say that there are rogue gangsters and so on, it is not impossible, but wherever there are interests, there are conflicts, this is also normal.
Ji Feng has also heard that many crews come to Jiangzhou Film and Television City to shoot their scenes and pay an extra so-called protection fee so that they can finish their scenes here safely and smoothly …… Exactly who this protection fee is for, Ji Feng doesn’t know, he doesn’t know much about this business.
The actual fact is, this kind of gossip is specifically heard who said, Ji Feng also did not pay attention to, seems to be Han Zhong, also may be the second brother Ji Shaolei, but no matter who said it, anyway, there is certainly this thing.
In fact, not only in Jiangzhou Film and Television City, but also in all other places, there are black and white sides to society, and this is the default rule for everyone.
But the problem is that this gang of hooligans doesn’t even look like they are seeking money ……
“No matter whether they are specialized in collecting protection fees or specialized in causing trouble, since you have done it, I can’t be idle either!” Ji Feng secretly said.
When they arrived at the first hospital, Ji Feng met Han Zhong and the two injured staff members of the Tengfei Group, the three were staying in the same ward, Han Zhong did not make anything special just because he was the boss, so that he could get closer to his subordinates instead.
Of course, Han Zhong was not actually injured, but in order to cooperate with the police’s investigation, he stayed in the hospital and also had the right to rest by the way.
When Ji Feng saw them, the three men were chatting in a small voice.
“Chairman!”
“Hello, Chairman!” The two employees lying on the bed saw Xiao Yuxuan first and greeted each other.
Han Zhong couldn’t help but ask, “Chairman, didn’t you come here during the day!”
Xiao Yuxuan smiled and asked those two employees, saying, “It all feels okay, doesn’t it feel more painful than during the day?”
“No, it’s just that there’s still some vague pain, forget about it after a chat!” One said.
The other seemed to be a bit introverted, just grinning and not saying much.
Ji Feng, however, came to Han Zhong’s bed, sat on the edge of it and asked, “What’s going on, wasn’t it all fine the other day? How come all of a sudden there are hooligans coming to pick a fight?”
Han Zhong spread his hands, “If you ask me, who should I ask? I still want to know what’s going on!”
Ji Feng laughed: “Then you always know what happened, right? It’s useless for you to hold your breath now, you can’t take revenge just by being angry.”
Han Zhong then shook his head helplessly and said, “There were six people on the other side, and they looked like street punks, but these guys acted crisply, hit when they said they would, were fierce and bold, I felt that they were not ordinary punks. I felt that they were not ordinary gangsters. Moreover, we had already paid the full protection fee according to the rules before, and now someone came to collect it again. It turned out that only when we had a couple of arguments with them, they made a move.”
“They’re not ordinary punks?!” Ji Feng asked, frowning.
“Not ordinary!”
Han Zhong nodded with certainty, “Moreover, they must have come from somewhere, otherwise the staff and security guards of that film city wouldn’t have been too scared to stop them, those security guards also had batons in their hands, but they didn’t know what they heard that punk say, they didn’t even dare to move! I guess they reported their names and origins!”
As soon as this was mentioned, Han Zhong became angry: “It’s just as well that they didn’t move, but when the police came, they didn’t even dare to tell the truth, they didn’t know anything at all, what the hell ……”
Ji Feng asked again, “What did the police say about these things?”
“What else can be said? The staff and security guards refused to say anything, so there was nothing they could do.” Han Zhong said.
Ji Feng nodded and said, “I know, I will investigate. But I’m curious about one question. You said that you had to pay protection fees to shoot commercials there, which I can understand. Who is responsible for protecting you? Where were the people who said they would protect you when you were beaten up?”
Chapter 1348
The matter of paying protection fees had always been puzzling to Ji Feng.
Han Zhong, however, said, “This matter is not strange, in fact, the phenomenon of paying protection fees is everywhere!”
“What does that mean?” Ji Feng asked.
“In fact, not only in Jiangzhou Film and Television City, in fact, in Jiangzhou city, already other cities, some other businesses that come with money, as long as they are not state monopolized industries, there are definitely rogue landlords who intervene to reap benefits.”
Han Zhong said, “It’s just that some places have better law and order, so the people on the road are more restrained. And in some places, where law and order is worse, there may be law enforcement officers who are themselves from the Dao!”
Ji Feng suddenly dawned on him, if it was really like what Han Zhong had said, then the local people on the Dao then were naturally very arrogant.
“So, if a businessman wants to get involved in a certain lucrative business, he definitely needs to pay homage to the dock. The term “worship the dock” here actually means to make good friends with a certain big brother on the local road, or to pay protection fees honestly!” Han Zhong said, “If you don’t pay the protection fee, there will definitely be people coming to cause trouble, after you pay it, almost no one will come to cause trouble, they all eat this business, they break the rules themselves, it won’t do them any good ……”
According to Han Zhong’s introduction, Ji Feng’s general understanding of these inside information can be considered.
The entertainment industry is obviously an extremely lucrative business, especially at the moment do not know how many people are blindly chasing stars and so on, a large amount of hot money into the entertainment industry, which, there is a lot of money belongs to the people of the road, or, there are people of the road eye on this piece.
This is why an unwritten rule has been formed that the film crews who come to Film City for filming must prepare a portion of the money to give to those people in the road, which is called protection money!
In fact, it has been a long time since people from the Taoist clan have been involved in the entertainment industry. The most well-known of these is the entertainment circle in Hong Kong.
As we all know, the entertainment industry in Hong Kong is heavily infiltrated by the triads, and there are many entertainment companies that are run by people from the road themselves, such as the Xiang family, the leading family of Xin Yi An in Hong Kong ……
Of course, the Xiang family here is not the same family as Xiang Yongzhan’s. Although they may have been a family 500 years ago, the nature and status of the two families are now very different.
The Xiang family in Hong Kong is the leading family on the road, and Xiang Yongzhan’s family that is naturally needless to say.
However, this also illustrates the point that it is obviously better to pay protection fees than to have people from the road intervene directly in the film and television industry, so that on the one hand, the filming can go smoothly, while on the other hand, it can also prevent people from the road from continuing to infiltrate the film and television industry, thus affecting the normal life of the people in the industry.
Ji Feng could understand all this and had an agreeable attitude, but the issue of paying protection fees had always puzzled him.
Who did the protection money go to?
Since the protection fee was called for, someone had to show up to deal with it after an accident, right?
Also, the Tengfei Group is not a specialized film and entertainment company, it just shoots a small advertis*ment, but also has to pay protection fees?
Once again, Ji Feng asked these questions in quick succession.
“As long as one enters the Film and TV City to shoot, whether it’s for a commercial or a movie, one has to pay protection fees.” Han Zhong said, “Spending some money is also to save some trouble from people looking for trouble.”
“Isn’t someone still looking for trouble now? And the matter is not small!” Ji Feng said.
Two employees had been broken and Han Zhong had been kicked, so this was not a small matter, strictly speaking, it had risen to the level of a criminal case!
What’s more, an employee of the Tengfei Group had been injured while working normally, this was undoubtedly a blatant challenge to the Tengfei Group!
Han Zhong shook his head helplessly, “I’ve already sent someone to find Wang Errongzi, now that the police investigation is inconclusive, the staff and security guards of Film City don’t dare to tell the truth, but Wang Errongzi has to give an account before he can do so!”
“Wang Errongzi?” Ji Feng asked, “What kind of person is it?”
“It’s a leader near the Film and Television City, the protection money is given to him, the money is not much but when you receive money, you have to do something!” Han Zhong said in a deep voice.
“Wang Errong ……” Ji Feng laughed, “That’s a good name, once you hear it, you’re not a person who can do things, how many Errons have you seen who can do things like normal people?”
Han Zhong shook his head and said, “This is just his nickname, I’ve also heard of this Wang Er Rangzi, it is said that when he was on the road, he dared to fight, sometimes he was desperate, isn’t there a saying that the horizontal ones are afraid of the rash ones, the rash ones are afraid of the desperate ones! He belonged to the category between the rash and the desperate, so people on the road called him Wang Er Rongzi.”
“So it’s still a ruthless character?!” Ji Feng asked.
“I don’t know much about the specific role, no matter if he’s not a rash man, it’s only natural to take money and do something!” Han Zhong said in a deep voice, “This matter, he has to give me an answer!”
“Ding ……”
Suddenly, Han Zhong’s phone on the bed rang, he casually picked up the phone and picked it up, “Hello, this is Han Zhong.”
But soon, Han Zhong’s face turned gloomy as he said in a deep voice, “Mr. Wang, I, Han Zhong, have always been disciplined in what I do, but for you to say that is a bit too much, isn’t it?”
“……”
I don’t know what was said on the phone, Han Zhong’s face was even more ugly, “Mr. Wang, don’t talk to me about this either, you have to give an account of what happened today …… Hey, hey hey?!”
Boom!
Han Zhong flung his hand and smashed the phone on the ground, the high-grade phone that claimed that even a truck couldn’t crush it, just fell to pieces.
“MotherF**ker! What a bully!” Han Zhong roared lowly, his face incomparably grim.
“What did he give you to say?” Ji Feng asked with a smile.
“You’re still laughing?!”
Han Zhong said without good humour, “MotherF**ker! Laozi paid the protection fee for nothing, that B*****d Wang Errongzi, actually said something about it being an accident and pa*sing away, saying something like …… he has also protected us for several days and told us not to go to Film City to shoot commercials in the future!”
“Oh ……” Ji Feng was instantly happy, “Paying protection fees, or by the day? Holy Sh*t, such an extreme statement, it’s really the first time I’ve heard it!”
Everyone is not a child anymore, who does not know that once you pay the protection fee, you have to have a beginning and an end, even if it is a child playing house, it does not say protection by the day, right?
Now that Wang Er Rongzi was clearly playing a monkey game! He was playing Han Zhong and the Tengfei Group like monkeys!
“This matter cannot be left like this!” Han Zhong said with a gloomy face, “It doesn’t matter if Wang Er Rongzi is playing me, but it’s not okay if he doesn’t do anything after paying the protection fee.”
“Of course we can’t just let it go like that.” Ji Feng nodded, “Then what do you plan to do?”
Han Zhong gritted his teeth and whirled out of bed and picked up on the floor.
“What are you looking for?” Ji Feng asked.
“A phone card!” Han Zhong said, “I need to ask where Wang Errong is, at this rate, I’m afraid I won’t even be able to shoot the commercial, I have to find him, if he dares not give me an answer, I’ll play with him!”
“You’re going to go straight to Er Rangzi?”
Ji Feng laughed, “You’re the boss of a big conglomerate with billions of a*sets, and you’re going to fight with a rogue punk?”
“It’s not a fight, I’m going to ask for a statement.” Han Zhong said, “Of course, I also need to know why there are suddenly rogue punks coming to make trouble and coming up to beat people up when they don’t agree on a word!”
Ji Feng frowned slightly, this matter had to be dealt with, those rogue punks had beaten people for no reason, and they absolutely had to be punished, there was no doubt about that.
However, Han Zhong’s behavior Ji Feng was somewhat disapproving.
According to his idea, even if he wanted to retaliate, he had to find out why and whether there was any reason behind it first.
But seeing as Han Zhong is now in a state of anger, I’m afraid he won’t listen even if Ji Feng says so.
And ……
In fact, Ji Feng himself would like to use his fists to solve, young people, there is never a lack of hot blood, the age of blood is the time to be brave and fierce!
The most important thing is that to deal with these hooligans and gangsters, you have to be more ruthless than them!
Pah!
Ji Feng slapped the bed and stood up sharply, “Han Zhong, ask where Wang Er Rongzi is, let’s go together!”
“You’re going too?” Han Zhong was stunned.
“What, you, an old boss, can go and fight with someone, can’t I go?” Ji Feng laughed, “But don’t forget, to say fighting, ten of you are not my opponent!”
“Then what are you waiting for?” Han Zhong said, “Let’s go!”
“Go!”
Ji Feng laughed loudly.
“Ji Feng, don’t be impulsive, you guys, it’s better to think of a more secure solution!” Xiao Yuxuan saw the two of them getting more and more energetic, and hurriedly advised, “You guys just go over like this, in case there are a lot of them, you know those punks are not light and heavy handed, what kind of status are you two, specifically running over to fight with them?”
“Nothing, go over and take a look!” Ji Feng laughed, “It doesn’t have to be a fight!”
“Found it!” Han Zhong found his phone card from the phone that had fallen apart, and then took another phone out of his pocket, quickly swapped down the phone card, and then dialed a series of numbers.
“Who are you calling here?!” Ji Feng asked, “Asking Wang Errong directly where he is?”
“Of course not!”
Han Zhong said, “I sent someone to look for Wang Errong before, when we spoke just now, my man was next to Wang Errong, he must know where Wang Errong is ……”
As he spoke, the call came through and Han Zhong immediately asked, “This is Han Zhong, where is Wang Er Rongzi?”
After speaking to the person on the other end of the phone, Han Zhong then hung up the phone.
“My people said that Wang Errongzi is now drinking with his men at a bar not too far from Film City, which is Wang Errongzi’s territory ……,” Han Zhong said to Ji Feng after he hung up the phone.
“So what are you still waiting for?” Ji Feng asked.
“Go!”
Han Zhong said at once.
Ji Feng smiled faintly, “Yu Xuan, you and Xiao Ying drive back first, we’ll go and meet that Wang Errong!”
